Chapter 7 -

It was finally Friday which meant no school and a day of relaxation for me. I was seated lazily on the couch in the living room in some shorts and a red shirt. I was watching some anime and held a doughnut in my hand. No one had awoken yet so I had some alone time. Kuro was laying on my lap napping. Number one rule! Never move if a puppy is sleeping on you!

"hnn imouto-chan is an otaku~?" a voice cooed in my ear. I jumped and fumbled for the remote, "W-what! There was nothing else to watch!" I hissed and went to turn it off startling kuro who moved to a different spot on the couch. Tsubaki grinned and hugged my neck from behind, "its okay! I like this anime too. I'll join you~" he said jumping over the couch to sit beside me.

As the anime progressed Tsubaki kept scooting closer until he could rest an arm around my shoulder. I rolled my eyes. How slick. He mostly watched me. I could tell since I would sometimes see his reflection in the TV. I suddenly had the urge to tease him so I leaned my body against his as I nibbled my doughnut.

Tsubaki welcomed the contact and rested his head on mine happily. He had a goofy smile on his face and kept snuggling me. Idiot, he acts like a neglected cat.

Tsubaki grinned as his baby sister accepted his partial hug. She had moved so he was comfortably curled up against his side. He had laid his head upon hers so her head was now in the crook of his neck. This position, its like we're having a movie date! Heh, take that yusuke. Tsubaki had been a little pissed that yusuke had somehow become closer with reiko. The red head had given him a victorious look before going to bed too!

"ooh, what's this? Are you two on a secret date~" kaname grinned as he descended the stairs. Kuro barked at the blonde who then picked him up and scratched behind his ears, "Idiot, it's to early for your weird accusations. Besides we're siblings." Reiko said matter of factly. Tsubaki pouted at her words Siblings or not I'm still a man!

Kaname was happy at the new behavior his baby sister was now showing. She was more expressive although was more vocal in her insulting of them. "imouto-chan you should start referring to me as nii-chan as well. Its not fair if you only call Natsume and Ukyo those names" kaname said with a pout as he sat beside her put kuro down and cupped her cheek, "So please call me nii-chan from now on"

Reiko rose an eyebrow and then a teasing look twinkled in her eye, "Then how about baka-nii or hentai-nii?" she said bluntly. Tsubaki started laughing, kaname twitched at the names in slight annoyance. "I don't see what's so funny. Your no better Tsubaki" said Reiko leaning on the couch again.

Kaname chuckled and brought her into a hug, "My turn~" reiko looked annoyed, aren't these idiots supposed to be bugging ema? Or is it cause she's still asleep. She needs to get here to distract them. "hnn, its really lively here today. Even reiko-chan is speaking!" said fuuto who had just arrived. "Nee-chan I thought only I was blessed with the ability to make you speak" fuuto grinned pushing Tsubaki out of the way as he took a seat. Tsubaki glared at fuuto, "Brat! this is my seat!" Tsubaki yelled pushing fuuto's shoulder. Fuuto looked annoyed and put a hand on tsubaki's face shoved him away, "anyway nee-chan how about we go somewhere away from our lame brother?" fuuto said smirking at the angry white haired male. L-lame!? Again! There never gonna let that go are they!?

Why me? See, reiko this is what happens when you try to be nice. "aren't you supposed to be working?" I said pointing at fuuto ignoring his question. He shrugged, "yeah but I'd rather be here with you" he said moving closer. I flicked his nose, "go away. I don't like you" I said bluntly and got up to go to the kitchen.

The boys finally noticed how reiko was dressed when she got up and couldn't help staring at her backside as she walked away.

"what are you idiots up to?" said yusuke as he came into the room. The others straightened up so they wouldn't be caught drooling over their baby sister. Yusuke was suspicious of them. They were all trying to act "natural" and were terribly failing at it. "Oh, you all are up early" said ema surprised at the group already gathered in the living room.

"ah, imouto-chan! Good morning!" Tsubaki said hugging ema happily. The male felt himself get punched and found himself on the ground, "azusa! That hurt!" azusa ignored him and took a seat, "its your fault for being bothersome this early in the morning" reiko came back in and once again their eyes were glued to her.

"R-Reiko! Why are you dressed like that!?" yusuke exclaimed. Really, did this girl not have common sense? "pajamas." She said as if talking to an idiot. But then again she was. "pajamas!? Those do not classify as pajamas!" she looked down at her clothes, "I wore this all the time at the orphanage. Its completely normal in America" she said taking a seat beside azusa deeming him the safest.

Azusa sighed as he felt the glares of his brothers. They had all gotten attached to reiko but he hadn't had anytime to bond. He was interested in what they seemed to see in her that he didn't. "ne, imouto-chan~ why don't you come to work with azusa and me?" Tsubaki said plopping down beside her.

"you work?" she asked surprised. He pouted, "that's not very nice. Did you think I was some kind of bum?" she looked away not answering yes. Making the others laugh, "haha very funny. Anyway yeah you like anime right? Well azusa and I are seiyuu's so you could get behind the scenes with us." He continued.

"You should go. I think you'll like rei-chan" ema said. Seiyuu's huh? That means they could possibly be the voice actors of some of her favorite anime. If I don't take this chance what kind of otaku would I be?

"Alright. Let's go." I said standing up. Azusa glanced at her clothes, "Maybe you should change first."

"right. I'll be right back"

Their the voice actors of the protagonists of her favorite anime! Azusa was also the voice actor of the fictional character she had a crush on! Not that she'd ever admit that to them! I can't believe their my brothers! Kami-sama thank you for this blessing. I'll try to stop calling Tsubaki lame. Not really but I'll be nice to azusa-san. Actually maybe this is a reward for good behavior.

"so what'd you think?" azusa asked as they came out of the studio. Reiko froze for a moment, should I tell the truth? No, fan-girling is way out of character for me! Being so talkative is already out of character and I will not stoop so low. "uh, it was…good. I'm surprised you have such a talent."

The two twitched wondering if that was a compliment or an insult. "thank you?" they said confused. She nodded and gave each a water bottle, "so how did you guys even decide to do this?" she asked. Most people who decided they want to become actors usually meant actual actors no one really thought of voice acting.

"actually Tsubaki was the one who became interested in it first. He managed to convince me too" said azusa with a smile. That actually surprised her since azusa seemed like the type who would influence his brother not the other way around. "anyway lets go get something to eat!" Tsubaki said grabbing the two and dragging them away.

I found myself in front of an ice-cream parlor with these two. We were seated at a table and I was being watched now. "what now?" I asked taking a lick of my strawberry cone. "well I was wondering. Before you were really…cold? But you seemed to have changed over night. Why is that?" Tsubaki asked seriously. I paused not expecting that question.

"My views on a certain subject has been changing. Whether its good or bad I have yet to decide." I said not looking them in the eye. Its true. I know that I seemed to change over night but that was my plan. What ema told me the other day sounded so much like that old man. Tch, would this be what he would have wanted?

The guys were looking at me curiously. They could tell I was thinking about something important because of that faraway look in my eye. "Rei-chan will you tell us about this view that is changing?" asked azusa. He was curious about her behavior. Whatever it was that she was thinking about it was something big. If this view was so important to her that its changing the way she lives life then it could hint toward her previous experiences. All they knew was that she was from an orphanage.

But that was pretty vague since lots of things could happen there. "Maybe. Juts not now. If I find that this is a good change then I'll tell you about it and why I have this view, kay?"

The two nodded and anxiously awaited the day when reiko would be able to comfortably tell them about her roots.