Be With Me

Chapter 1

        'Dear god they must be hella rich' is the first thought that pops into Akira's head as she approached the condo. 'So, this thing is supposed to be 5 stories tall and only the children live here??? Just how many are there?' She thinks, looking up at the massive building in front of her. The only thing that Akira knew about where she was living was the address and that Ema lived here along with her step-brothers. 

        Akira sighed, hauling her suitcases farther up the path to the house, before she was hit by something cuter than I ever could be, tackling her to the ground. She let out a scream as her suitcases came falling down beside her. She gently rubbed the back of her head as she sat up, hearing the laughter of a small child. Looking down, she saw the youngest of the Asashina children. 

        "New sister! New sister!" He started chanting as he squeezed her tighter. "Wataru! How about we get off of our new guest so that she can get up?" A tall man with short brown hair said as he approached the pair on the ground. "Oh, I'm sorry!" the little boy, Wataru, said quickly getting up off of the stunned girl. "Here, let me help you up," The man said, reaching out a hand to Akira, which she gladly accepted. 

      "Oh, I should probably introduce myself, shouldn't I?" He asked, laughing gently at his statement. "Hi, I'm Asashina Masaomi, the oldest of the Asashina children, and this," He says, gesturing towards Wataru, "Is Asashina Wataru, the youngest" Masaomi finished, smiling gently at Akira. 

       "Come on! Come on! Come meet the others!" Wataru shouted in excitement, grabbing Akira's wrist, dragging her along with him without her consent. "Ah, b-but what about my luggage?" She questioned, flustered by the boy's sudden action. "Don't worry, I've got them," Masaomi said, suddenly next to the pair, dragging Akira's suitcases behind her. "Oh, thank you!" Akira said, smiling brightly at Masaomi before turning her attention to wherever Wataru was taking her.

       Akira was soon pulled into the main living room by the young Asashina. The room was filled with laughter and chatter, so much to the point that the two of them hadn't been noticed. This soon changed when the heel of Akira's foot got caught on the stairs, causing her to topple down them, bringing all attention to her. (don't worry, she let go of Wataru's hand just in time, so he didn't fall with her.)

      Everyone just stared at Akira until all hell broke loose. There was shouting for Masaomi, people running around looking for a first aid kit, and people running around shouting, trying to do something but not knowing what to do. During all of this, Masaomi stood at the top of the stairs, looking down upon all of the chaos before going to Akira himself, leaving her suitcases at the top of the stairs. 

      Akira was soon placed on the couch and no longer unconscious, an icepack laying on her head. "Well, she sure does know how to make an entrance, I'll give her that,"  The fourth brother said, a sly smile on his face. "Are we sure that we don't need to take her to the hospital? That looked like a bad fall" A tall, blond male stated, looking at her with a concerned look on his face. "She should be fine, if she shows further signs of a concussion I will take her in," Masaomi said, assuring his brothers that she was ok. 

      Akira slowly sat up, rubbing her head slightly. "Where am I?" She asked, looking around the room lost and confused. They all looked at her, eyebrows raised in shock. "Oh god, what have we done?!" Yusuke asked/shouted, freaking out. "Masaomi, please tell me we didn't do this to her?" Azusa asked his hand already at his temples. "I-I don't know the answer to that" Masaomi said, worry filling his eyes.

      It was at this point that laughter filled the room, Akira's to be specific. She sat up quickly, clutching her stomach from laughing too hard, before hitting a bruise that she had acquired from her quick trip down the stairs and winced in pain. The only other person who had laughed along with her was Hikaru, immediately understanding what she had done, everyone else was just frozen. 

      "I-I'm sorry guys, I-I just saw the opportunity and I took it," Akira said, still catching her breath from all of her laughter. She then stood herself up or at least tried to before she stumbled. "Woah there, isn't it a bit soon to be falling for me?" Kaname asked, catching her before she could hit the ground. "Oh, um I'm sorry, I was actually just falling for the fun of it, didn't mean for you to think that" Akira stated, patting his shoulder before awkwardly climbing out of his arms and onto her own two, unstable, legs. 

     The brothers laughed at Kaname's rejection, something that they rarely saw, even Kaname had a small smile on his face, amused by her awkward words. 

     Akira then cleared her throat, gathering all of the attention on her before lowering herself into a bow. "Hello, I am Ishibashi Akira, please take care of me!" She said, looking down, so she didn't notice the blush that found itself on most of their faces. 

     It was then that a small voice could be heard from the stairs above them. "Akira?" Ema said, quickly dropping the groceries that were in her hands before running down the stairs and tackling Akira in a hug, that being the second time that day for her. "Chii!" Akira shouted, hugging her best friend back tightly. "OMG, it's been forever since I last saw you! How have you been? How's your job? Why are you here?" Ema asked, her barrage of questions hitting Akira like a ton of bricks. 

      "Wait, did no one tell you? I'm going to be living here with you and your brothers" Akira asked, pulling away from the hug. A cough was heard in the background before someone spoke up. "Surprise?" Tsubaki asked a bit scared that the girls might get mad at him. It was then that the girls broke out into laughter. "There's no need to be sorry! This is the best surprise ever!" Ema said, taking a weight off of all of their shoulders. 

        "Have you all introduced yourselves yet?" Ema asked, sitting down on the couch next to Akira. Only then did the boys realize that Akira was still surrounded by strangers. They all introduced themselves in order of oldest to youngest, something that I would write down but I honestly don't feel like writing them all introducing themselves and describing them in the process, you guys know what they look like, this shouldn't be necessary. The only two that weren't there were Natsume and Fuuto.

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       It was later that night when Akira heard a knocking at her door. She set down the item in her hand before getting up and answering the door. She opened it up to see the white-haired twin standing before her. Before she could even say a single word he had walked in and sat himself down on her bed. "Umm hello?" She asked, closing the door awkwardly and approaching him. 

       Tsubaki smiled up at Akira, patting the spot on the bed next to him, signaling for her to sit down. She wearily sat down next to him, confused as to what was happening. He then turned to her, looking her right into her eyes, a gentle pink blush dusting Akira's cheeks as he did this. 

        "Hey, I-I wanted to ask you something," Tsubaki stated, looking up at her ceiling before bringing his attention back onto the girl beside him. "Why do the stars only shine brighter in your eyes?" He asked, Akira's face now a bright red from his words. "W-w-what?" She stuttered, scooting away from him slightly, only to be scooted closer to. 

       Tsubaki grabbed the back of her head gently, forcing her closer to him so she could not back away. "Why do I always feel as if my heart is about to explode out of my chest whenever I look into your eyes?" He stated, inching closer and closer to Akira. "I-I um, I-I don't-" Akira stammered, her eyes looking everywhere else but the man in front of her, her entire face as red as Yusuke's hair by now.  

       It was right in the middle of Akira's statement that Tsubaki burst out laughing, curling over clutching his stomach. "W-what?" She asked, confused by his current actions and still flustered by his previous ones. "I-I was acting" He stammered out, handing her the script he was reading from, still recovering from his laughing fit. "Oh o-of course," Akira said, avoiding Tsubaki's gaze, still shook up from the whole event. 

      "Hey, no need to be that way, I just wanted to see how effective my acting was, and I just thought that you would be the perfect person to test it on! And it looks like it workes!" Tsubaki said, smiling at Akira who was currently trying to hide behind her bangs. His eyebrow raised, entertained by her, her reaction, and especially the impact it took upon her. 'Hm, seems like she prefers the sweet and sappy stuff over basic pick-up lines' He thought, thinking back to the incident with Kaname earlier that day.

'Well this is going to be fun' Tsubaki thought, a playful smirk growing on his face.