"Is that so? Since kindergarten, huh..." She nodded, feeling almost breathless, seeing as he refused to pull away. Apparently she was right about him not noticing her, but at least he thought she was familiar.. most people in class didn't even know her name.. It was a step up, especially since he wasn't bullying her, or maybe he was? She wasn't sure what his intentions were here.. She couldn't tell if he was being genuine or working her up on purpose. The confusion was enough to drive anyone insane. She didn't want to be rude and reprimand him, but her head was spinning, she was panicking so badly. She didn't try to think from another perspective, because the only other example she had was Shiori, who would simply tell her to punch him in the face, which she didn't want to do...
"I must have bad eyes not noticing a cutie like you before, until now.""E-Etto.. It's probably because I wore glasses up until this year..." she pointed to the desk, her red glasses bulky glasses laid out in plain sight. Putting her glasses down was the only thing she got to do before she was tricked into backing up into the wall. She was still blushing, especially after being called cute. Did he really think that? She was hesitant to believe it due to all the bullying she'd went through, but she accepted the compliment anyhow,
"I appreciate the compliment, I'd return it...but you get that all the time... it wouldn't sound very genuine." she sighed, realizing that he probably was hit on by girls all the time, she didn't want to become a statistic,
"You are a kind person, Yukito-san. It must be hard having strangers move into your home.. and I imagine the attention is a bit suffocating..""Trouble...? Hmm..." She finally thought she'd gotten through to him, that he understood the severity of this situation, should someone see them like this, but it seemed her logic flew out the window, because he only edged closer. She held her breath at this, because even one breath could force an action she couldn't take back. She didn't want to lose her first kiss this way, not only because he'd be her brother, but also because they'd only officially met not even fifteen minutes ago.. She always found him attractive in school, that was undeniable, but she wasn't the fawning type... She felt ridiculous enough, why would she make a fool of herself by throwing her heart at him with no grounds to do so? Attractive as he might be, he was still her brother.
"You ate something chocolaty didn't you?"She was about to speak, but was glad she didn't. He almost immediately licked at the corner of her mouth. Her eyes widened, and her whole body tensed up. His tongue was warm against her face, and she squirmed a bit to put space between his tongue and her mouth. It was her first obvious attempt to break contact.
"There was still some leftovers.""Y-Yukito san!..I-I didn't notice.." She closed her eyes for a moment as she gasped out his name in complete and utter shock, trying to calm herself down as she continued explaining that she didn't realize she had a bit left on her mouth. If she didn't relax she would surely collapse at the rate things were going. When he finally put distance between their faces, she let out a sigh of relief. Her first kiss was still intact, that was good.
Think of the positives... Though she was flustered, confused, and downright felt like passing out. She had so many questions, but her nerves wouldn't allow her to even ask. He'd acted similarly with Shiori, but it was far less harmful, he simply moved her hair out of her face.. yet he nearly kissed her without the bat of an eyelash... He was so calm about it, which made her that much more nervous.. She was so scared the entire time, what if he had kissed her? She didn't know what to do, or how to act... It would have made a mess of things, including the family. She wanted to tell him it was inappropriate, but she figured he was well aware.. He didn't seem to care whether or not their parents were about to marry, apparently as long as the two of them weren't blood related, it didn't pose a threat to his advances.
"Chocolate pocky, nice choice." He stated and then licked the corner of his lips for an implication of what he did.
She nodded her head,
"I-I eat pocky when I read..." she replied back, finally opening her eyes, but immediately averted her gaze when he licked his own lips, it was too similar to the flirtatious violation less than a minute before. He gave her a little room to move, and she put her hand on her chest, and could feel her heart pounding against her fingers. It wasn't too long after she managed to slow her heartbeat that he began caressing her hair, content with toying around with the ends of it. She didn't mind this so much, but a lighter blush still remained on her cheeks.. This she could manage to live through.. but another moment like earlier and she'd surely have a mental breakdown. It was too much for timid, innocent Nemui to endure. It was too serious, too adult.. Which made her wonder.. because Yukito was a few months younger than her. Nemui's birthday just recently passed, his should be soon, but why was he so comfortable doing intimate things..? Why did he want to do something intimate with her, regardless of how small the gesture was? It was only a near kiss, yet it was more intimate than she'd ever been. She'd never been on a date, or even held a boy's hand, she wasn't Shiori... Shiori already dated two boys, and went on several dates.. Nemui wasn't brave enough for that.
"We're not siblings yet, Nemui-chan."I'm not sure I am going to be comfortable with where this is going, based off how this has went so far.. Now I see what Narukei meant about locking the door and not letting Yukito inside...b-but...he seemed so nice... I didn't think he'd do something like this..."So having a face so red like a strawberry around me is fine." She brought her hands up to her cheeks, instantly embarrassed, feeling the need to explain herself,
"N-no! I-it's not like that... I-I... I've just never had a boy that close to me before... I wasn't trying to... I-I mean... I'm not that kind of girl!" she squeaked in a distressed tone, obviously flustered and jumbled now that she thought this was her fault. She didn't mean to lead him on, is that what happened? She felt terrible now.. Her eyes were stormy, an intense mixture of confusion, embarrassment, and guilt on her face as she attempted to make heads or tails of this situation. She almost felt nauseous she was stressing herself so much.
He's your brother, you've got to set things straight or mom will be so disappointed in you.."So, do you really want to play family with me?" "Play..?" she asked in a quiet tone. Her voice was slightly shaken, but that was understandable, considering all the teasing flirtations she'd endured thus far. H-he's your brother, your very sexy stepbrother, but still your brother Nemui... She reminded herself, she must have mentally chanted it a thousand times in a fraction of a minute.. His tone of voice sent chills down her spine. She felt weak in the knees, but she
HAD to say something... She couldn't let things continue like this... or at least she had to
TRY and bring a stop to this behavior.. but got distracted once he picked up her manga.
Oh no!"You're a romantic, huh... It seems you like these kind of things. Well, then. I'll make you heart beat so fast and your face always red. Let's get along well, Onee-chan." Once again he looked quite mischievous as he spoke to her, and her eyes widened as he mentioned making her heart beat so quickly that her face would be perpetually red. It made her nervous, wondering just what that entailed. She felt dread in her stomach, but she had to speak. It was now or never,
"O-our parents are already engaged... that has to mean something.. We cannot behave however we choose.. T-the world has rules..." She tried to reason with him one more time, her fingers shaking as she opted to sitting on the floor. She felt if she took a single step forward she'd fall flat on her face. Her legs were defying her, at the moment they felt like jello.
"I almost forgot. Welcome to Sakura Square, you're new home. Catch you later.""Sayonara..." she stated, feeling a bit crazy. Everything that happened, did it truly take place? Or was she imagining it? She brushed it off as her imagination, even though she could still taste the strawberry flavor from the indirect kiss, it was easier to accept than the fact her new brother was flirting with her. She saw Narukei at the door, giving him a smile of defeat. She didn't manage to heed his warning.
"Anything you want from the store Ne-Chan? I'll buy anything you like. Be spoiled by me today and every day after this. Oh also I was going to stop by the book store tomorrow, seeing as it's a great time to go, come with.""U-uhm.. I've got enough to read for tonight, I appreciate the offer...and I'd love to go with you, b-but I have work tomorrow evening at the comic book store until around 9 P.M... You can stop by if you want, I get a discount." She offered, feeling like she was brushing off her new older brother, but it was nothing but the truth. She worked on weekdays, getting off work around nine at night, but she was completely free Friday, Saturday and Sunday.