Chapter 1: The sunset and the flower

"I remember it, it was the beginning of winter when I first saw her. In the church where our parents got married, I saw her, Ema Hinata, my new little sister.

This is where my story with her begins"

Wedding preparations were being held in the Asahina family. The anticipated wedding of Miwa Asahina and Rintaro Hinata was happening today. The Asahina brothers and their new sister, Ema were wearing beautiful outfits, from crisp and sharp suits, to Ema's gorgeous pink dress.

"The place here is so stunning" Ema said while observing the place where the ceremony would be held.

"To be expected from a wedding," replied Juli, Ema's friend squirrel.

Ema heard a noise from the chapel doors. Curious, she peeped inside the chapel to see what was happening. There, she saw a man with hair as orange as the sunset and eyes as blue as the sky.

"Who are you?" The orange haired man asked. Still dumbfounded, Ema replied

"I-I am—" as she was cut by her brother Tsubaki. "This is our imouto-chan, Natsume," he said proudly as he went to Natsume with Azusa following behind.

"I-it's nice to meet you Natsume-kun" Ema said while bowing her head. "Yay! Finally, we're complete!" Wataru exclaimed.

"What?" Ema asked, confused.

Tsubaki placed his arm around Natsume's neck and said, "Yup, this is the 7th son, Asahina Natsume, me, him and Azusa are triplets!"

"Triplets?!" Ema said as her eyes widened at her discovery.

Everyone nodded.

"And there you have it" Tsubaki said.

"Huh?" Ema asked.

"We're the Asahina brothers! All thirteen of us!" Wataru excitedly said

Ema took her time to absorb everything that just happened and then lifting her head, she smiled and said, "Please take care of me!"

The brothers smiled back.

WEDDING CEREMONY

As the brothers were preparing for the wedding Miwa spoke to Ema,

"So Ema, have you met everyone yet?" she asked

"Yes, I just met Natsume awhile ago." Ema replied.

Miwa smiled and said "Please have fun and take care of them too ok? I know they can be a handful sometimes but they really are excited about you."

Ema, surprised said, "Of course, I will, I am also excited, I've never had siblings before so this is new for me, but I know that it will be fun"

Miwa, smiling lovingly, gently stroked Ema's hair and said "Thank you, Ema"

Ema smiled back and said, "It's nothing"

The ceremony was starting and as the music started playing the church doors opened everyone in the sides looked at the door's direction to see the people walking the aisle. Bridesmaid by bridesmaid started passing by when finally, just in front of the ring bearer, the last bridesmaid, Ema was slowly walking on the aisle.

Ema's presence was captivating and every brother's eyes were on her.

"I'm so nervous walking on this aisle, what if I trip?" Ema thought as she was approaching the end of the walk.

She headed to the side and stayed there until the bride and the groom reached the altar and finally, everyone sat down.

AFTER THE WEDDING CEREMONY

"When the wedding ceremony ended, everyone headed for the wedding reception which was in an open area, in a garden.

At the time that everyone was eating and exchanging conversations with everyone, I was looking for her, for Ema.

When I finally saw her, I approached her and I said…"

"Hey." Natsume said approaching Ema with a drink in his hand.

Turning around, Ema said "Hey"

"Sorry, but I don't think I was able to introduce myself earlier, I'm Asahina Natsume, the 7th son in the family. Sorry I wasn't able to meet you sooner, as you know, unlike the others, I live separately because of my work" He said as he explained.

"Oh, well I'm Ema Hinata, from now on I'm going to be your little sister, please take care of me" She said smiling vibrantly.

"M-me as well, p-please take care of me" Natsume replied looking at the other way, blushing.

"In that beautiful scenery full of flowers and people, I looked at her as she smiled at me.

I saw her smiling as her brown hair was swaying with the wind and a part of me at that time thought that she would just be this cute, little sister of ours named Ema Hinata but I didn't know that at that time, I've already seen someone that I wanted to spend of my life with. I didn't know at that time, this person, this girl would be someone who'd change all of us brothers."

To be continued….