Hey, everyone reading this, I don't have much to say right now, so go ahead and hopefully enjoy.

Chapter two: Brother Sister reunion?

(Flashback)

"Hehe…oh Rito, you poor guy." A young Naruto said to himself as he read a copy of the manga To Love Ru, hidden behind a different book as he wasn't technically old enough to read it. "Shame I have to wait to read the new chapter…" He put the manga back where he found it and looked around as he noticed something very important. "Where did Kirino-chan go?... I hope she didn't leave the bookstore."

The blond looked around once more as he tried to spot his adorable sister, he starting to walking through the bookcase to see if his sister was still there. When he turned the corner he ended up bumping into someone. "Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you."

"It's fine…" a young woman replied, Naruto had to look up to see…a rather attractive looking teen that had grey hair in a high ponytail. She had a suit on…which was odd, since she didn't look old enough to have a reason to wear one. "What is your name?"

The blond blinked before he answered honestly to the strange woman. "Naruto Kurasagi."

"How old are you?"

"I'm 13 years old? My birthday is in a month." Naruto said unsure why she was asking for his age, did she notice him reading To Love Ru? He was technically old enough to read it, heck it was published in shonen jump for Pete's sakes and that is made for kids.

"I see…a bit young but not too bad…" the lady muttered to herself, she gave him a once over as she seemed to be analyzing him.

"Ummm…who are you, Nee-san?" He asked tilting his head to the right as he saw her eyes widen for a moment.

"My name is Grayfia. A pleasure to meet you." The lady now known as Grayfia stated as she bowed slightly, which was mirrored by Naruto.

"That is not Japanese?"

"It's not…" she said with a slight pause as seemed to stare off to the side, before looking at Naruto again, who was soon finding the conversation a bit too weird for his taste.

"You're not one of those…um…" Naruto stopped as he tried to recall the word that he heard about. It was on the tip of his tongue; it was for a person that was into a specific type of boy.

"I almost forgot…my card" She muttered as she reached into her suit pocket and pulled out a white business card and handed it towards the blond. Eyeing it cautiously as he slowly took the card from her hand, why was she give it to him.

Grayfia Lucifage,

xxx-xxx-x192

Makishima entertainment

Naruto read the business card with confusion…he stared at it before he looked back at Grayfia. No, she can't be asking him to.. "um…"

"I know this might be a bit odd but…I notice you left the bus earlier and thought you might be interested in an audition." Grayfia explained with a serious look on her face, glancing around and felt that it wasn't a good time to talk about this. "My number is on the card and if you are interested I can set up an audition for you. Have a good day, Uzumaki-kun, I will be waiting for your call."

Naruto couldn't respond in time before she left the bookstore in a hurry, leaving the boy with mouth hanging. Fortunately, he didn't stay like that for long as he heard a familiar cry of Kirino calling out to him as she tugged his shirt. He saw the small stacks of books in her hand and mental cried as he knew that his wallet would be a whole lot lighter in a moment. Glancing at the business card and place it in his pocket, after all, there was no harm in keeping it.

(present time)

"Naruto...Naruto, wake up." Grayfia spoke as she shook Naruto awake as he slowly opens his eyes to look at her, "We have arrived."

Naruto groaned as he desperately wanted to sleep longer but he was used to this kind of thing. He sat upright as he blinked his eyes to help him wake up more, without looking Grayfia handed him a water bottle he down a good amount when the car stopped. Rubbing his eyes awake, as the two left the car and hurried inside. Give the time there were eating, the company had reserved the place for the group to eat as well as some staff when they entered they were greeted by the host who informed them that they will escort them to the backroom.

Naruto didn't say anything but he kind of hated receiving 'special' treatment, this was fairly normal for them now. A year or two ago, Excel used to eat with the other staff and enjoyed it with no problem, now he and the other member were given there own private room and had priority over the other people because they were famous.

"N-kun, come on…"Grayfia leaned in to whisper before motioned him to follow her using his idol name, it took him a second to register this. He nods his head and walked behind her as the trio walked towards the private area. As they walked they passed by some of the staff from his company, he smiled at everyone as they congratulated him for the concert. He gave them quick thanks and bowed making sure he didn't fall behind. "I was just told that the president is here with his family, so be on your best behavior."

"When am I not." Naruto offered with a cheeky grin as the older woman gave him a look. He then proceeds to whisper to her. "Okay, I'll behave. At least we are getting barbeque…last time we went out the food was disgusting."

"I know. Which is why we will never eat there after that. We almost had to cancel the live tv performance…" She then rubbed her temple, recalling the headache she had to endure from the aftermath. They were lucky that it was only one song and wasn't the heavy on the dance choreography or that would have been an embarrassing situation for the group.

The two stopped talking as they made it a set of doors and the host bowed as he excused himself, the two didn't wait any time as Grayfia knocked on the door and open.

"What took yea N!" one of the group members yelled out as they entered, Naruto and Grayfia bowed light as they entered, making sure close the door as they saw the member exile eating the varies types of meat and other types of side dishes. The room was rather large with an equally large table with the 12 other members of the group, besides them were 4 others seating down. Naruto saw another of the group's manager as it would be two much work for just a single person. But Naruto didn't know the other one as well as he knew the silver-haired woman.

"You started without me! Did you guys at least leave me some beef." Naruto yelled out as he rushed over to the two empty spots on the table, Grayfia followed soon after. Making sure the female manager sat down first before taking his own. The teen then addresses the most important person in the room. "It's good to see you again, President-san."

"Arg, how many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that." The older man said he had short black spiky hair that was slightly greyed, this man was the head of the Makishima entertainment-MSEN and his boss. "Call me Kenji."

"Sorry…Kenji-san, a force of habit." Naruto admitted with a smile, the president gave Grayfia a brief hello, when his eyes widen. "Where are my manners, N-kun this is my beautiful wife, Honoka." he then gestured his hands towards the two females that he wasn't familiar with. He remembered that Grayfia told him that the president's family were with him before they entered. The man wasn't lying when he said his wife was beautiful, she looked rather young to have a child, the woman gave him a polite smile which he returns, "And my equally beautiful daughter, Saori-chan." Naruto turns to the girl and couldn't deny she looked just like her mother a bit younger but no less beautiful. The girl gave him a gentle smile, but something seems off about her…well, none of his concern.

"It's nice to meet your family, but…um, Kenji-san…it's odd to see you here." Naruto tried to ask his boss politely as he did wonder why the president would come down with his family to eat with them.

"I came to celebrate with my favorite boys after all Excel has sold out the Tokyo dome, a first in our companies brief history. So I have you guys to thank for that, I hope we go even further. So eat and fun, it all on me today.

"Thank you!" The members of Excel exclaimed without hesitation as they eat and drank as much as they can since it not often they get a free meal. Naruto then grabbed his food when a member called out to him.

"N, how come you didn't bring your Kaa-san here?" This grabbed the attention of everyone in the room, soon all eyes were on Naruto who felt nervous under their gaze.

"Ah…Kaa-san was rather tired; she normally doesn't go out this late at night." Naruto lied making Grayfia stare at him.

"What a shame…I would have loved to have met your parents. Perhaps next time we can be introduced properly." Kenji said with a disappointed tone and a matching expression on his face. Naruto nodded his head as he stated quietly as he began to eat at a steady pass. Meanwhile, two pairs of eyes were looking at him with a hint of concern. Naruto eats his meal in silence as everyone seemed to have forgotten the discussion that had to happen a few minutes prior, looking around and felt the need for fresh air. He pardons himself from the table and made his way outside.

He sighed when finally got outdoors since it was late at night not a lot of people, which was a plus considering he didn't want anyone to bother him. Despite being a rather popular idol, he was certain that the average person won't know he is. Add the fact he removed the red hair dye that was normally associated with his idol persona. It felt good to be back to his natural color but knows he will have to change it back in a few hours…why did he remove it in the first place.

"Ah…N-kun." Turning around to see Kenji behind him as he exited the restaurant, walking up to the blond with a slight shiver. "Ah, it kind of cold out tonight? I was hoping for warmer weather."

"Yes, sir."

"Stop acting so stiff…"Kenji exacerbates as he slapped naruto's back, "It just the two of us here." Kenji said as he reached into his pocket to pull out a cigarette, placing it into his mouth and light it up, taking a small drag as he exhaled. Naruto eyed the older man before staring straight ahead.

"You come far…" Kenji started making the teen look at him confused. "Since Lucifage-san brought you in for that audition. I can't believe that it was 6 years ago…your turning 18 this year right?"

"Yes, I am." Nauto replayed with a short answer.

"We should do something to celebrate…" Kenji muttered as he smiled softly. "Do you recall the first time we celebrated?" Naruto smiled as he chuckled, he recalled quite well.

"I do…I was in the middle of dance practice when everyone busted in singing happy birthday. I was rather surprised…since I didn't expect anyone to surprise me while I was practicing. And I was the only trainee that wasn't assigned to a project at the time. So…I honestly didn't expect something like that to happen "

"I remember you almost crying as well…I even remembered what we did the year following your debut." Kenji recalled with a smile. Naruto laughed as he remembered what happen, for his birthday, Kenji had allowed him to host a small meet and greet for his birthday. This was supposedly a good size meeting, no more than 300 people were expected to come. Since at the time Naruto nor the group weren't that famous, but it meant a lot to him, even if he didn't get the maximum number of people to attend. So he used his own money to get some gift for his fans, putting them in a goodie bag. It wasn't any too special just some just canned coffee, his favorite flavor of pocky and kit-kats, plus he had personally written a thank you note by hand for the fans who would attend. Writing each note by hand, took some time and he had to squeeze it in when he had the time.

By the time the event came up, he was worried that no one would show up, so when he showed to see over 500 people had come he was happy but also sad. He only had enough stuff for 300 fans, which was something that depressed him. So I return he had the staff take the names and address for the remaining fans so he can send them something later one as thanks. Still, he was upset that he didn't have enough on hand.

"Still…" hearing Kenji's voice brought him back to reality. "I am happy to see how far you come. Sell out the Tokyo dome is no small achievement."

"It's thanks to everyone that I made it this far…" Naruto stated.

"But you helped pave the way for everyone to succeed as the leader. I expect a lot of things from you, so take the time to enjoy yourself." Kenji said as he throws the butt of his cigarette to the concrete and dragged Naruto back inside as the two kept talking.

The rest of the late dinner was a blur as each of the members ever escorted back to the apartment building that housed them. Due to tight schedules, the company housed the group in an apartment complex that was owned by them. Being the leader of the group Naruto felt it was part of his duty to make sure that the others left before he did. After the last members left and saying good-bye to the president and his family, leaving Naruto and Grayfia alone once more on the way back, riding in a black van.

"I'm glad to see you more relaxed. I guess Makishima-san helped with that." Grayfia spoke as she drove the van back to the apartments, after a moment since they had been silent since they left the restaurant.

"Yea…" Naruto groaned out as he rubbed his eye, trying to stay up, the mental and emotional toll of the day had caught up to him.

"It would make it easier in the long run if you tell him the fact you and your family are estranged." She said, with her eyes focus on the roads.

"I know but it's hard to tell him the reason why…" Naruto admitted as Grayfia sighed softly.

"Your parents wouldn't be the first to disapprove of their child becoming an idol." Grayfia paused as she reached over to grab naruto's hand, "At least your mother seems to have given her blessing."

Naruto smiled at that for the first time since he became an idol a member of his family had come seen him perform. The two fell back into silence for the remainder of their ride back as Naruto closed his eyes as he drifted off to sleep.

"Wake up," Grayfia said as she shook Naruto as he laid in his bed, he opens his eyes, with a dazed look he glanced at the woman. He noted that she was in a simple button-up blouse and blue pencil skirt, but the thing that caught his attention was the slight wetness of her hair. Showing that she had recently showered…wait…wasn't he asleep in the car? "Naruto-kun, get up we have to get going we have to get to the tv studio in less than an hour." He nodded his head and slowly climbed out of bed as he wondered how he managed to get into his bed last night.

"Did you sleep here last night?" Naruto asked as Grayfia nodded her head.

"I had too if I wanted to get you to the studio on time." She responded as she tied her hair into a ponytail as Naruto stood up and stretched his arms out.

"Why didn't you take the bed?" he asked, making Grayfia look at him before focusing on doing her hair.

"I did." Was all she said, Naruto looked at the other side of his bed to see that it disheveled confirming what that she had indeed…slept in his bed with him.

"oh…"

"Hurry up and take a shower, Naruto-kun. I will get your clothes ready." With that, Naruto had stood up and rushed to his bathroom, after all the life of an idol keeps him busy.

In Chiba, in a random junior high school, A young girl with light brown hair and large blue eyes walked in the halls. As she walked more than a couple of students stared at her, but this was normal for the girl. Since she was considered to be one of the more popular and attractive girls in the school, as well as one of the best students in terms of grade and was a star athlete. Even outside of school, the girl was an up and coming teen model as well have been in a large number of photoshoots and even appear on magazine covers. Kirino Kousaka sighed as she pauses in her step as she eyed her reflection on the window, she had changed so much since that day her brother left….

The young girl sighed shaking her head as she walked to her class, when she had arrived and swiftly sat in her seat and ignored the group of boys behind her talking about her being attractive, she wasn't interested. However, a small group of girls that was near the front crowding two girls piqued her interest.

"Did you really manage to get tickets to the concert! Those sold out so fast!"

"I had to wait for hours outside the building to get seats in the middle section."

"At least it wasn't the nosebleeds…"

Kirino sighed while rolling her eyes, what was the big deal about concert seats? If anything Kirino had other priorities. Nobody knew this but Kirino's was a closeted otaku, but her taste was considered…odd even for some, however, this was not the time to discuss such things. Cause just then two more girls walked into the classroom calling out to Kirino.

"Kirino~ Good Morning!~" looking up and smiled at her two friends, Ayase and Kanako, quickly went over and stood next to her desk.

"Morning, you two are rather happy? I thought you two would be tired after yesterday?" Kirino stated as Kanako gave a nonchalant shrug.

"Well, we did get back after midnight but it wasn't that bad. If anything Ayase is the one who should be tired after all that screaming she been doing." Kanako gave the blue-haired girl a teasing grin and a waggle of her eyebrow said girl soon blushed bright red as she opens her mouth to speak.

"I wasn't…" Ayase said softly yet raspy voice, that was all managed to say before shutting up, it turned out she had lost her voice from all that scream she did last night. Kanako busted out laughing, making Kirino feel bad for Ayase. The young model gave her a smile as a way to comfort her, as her best friend gave her a smile in turn.

"Besides getting back late, I have to say it was a very fun concert," Kanako started drawing their attention. "I didn't expect much from it, to be honest, but it is nice to get a good look at a top idol-group concert, this would help when I become an idol." It was an open secret to anyone that knows Kanako that her dream was to be an idol singer. The two both tried to be encouraging for their friend, but as every day passed it grew slimmer and slimmer that dream would come true. "Although it is rather surprising that you gave us those tickets, how did you get them Kirino? I didn't think you were into idols?"

"I'm not. Honestly not sure how we even got those tickets, they just showed up the day before I asked if you wanted." Kirino explained as the two questioned how their friend ended up with tickets she hasn't bought herself. Then the recalled the person who they meet at the concert.

"Could it be your mom?" Ayase asked softly as Kirino blinked caught by surprise at what her BFF just said.

"Oh, yeah. We did see her at the concert?" Kanako confirmed as this wasn't something she expected to hear since when they got the tickets in the mail, her mother was just as confused about it as she was. But thinking about it now, wasn't there a third ticket?

"Anyway, it was pretty fun. Hey, Ayase-chan let me come over your place to listen to some of their stuff." Kanako said as the girl's eyes brighten up as she nodded her head yes. Kirino smiled as her eyes dropped to Ayase schoolbag, more specifically the little charm of a red-headed male on it. Some don't know but Ayase was a huge fan of the idol group Excel, it was pretty much the sole reason why she gave the two the tickets in the first place. She knew that her friend appreciated the opportunity to see them live, a lot more then she could and judging by the fact she lost her voice, it was the right call. The trio kept talking until the school bell rang as their homeroom teacher came in, everyone quickly took their seat. Kirino, however, stared outside as her eyes focused on the clouds, with a blank expression as her mind wonder one the one thing that plagued her mind ever for years.

'Onii-san…'

After leaving the Filming studio Naruto and Grayfia decide to get a quick breakfast, before rushing to the next locations. He had to do an audition for a tv show, record some line for another show he was doing, then a meeting with Kenji with what to do about the next album. By the time they finished, it was already 5:30, so Kenji invited him out for some dinner but he had to reject the offer as he was having dinner with his family. Thankfully, his boss was understanding and let it go. Grayfia offered to drive which he was thankful for as the two drove to naruto's childhood home, he felt uneasy. So many thoughts ran through his head as he wondered what would happen when he got there, after all their still two people Naruto felt worried about meeting, his father and baby sister. How have they changed the past few years? Was Kirino well? But the biggest question he had was, did his father hate?

"Were here Naruto-Kun," Grayfia responded as the blond stiffened. Naruto was nervous, no beyond nervous. He turned and stared at his home...or rather his old home. Having been years since he been inside the place, it felt strange being back.

"Naruto-kun, are you okay going in alone? If you want I can come inside with you." Grayfia offered as he shook his head.

"It's fine...this was something I knew would happen eventually. Its something I need to do by myself." Naruto replied as he stared into her eyes, which soften as she exhaled softly.

"Okay, I understand. If you need me I will be a phone call away, so if you need me, let me know." Grayfia said as Naruto thanked her as she leaned over and giving him a one-handed hug. Returning the gesture as they pulled away, the male stepped out of the car. " I will see you tomorrow then Naruto-Kun, I hope everything goes well." With that, the older woman drove off leaving Naruto by himself in the street. Steeling his resolve and walked up to his front door and press the doorbell. He didn't wait long for the door to burst open as his mother was on the other side.

"…I'm home, Kaa-san," Naruto said when Yoshino leaped forward and pulled him to a large hug, holding her baby boy tight. After a minute the two split apart as Yoshino wiped a small tear that had formed in her eyes. "Sorry…It's just." He understood what she was trying to say, Naruto gave her a comforting smile as he hugged her again, this time out of shame and guilt. How much has he put his mother through let alone his family, because of his selfish decisions?

"Forget it, I'm just glad to see you. Hurry up inside." Yoshino gestured her son inside, he walked and removed his shoes as he followed Yoshino into the living room. His eye darted left and right, it hasn't changed much since he was last here, looking at the unset dining table. "I didn't expect you to be this early…so I didn't have time to get everything ready."

"Sorry…I should have called ahead." Naruto said as he should have known, despite it being a while since he been home. His family was rather traditional and always have dinner at a set time…he should have known better. "If you want I can help set up the table at least."

"You don't have to-"

"It's fine, Kaa-san…. Um, just make sure dinner not going burn." Yoshino quickly left towards the kitchen to check on the food, Naruto then started to set the table. He was glad that the dishes were still in the same cabinet, grabbing four plates as he began placing them on the table. As he set them on the table, Yoshino called out to him.

"Naruto…just three plates for tonight." Pausing just as he about to put down the fourth one where his father would normally sit. "Your…um…father had work tonight."

Naruto nodded his head as he bit his lips before he made his way to put the plate back into the cabinet. 'Otou-san always had Friday's off.' Naruto thought, his father wasn't coming to dinner then…well, at least this would a bit easier to deal with. Yoshino had a sad look on her face as she saw the expression on her son's face. She focused on cooking as her son place the utensil on the table. With that done Naruto rubbed his pants leg, feeling a bit anxious about not being able to do anything. But…what else can he do? His eyes spotted something out the corner of his vision and saw…a piano. It was a simple black upright piano, walking towards it and couldn't help but notice that it was recently cleaned.

"I should have known that would be the first thing you would check out…you really do love that piano." His mother stated as she walked up to him, whipping her hands on a cleaning rag. Feeling bit sheepish as he scratches his cheek muttering an apology, despite that the older woman knows how much that instrument meant to her son. Her eyes soften, smiling at Naruto as she motioned him toward the piano. With a small amount of hesitation, he sat down and open the cover of the piano. His finger gently caressed the keys, as if he was scared of it breaking it. It felt nice….it felt right.

"I remember when we first got this…you couldn't keep your eyes off it." She responded with a gentle smile as she reminisced. Years ago, Yoshino had been a piano teacher and taught students how to play, so when her son was around 4, she had decided to start up teaching again to earn some extra cash. When later that day her son walked in on her practicing, asking her what she was doing. She then decided to spend so mother-son bonding and began teaching him when she had time. Turned out he was rather talented given he turned it into a career.

"Is it okay if I play for a bit?" Naruto asked.

"Of course honey go ahead, I am about done with dinner." Yoshino left as Naruto he rubbed hands on his pants as he prepared to play his family piano…what should he play? Several songs came to mind, maybe he should try for a classic? He decided to play one of his favorites, placing his fingers in the correct positions just as he was about to start a familiar voice called out from the front door making his heart race.

"I'M Home!" Kirino called out as entered her home, Taking off her shoes and put on her pink fuzzy slippers. "Kaa-San! Is dinner ready?" Lifting his head as the living room door open, walking in Kirino didn't look up from her phone as she was texting someone. However, when she did she noticed that her mother wasn't alone. Her eyes widen as she saw sitting at the piano was…her brother.

Yoshino stared from her spot in the kitchen, nervous as she watched the interaction from her two children. Kirino's mouth was wide open, her phone even fell to the ground as she was in complete shock at the sight of her brother. Naruto bit the inside of his cheek as he felt his mouth dry as he was unsure what to do. The first thing that came to mind was to engulf his baby sister in a large hug. But taking a second to notice how different she looked years ago. While she was still short, her hair was a lot longer and was dyed to a lighter shade of brown, she even had light make-up on…his baby sister had grown up and he wasn't even there to see it.

Naruto decides to be the one to break the ice as he opens his mouth to speak. "What are you doing here?" Kirino said lowly, his baby sister shock then turned to disdained, her eyes narrowed at him with a light sneered at him. This was a complete 180 from what he was normally used from the little girl who couldn't bear being away from him longer than 5 minutes.

"I invited him to dinner, Kirino," Yoshino spoke up as the young girl head twirled towards her mother, who had a harden expression and hands-on her hip. "On put your stuff up in your room and wash your hands, dinner is ready." With a click on her tongue, Kirino glanced at Naruto before following their mother's orders. Naruto exhaled slowly as he can already tell this is going to be a long dinner.

It took 10 minutes for Kirino to come back for dinner, Yoshino quietly served the food, consisting of miso soup, rice, some nice grilled fish. While she served everyone, Kirino was actively avoiding looking at Naruto as she simply played with her phone. Biting his cheek as the atmosphere was a bit tense for his taste, luckily his mother was there to help bridge them together….he hopes.

"How as school, sweetie?" Yoshino asked her daughter, who put down her phone and focused solely on her meal. "It was okay…I have to help my friends with their homework."

"That is nice of you, what about work?" At that Naruto head shot up, looking towards his mother and Kirino. She had a job? "You were rather tired when you came back, you fell right to sleep."

"The photographer messed up the photos and we had to do a bunch of retakes too." Kirino bemoaned, she hated how tired she was after that. She couldn't even play her new eroge when she got back, just plopping down on her bed and swiftly fell asleep.

"You have a job?" Naruto muttered questionably. Why would she have a job? Shouldn't she be worried about normal teen things…it was a bit hypocritical of him considering the fact he was an idol. What happened since he left? Yoshino seemed to have recalled that her son was with them and decide to address his unspoken question.

"Kirino has been working as a model," Yoshino said as Naruto's eyes widen slightly as he stared in shock.

"You're a model?" Naruto exclaimed absentmindedly as he vaguely recalled the fact his mother did tell him Kirino was a model. He knows that it wasn't an easy job as he had to do his share of modeling…oh crap, he had a photoshoot tomorrow.

"Yep…" Kirino's responses were short, sweet and to the point. Crap, shut down…no wait maybe he can still recover the conversation.

"Still it's impressive that you manage to get work as a model, it not easy to get a steady flow of work as one," Naruto said as he tried to talk to his sister.

"I never really pay attention to it, the agency takes care of all that. I just show up." Kirino said taking a sip of her miso soup. Yoshino decided it was time for her question this time for her son.

"So…naruto-Kun, what have you been up too?" Yoshino asked, genuinely curious about what he been up to since he left. Kirino didn't react keeping a neutral facade, but she kept her ears open, being curious as well.

"Just…working really," Naruto answered honestly. Yoshino had a light frown as her eyes narrowed in disapproval. "Well, what do you do for fun? How have you been doing? I know being an idol isn't easy but you have to have something going on." Kirino looked at her mother flabbergasted did she hear that right?

"When I'm off I usually hang out with the other members, but sometimes they have their own stuff going on. Some of us work while others have off, it is rare when we all have a day off when we do we are expected to do some form of video to upload online for the fans. Besides, I usually work out, watch some anime and work on writing some songs." Naruto said.

"Wait you wrote the songs that you performed last night?" Yoshino asked in surprise as Kirino looked at her big brother then her mother, wait what was going on?

"Some of them…the majority of them were created by some of the company songwriters." Naruto stated.

"I can't imagine how hard that is."

"I did need help in the beginning but I eventually started writing the lyrics and composing the songs. before I came over the company president wants to talk to me about which of the songs I have written would be used for a tv drama." Naruto said.

"Your song is going to be on TV? That is wonderful honey. What else have you done?" Yoshino asked, Kirino now was fully paying attention to the conversation.

"Well, I do some acting work, I even star in a few dramas," Naruto said as he listed off what he has done in terms of work. The two females listen intently; Yoshino felt a sense of pride and happiness at what her son accomplished in just a few years. However, he couldn't help but feel sad about the fact she wasn't there by his side to see him make it this far.

Kirino, on the other hand, stood up from her seat drawing the two's attention. "Thank you for the meal…" and stomped off. Naruto tried to call out to her but she left before he can speak up. Slowly sitting down as he tried to hide the pained expression on his face. With a sigh as he ran his hands through his hairs, when he felt his mother's hands on his shoulder, she then pulled him into a motherly embrace.

"It's okay…Kirino-chan will come around. Despite how she acts she loves you too much to hate you." Yoshino whispered rubbing her son's back. He hoped so. Taking a deep breath as he what happens to the side. It wasn't late but Naruto didn't want to leave either, he wanted to stay with his mother a little longer. He eyed the dish and thought of a good excuse.

"Kaa-san, can I help you with wash the dishes?"

It took a while for them to wash the dishes, mostly because Naruto and Yoshino pausing every so often. It felt nice to catch up, even if it took forever as the mother and son enjoyed the other company after so long. After they were done, Naruto showed his mother some of the stuff he been in, his music and a bunch of fan videos of him. Yoshino enjoyed every one of them. Still, all good things must come to an end as Naruto noted the time it was.

"9:30, already?"

Naruto pulled out his phone and wondered if he should call Grayfia to come to pick him up. He rather not call her as he didn't want to be a bother to her. Maybe call a taxi would be best. Yoshino frowned, knowing that this would be some time before she saw her son again.

"We have a spare bedroom…" Yoshino started with slight hesitation, "After you left, your father and I decided to remove the bunk beds and let Kirino have the old spare room. We moved left your stuff in the room and kept it furnished, in case you ever came back."

Naruto was quite, pushing the feeling of guilt down as he thought about the offer. Truthfully it was a great idea after this is still his home and his manger would be tired and wouldn't want to annoy her by asking her to pick him up from his parent's place to drop him at the apartment. Plus it would make his mother happy.

"Okay." Naruto accepted the offer to stay the night, Yoshino had the happiest look on her face when she heard her son was staying over. Naruto yawns lightly as he excused himself as he decided to turn in, Yoshino kissed her son's cheek and wished him goodnight. Making his way into the hallway when he felt his phone vibrated, taking it out as he saw a message for a reminder for a meeting with Kenji. Must be to discuss what the plan is for the group's comeback. Sometimes he hated being the leader of the group as he was the go-between for both the group and the company. He had additional responsibilities that are rather annoying, making sure the group members were happy, make sure they don't do anything stupid, they eat properly and rest when they can. Plus, being in charge of 12 teenage boys wasn't an easy task when he is also a teenager. It felt like he was the group's mom at this point.

Sighing as he felt the fatigue of the long day take a toll, add the emotional drain he to deal with reuniting with a sister who hated his guts. He couldn't blame her, after all, he did vanish without warning, He mentally promised Kirino that he will make it up to her…If only he had a way to be both an idol and a brother. Feeling depressed by the whole situation, he walked up the stairs to the second floor and eye the room that he was told was Kirino's. He wondered if he should knock on the door and wish her good night.

Taking a deep breath and made his choice. Marching up and knocked lightly on Kirino's bedroom door, He heard some shuffling on the other side but the door didn't open nor did she replay. "Kirino-chan?...It's me…I just wanted to say…that I will be staying the night in the other bedroom." No response, not a good sign. "So…I should probably let you go back to what you were doing. Good night…" Naruto bites his cheek as he scratched the back of his neck. He wanted to say more to her, however, he couldn't do it with her unwillingness to even look at him. Maybe he should apologize to her for running away. But that is something he should do to her face to face.

"I need to sleep…" Naruto muttered as he walked to the room that he would be using, turning the knob and went inside. He noted a bed with blue sheets, a desk to study on and medium-sized bookcase and a full-sized wardrobe near the door since the room didn't have a closet. The room was empty as if no one has touched and was spotless…his mother must have kept it clean. He kept the lights off as he wouldn't be staying up for much longer, he laid down on the bed as he wondered if he can fit a piano in the room.

As Naruto started to make plans to liven the room up, his eyes started to feel heavy as he soon drifted to sleep. A light snore escaped him as he sleeps, his door slowly opened as Kirino peeked inside. She eyed her brother before sneaking inside the room. Tiptoeing towards the bed, trying not to make a single noise. She succeeded as she made it to the bed with no problem. With a moment of hesitation, Kirino sat down in the bed and laid down on top of his chest, listening to his heartbeat. Closing her eyes as she whispered. "Welcome home…Onii-chan…."

Sooo...okay, I will be honest, I didn't think this story would do so well. I expect maybe a dozen follows and maybe...maybe 3-5 reviews at most. My expectations have been blown and you guys seem to like this story, the best performing story I have to date actually in terms of new stories in put up. So I decided to sit down and make a plot for this with my friend. We came up with some ideas and got a good amount planned. I don't have much to say but I do plan on adding another crossover to this fic, that is idol themed. So it isn't strictly am oreimo story but that will still be the core of the story so don't worry about that.

Also thanks to all for reading this chapter.

So until we meet again, farewell