Chapter 1: Masoami

Ema coughed as she walked down the stairs. She knew she shouldn't have stayed up all night, but the temptation of the new game she had received from Natsume had been too great. One more level had turned into only two more, which resulted in her finishing the entire game by sunrise. As she stumbled toward the kitchen bleary eyed she noticed peaks of tousled brown hair appearing over a newspaper.

"Masaomi-san!" she exclaimed, startled, "What are you doing up this early, I thought you still had a shift?"

Masoami chuckled as he lowered his newspaper, running a hand through his hair in a useless attempt to fix it. "I got let off early, too many doctors and not enough patients." "What are you doing up this early?" frowning as he took in her heavy eye bags, glazed eyes, and her worsening cough. "You don't look so good."

"I'm fine, I'm fine", she dismissed, just as she dropped the glass she was holding due to the severe shaking of her hands. As she stumbled to catch it, a sudden wave of nausea came upon her and she collapsed onto the floor.

That last thing she heard before a curtain of black descended over her eyes was the hurried scraping of a chair against the floor, and the worried voice of Masaomi, calling out to her.

Ema opened her eyes with a groan, her head felt like it was pounding, and she was unbearably hot. Suddenly, she enveloped in a warm embrace, scaring her until she heard her assailant's voice.

"Thank god!" Masaomi exhaled as he held onto Ema tightly, as if he feared that she would disappear if he let her go. "You scared me, passing out all of a sudden like that!"

As much as Ema enjoyed being in Masaomi's comforting embrace, she still needed oxygen. "Masaomi," she gasped out, "I can't breathe."

In swift motion Masaomi pulled back, though his hands remained on Ema's shoulders, "Oh, Ema, I'm sorry, are you alright?"

Ema laughed off his concern, teasing, "I hope you don't do that to all your patients."

Masaomi rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "I guess I don't know my own strength." His smile quickly vanished however, when he remembered her condition as she began coughing again. Pulling out the medicine in his pocket, he said, "Here take this."

Ema looked at him questionably, "You… want me to take a rabbit?"

Confused, Masaomi looked down at his hand and turned crimson as he realized his mistake, he had pulled out the rabbit he used for the sick kids at the hospital, Usa-tan. Hurriedly he stuffed it back in his pocket as he pulled out the actual medicine and handed it to Ema. "You must think I'm a terrible doctor," he sighed.

Giggling as she took the medicine, Ema said, "No, its fine, I know you are a great doctor!" "You always work such late hours to take care of all your sick kids, so I know you really care about them."

Blushing again, Masaomi looked down as he mumbled, "You always notice everything."

"What was that?" Ema questioned after taking her medicine. But she was distracted as Masaomi suddenly cupped her cheeks and pulled her face towards his. As he rested his forehead on hers, she realized he was taking her temperature, but that didn't stop her face from turning red.

"You have a fever," he declared, her embarrassment going unnoticed by him. Pulling out his stethoscope, he said, "Could you pull up your shirt please?"

Stuttering, Ema's face flamed, "Um, er, Masaomi, I don't think…"

Pulling back, Masaomi finally noticed her uncomfort. Realizing he was treating her just like his child patients he also realized the context of his words, "Oh, I didn't mean… like that... I", he trailed off, his own face beginning to rival Ema's. "I, I'm going to go make some soup!" he burst out, fleeing the room.

Putting her hands on her cheeks in an attempt to calm herself, "Why did I react like that, he's a doctor, I shouldn't...", as Masaomi's face came into her mind again, she thought, "but he's also... Masaomi". Out of all the brothers she had felt the greatest connection with him. He always watched out for her, was always there for her, and tried his best to protect her from the other brothers' advances. Sliding a hand down to her heart she whispered to herself, "It's beating so fast."

Sliding down Ema's door, Masaomi collapsed to the floor, putting his head in his hands as he groaned. "Why did I run away, she's my sister and right now a patient?" "But she's also… Ema." Since she had come to the house, that she, even out of all his brothers, had understood him the most. She always looked out for him, even if it was little things like bringing him tea or making him a quick snack after work, he still appreciated it. And he couldn't help but get jealous when his brothers tried to get close to her. Noticing he still had his stethoscope on, out of curiosity, he brought it to his heart. "It sounds like it's going to beat out of my chest", he said, surprised.

Over the next couple days, Masaomi took care of Ema, and although they had already been close, each felt an even greater connection growing between themselves.

Ema started laughing, one day, when Masaomi yet again pulled another rabbit out of his pocket, "Another one?"

Chuckling, Masaomi said "Don't worry it isn't a mistake this time, I actually, made this one for you", blushing as he handed it to her.

Feeling her heart swell up, Ema accepted the present joyfully. "Masaomi, I love it! Thank you!" she exclaimed.

"It has some other features to it," he demonstrated as the rabbit's arm came off with a pop to reveal candy inside. "I came up for the design when I made one for Wataru to keep him entertained," he confessed. "But in this one I added one special feature," he said seriously, clasping her hands in his suddenly. "And when you find it, I want you to come see me immediately," Letting go of her hands, he walked out of the room.

Stunned, Ema examined the rabbit. She tried taking off the other arm, only to find more candy. "Is he trying to give me a cavity," she thought to herself, amused. For an hour, she tried different ways of taking the rabbit apart, with no luck. Finally in exasperation, she threw the rabbit down on her bed, "This is impossible," she complained. However as soon as the rabbit hit the bed, its back popped open, and Ema caught a glimpse of something shining inside. Grabbing the rabbit again, she reached in the hole in the back, to pull out a beautiful diamond heart necklace. Noticing something engraved in the back, she squinted to read it, and as she made out the tiny lettering she gasped, jumped out of bed and ran out of the room.

Meanwhile Masaomi tapped his fingers on the table nervously, as he tried to read his newspaper, only to have the words blur in his eyes. Giving up, he got up to go fill up his coffee mug. He was stopped in his tracks though, as he was attacked from behind with a hug.

"Masaomi!" Ema sobbed, voiced muffled by his back.

Masaomi turned around to find a crying Ema pressed up against him. Smiling, he questioned, "You found it?" He took her vigorous nodding as a yes. He put a hand under her chin, bringing her face to look up at his. Wiping her tears with his thumb, he felt his heart constrict. Even when she was crying she looked beautiful.

"I love you!" she sniffed, "I've always loved you."

Feeling a rush of happiness, Masaomi pulled her into a crushing hug, before he pulled back and brought her lips to his.

Both of them trying to convey their passion and love for each other through the kiss.

Ema felt as if she could explode from happiness, as Masaomi pulled away, she beamed up at him. Turning around she offered the necklace to him, "Could you..?"

"For you, anything," Masaomi said, sneaking another kiss on her cheek before putting the necklace around her neck.

As he clasped it in place, Ema pulled up the heart to look at the engraved words again, feeling as if she could float from happiness.

I love you

A/N: Hello wonderful readers! This is the first addition to my brothers conflict fluff series! I hope you enjoyed it, I was actually inspired for it from a scene in the Masaomi route in the Passion Pink Brothers Conflict game, and I thought it was adorable, and I couldn't stop laughing about Masaomi's secret sewing hobby XD I am taking requests so if there is a pairing that you would like to see just tell me and I will write it! Thank you again for reading!

~thefashionablemusician