The football matched ended with a 3-1 to Asteroid, the city team, which was very much understandable. They were more experienced and talented than Aster Academy, a bunch of high school students. 

"Emma-onee-chan, do you like Asteroid now?" Tom asked me while we were cleaning up our seats, his smile was huge that illuminated the shine in his eyes. 

His brother, Ken, was a big mastermind in the second half after being subbed in, a mid-fielder, with 2 brilliant assists, bringing 2 more scores for Asteroid. From afar, I couldn't see him very well, but the black hair gene definitely ran in the boy's family, tall, slim, and had black hair. 

"I'm definitely a fan now!" I said cheerfully, replied the little boy's smile. 

"That's so nice!!! Then you have to come to Asteroid's next match on next next Sunday!!!" 

I nodded and thanked him. 

I thanked the friendly family and left. 

"Big bro! Touma!" 

I shouted out loud their names with both of my hands waving high. They were with other male friends, which I thought, were big brother's friends in college. 

"Emma!" 

Big brother hit my back with a BIG BANG, which almost made my face land on the motherland. Benjiro-oniichan had gotten more cheerful since college, hadn't he? I never imagined him surrounded by friends. 

But I hit his back the strongest I could. 

"You've gotten way stronger, my LITTLE TINY sister!" 

I pouted when big brother regarded me as "LITTLE TINY sister" in front of his friends, embarrassing, wasn't it? 

"And she's gotten manlier, unfortunately!" 

"TOUMA, YOU TAKE THE CAKE NOW!" I hit Touma with all my f*cking mind, without holding back even a millimeter of my energy. 

My big brother introduced me to his friends, Phillip, Fernando, and Jackie. The six of us were to set out for ramen (free ramen for me!!), however, I thought it'd be weird if I left without a proper visit to Mike, who invited me, so I told them I'd be going after them.

"Wait, someone's having a boyfriend????!!!!????" 

Touma asked me in surprise. And big brother looked at me, waiting for confirmation. I shook my head and explained. After that, they all insisted on me letting them go with me to see Mike. 

It was super weird. 

I didn't even know where Aster Academy would go, probably they would have some briefing after-match or meet-up, so I messaged Mike. Surprisingly, he answered immediately, saying he's having a gathering after-match with the team. 

"Thank you for coming, Emma! Next time, we will definitely win!" 

He said. 

I couldn't be more in awe. Wasn't that such a cool thing to say? I wondered if he tried to sound cool in front of me, or he was dead serious about it. After all, there's no way I would know the feelings of the person barely behind a line of message, would I? 

"Wait what? Our sister got turned down by a guy??? Lol!" Touma appeared behind my back and read out loud the message. And he... laughed. 

The way to the ramen shop was rough. Everyone kept teasing me as my brother's lads and even my older brother himself freely shared about their first love experience. He told me he first hang out with a girl named Lucy when he entered high school, and that remained the most amazing and wholesome relationship he'd ever had until then. Jackie added that he was the match-maker for the couple, and blinked at me. 

I shook my head slightly and looked away, as big bro suddenly lowered his voice. 

"I kindly WARN you guys to stay away from my sister :))"

I sniffed and eventually the laugh spread to everyone on a random road to a ramen shop in Aster City.