Chapter 2: Onee-chan, The Generous
Yay~! I got a recommendation from Dynasty Reader forums for this story! Well... By someONE on the site. Thank you so much Elevown! You really made my day! And also, thank you Jolly, for letting me know about it! I got to work the instant I read it and finished up the chapter when I only had around two thousand words written! Thanks for the pick-me-up!
Daves Republic, I'm glad you're liking it so far! I can tell you now, this story isn't going to reach anything CLOSE to where Luckier Star is going length-wise, but that's probably for the better. There's no way I could handle two stories going for that kind of length, so I'll have to conclude this at some point earlier than that. Of course, I hope my quality doesn't suffer!
Thanks again NoMutant! I'm glad that you liked it and thank you for the corrections on the last chapter! I hadn't thought about saying something about this story in Luckier Star... I plug in other ones that are good, but I hadn't thought about the one that I made myself! So I must thank you again! Thanks!
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Something a few people have asked me, by the way. No, this story shouldn't slow down Luckier Star too much. I mostly work on it when I'm stuck in Luckier Star or need a break from it, just like "It's a Lucky Life". Which... I AM still working on. I'm just stuck on that one too...
Woohoo! I'm pumped!
The Cake Buffet
Kagami and Tsukasa sighed as the two leaned back in their seats.
"Thank you so much Tsukasa..." Kagami said appreciatively. She patted her stomach and sighed again happily. "I really, REALLY needed this." She said. Tsukasa kicked her head to the side and smiled adorably.
"It's my pleasure Onee-chan! You're always helping me out!" Tsukasa said. "Did you have enough Onee-chan?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami giggled a bit.
"There's never enough cake, Tsukasa." She answered. "Man that was good." She said again.
"'Nee-chan, will you tell me what you were worried about before?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami sighed. However, this time it wasn't a sigh of happiness from having a belly full of cake. She didn't want to tell Tsukasa about her depressing thoughts earlier, not only because they were incredibly embarrassing, but because they may also give her sister the wrong idea. Kagami rubbed her forehead.
"If that IS the wrong idea..." She mumbled to herself.
"What Onee-chan?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami jumped.
"Huh? Oh, nothing Tsukasa, just thinking out loud." She said. "It's really nothing Tsukasa. I promise." Kagami said. Tsukasa stared at Kagami quite seriously here. After a moment under the airhead's gaze, the younger held out her hand and put her pinkie out.
"Pinkie swear." She said. Kagami blushed a bit.
"Come on Tsukasa, we're not ten anymore." She said.
"If you don't do it, then that means something's wrong!" Tsukasa said. "Onee-chan, you can tell me! If you can't tell your twin, who can you tell?" Tsukasa closed her eyes cheerfully as she chimed. Kagami had to avert her eyes as Tsukasa's brilliant purity practically blinded her.
Almost literally anybody else would be a better person to tell... She said. "Hey Tsukasa..." Kagami said. Tsukasa opened her eyes and took Kagami's hands, super psyched that she may be able to help her older sister again.
"Yes Onee-chan?" Tsukasa asked.
"Can I ask you... a hypothetical question?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa gave a confused, yet determined look.
"A hypo.. huh? Whatever it is, yes!" Tsukasa nodded with certainty. Kagami giggled a bit.
"A hypothetical question is a question based on a situation that isn't currently applicable." Kagami explained. Tsukasa blinked a time or two.
"... Okay!" She nodded.
"You still don't get it, do you?" Kagami smiled as she asked. Tsukasa shook her head.
"Nope!" She said. Kagami giggled again.
"Basically, I ask a question that doesn't mean anything. It's just a "what if?" kind of a thing." Kagami said, unsure of why she hadn't explained it in an easier to understand explanation to begin with. Tsukasa blinked and then nodded.
"Alright! Got it!" She said. "Okay, what is it?" She asked. Kagami sighed, wondering how to phrase her question.
"What if... you couldn't get married?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa kicked her head to the side.
"Why not?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami was caught off guard.
"Uh... I dunno. What if you just found out you couldn't get married one day?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa sighed.
"I guess I'd be very sad." Tsukasa said. Kagami tried her best to hide her sour look. She knew it would be as much.
"Don't think you could live like that, huh?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa hummed.
"Well... I could!" Tsukasa said a bit cheerfully. "Just 'cause I can't get married doesn't mean I can't have fun with you guys, right?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami smiled.
"That's a good way to look at it." Kagami said.
"Yeah, all I really need is you guys!" Tsukasa said. Then, as if something clicked in her head, she seemed to realize something. "Onee-chan, should I not get married?" She asked. Kagami looked confused.
"Why wouldn't you?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa looked determined.
"If that would make you happy 'Nee-chan, I don't mind! I don't need to get married!" Tsukasa said. Kagami almost reeled back. She had been seen through. Silently, she scolded herself for being so obvious that Tsukasa of all people could see through her. That, or she scolded Konata for being so damn right about twin telepathy.
God damn hokey pokey! Kagami cursed in her head. "That would make you sad Tsukasa, and you being sad would make me very sad." Kagami said. Tsukasa sighed and smiled.
"I really don't mind, 'Nee-chan." She said. "If you really don't want me to, I really won't get married." Tsukasa said.
"Tsukasa, if you ever find someone you love, someone you want to spend the rest of your life with, please..." Kagami said. "For me, please make yourself happy." Kagami said. Even if you leave me behind, please be happy Tsukasa... She sighed in her head. Tsukasa smiled.
"I will Onee-chan. But you have to do that too!" She said. Again, she put her pinkie out. "Swear!" She said. Kagami giggled a bit. She wrapped her pinkie around Tsukasa's as the two shook.
"Hiiragi Twins Promise!" The two said together, as they had when they were much, much younger. Kagami and Tsukasa both began to giggle again.
"We haven't done that in years." Kagami smiled.
"But this is important!" Tsukasa said. "We have to make a super promise like that so neither of us backs out!" Tsukasa said. Kagami smiled.
"Just remember to hold onto the person you love the most when you find them Tsukasa." Kagami said. Tsukasa nodded.
"I will Onee-chan, so you have to too!" She said. Kagami nodded in response.
"I have to. I promised." Kagami giggled. Suddenly, the two heard a phone ringing. Recognizing it as her own, Kagami picked it up. "Hello?" She asked without looking at who it was.
"Hey, are you guys okay?" She heard the voice of her father. She paled a bit as she muted her phone.
"Crap, we forgot to call home and tell them we would be late!" Kagami said, a bit of panic in her voice.
"Uh-oh! We're gonna get scolded!" Tsukasa frazzled her own hair. Kagami let sound back on her phone.
"Yeah, we're fine! We just forgot to call you and we got kind of swept up." Kagami said.
"Tsukasa is with you?" Tadao asked. Kagami nodded, Konata's tease coming into her head as an afterthought.
"Yeah, she's right here." Kagami said.
"Dad, I'm sorry we forgot to call!" Tsukasa apologized from the other side of the table.
"We kind of went to a cake buffet..." Kagami said. Silence came over the conversation for a moment. Kagami figured he was telling the family their whereabouts. After that moment, Tadao sighed.
"Well, as long as you two are okay. You had us worried." Tadao said. Kagami scratched the back of her head.
"Sorry about that..." She said.
"As long as you understand. Next time, just shoot me a message or something." Tadao said. Kagami nodded again, Konata's tease annoying her once again.
"Will do!" She said.
"When do you think you two will be headed home?" Tadao asked. Kagami shrugged.
"I dunno, we were just kind of playing it by ear." Kagami said.
"Are you two going to be home for dinner?" Tadao asked. Kagami almost groaned. At the moment, food was about the least appealing thing she could think of, and she could think of a great many things.
"Tsukasa, you think we're gonna make it home for dinner?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa smiled.
"Whatever you want Onee-chan." Tsukasa said. Kagami could tell through that hockey pockey telepathy that Tsukasa was rather ambivalent towards the decision, but that's about as far as it went. "We can stay longer if you want." Tsukasa said. She really could see the positive in either situation. If they went home, she would get to laze about the house for the rest of the day, and who doesn't like that? But if the two of them stayed out, she may run into another situation in which Tsukasa could help her older sister and again, who wouldn't like that? Kagami thought for a moment.
"Do you mind if we stay out for a while Tsukasa? Maybe we can make a day of it!" Kagami said. Tsukasa looked quite cheerful.
"I would love it Onee-chan!" Tsukasa said excitedly. Kagami nodded.
"Would it be awful if we weren't Dad?" Kagami asked. She heard a sigh from the other side of the phone.
"I suppose not. You're usually really good about always coming home at a decent hour, so you can stay out as long as you want." Tadao said. Kagami cheered.
"Awesome! Thank you!" Kagami said. Tadao chuckled.
"It's no problem. Have fun." He said as the two of them hung up. Kagami smiled to her younger sister.
"So, what do you want to do Tsukasa?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa smiled back.
"Surprise me!" She said. This time, Kagami grabbed Tsukasa's hands and ran out of the buffet, leaving money for the table.
Meanwhile, at a certain Otaku's house...
Konata laid on her bed with her arm on her head. She sighed.
"Just call her, idiot." Konata said to herself. She felt bad about making Kagami sad. She had only meant to tease, after all, but Kagami had taken her entirely too seriously. Didn't Kagami know better? After all, this was Konata they were talking about! Of course she would tease her! About almost literally everything! Konata sighed. "... Why is this bothering me so much?" She asked. "Of course, I don't think I've ever genuinely offended Kagamin before." She reasoned with herself. Finding herself in a conundrum, she decided on the only logical course of action. "Blame Zelretch." She nodded to herself. There came a knock at the door.
"'Nee-chan?" Yutaka called. Konata smiled.
"Come on in Yu-chan." Konata said. Yutaka meekly opened the door and peeked in. Deeming it safe and decent, she walked into the room.
"Onee-chan, I had a question..." Yutaka said. Konata cocked her head to the side a bit, almost like Tsukasa would.
"What's up Yu-chan?" Konata asked.
"What's it called when you really like someone?" Yutaka asked.
"It's called love Yu-chan." Konata said, seeing that this was a serious question from her super innocent, super cute little cousin. Therefore, she decided to give a solid answer.
"What if it's a friend?" Yutaka asked. Konata giggled a bit.
"Especially if it's a friend." Konata said.
"But what if she's REALLY your friend and... and you're both girls?" Yutaka asked. Konata sighed.
"Yu-chan, there's nothing wrong with loving girls." She said. Yutaka looked excited.
"You mean it?" She asked. Konata nodded.
"You just gotta make sure she feels the same way about you..." Konata said. Yutaka nodded as she listened to her surrogate sister's sagely advice. When she had asked her ACTUAL sister about this earlier, the officer's response was... less than coherent. She had been drunk at the time, but that had probably only improved on her answer. Yutaka nodded again.
"Thank you so much 'Nee-chan!" She said as she left the room. Konata sighed.
"Practice what you preach, Konakona." She said to herself. She breathed deeply. "Okay, that's it! I can't NOT be an example for little Yu-chan now! I'm gonna tell her!" She shouted as she ran to her computer. "I'm gonna tell her how I really feel!" She determined.
Walking down the street
"Man it was stinky." Kagami mumbled. Tsukasa giggled again.
"Just don't get the vinegar and water mixed up next time and it'll be great!" Tsukasa said cheerfully. The two of them continued walking down the street, both humming a catchy sixties tune. "Hey Onee-chan?" Tsukasa asked.
"Yeah Tsukasa?" Kagami asked.
"Is there anyone that you like?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami jumped and blushed.
"Whoa, what? Where did that come from?" She asked. Tsukasa scratched the back of her head.
"Well... We were talking about marrying and stuff earlier. I was just wondering if there was anyone you liked already?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami sighed and scratched her cheek.
"I... I dunno. No one in particular jumps to mind." Kagami said. "How about you?" She asked Tsukasa. The airhead blushed as well as she fidgeted.
"I like you Onee-chan!" Tsukasa chimed cheerfully. Kagami blushed and jumped.
"Wha-What are talking about Tsukasa?" Kagami asked. "M-M-Me?" She asked.
"I like Kona-chan and Yuki-chan too!" She said. Kagami stood for a moment to process what had happened. She sighed.
"Careful who you talk to about that, Tsukasa. You might give someone the wrong idea..." Kagami sighed, scratching the back of her head. Tsukasa tilted her head to the side.
"Like who?" She asked.
"Well, Konata for one. If she heard you say something like that you "like her" like that, we would never hear the end of it." Kagami chuckled. "She'd probably say something like "But Akari, Hiroyuki is your fated one!" or something like that." Kagami said. "She's an idiot." She chuckled to herself. The two found themselves at a park. Tsukasa looked around excitedly.
"'Nee-chan, do you want to go get some ice cream?" Tsukasa asked. "I know we just ate a bunch of cake, but ice cream isn't really that filling!" Tsukasa said. Kagami chuckled.
Man I'm gonna hate myself in the morning. My weight is gonna go through the roof... Kagami smiled. However, seeing the hopeful twinkle in her twin's eyes, she knew she couldn't refuse. "How about a Vanilla Soda cone?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa almost literally jumped in excitement.
"Yes please!" Tsukasa said. Kagami sighed contently. Seeing her sister so happy made her strangely happy. It wasn't her usual happy at seeing her family happy. It was weird to describe. The two of them rushed over to the ice cream vendor and got in line. "What kind of ice cream are you getting Onee-chan?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami hummed.
"I don't know... I'll have to see what he has..." Kagami said. She looked forward at all the flavors. "I think I'll have~... Cookie dough!" Kagami decided.
"That sounds good Onee-chan..." Tsukasa mumbled. Kagami looked over to her twin to see her hungrily eyeing the cookie dough ice cream. Kagami giggled.
"You want to have two cones?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa looked hopefully to her sister.
"Can I?" She asked. Kagami nodded.
"As long as you don't think it'll spoil your dinner." Kagami said. Tsukasa shook her head.
"I promise that I'll eat all of my dinner!" Tsukasa said. "But... now that we're not going home for dinner, what are we going to have?" Tsukasa asked as the two got their ice cream and walked off to sit down on the bench. Kagami hummed.
"Why don't we go have a nice dinner? Since you paid for the cake, I'll pay for dinner! Sound like a plan?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa fidgeted.
"Um... Are you sure Onee-chan? The cake buffet wasn't that expensive, but a dinner would cost a whole lot more!" Tsukasa said. Kagami smiled and ruffled her younger sister's hair.
"Don't worry about it Tsukasa. I have money too!" Kagami said.
"But I can't ask you to pay for me!" Tsukasa protested. Kagami put her hands on her hips.
"Now Tsukasa, you paid for me at the buffet, it wouldn't be fair if I made you pay for yourself at dinner." Kagami argued.
"But 'Nee-chan~!" Tsukasa whined adorably. Kagami smiled, but refused to budge.
"But Tsukasa~!" She mimicked her twin. Tsukasa puffed her lip out in a pout. "Tsukasa, if I can't pay for dinner, then I'm going to pay you back for the cake buffet." Kagami said.
"Onee-chan, I wanted to pay for that! I never get to help you out and I really want to help you! You're always helping me out Onee-chan. Please, let me just help you this once!" Tsukasa protested. Kagami sighed at her sister.
"Tsukasa... I like helping you. I love helping you!" Kagami said. "You're my little sister, Tsukasa. I feel like it's my job to watch out for you." Kagami said.
"But I want to help you." Tsukasa said. Kagami sighed and scratched the back of her head. She had no idea her sister felt this strongly about this. She nodded to herself and had an idea.
"Tell you what Tsukasa." Kagami said. "How about, starting tomorrow morning and for twenty four hours, we switch." Kagami said. Tsukasa looked confused.
"What do you mean we switch?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami closed her eyes and huffed a breath of pride in her idea.
"I mean, we switch roles! You can be the older sister and I'll be the younger sister!" Kagami said. Tsukasa put a finger to her mouth and looked up in thought.
The Theatre of Tsukasa's Mind
"Onee-sama~!" Kagami ran up and hugged Tsukasa around the neck. "I need your help with my homework~, I don't get it~!" Kagami complained. Tsukasa smiled and ruffled her younger sister's hair.
"Aw, you're hopeless. I'll help you out! Here, you do this like this..." Tsukasa began explaining Kagami's math homework to her. Kagami vigilantly, if not fruitlessly, tried her best to keep up. "And there's the answer!" Tsukasa pointed out. Kagami looked up to her sister.
"That's so cool that you know that Onee-sama!" Kagami said. "I wish I could grow up to be just like you!" Kagami said. Tsukasa giggled.
"But we're only around twenty minutes apart! You should just be you!" Tsukasa said. Kagami nodded and made a fist of determination.
"Right! I'll be sure to do that! You're so smart Onee-sama!" Kagami said happily. Tsukasa giggled again.
"I have to be so I can help my cute little sister!" She said as she ruffled Kagami's hair, who giggled.
"Tsukasa?"
"Tsukasa?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa had gotten into a daze much like Kagami would at times.
"Ahehehe..." Tsukasa giggled a little suspiciously with a light blush on her cheeks. She was obviously still in her daze. Kagami looked at her sister's ice cream to see it was beginning to melt onto her hand.
Must be a good day dream. Kagami thought to herself. It was odd that Tsukasa of all people would let her ice cream drip, even if she were having a nice dream. She hated to bring Tsukasa from such a nice dream, but Kagami was certain her little sister wouldn't want her ice cream to go to waste, and if it were a day dream, she could continue it at any time. This being the case, Kagami decided to snap her sister out of it with the secret weapon Konata and Tsukasa used on her constantly. She blushed at the thought. "Tsukasa?" She asked to make sure her sister wasn't coming out of it easily. She poked her sister's stomach. When that didn't work, Kagami sighed and scratched the back of her head, blushing even more. She gathered her courage and steeled herself. She poked Tsukasa in the very center of her left breast.
"HIIIE!" Tsukasa jumped. Kagami scratched the back of her head as she blushed profusely. "'Ne-Ne-Ne-Nee-chan?" She stuttered as she instinctively covered herself. Kagami averted her gaze. It was weird. Kagami had bathed with her twin multiple times and even helped make sure she cleaned properly. Thus, she had easily touched even more intimate places than this. Yet something about this was extraordinarily embarrassing.
"You were in a daze. You always get me out of it like that, so I figured it would work on you..." Kagami reasoned. Tsukasa, calming down now that she was over the initial shock, relaxed and let her arms drop. Suddenly, she remembered that she had previously been holding ice cream.
"Wah! My ice cream!" She cried as she dropped to her knees in a futile attempt to salvage it. She began to cry quietly. "I didn't even get to eat much of it..." She mumbled. Kagami sighed with a smile on her face.
"Aw, you're hopeless..." She said. Tsukasa looked up to her sister. "I'll help you out." Kagami found herself almost compelled to say. She held out her ice cream. Tsukasa sniffed.
"'Nee-chan, I can't take your ice cream." She said. Kagami shook her head
"I'm on a diet anyway. I already way overdid it at the cake buffet. Just go ahead and take it." Kagami said.
"But you really wanted that ice cream!" Tsukasa said.
"The ice cream is melting Tsukasa. I'm not gonna eat it." Kagami said. "So either you can have ice cream or neither of us can. At least you should have it!" Kagami said. Tsukasa looked down a bit as she took the ice cream.
"Thank you Onee-chan." She said. "Sorry for taking your ice cream." Tsukasa apologized as she began eating. Kagami giggled a bit.
"It's no problem Tsukasa. This is what it means to be a big sister." Kagami said. "Sorry for waking you up." Kagami said.
"It's okay 'Nee-chan. I guess I shouldn't be day dreaming about it anyway..." Tsukasa said.
"About what?" Kagami asked.
"What if you were the younger sister and I was the older sister!" Tsukasa said.
"I don't know if I'd be a good little sister though..." Kagami chuckled humorlessly as she looked off to the side. Tsukasa shook her head.
"Kona-chan was wrong! You CAN do cute, Onee-chan!" Tsukasa said. Kagami blushed even worse than before.
"I'm not cute, you..." Kagami bit her normal reaction to compliments. She would get paid such compliments from Misao and occasionally Konata, but never had they been paid so genuinely. Thus, Kagami couldn't bring herself to apply her 'Idiot' moniker. Besides, Kagami could absolutely never call her sister an idiot. She may not be as smart as Kagami, but she was certainly not an idiot. Kagami sighed.
"But you are!" Tsukasa argued. Kagami smiled.
"Thanks Tsukasa." Kagami said. Tsukasa nodded.
"I'm only telling the truth!" She said. Kagami smiled.
"You're pretty cute yourself, Tsukasa." Kagami said. "I guess we'll see how we do tomorrow morning, huh?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa nodded.
"I can't wait, Onee-chan!" Tsukasa said. Kagami chuckled.
"Me neither." She said.
Back at the Otaku household
"SHE SAID YES!" Konata cheered loudly as she twirled around in her computer chair. She slowed down to face the computer again, watching the cut scene between her character and the on-screen girl in her game. She sighed very happily. "Another route conquered." She said to herself. She took her headphones off and untangled them from her seat. There came another knock at her door.
"... 'Nee-chan...?" She heard her cousin again. Konata put her headphones down.
"Come in!" She said as she turned her chair's back to the door. Yutaka opened the door again and walked in. Konata twirled in her chair slowly until she was facing the small girl. "I guess you're wondering why I've called you here." Konata said.
"Wh-what?" Yutaka asked. Konata giggled.
"Never mind. What's up?" Konata asked.
"Um... What kind of gifts do you get someone you... love?" Yutaka asked. Konata practically squealed in her head at how cute Yutaka was.
"Well, let's see... " Konata thought. "Minami isn't really into anime, so most of the stuff I would get isn't gonna be useful here." Konata said. Yutaka shook her head.
"No, she isn't really..." She said. "..." Something clicked in her head. "How did you know it was Minami-chan?" Yutaka asked. Konata had known that her cousin had had a crush on the taller girl for a while, but saying that after Yutaka had just confided in her that she liked a girl seemed like it may cause problems. Konata hummed.
"I didn't until just now." Konata lied. Yutaka blushed.
"Onee-chan... That isn't fair!" Yutaka pouted.
"All is fair in love and war." Konata said. "I think that's how it goes, at least..." Konata commented, more to herself than anything. "So, present!" Konata got the both of them back on track. "Let's see... Does she like to read?" Konata asked, starting to realize exactly how little she actually knew about the girl her surrogate little sister was in love with. Yutaka, however, nodded.
"Yeah! She liked fantasy stuff!" Yutaka said. Konata nodded.
"Hmm... Hang on..." Konata got up and walked over to her closet. She opened it up as a comedic amount of various things fell. She began swimming through all of it to reach something in the back. "Haha!" She cheered triumphantly. She came out with an unopened box set of books. It looked rather heavy and Yutaka was briefly impressed at how Konata could hold it in one hand so easily. "The Inheritance Cycle! I bet she'd like this! It has magic and dragons and swords and stuff!" Konata said. Yutaka cheered.
"Thank you Onee-chan! Where can I get one?" She asked. Konata walked over and handed her the one in her hand.
"Right here, Yu-chan. It's mint condition!" Konata said. Yutaka looked at the book and back to the Otaku.
"No way 'Nee-chan! I can't take your copy!" Yutaka tried to push the books pack back. Konata held a hand up.
"Nope. I have two other copies. That's my lending copy, but I don't get a whole lot of requests for that, so you can have it! It's never been used, so it'll be a perfect gift!" Konata said, trying to politely refuse Yutaka's attempts to return the books. Yutaka blinked as she looked at the books. She walked over calmly and gently placed them on Konata's bed. Then, she spun around and leaped from her spot to tackle hug her cousin. Konata caught her and hugged her back, happy to see her cousin so happy.
"Thank you so much 'Nee-chan! You always know how to help or what to say!" Yutaka hugged Konata with as much strength as her little arms could muster. Konata giggled.
"I AM the goddess of conquest, after all." Konata said.
"'Nee-chan, I love you!" Yutaka chimed as she picked up the books and ran out of the room, probably to wrap it. Konata giggled as she put her hand up in front of her.
"Five..." She put a finger down. "Four... Three... Two... One..." She said counted down.
"'Nee-chan, can you help me wrap it?" Yutaka asked from outside the room. Konata giggled again.
"Sure thing Yu-chan!" Konata shouted out as she left the room.
The Shopping Plaza
Kagami and Tsukasa walked down the street, looked at all the different shops. The two of them had a fair amount of time to kill, so they had decided to window shop for a while. Tsukasa ran up to a clothing shop.
"Wow~! That dress is really cute!" She said. Kagami smiled.
"Wanna go try it on?" She asked. Tsukasa shook her head.
"No, if I try it on, I'm only gonna want it more!" Tsukasa reasoned. Kagami smiled as she grabbed Tsukasa's hand and pulled her.
"Come on~! Live a little!" Kagami said. "Why don't we go try it on! Maybe we can get it!" Kagami said.
"Onee-chan, it's really expensive!" Tsukasa said.
"Let's just try it on!" Kagami pulled Tsukasa into the store. She walked up to an employee that was currently working. "Excuse me, my sister would like to try on that red dress in the window." She said. The employee bowed and walked over to the manikin. "Go to the changing room, Tsukasa!" Kagami said. "Start getting ready and I'll bring the dress in!" Kagami said. Tsukasa smiled.
"Thanks Onee-chan." She said. Kagami nodded. Tsukasa walked towards the dressing rooms. As the employee came back with the dress and handed it to Kagami, Kagami looked it over.
"Hey, how much is this?" Kagami asked. The employee told her. It was indeed expensive. However, Kagami had quite a nice amount of money saved up. Something she had kept from Tsukasa so that the girl wouldn't feel any worse about her grades. Since the beginning of middle school, their parents had seen that Kagami was overachieving everything and decided to reward her for it. Now, she earned a thousand yen for every A grade she brought home. If it was a perfect score, she got five thousand. While her family wasn't rich by any standards, they were relative well off. Kagami was quite grateful for that, and that Konata hadn't gotten her into the Otaku spending ways. She could eat the cost of the dress and the dinner without much of a hiccup. So while she would definitely be getting good grades without getting any money for them, the money definitely helped. "I'd like to buy it." Kagami said. She had seen the size of the dress when she had looked it over and it would fit Tsukasa quite snugly. She paid for the dress and walked to the changing rooms. "Tsukasa?" Kagami called.
"In here, 'Nee-chan!" Tsukasa said, sounding quite excited. She was obviously very enthusiastic about the dress. Kagami tossed it over the curtain. "... I'm surprised you didn't just come in Onee-chan!" Tsukasa said. Kagami was suddenly very aware of her next to naked sister on the other side of the curtain. She blushed a bit, though she wasn't quite sure why. It didn't make much sense. As she remembered earlier, she had seen her sister naked many times. It was somehow different now.
"I didn't think about that." Kagami said.
"Oh, okay!" Tsukasa said. Kagami waited a few minutes as she heard shuffling from the other side of the curtain. "Ready?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami smiled.
"Ready when you are!" Kagami said. Tsukasa threw back the curtains to reveal the little red dress she now adorned. Kagami was almost speechless as she beheld her sister. "Wow..." She mumbled.
"Do you like it?" Tsukasa asked. Kagami nodded.
"You look beautiful, Tsukasa." Kagami said. Tsukasa fidgeted and blushed a light blush.
"Thanks Onee-chan..." She mumbled. "Aw~! Now I just want the dress even more~!" She complained.
"It's yours." Kagami smiled. Tsukasa stopped mid-whine and looked at her.
"What?" She asked.
"I already paid for it. It's all yours." Kagami said. Tsukasa looked down at her dress and back up at Kagami.
"Do you mean?" She asked. Kagami smiled.
"Yes." She said.
"Do you promise?" Tsukasa asked.
"Yes." Kagami nodded.
"Will you break your promise?" Tsukasa asked, covering all of her bases. Kagami giggled.
"I will not break my promise. I swear, it's already paid for." Kagami said.
"Thank you so much Onee-chan!" Tsukasa ran up and hugged Kagami. Kagami hugged her twin back. "You really shouldn't have! It was so expensive!" Tsukasa said.
"If it's for my little sister, it's fine!" Kagami said. Tsukasa began literally jumping for joy. However, as she was still hugging Kagami, the only option for the Tsundere were either let go or start hopping. Figuring it wouldn't do her any bad considering she wanted to lose weight, she began jumping with her little sister. After hopping for a few moments, Tsukasa finally stopped, out of breath.
"I love you Onee-chan." Tsukasa chimed. Kagami sighed contently with a smile. "I'm gonna wear it all day!"
"I love you too Tsukasa." She said. "You shouldn't wear it all day though, isn't it uncomfortable?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa shook her head.
"Uh-uh! It's actually really nice material! It's super comfortable!" She said. She may be over exaggerating it, but she definitely didn't want to change out of her new dress. Kagami smiled and chuckled.
"I guess that that'll be okay then." Kagami said. "So where do you want to go to eat?" Kagami asked. Tsukasa hummed.
"Um... Surprise me!" She said. Kagami smiled and nodded. She grabbed Tsukasa's hand and, picking up the smaller girl's clothes and putting them in her bag, Kagami smiled widely. Taking off, the two left for adventure.
After Section
That was fun. I have a lot of fun with this story. I think I'm going to enjoy this. There's even a blooper reel! For example...
Hilariously, my finger slipped when I was writing one particular sentence and changed Jumping to Humping. So the original sentence read "Tsukasa began literally humping for joy." and this just turned into an entirely different kind of story. I almost left it in. Just for kicks. I've done worse.
In any case, this story promises a lot of fun! I have a lot of it planned, but getting to those events is the difficult part! However, I don't know about chapter lengths. I like to keep them in a certain range for each story (Though each beginning chapter tends to be around three thousand words, oddly). I don't think I should really worry about it though, maybe I'll just let it run wild. I'll write whatever length seems like it will be the best at the time! Like now for example, this chapter almost doubles the last chapter's length! I doubt that this will be the length of the chapters from now on, but I said that in Luckier Star too... Anyway, let me know what you think!
