How hard can this be?! Just three words and that's it, Yusuke told himself. It was the tenth time he had tried to tell Ema about his feelings, but had failed hard. He had tried chocolate on Valentine's Day, flowers and even love letters, but when the moment came, he couldn't even give the present for her. Every single try had failed because he had chickened out. God, life was hard on him.

"You're leaving us together for the weekend?" Yusuke asked. He had stuffed his mouth full of curry and almost spit it out when Masaomi had told the news.

"Yes. Mom and Rintarou are going to take care of Wataru, Fuuto is on a tour, and Subaru is also in Kyoto for a tournament. Louis is traveling to Paris for the fashion weeks and Hikaru is joining him. Kaname is in Hokkaido and Iori will be on a class trip this weekend. Natsume will be working, and the twins are on a tour to sell their newest work with that new anime. Ukyo is on a trip for work and I'll be at the hospital for the weekend", Masaomi explained. Now that he said it, the table was a bit quiet. Only he, Ema, Masaomi and Wataru were at home.

"And I'm sure you'll be fine. You're already on your third year so I expect for you to be fine at home by yourselves", Masaomi said and glanced at Ema and Yusuke. They both looked at each other before Ema answered:

"Of course, you don't have to worry about us."

"Good. Well thank you for the food. Wataru, you have packed your stuff right?" Masaomi asked. Wataru swallowed the last piece of beef and said happily:

"Yeah!" He stood up, took his dishes to the kitchen and ran upstairs to get his bags.

"Well, were leaving", Masaomi said and walked up the stairs.

"Have a safe trip", Yusuke and Ema said at the same time quietly. They heard the door shut and a silence fell into the room. Yusuke stared at the upper floor and said quietly, breaking the silence:

"Sooooo… We're alone right?"

"Yeah", Ema answered quietly. Yusuke felt some stress build up on him. This was his perfect chance to tell her!

"Well, What are we gonna do now?" He asked. A slight blush rose up on his cheeks.

"I don't know. But I'm going to have a movie marathon in the living room with the big television, want to join me?" she asked. Yusuke thanked the Gods for this opportunity. Finally.

"What are you going to watch?" he asked.

"Probably some comedy movies", she answered. Yusuke saw one of those classy movie moments where the boy puts his hand over the girl (and then finally they kiss in the movie theater) in his mind. And blinded, he answered:

"Yeah sure, I'll join you."

"Great, I'm going to the convenience store to get some snacks", she said and left. For a second of silence Yusuke yelled:

"Fuuuuuuucckkkk! How am I gonna do this? How can I say that to her? Gods, if you want to help me AT ALL, then you will make this easy!"

Yusuke had put on the bath while Ema was out, and when she came back, she went to the bath. Meanwhile, Yusuke was running around thinking of a plan. She probably had chosen some romantic movies, so it would give him a chance.

"After that I'll tell her", Yusuke said out loud and heard the bathroom door close. Ema yelled at him from the top:

"Your turn to go to the bath." She had on this pink t-shirt and white pants. She had her hair open and they were still a little wet.

"Yeah I'm going", he answered and climbed up the stairs. His cheeks were a little red.

"Do you have fever? Your cheeks are red…" she asked and pressed her hand on his forehead. Yusuke blushed even more and said:

"Of course not! It's just because it's a bit hot in here." Then he walked away and left Ema standing with a confused look on her face.

"Yusuke, I've chosen the movies. I'll put everything ready okay", Ema said behind the bathrooms door.

"Yeah, okay", Yusuke answered. He had just finished bathing and stood naked in front of a mirror in the dressing room. He listened how Ema went down stairs to the kitchen and then he whispered to his reflection:

"Okay, calm down. There's nothing to be afraid of. Okay, there's only one thing to do, just three words, for her. I love you."

After those three words he blushed and buried his face on a towel.

"There's no way I can do this", he said. He finished drying and then threw on a t-shirt and his pajamas' pants. He did a little flex with his right arm. There was no way she would have ever fall for such a loser, he thought. He exited the bathroom and walked down stair where Ema was already waiting. There were two bags of chips on the coffee table, two soda cans and grapes. He sat on the middle of the sofa and looked at the screen and saw A Million Ways to Die in the West loading screen on it.

"So we're gonna watch this?" Yusuke asked.

"Yeah, what about it?" Ema asked.

"Nothing", he answered. Ema sat next to him and pressed play. Yusuke had really hoped for some kind of a romantic comedy since it would have been easier to get closer to Ema. His plans had failed and he would have to improvise. And that wouldn't end well.

Laughter echoed around the living room as they both had great time. They were already watching a third movie and they both were tired. After a funny part, came a sweet romantic scene where the main character confessed his love for the girl. Yusuke was mesmerized by the courage the main character had and didn't notice that Ema was about to fall asleep. Yusuke thought that he would never have the courage to tell Ema like the movie character had told. Finally, when the characters kissed, a slight blush rose on Yusukes cheeks when he imagined that boy to be him and the girl to be Ema.

Suddenly he felt how Emas head hit his shoulder. He jumped a bit. He turned his red face towards her. The movies ending credits rolled on the screen and lit the room up just a bit. It was 2 o'clock. When the ending credits stopped, the room was dark and only clock echoed around the room. Ema's calm breathing filled Yusukes ears. He couldn't move. He could hear his heart beat loud and clear. Without any thinking, he started to speak.

"Ema, I- I've acting very weird lately, and, well, I have something to tell you", he said and tried to calm himself down: "There's this one thing I have to tell you, just three words for you and well…" He kept a second of a break and then whispered:

"I love you."

He couldn't hear a response, but a huge weight had lifted form his shoulders. He felt a bit relieved. The clock's ticking had him press his head on Emas and close his eyes. He felt like sleeping. His breathing and heart beating became steadier and eh almost fell asleep, before he could hear a sentence:

"You finally said it."

He lifted his head up sleepily and looked at the person he had heard it from. Ema lifted her own head and looked at Yusuke smiling. It took a minute before Yusuke realized:

"Wait. WHAT!?"

He blushed pure red, even though it couldn't be seen in the dark room.

"You, you knew!?" he yelled and Ema nodded as an answer.

"But, but how?" he asked and Ema started to explain:

"The chocolates left on my doorstep last Valentine's Day and the bouquet roses contained a card. The card said; order by Yusuke Asahina. It was pretty obvious at that point."

Yusuke lost it. He let out a long sigh.

"All this time… You knew… I'm so done…" he said. Ema giggled a bit. But then Yusuke asked:

"Then why didn't you tell me that you knew? And did you fake that sleep you had a minute ago?"

"Because I wanted to hear it from you, not from a rose, and yes I did, because I wanted to give you a chance to tell me", she explained.

"But why did you even want me to tell you? If you don't even love me, then why would you even want to know?" he asked.

"I didn't say I don't love you back", Ema answered and Yusuke lifted his gaze from the floor to Ema, who had a little blush on her cheeks. Yusuke couldn't understand and started:

"Wha-", he asked but Ema interrupted:

"I love you."

"Huh?" Yusuke said quietly.

"I love you", Ema repeated.

"There's no way-"

"I do. I really, really do!"

Ema and Yusuke both sat on the sofa. She was scared that Yusuke wouldn't believe her and he was scared of a lie or a dream.

"Do you really love me? In that way, not the siblings' way?" Yusuke asked quietly. Ema answered almost crying:

"Yes, yes, yes. Will you finally believe me?"

Yusuke pressed his hand on Emas cheek and caressed it with his thumb.

"Yes. I believe", he said and pressed his lips on Emas. A sweet taste of grapes and a lemon soda filled his mouth. When he finally parted his lips from Emas own, he pressed his forehead on hers and said quietly:

"I love you. I really do."

He held both of his hands on Emas cheeks as they kissed all over again, when there was only one thing to do, three words for each other. And between every kiss, Yusuke counted; 1, 2, 3, 4.

1, 2, 3, 4 - Plain White T's

(Wow, I wrote this fast!) I chose this song for Yusuke cause I felt like he had some serious trouble telling Ema about his feelings, and this song would have been a very, very good advice for him. If you think it should have been something else, please tell me ^.^