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“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.”

He took the can. “You’re not going to tease me about this?”

“I know,” she said, clinking her can against his. “That’s why you came home.” baku ane otouto

Rin stared at the empty chair across the kitchen table. Her little brother, Sora, was late.

Rin grinned. Being weird was her job. She was a baku ane —a "dream-eating older sister," the kind who teased, poked, and never let you have a serious moment without turning it into a joke. But she also knew his silences, his tells, and the weight he carried. “You were walking around like a ghost just

Sora stared. Then, unexpectedly, his eyes glistened. “Nee-chan, you can’t just—”

“You look like a sad, wilted cabbage,” she said, poking his cheek. “Did Tokyo forget to water you?” I just ate your failure-dream

“It failed,” he said. “Completely. I lost the scholarship, the lab space... everything.”