Hi guys! So this is my first fanfiction! I loved Brother's Conflict and I thought of maybe writing a fanfiction were Ema learns that she is an adopted child. I do NOT own Brother's Conflict and its character,they belong to their respective owners,but Ren and Haruka are my original characters. I hope you enjoy this story! Hope you have positive reviews about this fanfiction! Thank you very much!
Chapter 1: The Rainy Night and A Busy Day
It was a beautiful yet,depressing afternoon. I see the sunset,piercing through the streets, my left holds the paper that reveals I am not blood related to the man I called papa. A flood of memories suddenly rushes inside m head. I feel so confused right now,don't know who to turn to. I don't know what to say or better yet...I don't know what to do with my life. Why am I like this,I am not the Ema I used to be,it feels so different. Very different. My mind starts to ask questions "Am I that useless? Why did my parents leave me? What am I supposed to do?". I stand here,lifeless like a statue and still in shock of the results. Tears starts running down my face and I try to conceal it with my right hand,I suddenly realize that I started walking forward,don't where I'm going but I think I need some time alone.
"Useless... useless... useless... " that word repeats itself inside my head,I passed the streets filled with shops and happy people,yet unbeknownst to them,a confused and sad person walks among the happy crowd. "I don't... feel like going home..." my mouth suddenly utters while I face the ground. I saw a child,happy with its mother and father. "Mama... Papa..." I suddenly remember the faces of Miwa-san and... papa along with my brothers.
"Useless..." am I useless. "Useless..." do my real parents... left me because... I am... useless? My head starts asking questions again and the world starts to look gray. "Am I..." I couldn't say it.I want to cry,really bad. I want to release this sadness,I can't bear it anymore,it hurts so bad. I suddenly see the park,the sun has already come down and it started raining,I sat there quietly,drench in the rain and still holding the paper. The lamp post shines on me,the night sky cries and I am here,in this empty park,confused and in a state of shock. My legs feels numbed,my hands rest and my grip tightens on the paper.
I started to hear my phone ringing,seeing it was Masaomi calling me,I reject it,my notifications are filled with many missed phone calls. All from my brothers,funny I didn't even heard my phone ring several times. I guessed they missed me- "Useless..." my mind tells me again. No,I can't go back. I don't want to go back. My phone rang again,it was Natsume,I rejected it likewise.
"At least try to answer it" i suddenly heard the voice of Natsume. I looked at front and saw him,drenched and it looks like he was tired of finding me. "Why... what's wrong Natsume-san?" I asked,looking pale. "Hey that should be my line... the brothers were worried when you didn't come home so they asked me to look for you" he replied while slowly walking up to me. "Useless..." my mind starts to feel confuse as I mutter that word again,but i shrugged it is starting get closer. "What should I do?" I asked myself. What should I do? What should I do?" again and again I asked myself with terror,my heart beats faster,tears fall down from my face and my grip starts to harden.
"I don't... want to go home..." I muttered and he stopped walking towards me. "Why? Why don't you want to go home? Is there a problem Ema?" he asked me with straight face. "I just... I don't..." I couldn't say another legs tremble in fear,and my body starts to walks to up to me again but I took a few steps back,fearing he might bring me back to the household where everyone is waiting for me.
"Do you... want to go to my apartment?" he said. "N-No..." my body shivers from the cold and I start to get scared. I really don't want to face them,I want to be alone,my life seems to be a lie right now and I don't know what to do,should I continue or should I just disappear? I feel like everyone hates me,they might think I'm useless.
"Its actually annoying!" I suddenly heard Subaru's voice. Yes,it was the night of his birthday that he told everyone that I was annoying "Annoying... Useless..." those words,it really hurts. "Hey... are you ok? Do you want to go to my apartment" I totally forgot that Natsume was standing in front of me,waiting for an answer. "N-No..." I said,he gasped a little. He must be shocked of what I said,that answer was totally unexpected. "Hey come on-"
"No!" before he could say another word I suddenly yelled. "E-Ema..." he looks worried and his arm is trying to reach me. "I said no... so just... leave me.." for all I know is,I started running,running away from that place. I don't want to be with anybody,but then I felt a sudden grip in my arm.I turned around and it was Natsume,he caught up to me really fast and I can't let go. "P-Please..." he looked up to me,tears started to run down from my face. "P-Please... let me go... I don't want... to be.. with anybody..." I begged for him to let me go.
"Why? What's wrong Ema? Answer me!" he asked with anger and confusion. I can see from his eyes that he doesn't want me to leave. But unfortunately I do. "P-Please... I just don't want... I don't want to be around with you!" I yelled again,this time he can tell that I am angry and his hand lets go off my arm and I started to run again. I noticed he didn't follow me but I heard saying " Why?". He just stood there,wondering why did I said that. But nevermind,I still kept running and finally stopped to a house,filled with trees and healthy stomach starts to ache since i didn't have dinner yet.I sat on the ground and still muttering the words "Useless" and "Annoying" while facing the houses with the lights still on in this late hour. My eyes feels tired and I started to drift in the pouring streets. I suddenly see my parents and my brothers,they look happy. They look happy... without me. I beggin' to cry again,but this time,it seems anger fills me inside.
"Onee-chan? Are you ok?" I suddenly woke up and I saw this young girl with brown hair and in a rain coat. She seemed confused yet terrified. "Um... yes..." I replied with a smile since I don't want her to be scared of me. "Haruka,what are you doing? Wait,who's that!?" a deep male voice suddenly broke into our conversation. I see an older guy with a mohawk and holding up an umbrella. "Um.. miss are you ok?" he quickly came to me and placed the umbrella on top of my head. "Are you hungry? Do you want to go inside?" he looks worried about me and I start to feel like I am going to faint and everything went black.
"Useless... Annoying... Useless... Annoying... Useless... Annoying... ONEE-SAN!" I suddenly gasped. Seeing the terrified face of girl,I quickly calmed down and noticed I was inside a room. The boy from before suddenly came in with a small tub of water and handkerchiefs. It seems I fell asleep and I had a fever. I saw the clock it was 3:30 am and this two are still up. "Um... can we ask something?" the boy walks up to me and asked his sister to go to sister then kisses him in the cheek before going to a separate room to sleep. "Y-yes.." I said and the two of us are now alone,I think this is his' room. "What exactly... happened?" he asked while placing the small tub of water in the side and prepares a wet handkerchief and looks up to me with confusion.
"Um... its a long story sorry but can i have something to eat first?" I said since my stomach was already trembling in stands up and gets the tray on top of the television and places it down on my lap,the food is still warm so I can tell he just cooked this.
"Ok miss..."
"Ema..."
"Um... -san,tell me what happened?" he said while sitting in the corner of the room. He gets a cigarette and lights it up. His mohawk still retained its form and I can see he is another delinquent like Yusuke-kun. "So um... its like this... ugh.. err..." I really couldn't say it or better yet,I don't know were to start.
"Look if you don't want to talk thats fine with me,but at least eat your food" he said while releasing a cloud of smoke from his mouth."Um.. yes... thank you..."
"Ren... Ren Utsumi" he mutters while looking at the window. Its weird,he isn't like my brothers. He may look like he doesn't care but he actually does. I started to eat my food,curry with rice. "Delicious!" I said and he looked at me. "Thank you Ema" he smiled while still smoking. Nervous. I am currently nervous at him. Why do I feel like this? Nevermind.
I finished the meal and tried to stand up but I am still tired. Ren,who just finished smoking,the comes to me and takes the tray away from me. He then comes back with a glass of warm milk and gives it to me. After drinking the milk,we exchanged looks and he then sighed and said "Lets get some rest? Would you like that?" he smiled and prepared his bed next to mine. I blushed but it feels like he doesn't care. Weird yet cool. He closed the lights and we slept facing the opposite direction,the rain hasn't stop yet and I can hear the leaves outside making rustling noises. I felt safe inside this house,even though I don't know this people but i can feel they are trustworthy. I slowly closed my eyes,and smiled a little.
"Onee-san! Your phone is ringing!" I woke up to the sound of the girl last night,she was beside me and looking at my face. I got up and saw that my phone had 7 missed calls, several are from Natsume and some were from Masaomi and Ukyo.I quickly closed my phone so I don't want them to worry about me. Ren then comes inside the room with a tray with several bowls with cereal on them.
"Haruka! Time to eat" his voice was gentle and the girl or was named Haruka came to him and greeted him with a good morning kiss in the cheek. I envy them,they're both caring for each other. "Onee-san! Time to eat!" she smiled as she passed the bowl of cereal to me.
"Thank you,Haruka!" I smiled back at her and she started eating. I looked at Ren and he too started eating. I looked at my bowl of cereal,still depressed from the events of yesterday, but I shrugged it off and started to eat. I see Haruka getting ready for school, and Ren starting to prepare to go to work. It looks like he doesn't go to school anymore and works to support Haruka in elementary school. "Ema can you stay here while we go to work and school ok?" he says,but I have a feeling he distrust me a little. They left the house when I am done eating,i looked around seeing if there was a chance for me to clean something since I owe them a debt in saving me last night. As I look around,I noticed my phone rings again,this time its from papa. My mind starts to argue by itself
"Should I answer it?"
"No,he didn't told me the truth about me."
"But he's your dad!"
"I know but I'm still angry at him!"
I really don't know what to do but I ended up rejecting the call. But then my phone received a message from dad. I was shocked at what he said to me.
Dear Ema,
I know you're angry and confuse,I'm sorry that I hid the truth from you,but please come home,
your brothers are worried sick,they've started searching for you
I'll tell you the truth when I come home from work but please at least show up to the house and face your brothers. They love you Ema,we all do.
Papa
I was touched from what papa said,but it still didn't change anything. I was still angry. Why did he hid it from me? Why didn't he told me that I was adopted? Who were my real parents? Why did they left me? Am I... a useless person? Those were the questions that need to be answered,but not for now. I kept my phone in my pocket and went to take a bath. I've then borrowed Ren's pajamas and started cleaning. His room was tidy and also Haruka's but the hallways were dusty and he forgot to wash the dishes. I've spent the whole day cleaning,but as I was arranging the books in his shelf I saw files,it reveal that Ren's and Haruka's parents died in a car crash when they were young. I felt sad for them,left to support each other at a young age. I've then heard somebody opened the door.
"Onee-chan?" I heard a female voice coming from the hallways. I checked and it was Haruka who came home by herself. "Haruka! Welcome home!" I smiled. She then run towards me and hugged me tightly. I felt a bit of happiness from her hug.
"Onee-chan! Did you cooked dinner yet?" she asked. "No,I was busy cleaning" I said while I pat her in the head. "Do you always go home by yourself?" I asked curiously as she walked towards the table and laid her bag on the floor. "No,I usually wait for onii-san to pick me up at my friend's house,he works at a factory and sometimes we come home very late at night" I thought of what Haruka said,her brother must be tired from working hard for her sake. I finished cooking the meal and we both ate while watching tv. I saw in the news that Fuuto has announced that he will be on hiatus because he was going to find me. I looked at Haruka who was fascinated with Fuuto. "Onee-chan! my favorite popstar is going on a hiatus... What's a hiatus?" she asked while turning to me with curiosity. "Hiatus is another for break. Fuuto-kun is just going on a break for a while" I smiled but she then pulled another question. This time its about Futoo's sister. "Who is Futoo-kun's sister?" she said,so I replied "I don't... know Haruka..." I paused since I hid the truth from Haruka.
We suddenly heard the door opened and saw Ren,who was tired from work. "Oh you made dinner,nice!" he smiled at me. I blushed a bit and asked him to come and eat with us,he then sits and starting eating fast. "This taste delicious!" he says while chewing. I watched him,he eats just like Subaru,who is a fast eater. Haruka then goes to kitchen and brings her plate to the sink and washes her hands before going off to the bathroom to take a bath before she sleeps. Me and Ren were now alone inside the living room,he looked at me.
"So,tell me Ema-san,what happened?" he asked again. "OK, I just found out that I am adopted and out of anger,I run away from home" I said while facing down to my lap as my hands clutch the pants."Wait what!? Why did you do that?" he exclaims,looking shocked of what I did. "I don't know. " I said in a sad tone. I really don't know why I'd left,maybe because of the confusion? Or anger? I really don't know. "Can you tell me exactly who you are?" he asked while looking at me with a serious face. I told him my identity and my parents and family. He looked surprise to learn I had 13 brothers but just brushed it off. "So... when are you going home" I looked at him with a depressing look. He can tell that I don't want to go home because I don't know how to face my brothers and my dad. My hands starts to shake a little. What am I supposed to tell them? How can I face them? My mind starts to feel confused again,I bite my lip and try to think of a solution. All of a sudden silence screams across the room. Ren was still looking at me and expects an answer,but all I can give him is a worried look.
"Ok if you want some time alone then I think its ok,but you have to face them someday" he sighs and stands up and goes to prepare our beds. I've then stand and go to the kitchen to clean the dishes,still thinking on what to do. But I just shrugged it off and went to bed when I'm done.
