Ok, better start talking right? I know you all are wondering where the hell I've been in like… forever. Well… In honesty I've been burnt out as a writer all because reality is a frigging pain in the ass. I've lost a ton of motivation in order to write at all therefore I've been stuck in standstill. BUT! I'm not taking down my account and I don't plan on stopping either anytime soon. I will still try my best to write but don't expect me to update like every week or anything got it?

Kyonko: Er.. Boss, shouldn't I be explaining all of this?

No, I want people to hear it from my mouth and I'm doing it.

One other thing. For those who just started reading my work now. A while back, I was a rather heavy M-rated writer for mostly Lucky Star, mostly Yuri and oddball pairings. One of them is this one. I posted back in January of last year and took it down in worry of what I encountered which you can read in my profile. Now, I say screw it and post it back up. It's a piece of work I really enjoyed writing, Chapter 2 being something I really like out of it. So enough talk and just enjoy.

I don't own Lucky Star.

Promise

The Hiiragi household is quite lively when all members are home. The reason for this is that there are four sisters along with their parents. The sisters of the household are Inori, the oldest and the full fledge member of society, Matsuri, college student and loves playing about, Kagami, the most mature and is the older twin to Tsukasa, the somewhat air-headed member of the family. As siblings, they do what any siblings would do, spend time helping each other to the simple arguing each other. Though we are not focusing on all of them, we are focusing on the two elder sisters.

Matsuri and Inori used to do many things together when they were much younger. They used to do what their younger siblings use to do. They played together, shared things together and help each other. They had a bond which was like their younger siblings but it was stronger and it reached to the point that it was becoming forbidden. To Inori though, she wishes she had the bond she once created with the brown haired sister of hers. She was at work, looking at the photos on her desk in front of her, looking at the pictures of her friends and family but she was focusing on the ones with Matsuri in them. She was remembering her youth with her by her side, remembering things that are known to be taboo. They promised that they will not return to that time, in fear of what will happen if their family found out.

That promise had kept them as they are now for almost 6 years. Inori sighed after thinking how long it has been. It was hard. She had to hold it in since she was in high school and throughout college. She had thought that she would have grown out of it, that it was possibly just a rebellious phase in her life and that she would actually like men but it never happened. She did what she could to get her mind off it, from doing housework to doing what her job demands from her. It did the job so far but she doesn't know how long she can keep it up. But she wasn't going to break that promise, not matter what. She can't do that to her.

She looked at the clock and see that it was about time for her to head back home. She was glad that it was over since nothing exciting happened the entire time she was working. She packed up her things and got up from her desk. She was wondering what sort of dinner is going to be tonight. She was really looking forward for Tsukasa's cooking tonight. Her phone soon rang. She started searching her bag and soon answered.

"Hello?" Inori asked.

"Hey Inori. It's mom." Miki answered. "I'm making sure to remind you that both me and your father are going to off to spend a special evening together. We're expecting you to take care of the house while we're gone."

"I haven't forgotten about that. You don't have to worry; I'm sure the rest of the girls and the house will be fine."

"Good to know then. Well, take care of yourself dear. Good bye." With that, the phone call ended.

It must be nice for her parents to have such a strong love life together. They tend to go out for various special occasions. Quite frankly, they have so many 'special occasions' that she has lost count. She wished she had something like that herself. Though she does have someone special, she can't do it.

We made a promise and I don't want to break it.

With that being resolved, she headed for her car and drove back home. She had finally reached home and finally entered.

"I'm home." Inori called out.

"Welcome back." Inori's younger sister, Matsuri greeted her.

Inori smiled finding that the person she cared is home. Matsuri was quite the girl of the Hiiragi family. She was once the only strong-headed person in the house, though she was also rather lazy and likes to go about things whenever she felt like it. Despite that, she was able to reach where she is now though she does tend to be stubborn sometimes. But none of that really mattered to her since she loved her anyway.

"Hey, Kagami and Tsukasa home yet?" Inori asked.

"Not yet. They haven't called or anything."

"Huh. Well, I hope that they do. I actually hoping to enjoy some of Tsukasa's cooking."

"You're not the only one who's hoping. Anyway, I'm going to take a bath."

"Try to save some hot water this time ok?"

"I do not waste all the hot water!"

"Sure you don't." Inori headed off to her room.

She quickly closed the door behind her, but he soon leaned against it. She actually wishes she asked if she should join but she can't. That promise they made was holding her down and it hurts. She placed her hand on her chest and she can fill her heart beating in pain. She wished she could hold her, love her and be on her side in the way they once had. All the memories from the past were crushing her, making her just wanting to scream. But she kept it in, endured it and began to think to herself.

We promised. I can't break it, not after all this time. I won't break it.

Bringing back that resolution, she took a deep breath. She felt better now that she got back her resolve and besides, her younger siblings are coming back so it'll be ok. She soon heard the phone ring. She walked towards the phone down below the stairs. She answered.

"Hiiragi household, Inori speaking." Inori answered.

"Hey Onee-san. It's Kagami." Kagami answered.

"Hi Kagami. You and Tsukasa coming back anytime soon?"

"Actually we'll be coming back late. Konata wanted some help on her work, most likely want to copy. Anyway we'll be having dinner at her place before coming back so you and Matsuri are alone for now."

"Is that so?" Inori could feel her heart beat faster in anxiety. "Well then you better take care of yourselves ok?"

"Not a problem. I'll see you later Inori."

"Bye Kagami."

With that the phone call ended. Inori was worried. She wasn't expecting her younger siblings to be out. Whenever she was going to be home alone with her sister, she would hide away in her room or stay out. All of that was just to avoid having any awkward situations when she's with her. Her worse fear though is that they would end up having a relapse back to that time.

Without even thinking she made her way back to her room to grab all her stuff that she needed, especially her car keys. She wants to do what she can to avoid any situation with her. As she ran out of her room, she bumped into Matsuri, falling right on top of her.

"Ow." Inori and Matsuri felt sore.

Inori slowly got up. "I-I'm sorry… Matsuri…"

Inori was looking down at her sister, who had just got out of the bath. Her somewhat dry hair and flushed face with only wearing nothing but a towel was enchanting. She looked deep into the soft gold eyes in front of her, drawing her in. She hasn't seen her sister like this in a long time and now that she is, Matsuri's figure was more astonishing than she had once thought. Her bust had truly gotten bigger than she once saw her but now it was titillating. The lips that she had once claimed for herself were so close. All she had to do was jus lean in and take them once again.

"I-Inori…" Matsuri called out if not stuttering a little.

Inori soon snapped out of it and quickly got off her sister.

"I'm sorry Matsuri!" Inori quickly apologizes. "I didn't see you!"

"It's… ok…" Matsuri said slowly getting up, trying her best not to blush. "S-So was that Kagami on the phone?"

"Oh… yeah. She said that both she and Tsukasa are coming back very late so we're going to have to deal with dinner ourselves."

"Ok then." Matsuri soon saw Inori's bag on the floor. "Are you going somewhere?"

Inori suddenly thought about it as she originally wanted to avoid any confrontation but it sort of back fired. She wasn't too sure what to do. She ended up hesitating the answer.

"I-I wasn't. I accidently took my bag with me."

Dear god that's terrible!

Matsuri looked at her with suspicion but she let it drop for now. She finally got off the floor and headed for her room.

"Well then, I better think of something for us to eat."

Inori was still on the floor watching her younger sister walk off. She got up from the floor herself and walked back into her room. She left her bag randomly on the floor while she dropped straight on the bed with her pillow in her face. She was hoping that it would suffocate her since she completely screwed up. The eldest daughter of the family doesn't know what to do at this point. She's going to be stuck home alone with the one person she wishes she didn't fall in love with. She has no choice but to stay and have dinner with her. All she can do now is just endure the long hours of being together with her and hope to hold out until the twins come back.

Matsuri was able to prepare a simple little dinner just for both her and Inori. She doesn't really like to cook too much but when she does, she makes pretty good food. She had just finished setting up the table and soon saw Inori finally appearing in the kitchen.

"There you are. I was about to call for you." Matsuri said as she took off an apron.

"Right." Inori said as she saw the food. "For something simple that looks good."

"Well I just figured we have something simple." Matsuri soon pulled out a chair. "Well, thanks for the food."

Inori only smiled and joined her, thanking for the food as well.

The dinner table was rather quiet between the two. They couldn't come up with anything to talk about. They never really got a chance to be alone like this for a very long time so the only thing is that they could really do is just stay silent. They have given each other glances here and there but that was it. In truth, this is the first time they've been together like this in a long time. Inori could feel her heart beat faster just being around her, all alone in the house. But as always, she's being hold back by the promise they made. It was unbearable to the point that it was slowly making her lose her sanity. She had never felt this sort of pain ever and the only one who could do this is the person across the table.

They finished their dinner with some form of satisfaction. Matsuri was the first to get up from the table.

"I'll handle the dishes." Matsuri told her.

Inori, suddenly feeling bad about letting her do the rest of the work got up from the chair. "Let me pull my weight around here. After all you did all the cooking."

"You don't have to. Just let me do it."

"But you've done enough. At least let me do this."

"I said let me do it!"

Inori, as much as she loves her, is losing her temper with her. Why is Matsuri getting worked up over something as minor as this? It doesn't make any sense. They normally would be happy to take some load of each other.

"Why are you getting worked up over this?"

"That's none of your business!"

"Well it is now!" Inori walked up to Matsuri and looked directly in her eyes. "How about telling me why you're suddenly on edge? I'm trying to help out here!"

Matsuri only looked at her elder sister with strong eyes. She had stood there silently, doing what she can to show her that she's tougher than what her sister thinks. She instead ignored her and took the plates and placed them in the sink. Inori just sighed seeing that she clearly doesn't want to talk about it. If there was anything Inori is, she's mature.

"Well, when you feel like you want to talk, you know where I am." The elder girl walked out of the kitchen.

Inori could only sigh. She didn't understand why her sister was acting like this at all. Normally she would be fairly level headed despite her rather rough exterior. She walked to the living room and just sat down on the couch and turned the TV on, wanting to calm herself down. She wanted to take her mind off her sister's current attitude. It was only making her feel all the more tired.

Matsuri soon walked in on her and sat down on the couch next to Inori. The elder girl noticed but she wasn't going to bother to get the brunette to talk. It would be a waste of time and chances are they would get into another argument. So instead they just sat there, quietly watching whatever Inori was watching there. The second eldest sister of the family though was for some reason getting agitated. Inori didn't know why when she had a quick glance at her but she waved it off and possibly it's just her getting worked up over something stupid again.

"Let me have the remote." Matsuri finally broke the silence. "There's a movie I want to watch."

"Just tell me the channel. I'll switch to it."

"9."

Inori changed the channel and soon they were both seeing some chick-flick. This was about as much she can do to get anything out of her but for now she'll leave it at that.

They sat there quietly, watching a very typical romance chick-flick. Inori was getting uncomfortable sitting down with her sister and watching the movie. Because of the argument they had earlier before, she could still feel irritated but at the same time guilty for shouting at her. She didn't mean to but that fight for some reason only riled her up. She wanted to apologize to her but she couldn't think of anyway how. She turned to face Matsuri only for the girl to fall asleep, resting her head on a cushion on the couch. Inori looked at the face that was sleeping ever so calmly. It was odd how that face went from loud and angry to soft and quiet. Nevertheless, she was looking at the face she believed to be beautiful.

She slowly scooted herself closer to her and brought herself down to her face. She brushed some of the girl's chestnut brown hair out of her face. Seeing her like this was only causing her to lose her sanity. The promise was crushing her, telling her to stop, telling that this was wrong no matter how you look at it. But instead she soon replaced it with rationalization.

This will be the last time I'll ever kiss her. Maybe with that, I can finally move on and keep the promise.

Inori believed that it will be the cased. With the new resolve in her heart she moved closer to Matsuri's lips, feeling her heart beat faster as she does it. She soon finally pressed it against hers. This was causing Inori to have a sudden relapse. It has been such a long time since she kissed her, she had almost forgotten what it felt like. She could feel herself burn up and was melting by how her lips felt. Soon, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her neck, shocking the elder sister who tried to pull away only for the younger girl to pull her back in. The dark purple-haired girl soon relaxed and enjoyed the kiss, feeling the exhilaration that they once had back then.

They finally broke free from it as they needed to breathe. Matsuri opened her eyes, hoping to look into Inori's like they had once done so in the past but what she was met was tears dripping down on her face.

"Inori…?" Matsuri called out to her.

"Why? Why did you do this?" Inori whimpered feeling her heart break. "We promised that we wouldn't return to this... I kissed you, expecting it to be my last only for you to break it… I wanted to keep the promise but now we're back… Tell me why…"

Matsuri herself could feel the tear welling up in her eyes, feeling bad that this had happened but what she did was pull her elder sister into her chest and calmed her down.

"To be honest, I wish I never made that stupid promise. It was just eating me away whenever I see you. Every day since then I wanted to hold you, kiss you, show you how much I loved you like what we did back then but you know why I couldn't. I also know that you were avoiding me over the years. I pretend to not notice and just do things I always do but you were always there in my head. I wanted you so badly."

Matsuri could feel her tears riding down her face but she didn't care. She was going to let it all out.

"When you knocked me over, I wanted you to just take me right there but you instead just avoided me again. That only got me angry. That was the reason I snapped at you back in the kitchen. I'm sorry I just couldn't stand it anymore! I don't care what we promised I just want to be with you again!"

Inori slowly got up and look at her sister after calming down and saw her crying after speaking every bit of her heart out to her. She too wanted her as badly as she does. The promise they made was crushing her just as much as it did to Matsuri. She crawled up to her and kissed her. Matsuri immediately relaxed by the kiss, slowing everything around them, causing them to think of about only themselves. The elder sister finally pulled away and pressed her forehead against hers with a smile.

"I'm sorry Matsuri." Inori said. "I'm truly sorry for everything I've done but like you said I was avoiding you all because of that promise. I've done almost everything to get you out of my mind but no matter what, you were always there. But now I don't care about it anymore, I want to forget about it and be with you. I love you Matsuri."

Matsuri couldn't help herself from crying again. She grabbed hold of Inori's neck and held her tightly. The elder girl cried herself as she hasn't felt this much joy in her life. They could feel their warmth engulfing them, putting them into their own world of bliss. They no longer care about their promise they made, they don't care about what if their parents find out, they don't care what the world was going to think of them, all they care is that they were together once again.

After a decent five minutes holding on together they finally let go and they both got up. Their face and eyes were red but they were still able to put up a smile.

"So we're together again huh?" Matsuri said feeling a little embarrassed.

"Yeah, we are." Inori smiled at her sister. "Listen, I want you to promise me that from now and forever, we'll be together and love each other no matter what even if it means that we're going against the world."

Matsuri looked at her, seeing determination in her eyes. She grabbed hold of her shoulders and kissed her again. It was only for five seconds but it was enough for the both of them. She pulled away from her and smiled.

"I promise."

Matsuri: God damn it! I thought this was gone for good!

No it isn't. I really love this work and it will stay here. Now, more explanation. During the time I was writing this way back, this was all originally meant to be a one-shot M fic. But because it was so long and the time that took place between this and the next just seemed completely wrong with what I had in mind. Granted the amount of time I placed in the next chapter probably doesn't even sound long enough for the… extreme yuri I went with. Oh OK, maybe it wasn't even that extreme, I don't know. I still remember StaminaRose calling me Vanilla which is partially true.

Matsuri: You call the crap you did to me in that chapter frigging VANILLA? !

Inori: Exactly you sick bastard!

Kagami: You just like seeing us go through your sick perverted fantasies!

Well… There's also that. Ah whatever. For those who followed me since I started, you know what's next. For those who just started… Well, enjoy the "I don't have a dang clue you're going with in this yet… I can't turn away." Moment you're going to have. Everyone does.

Until then, see you all later.