((This was supposed to be silly, but it's turned into something that seems scattered in its purpose.

Hmm, whatever.))

It was one of those weeks in Chireiden, where everything was calm and quiet. For once, Satori didn't feel that ever familiar burden of her mind reading ability weighing her down- nor was she worrying about her sister.

Koishi wasn't off running about Gensokyo doing whatever she does- aimless wandering, so distant. Usually Koishi only stayed for a day or so between journeys, often giving her big sister long speeches about what she had done during that time, and dropping off souvenirs and random items she'd found. Koishi's room was a mess, full of those things, stacked endlessly upon shelves and in bookcases, crammed underneath her usually untouched bed.

Satori wondered if by some subconscious decision, Koishi was doing that all for her. Seeing as Satori never strayed too far from home, perhaps Koishi was trying to bring the outside world to her. That would explain the amount of jars of earth and fragrant flowers Koishi sometimes bought along with her items. They smelt of the outside, felt like the outside. Until they wilted or dried, and became nothing more than dust.

Satori wondered why Koishi had chosen to stay in Chireiden for longer than usual. It was like she was planning something.

She sat in the garden as she thought this. Though those flowers that grew there never felt, smelt, or looked the same as the outside ones, and the earth never had the same quality- obviously because it was underground. Satori was sitting at a round white table, decorated with swirls. She had two cups of tea and some neatly decorated cakes, one cup of tea she held in her hand- the other was for Koishi. Koishi often commented on how she missed the taste of that special, home-brewed tea while she was out and about.

Koishi wasn't sitting down at that moment though. She had been earlier, but had suddenly stopped sipping her tea and said quickly "I need to go get something, I'll be back in a second!" before racing off.

Koishi was good at rushing off without warning, Satori thought with a sigh.

Satori was zoning out pretty far then, when Koishi suddenly reappeared. She was holding her hands behind her back like she was holding something. She had been running, but when Satori noticed her she slowed down to a walk.

"Hm, put your tea down, I need to ask something." Koishi didn't sit down again, but walked up beside Satori. Satori was somewhat confused, wondering what her younger sister was up too, but did what she said, tucking the chair under the table and standing before Koishi.

Koishi looked down a bit when Satori stood up like she was nervous, and Satori could see her younger sister biting her lip. Her pale green-blue hair was in perfect curls beneath her hat, framing her face perfectly, her fringe slightly falling over her eyes. Cute.

Satori felt her heart thumping a bit. That feeling of drifting off somewhere began to come over her again…

When, suddenly.

"Big sister, can we get married!" Koishi suddenly exclaimed. Her head was up now, a huge smile on her face.

"Hu- HUH?!"

Satori felt that sentence hit her like a train. Now she was awake with surprise. "K-Koishi? We can't get married!"

Koishi took a step closer towards her sister. A slight blush was forming on her cheeks by now. "Buh-but I got a ring! See!" The younger satori revealed what she had been hiding behind her back- a small grey box. Koishi's small hands opened it to reveal a beautiful golden ring, decorated with love hearts. She held it before Satori's surprised face. "I tried really hard big sis, do you like it?"

"Koishi, I-I need to explain, do you know what getting married means?" Satori took a deep breath and tried to slow down her heart that was now hammering against her ribs, pushing the box down out of her face.

"When someone loves someone else very much, they want to get married?" Koishi awnsered.

"Koishi, please, it's a very nice ring a-"

"Big sis I-"

"KOISHI!"

Satori put her hands on Koishi's shoulders, staring her right in the eyes. Both of their faces were bright red. Feeling a little bad for shouting at her, Satori spoke softly, "… just let me speak, all right?"

"Okay…" Koishi murmured.

Satori released her shoulders, sighing. She intertwined her fingers and played with her thumbs, trying to think of how to explain.

"Y-you know I love you, Koishi, but… its family love. When people get married, it's a romantic thing, like our parents. People who want to have a family, not people who are already family." Satori's voice lowered. "Sisters don't… can't get married, all right…"

The disappointment Satori saw in Koishi's eyes then made her want to rip her heart out.

"Oh… okay then." Koishi said flatly. "What do I do with t-th…" Koishi's voice broke off into a sob, like she was choking back tears. It was strange how Koishi portrayed emotion; they didn't actually exist in her heart, after all. They just happened, from somewhere within Koishi couldn't feel, that was closed.

Satori only saw one way out of this that wouldn't end with her feeling guilty with an even more distant Koishi around the place. She couldn't bear to see her like that. Oh dear, she had really been dead serious; well, Koishi's weird sort of serious.

"M-maybe we can't get married officially, but…" Satori put a hand on Koishi's face, making her look up at her. Satori could see tears threatening to overflow. "If it makes you feel better, I could still marry you, just… in a different way. Special sister way, we could have rings and everything still."

Koishi calmed down then, her tears fading.

"Really?" Koishi sniffed. "…Can we have a big cake?"

"Don't tell me you wanted to get married just for cake?" Satori joked, laughing a little.

"No no no" Koishi shook her head. "I already said why."

Satori felt her heart fluttering, aching with what was obviously love. Her hand dropped from Koishi's face as she pulled her younger sister into a tight embrace, which Koishi returned.

It made her think… when Koishi had her eye open, they had always been connected; Always within each other's minds, knowing everything the other thought and felt. When Koishi had shut her heart away, she'd felt like their connection had been broken forever.

Maybe they could begin to feel that connection again this way.

Maybe it could even turn back time, as silly as their little sisterly marriage was- Koishi was still just an innocent little girl, after all. Pleased by the strangest things.

Though Satori knew Koishi had no thoughts, no emotions in particular, she had discovered the one thing residing in her little sister's subconscious that could never be contained. And that thing was the endless love for her.

Maybe Koishi's closed heart wasn't so distant after all.