Prologue ✓

[1st Person] 

I was reading a book in my dorm, just relaxing in silence when my phone started ringing. I waited 1, 2, 3 seconds before the ringing stopped. I then went back to reading my book when my phone rang again. I sighed, wondering who this persistent person calling me was. I slipped a bookmark in between the pages before closing it and setting it on the bedside table and then grabbed my still ringing phone. 

I pressed the accept button, not really looking at who the caller ID was. As soon as I heard the voice coming from the other side of the phone, I knew that I messed up. The very first thing I heard was silence. Then a soft, gentle voice spoke uncertainty through the phone. 

"Haru? Are you there?" 

It was my dad, Rintarou Hinata. Anyone who met Rintarou would say that's a gentle and calm man. And trust me, He'es met a lot of people. He's a traveller. He travels around the world as his career. 

I sighed, don't get me wrong. I love my dad but I'm just an overall lazy person and don't like troublesome things. And I could tell that this would be something troublesome. 

"I'm here Dad. What is it? Is it troublesome? Do I need to move from my comfy, warm bed?" I threw questions at him, Most of them weren't real questions and My dad knew that. 

I heard him chuckle lightly, "Good day to you too, Haru. And unfortunately yes, I do Have quite the troublesome situation on my hands here. And yes, you will need to move from your comfy, warm bed." I groaned, I hated this already. I didn't say anything though and just let my dad finish speaking, "So, I told you about miwa, right?" I replied with a humm, letting him know I did. 

Miwa was my dad's current girlfriend. I was happy that he was finally moving on from his last wife, who had left him for whatever reason. And he liked Miwa, she was nice and kind and very mother-like. 

"Well, We're getting married." 

My dad stopped talking after that, letting me process his words. I blinked, taking a second to respond, "Huh. Finally got the courage to propose, Huh old man?" I teased him, but only heard silence. 

I waited for an answer and well, I wasn't disappointed by his reply. 

"Actually She Proposed to me.' 

I burst out laughing, falling onto my bed head first. My stomach hurt and I was wheezing by the time I finished my laughing fit. I took a few deep breaths to calm myself, "Well, good for her. I like her a lot more now. Ah! I wish I was there, I'd love to give her a high five or something. It's too bad you didn't get it on camera, That would have been gold." I told him, switching to lay on my back as I stared at the underside of the top bunk bed. 

My father went silent again. 

"Don't tell me you got it on camera?" I asked him, hopeful he would say yes. I would give anything to see that. 

" . . .Ah, No. Thankfully we didn't, brat. Um, The other thing I needed to talk to you about was, um, about Ema."

My smile fell. Ema. My sister. Well adopted older sister. Well, We're both adopted but anyway. She's a year or two older than me, she's like our dad. Gentle and kind and calm. She's even got a squirrel she named Juli. He's cute but very talkative. 

Anyway, I haven't spoken to Ema since I moved into my soon-to-be high school dorm. School hasn't started yet but I was allowed to because of my living conditions, We'll get into that later. 

"What happened? Is she alright? Did she get hurt?" I sat up in bed, went a bit too fast and accidentally hit my bed on the top bed. I groaned in pain and plopped back down on the bed. 

"Calm down, Haru. She's fine. I was just wondering, If maybe, You wanted to move in with her. And Miwa's 13 sons." My dad's voice got quieter the more he spoke, so I couldn't quite hear what he said at the end. 

"What? I couldn't hear you, old man. Speak up." I told him, hearing him sigh heavily. 

"Ema is moving in with Miwa's 13 sons and I was wondering if you wanted to move in with her as well." 

My body froze, as my mind picked out a few key words from what my father just said. 

"Ema is moving in with Miwa's 13 son's." 

"WHAT!!!???" 

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