Subaru

After the bell rang, I couldn't stay in the classroom any longer. Listening to all that inane chatter was slowly driving me insane. When one of the girls came up to talk to me, I could barely resist the temptation to punch her.

I wandered around the school for most of the break. Just as I was thinking about heading back to the classroom, I smelled something that I never thought I would smell again.

I stopped walking, stunned and thinking that I had finally followed my mother into insanity. Then, I realized that I couldn't possibly be imagining that sweet, intoxicating scent. In the past twenty years, I had tried so hard to forget it, only to think of her and recall it.

But those memories had never been this vivid. I couldn't believe that I was imagining this scent, but what other explanation was there?

I ran towards the scent and saw her. Yui was on the ground with a scrape on her knee, looking exactly like she always did when she used to fall over. She always was such a klutz.

But, when I saw her talking to someone, I looked in front of her to see Reiji standing there. The fear in her eyes made my heart clench. Just when I was going to break in, Reiji leaned down and tied a handkerchief around her leg. It looked like he said something to her before he walked away.

Watching her stare after him, I realized that this scene was just like before, when Yui came to live with us. And that didn't turn out very well.

If the rest of my brothers find out that she is here, they will probably try to take her back, and that can only be bad for her. Our family really is poisonous.

Reiji's already seen her, but he let her go. Maybe he doesn't think that she is really Yui. Most of them have given up hope on waiting for Yui, but I've never been able to forget how certain she seemed that she would see us again.

Hopefully, I'll be the only one to accept it and my brothers will leave her alone.

Or . . . they'll try to bite her.

The thought of Yui being tortured by us again causes my rage to emerge and I can't stop myself from punching the wall.

I could tell that it caught her attention as she walked towards me, just like before. Before she could see me, I hid down the hall.

After a moment, she lost interest and went on her way, as though she didn't have a care in the world.

But how long will she be able to keep that sort of freedom with my brothers here?

I clenched my fist, refusing to accept the fact that history might repeat itself. No matter what, I have to keep my brothers away from her. I can't let them bite her.

I can't watch her die again.

So Hikari's been noticed by another brother. This story is still being set up, but it's going somewhere. Sorry for the short chapter, I've been sick and I had midterms this past week. But I think I am finally over my cold after almost a month and I won't have exams again for a while, so I should be able to update this story more often and with longer chapters.

Also, I put up a poll for who Hikari will fall in love with, so if you have a preference then vote for someone. You can vote for three different brothers, and I deleted the last poll by accident so vote again if you already did.

Finally, I'm looking for a beta for this story, so if you're interested, send me a PM.