My Idol, My Brother

Chapter 11: Promise

The pictures weren't published, mainly, because the root of the incident was their classmate and that they're all minors, plus, Jesse was just protecting his sister. Their manager quickly informed Shadow Six to relief them of their worries. It'll be seriously bad for them that they looked like they're ganging up on someone, specially that they're going to release an album soon.

"Aaaah... thank goodness," everyone sighed in relief as their manager

"But make sure you'd be more careful next time," their manager warned them.

"Hai!" everyone responded in unison.

After meeting with their manager, Jesse called Aya right away, "Hey,"

"How is it?"

"The pictures won't be published anymore,"

"That's good then! Oh, mom and dad are asking if you'll be able to come home before they leave for England,"

"Uhm, I'll try but if I cannot, just wish them well for me, okay?"

"Okay then, you take care too okay? I'll make steak for dinner,"

"Really?! That I'm sure I'll be home for dinner,"

Once done talking to Aya, Jesse followed the others to the studio for their album photoshoot. Aya, on the other hand, was at home, surfing the net and checking Faceook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instragram when she noticed some fans talking about the incident last Saturday. Good thing to her, they were on Jesse's side and they didn't know Shiba's identity, they also didn't know why the incident happened. Also, some were saying that Jesse was so protective and it was cute. After surfing the net, Aya went to Jesse's room, something she often does when Jesse's not home. She would sit on Jesse's bed and place her hand on his pillow.

"i lied to you... I have never gotten over my romantic feelings for you..." she talked to his bed, "but what can I do? I have to hide it because I know that I'm just a sister to you and you're just being a good brother to me... sometimes I somehow prefer that you're mean to me cause I can find an excuse to stop liking you... but now, you're nice and all to me... it's so much harder for me to forget my feelings for you... but you know what? I'm happy just by being close to you, and watch you be happy... and in the future, watch you build a family of your own," she chuckled, "yeah, I'd probably embrace that pain no matter how much it'll hurt me,"

She stayed there for a while. She knew she had been traumatized by her sexual experience with Jesse, but it was with Jesse where she could find comfort. Hopefully, someday, she'll be able to overcome her trauma and won't have to burden Jesse with the guilt of it anymore. She left once it's already time for their parents to leave again for her to bid goodbye. Jesse wasn't able to come home early to say goodbye but she just send them his regards.

Aya started preparing for dinner once their parents left. She just made the sides and left the steak for later. It'll taste better freshly cooked so she just watched TV while waiting for Jesse and fell asleep in the process.

9 o'clock.

"Tadaima," Jesse said as he entered the house, but no response. That's when he noticed Aya's sleeping figure on the couch. He knelt down in front of her, smiled, stared at her sleeping face and gently pushed the hair off of her face.

He was about to lean forward and kiss her when he felt her move. He quickly moved back and pretended like he's not going to do something. Aya frowned a bit and opened her eyes. She realized she fell asleep and that Jesse was already in front of her.

"Hey there sleepy head," Jesse poked her cheek to help her wake up.

"Mm... am I just dreaming or are you already home?" Aya slowly sat up, rubbing her eyes.