Chapter 11:

[ The cherry blossoms dance, the heart cries ]

After school, Ema meets Hikaru on the train home. He gives her an expensive
chocolate and explains that he received it from a man whos trying to seduce
him, but the chocolate will only be a bother since he still has more places to visit.
Hikaru then says he has one small request for Ema, and noticing that she looks
hesitant, he assures her that hes not plotting anything evil he only wants to
go flower-viewing tomorrow. Ema invites everyone to go flower-viewing when she
gets home, and Ukyou gladly accepts because everyone is free tomorrow
evening. Besides, its a nice idea to relieve stress. Especially for Fuuto and Iori,
who just finished their entrance exams, and also Kaname, whos been looking
really tired recently.

Ema helps Ukyou preparing their meal the next day, and he teaches her how to
cut a beef by holding her hands from behind. ||_*) Ukyou admits hes
happy to cook together with Ema, but sadly it only lasts until Hikaru suddenly
appears asking why are they -ing here. xD He heard Ukyou saying
Thats it, youre good. Now continue. to Ema earlier, and he thought theyre
doing something dirty. ( ):;*.:; Hikaru also mentions that Ema is far
better than Reiko when it comes to personalities, which means that Ukyou has
finally stopped looking at women just based on their breast size LOL. Ukyou
obviously rages and says Hikaru is also a pervert who loves crossdressing, but
Hikaru calmly answers its necessary for his job. When Ukyou says he doesnt
have any ulterior motives, Hikaru points out that the back of his neck was red
when he was holding Emas hand earlier. () Just then Juli suddenly jumps
into the kitchen, and he rages at the immoral big-breast-loving lawyer by
stomping on their raw beef with his squirrel feet.. so in the end everyone goes
flower-viewing with only vegetables in their bento boxes. YYYYYY(A)
!!

Yusuke and Wataru keep protesting about the lack of meat, and afraid that Ukyou
would snap anytime, Ema says shell buy something from the convenience store.
Subaru suddenly gets up too saying hell go with her, which really shocks
everyone since that Subaru is making a move on Ema. Along the way, Subaru
tells Ema that he has an important match coming up soon, and he wants her to
come and watch him play. At first Ema is reluctant because Subaru looks so
serious, but she eventually agrees when he says that he wants to win in front of
her. Upon hearing her answer, Subaru hugs Ema saying he was actually thinking
of giving up on inviting her.. but he feels glad to have asked her out properly. He

quickly lets go and apologizes, then he goes home right after taking the food
back to their brothers.

Not too long after Subaru left, Rui comes to see Ema with a lot of cherry blossom
petals on his hands. He says its a present from the wind to her, and he arranges
her hair using the petals to make her even more beautiful. When Ema returns to
the brothers place, Hikaru reveals that hes actually a noir novelist under the
pen name of Asakawa Hikaru. The main characters in noir novels are mostly
criminals, and Hikaru always collects the necessary data directly from real
criminals.. who are usually men. Thats why hes dressing up as a woman
whenever he approaches them, and he even lived with one of them in the past.
Before Ema could recover from the shock, suddenly they hear Tsubaki singing
karaoke nearby. Hes surrounded by a lot of middle-aged ladies, and Fuuto
moves to the lake since he cant stand the noise. However, Tsubaki then
introduces Ema as his girlfriend to the entire audience and makes it really
clear that they have kissed before. (|||) Everyone is shocked upon
hearing this (except for Hikaru who finds it interesting), and Yusuke instantly
rages at Tsubaki saying he cant forgive this. Natsume tries to stop Yusuke from
going wild, but since Yusuke keeps on resisting, they end up falling into the lake
instead dragging poor Fuuto along with them. 8D

Late at night, Masaomi tells everyone that its time to go home. Noticing that
Ema wants to stay behind with Kaname and Hikaru, Masaomi asks Ukyou to let
her stay. Knowing that Ukyou is worried about Ema, Masaomi tells him that
Kaname is always thinking about Ema. He cares a lot about her, and despite him
being a frivolous flirt, he would never do anything to harm her. Hikaru is
impressed since Masaomi has become much more reliable now, and when he
asks if something happened while he was away, Masaomi answers it was Ema
who changed him.. which only causes Hikaru to develop more interest in Ema.
Soon after Masaomi and the others go home, Iori comes and apologizes for being
so late. He was busy with work earlier, but hes happy to see that Ema is still
waiting for him. Kaname quickly interrupts saying theyre here as a family, and
Iori cant have a date with Ema today since Hikaru and him are also present. Iori
doesnt care though, and he replies that theyre indeed a family.. but blood
relations dont have any meaning in his eyes. Upon hearing this, Kaname tells
Ema to ignore Iori and asks Hikaru to take her home. When they arrive at the
mansion, Hikaru notices that Ema is still thinking about Kaname and Iori. He
assures her that Kaname will take care of Iori, and he knows really well that
nothing dangerous will happen between those two. For now. Hikaru is more
interested in Ema herself, because hes starting to see why his brothers are
falling in love with her.

Chapter 12-1:
[ The storm that shakes eyelashes ]

After dinner, Wataru is watching his favorite anime on TV. The main sponsor is a
travel agent which recently selected Fuuto to star in their TV commercial, and
Yusuke keeps changing the channel because he cant stand seeing Fuutos face
everytime. xD While Wataru and Yusuke are busy fighting over the remote
control, Masaomi asks Ema if she wants to stay in the hotel from the commercial.
This shocks Yusuke and Ukyou because it sounds like an extremely bold
invitation, but Masaomi is actually thinking of traveling overseas with everyone
in summer not alone with Ema. He only asked her because he wants to make
her happy. (`) Ema mentions that she doesnt have a passport, but they
explain that she can get one easily if she prepares the necessary documents.

Soon Iori walks into the living room, and Ema notices that he got a haircut. The
first thing he does is to ask if she likes his new hairstyle, and he also asks if shes
good in English.. because Jouchi University gives high marks for English in the
entrance exam. Ema doesnt understand why he suddenly brings up Jouchi
University, but Iori doesnt give her any chance to think. Iori says hell teach her
if there are any subjects that she doesnt understand, and when Yusuke asks if
he can join their study session, Iori completely ignores him and leaves after
saying its a promise between him and Ema. Poor guy. (`)

On the day of Hinode High Schools opening ceremony, Yusuke and Ema are
surprised to see Azusa at their school. He looks really neat in a formal suit, and
he explains that he didnt have any plans to come here today. Its just Masaomi is
taking care of an emergency, Ukyou has a meeting, and Kaname is busy with
memorial service.. and so Azusa had to take their role as a guardian. Yusuke and
Ema are confused since they didnt hear anything about this before, but before
Azusa could explain anything, a taxi stops in front of the school gate and Fuuto
walks out wearing Hinode High Schools uniform. Fuuto politely greets them
saying hell be attending Hinode High School too from now on, which means that
hes now their junior.

After the opening ceremony starts, Ema walks around the hall while still thinking
about what just happened earlier. She knew that Fuuto safely passed his
entrance exam, but whenever she asked about the name of the school, he
always replied with its a secret obviously because he wanted to surprise
her. Just then Ema hears a faint voice nearby, and she finds Fuuto sleeping under
a cherry blossom tree nearby. Ema knows she should wake him up, but she cant
do it because the sight of Fuuto sleeping outside is so irresistably sexy. (*)
The tension escalates when Fuuto suddenly whispers Dont do it, nee-san..
Dont touch me there, I wont be able to hold back.. and starts panting in his
sleep. () Ema cant stand it anymore and tries to wake him up, but Fuuto
suddenly opens his eyes and reveals that hes actually awake. He left the hall
because the ceremony is so boring, but he didnt expect to see her here. Fuuto
quickly holds Emas hands and pins her against the tree, asking if she knows why
he decided to come to this school. He also gives her a chance to escape, but
since she remains quiet in his arms, he chuckles and blows his warm breath onto
her eyelashes. Just as he promised, hes going to give her an exciting school life
from now on. ()