Love at First Sight

25

Lev walks into the kitchen after showering. "How long is it going to take?"

You put the bottle of cooking wine down. "Making this kind of steak takes a while."

He tips his head to one side, seeing how much steak was actually being cooked. "Wait, there's six pieces. There's only three of us."

You keep your eyes focused on the food in front of you. "Well, I invited Morisuke and his brothers to come over and eat dinner with us. I'm cooking for them too."

His jaw drops to the floor. "You invited Yaku-san? Why?"

You turn your head slightly, just getting a glimpse of your brother. "I wanted to have dinner with him tonight, but we both have siblings to take care of. So, I said I'd make dinner for everyone. Is there a problem?"

Lev stumbles over his words. "Well, uh, um - you see." Then he gets a look at your narrowing eyes. "No. But I don't like it when Yaku-san's around. I get scared that I'll make him mad and he'll hit me."

You turn your head back to the food. "He won't do anything. Hasn't he been much nicer to you whenever I'm around? I never see him hit you, and he rarely even yells at you."

Your brother is at a loss for words. "Well... yeah, but -"

"I don't see a problem, Lev. You also know how I feel about Morisuke. Be a little more supportive of your big sister."

The silver haired boy deflates, unable to argue. "Ok, but I don't wanna sit next to him!"

You sigh. "Lev, the table is big enough to have you sit across the table from him."

"No! He might be able to kick me under the table!"

You turn to face him. "Oh my god. He won't do that."

"How do you know?"

"Do you want me to talk about it with him?"

"I would prefer if he didn't sit anywhere near me."

You turn back to the meal you were cooking, adding a bit more cooking wine to some of the steaks. "Look, I was gonna have you and Alisa sit next to each other, have his brothers on either end of the table, then sit next to him myself. I can sit across from you, so it would be difficult for anyone to kick each other without me feeling it. Does that sound good to you?"

"You're not sitting next to me?" He was pouting.

You started feeling annoyed. "I thought that much would be obvious."

Lev leaned up against a wall, clearly unhappy about the arrangements. "But we always sit next to each other."

"Not when Morisuke is over."

"But -"

He gets cut off as the doorbell rings.

"Lev, can you please get that? I need to keep an eye on the food."

Your brother huffs out a breath, but goes to open the door. "Yaku-san."

Morisuke gives a faint smile. "Hey, Lev. Uh, these are my brothers, Ryo and Hiro. Y/n's home, right?"

Lev held a frown on his face. "She's cooking dinner."

Hiro jumps. "Sis can cook?!"

Morisuke chuckles awkwardly. "Well, yeah. She's a pretty good cook."

Ryo walks into the house, quickly taking off his shoes. "Sis! We're here!" He runs off, looking for you.

Hiro follows after his brother, copying what the older boy did. "Wait! I wanna hug sis!"

The libero walks into the house, shutting the door. He bends down to remove his shoes, still feeling awkward. "Sorry to just suddenly come here with my brothers. Y/n invited us."

The middle blocker still looks unhappy. "I know. She told me."

"Ah, well, that's good." He steps farther into the house, not knowing how to keep a conversation with his teammate.

In the kitchen, you were trapped by the two younger Yakus. They were hugging you tightly, while you were still trying to cook.

You giggle. "Ok. Hold up." You empty your hands and move to hug both of the younger boys. "I missed you guys too."

They spoke in unison. "We missed you so much!" After a few more moments, they release you.

You smile at them. "Why don't you two go join Morisuke and my brother in the living room. You can all watch movies or something until I finish with dinner."

"Ok!" They run off, finding their brother sitting on the couch in the living room.

Morisuke looks at his brothers. "You didn't bother Y/n, did you?"

Ryo huffs out a breath. "No. We just gave her a hug."

The big brother felt almost jealous that he wasn't the one to give you a hug, but he wasn't about to disturb you while you were cooking. "So, uh, Lev, what's up?"

Lev sits in a chair on the far side of the room, crossing his arms over his chest while maintaining a frown. "I was just getting ready to have a nice family dinner, but found out there would be more people joining us."

Ryo looked over. "You're sis's little brother? You look way to tall to be a little brother."

Hiro nods. "Are you really younger than sis?"

The silver haired male was about to snap. "Yes, I'm two years younger than her. And why are you calling my sister 'sis'?"

Ryo rolled his eyes. "Cuz she's gonna be our big sister, duh."

Lev was so close to throwing a fit. "What?!"

Alisa walks into the room, hearing someone raise his voice. "Levochka, is something wrong?" She looks over at the three boys on the couch. "Oh, we have company. Nice to see you again, Yaku. Who are these two?" She points at his brothers.

Morisuke smiled. "These are my brothers."

"I'm Ryo!"

"And I'm Hiro! You're pretty, just like sis."

Your sister was confused. "Sis?"

"That would be me." You poke your head into the room, overhearing a part of the conversation. "Lev, watch your volume. And don't get an attitude with the guests."

Lev huffed. "I wasn't even asked if I was ok with having guests."

You narrow your eyes at him. "Don't act like a spoiled brat. I make dinner, so I'm in charge of who gets to eat around here."

Alisa smiled nervously. "Is everything alright, Y/n-chi?"

You look over at her. "Can you keep an eye on the boys. I don't exactly trust them together."

"Understood." She salutes. "You can count on me."