Chapter 209: I’ve grown up- kind off

Yawn!

I woke up and found a blonde bunny girl making a pillow of me, typical. 

It was roughly seven and mom wasn't here. She was probably making breakfast. 

With another yawn, I tried to get out of Elsa's clutches. She wasn't letting go, so I had to tap her nose a few times.

Pranking her when she was this defenseless was always fun in a way. 

She sneezed and grabbed on to me even tighter. 

Well, plan A just backfired. 

"Let go of me, or I'll literally throw you off the bed," I whispered in her ears. She actually had better hearing than me somehow. 

"Mhmmh?" She opened her eyes, looked kind of confused, let go of me, and turned around, sound asleep a second later. 

'Works like a charm…' I'd learned a lot of things over the years, and this was probably one of the best working tricks. 

I'd lost countless tricks along the way, but- this, this one just didn't die out just yet.

Anyway, I stretched and got out of bed. 

As I thought, mom was in the kitchen: the bunny maid was with her. I kind of went to the third floor to take a look but once I was there, I was shocked. Marg wasn't sleeping alone. The brat was sleeping next to her: it was a big bed and they were quite far away. 

I wasn't jealous, I just wanted to punch the kid. 

Not jealous at all though.

***

I'd been skipping my morning exercises for a while now. 

So, I couldn't take that risk today. 

The roads were kind of empty. People were merely getting out of their beds. This region was colder than the dorms. The snowy plains were rather close, maybe that's why?

Sure didn't stop me from running around and sweating though. No matter how cold the region was, I kind of never felt cold- one of the reasons for that was my ability to scale my temperature up and down at will. 

People were gradually coming out and doing their running too. Mostly just middle-aged guys and all that. I guess they were the parents of the kids in the academy but since it was more convenient to stay in the dorms, their kids just stayed there. 

Or it could have been that the kids just wanted to escape the clutches of their parents. I guess any excuses would do in that case. The parents sure didn't seem to realize that though. 

I ran for about a mile and came back, did some pushups, pullups, and even some sit-ups. Rather productive!

There was a gym nearby, I didn't have a membership though, so couldn't just head over there. Then again, these three exercises kept me fit for all this time, doing more wasn't going to do that much good for me anyway. 

It wasn't like I was building my body or something. 

***

I reached back home around eight-fifteen and took a cold shower. It was really cold but if I went and taken a warm one, I'd have fallen asleep without a doubt. 

It was so cold, that I shivered vigorously and that was enough to keep me awake- very awake.

Elsa and Marg were already up.

The food was also done, so we all got to the dining table by eight forty. Ten minutes late according to mom's routine. Then again, she was free for a change, so I guess being ten minutes late, wasn't going to make much of a difference. 

Everyone took their seats and as usual, the maid just stood by. 

Unfortunately, no cake yet!

'But since, we'll teleport-'

"Mom, we do know any good doctors?"

I actually caught mom's full attention. Her eyes lit up for a second. "What seems to be the problem?" She was focusing on getting some food on her plate- pretending to be ignorant, but I could tell, she was really, really focusing on me. 

I actually didn't know that I had an older brother who died right after being born, even just a month ago. From childhood whenever I got infected by something, mom kind of went mad. She wasn't nearly as concerned with Elsa though: If Elsa was ill, mom would make rational decisions and treat her really, really well. Elsa rarely got ill and when she did, mom treated her with utmost care. But in my case, she just went mad. Even now, if I got a cold, she'd freak out. And now I knew why: she was just afraid that something would happen to me like her firstborn.

So I had to walk this path very carefully.

'Naturally, act natural.' 

"Well, Marg is feeling a bit weak and well-"

Mom actually looked even more serious. "Really?" A smile surfaced on her face. Her face relaxed slightly though. "Okay, you head over to the academy. I'll take care of it."

"Huh? I mean we'll be going togeth-"

"Did you not hear me?" She smiled. 

"Yeah, I heard you clear, mom."

Apparently, I didn't have a say in this. 

But I could trust her and that's why I didn't really feel that bad about this. I gave Marg a glance and she basically didn't have any emotions. She was fine with this.

She was always like this when there were more people. I really wish, she'd at least relax a little when we were at home though. 

Oh well. 

And yet- she did smile faintly. 'Cute!'

***

Since I'd be going to the academy alone and through the snowy fields, I ate fast, got ready fast too, and by nine was practically done. 

"Think I'll be back by three- might be late if there are practical classes. I might bring back some of my things." I had a lot and carrying everything around wasn't something I wanted to do. 

The inside of the house was warm, the outside was moderately cold. I was standing in front of the door, but for some reason, I didn't want to leave. 

'Why's there wind outside?'

"Alright. Take care out there." Marg stood in front of me to see me off. "And happy birthday…" She whispered. 

Elsa kind of glared but didn't say a word. What was wrong with her? Lately, she kept on glaring a lot more than usual. Where did my clingy little sister go? 

I guess she was growing up faster than I could tell. 

The kid- Marg's brother was just standing by the bunny maid. He woke up late so he didn't have breakfast with us. I guess even he wasn't perfect.

Mom however watched everything from a bit far away with a smile. I had a feeling she was thinking something in the lines of 'my son has finally grown up' or something like that. 

I almost felt proud. "See ya later, everyone."

Then again I was eighteen today, so I did grow up! 

Kind off. 

And with that, I walked out of the house. I'd have to first head to the dorm and get some of the stuff necessary for class.