Ane Otouto: Baku

“I’m dropping out,” he said quietly.

“You were walking around like a ghost just now,” she said. “A baku eats bad dreams, remember? That’s my job. I just ate your failure-dream. So now you have to make a new one.” baku ane otouto

Rin nodded slowly. Then she reached across the table and flicked his forehead. Hard. “I’m dropping out,” he said quietly

Rin stared at the empty chair across the kitchen table. Her little brother, Sora, was late. “I’m dropping out

“Good,” she said. “Now you’re awake.”