If She Must Choose
Chapter Two: The Party
Ema could faintly hear voices. Ukyo and Kaname, their voices drifting in from down the hall. Ema opens her eyes after feeling a slight pressure on her forehead and she is relieved when she see Masaomi sitting right beside her with a cloth in his hand. He smiled at her, and asked how she was feeling. Still extremely dizzy and slightly cold, even under her covers, Ema asks Masaomi what happened.
"You have a high fever, and you passed out in the living room. Now that you're awake I want you to take this medicine. It'll help to bring down your fever, then I want you to rest some more." Ema took the medicine he gave her and she closed her eyes.
Drifting in and out of obscure, fever induced dreams, Ema is grateful when she wakes again and the voices are gone. She reopens her eyes in hopes of finding Masaomi's again. She isn't disappointed and within a second she is holding his beautiful brown eyes with her own.
"How are you feeling now?" He asks. Ema informs him that she no longer feels cold and her dizziness is almost completely disappeared. Masaomi hums then Ema freezes and her heart begins to race as she feels a warm press of lips on her forehead. As Masaomi backs away from Ema, she surprises herself when she finds herself wanting more because his lips made her feel safe, and loved.
"Your fever has definitely gone down. Do you think you'll be able to stomach dinner?
"Yeah, I feel fine thanks to the medicine" As she watches Masaomi leave the room, Ema moves to sit up. She blushes from her extreme embarrassment as she looks down at herself. She's wearing a large light blue sweater that does not belong to her. She looks underneath the sweater to see only her bra, and her blush spreads to ears. Taking a deep breath, Ema pushes the covers away from her to find that she is no longer wearing her skirt or her thigh highs. Unlike with her shirt, her skirt was not replaced by anything, instead she sat in this giant thick sweater and her black lace panties. She recovered her legs with her blankets just as Masaomi returned with Ukyo in tow. They both take note of her blush that almost reaches her shoulders and in assuming that it has to do with her fever Masaomi hurries back to her side and presses his lips to her forehead once again and Ema can't stop the sigh that forces its way out from between her lips.
"I think you're just making it worse Masa-nii." Masaomi pulls back from Ema and can easily see that her face is darker that before. As realization hits him, Masaomi backs up again, only slightly and asks if rice porridge will be okay for her dinner. She nods and Masaomi has Ukyo leave to make her dinner, then he closes the door and returns to the chair placed beside her bed.
"I'm sorry about having to change your clothes." Masaomi's face started to heat up at thinking about her body in just her black lace bra and panties. "I didn't know where to find your clothes so I grabbed my own sweater but none of my pants would have even come close to fitting you." Masaomi was a doctor so he was very comfortable with the human body, and changing Ema into comfier clothes didn't faze him at all.
Masaomi knew that Ema was a beautiful girl as did each of his brothers. With big chocolate eyes and light brown hair, full pink lips and a cute button nose, Ema had every brother glancing back at her every few minutes and adding to her attractive face was a quiet and kind nature. She was adorable.
"Masaomi-san?" He looked back to her eyes. "Arigato gozaimasu. The sweater is much more comfortable than my clothes were." Ema's smile was infectious and had Masaomi smiling back in seconds.
As Ema sat in her bed eating her rice porridge, Masaomi sat by her side, and Ukyo and Kaname stood by her desk. She could see Kaname was writing something but from where she was she couldn't see it.
"You must be tired Chi. You took care of all of the moving details and you didn't sleep enough last night." Juli sat by Ema's head needing to be close to her. When Ema had collapsed Juli was so terrified. He didn't know if Ema was going to be okay and that frightened him. She meant far too much to him to lose her.
"That must have been difficult for you." A heavenly boy spoke softly from the doorway. Ema couldn't keep eyes off of his angelic features, his ash coloured hair was styled to perfection, and his mauve eyes were soft and filled with worry. His skin was pale and he was wearing fuchsia jeans, a black shirt that looked incredibly soft, and a large light blue zip up sweater with white polka dots. And to top it all off, he had on a brown and gold belt that had absolutely no functional purpose.
Kaname then turned to Ema, "We mentioned him earlier, the eight son Louis."
Ema sat herself up a little straighter and apologized for the circumstance for which they had to meet.
Louis walked up to Ema's bed and knelt down beside her. "It's not your fault Chi-chan." The soft voice had Juli turned his head to look at the man beside Ema. He was the only person who called her Chi. "You did all the preparations for the move, and were surrounded by people you just met. You must have been tired." Juli was confused. He had just said that.
Louis gave her a soft smile and pet her hair. "Your hair is pretty. When you are feeling better let me arrange it for you."
"Louis is a hairdresser." Ukyo explained to which Ema nodded.
"For bathing, I'm sure Masaomi told you to use the one on the 5th floor. I drew you a map of the house in case you forgot where to find it. " So that was what Kaname was writing. The brothers were all out of the room now, Kaname was just about to close the door. "Goodnight Imouto-chan" He said just before the door clicked shut.
"What wrong Chi?"
"Being said goodnight to. It's been a really long time." Ema smiled to herself. She was going be really happy here.
As Ema lays in her bed curled up next to Juli, she reflects back on her younger years. She took care of herself when she was sick, cooked for herself, and she was always by herself, aside from Juli. Being under a roof, shared by many other siblings, Ema was content. It felt nice to have Masaomi take care of her, and have Ukyo make her dinner, and when Kaname said goodnight to her, she finally didn't feel so alone.
Ema was feeling too awake for sleep so instead she just continued to stare into the darkness of her room. Her thoughts were interrupted by wheels of a cart and something being put up against the wall outside her room. Ema got out of her bed to investigate, leaving a tired Juli to sleep. Opening her door she found a cart with fruit, water, a stuffed animal, flowers, and a get well card.
"Gomen, did I wake you?" So it was Kaname who had left it for her.
"No I couldn't sleep"
"This is from everyone." Kaname wheeled the cart into her room while she waked at the door.
"Arigato gozaimasu onii-chan." Kaname turned around to face Ema with a smile on his face.
"I love the way you say that. It sounds nice, once more please."
"Onii-chan." Ema blushed slightly from the look in his eyes.
"Do you think you can sleep tonight? Or do you want your onii-chan to sleep with you?"
Ema's smiled up at Kaname. "I think I'll be fine."
"That's too bad. If you need anything else just knock on my door" He smirked and brushed one hand through Ema's ponytail while he placed his other on her chin, angling her face up to face him. Kaname leaned in a placed his lips on Ema's cheek. "When you're feeling all better I'll be sure to give you a better kiss, Imouto-chan." Ema was speechless and frozen in place as she watched Kaname retreat back to his own room and she brought her hand up to the spot where his lips had just been. She felt warm, and knew she was blushing once again. Resting her body up against her door frame, slowly turning her head to see Juli staring up at her from her bed. Luckily missing Kaname's display from moments ago.
Walking back into her room, Ema knelt next to one of her boxes and started rifling through it. Seemingly unsatisfied, Ema pushed it away from her, grabbing the next box. It was in the fourth box however that she found what she was looking for. Grabbing her bathing supplies, Ema took off Masaomi's sweater as well as her underwear, wrapped a towel around her and grabbed the map that Kaname had left her earlier that day.
"Chi! I'll escort you." They left Ema's room and headed to the elevator. Ema pressed on the 5th floor. Standing before the steps up to the landing, Ema was pretty sure that Masaomi had said it was on the left side of the landing. Ema wanted to double check the map before wondering around the house in just a towel. As she looked down at the map, Juli hoped up the steps and ran down the hallway, to ensure that it was safe for Ema to follow. Ema sighed and after having confirmed that the bathroom was on her left, she followed after Juli. Passing Juli, Ema walked up to the door of the bathroom, before she opened it Juli told her he was going to keep guard for her and ran back in the direction that he had come.
Opening the door to the bathroom, Ema was mortified and excited by what she saw. In front of the sink stood Subaru, in nothing but tight black boxers. Ema had already thought Subaru was attractive, but damn.
Hearing the door open, Subaru looked over to see a blushing Ema in nothing but a towel. Subaru's mind shut down at seeing her in just a towel. He couldn't help but think how hot she was.
"Ah sumimasen!" Ema turned away from him, blushing to her shoulders, Subaru found that action really cute. But she couldn't be blushing that much just because she was in nothing but a towel. Moving towards her he caught her looking at him. He followed the path that her eyes were taking. He looked down at himself.
"Oh my bad!" He turned red but before he could say anything else, she was gone out the door.
Ema was not having good luck today. She had embarrassed herself repeatedly as well as caused trouble for her new brothers. Still in her towel, Ema waited for the elevator to open.
"I told you living with these wolves was a bad idea." Juli added. She got on the lift and returned to her room, put on some clothes and returned to the 5th floor in favour of finding Subaru and apologizing for walking in on him.
Standing on the landing she heard voices drifting up from the living room. Curious, she moved closer to the railing so that she could see who it was, wondering if Subaru was one of them. She found herself looking at the backs of Tsubaki's and Azusa's heads. Although they weren't who she was initially looking for Tsubaki peaked her interest.
"There is something I need to tell you. Haven't we been together for a long time?"
"That's right" Ema didn't know what she was watching but that sounded like a stupid question for her. Of course they had been together a long time, they were twins.
"But lately when I'm with you, I feel different" Ema couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was this a confession?
Subaru came to stand next to her. "What's wrong?" He whispers to her.
"My heart starts racing, and I can't calm down" Tsubaki continues, and Ema is in awe but to her surprise Subaru doesn't think anything of what is taking place in the living room below them. "I also get irritated when you get along with other people." A surprised noise escapes Azusa's lips. "I am in love with you. Become mine?" Ema's heart starts racing and she turns away from the twins, looking instead at Subaru with a dazed expression. She can still her the twins voices in hushed tones but she couldn't make out the words. After a minute, Ema's was able to calm herself down.
"Those two are like that even though they're male?"
"Them being male doesn't matter Juli, but they're siblings."
"No, those two are-" Before Subaru could finish, Tsubaki and Azusa came up the stairs.
"How are you feeling Ema?" Azusa asks her, worry apparent on his face.
"Your face is completely red" Tsubaki notices. Smiling because he thought she looked really cute.
"Do you still have a fever?" Azusa asked her.
"Ah no that's not it." Ema mumbled.
The twins just look at each other "Then do you need anything?" Azusa asked.
"I know!" Ema was sure Tsubaki had found her out. "You can't sleep alone." Ema's blush deepens and all three brothers look at her hopefully. What was with this family and wanting to share a bed with her? "I'll sleep with you then." Tsubaki smirks and Ema is baffled at how Tsubaki can be flirting with her, immediately after having confessed to Azusa.
"Ah no, umm." How was she supposed to get across that she is okay with Tsubaki and Azusa being in a relationship?
"Say whatever you need to, we are siblings after all." Tsubaki smiles.
"Umm, I'll support you!" Ema squeezed her eyes shut. Tsubaki and Azusa we both dumbstruck and Ema looks so guilty. It took a moment for Tsubaki to understand what Ema was talking about but when he realized she was talking about his conversation with Azusa he got a fun idea.
"So you found us out." Tsubaki grabbed Azusa's hand. "It's true that I love him and we are dating." Tsubaki and Azusa turned to eat other and moved closer. Ema's breath hitched as her brothers lips met. After a moment they separated themselves, Tsubaki looked back at Ema, "Please don't tell the rest of our brothers. We wanted to tell everyone in our own time." To Tsubaki's surprise not only was Ema red faced and nodding her head, but Subaru as well was in a state of turmoil. This brought Tsubaki great joy.
"I wish you happiness." Ema told them as she hurried back to the elevator. Tsubaki's laughter filled her ears, and Azusa couldn't help but chuckle as well.
"That was such a great reaction from both you and Subaru." Tsubaki was so pleased that he was able to play such a wonderful prank on his new sister.
Ema turned back to them flustered. "We were doing a read-over of our script." Azusa smiled at her. All Ema could do was blink. "We're voice actors."
"Sumimasen, I interrupted your work." Ema was really not having a good day.
"It's fine. Next time, won't you be my practice partner?" Tsubaki winces as Azusa elbows him in the side.
"That's enough joking for one night." Azusa sighed
Tsubaki pat Ema's head. "You should get some sleep, you're still recovering after all."
"I'm really sorry that we brothers are so strange." Subaru smiles apologetically.
"Ah well goodnight." Ema stammered before hurrying back to her room. She felt like she could die from the embarrassment she just experienced.
On Monday morning, Ema got herself dressed in her school uniform and headed to the kitchen to get some breakfast before she and Yuusuke had to make their way to school. Breakfast was rather quiet since most of Ema's brothers were either still in bed or were already at work.
As 7:30 rolled around Ema walked through the front door with Yuusuke and Subaru. Ema hoped that Juli didn't cause too much trouble with her brothers. The walk to the station was quiet as well. Subaru blushed every time his eyes met Ema's, she assumed it was because she walked in on him, or about the prank the twins had played on then that weekend, and thought nothing else of it. However Ema was mistaken. Subaru was finding it difficult to keep his eyes off of Ema because he couldn't get the thought of her wrapped up in her towel out of his head.
Yuusuke, much like Subaru, was finding it difficult to converse because he was too busy thinking about the girl walking next to him. He was conflicted, for the over the past year he has liked Ema and once he had finally built up the courage to ask her out, she became his sister. Talk about bad luck, Yuusuke was convinced that the world hated him.
"I'll see you at home later" Subaru said before he got on a train to head to the university, leaving Yuusuke alone with Ema. When their train arrived Yuusuke was secretly happy to see how full the car was. Pushed right up against Yuusuke, Ema flushed and apologized for having no other choice.
After a few minutes Yuusuke finally decided to start up a conversation to hopefully get his thoughts off the body pressed against his own. "Are you okay?"
"Huh? Why wouldn't I be okay?" Ema looked up at Yuusuke.
"Aren't you confused since you suddenly have so many brothers?"
"Of course. It was shocking at first but everyone has been so kind to me. Thank you for worrying about me though." The smile Ema gave him made his heart race. She looked so cute with her eyes closed, mouth slightly open and her head tilting up to face his. He wanted to kiss her, but she was his sister now, he couldn't think like that anymore.
Ema was sad when she watched Yuusuke turn his face away from her with a pout on his lips. Ema had always thought he was incredibly handsome, it had to his dark eyes, wild red hair and angular face. Ema thought he looked like a delinquent but he was in fact one of the sweetest guys she knows. She was happy that she could become closer to him now that they were family, but Ema was sad because although she wanted to get closer to Yuusuke, he did everything he could to avoid being around her. Ema was grateful that she was forced onto a crowded train with him because since there was nowhere for him to escape to it gave them the opportunity to talk.
As she continued to contemplate ways to make Yuusuke like her, the train braked going into a turn causing her to stumble right into Yuusuke. Automatically wrapping one arm around Ema's waist, Yuusuke secured her against his own body. After the turn, he couldn't bring himself to release his hold on her. Her hair smelled so nice, and her body was felt far too good resting against him. Eyes shooting open, when did he even close them, Yuusuke let go of Ema, once again turning his face away from her.
"Gomen." He could feel his face heating up, and he couldn't bring himself to look her in the eyes.
"Ah no, I'm sorry." Surprised Yuusuke looked back to her face, blushing and eyes wondering, she looked really cute. He couldn't stop the laughter that fell from his lips. Who would have thought that becoming family would provide him with opportunities he had wanted to happen since the first day he saw her. He couldn't stop the union of their families, but he could become close to Ema. Although a relationship between siblings is wrong, 'I'm not going to give up on her', he thought to himself. Besides, Yuusuke was fairly certain that his brothers were thinking the same thing.
After a long day at school, Yuusuke and Ema walked through the front doors of the house and into the elevator. Stopping on the third floor, Yuusuke got off and headed towards his room. Ema stopped at her room as well, in favour of changing out of her uniform. Deciding on light blue jean shorts, a black tank top, and a dark grey knit cardigan, Ema made her way up to the 5th floor.
"I'm home." She called out, but received no answer.
Standing in the living room she sighed, "I guess no one's home." As she was about to head back to her room, but Juli started sniffing at the air.
"No, I can definitely feel the presence of a wolf"
Ema walked up to the back of the bench on the couch closest to her, and peered over. Asleep, was a cute boy with light brown hair that Ema recognized from the tv. He had on a green and white long sleeve shirt, with the arms rolled up to his elbows, and a grey vest over top.
"Fuuto-kun?" Ema whispered
Ema eyes met his as he rolled onto his back, she didn't mean to wake him "Who are you? Someone's girlfriend?"
"No" Ema blushed.
"Then what are you doing here?" He asked.
"I moved here a few days ago" Ema told him
"Your Miwa's fiancés daughter." Fuuto got up from the couch and made his way to her. In the back of her mind she was happy that at least one of her brothers, aside from Wataru, didn't tower over her. "You're pretty cute, but you're probably an idiot." Ema was shocked. "Not going to deny it, guess you really are an idiot." Fuuto turned to the stairs and waved back to her. "Please take care of me, idiot older sister."
"He has a twisted personality." Juli declared
"He's definitely different for what you see on tv, but he must have been surprised. All of a sudden, someone you don't know is living in your house." Ema was sure he was actually a nice person.
Ema heard a door close in the kitchen, making her way over she saw Ukyo putting a few grocery bags on the counter.
"Welcome home." Ema said to him.
Ukyo met Ema's eyes, looking baffled. Did she do something? "Is there something wrong?"
"No, excuse me for being rude. It's been quite some time since I've heard 'welcome home'. " Ukyo smiled. "It's quite nice."
He put on an apron and began rummaging through the bags, "Have you met Fuuto yet?"
Ema nodded. "A few minutes ago" She said.
"Good. I asked him to come home for today since he's busy with work tomorrow." Ukyo told her.
"Is something happening tomorrow?" Ema didn't recall hearing about anything.
"Gomen, I haven't told you yet. It's Subaru's birthday tomorrow." Ema was suddenly filled with excitement. It had been years since she had celebrated a birthday. "This year is special since he's turning 20."
"If there is anything I can do please tell me!" Ema insisted.
"Are you good at baking?" Ukyo asked.
"Yes! I love baking."
"Alright then will you make his cake? That would actually be really helpful." He suggested.
"Absolutely! I would love too!" She was thrilled that she had something to contribute, it made her feel more part of the family. Ukyo was captivated by Ema. She was glowing.
"We don't have ingredients for the cake though, would you mind going to the store?"
"Sure!" Ukyo handed her some money and she hurried away. Ukyo couldn't stop a chuckle. Was she skipping?
Ema had made it a third of the way home before she was forced to stop. Finding a bench, Ema but the bags down and slumped onto the seat. Her arms were so tired, how was she going to make it all the way home.
Subaru was on his way home from practice when he saw Ema sitting on a bench looking beat. He was heading over to ask her if she needed any help but as he walked up behind Ema he was stunned by her words.
"If it was Subaru-san, he would have no problem lifting something like this. Doing roadwork on top of playing varsity basketball. He's really amazing!"
Subaru's mouth fell open at her words. "You noticed?" He accidently whispered. He ran to hide behind a wall. He wasn't sure why he was hiding but he didn't want her to see him like this; a fierce blush across his cheeks and a hand planted over him mouth in hopes of muffling his heavy breathing. He couldn't seriously be falling for his sister could he?
Ema turned to face in front of her, she had thought she had heard someone behind her, but saw no one. She gripped the bags at her feet, rose and continued to trek home.
Finally she thought. Once in the kitchen, Ema placed the bags on the floor and dropped to her knees, breathing laboured and sweat collecting on the back of her neck Ukyo chuckled, abandoning dinner for a moment, he lifted the bags from the floor and placed them on the counter then got a glass of water for Ema to drink. She was so tired. After a few minutes she rose back to her feet. If this cake was going to be ready in time she was going to have to start now.
Ema had to wait till the following day to ice the cake and put the finishing touches on it. So with the cake finally complete, Ema started to make her way back to her room to change, since her current outfit had icing on them. Before she could make it to the elevator however, she saw Louis lying on the steps. Having made her way over, she knelt beside him "Louis-san! Are you okay?"
He opened his eyes and started to get up. "Chi-chan." He looked at her concerned face and smiled softly. "I was planning to sleep on the sofa, but I didn't make it. Are you busy right now?"
"No, I just finished Subaru's cake so I was going to get changed."
"If you don't mind, may I arrange your hair while you wait? Since there's party tonight I want to make you even cuter."
"Of course Louis-san."
Sitting on her knees in front of her bed, Ema was revelling in the feeling of Louis' hands in her hair. "Almost done Chi-chan." Ema opened her eyes to look at herself in the mirror as Louis plugged a curling iron into the wall. Louis had left her hair down, falling over her shoulders. There was a half braid on the right side of her head, tied off with a small pink bow. She smiled to herself, letting her eyes fall shut once again. She could get used to Louis doing her hair, it was very soothing, and it did look really cute.
When Louis had finished curling her hair, she was startled by her reflection. He had made her hair appear wavy, rather than the ringlets she had been expecting, giving her hair some extra volume, but it looked natural rather than overpowering.
"Look how cute you look Chi-chan" Louis was so grateful that he Ema had become his sister. Now he had someone with long enough hair for him to play with. "I have to go back to the salon now but I'll see you at the tonight." With Louis now gone, Ema went to her closet to choose an outfit for the party. She pulled out a knee length blue dress with laced sleeves and a thin black belt. Now that she was cleaned up, she returned to the living room, surprised to find that it was still empty. Sitting herself on the couch, Ema pulled out her phone to text Imai about the party. After a minute Ema's phone buzzed.
'That's wonderful Ema, family life suits you well. Have fun and tell me how it goes later'
Ema shot back a quick okay just as Fuuto ran into the room looking for Louis.
"He left about 10 minutes ago." Wasn't Fuuto supposed to be at work until late tonight?
"Just my luck! When I called the salon they said he was went home" Fuuto was frustrated to say the least. He has a photo shoot in two hours and he can't even find Louis to do his hair. Letting out a defeated sigh, Fuuto turned back to Ema. "You changed your hair. I didn't realize sis was such a beautiful person" Fuuto could see Ema's face turning red from embarrassment. Perfect. He needs to let out his frustration somehow. "You can't actually think I was serious. Ha! I can't believe you think your some kind of princess just because changed your hair."
Fuuto picked up his phone when his laughter was interrupted by an incoming call. "I'm at home. I already told you the hairstylist at the studio has no sense at all! Fine! I'm coming." Fuuto huffed and once again called back to her as he retreated. "See you later, pretty older sister." Fuuto got in the elevator hitting the first floor. He was pissed. He was being forced to return to the studio without his brother to do his hair, his sister having got to Louis first, and on top of everything, Ema looked beautiful. Fuuto wasn't completely certain why Ema looking beautiful would be a cause for his own frustration, but he was certain of one thing. There was no way that he was going to be able to treat Ema like his sister.
Ema just sat in the living room staring at the direction in which Fuuto had gone, she didn't understand him at all. He would say such sweet things, until the point where she was flushed then he would become a total ass. Did she do something to cause it or did Fuuto just enjoy messing with her head?
After dinner, Ukyo went to the fridge and pulled out the cake that Ema had made.
"Wow, it's huge" Wataru exclaimed.
"It looks delicious." Tsubaki chimed in.
"It's almost a waste to eat it" Lori agreed.
Ema was ecstatic, the compliments from her brothers meant so much to her, that her eyes sparkled.
"You made this by yourself?" Yuusuke asked. "For Suba-nii, you…I can't eat this. I want to eat it but I can't." What did that even mean?
"Ah, well I'll eat Yuusuke's piece." Tsukabi declared. "After all, it's a cake made with your affection. I feel like I can eat the whole thing! I would be extremely happy if you would feed it to me."
"Umm".
"Or do you prefer if I feed you." Tsubaki plucked a strawberry off of the cake and brought it to her lips. This man is shameless Ema thought as placed the strawberry in her mouth. Ema did in fact enjoy being fed by her white haired brother, but in front of everyone? Ema lowered her eyes to the floor, missing the jealous stares he received from everyone in the room.
"Let's leave it there Tsubaki" Azusa said as he pulled him away from their sister."
"Okay. It seems like the only one who's not excited is the one the party is for." Tsubaki pointed out.
Ema looked at Subaru with worried eyes. Was he not feeling well? "It's alright. It's not an illness." Kaname assured her. "But then again, maybe you could call it that. One that even a doctor cannot cure. I have this illness as well."
"You are bothering our sister, Kaname-nii-san" Iori stepped in.
"Forgive me, Imouto-chan"
"Can I ask you, why did you change your hair?" Iori asked.
"Ah Louis-san said that it was a party, so he wanted to arrange it." Ema explain.
"So it's like that, good." Iori turned back to the party looking relived.
The rest of the party flew by, and Ema took as many pictures of everyone as she could. Back in her room she flipping through the pictures smiling to herself. Subaru blowing out his candles. Iori, Ukyo and Azusa all eating their cake. Tsubaki stealing Yuusuke's cake off his plate. Subaru taking a bite of cake. Ema stopped, looking closely at Subaru. He had his mouth closed around the fork, looking at something in the distance. Only he could make that look incredibly cute she thought. She placed her camera on her desk and went to lay in her bed. Ema was so happy. Being able to flip through pictures of family wasn't something she was used to doing and even though it would seem like such a minor action to any of her brothers, it proved that Ema had family now. One she didn't ever want to part from. Admittedly they were a little strange but it was something that she valued in them. Ema wanted to tell her father how happy She was living here, but when she reached for her phone she realized it wasn't where she thought. Looking through her blankets, her desk, the floor, and even under her bed, Ema assumed she must have left it upstairs, and got up to check.
Ema got out of the elevator and immediately was met with the sounds of her older brothers. "Kampai" She heard them all say, followed by the clinking of tin.
Walking up the steps to the landing Ema found herself listening to her brother's conversation. "I want her to make cake just for me!" Tsubaki whined. "What's wrong our beloved brother?"
"Love? How trivial."
"You're one to talk. Are you not interested in our little sister?" Ema's stopping walking, waiting on Subaru's answer. 'Please say yes' she thought. Subaru started mumbling nonsense but not giving a clear answer.
"Come on Subaru, tell me what you think of her." Tsubaki continued to pester him.
"She's an annoyance!" Ema's eyes widen. "It's always been us guys, but then out of nowhere, a girl comes into the picture. I hate that I have to be careful about not walking around in my boxers or taking off my shirt when I train." A tear traced its way down her check. 'So that's what he thinks of me.' Ema backed herself into the wall, not having noticed Subaru get up to head to his room.
"Ema!" Subaru called out to her when he saw her running back to the elevator. He tried to catch up to her but the doors had closed by the time he reached them. But not before he caught a glimpse of Ema's tear streaked face.
Ema fell into her bed, curled herself up in her blankets, and buried her face into her pillow. The tears had stopped falling, and she was left feeling empty inside. She lay like that for 5 minutes before she hears a knock on her door. She opens it to see Subaru's flushed face.
"Sorry about earlier. Please forget about it. I meant none of it." Ema examined Subaru's face and found no hint that he was lying.
"It's okay, I was just a bit surprised is all." She tried to smile at him but her heart was still breaking, he said that she was annoying and only caused him trouble. How was she supposed to just forget about something like that?
He placed a hand on Ema's cheek, dragging his thumb underneath her eye. "It isn't okay. I made you cry, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry!"
He went to bow to her but his head was foggy. He probably drank more than he though because he couldn't keep his balance. Not sure what happened, Subaru lifts his off of the comfy spot where it landed. Looking down he met Ema's eyes. They were blown wide with surprise and her face was redder than he had yet seen. He placed a hand on the back of her head and lowered his lips to hers. He wanted to show her that he had truly not meant a single word that he had spoken. That Tsubaki had been correct when he said he liked Ema. Subaru moved his lips against hers for a moment revelling at how soft and warm they felt, and when he was sure that he had made a mistake, Ema's began to move against his. His fingers tangled themselves in the hair as he placed his other hand on her jaw. He quickly became desperate for the kiss to deepen, so he dragged his tongue along her lower lip, feeling her tremble beneath him.
Ema was surprised with the way her body reacted to being pinned beneath the beautiful man. Opening her mouth to accept his tongue, she met it with her own. She wrapped her arms around his back, grabbing two handfuls of his shirt, and let out a soft moan when he tilted her head for a better angle as he started roaming her mouth with more intensity. She could feel her body getting hotter but then her mouth her was empty.
Subaru was getting too worked up, and the blood rushing to his head was making him dizzy. He pulled away from Ema and peered down at her lust filled eyes. His own were becoming heavy and practically impossible to keep open.
Subaru buried his head into Ema's shoulder, having passed out. His entire weight was now crushing her and he was too heavy for her to move, so she accepted her fate and waited for her savour to arrive. Luckily, it only took another 5 minutes, for the twins to rescue her.
"What the fuck?" Azusa exclaimed. He grabbed his arms, and Tsubaki grabbed his legs. They lifted him off of Ema and dragged him into the hallway before returning to Ema.
Tsubaki kneeled next to Ema and pulled her into his chest. "Forget about what Subaru said earlier." He rubbed her back in a comforting manor.
"We all think of you as an important sibling and are glad you're here." Azusa finished by leaving a kiss on Ema's cheek. He exited the room to grab Subaru and drag him to the elevator.
"What did he do to you?" Tsubaki questioned.
Face red, she decided the best thing would be to lie. "N-Nothing, he just apologized and he fell on top of me."
"You're lying. He kissed you." Ema stared at Tsubaki. How could he tell? She thought she said that convincingly. He ran his thumb over her bottom lip, "Your lips are swollen."
Ema bit on her bottom lip. "And I wanted to be the first one to kiss those perfect lips. But I suppose I'll just have to get my revenge of Subaru for beating me to it." Tsubaki was close. She could feel his breath ghosting across her lips, and her body was heating up again. Her heart beat quickening as Tsubaki started to close the distance and her eyes drifted shut. She felt his hot lips press into the opposite cheek that Azusa had kissed and felt disappointed. "Don't worry it'll come." He smirked at her and rose up from their place on her floor, then pulling her up as well. Brushing his hand through her hair once, he placed her phone in her hand. "You were coming to get this I assume." He said goodnight and closed her door behind him.
Ema changed into a pair of play station boxers her father had bought her for Christmas and a black tank top, and curled up in her blankets. What was she going to do? She clearly liked Subaru, if the way her body reacted to his kiss wasn't enough to go on, the way her heart pounded in her chest just at the thought him sure was. And then there was Tsubaki, who she found herself craving. She wanted him to kiss her tonight and when it was only on the cheek she felt cheated. What was she thinking, he's her brother, so she shouldn't want anything more out of him. Same goes for Subaru for that matter. She flips herself over to face the wall with a huff. She was so screwed.
