"Do you need help?" Akiyoshi approached the moving dude as he and his other subordinates hauled my stuff from the van.

"No sir. Don't worry about us. It's it job!" The older moving dude smiled.

I nod at his dedication to myself in approval, deciding that the hard working men deserved an ice cold glass of water to cool down, on this dreaded, hot and humid, day.

"Um..Zaizen-...san." I call to my new brother hesitantly. "Can I use some of your cups to give the workers some water?" I ask him slowly, hoping he'd have some level of trust for me for being a 'kid'.

"Sure. You're pretty considerate, huh?" He smiles as he pats my head.

Wow he really thinks I'm a kid.

'If only you knew, dear brother...' Thought to myself reminding myself of how much of a bad person I am. Then, nodding to myself in satisfaction. 'I am proud.'

I head over to the kitchen and get like 5 cups of water. Thank god they were plastic, otherwise I would've broken one already, I already dropped the first I touched. Phew.

I walk over to the entrance and set down the tray of cups on the step that led into the house, and when the men finished bringing stuff in, I stood up and began distributing water.

"Here you go, sir." I hand him a cup with both hands, politely.

"Thank you lad." He smiles again and take the cup happily, gulping it down as soon as he receives it.

I pass the rest to the other too moving dudes and gave one to Akiyoshi, whom I saw helping here and there.

"Here you go, Zaiz-"

"You can call me Akiyoshi or Brother." He nodded. "We are family now aren't we?"

I stare at him blankly for a moment.

Woah there, the feels hit me like a wrecking ball.

I nod really late and he just laughs. "Teenager alright." He commented.

'You sound like an old man saying that though.' I thought to myself toward Akiyoshi.

No Makoto! You can't start talking shit so early on.

I mentally pinched myself in reminder. I'm trying to become a better person here and I'm already judging my poor brother.

"Let me show you to your room." He says as he closes the front door to the moving guys after he sends them off.

Zaizen goes up the stairs and I follow closely behind. When I get the second floor, there are three doors.

"The bathroom is next to my room, but you can use it whenever, it's the only one here."

He opens the door across from his room and it reveals an empty space with cream colored walls and flower patterned curtains.

It was a reasonable size. I seriously struck gold.

"What do you think?"

I look up to him when I finish inspecting the room. "It's great!" I smile.
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After the short introduction of my room, Akiyoshi cooked up some lunch. We talked over some stuff, some quiet moments here and there....

"So you work a Seasonelle? Are you like a writer or something?"

"I'm the chief and editor."

My eyes widen. Chief? Already?

"Uh um that sounds like an important position. Is that like a manager?"

"Of some sorts." He nods.

"Brother. You are goals." I say the most teenage thing ever.

"Really? Well then what are you planning to do in the future?" He asks me taking another bite from his fish.

"Animation, or just artist in general." I shrug.

"That's right. you're in the art club. Show me your art sometime. " He reminds me from last time. 

I nod and we finish eating, I look at all the cardboard boxes that surrounded me and thought that I'd better get unpacking.

"Er, Akiyoshi, I'm going to start bringing up all the boxes okay?" I let him know as I grab big box and struggle to get up stairs.

Damn I'm hella weak. I realized that maybe I should stop forgetting about eating and buy some weights to do while I watch stuff or something cause I am weak as fuck.

"You're so frail and small Makoto. Let me help you alright?" He nods to me and takes the heavier box from me. "You're slowly becoming a man, so train yourself too alright?"

"Yeah okay.... " I nod awkwardly. Pfft yeah, a man.

I follow him up the stairs after grabbing another box, a lighter one.
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(3rd person P.O.V)

Makoto felt that everything so far was going well, her brother seemed cool and he was super nice.

They had managed to get everything to the second floor, even the furniture thanks to Akiyoshi, because without having him, Makoto was doomed, completely.

"Thanks bro- I can call you that right?" Makoto makes sure casually. She was a shitty person, but she was still polite when she could be.

"No problem kid, and yeah, that's alright." Akiyoshi smiles while wiping the sweat of his brow. He did most of the work since his new kid brother was so tiny. He didn't mind at all, in fact it gave him something to do on his day off. He would've probably spent his day watching animal documentaries and crying, if not for this.

They took a moment to look out at the now, crowded room. The boxes invading the floor and making the room seem cramped.

"So, I guess I'm gonna start unpacking." Makoto speaks up, trying not look like too much of a lazy ass.

If she was on her own, honestly, she probably would've lived surrounded in boxes.

"Want help?" Akiyoshi asked as he watching his younger sibling slide a box over to the book shelves and jam sketchbooks in them.

"Uh..." Makoto quickly though it over. 'Did I bring embarrassing shit?'

She looks down at her sketchbooks and decided that nothing is worse than some of her drawing commissions. With that, she accepts Akiyoshi's kind offer.

Akiyoshi nods and starts with a random box after he drew the curtains and opened the windows to air the room out while unpacking.

Everything is quiet, except for the sounds of birds chirping outside, and the rustling of the objects coming out of their boxes.

Mako didn't feel awkward at all, which was new to her because, she's awkward as hell.

Akiyoshi found the moment comforting and very... bonding. After all, he was always the only child. He had secretly always yearned for a sibling, older or younger.

Everything is all gucci until...

"Uh..." Akiyoshi gasps and then awkwardly looks over at Makoto, searching for an explanation.

Makoto looks back at her brother, wondering what was up.

'Ah...this isn't good...'

Akiyoshi had opened the box labeled "girl clothes" with a pink heart beside it.

Mako look at the box then at Akiyoshi.

'Does he know...I'm actually a girl now?'

A/N: it's actually been a while since I last did an A/N on any of my stories xD and also I've been doing a lot of slow updating. And I apologize, it's just that, well, I went back to school, and well you know, SCHOOL ;.;

For those of you following closely for news about AFNY sequel "a flower has bloomed" , I've got news for ya'll....

LOOK OUT FOR IT! ITS COMING OUT TOMORROW OR TUESDAY!

Thanks for reading!