"You want to leave Kesennuma?"
Yaya stopped her short trip to her room after hearing her aunt. Who's she talking to? And what did she mean by 'leaving Kesennuma'?
"I want to explore my limits somewhere else, Auntie."
Kaya-nee*? What is she talking about? Why would she want to leave Kesennuma?
A tap on her shoulder makes her turn around and see her little sister, Kaya. "Onee*, what are you doing?"
Yaya puts her index finger on her lips, telling Kaya to stop asking and just listen to their aunt and older sister, Kaya talking. Kaya nods and quickly gets closer to Yaya silently.
"Kaya, is this because you're still—"
"I've told you enough times that that's not it," Kaya replies, sounding like she's on the verge of crying. "Please, just let me go. I wouldn't be far. I will go to Sendai."
The two sisters hear their aunt sighing. "Think it over, Kaya. You have your family here, your sisters—why would you leave?"
"I just need to," the oldest of the triplets answer simply. "I will go to a high school there as well."
"Kaya—"
"Good night, Auntie."
Kaya and Yaya quickly sprint to their room which isn't very far from the room where their aunt and older sister just talked in. Of course, they were quickly noticed by their sister. But Kaya says nothing and simply just follows her little sisters back to their shared room.
"What were you two doing?" she asks as she climbs the little stairs on their bunk bed, taking her place on the top.
"Kaya-nee," the youngest of the three—who is also named Kaya but with different kanji and meaning from her sister's—starts. "Are you leaving for Sendai?"
"Mm-hmm," Kaya says simply as she lays her head on her pillow.
"But, why, Kaya-nee?" Yaya, the second birth, follows.
"Just reasons," was her sister's answer. "You two just stay here and be good girls."
Kaya-nee said that but Auntie was right, Yaya thinks. She probably can't stand being here, the place which reminds her of Shotomaru, her childhood friend who went missing after traveling with a boat. She never admitted it, but both Yaya and Kaya are aware of this, just as much as their aunt is.
Yaya exchange looks with her little sister and shortly after, they nod, agreeing to each other's thoughts which seemed to be the same.
"Kaya-nee," Kaya starts. "We're coming with you."
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Author's note:
The oldest, Kaya is based on Kikuma Kaya from WUG anime series, Yaya is based on Hanayamata's Sasame Yaya, and the youngest, also Kaya, is based on seiyuu/singer Okuno Kaya.
'Kaya-nee' means 'Older sister (nee is from the word 'oneesan') Kaya'. It's a way for her little sisters to differ her with the younger one, as they have the same name. The reason of this will be explained in further chapters. In the following chapters, she will also be referred as Kaya-nee, in order to avoid confusion.
Onee (from the word 'oneesan') means older sister. This is Kaya's (the younger one) way to refer to Yaya.