Alright – Warning: The following has mentions of suicide, drug abuse, cutting and things among that nature. If you are uncomfortable reading something with things like that, this may not be the best fanfic for you. But if you are fine with reading things with that from time to time, please continue at your own discretion.

Disclaimer: I do not own Brothers Conflict or its original characters.

Some people just weren't given a break in life; going through more hardships than others. And she had come to the resolve that her soul was picked out by God from that pool in misfortune, setting her life into the tempest storm it is now - and forever will be. She never liked the idea of a cookie-cutter life style, but that didn't mean she didn't want even a little peace to take soft breaths and enjoy the things and people around her. It didn't mean she didn't want good grades, to have a good personality, to have a family to eat dinner with every night.

"Maybe I just wasn't cut out to live a good life?" The cold rain hit against her exposed skin, hard. As if telling her to stop what she was doing as she climbed onto the edge of her balcony, in front of the railing. She had a bottle of wine in one hand and an empty canister in the other. "I'm tired of always being in the rough." She chuckled before taking another swing from the green bottle; the red liquid slipping down her throat, bringing her some comfort.

"Bai bai~" And she leaned forward. The sound of a scream filled the air, followed by a loud crash.

"Chii? Who's that?" Juli asked his owner. Ema, the new step-sister in the Asahina family, was holding a picture of a two identical twin girls with messy thick maroon hair and mixed matched eyes.

"Hm? Oh..." Ema looked at the gray spazzy squirrel with a soft smile, "I suppose I've never told you about them... It's Ka-nee-san and Me-nee-san..." She looked back at the picture. The two girls were holding each other's hands on a cliff that overlooked the ocean and sunset. Their backs to the water and they were smiling brightly at the camera, "They can't be older than 9 in this picture..." Ema mumbled absently.

"You don't have sisters, chii.." Juli said sadly.

"I know... They used to come babysit me sometimes... They would be about 23 now.." Ema sighed, "It's been so long since I've seen either of them.. Maybe I should give her a call..." She mumbled. And it was as if from her mouth to God's ear, her phone rung.

Jumping in surprise Juli falling to the ground, Ema grabbed her phone and picked it up - not bothering to look at the caller ID. "Moshi Moshi?" After a few moments of silence, her eyes widened, "What happened? Is she okay!?" The sound of her chair being pushed back as she abruptly stood up was loud against the floor. "Which hospital?" Ema's heart was beating hard against her chest at such a fast pace. And it looked like tears were about to pool over the rim's of her eyes. "Thank you! I will be there soon!" And she hung up. "Juli, I'll be back." She hurried out, ignoring Juli's words of confusion.

She put on her shoes and rushed put the front door, pushing past a few of the brothers on her hurry out into the pouring rain. A memory filled her mind as she kept running through the rain.

~Memory~

The rain beat down hard on the world, as if God and all God's man believes in were crying endless tears.

"We're sorry for your loss..." Rintarou said as he padded the twin girl's head. Ema was close behind him, watching the two girls look down at the graves of their deceased mother and father. The two were about 14 at the time.

"Gomen'nasai... Kaga-nee...Melo-nee..." The 8-year old Ema said as she tugged on their sleeves.

The twins slowly looked at her, their hair damp from the rain since they weren't under an umbrella like Ema and her father. "Don't worry about it, Chii..." Said one.

"It's not your fault... Em..." The other smiled.

"Rintarou, where will they be staying?" Asked a woman, who was ignored by the children, "They don't have any living relatives..." A small smirk played on the woman's lips, before Rintarou spoke harshly.

"I don't think this is the best time to speak about this, Kaori." His gaze was hard, "We're here to pay our respects not tell the girls-"

"It's alright, Rin-Rin..." The twins said.

"We know we'll-"

"Be separated..."

The two looked behind them, glaring darkly at the woman, "That's if we don't have anything to say about that. We're going to stay together forever. YOU ARE NOT WELCOMED HERE! SO LEAVE!" The two were obviously furious with the woman, "IT'S YOUR FAULT THEY'RE GONE!"

~Memory~

Finally reaching the hospital, thankfully close to the condo, she hurried to the front desk. "Excused me, my name is Ema Hinata, I got a call about Melodi Mochizuki."

The lady at the front desk worked at her computer before looking at Ema, "Eighth floor, room 899. She's in mild condition but is under medication and a lot of morphine, I don't think she will be awake."

"Thank you." Ema said quickly before dashing over to the elevator. "What did you do, Melodi..." She mumbled, but otherwise kept silent till she got to the eighth floor. Only to fall to her ass on the floor after running into someone. "Oh! I'm so sorry-" she stopped when her eyes landed on the person she ran into, "Etto... I'm so sorry Masaomi..."Ema said as she looked at him dust himself once he got to his feet.

"Hm? What are you doing here?" He held a hand out to her, which she grabbed, and pulled her up to her feet.

"My friend... She... She got hurt..."

"...And you would know that how? Are you-?"

"I'm on the emergency contact list... Me and papa..." She explained.

"...I see..." Masaomi said, becoming silent, "Let me walk you there..." He smiled.

Ema looked at him surprised, "Eh? N-No It's fine. I-I don't want to distract you from, your work..." She looked down.

"I was just about to get off work, it's no trouble really..." Masaomi said.

"E-eh? ... Okay, then..." She said, and he began to lead her down the hall, "The room is 899..."

"Ahhh...so It's that girl..." Masaomi said, "She is a very sad case, I mean..." He looked at his step-sister for confirmation to continue, not wanting to upset her. Seeing the look in her eyes, it made his heart ache. She was asking him to tell her what happened. But now that he knew that they knew each other, the news would definitely hurt her. But letting out a long sigh, he looked back ahead and decided to oblige to his little sisters wishes, "The person that called up said she jumped off her apartment balcony on the third floor, landing on a car." He felt her hand tighten around his own; glancing behind him just in time to see her cover her mouth and widened her eyes in horror. "She's very lucky… A drop like that would've killed anyone… If there's a God out there, I'm sure he had something to do with this." He stopped at the window where a woman with deep maroon hair in messy thick curls was laying in the bed.

Her arms, neck and head were bandaged up – along with one of her eyes. A oxygen mask was placed over her mouth and she seemed peacefully sleeping. An I.V was plunged into her left arm leading up to the I.V bag and a bunch of machines connected to her.

"She should've died from a fall like that, but all she got were bone fractures, slight internal bleeding that we patched up, and a Subconjunctival Hemorrhage." He let go of her hand and looked at her. She looked so horrified and yet, so relieved. "She should be released in a week or two, depending on the psychologist's evaluation and if she can still live alone."

"But until she wakes up we all kinda have to wait." He added, "If she cannot live on her own, she'll be either staying her or be put into a mental institution for further evaluation." He explained. Masaomi was hurt, seeing the expression on his sister's face. He didn't want her to be so sad, so horrified.

"Can she live with us?" Ema asked quickly, hopefully. "Please… Melodi is…" She looked at the ground, "She's lost everything… and I would hate to see her be put in a scary place like that… I want… to be able to help her... Haven't seen her since my last year in elementary… And even then, she seemed like she was at a breaking point…" She was adamant about taking in her friend. Who wouldn't be, with their history? "Please…" She looked up at him, with pleading eyes on the brink of tears.

"…" Masaomi looked at her surprised, then it twisted into sadness. Taking a few steps towards her, now standing in front of her, he pulled her into a tight hug. He would do almost anything to keep her from looking so sad, so lost. "Alright… She can come live with us… For you…" He said into her hair once she started to cry against his chest.

Ema was so sad; she never imagined her friend would give up. "Thank you…" She said in between cries. Which only became harder when she remembered something else about the girl laying peacefully on the bed.

"Gomen Gomen, Em... I won't do it anymore... I won't cut anymore..."

"You promise?..."

"...Ne, have I ever made you doubt me?"

Alllloooo~~~~~ Cheshire here!~ Just wanted to say I'm glad you read my fanfic – I had written this down after I was done watching the season of Brothers Conflict. I absolutely loved the anime and I really wanna play the Otome game. It's all so cute! Especially when Juli gets all fired up and tries to attack the brothers~ hehehe. Anyways,

I really hope you all review and tell me what you think. If it's bad I'll delete it, if it's mediocre enough to reach your approval to continue then I will. But for now it's just a one time thing. But yeah, please review! I really am interested in knowing what you think of this.

Sincerely,

With Love~

Cheshire.