I forgot to put this in the last chapter, but this is my first ever fanfiction, so I would greatly appreciate any criticism. And like with the chapter before, this is fanmade, I own nothing. Except my copy of the games lol. Now I just need to learn Japanese so I can actually play them. Will write a whole chapter on my lunch breaks from work, or I may take a week or more. I am currently trying to figure out how I want chapter 3 to play out, so I may be a while. Well anyway, please enjoy!

I remember waking up one night after the accident to see my brother's name on a blood bag attached to my arm. I didn't understand this at first, but I got to have part of aniki with me at all times now, making me incredibly happy. Speaking of, I woke later to find Kyousuke crying next to my hospital bed, "I promise Kirino, I won't ever let you down again, I will become someone who can protect you, and for you to look up to. This I swear to you!" he cried through weary eyes. I was so happy, but it was all I could do not to pass out, but to no avail.

"Hey, Kirino! You ready for tonight?" this was Ayase Aragaki, my closest friend. We had decided that since we were really cute, we should try modelling. We started about a year ago and things were going well, despite it being freelance work, so it was kinda inconsistent. We had our first ever contracted work tonight, so it was really nerve-racking. At least they said we will have a seasoned pro to guide us along.

"Yeah, I can't wait! I wonder how hot the guy is gonna be?" I said just to make idle chit chat, as I didn't really care if he was hot or not. I don't really have eyes for any guys. We continued talking like this on our way to the park where the shoot would be taking place. When we arrived, we saw two guys posing together, and for some reason I feel like I've seen them before. One with a slender but somewhat muscular build. Looked like Akagi Kouhei, what's he doing here? That wasn't the biggest question though. The other one had an incredibly muscular build with broad shoulders, chiseled abs, and a stance that screams dependable. I swear I've seen that face before, but who is it? They were both posing shirtless, as it seemed to be a fitness shoot, I don't know how well we are going to fit in, although we are the top two runners on our middle school track team.

As we started to walk over to the shoot, my eyes started to slowly widen as I realized who the really muscly man was. "Ah! You must be the two lovely ladies Misaki told me about, please come join us, we were about to take a break." The manager said as he guided us to the cameras. The two men started walking over as well, and decided to greet us. "Pleasure to meet you, if you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to ask me, don't bother with this idiot, it's his first time ever even taking a photo." The man said, earning a "HEY" from Akagi. He continued," Oh my, where are my manners? My name is—"

"KYOUSUKE?!"

"KIRINO?!"

I couldn't believe my eyes, my brother, who had always been so mellow, was a model? That made no sense. What could have possessed him to do this? Just then I had a flashback to the oath my brother swore to me as I laid in the hospital bed. No, that can't be it…

I chanced a glimpse back at him after a bit only to find he had a gentle smile spread across his face, as if he saw this coming, "I was wondering when you were gonna be working with me." he said proudly. What is going through his head right now?

I decided to continue with the pleasantries," You know who I am, Kirino Kosaka. And this is my best friend, Ayase Aragaki." For some reason, Kyousuke's brilliant smile turned to one of a grimace, but changed back a split second later to avoid suspicion. What the hell was that? Why did he react to her name like that, has he met her before?

"We will be in your care!" Ayase said, smiling brightly. And with that we started working on the shoot, and at one point when we had a break, I decided to question Kyousuke. "So how did you end up being a model without me ever even noticing? Considering all the magazines I read, you would think I would notice your ugly mug." Rude, I know, but I have to at least keep up the appearance that I dislike him... Wait, why do I have to do that at all? It's not like I like him, so why?

He seems to catch on that I didn't mean to be mean, and just simply smiles as he responded," Do you ever even read male fitness magazines of any kind? I've been on the cover of at least 23 different magazines, almost all of which being fitness, only a couple were summer fashion." I never look at those since I don't care about other men, so it figures I wouldn't notice…

The shoot ended with little to no incidents, despite how volatile I usually am with my brother around. Kyousuke and Akagi went towards the house as I decided to walk Ayase back to her house. On the way we had a conversation about boys, oh joy…

"So why didn't you tell me that your brother was so hot? I thought I was going to melt!" Ayase pestered. I really don't like girls talking about how attractive my older brother is, I guess you could say its jealousy, but I don't want any girls looking at him that way. I of course had to go along with her, "he's not that hot, I thought I was going to freeze to death. Hehe."

"oh come on, there's no way you can't say he's not, just look at this!" she proceeded to show me a picture of my brother wearing a sagging pair of black cargo pants, vein protruding from the hip area, his chiseled abs glistening as he had been oiled up, with no shirt on in a contrapasto pose with his left hand on his hip and his right behind his head, flexing like mad. Apparently my hormones got control over me as Ayase commented on my drool and blush. As I tried to hide it, we walked towards her house, with but one thought on my mind:

There is no way I just thought my brother is sexy.