1 Chapter One

Katie Walker was not surprised when her adoptive father broke the news to her; that he'd fallen in love with some woman, and that he intended to propose. He had hugged her and apologized profusely for finding another woman who he loved, to which she simply slapped the daughter-con's back and told him that she wanted to meet this woman who's the best sex he's ever had.

After blushing, screaming and demanding as to how she knew, he arranged for the three of them to meet for brunch, and she has to say, she's not just on board for this couple to happen, she is most definitely the Captain of the ship. Few days later, she said yes, of course. Mist is practically the best man ever.

However, what she doesn't expect is that she has to move in with her sons, and there are 13 of them to be exact. It was very hard for her not to not spit her drink in Miwa-san's face.

Like damn this chick must have lots of experience, it's no wonder that she's pretty much the best sex her father has ever had. Hell, she understands that this woman was going be her new mother and all, but she can't help but be curious about the woman's ability.

Here she is, in a train, waiting for her stop. All her luggage is already being sent by the moving truck, so all she needs to move is her shiny self, and her personal stuff like her phone and purse. Mist already warned her about her new step brothers and how they are men and men can never be trusted. And, obviously, Juli reacted.

"Katie, you have to keep your guard up against those wolves. There are a total of 13 after all" he hisses, and she just deadpans at his enthusiasm.

Honestly, when this squirrel first began talking to her, she frankly thought it was true; that she really is demented and crazy. He told her that it wasn't that she was mental; she was in fact smarter than everyone else around, and her ego decided to accept that answer.

"What is Mist and that new mother of yours thinking? Letting you live in a place with wolves, while living separately themselves"

Although she never told Mist, she actually doesn't like this setting. Katie understands that as a newly married couple, they need time with each other… but obviously she feels insecure without him. And the fact that she has to live with her new brothers just because she is still a minor?

She's uncomfortable, but she can't tell him that. He sacrificed too much for her all these years. It's finally time that she pays back that debt and let him have his happiness for a change.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Juli reassures.

She can't help but smile in amusement, "and how exactly is a tiny squirrel like you planning to protect a full grown woman, like me?"

"Full grown?! Woman?! You?!" he laughs, "Katie-chan, you're just a teenager!" an announcement echoes, and she recognizes her stop. She decides to leave Juli behind while he gloats. Sadly, he realizes that she's walking off without him, and is chasing after her, blabbing about how it's bad manners to walk away from a conversation. The squirrel climbs up a tree and jumps down onto her shoulder, "how could you do that to me, Katie-chan! That's just cruel! I could've gotten lost"

"These people that I'll be staying with are gonna be my new siblings, if they do something, I'll sue!" or pull a John Cena on them, whichever comes first.

He huffs, "Even if they are siblings, the fact that they are wolves does not change! However, as long as I am here, I won't let them lay a hand on you"

"Whatever floats your boat," She walks by a few garage doors that are colorfully splattered with paint. Grinning, she traces the patterns with her finger and hums a joyful tune. This neighborhood seems nice, hopefully her new home will be just as welcoming. She marches forward, placing Juli on her head. As she balances him, playfully ignoring his yelps of protest, she brings up the address on the paper to her face since she can't look down. She bites her lip, thinking that it should be around here, "I think we'll be there soon"

"Yes! Onwards, to the battlefield!" Juli cheers.

As they walk on, she spots the moving truck, and the workers closing the doors, and heading off. Behind the truck, watching them go, are two figures. One young man is dressed in a lime buttoned shirt, and the other is a child. She lifts her hand up and calls out to them, waving, and they turn with smiles, waving back. Although she can't see Juli, she has no doubt that the squirrel is scowling at them in suspicion.

As she approaches them, she bows, surprisingly not dropping the squirrel on her head, and gives them a smile, "Hello! I assume that you two are my new siblings?"

The taller man nods, "Indeed, we are. You must be Katie," oh, yay, they know her, "I'm Masaomi Asahina, the eldest," he then places a hand on the young boy's head as a sign of affection, "and this is Wataru, the youngest"

"Hello, onee-chan!" he greets with the cutest voice ever with the most lovely eyes in the whole entire--

"This is Juli, my pet squirrel who is no longer the owner of the title 'cutest eyes in the world'," she bends down, patting his shoulder lightly, "congrats, Wataru, you're the new champion" He cheers with his arms raised and runs around in circles, shouting 'Yay' repetitively, and Masaomi gives her a small laugh. She steps closer to her eldest brother and whispers, "is he always like this?"

He snickers, "He found a Toblerone" they share a smile before he coaxes Wataru to dial it down so that they could bring her inside, "welcome to the Sunrise Residence" Juli and her both awe at the stupendous apartment complex, "we've already had all your stuff carried up to your room"

"Yeah! You have a lot of stuff, new onee-chan!" Wataru adds and she reminds herself that he's pure; no ill intention behind such honesty. But seriously, she remembers packing light, she bets Mist must have added some other new things to the list, to which she mentally facepalms at his unnecessary concern.

"Wataru, you shouldn't say that, it'll make you sound insensitive" Masaomi lightly scolds, and Wataru apologizes. She just waves it off and says that it's no biggie.

"You guys sure have a big place for yourselves. But I guess it's expected when you have 13 members of the family under one roof, aye?"

"Actually, only 11 of us stay here, 2 others stay elsewhere" well 11 is still a handful, "I'll introduce you to the rest later when you're settled in"

The two proceed to smile at her with such radiance and purity that Katie is convinced that she is dead, floating around in some form of purgatory and that these two angels are here to send her off to whatever final destination awaits her.

"These two seem harmless, we may proceed" Juli announces, but honestly it's not like she is waiting for his approval.

The two bring her into the place, and damn, it is fine. Not only is it huge, it's just awesome. After checking out her room, she feeds Juli a snack and decides to look around, for some humans and maybe an Olympic sized swimming pool. Luckily, the squirrel doesn't even notice that she is gone since he is too busy munching on that nut and muttering on about wolves and… stuff. She needs some alone time, that rodent is always so noisy and pestering on and on about how she should give up on believing in any forms of intercourse and exchanging of fluids, and that she becomes a nun, or something.

She manages to sneak off, finding herself in front of an elevator that dings, doors sliding open and she blinks, not expecting company so soon. "Uh… hi" the blonde smiles rather flirtatiously back and the other looks a little spooked to find a girl in his place of residence. They move to make space for her in the lift.

"What a delight it is to find such an attractive young woman in our home, Suba-chan" the blonde purrs into her ear to which her brain alerts 'proximity alert!' and 'stranger danger!' so she chooses to move 2 steps closer to the other brother; Suba-chan.

She makes a mental note to ask Masaomi if flirting among siblings is normal.

"Oh, did I scare you, imouto-chan?"

She grins sheepishly. "Please don't step inside my personal bubble without permission, it alerts my 7th sense"

He continues to smile. "Well, alright then. I'm Kaname, the third son, and this is Subaru" he gestures to Suba-chan. The latter tilts his head, acknowledging her but refusing to make eye contact. She supposes he's shy.

"I'm Katie. It's nice to know I have so many good looking humans in my new family. Where are we headed?"

Subaru pulls up the plastic bags in his hands, "kitchen" to which she whistles and grabs a few bags without permission. She takes note of Subaru's reddening cheeks when her fingers brush his. Her first day as a younger sister and she's already making her elder brother blush. She assumes that it's a good thing.

"This elevator needs elevator music" she comments aloud.

Kaname smiles, "Do you have any suggestions?"

"Well, Rainbow Man by Earl Klugh is definitely the kind of music you want for the elevator, but I'm a John Mayer fan, so New Light is beyond words" her eyes twinkle.

Subaru looks mildly amused, eyebrows raising at her answer, but otherwise he doesn't say anything. Kaname nods just as they reach their floor, "you're a classy lady, imouto-chan"

She shrugs, "what can I say, Kaname-san. I grew up with an amazing man as a father" they exit the lift just as he caresses her head.

"Onii-chan's good too, Katie-chan"

Subaru takes the lead, quiet and reserved as ever as Kaname and her exchange small talk on the way to the kitchen. He's a monk that works in a Buddhist temple, and she tells him about school, when Subaru adds, "Oh, Yusuke goes to that school too"

"Yusuke?" She echoes, puzzled. He sounds familiar, but at the same time she doesn't really care.

"Our cute otouto," Kaname explains just as they reach the kitchen with a blonde spectacled man at the counter, "he's your age"

She beams, "OMG really?" she almost shrieks, "I can't wait to meet him!" she verbally squeals, "And what do you do, Subaru-san?" She nabs Kaname's bags, and brings them to the fridge with Subaru.

"Subaru's fine, I'm currently in my first year at Meiji University," he tells her as they unload the groceries on the counter, "this is Ukyo, the second son, and he's a lawyer" Subaru introduces them, "Ukyo, this is Katie,"

Ukyo gives her a warm smile, and she almost dies because wow, is everyone in this family hot? "Welcome to the Sunrise Residence. As Subaru said, my name is Ukyo," to which she gapes.

"This family sure is fancy. We've got a doctor, a lawyer, a hot college kid," Subaru blushes uncomfortably, "the cutest kid ever, and a religious hunk!"

"You're too kind" Kaname winks as he watches them converse on the other side of the counter, "and if you think that's amazing, we've got a younger brother who's a singer too"

She spins almost instantaneously, "Tell me more, oh dear brother of mine" she inches closer to the blonde.

"Fuuto Asakura, ever heard of him?", lol who? "Well, come on, then, I'll show you on the TV"

Subaru rolls his eyes in annoyance. "At least help us keep the stuff first" she nods in agreement as they squint their eyes at Kaname. The blonde chuckles and makes a quick getaway, saying that he needs to change his clothes. What a shame it is to know that that suit isn't planning on staying on that man's body for very long.

"So, Walker-san, tell us a bit about yourself" Ukyo starts off as he arranges the pasta boxes in the top shelf.

"What is this, a job interview?" she jokes, "Katie is fine, Ukyo-san", ooh-ing at the sight of pop-tarts and looks over to Subaru for guidance, "Subaru-sama, where might this kind padawan keep these powerful tarts of pop culture?"

Subaru smiles at Ukyo's dumbfounded expression. He then points over at the top shelf above the fridge that she knows is way too high for her to reach.

"Oh, lovely brother of mine who is so very tall and perfect for the sport of ball basketing, might you aid this poor soul in placing these tarts of pop--" he takes the boxes and places them in there with no sweat, "--thank you, handsome brother of mine"

"That's a very interesting slang, Katie-san" Ukyo comments and she snickers.

"Thanks for wording it out nicely, Ukyo-san" she smiles.

"You can call me Ukyo-nii-san if you want"

"Then, Ukyo-nii-san, why do we put the pop tarts all the way up there, anyway?

"To keep Wataru from going hyper" Subaru proceeds to open the cabinet, "go ahead take a look" and what awaits behind those doors is what she believes to be—

"I-Is that what paradise looks like?" she gasps, drooling with no shame, "it takes literally all of my willpower to stop myself from bursting into tears," her eyes sting at the beauty, "how is such a miracle possible?"

"You don't seem very familiar with candy for someone who was born in a rich family, Katie-san" Ukyo notes, deadpanning at her overreaction.

"I didn't want to trouble Mist, so I tried my best to not get any diseases or cavities, so candies are a real luxury to me since I consume them in very small amounts, and even that is rare" she explains, to which she gasps in sudden realization and she turns to Subaru, "b-but now that I live with you guys, and I'm almost an adult, I can eat as many candies and not get cavities, right?!"

"Adults can still get cavities," Ukyo deadpans, "but if you floss and brush often I'm sure there's no problem"

"And exercise," Subaru adds, "you don't wanna get diabetes"

"It's truly a treasure trove," she sighs with her hands clasped together, "I can take as much as I like?"

"So long as you buy new ones to replace them, sure," Ukyo shrugs, "Subaru, you best get changed, I'll be starting dinner soon,"

"Ukyo-nii's in charge of the kitchen, he's basically the mother of the house since mom is so busy" she nods nonchalantly as Subaru closes the doors of the top shelf and awkwardly turns, "I'll see you later, I guess" he then vacates the kitchen.

"I don't think he likes me very much," she visibly saddens.

Ukyo shakes his head, "that's not the case at all. Forgive my brother, he's simply a little shy with girls, you see?"

That explains why he's so awkward around her. It's normal for something like that. She guesses that it's best that she tread carefully so that she doesn't cause any trouble for her new family.

"That makes sense. It's okay, I get it" She steps next to Ukyo, eyeing his long fingers, "I'd offer to help you cook, but I pretty much have zero experience in the cooking field"

He chuckles, "really?"

She leans back against the counter, watching him work, "yeah… despite me being an only child and with Mist being busy and rarely at home, one would expect me to be some independent kid who knows how to do everything herself," she shrugs, "but I don't"

"I notice that you call your father by his name, why is that?" He looks up from the chopping board and glances at her.

"Yeah, well, I'm adopted, actually. Mist isn't my real dad" she explains.

He nods, "I see" and chooses to leave it at that. After all, they're only newly acquainted. He doesn't know what's a sensitive topic yet, so he changes the subject. "Well, I can teach you how to cook, if you'd like"

"Really?" she beams, "that'd be awesome, Ukyo-nii-san"

She looks up and she realizes Ukyo's eyes are such a pretty shade of blue. They're similar to Miwa-san's, but somehow they are much brighter. His phone rings, and she lets go of him so that he can pick it up. It's work, he tells her that he's going to his room to check some papers. She just nods at him as he disappears at the stairs.

She huffs, finding herself bored again. She wishes Ukyo didn't leave, but since it's work she guesses there's no choice. Should she go back to her room and have Juli entertain her? She doesn't really want to listen to his whines and stuff, but it's boring here without anyone around. She frowns, and decides to leave the kitchen. She sits on the couch, lying back and stares long and hard at the high ceiling. Will she ever get used to this view? To the softness of this sofa? Before she delves deep into her thoughts, she hears the elevator ding and she looks up. Two men enter the living room, talking casually.

She stands up just as they come to notice her. They look pretty similar, so she guesses more new brothers of hers. The white-haired man waves at her. She goes over to them, "Oh, hello"

He grins and wraps his arms around her, and her eye twitches in discomfort as he whispers, "this is a 'nice to meet you' hug" Holy shit this family sure is intimate with all the touchy touchy and stuff . Should she kick him in the nuts? But he's her brother, so wouldn't that be rude?

"Katie-chan!" she hears a shriek, looking up she sees an alarmed Juli. Oh dang, he's probably gonna scold her for letting her guard down and stuff.

Just before he lands, the dark haired companion slams a fist onto his brother's head, and he pulls away from her to whine about the pain. Juli misses and falls to the couch instead. She glances at him, but pays no mind when she sees him unharmed. The other brother looks over to her with a professional smile, and she assumes that this must happen often, "sorry about Tsubaki. I'm Azusa, please take care of me" the spectacled man says.

"That hurts, Azusa!" Tsubaki complains.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Katie"

"Yes, we know" Tsubaki slings an arm around Azusa's neck and they both turn to face her with similar smiles, "don't we look similar?"

"We're identical twins" well it's no wonder they get along so well.

She gasps, "twins?!" she inches closer, hands on their chins as she puts their heads next to each other, "wow! That's amazing, I've never met twins in my entire life" she confesses, "is it like having a clone?"

"We're actually very different individuals," Azusa says.

"Yeah, I'm fun, and he's boring" Tsubaki jokes.

"I'm actually the one with self control" Azusa sighs.

"Be on your guard when Tsubaki's around, Katie" Ukyo is suddenly there, having pocketed his cell "Try to make sure Azusa's around to stop him from doing anything catastrophic"

"I'm going to pretend you didn't just say that, because catastrophic is a little exaggerated," the playful one lets go of his brother and goes closer to his new younger sister, "nee, nee, Katie-chan! Which one of us do you think is more handsome?"

"Tsubaki!" Ukyo and Azusa both scold, but the brother just ignores them, eyes completely focused on the brunette.

"Kaname, of course!" she answers confidently, and the twins sweatdrop. Ukyo wants to hit the blonde buddhist with a frying pan. "Ooh! But Ukyo-nii-san's eyes are this shade of blue that's so pretty. It makes me think I'm staring at the ocean" she giggles and the second son blushes.

"Ohoh~ must be nice, Ukyo-nii" Tsubaki frowns, "our imouto-chan sure likes you"

As the lawyer coughs, trying to regain composure, the brunette frowns before sighing, "Nothing brings out the beauty of a man greater than formalwear! Maybe beachwear too, but where's the elegance in that?!" she then approaches Ukyo, "Have you ever thanked your mother for her wonderful genes? Every single one of you is gorgeous thanks to her fantastic DNA!"

"I think you're forgetting our fathers, Katie" Azusa sweat drops.

She shakes her head, "nonsense! You only have him to thank for all the bad stuff like tardiness and being insensitive!"

"Who told you all this, Katie-chan?" Tsubaki asks.

"My homeroom teacher!" she answers proudly.

"Is she divorced?" Azusa smiles knowingly.

She gasps, "Oh My gosh! How did you know?!"

Somehow because of that, Tsubaki pounces on her again with another bear hug and she yelps.

"Tsuba-nii! What are you doing to a girl in the living room?"