1. Chapter 1 (1/2)

okay, let me just say that yes, i am aware of the fact that i should be working on black and red or la chasseresse rouge right now, or at least daydreaming about my hetalia fic, and not writing fanfiction for a reverse harem anime i finished binge-watching at 3 a.m yesterday morning. however, you must know one crucial thing about me:

i have zero self control.

so, without further ado *flings the first chapter out there* i needed to get this off my chest so i could stop daydreaming about a bunch of cute boys. i own nothing other than ame.

first meeting

there are certain events that seem incredibly unlikely to occur, even at best. these events are the sort of things you consider when you're bored, or half asleep at night. those little what if? scenarios that you debate internally, before shrugging them off to focus on the real world. a world where those thoughts have no place.

at least, that was what i always thought.

"i still can't wrap my head around this," i joined my younger sister ema at the window of the train. i say younger, but we're more like twins. the difference between us was just a year and a few months, and we never quite grew up thinking of ourselves as younger/older sisters.

of course, i was always responsible for ema, for keeping her safe and out of trouble, but i've never been sure whether that was because i was older, or if i was just naturally protective of her. i mean, i love my sister, and she's cute and sweet and a lovely human being, but she's really defenceless and vulnerable when it comes to bullies or people who want to take advantage of her.

which was why, mixed with my excitement was a sense of worry. "chii-chan, you need to keep your guard up against these wolves!" a squeaky and mildly imperious voice chirped. it came from ema's bag or, to be more specific, it came from the fluffy grey and white squirrel scampering out of the bag and up her arm. "there are a total of 13 after all!"

"juli, they're not wolves," she smiled softly as the train drew to a stop. "they're our

others, right ame-chan?"

i grinned for her benefit, hiding my worry, and shrugged carelessly. "well, yeah they are. come on juli, let's give 'em the benefit of doubt, huh?" after all, ema had always wanted a big family. papa wasn't home often, and it was always just the two of us taking care of each other. a big house full of people to talk to, that actually sounded really exciting.

juli huffed and folded his arms across his fluffy chest. "i don't believe that in the least! at least i'll be there to watch out for those perverted wolves. m-chan, you'd better do the same when i'm not around!"

"roger!" i snapped to attention and saluted cheekily. "commencing operation protect ema-chan's purity is a go!"

ema sighed at me but she was still smiling. "oh would you two stop? i told you, they're not wolves!"

"but we don't know that!" i hooked my arm around her shoulders and made my voice all deep and creepy. "what if they turn out to be weirdos who take pictures of you while you sleep?"

juli screeched in horror while my sister giggled at my antics. "you're being very dramatic. and why me? what happened to you?"

i snorted and twirled around to face her while walking backwards. "i'll knee them in the stomach, why are you even asking? who do you think i am – bubbles!"

after dragging me away from the magical bubble-blowing machine in the streets, we followed the directions on the small piece of paper with the address of our new home. all our things had been moved prior to this time, so the small bags we carried only contained toiletries, snacks, and basic sundry items. ema glanced down at the paper. "it's just a little further now."

"yes, a little further before we reach the battlefield!"

"juli, and here i thought i was the overprotective one," i snickered. please let it go well, for ema-chan's sake at least.

it took two more minutes of walking before we spotted the building. there was a large truck just preparing to drive off, i suppose our things had only just arrived. there were two people standing outside the house to see the truck off, a tall man with pale

own hair, and a short boy with seashell pink hair. we hurried over. "excuse me, um..."

"hello, i already had your luggage moved up to your rooms," the older one smiled down at us. "i am the oldest son, masaomi. this is the youngest, wataru." masaomi, huh? he had a kind face, and an easy demeanour, and i could feel myself relaxing marginally in his presence.

wataru smiled up at us with childish happiness. "hi, big sisters!"

aw, i actually have a little

other! and he's so cute! i want to high-five the universe! i bent over so i was face to face with him. "hello, wataru-chan! please take care of us from now on!"

his smile grew even wider at that. "i will! big sis, will you play with me?"

"now, now wataru," masaomi scolded gently. "ame-chan and ema-chan are probably tired. shouldn't you let them rest a bit first?"

the younger

other pouted, which was ridiculously adorable. "don't worry wataru-kun," i grinned. "since we'll be living here now, we can play together often, okay?"

wataru lit up at my words, and cheered loudly. juli peeked out from behind ema's shoulders to appraise them. "hmm, these two seem relatively harmless," he said. "however, i shall withhold my judgement until we meet the rest!"

masaomi led us to our rooms. "ema-chan, this will be your room, and ame-chan's room will be right across from yours," he gestured to the line of doors. "ah, ema-chan, your room used to belong to one of my

others, so i apologize if any of his belongings are still inside."

as long she doesn't stumble across something weird. "thank you, masaomi-san," ema thanked him and we both bowed.

he laughed and waved his hands at us. "ah, that's too formal," he replied. "after all, we're siblings now, right?"

that's true. "then...masaomi-kun?" i tried hesitantly, and relaxed when he nodded with a smile. he then left us to get settled in a bit. "i hope all our

others are as nice as he is."

"i hope so too," ema smiled. i dropped my bag on her bed and stretched while she decided to look through one of the boxes. "should we change now?"

"nah, let's explore a bit!" i beamed and dropped my arms, spinning on my toes. i almost knocking over another box in the process, but that was ignored. there was no point changing immediately, i figured. instead, i wanted to explore the house and i needed ema to be with me because i was severely directionally challenged and would probably get lost in a bathroom or something equally embarrassing and that was not how i wanted to meet my new family.

we made our way downstairs to main room. "ema-chan, this tv is huge!" i gaped at the large flatscreen tv that took up the better part of the wall. "ema-chan, are you seeing this?! how many channels do you think we can get on this thing? i say 500. no, wait, 600!"

"ame-chan, you're getting too excited," she giggled at me. "we're going to be living here now, you'll be able to find out for yourself."

maybe, in the distant future, when i stopped feeling like a guest in what was supposed to be my new home maybe. that would take a while. "ah, are these my new little sisters?" we both turned at the new voice in the room.

two men stepped out of an elevator, both smiling at us. one had white hair arranged in a messy manner that covered one eye, and the other had dark purple hair that covered the opposite eye. both had deep, violet coloured eyes, and looked incredibly similar in spite of the difference in hair colour.

i was so busy analyzing them that i hardly noticed when the white-haired one came closer and drew both of us into a hug. what? "it's a nice to meet you hug~!"

you don't know this about me yet, but i love hugs. big hugs, small hugs, hugs that devolve into cuddles, spinning hugs, you name it and i am down, so my wide-eyed expression wasn't one of shock and confusion (like ema's), but of complete delight. i was more or less squealing with unabashed delight on the inside.

i would have returned the hug and squeeze, had the second person not whacked him over the head, knocking him over. awww. oh, there you are juli, the gray squirrel hissed and climbed up juli's arm to rest on her shoulder so he could glare at the other person. "i'm sorry about tsubaki," he smiled at us. "i am azusa. please take care of me."

will do! "that hurt you know, azusa~!" the white-haired one – tsubaki, i believe – whined as he got up. huh, they really did look similar. "were you thinking that we looked similar?" i started at that and he grinned.

"we're identical twins," azusa explained. oh, well that makes sense. that aside, there was something familiar about them. i felt like i'd heard their voices from somewhere...

"you two are too loud," someone said. a new person came out of the kitchen, wheeling a tray of tea and coffee ahead of himself. he had short blonde hair arranged neatly on a chiseled face, and blue eyes behind a pair of glasses. he was dressed like a business man, in a red dress shirt, black waistcoat, and black dress pants. like everyone else in this family apparently (barring wataru), he was tall. this is beginning to get on my nerves.

considering that i was an inch shorter than ema, i did have a tiny little complex about my height.

"please to meet you," the blonde smiled down at us. "my name is ukyo and i work as a lawyer."

we bowed politely. "nice to meet you," ema said nervously. "please take care of us."

tsubaki hugged us again, just as tightly as before. "yes, please do~!" once again i was about to return the hug, in spite of juli's hissing, but someone new yelled.

"tsuba-nii, what the hell are you doing in the house?" i looked up and spotted redhead on the balcony above the living room. he was dressed in some variation of what looked like ema's school uniform.

"ah, yusuke, welcome home!" tsubaki grinned, loosening his grip on us, but not fully releasing us.

the boy hissed in annoyance. "it's not welcome home!

inging home a girl is just-" there he cut himself off, suddenly fixing his eyes on ema. they lit up in recognition and he scrambled down the stairs. "w-wh-wh-you?!"

oh dear, if that really was ema's school uniform, then was he someone she knew? "asahina-kun?" ema tilted her head to the side and i winced internally. worse, he one of ema's classmates. now that she mentioned his name, i'm pretty sure she'd mentioned him once, maybe twice? awkward.

ukyo stared at tsubaki. "i'm sure i told you to inform yusuke of this?"

tsubaki looked away with a snicker and yusuke snarled at him. "tsuba-nii, you didn't tell me on purpose!"