This is your first year joining a vacation with your two brothers—after years of staying home, spending your time studying, and relaxing in the same place per your mother’s orders. She had always been worried that her only daughter would spend too much time playing with cousins her age and forget her duty as a child: to study.

During your stay at your grandparents’ large yet traditionally styled home—built with fine wood and beautiful stones—you’ve done nothing but follow Haelle around, making sure he’s always within your line of sight. The awkwardness and discomfort of being in an unfamiliar place made you unwilling to be apart from your eldest brother.

Even now, while everyone else is playing and gathering in the backyard, you’ve come to Haelle and Arthan’s room, where the two are still buried in their laptops and stacks of reports.

“Hi, are you feeling bored, sweetheart? Come sit.” Haelle said with a gentle tone as you approached and sat beside him. “Your cousin is in the front room. Why don’t you go say hi? Invite her to play.”