A/N: I'm a little late for the prompt family for Astelle week, but I hope it's still early enough. I tried a different approach and I hope you like it :)

Nebra watched her sister with the peasant of the Black Bulls. Her and Noelle had never been close and slowly Nebra saw the flaw in her ways. Seeing her little sister dance with the manaless peasant, she clearly noticed that her little sister held deeper feelings for him than she was freely admitting. Despite that Nebra didn't agree fully with her choice in a guy, she could see what Noelle saw in him. She could still remember how he had stood up for Noelle during the reception after the valor ceremony. He had done something for Noelle that they, as her family never did, support her and accept her for who she was. Thinking about it, Nebra could fell guilt clawing at her heart. Maybe if she had known the truth, her and Noelle would have a sisterly bond now. Maybe Noelle would have trusted her with her crush and she could have given her advice. Maybe... Nebra shook her head. She had mistreated her sister and no matter the reasons, she had been wrong. But it wasn't too late to try and mend what was left of their relationship as sisters.

When she approached Noelle and Asta, who were now standing by the buffet, she could hardly suppress a smirk when she heard Noelle complain about Asta's performance on the dance floor. It was true, the peasant had no dancing skills, but despite that Noelle had only danced with him the whole night. Noelle's attention was fully on Asta, but when Nebra coughed Noelle's eyes went to her sister. Nebra's smirk vanished when she saw Noelle flinch. She should have expected it, but it still hurt to see her sister react like this.

"Good evening, sister Nebra." A formal greeting that intensified Nebra's guilt.

At her words Asta's attention turned to her as well. The carefree smile, that he had worn around her little sister, turned into a wary look and Nebra didn't miss the way he stepped slightly in front of Noelle, shielding her sister from her. Despite that she was still hurt by these gestures, she knew that she deserved them. The way she had acted towards Noelle in the past, had made both of the young knights wary.

Despite the guilt that she was feeling, she couldn't help but notice how protective Asta was of Noelle and that made her happy in a way. It would surely bring a lot of challenges if Noelle decided to really be with Asta, but seeing that someone who Noelle was clearly drawn to, cared so deeply for her, made Nebra's heart lighter. Maybe the peasant wasn't so bad after all and if Noelle was finally happy, if didn't matter what social status he had.

"You really need to teach him to dance better, if you two plan to share more dances." She smirked slightly at the young knights.

The confusion on Asta's part and the blush and denial on Noelle's part was what followed her words and while the two began arguing, Nebra couldn't suppress a small smile.

Supporting her in a teasing way, that was all she could do with the relationship her and Noelle had at the moment, but Nebra hoped that Noelle would allowed her to be a part of her life. The decision was only Noelle's to make and Nebra would accept it, even when she really wish they could mend their relationship. However no matter what would happen between them as sisters, Nebra was happy that Noelle had Asta by her side. These two clearly had a strong bond and Nebra hoped with all her heart that Noelle would be happy.

Yuno had watched Asta fight countless times, but since he had joined the Black Bulls something had clearly changed. Asta and him had fought often together, not without bickering but still successfully, but seeing him with Noelle, Yuno truly saw what fighting side by side meant. The two were perfectly in tune with each other and always watched each other's back. Asta had once told him that Noelle and him trained together. That information had surprised him greatly in the beginning, because royals never trained. However when he got to know more about Noelle's background from Mimosa after the happenings at the reception after the valor ceremony, he realized why Noelle trained.

Seeing her now fighting alongside his brother, made Yuno realize that they had surely trained more often than not together, because Asta's fighting style had changed. Both of them were still their own person, but during the fight they were acting like one. Yuno was sure that he had never seen two people so in sync with each other.

When the fight was over, Asta was immediately in front of him, proclaiming how much stronger he had gotten and that he would be the wizard king. That had become their usual routine and Yuno took Asta's shouts with his usual calmness. However the moment Noelle winced a few feet away from them, Asta fell quiet. How he could have heard Noelle was a mystery to Yuno, especially considering how loud Asta had been.

Asta was by Noelle's side faster than Yuno could blink and without any mind of personal space exclaimed the wound on her ribs.

"Don't touch me, dumbsta." Despite her words and deep blush, she let Asta take a closer look at the wound.

"It doesn't look that deep, but I'll dress your wound." Asta said after a moment and pulled out a first aid kit.

That Asta carried first aid supplies with him was clearly new. Never before had his brother really cared about disinfecting his wounds and even when he had been bleeding heavily, treating his wounds had never been Asta's priority.

Sure enough, Asta had cuts as well, that were at least as deep as Noelle's, if not deeper. Something that Noelle immediately pointed out, only to be meet with a typical Asta answer.

"That's nothing. It'll heal on its own."

In that exact moment Yuno realized why Asta had the first aid kit with him. It wasn't for him, it was for Noelle. Asta and Noelle fought almost always together, so it made sense that he would be there if she got hurt. Seeing that Asta for once wasn't careless in fights and the results that it may cause, let Yuno watch the two Black Bulls in front of him closer.

Asta almost gently ripped a big enough hole into her clothes to get a clear view of the wound and despite that Noelle was protesting and blushing, the wound was near her ribs after all, she let him. She trusted him enough to leave her clothes intact enough that she would still be decent and he was gentle enough to not disappoint her trust. Seeing his brother so uncharacteristic gentle and, if he wasn't seeing things, Asta was even holding Noelle's hand, while he applied the burning disinfection, made Yuno think.

It was clear to him and probably anyone, who spend more than an hour around Asta and Noelle, that the young royal had romantic feelings for Asta. As for Asta, Yuno was seeing him in a different light. He had witnessed Asta being rejected countless times in Hage and he had still never given up on proposing. However now that he thought about it, the last time they had visited their family together, Asta hadn't proposed. Maybe he was reading to much into this, but maybe Asta had finally realized that proposing hadn't been what was in the stars for him and Lilly.

Watching Asta finish dressing Noelle's wound, Yuno couldn't help the small smile when he saw Asta blush the slightest bit at Noelle's praise to his work on her wound. At least Yuno was sure that Noelle was complementing Asta. It was however hard to read between her insulting Asta and hitting him, without much force, on the chest.

Considering it was Asta, Yuno was sure that it would take him a while to realize that what he may be feeling for Noelle was more than a close friendship, but considering how they were acting towards each other, it might be soon that even Asta might realize it. Smiling Yuno turned to his own team and wasn't surprised to hear Asta shout after him that he would become wizard king. It was good to know that some things would never change, but Yuno was glad that Asta now had someone who cared so deeply for him. He would make sure to be the first who teased Asta about his growing feelings for Noelle, as soon as he would realize it, after all that is what brothers do.

A/N: I personally like Nebra's part a little bit more, because Yuno is a little bit difficult to write sometimes. I hope you liked my story for Astelle week :)