Cerulean Hearts ||a Karamatsu x reader||

Plan

Dawn broke the horizon and not one of us had gotten a wink of sleep. We'd told Karamatsu to go and sleep in the room and wait for us. Foolish brother, plunging right into our trap. He was too tired to question what we were doing and all of us stayed awake with as much caffeine as possible. For now, we could get a bit of sleep and have enough energy to put the plan into action.

"Does everybody understand the plan now? I've explained it at least 36 times now!" Choromatsu groaned.

"37." Ichimatsu corrected. "I understand it."

"I'm just a little confused, but I get the concept," Todomatsu interjected.

I smiled and said, "So we're all good. Alright, everyone get some breakfast and then we can hit the sack. Totty,"

He peered over at me, pulling out his phone charger. "Hm?"

"Set the alarm on your phone to go off at 5 pm," I ordered, standing up. He nodded and walked out of the room. Jyushimatsu could already see Ichi starting to drift off and dragged him into our bedroom next door. Choromatsu took off his hoodie and muttered, "Oso, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to go to sleep, I drank too much coffee." I clapped him on the shoulder and nodded.

"Alright then, why don't you go and get dressed then, tell Mom and Dad we won't be up until this afternoon." He smiled and walked out, leaving me to mull over the plan one last time. This was for his own good. If she really cares about him and is serious, then she'll have to learn to put up with us. I sighed and pulled off my hoodie, throwing it into a stray hamper probably meant for the linens, and walked after my brothers, hoping we'd have enough energy to carry this out.

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"Hello, handsome." I laughed, opening the classroom door to see him. The class had ended about half an hour ago.

"Hello, beautiful.~" He returned cheerfully, picking me up by my hips and spinning me around. I laughed and kissed his head with a smile. The blue mastu spun me one final time before dipping me and kissing me passionately.

"Well someone's happy today-!" I said between the fervent kisses.

"I am." He agreed excitedly, letting me up again. "It's not every day I get to spend so much time with you. I think the biggest amount of time we've spent together was five hours." To me, that was tons of time, but I understood.

"Well then let's not waste too much time. Where to, then?" I asked, subconsciously adjusting my collar with a flick of my wrist. He took my hand and started walking toward the elevator.

"Just follow me, my angel, and we'll be there in a jiffy." I smiled and followed him outside, looking forward to the day ahead.

We got onto the bus and walked from there. A quiet sort of street came into view. Not as dead as my own, as there were gatherings of people evenly distributed in groups. A small fish place even came into view, but the main attraction, to me, was the plain and yet somehow colorful little house in between a cafe and another building. It looked as if the city had been built around it. I smiled, knowing it must be where he was born and raised.

Quickly he dashed over and opened the door for me.

"Why thank you, dear sir," I said, pulling him inside with me.

"Why, you're welcome, dear madam." He returned my wide smile and spread his arms to gesture to the long halls. "Welcome to my humble abode." I looked around with interest, as we paused to take off our shoes. It had always been really interesting for me to come to someone's house for the first time because afterward, I knew exactly where everything was.

"I like it. Your parents have pretty good taste in colors. Though I dunno if that was just how it was when you guys first moved in."

"I can't even remember. I've lived here all my life." He admitted. I looked around, still holding his hand, and went to move, but his fingers went frozen in mine. I looked back at him and he looked absolutely petrified, his gaze to the stairs at the end of the hallway.

"Kara?" I asked, shaking him. He looked back at me worriedly, and then to the stairs once more. His grip on my hand tightened as he led me over into the next room.

"Ah, well, um..I'll be right there, my honey, just give me a moment. I need to check on something!" He kissed my forehead quickly then bulleted upstairs, leaving me speechless and confused. I'd never seen him run so fast before. Obediently I sat down in the doorway, hugging my knees. It took five minutes, followed by tons of thumping and angry yelling upstairs for me to realize what was going on. I got up, deciding to investigate, hoping nobody had broken in and it was just one of his brothers.

I started to run when I heard a deep-voiced scream of pain. I burst in through the door, asking frantically,

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" I saw four other men arguing with a scrambling Karamatsu. He was being held down in a weird sort of human cage by another man, who gave me a weird sort of vibe. And all of them looked the same. Oh shit, what a way to introduce myself. All the fighting ceased when they saw me. Kara was let out of his bonds and explained, rushing over to me,

"(Y/n), my honey please go downstairs, this is nothing! We were j-just talking."

"You were being restrained by your siblings and started screaming. In other words, you scared me half to death!" I snapped. He sighed and sent an angry glare toward whom I could only assume were his brothers. They looked at the ground guiltily, but there was a sort of phoniness behind their faces. "Look, I'm sorry for interrupting this. I just got kinda worried."

"Wait, Karamatsu, aren't you going to introduce us?" One of them asked, tilting his head with an innocent look. Pink. I noticed every one of them wore a different colored hoodie, probably to help tell them apart. An array of colors all sat down in front of us.

Karamatsu looked hesitant but reluctantly nodded, gesturing to them in order.

"(Y/N), please let me introduce you to my brothers, Osomatsu, Chromatsu, Ichimatsu, Jyushimatsu, and Todomatsu."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, (Y/N)!" They all said in unison as they bowed a little.

"A pleasure to meet you all, as well," I said, folding my hands together and bowing as well. They all then stood up and approached. Osomatsu nudged Kara and whispered something to him. He immediately blushed and shook his head furiously, talking way too fast for me to understand.

"What are you doing here in Japan, Miss (Y/N)?" Asked the one they called Jyushimatsu.

"I got a job here and I've been living here for about three months," I explained, "Though most people mistake me for a tourist." Jyushimatsu suddenly walked away and left the room, but no one seemed to notice. I wondered if I'd said something wrong. Similar conversations started and ended a while more, none of them really had a chance to sink in before Karamatsu stopped it all and took me into the living room, where we could finally be alone.

"Sorry about all that." He apologized, sitting me down next to him on the couch. I laughed a little, curling closer to him.

"It's fine. Now I know how you felt about the kids back at the office."

He crossed his legs and grabbed the remote to the odd-looking tv in the corner of the room.

"Anything you wanna watch?"

"I'm good with anything, honestly."

My dear friend turned on some sort of Soap Opera and pulled a blanket over our heads.