A/N: Welcome back to "Love Amongst the Strawberries"! You know, it occurred to me when I uploaded last chapter, that at least a few of you will judge me for making a story set in the world of a yuri anime. Yes, I watch Strawberry Panic!, and yes, I consider myself a fan of it.

Also, I want to draw your attention back to that fanfiction wiki I created. Some of the entries, especially those of the character profiles, have information that you won't see in the stories I post. Now, while I admit I'm not the best writer out there, I do pride myself on my imagination, so whatever information you find on the wiki, take it as canon to this fanfiction series.

Anyways, enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 2 – Consultations

KNOCK, KNOCK!

Groaning, Adam pulled himself out of bed, and stumbled towards the door, yanking it open. "Yes?" he asked, glaring in the direction of a blurry figure in front of him. "Mister Robertson. I've been told to escort you and your brother to your consulting room." The figure said in a familiar voice, causing Adam to rub his eyes. When he looked back up, he saw that the blurry figure was in reality Chikaru Minamoto. "Oh, Miss Chikaru! My apologies, but as you can see, you seem to have caught me at a disadvantage. You see, my brother and I, we're not exactly morning people." He explained, before Chikaru raised an eyebrow. "Clearly not." She said, nodding to Adam's state of undress. Looking down, Adam immediately blushed when he realised how he looked, before hiding himself behind the door, as Chikaru laughed. "Relax. I'm not a sexual deviant. I was told to give you 10 minutes, then to haul you two out of bed if necessary." She said, making Adam relax, before looking to his watch. "Well, if you add up the time since she started knocking, we're down two minutes. And something tells me this girl's not joking." He thought to himself, before looking back to the girl. "Alright, just wait there." He said, before she nodded, and allowed him to close the door. Taking up a position leaning against the wall, she smiled.

Immediately after the door closed, Chikaru could hear crashing from within the room, before the door opened after a couple of minutes, with Jamie falling out of the room flat on his face. "Well, I'm up." He said, as he picked himself up. Turning, he saw Adam locking the door, and pocketing his key. "Lead on, Miss Chikaru." He said, gesturing up the corridor, before the two brothers followed her, all the way to an empty classroom. Withdrawing a key from her pocket, the girl unlocked the door, and entered with the brothers following her inside.

"This classroom's not been used for ages. So, it makes perfect sense to allow you to use it as your consultation room." She said, passing the key to the room to Adam, who pocketed it. "So, since we're still getting used to this, one question; What kind of 'consulting' are we gonna be doing here?" Jamie asked, before the girl smiled. "Well, I'm not entirely sure, but it should mostly be a personal problem or two between each student." She said, causing Adam to groan. "So basically, you want us to become shrinks to these girls." He said, before Chikaru put a finger to her chin, striking a thoughtful pose. "Essentially." She said, before she held up the same finger. "Ah, that reminds me!" she said, before she pulled a notebook out of her pocket.

"Since you've joined the campus, you'll need to be affiliated with one of the three schools. St. Miator, Spica, or Le Rim. Whichever one you pick will determine what Council President will be keeping track of your actions." She said, opening the notebook, before the brothers looked to each other. "Okay, so, which school do you want to affiliated with, Adam?" she asked, looking to the younger brother, who immediately replied, "Le Rim.", causing Jamie to look at him in shock. Shrugging, Adam said, "I had a feeling something like this was gonna happen.", as Chikaru wrote down his answer, before turning to Jamie. "I'll go with Spica." He said, causing Adam to smirk, as he thought to himself, "He just chose that one because that black-haired girl was wearing the Spica uniform. Horndog.", just before he realised, "Oh, shit. Isn't that the exact same reason as to why I picked Le Rim? Because Chikaru is a member of that school? God, I'm a fucking hypocrite." Cracking his neck to clear his head, Adam sat in a chair near the window, just as Chikaru finished writing.

"Well, since I've got all that…" Chikaru said, closing her notebook, "I guess I'll be seeing you two around. Especially you, Adam." She said, winking at the younger brother, drawing a blush from him, before leaving the room. After the door closed behind her, Jamie turned to Adam. "Well, how 'bout that?" he asked in a joking tone, causing Adam to glare at him. "The fuck is that tone supposed to mean?" he asked, before Jamie jerked his head towards the door. "Seems like Miss Chikaru will be taking a…"special interest" in you." He said, before making the mistake of stepping a bit too close to Adam, who moved in a blur, and decked him. "Shut it, wankstain." He said, before holding out a hand to the laughing boy. Taking it, Jamie allowed himself to be pulled to his feet. As he went to open his mouth, they were caught off guard by someone knocking on the door. "It's open!" Adam called, before the door cracked open, and a blue-haired girl wearing the St. Miator uniform peeked her head in.

"Hello. Am I right in presuming that this is the new Consultation room?" she asked, before Adam rubbed his eyes. "For lack of a better term, yes. I'm Adam Robertson, but please, call me Adam. And this waste of skin over here is my brother, Jamie." He explained, gesturing over to Jamie, who raised a hand in greeting. "Pleasure to meet you. My name's Tamao. Tamao Suzumi." The girl said, stepping into the room and closing the door, before she bowed. "Please, the pleasure's all ours." Jamie said, in a tone which frankly shocked Adam, who by this point had lowered himself into the chair behind the main desk. "Did he…just manage to say something in a tone that wasn't completely perverted? I'm impressed, but scared at the same time." The younger brother thought to himself, before he looked back to Tamao.

"Well, what can we do for you, Miss Tamao?" he asked, gesturing for the girl to take a seat. "Well, before I tell you, I have to ask; what kind of advice would you two be willing to give?" she asked, as she lowered herself into the seat. Looking to each other, both of the brothers shrugged. "We never really got a chance to discuss it, but I suppose we'd be willing to cover any type of advice." Adam said, before Tamao nodded. "Even…relationship advice?" she asked, before her face erupted in a furious blush. "I…suppose that would be in there as well, despite our limited experience in that field." Jamie said, causing the girl to smile. "Good. As that's exactly why I'm here." She said, causing Adam to raise an eyebrow. "Very well, Miss Tamao…" he said, sitting up a bit straighter as Jamie pulled a chair over…

"Tell us all about it."

Taking a deep breath, Tamao started her explanation. "There's this…girl, I like. I've liked her since she arrived here, in fact." She started, before Adam nodded. "A transfer student, I presume, from the way you worded that?" he asked, getting a nod from the girl. "She arrived here, and I felt my heart beat faster when I saw her for the first time. And over time, my feelings have only gotten stronger. But I'm scared to tell her, as she's not only my best friend and roommate, but she's also in love with another girl." She continued, before Adam looked to Jamie. "Damn." He said, before Jamie smirked.

"Well, the solution's obvious, isn't it?" he asked, causing Tamao to look to him. "You just need to tell her how you feel." He said, causing Adam to roll his eyes, and Tamao to widen hers. "As ever, you're as blunt as an atom bomb, Jamie." Adam said, before turning to Tamao again. "As much as I hate to admit it, Miss Tamao…" he said, drawing the girl's attention back to him, "He's right. The only way you can feel better about this situation is if you tell her how you feel. Only then can you know whether or not she's able to give you a chance. If you don't tell her, and this other girl you mentioned reciprocates her feelings, you'll just feel that much worse about yourself." He said, before Tamao looked to her hands, which she had been wringing throughout the session. "Okay. Thank you, both of you." She said, before getting out of the seat. "And one last thing, Miss Tamao." Jamie said, causing her to look to him again. Looking to his brother, Adam was concerned as to what he was going to say, but he was caught off guard when he said, "If she doesn't return your feelings, at least she'll still be your best friend. Remember that." Nodding, Tamao smiled, before bowing to the both of them. "Thank you both for taking the time to speak to me." She said, before Adam held up a hand. "Please, the pleasure was ours. Feel free to come back anytime. Our door is always open." He said, as the girl walked over to the door, opened it, and exited the room, looking back to the brothers one last time, before the door closed.

Sighing in exasperation, Jamie leaned back in his chair, and looked to Adam. "Well, that was easy." He said, before Adam nodded. "Yeah, it may have seemed that way, but seriously, I wish her luck. Love's a hell of a minefield to be traversing." He said, before Jamie nodded. "Well, let's hope that they're all as easy as that was." He said, before they heard the door being knocked again. "Come in!" they shouted, before the door cracked open…

Later on…

After a few hours, during which a few more girls came to the brothers, Adam and Jamie left the room, and locked it behind them. "Girls with problems." Adam said, shivering slightly, spinning the key on his finger, before placing it in his pocket. "Give me a fistfight with a pissed off Scottish wanker any day." He said, causing Jamie to chuckle. "Right, so what now?" the older brother asked, before Adam looked to him in confusion. "What do you mean?" he asked, before Jamie nodded out of the window. "We going to work on the motors, or we going to lunch?" he asked, causing Adam to smirk. "Lunch first, then we'll do some work." He said, before Jamie nodded. "Sounds good. Shall we?" he asked, gesturing for Adam to lead the way. "Let's." the younger brother replied, leading his counterpart down the hall. Eventually, they reached the cafeteria, just as they saw a number of girls heading inside. Walking down the stairs, they mingled with the crowd, and when they entered the room, they walked over to get a pair of seats to themselves. Sitting down, they watched the girls come in and sit down, before they started to stand.

"I'll get our lunch." Adam said, causing his brother to nod, and lower himself back into his seat. Smirking, Adam grabbed two trays, and got food for both him and his brother, before he walked over. As he placed himself down and passed Jamie his tray, the two brothers were caught off guard by two shadows appearing on their table. Looking up, they saw Chikaru and Shion towering over them. "Miss Minamoto, Miss Tomori. What can we do for you?" Adam asked, as the girls took their seats beside each of the brothers; Chikaru beside Adam and Shion beside Jamie. "Well, Miss Minamoto told you that the Student Council Presidents of the schools you chose to be affiliated with would be checking on you periodically, right?" Shion asked, before the brothers nodded. "Well, if you're going to ask how our first day of being consultants is going, we're doing great. These girls are absolutely willing to tell us whatever it is that's bothering them. Which means we must be doing something right." Jamie said, causing the girls to smile. "I'm glad to hear it." Shion said, before she and Chikaru passed a couple of papers to the brothers. "What's this?" Adam asked, before he and Jamie looked down, and saw what looked like a timetable.

"The sisters have decided that since you and your brother are joining the boy's school, to keep up with the material you'll be studying, they want you to sit in on a couple of classes, and act as consultants on your periods off." Chikaru explained, causing Adam to raise an eyebrow. "I'm not complaining, but you couldn't have given us these earlier?" he asked, sighing when the girls smirked evilly. "We needed you to be affiliated with the schools first." Chikaru said, before he sighed and nodded in resignation, planking his head onto the desk. "Fair enough." He said, before Shion stood up. "I need to get going. Jamie, I'll send a Spica student to show you to your classes in the morning." She said, before the elder brother nodded, but as she went to leave, Adam spoke up.

"Just one problem with these." He said, causing Shion to turn back to him. "And that is?" she asked, before Adam nodded to the timetables. "Sometimes, we'll be skipping out on the classes or consultations. We need to spend some time working on our cars, or we'll be driven insane. At least some time each day, and we'll be fine." He said, causing the two girls to look at each other. "I suppose we can work out something with the sisters." Shion said, before she took her leave. As he returned to his lunch, Adam looked at his watch. "Speaking of which, we're gonna head to the cars the now. You need us, we'll be out front." He said, looking to Chikaru, who nodded. "Sure. See you tomorrow?" she asked, before Adam smirked. "It would be my absolute pleasure." He said, before he and his brother stood up, and dropped their trays off at the collection point. As he cracked his arm, Adam saw Jamie cracking his neck. "Race you to the cars?" he asked, before Adam chuckled and straightened his collar. "You're on." He replied, before both of them instantly took off running out of the room. Little did they know, they were being closely watched by Chikaru, who smiled as she saw Adam's black coat disappear round the door…

Outside…

Leaping down the front doors of the Strawberry dorms, Adam sprinted to the Charger and Skyline, with Jamie trailing behind him. Both of them stopping to regain their breath, Adam looked to Jamie, before both of them burst out laughing. "One of these days…I'm gonnae fucking beat you, little bro!" Jamie coughed out, causing Adam to chuckle. "Yeah, and I'll accept that defeat graciously, if it ever fucking happens, bro!" he said as they unlocked their cars, causing a couple of girls to look over to them as they laughed, before he shoved Jamie lightly. "Let's get to work." He said, placing his jacket on the backseat of the Charger, grabbing the toolbox situated inside, and closing the door, before the two popped their hoods, and got to work on their engines…

After some time had passed, the brothers heard someone clear their throat. Looking up, Adam saw the black-haired girl that had captured Jamie's attention standing in front of them. Smiling, he said, "Forgive us, Miss, but our consultation hours are over for today.", as he tightened a nut on his engine. "Well, I'm actually here to introduce myself, as I'm sure we'll be seeing each other a lot in the future." The girl said, causing Adam to nod. "Alright then, Miss. Go ahead." He said, before Jamie popped up from behind his hood. As soon as he noticed the girl, he adopted a look of shock. "I'm Yaya Nanto. Pleasure to meet you." She said, extending a hand to Adam, who shook it. "Pleasure's all mine. I'm Adam Robertson. And this wanker over here is my older brother, Jamie." He said, before Yaya turned to Jamie, and extended the hand, which he took, before he placed a kiss to the back of it. "Pleasure, m'lady." He said, causing Yaya to smile, and Adam to silently facepalm. "You gotta be fucking kidding me…" the younger brother groaned, before he looked back to Yaya. "So, Yaya. What can we do for you?" he asked, before the girl smiled. "Well, as I said, I wanted to introduce myself, but I also wanted to let Jamie know that I'm the one who'll be showing you around Spica Academy." She explained, causing Jamie to pale, which in turn caused Adam to nearly burst out laughing.

"Is that so? Well, I must warn you, Miss Nanto. This fucker here is a bit of a handful." The younger brother said, causing the girl to raise an eyebrow. "Oh, really?" she asked, before Jamie growled at Adam, who simply smirked. "Forgive my brother, he has a bit of an…over exaggeration problem. He blows things way out of proportion." The elder brother said, before Yaya smiled. "So, you're going to be showing me around Spica?" he asked, getting a nod from the girl. "Yes. Until you get accustomed to the school, I am to show you where to go for each class. I'll be arriving by your dorm at around 7:30. Is that okay?" she asked, before Jamie's face paled. "7:30? Is this chick fucking mental?" he thought to himself, before Adam spoke up. "Yes, he will be. I can guarantee it." He said, before Yaya smiled. "Well, if that's the case, I'll leave you to it, then." She said, before bowing. "But I would like to say to you, officially; Welcome to Astraea Hill!" she said, before the brothers bowed in return. "Thank you, Miss Nanto. We look forward to seeing you again." Adam said, before Yaya smiled, and took her leave.

Returning to working on their engines, Adam smiled at the look on Jamie's face, which was one of absolute shock. "Something tells me I'm gonna enjoy the time we spend here." He said, before Jamie glared at him. "Seems you'd better get a sleep schedule sorted. You do have to be up at 7:30 for your date tomorrow." He continued, before shutting his hood, getting his jacket, locking the door to the Charger, and walking away laughing. Staring at his brother's retreating back, Jamie realised what had just occurred in the last few seconds, before he roared…

"YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"

A/N: Hope you all enjoyed the chapter! See you all in Chapter 3 - Introductions. Madman out!