Chapter 11: 桜舞う、心騒ぐ [ The cherry blossoms dance, the heart cries ]
After After school, Ema meets Hikaru on the train home. He i!es her an e"pensi!e chocolate and e"plains that he recei!ed it from a man #ho$s tryin to seduce him, but the chocolate #ill only be a bother since he still has more places to !isit. Hikaru then says he has one small re%uest for Ema, and noticin that she looks hesitant, he assures her that he$s not plottin anythin e!il & he only #ants to o 'o#er(!ie#in tomorro#. Ema in!ites e!eryone to o 'o#er(!ie#in #hen she ets home, and )kyou ladly accepts because e!eryone is free tomorro# e!enin. *esides, it$s a nice idea to relie!e stress. stress. Especially for +uuto and ori, #ho -ust nished their entrance e"ams, and also /aname, #ho$s been lookin really tired recently.
Ema helps )kyou preparin their meal the ne"t day, and he teaches her ho# to cut a beef by holdin her hands from behind. 0 壁0ｮ･ ･234 )kyou admits he$s happy to cook toether #ith Ema, but sadly it only lasts until Hikaru suddenly appears askin #hy are they いちゃいちゃ(in here. "5 He heard )kyou sayin 6That$s it, you$re ood. 7o# continue.8 to Ema earlier, and he thouht they$re doin somethin dirty. 9;ﾟ < ﾟ｀3:=2.$:=ﾌﾞｯ Hikaru also mentions that Ema is far better than >eiko >eiko #hen it comes to personalities, #hich means that )kyou has nally stopped lookin at #omen -ust based on their breast si?e @@. @@. )kyou ob!iously raes and says Hikaru is also a per!ert #ho lo!es crossdressin, crossdressin, but Hikaru calmly ans#ers it$s necessary for his -ob. - ob. Bhen )kyou says he doesn$t ha!e any ulterior moti!es, Hikaru points out that the back of his neck #as red #hen he #as holdin Ema$s hand earlier. earlier. 94 艸 3 ust then uli suddenly -umps ￫
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into the kitchen, and he raes at the 6immoral bi(breast(lo!in la#yer8 by stompin on their ra# beef #ith his s%uirrel feet.. so in the end e!eryone oes 'o#er(!ie#in 'o#er(!ie#in #ith only !eetables in their bento bo"es. DDDDDD9 。A。3ｱﾋ ｬﾋｬﾋｬﾋｬFF
Dusuke Dusuke and Bataru Bataru keep keep protestin about the lack of meat, meat, and afraid that )kyou )kyou #ould snap anytime, Ema says she$ll buy somethin from the con!enience store. Gubaru suddenly ets up too sayin he$ll o #ith her, #hich really shocks e!eryone since that Gubaru is makin a mo!e on Ema. Alon the #ay, Gubaru tells Ema that he has an important match comin up soon, and he #ants her to come and #atch him play pl ay.. At rst Ema is i s reluctant because Gubaru looks so serious, but she e!entually arees #hen he says that he #ants to #in in front of her. her. )pon hearin her ans#er, Gubaru hus Ema sayin he #as actually thinkin of i!in up on in!itin her.. but he feels lad to ha!e asked her out properly. He
%uickly lets o and apoloi?es, then he oes home riht after takin the food back to their brothers.
7ot too lon after Gubaru left, >ui comes to see Ema #ith a lot of cherry blossom petals on his hands. He says it$s a present from the #ind to her, and he arranes her hair usin the petals to make her e!en more beautiful. Bhen Ema returns to the brother$s place, Hikaru re!eals that he$s actually a noir no!elist under the pen name of 6Asaka#a Hikaru8. The main characters in noir no!els are mostly criminals, and Hikaru al#ays collects the necessary data directly from real criminals.. #ho are usually men. That$s #hy he$s dressin up as a #oman #hene!er he approaches them, and he e!en li!ed #ith one of them in the past. *efore Ema could reco!er from the shock, suddenly they hear Tsubaki sinin karaoke nearby. He$s surrounded by a lot of middle(aed ladies, and +uuto mo!es to the lake since he can$t stand the noise. Ho#e!er, Tsubaki then introduces Ema as his 6irlfriend8 to the entire audience and makes it really clear that they ha!e kissed before. 9I ｀000ノ3ノ E!eryone is shocked upon hearin this 9e"cept for Hikaru #ho nds it interestin3, and Dusuke instantly raes at Tsubaki sayin he can$t fori!e this. 7atsume tries to stop Dusuke from oin #ild, but since Dusuke keeps on resistin, they end up fallin into the lake instead & drain poor +uuto alon #ith them. J5
@ate at niht, Kasaomi tells e!eryone that it$s time to o home. 7oticin that Ema #ants to stay behind #ith /aname and Hikaru, Kasaomi asks )kyou to let her stay. /no#in that )kyou is #orried about Ema, Kasaomi tells him that /aname is al#ays thinkin about Ema. He cares a lot about her, and despite him bein a fri!olous 'irt, he #ould ne!er do anythin to harm her. Hikaru is impressed since Kasaomi has become much more reliable no#, and #hen he asks if somethin happened #hile he #as a#ay, Kasaomi ans#ers it #as Ema #ho chaned him.. #hich only causes Hikaru to de!elop more interest in Ema. Goon after Kasaomi and the others o home, ori comes and apoloi?es for bein so late. He #as busy #ith #ork earlier, but he$s happy to see that Ema is still #aitin for him. /aname %uickly interrupts sayin they$re here as a family, and ori can$t ha!e a date #ith Ema today since Hikaru and him are also present. ori doesn$t care thouh, and he replies that they$re indeed a family.. but blood relations don$t ha!e any meanin in his eyes. )pon hearin this, /aname tells Ema to inore ori and asks Hikaru to take her home. Bhen they arri!e at the mansion, Hikaru notices that Ema is still thinkin about /aname and ori. He assures her that /aname #ill take care of ori, and he kno#s really #ell that nothin danerous #ill happen bet#een those t#o. +or no#. Hikaru is more interested in Ema herself, because he$s startin to see #hy his brothers are fallin in lo!e #ith her.
Chapter 1L(1: 睫毛をふるわ!" [ The storm that shakes eyelashes ]
After dinner, Bataru is #atchin his fa!orite anime on TM. The main sponsor is a tra!el aent #hich recently selected +uuto to star in their TM commercial, and Dusuke keeps chanin the channel because he can$t stand seein +uuto$s face e!erytime. "5 Bhile Bataru and Dusuke are busy htin o!er the remote control, Kasaomi asks Ema if she #ants to stay in the hotel from the commercial. This shocks Dusuke and )kyou because it sounds like an e"tremely bold in!itation, but Kasaomi is actually thinkin of tra!elin o!erseas #ith e!eryone in summer & not alone #ith Ema. He only asked her because he #ants to make her happy. 9๑;NO๑3P Ema mentions that she doesn$t ha!e a passport, but they e"plain that she can et one easily if she prepares the necessary documents.
Goon ori #alks into the li!in room, and Ema notices that he ot a haircut. The rst thin he does is to ask if she likes his ne# hairstyle, and he also asks if she$s ood in Enlish.. because ouchi )ni!ersity i!es hih marks for Enlish in the entrance e"am. Ema doesn$t understand #hy he suddenly brins up ouchi )ni!ersity, but ori doesn$t i!e her any chance to think. ori says he$ll teach her if there are any sub-ects that she doesn$t understand, and #hen Dusuke asks if he can -oin their study session, ori completely inores him and lea!es after sayin it$s a promise bet#een him and Ema. Qoor uy. 9; #<#O$3
n the day of Hinode Hih Gchool$s openin ceremony, Dusuke and Ema are surprised to see A?usa at their school. He looks really neat in a formal suit, and he e"plains that he didn$t ha!e any plans to come here today. t$s -ust Kasaomi is takin care of an emerency, )kyou has a meetin, and /aname is busy #ith memorial ser!ice.. and so A?usa had to take their role as a uardian. Dusuke and Ema are confused since they didn$t hear anythin about this before, but before A?usa could e"plain anythin, a ta"i stops in front of the school ate and +uuto #alks out #earin Hinode Hih Gchool$s uniform. +uuto politely reets them sayin he$ll be attendin Hinode Hih Gchool too from no# on, #hich means that he$s no# their -unior.
After the openin ceremony starts, Ema #alks around the hall #hile still thinkin about #hat -ust happened earlier. Ghe kne# that +uuto safely passed his entrance e"am, but #hene!er she asked about the name of the school, he al#ays replied #ith 6it$s a secret8 & ob!iously because he #anted to surprise her. ust then Ema hears a faint !oice nearby, and she nds +uuto sleepin under a cherry blossom tree nearby. Ema kno#s she should #ake him up, but she can$t do it because the siht of +uuto sleepin outside is so irresistably se"y. 92 %&%3'() The tension escalates #hen +uuto suddenly #hispers 65on$t do it, nee(san.. 5on$t touch me there, #on$t be able to hold back..8 and starts pantin in his sleep. 9 *R*3 Ema can$t stand it anymore and tries to #ake him up, but +uuto suddenly opens his eyes and re!eals that he$s actually a#ake. He left the hall because the ceremony is so borin, but he didn$t e"pect to see her here. +uuto %uickly holds Ema$s hands and pins her aainst the tree, askin if she kno#s #hy he decided to come to this school. He also i!es her a chance to escape, but since she remains %uiet in his arms, he chuckles and blo#s his #arm breath onto her eyelashes. ust as he promised, he$s oin to i!e her an e"citin school life from no# on. 94 艸 3 ￫
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