The next morning you wake up to the smell of food cooking. You crack your eyes open and peek into the kitchen. You see one of the Matsuno's making breakfast, but…
You have no idea which one.
You slowly get off the couch and ignore the dull pain that still resides in your ankle. You walk into the kitchen and see that this Matsu is trying to make omelets.
"Good morning," you greet quietly.
The Matsu jumps and turns is head to look at you. The moment he does you examine his features. Two hairs, big eyes, soft face.
"How are you?... Todomatsu…?" You ask praying you got it right.
He gives you a smile and says, "Wow you got it right! I'm doing well, however I'm struggling with breakfast our mom had to leave so I thought I'd attempt making breakfast since we have a guest."
You smile, "Well thanks, you didn't have to go through all this trouble though…"
"Nonsense!" He retorts.
He smiles cutely and says, "Especially when we have such a cute guest over!"
Your cheeks heat up and you scratch the back of your neck. Todomatsu giggles at your reaction making you blush more. Finally you watch him burn another omelet and decide to help.
"Here," you interrupt.
You mix the ingredients together adding pepper and some seasoning for flavor. You then pour it into the pan and move the cooked edges in. That way the rest of the omelette will be completely cooked. Once it's ready you place the filling on one side and fold over the other. With a flick of your wrist you set it down on a plate.
"There we are!" You exclaim.
Todomatsu stares at you with his big eyes and asks, "Where did you learn that?!"
You laugh, "I've always loved cooking, but I learned most things about it from my grandmother."
The two of you quickly whip up 6 more and set the table. Todomatsu tries to do it himself, but you argue that it's more fun to do it together.
"Should you go get them?" You ask.
Todomatsu currently washing his hands replies, "Can you?"
You nod and open the door to their room. The 5 other neets are still laying in their bed.
"Um, breakfast is ready," you mutter to the boys.
None of them move so you try again, "B-Breakfast is ready!"
Again no movement and you start looking frantically around for help when Todomatsu comes to your aid.
"OI! GET YOUR LAZY ASSES UP WE MADE BREAKFAST!" He shouts.
That gets them moving, after all no one wanted to face the cold hearted demon Todomatsu. You nod in appreciation and smile weakly. Todomatsu smiles cutely and again your heart flutters.
'I'm acting like a grade schooler!' You tell yourself.
You wait for the others to sit not wanting to take one of their spots. Todomatsu hisses at anyone who tries to take the seat on his right before smiling at you and patting the spot. You smile gratefully and plop down next to him.
"Wow! This is fantastic Totty!" Osomatsu exclaims.
Todomatsu looks to you, "It actually was (y/n) who made them."
You look at the ground feeling everyone's eyes on you, and set your lips in a fine line.
"You did a great job (y/n)," Choromatsu tells you.
Your (e/c) eyes sparkle at the compliment and you nod in appreciation, "Thank you!"
"You have to teach us some time!" Todomatsu tells you.
You nod, "Sure! I own a small cafe that's more of a work in progress but we could go there."
"Oh so you own a cafe?" Choromatsu asks.
You nod, "Yea! There's gonna be coffee, little cakes, regular drinks, some small foods, oh and a lot of sweets!"
"Candies~ Candies~!" Jyushimatsu exclaims.
You laugh, "Yea! There will be lots of candies for you Jyushimatsu!"
You notice Ichimatsu hasn't said anything and so you say, "In fact maybe I'll let people take in small pets, that way if you ever come by Ichimatsu you can bring a cat!"
Ichimatsu stares with wide eyes for a moment before looking away and muttering, "Why do you care what trash like me thinks?"
You pause hearing his dreary words before replying, "Well, no one is trash in my eyes. You could be a serial killer and there would be something I would find in you that's good! We just need to find that thing and learn how to use it in this world. You're not trash Ichimatsu maybe just… a diamond in the rough eh?"
He blinks owlishly at you and you notice the others do the same.
You panic at the silence exclaiming, "Ah! Was that an inside joke you say? Or did I say something offensive oh dear I'm so sor-"
"It's fine," Ichimatsu interrupts.
Ichimatsu looks away, "I wasn't expecting such a heartfelt answer for tra- uhm a Diamond in the rough like me…"
He offers a small smile and on the inside you rejoice at the sight of it. The others grin and you all finish your meal happily.
"Well, now that the rains cleared up I should head home," you tell them.
"Boo!" Jyushimatsu exclaims.
You chuckle and tell him, "Maybe we can hang out soon ok?"
He seems happier with that but Karamatsu interrupts, "But my angel what about your ankle?"
You wave him off, "It's probably ok Kara I just can't run on it."
"But what if some terrible thugs come after you!" He retorts.
You sigh and shake your head, "I don't know… But I need to go home I have to get my cafe ready for opening day in a few weeks…"
"Let us come help then!" Osomatsu tells you rubbing his nose.
You try to find an argument against that, but in all truth you needed all the help you could get.
"O-only if it's no trouble…" You tell them.
"It's no trouble at all my love~" Karamatsu tells you with that silly smirk.
The others mutter 'painful' under their breath, and again you see Karamatsu stiffen at the word. You shut your mouth into a fine line and smile sweetly towards the second brother. He smiles weakly back, and you realize that something needs to change between these brothers.
But you have no idea where to start…
So instead you grab their hands and head towards your house, praying that the second brother doesn't take a leap into death. But a leap of faith into your arms…
That's what you hoped for at least…