Family Sticks Together is a story that closely follows the original premise of the series. The main difference is the addition of the author's original character. The boy, named Alex, begins as a young boy of eleven who is sent to live at an orphanage by his uncaring uncle. There he meets with Kaede and, unlike all the other children, quickly befriends her. The two get closer as time goes by and, with time, come to see each other as siblings. However, the encounter with the girl and a dark secret from his past trigger a chain of events that make Alex's life tumultuous to say the least.