Hello there!

Welcome to my very first fanfic! Well, maybe more like my first attempt at writing. After reading a lot of fanfictions myself, I was inspired to take a try at one myself. I always read a few on my breaks for a quick laugh and a relaxing moment, so I hope I can give readers that same feeling. :) English is not my native language (it's dutch, so luckily a lot of words are the same), so forgive me if there are any grammar mistakes! I'll quickly correct them if it is pointed out.

For a quick setting:

You suddenly left the sunrise residence in the late evening without letting anyone know, because it was getting too much with al those crazy brothers around you. In al the hurry to leave, you forgot your phone, making it unable to ask your friends for help. Natsume found you in the busy streets, looking for a place to spend the night. You refused his offer to stay at his place at first, but conceded when he said they would all be too worried the whole night if you remained alone. Talking everything over at his appartment, you finally calmed down and promised to go back next morning. After contacting the other brothers, you both went to sleep.

I woke up to the sun in my face, squinting my eyes and groaning. 'It's too bright...'

The person lying next to me chuckled. "I warned you, but you just had to lay on that side of the bed, didn't you?" I turned on my shoulder, showing him a pouting face. " I can't help it, Natsume-san! I'm so used to it that I'm not able to sleep otherwise!"

Natsume smiled. " Sorry, just couldn't help teasing. Let me try that again... Good morning, grumpy. I guess you're not used to getting up early?"

Giving a huge sigh, I finally got up and stretched my body. "Hmmm.. yeahyeah, good morning meanie. I am actually, just not with getting my eyes burned beforehand. I think your curtains are broken." I joked with a sarcastic tone. He snorted. "I'll call the curtain-technician later." "You do that." I answered smugly. "Besides, since I help Ukyo-san with breakfast every morning, I think i get up at least as early as you. Probably a little earlier, as I make a quick tour with my skates beforehand to get a little exercise." I reported, stucking my chest out proudly.

Natsume's eyes opened slightly with surprise. " Oh? They have boasted about your breakfast, but I didn't know you sported in the morning as well."

'As well'.., does that mean, you too? I asked while slightly turning my head. He nodded and got up as well. "Since it's part of both our morning routines, how about going together?" He suggested. "I can show you a route through a park nearby, it's ideal for a morning stroll. Most people only go there in the afternoon so it's still quiet at this hour."

My eyes lightened up at the suggestion. "Sounds like a plan, luckily I packed my skates as well when I left yesterday, so we can leave immediately after changing in our sporth clothes." I smiled and pranced to my bag with clothes. Probing my bag, I added. "Is it okay if I make breakfast afterwards? It's not much, but I want to thank you somehow for letting me stay the night." I turned around and saw he already collected his clothes, going to the bathroom to change. "I don't expect you to thank me for such a small gesture, but I can't possible say no to that. You got yourself a deal" He said, smiling friendly.

After separately changing our clothes and each quickly freshening up our faces in the bathroom, I followed Natsume outside. He runs faster than I expected, so I don't have to slow down much to adjust to his pace. It was only 6:30 in the morning, so there was hardly any traffic and reached the park quickly. The park was quiet and pure thanks to its wideness and vegetation, with a giant lake in the middle. The sides of the path were decorated with colourful flowers and big trees, which had leaves in subtle red and gold hues, signalling the beginning of the autumn season. My ponytail swayed gently to the wind. The morning sun lighted everything up beautifully, taking my breath away. "I wish I had brought my camera with me.."

I was so focused on taking in the scenery, that I almost bumped into Natsume, stopping myself only at the last second. "Hey, watch where you are going!" He said in surprise. I was about to apologize in reflex, but suddenly had a better idea. I stepped sideways and slightly fastened my pace to skate next to him. "Consider that me taking you back for calling me grumpy earlier!" I said, sticking my tongue out to him. " Or maybe it's because you're running too slow, are you sure you do this regularly? " I asked with a fake questioning look. He acted offended, playing along with my jesting. " Oioi, says the one who has to cheat with wheels to keep up with me! How about showing some respect? I can hear you breathing from here, so maybe I should be the one to slow down for you? You'll have to apologize first, of course."

I laughed. "Not a chance!" To prove my point, I quickened my pace even further and went ahead. I made a quick half turn to skate backwards facing Natsume, giving him a wink with a confident smirk. He made a surprised blushing face at first, then shifted to a smirk as well. "Show off!" He shouted and started running faster as well. I giggled and tried to keep our distance, forgetting to watch where I was heading.

Of course I didn't have to wait long for the consequences of my carelessness.

"WATCH OUT!" Natsume shouted, noticing the sharp turn ahead. I looked behind me and saw a tree quickly closing in. Startled, I tried to quickly turn around to stop myself. But (of course) I lost my balance to the panic and slipped. "Damn it, I was too late" I thought and closed my eyes, falling backward as the last thing I see is Natsume sprinting towards me with fear in his eyes.

Everything after that happened in a blur.

"AUWTCH!" I heard Natsume scream, feeling the impact of his back, not mine, crashing in the tree while I'm in his arms. It seems he was able to grab my arm and turn us around before we fell down. How he was able to catch up and do that all that at the same time, can't be explained by nothing except for impossible quick reflexes and probably a huge shot of adrenaline.

It was quiet for a few moments, as we were trying to collect our thoughts from the fall. After I realised what had happened, my head shot up. "Are you alright?" I asked, my voice full of worry. Natsume groaned and slowly opened one of his eyes. "Yeah…, somehow, just give me a moment to recover."

He slowly straightened up and loosened his arms, but still held his hands on my back, closing his eye again in the process. He looked a bit disoriented, but I found no injuries at first glance. After a few moments, I whispered again. "Are you alright?" This time, he fully opened his purple eyes and looked straight into mine and gave me an assuring smile. "Yes I'm fine, no need to worry about me. I think it's going to leave a few bruises at most, how about you?" Inquiring and scanning me at the same time. "I'm fine as well, expect for my hurting pride." Letting out a breath I didn't realise I was holding. "I'm sorry, so much for showing off." I said guiltily and let my head down, very disappointed in myself.

"Heyhey" He loosed one hand from my back to hold my chin up, forcing me to look into his eyes again. "It's okay, I'm not mad, you're already forgiven. All that matters to me is that you're okay. Accidents happen, you just make sure to be more careful next time, promise?" He gave me one of his rare, gently smiles, trying to cheer me up. "Okay" I promised and gave him a sweet smile in return to reassure him. He stiffened. His hands quickly let me go. "Good, so euh.. can you get up now? People are staring at us." Informing me, a blush forming on his cheeks.

…

Only after he said that, I realised our position. Me, sitting on top of him with legs around his waist, hands resting on his shoulders, while he leaned his back against the tree. We probably looked like a lovey-dovey couple to outsiders, enjoying a private moment. Instantly turning deep red as thinking this to myself, I quickly shot up, showing impossible fast reflexing myself this time. I did make sure to balance myself, not wanting the same situation to happen again. Natsume got up as wel, coughing a few times as if to hide his embarrassment. He gave a nod in the direction we came from. "Let's go back." I nodded in response, still completely red in the face. We ran/skated at a much slower pace this time, keepin a close eye on each other to make sure no further accidents happened. While making our way back, I wondered if he felt the same certain tension that was between us. "His purple eyes are really captivating." Remembering back on how close our faces had been.

After making an extravagant breakfast as an apology and thank you for past happenings, I went back to the condo as he left for work.

When my brothers asked about my stay at Natsume's, I made sure to leave that very embarrassing part out. Not even sure myself what that exchange had meant.

Aaand done! Thank you very much for reading, I hope you had a good time!

Wauw, I enjoyed writing this more than I thought I would! (if you played with an idea yourself, I recommend trying to type it out!) I really like Natsume. Free games and animal lover? A killer combination for me! +.+ Though a lot of the other brothers are fun as well..

-Fangirling aside, you may have noticed the MC is very different from how Ema usually acts. You assumed correct! I find Ema a bit too bland to my taste (in the anime anyway), so I based it on a own OC I made up myself.

I have a few more ideas with the other brothers as well, but I'll wait a bit for some feedback, so I know how to improve myself for the next story.

Feel free to leave a comment/suggestion.

Bye! :D