"Gonzales-san, please let me introduce to you my siblings," Masaomi said, smiling at me. Seriously, I'm going to wipe out the smile on his face. "This is Ukyo the second son."
"It's nice to meet you, Gonzales-san." Ukyo said, smiling. What is it with these guys and their smiles? It's really annoying.
"Likewise, and please just call me Artemsia. I'm not really fond of calling me by my last name."
He quirked a brow, "And why is that?"
"Well, it's sounded like I'm a principal or something and it makes me feel old." I said, chuckling a little.
I stop chuckling when I felt someone behind me. I turned around and my eyes met the colors of black and violet. With curiosity, I gazed up and saw a man with blond hair and hazel eyes, he's wearing a black and violet robe or something. I think I need to read more about Japanese.
The said man smiled-in a flirty way, his eyes staring intensely at me.
"Hello there, Artemesia. My name's Kaname, and I work as a monk," he winked, "If you need some advice just go to big brother and I will help you." The so-called monk grabbed my hand and held it against his mouth and still his eyes never leaving mine-kissed it.
I awkwardly stared at him, slowly tugging my hand away from his. You call this a monk?
"I'll keep that in mind, thank you."
I turn around and faced the other brothers, I don't want them to feel that I'm flirting with a 'monk'. That would be awkward and weird.
"Hi! My name's Tsubaki," a guy with white hair came to me with a grin.
"And I'm Azusa, his twin."
"Hi, it's nice to meet you."
This guy, Azusa, he's somewhat familiar? Maybe it's just my imagination...
"Where's your sister and the others?" I asked Masaomi.
"Oh, Ema and Yuusuke are at the school. They'll be here later. And the others, you'll meet them later as well."
I nodded, "Okay." Then suddenly I heard my phone ring. I took out the phone and read the caller I.D, and it's Auntie Miwa.
"Excuse me for a moment," I turned my back on them and started walking towards the door.
The moment when I put my Black Cherry against my left ear, I heard the boys talking back in Japanese.
Meanwhile...
The boys (except for Wataru who's playing with his bunny) stared dumbly at the spot where Artemesia was. Ukyo's neck was a little red, good thing he's wearing a red polo shirt so no one would guess if he's flustered or not. Kaname was smirking, his hand on his chin as if he's thinking of something very, very 'good' as he would always say. Tsubaki, well, as always, cheerful as ever. And Azusa... He's a little confused...
"Hey, Kyo-nii, why are you flustered?" Kaname asked, "Hmm, is it because of Artemisia, hmmm?" He wiggled his eyebrows, teasing him. "Come to think of it, she's hot. She reminds me of Angelique Bouchard from Dark Shadows."
"Well the looks if you turn her hair into a blonde, but the personality? I don't think so." Tsubaki shrugged.
"I agree with Tsubaki." Azusa said, crossing his arms beneath his chest.
"Well, we haven't seen her true nature yet, so we'll see in the future."
The boys heard footsteps from the door. Artemisia opened the door with her phone in her right hand. She noticed the stiffness on Ukyo's shoulders, she shrugged that thought and smiled slightly at them.
"Masaomi, would you please lead me to my room? I'm kinda tired and I have work tomorrow, if it's okay with you?"
Masaomi nodded, "Ah yes, of course. Here follow me."
"Thank you," she waved at the others, "It's nice meeting you all." Then Masaomi and Artemisia walked towards the door and the elevator.
After saying my thanks to Masaomi, I couldn't help but feel a little nervous at Kaname. He's like reading me like an open book. The way his eyes landed on me was like a scensor. I need to be more careful around him or else I'm doom.
"Ugh, sleep." I mumbled to myself. I plop myself down on my bed and removed my accessories one by one and put it in my purse. Slowly my eyes started to close and let the darkness consume me.
Masaomi came back in the living where his brothers were huddled in the middle of the couch, a laptop on the coffee table with Ukyo operating it.
"What are you guys doing?"
"Shhhhhh...!"
Masaomi furrowed his brows and with a 'wtf' look on his face. He walked towards Tsubaki, who's face like this O.O, and puts an hand on his shoulder, slightly shaking it.
"She's like that when she was 15 years old?!"
"Shh! Tsubaki!, she might hear you." Scolded by Ukyo.
"Actually, she will not hear us because she's in the other floor." Kaname stated.
"What are you guys doing?" Masaomi asked again, feeling all left out.
Tsubaki looked at his older brother, "Well, Kyo-nii showed us some pictures of Artemisia when she was in her Teenage years."
"Huh? Where did he even find that?"
Ukyo took off his glasses and wiping them off with a cloth, "Mother sent it to me last month." Puts on his glasses.
"But she's soooo..." Wataru started.
"Nerdy.." Tsuabaki added. He looked at his twin, who's quiet for a long time, and wrapped an arm around his neck. "Hey, something wrong, bro?"
Azusa blinked, scratching the back of his neck, "Uhh... nothing."
Tsubaki cocked a brow, "Huh? You sure?"
Azusa faked a smile, "Yeah... I'm sure."
"Hey ne ne ne! Why are we even looking at this?" Wataru asked innocently.
Masaomi ruffled his brother's hair, then looking at Ukyo with a questioning look. Ukyo held up his hands in a defensive way and pointing at Kaname.
"What?"
Masaomi rolled his eyes, "Why are we looking at Artemisia's photos?" Paused. "Wait, is that even Artmemisia? She doesn't look like that at all."
"That's why they call it the 'Puberty stage'. Are you even a doctor, Masaomi-nii?" Tsubaki said in a bored tone.
Kaname laughed, patting the back of his older brother, "Don't mind Tsubaki, Masa-nii. He's just being paranoid because there will be a hot girl living with us."
"I AM NOT!"
Azusa took off his glasses, massaging his temples, "You're too noisy."
Ukyo nodded, "He's right, and besides, we don't want to wake Artemisia from her sleep." he then type something on his laptop, "Well, come to think of it, she does look very different from now. Just look at it very closely, here, her hair was a bit of a light shade of black, and now her hair is jet black..."
The said girl from the past was wearing nerdy clothes and an unfamiliar school badge was etched on her school bag. Her hair was a lighter shade of black, just like Ukyo said, and her eyes...
Ukyo widened his eyes, "What the?" he muttered. He blinked his eyes many times, he wasn't sure if it was all his imagination. The color of her eyes were different from the picture they were seeing.
Maybe it's just contacts, he thought.
While they were looking closely at the laptop screen of Ukyo's, Ema and Subaru came in with their hands join in, laughing and talking as if they were the only couple in the world. Well, in the household, yes, they were.
The couple stops in their tracks when they saw their brothers were looking intensely at the laptop, their faces like they were watching something very, VERY disturbing.
"What are you guys doing?" Subaru asked.
Their heads shot up at Subaru with a 'wtf' looks on their faces.
"Oh, Subaru!" Tsubaki looked at Ema, "Ema! We didn't see the both of you there... Hehe.."
Subaru cocked his brow, "Of course you wouldn't see us, all of you were looking at that laptop screen with seriousness."
Ema nodded, "Yeah, he's right. What are guys actually doing?"
Masaomi and the others (except for Wataru) looked at each other than...
"Artemisia-chan is here now!" Wataru said happily.
Ema tilted her head, "Artemisia? Oh the fashion designer!?" she asked.
Ukyo looked at her, "Fashion designer?" Mother didn't tell me that she's a designer, he thought.
Ema nodded enthusiastically, "Yes! I also love her designs!" she opened her bag and took out a magazine with Artemisia in the cover, she flipped some pages and handed out to her brothers.
A woman dressed in a gorgeous black dress with her back showing.
Their eyes widen in surprise.
"THAT'S HER?!"
Azusa read the title, "The Femme Fatale..." he furrowed his brows, "But she's so kind and soft when we saw her right? This doesn't make any sense."
Kaname took the magazine from Azusa's hands, and stared at the picture, Is it really you, then? The girl I met last 9 years ago? He thought. Kaname narrowed his eyes.
Ukyo saw his brother's discomfort, "You okay Kaname?"
Kaname laughed, "Yeah, It's just I never thought that our roommate is a total hottie!"
Azusa faced the couple, "What are you two doing here? And where's Yuusuke?"
Ema smiled at him, "Oh, he's on a date with someone."
Tsubaki butted in, "Really? Wow! It's time for him to get laid!"
Kaname laughed, "yeah, seriously that guy needs treatment, if you know what I mean." he muttered the last words. However, Ukyo seems to have heard it.
The lawyer hit Kaname's head with a pan, "I heard that."
"Ouch!"
Ema chuckled, "Anyway, we" she grabbed Subaru's hand. "have news for you guys."
"And that is?"
Ema nudges her boyfriend, whose blushing madly, "Uhh.. Y-yeah!" he played with her hand. "Umm... We're..."
"We're?"
Ema sighed and rolled her eyes, "We're getting married!"
Tik.
Tik.
Tik.
"WHAT?!"
So that ends of chapter 2. Thank you for those who reviewed last chapter! And also the ones who fave and followed, you guys are the best. XD Sorry for the grammar things, English in not my first language. I'll be introducing the other characters in the next chapter.
Here's a little thing about Artemisia.
*She tends to forget un-important things.
As you can see Kaname, Azusa, and Ukyo were having these weird what if's in their heads. You will know it in the future.
I'm out, peace!