I'm in a Reverse-Harem!? (Sekaiichi Hatsukoi fanfic)

14: Trust

"Phew, only a few more tweaks then were done!" Katsumi exclaimed and drank a glass of juice.

"Wow, I didn't know this project would be THIS hard..." Ikuto said and ate a slice of an apple, making him look more like an *sshole. Sorry for my language. The whole session his been babbling about things that aren't important to the project, I wanted to put duct tape on his mouth.

"All thanks to Katsumi-chan, this project made it possible!" Tsukino hugged Katsumi and they almost fell on the floor.

"Uwah Tsukino!" Katsumi laughed and so does Tsukino following me and Ikuto. Our laughter stopped as we heard a knock on the door. Katsumi responded with 'come in' and the door revealed his brother along with Kyoichiro.

"Sumi, I'll be going with Kyoichiro so I might come home late. Will it be alright if you eat alone tonight?" his brother asked with an apologetic look. Katsumi smiled and nodded.

"Sure thing, just remember to check your phone!" Katsumi and Kyoichiro giggled. Katzumo looked at them both, a bit irritated. He pulled Kyoichiro by the arms and left the scene.

"Hey Katsumi... who was that guy?" Ikuto asked pointing at the now closed door.

"Kyoichiro Amano. He's my brother's best friend and previous tutor." Katsumi answered with a sad smile.

"Previous tutor?" Tsukino questioned. Katsumi stopped at fixing our project and looked down. I gave her a light pat by the shoulder and she looked at me.

"It's best not to ask something like that. Since it's almost sun down, how about we all go home. We still have school tomorrow." I said and the two nodded. Katsumi said she will fix her room, I offered to help her but she declined. It still doesn't stop me from helping anyway. The two said their farewells and left the house. We were finally and we sat by her bed.

"Wow, never knew you have so much manga and posters here Katsumi." I said with a smile. She giggled and smiled.

"Well... what can you expect from an Otaku. It's not much but it gives me the vibe of excitement and such." Katsumi replied.

"By the way... why did you change the subject about Kyo-san?" She asked looking at me. I happily sighed.

"Of course I would know... it would remind you of Katzumo-san dropping out right?" I replied. Her eyes looked at me with shock.

"Yeah... I guess so..." She replied

"Plus I thought if the topic of Kyo-san continued. I'll be in trouble." She half smiled. I got confused.

"Well you see, Nii-san and Kyo-san are actually... lovers." I wide eyed at her.

"Why did you tell me this?" I asked.

"Nii-san and I trust you Ritsu." She replied with a gentle smile. She suddenly puts her hand on mine and I blushed by that action.

"Kyo-san and Nii-san had a very difficult time getting to know the fact that they were in love. I was the one who pushed them to."

"I never saw Nii-san having the time of his life with someone and always talking about that same person. He wasn't like that when... mom and dad died." She continued.

"With Kyo-san... well he was the hardest to read."

"But... in the end they came to that lovely dovey connection. I almost feel lonely without Nii-san almost gone every night but it was worth seeing him smile." her smile became forced and her eyes were getting teary. I didn't know what to do except to comfort her. I gave her a hug and I felt her jolt from my action.

"Well... you aren't lonely anymore right? You told us before..." I said

"Me, Masamune, Kou, Shouta, Yoshiyuki, Chiaki and Brandon are always there for you. Right?" I gave her a smile and she started to cry in my arms. I patter her head and told her that 'everything is alright'

//I know... this was short...//