The moment you were in front of the Matsuno residence you regretted agreeing to this crazy idea. You had very bad social anxiety, and meeting 5 or even more people all at once made you want to vomit. You rub your hands for probably the 100th time trying to calm yourself. Karamatsu sees your discomfort and gently pats your arm.

"It's ok. My bruzzahs are crazy and we are all pretty stupid, but you'll laugh I'm sure! My bruzzahs and I have very different traits so they will keep you busy! And if it gets too bad we can leave, I'll even walk you home," Karamatsu reassures you.

You smile and nod, "Alright fine… I'm just not too great with people."

"What? No way! You were great with me!" Karamatsu exclaims.

You smile sheepishly before realizing something, "Wait Karamatsu what about last night? Shouldn't you tell your brothers what's going on? Like how we met?"

Karamatsu pauses, "If I tell them they'll make fun of me. They call me a wimp and useless."

You puff up your cheeks, "But you need help! If you won't tell them then tell a shrink!"

Karamatsu doesn't seem to like that idea so you continue, "Alright fine! If you won't do either of those things then I want you to talk to me! You HAVE to get these bottled up feelings off your chest!"

Karamatsu sighs, "Alright fine. If I have a bad day I'll talk to you about it."

"No," you reply, "talk to me everyday! I'm your friend so I want to make sure you're alright!"

The expression Karamatsu wears worries you. He looks surprised, sad, worried, upset, and defeated…

You gently ask, "Was it something I sai-"

Karamatsu doesn't let you finish and instead hugs you tightly. Your squished against him and not positive on what to do. You weren't fond of people touching you. You touching them? Fine. But someone touching you made you feel very uncomfortable….

"Uhm, Kara?" you ask.

You hear him softly hum in response and say, "C-can you let go now…?"

Karamatsu jumps and steps back, "I'm sorry by angel I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable!"

You chuckle, "It's alright I just feel weird being touched by others… However I don't mind touching other people so if you ever need a hug I'll help but ask permission before you touch me like that, small touches are fine but getting in close proximity with others is different…"

He nods and promises to be more careful. He tells you he was so happy that you called him your friend he had to express his gratitude. You smile and say it's alright before turning towards the home of the sextuplet neets. You take a deep breath and tell Karamatsu that you're ready.

He nods and opens the door for you. You take in a shuddery breath before walking inside, and wait for the blue matsu. You see him take a breath before shouting, "I'm Home!"

That's when you hear loud clamoring and footsteps. You attempt to curl behind Karamatsu, but already 5 newcomers are watching you intently. You clench your fists and focus on your breathing or honestly anything but the new people who have joined you.

"Karamatsu where have you been?! And who the hell is that!" the one in green shouts.

Karamatsu rubs the back of his neck, "My apologies my bruzzah, I had something I needed to do."

The green didn't seem to believe his brother and replies, "Alright fine, but please next time tell us? We've been worried sick you've been gone for 3 days!"

"Wait you've been gone for 3 days?" You ask surprised.

Karamatsu smiles sheepishly and you elbow him in the side. You turn towards the 5 men in the room quickly examining their appearances. They really do look a lot alike… However you can spot a few differences. The green one doesn't have any hairs the red, pink, and Karamatsu have two, but the pink has big pupils and a soft face. The purple has messy hair and lidded eyes, and the yellow has one hair and a giant smile on his face.

"Uhm! M-my name is (y/n), I-it's nice t-to meet y-you!" You stammer.

The green seems to understand your discomfort and replies, "Hello, my name is Matsuno, Choromatsu. It's nice to meet you, The one in red is Osomatsu, purple is Ichimatsu, Yellow is Jyushimatsu, and finally pink is Todomatsu."

You nod in appreciation and then Todomatsu walks up, "Hello! Hope my brother wasn't to painful for you!"

In the corner of your eyes you see Karamatsu stiffen and reply, "He's been very sweet actually, and I've enjoyed the distraction he's given me. I also don't think he's "painful" maybe just a tad to corny."

You grin at Todomatsu who stares in shock at the person who is able to stand Karamatsu's painfulness. Karamatsu has tears in his eyes and you can't help but think 'crybaby'. Osomatsu walks up rubbing his nose with his pointer finger.

"Well thanks for taking care of my little brother!" he says grinning cheekily.

You nod and smile sheepishly not knowing what to say. He smirks and elbows Karamatsu before giving him a quick side hug. He lets go just a fast and joins the others. You turn to Ichimatsu who is looking at anything but you. You realize that he is probably more anxious with your arrival.

"H-hello!" you greet giving the purple matsu a small smile.

He gives you a cold look, and then nods acknowledging you. You feel happy with that and wave towards Jyushimatsu who jumps high up into the air greeting you. He kept repeating the words 'Hustle Hustle Muscle Muscle'?

"Oh Karamatsu! I didn't realize we had a guest!"

You turn to see a woman and smile sweetly, "Hello you must be Mrs. Matsuno, my name is (l/n), (y/n). It's a pleasure to meet you."

You then bow showing your respect and see her face turn slightly pink.

"Oh there's no need for formalities dear come I'll make dinner," she replies.

You hold your hands up to protest, "No no, I don't want to intrude! Especially with Kara being gone for so long!"

"Nonsense! You will stay here and have dinner with us!" She replies firmly.

You smile and bow your head, "Thank you mam."

"So respectful! I like this one Karamatsu!" Mrs. Matsuno says.

She leaves and you turn towards the brothers, "So uhm, what now?"

They all look to each other before Osomatsu snaps his fingers, "I got it! Let's go play some card games eh?"

The brothers all agree and you're dragged into another room. You plop down and wait for the game to start. You are pretty terrible with card games but the idea seems like fun so why not?

"Alright!" Osomatsu exclaims winning the 3 round.

Ichimatsu mutters, "He's probably cheating…"

The rest nod and Osomatsu retorts, "Oh come on guys! I'm just too good at this!"

You chuckle and reply, "You are good cheating or not, you probably could win some cash by playing. Then again that's if you don't lose all your money first."

Choromatsu grumbles, "He wastes money on Pachinko so much I doubt he has any."

You laugh and reply, "I've never played Pachinko before."

The others stare at you surprised before Osomatsu grabs your wrist, "Alright I'm going to show you what Pachinko is all about!"

You look up towards the sky and notice dark clouds above, "Osomatsu, it looks like it's about to-"

*Drip*

Water hits your nose and then a downpour follows. Osomatsu gives you a cheeky grin, and you laugh at him. Then with a smirk you jump into a puddle splashing water all over the eldest. He fakes being hurt before splashing water onto you. You start to laugh and run around in the rain soaked from head to toe. Osomatsu watches you with a smile, and runs after you.

You look back towards the red matsu and don't notice the pothole in front of you. That's when you fall, and not gracefully at all. Your ankle twists painfully and your body collapses onto the cold cement.

"(y/n)!"

Osomatsu is by your side in seconds, and then the others follow. You grit your teeth and hold onto Osomatsu for support. You then do your best to stand up, but the pain shoots up your leg and you fall again. You grimace and try to ignore the pain, but you know that walking right now wasn't possible.

"Hold onto me okay!"

You look up and see Jyushimatsu is holding you up into a sitting position. He puts his arms around you and lifts you up with ease. You hold onto his neck and stare with surprise as he walks inside holding you as if you were air. He gently sets you down on the couch.

"Thank you Jyushimatsu," you say.

He smiles widely and you feel a smile form on your face as well. Choromatsu comes up and starts to wrap your ankle up as gently as possible. You wince every once in awhile, and then feel something plop onto your head.

"Here," Ichimatsu says dropping a towel onto your head.

He then plops an orange cats onto your lap and you start stroking its fur. You give him a bright smile and see his cheeks turn slightly pink before looking away. You chuckle and by then realize Choromatsu is finished with his handy work.

"Thank you Choromatsu!" You say kindly.

He nods and gets out his phone to check the time. You notice his wallpaper is Nyaa Chan.

"Oh so you like Nyaa Chan?" you ask softly.

He flails his arms around and catches his phone looking at you with surprise, "You know who Nyaa Chan is?"

You laugh and nod, "Yea! I listen to her while I cook sometimes."

You see his eyes sparkle and he starts to squeal childishly. You laugh and he starts going into detail about how much he loves Nyaa Chan. While he talks you dry your hair, and nod every once in awhile to let him know your listening.

Todomatsu joins you on the couch and you start talking about the new filters on the social media apps. Todomatsu tries to take a selfie but hates every single one he's in. You smile gently and take one with him, and then tell him how cute he looks. He beams at that and asks if you can hang out sometime. You agree telling him you'd love to and Todomatsu seems thrilled with that. He posts the new picture telling everyone about his new friend and you giggle at the cute picture of you two.

After dinner everyone insists you stay the night because of your ankle and the pouring rain. You agree and sleep on the couch much to the neets disappointment. Even with the anxiety and nerves you had today, you realize spending some time with the Matsuno's might do you some good. They were energizing, funny, and exciting. Plus you caught onto some insecurities each of them had.

You understood a lot about being insecure, and thought that if you could help them maybe you could feel better about yourself too. You like helping others and the thought of helping this strange family made you grin.

So you decided to take that leap of faith.

And start your new project.