Double Date
Ever since that December, the two had been secretly lovers. All it really entailed was that they would sneak into each other's room occasionally (Mostly Ib's), and they would also occasionally go out on dates with each other, but every time those occurred, Ib would make sure their physical contact was at a minimum, and wouldn't allow Mary to kiss her where others could see, due to fact that their relationship was a social stigma. It did annoy Mary some, but she understood her sister's concerns, and respected her wishes to keep all signs of them being lovers hidden.
And so the years went on, and two months after Ib's fifteenth birthday, they both took high school entrance exams, and much to Ib's excitement and honor, she had been accepted to an art school. Mary on the other hand wasn't as thrilled to do art as much as her sister was, and she opted to simply go for a general-education high school, and she had been surprised to see that Junichi had also gone to the same one she did. Both High Schools were fortunately within the same city, so Ib and Mary could commute to them together for a while before parting ways.
Unfortunately, Aiko's family moved a few months prior to Ib's birthday, and she was now in a completely different city. While they still kept contact and texted each other a lot, it just wasn't the same without her with them in their art club. Though Aiko was already very subdued, since the previous year Yuki had also gone to a different city to go to a very prestigious high school, and they had barely seen her since then.
Now it was late June, and the weather was very warm. Ib was in her room, painting on her canvas after a long day of school, when she heard a knock on her door.
"Come in," She called out, returning her attention to her painting.
"Hey!" Mary bounced in, her blonde hair had been cut so that it only now reached her shoulders, but her blue eyes were as bright and shining as ever. She was just wearing very casual clothes, a loose T-shirt and some shorts, since it was so warm. Ib could still remember the shock her friends had gone through when they saw her with shorter hair, and she couldn't help but chuckle at the memory of it. "Whatcha laughing about?" Mary asked.
"Thinking about how Rin and Junichi reacted to you with shorter hair." Ib answered honestly, decided to get some red paint to splash onto her canvas.
"That was pretty funny," Mary's smile widened, "Why are you still wearing your uniform?"
That was one of the differences between their high schools. While Mary's didn't have a dress code, much to the girl's cheer, Ib's high school did have one. She was forced to wear a white blouse with a teal collar and seams, and a teal skirt that reached to her knees. Fortunately she could wear whatever socks she wanted, but the outfit repulsed Ib, and she wondered if she could have a convincing argument to the school board that it repressed their 'artistic freedom'. She at least was able to keep her hair however she wanted, and whereas Mary decided to cut hers, she had decided to allow hers to grow, and she almost always kept it in a ponytail now, and it reached almost to her thighs now, but not quite.
"I didn't feel like changing," Ib admitted, "I just wanted to paint."
"Do you mind if I watch?" Mary asked.
"No, not at all." Ib answered, and went back to painting. Mary was always a quiet observer, and she actually enjoyed her lover's presence with her whenever she painted. It made her feel… special, she guessed.
"Thanks," Mary replied and walked over to sit down on Ib's bed, giving the shorter girl a gentle pat on the head as she passed. That was another thing that annoyed Ib a little bit – Mary was definitely the more physically matured of the two, standing almost a head taller at five feet and eight inches, while Ib stood at just barely half an inch over five feet. That didn't take into account their other areas of growth where Ib again got the short end of the stick. Ib was brought out of her thoughts when she heard Mary giggling from behind her.
"W – What is it?" Ib asked through a forming blush, realizing that she had been deep in her thoughts and not painting while Mary was present.
"What are you thinking about?" Mary asked with a sly smile.
"Nothing." Ib answered immediately.
Mary pointed at her hands, and Ib realized that during her thoughts she started to cup her chest, and she quickly dropped her hands with an intense blush on her face, and Mary just started to laugh.
"I – I…" Ib couldn't make an excuse.
"You're cute like that," Mary insisted, "My younger, smaller, cuter, sister." She stood up and stood next to Ib, looking own lovingly into her eyes.
"Uh…" Ib's mind was fumbling now.
Mary didn't hesitate much longer, and just leaned down to kiss her lover on the lips, which Ib savored to no end. They parted, and Mary just smiled down at Ib, gently caressing her face, and getting stray strands of hair out of her face.
Ib couldn't help but think that despite the fact that Mary was definitely the more feminine of the two, she was also more of the aggressor in their relationship, while she almost always was the passive one, allowing Mary to do what she wanted. There were of course a few times where she would initiate an action, but most of the time it would be up to Mary, since she'd be too embarrassed to ask Mary for anything, even though they had been together for over a year and a half now.
"I – ah – got to get back to my painting!" Ib decided, turning around and beginning to paint on her canvas once more, trying to hid the fact that she was blushing so much.
"That's fine," Mary returned to her seat on the bed, "I came in here for another reason though."
"What reason is that?" Ib asked.
"Junichi talked to me and said that he and Rin wanted to go on a date with us."
"A double date?" Ib turned to look at her.
"Yeah, exactly!" Mary nodded enthusiastically, "I told him I'd have to ask you first, though! It's this Sunday, and we'd meet in the city park."
Ib frowned and thought about it, "I don't know…"
"It'll be fun. I promise I won't kiss you in public or anything like that! You can trust me, right?"
"I know I can trust you," Of course, that was never in doubt, "It's just that…" She felt her common blush returning to her face, "I – I might get jealous seeing them kiss each other or something…"
Mary chuckled, "Don't worry. They're not the kind of couple who will kiss in front of their friends every five seconds. I doubt Rin would have stayed with him for this long if he was!"
Rin WAS very shy, so that was at least true, "I guess…" Ib muttered, "Well. I guess it can't hurt, we might as well, right?"
"That's the spirit!" Mary cheered, "It'll be really casual, so don't wear anything fancy!"
"I wouldn't want to even if we had to," Ib looked to her sister with a smile, "It might be fun, and it has been a while since I've last seen Junichi and Rin."
With that decided, Mary pulled out her phone and texted Junichi, confirming that she and Ib would go out with them on Sunday. After that was done, Mary settled down and continued to watch Ib paint, occasionally bringing up some topics to talk about to pass the time.
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That Sunday couldn't come quickly enough. Ib felt herself growing excited with each passing day, and even Mary seemed even more happy and eccentric as the day came closer and closer. Fortunately, it was only a few days wait, and it finally arrived. After eating a very light breakfast, both girls went into their rooms to change into their outfits that Sunday morning. Ib was the first done, and she went downstairs and into their the living room.
The living room was very large, and it was the room one could reach upon immediately turning left when entering the front door. The room have a large TV set and a couch and two chairs gathered around it. There was a large window at front, from which they could see the entire neighborhood, and along the walls were bookshelves filled with all sorts of books and other things the family had put there over the years. The TV was currently on, showing the local morning news, and her father was sitting on the couch.
"Hey dad," Ib called upon entering the room, and taking a seat at the couch with him.
He took a glance at her and raised both eyebrows, "What's with the get up?"
"Mary and I are heading out together today!" Ib grinned enthusiastically.
"With some boys?" His gaze narrowed, "You know I don't mind if you date, but I would appreciate it if you'd tell me."
"It's not with any boys!" She assured her father, "I'm not into any boys right now!" or probably ever, she thought humorlessly to herself.
He shrugged, "I trust you." And his gaze went back to the TV screen, though she could see a grimace crossing his face – her father wasn't a very convincing liar.
"Hey!" Mary's voice filled the room, "You ready to go Ib?"
Ib turned around, and found her jaw dropped, and a huge blush creeping up on her face. She thought Mary said that this date was going to be casual, yet Mary seemed to have gone all out with her outfit. The blonde hair girl's make-up made her blue eyes very prominent and beautiful, and her lips were just a little bit red. Her hair was tied back neatly in a bun held together by two chopsticks. She wore a white sleeveless spaghetti strap blouse that, and a black skirt that ended up above her knees. Over her blouse she wore a cardigan that was left open. To finish it all off, she was wearing high heels that boosted her height by almost another three inches, making her almost a whole foot taller than Ib.
"You like it?" Mary asked, doing a little twirl for Ib.
"I feel really underdressed now," Ib admitted, trying to hide her blush.
Mary giggled, and walked over to wrap her arms around her sister, "I think you look very cute."
Ib had decided to go very casual for their date, keeping her hair in its very long ponytail and like her sister, she wore a bit of eyeliner to make her red eyes seem more prominent. She wore a sleeveless beige button up blouse and tight jean shorts that ended halfway down her thigh. She wore sandals, and a bracelet on each wrist, but nothing more than that. Her purse was still on the couch, and she noticed her father's eyes were looking at them curiously.
"Uh!" Ib immediately broke the hug, not wanting to give her father any idea as to what was going on between his two daughters, "We're heading out now!"
"Yeah!" Mary gave her father a wide wave, "We'll be home later tonight! Don't bother making dinner for us!"
"Where are you two going?" He asked again.
"On a date!" Mary answered immediately, causing Ib's heart to drop.
"Oh really?" He eyed Ib with a gaze that meant that she would be in trouble pretty quickly if she didn't say anything. Fortunately for Ib, Mary again cut in.
"We're going out with each other!"
Their father blinked, and he tried to process it, and it seem to finally click after a few second, and a smile crossed his face, "Oh. So you two are going out to play together then? That's fine, but…" He looked to Mary, "You're dressed up quite nicely for just that."
Mary shrugged, "I like looking nice, and don't worry…" She reached into her purse, and pulled out a small can of pepper spray, "If any guys approach us, I'll just zap em with this stuff!"
That seemed to satisfy their father, and he nodded, "Very well. Have fun."
As the two girls walked out the front door, Ib couldn't help but reach up and smack her older sister on the back of the head, "Why'd you say that?"
"I knew he wouldn't believe me if I told him we both were going out, and it's not a lie either!" She smiled, "So he interpreted it how he wanted, and now we're both free to go! Isn't that the best outcome we could have hoped for?"
Ib let out a sigh, "I guess so."
"Ready to go?" Mary asked again, "You didn't forget anything, did you?"
Ib looked through her pursed that was strapped around her shoulder and dug through it. Cellphone, money, change, handkerchief, and a few other things were present, so she looked up at her sister, "Yeah, this is everything."
"Awesome!" Mary cheered, "Now let's go!"
"Are you seriously going to walk in heels?" Ib asked.
"Yeah, why?"
"Doesn't it hurt?"
Mary smiled, "Nah, I'm used to it. Thanks for the concern though!"
"Wait, there's one more thing…" Ib muttered.
"Yeah?"
"Before we go… Let's…" She blushed, hating how timid she got when she wanted to do this, even though she had done it so often now, "Let's k – kiss…"
Mary smiled kindly towards her younger sister, and she walked close to her, wrapping her arms around her. She watched as Ib seemed to melt in the embrace, and she lifted her head up towards her, getting on her tip toes and closed her eyes, her lips glistening. Mary didn't wait any longer, and leaned down the rest of the way, gently kissing her sister on the lips, and she felt Ib's hands gripping her sweater as it continued, and soon they parted. She giggled at how flushed Ib's face was, a common occurrence whenever they kissed.
"Ok," Ib smiled at her sister, "I'm ready!"
With that the two walked down the street towards where their old middle school was, but they stopped about halfway there when they reached a bus stop, and waited for the bus to arrive. There were a few other people standing around, so the two for the most part just acted naturally, though Mary did reach over and take hold of Ib's hand, not that the younger girl minded. When the bus arrived they boarded, and headed into the city towards the park.
Once they got off, they followed the side walk a bit longer, and made it into the park, where there were still quite a bit of people around, but they saw who they were looking for sitting on a bench.
Junichi was wearing a plain white T-shirt, and over that he was wearing a button-up shirt. His hair was combed neatly to one side, and it was clear that he had put some gel in it. He was wearing jeans, and he was chatting actively with the girl seated beside him. Rin had her blonde hair flowing freely behind her back, and had a band on the top to make sure none of it fell into her face. She was wearing a similar sleeveless blouse like Ib, but was instead wearing a skirt that went to her knees, and she also wore heels, making her about three inches taller than Ib.
"Ah!" Junichi grinned as he spotted them, and he started to blush a bit, considering how well dressed they were. He stood, and was only an inch or two shorter than Mary – he would have been taller than her if she hadn't been wearing heels, however. "You guys are here!"
"Hello," Ib gave a short wave as they met up.
"You look so cute!" Mary complimented Rin's outfit.
"Thank you," Rin said with a slight blush, "You both look good too."
Ib gave her a warm smile, "Thank you," She turned to Junichi, "You look good too."
He chuckled lightly as he scratched his hair and stood up, looking around, "So, are you guys ready to eat, or is there something else you want to do first?"
"Lunch sounds fine," Mary remarked.
"I agree," Ib muttered. She and Mary had only a light breakfast that morning, since they had anticipated going out to lunch first thing.
"All right then," Junichi nodded, "Where to?"
"What do you feel like eating?" Rin asked.
"Whatever you guys want," He answered with a non-committal shrug.
Mary took a seat at the bench, crossing her legs, "What about you Ib?"
"Oh, I don't mind." Ib answered.
"Well…" Rin giggled at the complete lack of any concrete answers, "How about we just walk around then and see what there is to eat?"
"Sounds like a plan!" Mary grinned, standing up, and being sure to grab Ib's hand once more. Junichi noticed their holding hands, and he again felt his face get a bit warm, so he looked elsewhere. Instead he looked to Rin, and held his hand out to her, and the girl happily accepted.
"Let's go this way," Junichi suggested, pointing down the path, the opposite way both Ib and Mary had come from.
As they walked down the sidewalk of the city, everyone looking curiously into the windows to see if they held anything they liked or wanted to eat. There were quite a bit of people walking in the streets, so the two couples made sure to keep hand contact with one another so they didn't accidentally get separated. The party of four eventually decided to settle down in a small café. They opened the door to the building, seeing that there were all sorts of cakes and sweets on display up at the counter, and they all went to look.
"Those look really weird," Junichi noted, pointing to some colored pastries that looked almost looked like hamburgers.
"They're macaroons." Ib answered immediately, and then blinked in confusion right after. How did she know that?
"Are they good?" He turned his brown eyed gaze to her.
"I – I don't know…" Ib muttered, her head throbbing as she tried hard to think of where she heard someone talking about them before. She closed her eyes, focusing on the thought – macaroons – what was it about them that make her feel like that?
"What are you getting, Ib?" Mary turned around to address her date after having her fill of looking at the treats.
Whatever path her mind was following was immediately lost, and Ib frowned, "Damn…"
"Is something wrong?" Mary's happy smile dimmed a bit, and she reached over to touch Ib's shoulder, gently patting her.
"I'm fine," Ib shook her head, the thought probably wasn't important anyway, "I was just thinking about something."
"Oh," Mary mumbled, "Was it important?"
"I don't know." Ib muttered, "It felt like it was important, but if I can't remember it, then it might not be very important in the long run, can it?"
Mary chuckled, "I suppose that's one way of looking at it."
Ib still couldn't get it out of her head, and her eyes looked to the floor, her lips again forming into a frown.
"You sure you're fine?" Mary asked again.
"Yeah," Ib shook her head, and forced on a smile, "I'm sorry, I don't want to be a killjoy."
Mary didn't look entirely convinced, but she decided to drop it, since Ib was willing to do the same. Instead she allowed herself to smile as well, and she turned to the sweets, "What do you want?"
"Maybe we should save these for dessert?" Rin suggested, "They have other things to eat here that aren't candy or cakes."
"Aw, that's so boring," Mary replied, though she still had on her friendly smile, "But since you suggested it, I guess its fine."
With that, the group wandered into the building proper, having just headed directly forward towards the counter when they first entered. All around the building were black tables that had intricate designs on them. Of course, due to the designs, there were many small holes all over the tables and chairs, but that's why the food came out on a plate. Most of the tables were window seats, and they could see that there was a patio where they could eat outside, and since it was such a nice day, the group opted to go out and eat there. There was quite a crowd, but they were fortunately able to find a nice corner in the fenced off patio where they would be undisturbed, and the four sat around the small table, opening up the umbrella to shade them from the late morning sun.
After waiting a minute or two, a waitress finally came out, dressed in a very intricately designed outfit that was quite modest, showing no skin, but at the same time exotic, because it showed off the woman's curves very well. She took their drink order, all of them wanting some form of tea, and then she went away.
"Wow," Mary looked at the woman as she walked away, "Talk about a nice outfit!"
"No kidding." Junichi replied immediately.
"Hey," Ib grumbled, "Don't look at her like that."
She blushed when Mary giggled as she looked over to her, "I'm just complimenting a finely dressed woman when I see one! You thought she was pretty sexy too, right?"
Ib's face flushed, and she twirled fingers as she looked down. Now that Mary mentioned it, she did look nice… Her mind started to imagine Mary in that outfit, and she felt her face heating up more, and she let out a soft chuckle as she played out her fantasy as to just why Mary would be wearing that outfit in the first place. She'd walk into her room as she was painting, and would reach over and start to kiss her gently, and then…
"I think we lost her," Junichi mumbled, seeing Ib's blushing face and distant eyes, the girl giggling every few seconds. It was actually kind of creepy.
"I wonder what she's thinking…" Rin mumbled.
"Let's find out." Mary turned towards her lover, and asked, "Hey Ib, how to do I look?"
"Fantastic." Ib breezily replied, "You should wear that more often…"
"Wear what?" Mary's mouth stretched into a wide grin.
Ib blinked a few times, returning to the real world, and she looked over to Mary, and then immediately blushed, "Oh! Uh! Nothing!"
"That didn't sound like nothing!" Mary laughed, "Come on! You were imagining me in that outfit, weren't you?"
"H – How'd you…" Ib's blush covered her entire face.
"Cause I was thinking of you in it," Mary answered with a satisfied smile.
Ib was really subdued for a little while after that, refusing to look at their waitress the entire time. They got their tea and then something to eat afterwards, though since it was a café it was still a pretty light lunch. Afterwards, they all ate some sweats that they saw at the counter, both Mary and Rin taking absolute delight in picking their favorites. Ib and Junichi just stood back, not really caring what they wanted to eat, only glad that their dates were so happy. Eventually, just as noon started, the four left the café, and they stood outside, deciding what their next move should be.
"Where to now?" Junichi asked.
"We can go see a movie," Ib suggested.
"What do you think, Rin?" Junichi asked his girlfriend.
"Um, if it's what you all want to do, then I'm fine with going," She gave a friendly smile, and said little else.
"Well, I'm fine with it," Mary answered, "What movie though?"
"What's even playing?" Ib asked.
"I guess we can go check it out," Junichi pointed down the sidewalk, "the theater is a few blocks away from here."
"Then let's go!" Mary cheered, taking the lead as they marched onward to the theater.
When they got there, they looked at the front of the theater, where a sign was posted showing all the movies and the times they were playing at. There were all the typical things, a romantic comedy, horror, action - the usual really. Nothing particularly popped out at any of them, and no one seemed to be willing to pick one for the entire group.
"Horror movies are fun!" Mary claimed, "And since we're on a date, we can hold onto each other when the really scary things happen!"
"I don't really like horror," Rin admitted, "Maybe a comedy?"
"A comedy sounds fine to me," Junichi agreed with his girlfriend. Whether it was due to his own preference, or he just wanted to please her, was anyone's guess, but either way, Rin seemed to approve, and gave him a grateful smile.
"What about you, Ib?"
Ib was staring at the picture of the horror movie. She had never heard of the film before, but the picture seemed to trigger something from her memory. It wasn't that there was anything specific about it that jogged her memory; it was just that the picture of a woman running down a darkened hallway, with a figure of something chasing after her looked so familiar to her. She again felt like this memory was important, yet she was annoyed that she was having it in the middle of her date with her lover, and so she tossed it aside, and looked up, "What'd you ask?"
"I was asking what movie you want to see." Mary repeated.
"Oh," Ib turned to the sign, and pointed at the picture she was just observing, "Horror movies are pretty fun. It could be interesting…" she shrugged, "I'm fine with whatever, though."
"So two votes for comedy, two for horror, huh…" Mary mumbled, "Well, this shouldn't be too hard. Rin and Junichi can go see the comedy, and Ib and I can go see the horror movie!"
"That sounds fine," Junichi agreed.
"Let's see. The next showing of ours is at twelve thirty, and the next showing of yours is at twelve forty-five." Mary smiled, "That's perfect! The comedy is a shorter movie anyway, so it's good that it'll start later!"
That being decided, the two couples ordered their tickets, and went their separate ways for now. Now by themselves, Ib and Mary stopped in the larger lobby of the theater, and Mary gave Ib a quick look, "Is there anything you want to eat while we watch it?"
"No," Ib shook her head, "I'm fine. I don't really like eating when I'm watching bloody movies anyway, it ruins my appetite."
Mary chuckled nervously, "I'm actually kinda scared already."
"What?" Ib looked towards her sister, "You're the one who voted for it!"
"You know I'm not good with horror movies!" Mary chided, "Remember when we stayed up late at night, watching that movie when mom and dad were away?"
"Oh, now that you mention it, yeah, I remember." She could CLEARLY remember it actually. She could recall how Mary had practically made her lap her new seat, and she would cover her eyes and shake whenever a tense scene would play with its slow music that would build up throughout the scene, and she could even recall how Mary would scream and bury her face in her shoulder. Then later that night Mary had come into her room and slept with her arms held tightly around Ib, since she was still frightened. Ib couldn't help but giggle at the memory, Mary wasn't good with horror at all.
"Yeah, so…" Mary faintly blushed, "Sorry in advance if I scream too loudly."
"Honestly, Mary," Ib shook her head, "If anything from the horror movies did exist, you could just step on them, since you're so tall!"
Mary chuckled, "Very funny, Ib."
The two walked into the dimly lit room where their movie would be playing soon, and Ib was astonished to see that Mary had not been lying, the girl was already shaking as the two took their seats down in the middle of the theater, and there were many other people there. Several other couples too, already cuddling up and preparing for the movie. Ib looked over to Mary, and saw that the girl was shaking, but she had a smile of anticipation on her face all the same. Ib averted her eyes towards the other couples again, and noticed that they lifted up the arm rest between their seats so they could hold each other.
"Hey, Mary." Ib whispered.
"Yeah?" Mary looked over.
"Do you…" Ib blushed, "Um…"
"Do I…?"
Ib let out a sigh, "Here." She couldn't bring herself to ask, but she could make herself act. So she lifted the armrest between herself and her lover, and blushed madly as she patted the extra room that had created.
"Really?" Mary's eyebrows both shot up, "You're ok with doing that in public?"
"It's dark in here," Ib countered, and then she looked aside, "And… well… I like you holding onto me. It makes me feel… special, knowing that you rely on me."
Mary's resulting grin was worth the embarrassment, Ib decided, and the taller girl immediately leaned into her side, kneeling down slightly so her head would rest on Ib's shoulder, and she wrapped her arm around Ib's body. Ib in return made sure to put her arm over her sister's shoulder, and she held one of her hands. She couldn't help but smile when the movie started, the theater went almost completely black, and she felt Mary's grip on her tighten as the opening began.
Two hours later, they walked out of the theater, hand in hand, Mary had a large frown on her face, and even Ib looked a bit disappointed.
"That ending was so sad!" Mary exclaimed, turning to look at Ib, "I wanted her to get away, but she ended up dying!"
"Yeah," Ib nodded, "I wish she had gotten away too."
"Why do so many horror movies have to have downer endings?" Mary grumbled as the two continued on their way back to the lobby of the theater, with several dozen people all around them, talking about the film they had just seen.
"It's just a staple of the genre." Ib explained, "People associate horror with negative emotions, and so they think that it has to be ONLY negative emotions the entire time."
"I don't like that," Mary declared, "When I direct my horror movie, I'm going to make sure that it ends on a happy note!"
"You're going to direct a movie now, are you?" Ib asked dryly.
Mary giggled, her mood improving, "No, not really."
"I agree with your sentiment though," Ib sighed, squinting her eyes at the sunlight pouring into the lobby of the theater, "Just because it's horror, doesn't mean the ending has to be sad, or a downer, or other such things." She shook her head, "Still, that movie ending wouldn't have been quite as bad if the twist at the end wasn't so cruel."
"Yeah," Mary muttered, "It's going to keep me up tonight…"
"Well…" Ib squeezed her hand, "You can just sleep with me if you want…"
Mary smiled, "You're pretty bold today!"
"Well," Ib blushed, and looked away, "We are on a date."
"We are." Mary confirmed, and Ib wished that she could just kiss her right there. She shoved away the thought, knowing that they were in a crowded theater, and there was absolutely no way she would kiss a girl in public. Though… She looked at Mary again, and she felt her heart's desire, and briefly wondered whether she should even care what others thought of her and Mary going out.
"There you guys are!" Junichi called as he and Rin walked over, both of them seem to be in a great mood, if their smiles were anything to go by.
Ib snapped out of her internal thoughts, and turned to them, "How was your movie?"
"It was hilarious," Junichi chuckled at just thinking about it.
"It was really heart-warming too," Rin smiled, "I wasn't expecting it to get so dramatic at the end."
"Me neither," Junichi turned to Mary and Ib, "How was your movie?"
"The first three fourths of it were really good," Ib claimed, "And then there's a twist near the end that just kinda ruined it for me."
"Oh?" Rin muttered, "What's the twist?"
"You learn that the person you thought was the protagonist the entire time actually stole the body of the person you thought was the antagonist." Ib explained, "If that was it, I would still dislike it, but not as much as I do now…"
"Ouch," Junichi muttered with a wince, "What could be worse than that?"
"I don't even want to remember it," Ib grumbled, "It was really sadistic and sad though, and that's all I'll say about it."
Mary nodded her head rapidly, "I completely agree!"
"What do you guys want to do now?" Junichi asked, changing the subject since they both wanted to forget about it, and he pulled out his cellphone, "It's just about three."
"Aren't you supposed to have this planned out?" Mary asked.
"Trust me, I tried to do that the first few times, but trying to time everything right is way too stressful. It's better to just go out and do what you want to do, isn't that what you and Ib do?" He asked curiously.
"Well, it's different for us." Mary declared.
"Oh?" Junichi let out, "Why's that?"
"Because we're both girls," Mary nodded her head, as if that was a good excuse.
"Right," Junichi rolled his eyes.
"I'm sorry." Ib spoke up, "My sister can say stupid things sometimes."
"Don't worry about it," Junichi waved off Ib's concerns, "So, what do you guys want to do?"
Mary gave Ib an annoyed look, but said nothing, and instead decided to cheer, "Let's go shopping!"
"Oh crap…" Ib mumbled under her breath so no one could hear. Shopping with Mary was one of the worst things she could think of doing. She loved her sister to death – as a lover and as family – but this was one of those things where she'd rather go jump off a building than do. Mary knew this however, and thankfully she only took Ib along with her every once in a while.
"It'll be fun," Mary promised, turning to Ib, "It's been over a month!"
Ib sighed. Sometimes sacrifices had to be made to keep your lover happy, and if this was what she had to do to make Mary happy, so be it, "I'll go with you, it could be fun!"
Mary's enthusiasm and cheer was always a good reward for accepting to go though, and from the corner of her eye, she could see that Junichi seemed almost as equally resigned, agreeing to go shopping with his date. Mary and Rin took hold of their date's hand, and started to drag them throughout the city, initially just window shopping, and then going into the buildings they liked the best. Junichi and Ib at least didn't get nothing out of it, and they did get to see their dates dress up in a variety of clothes…
…That was entertaining for the first half hour of it, but slowly it became draining.
"I wonder if this is a level of hell," Ib muttered to Junichi as they sat waiting in chairs in a clothing store by a dressing room. Their dates were both currently in the dressing room together, and they could faintly hear them giggling as they changed with each other.
"What was that?" Junichi snapped out of his daze, and turned to look at her.
"I said I wonder if this is a level of hell – you know, the seven levels of hell?" Ib elaborated.
"I'm sorry; I'm not too familiar with Christian beliefs." He admitted. That was right, Ib realized, Junichi's family were Buddhist. It wasn't all that surprising that his family was unaware of it.
"Ah, it's nothing important," Ib decided to say, rather than bother to explain any of it to him.
"Hey, I've gotta question for you." He stated.
"What do you want to know?"
"You're a girl, right?"
Ib turned a pointed glare towards the boy sitting beside her, "What kind of idiotic question is that?"
"Ah! I mean, of course you are! So then, why don't you like shopping or clothes and stuff like that like they do?"
"Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I have to like that stuff," Ib answered, "That would be like me asking you why you can cook, why you aren't lazy a slob, and so on."
"I'm sorry," He remarked, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly, "I guess that was a really stupid question…"
"Now don't get it in your mind that I act like this only because I happen to like girls, or anything like that, ok?" She muttered, "My sister is more than enough to disprove that theory!"
"I wasn't thinking it, honest!"
Fortunately, before Junichi could stick his foot in his mouth by saying anything potentially worse, Mary and Rin stepped out of the changing room with a new set of clothes, giving a small twirl for their dates. Like usual, Ib and Junichi told them how cute and beautiful they looked in them, which seemed to satisfy the girls, and they went back into the changing room to the clothes they had on previously. They again wandered the clothing store, picking out some cute outfits. The process went on for at least another hour, and then an interesting request came.
"How about you pick out the clothes you want to see us in," Mary told them, "We'll wait here!"
"Anything?" Junichi asked.
"Anything's fine."
"Absolutely ANYTHING we bring you, you'll wear?" Ib asked.
Mary grinned widely, "I take it you have an idea of what you want me to wear?"
"M - Maybe," Ib nodded, "I just need you to confirm that you'll wear anything…"
"Fine," Mary nodded, "I'll wear anything you want me to."
"Rin? Does the same apply for you?" Ib asked the girl.
Rin seemed to be a bit more hesitant, but she nodded, "I guess that's fine."
"Excellent." Ib grinned, and took hold on Junichi's hand, and dragged him across the store.
"Where are we going?" Junichi asked.
"Come on, you're a boy, aren't you?" She asked, practically repeating his earlier question to him. She saw his blush creeping on his face, "I – I want to see Mary in a swim suit, since I'm forced to watch them change all day!" She blushed as she said that, and her heart rate increased as her imagination went wild, but she kept her excitement at bay as she and Junichi came to the swim suit section of the store.
"I – I feel like I shouldn't be here." He admitted, averting his eyes away from the racks of swimsuits hanging on the walls.
"Come on," Ib pleaded, "I – I'm kinda nervous too…"
"Where's that bravado from earlier?" He couldn't help but crack, and Ib gave him a halfhearted glare as she turned to look at him, thought he effect was lost with how red her face was becoming.
"Just pick one." Ib mumbled.
He turned to the racks, and his face was still red, but he did start to grin, and his eyes scanned the swimsuits that he could potentially make his girlfriend wear. He finally reached up, and picked up a small two piece that was fairly modest, but showed off a decent amount of skin.
"Hm, I figured you'd get something more revealing," Ib admitted.
"I would have, trust me," He assured her, "But Rin's still only fourteen…"
"But you're only fifteen," Ib pointed out, feeling confused.
"Yeah, I am," He acknowledged, "But it just feels wrong to make her wear something too skimpy you know? She can get pretty embarrassed, and I don't want her to get mad at me."
"I see…" Ib mumbled, realizing how different it must have been to date Rin. In her own relationship, Mary almost always made every decision for the two of them, and she was definitely the one who decided on things more often. Mary was very bold, and Ib knew the girl wouldn't be too opposed to wearing something skimpy – in fact, if Ib got to see it herself, the older girl would probably relish the chance to turn Ib on…
"So what are you going to pick?"
"I don't think Mary will mind if I pick something more revealing," Ib mumbled.
Junichi chuckled, "Yeah, I kind of get that vibe from her."
"Let's see… I need to make sure they are close to Mary's measurements…" she picked out a swimsuit, and looked at the size.
"You know your girlfriend's measurements?" He asked, his face flushing yet again.
"Of course," Ib answered, smiling smugly, "That's an advantage of being a girl, I suppose, and also an advantage of doing your sister's laundry." Ok, it was more of the latter than the former. She could distinctly recall when she was doing laundry, and she blushed as she looked at her sister's underwear and checked the sizes.
"Are you ok?" He asked.
Ib realized she had started to blush from the memory, and she looked away, "Ah! It's nothing!" She quickly shook her head, and looked down at the suit she was holding. Mary was very physically mature, so she would definitely put this suit to its full potential, she decided. It would leave little to the imagination, and it would show off as much skin as it could legally get away with. Junichi's eyes couldn't look away from the suit, and he glanced up at Ib, his mouth slack.
"Y – You're seriously going to make her wear that?" He asked.
"Yeah…" She muttered, as her heart raced at the mere thought.
She led the two of them back to where the changing rooms are, and she was satisfied with the blush that immediately hit Mary's face upon seeing the swim suit that Ib wanted her to wear. Rin was blushing quite a bit too, but it was clear that she was glad that Junichi had gone quite a bit more conservative with his choice, even though it too also showed off a lot of skin.
"I don't know," Rin mumbled.
"You said you would." Ib pointed out.
"There's no way I'm stepping out of the changing room with this on," Mary declared.
"H – Hey!" Ib protested, "You said-"
"I know," Mary put a finger to her mouth, "I didn't say you couldn't come in, though."
Ib's face heated up yet again, and she slowly nodded. Rin had made a similar proposition to Junichi, and both girls walked into separate changing rooms this time, closing the door to the rooms. Ib and Junichi both sat down in their respective chairs they had been in for over an hour, and tried to control their sweat as their imaginations ran wild.
Rin poked her head through her door, and Ib could see her exposed shoulder, but nothing more. Rin was blushing furiously, but she beckoned Junichi forward, and the boy didn't wait one second, he was far too eager to see her. Ib crossed her arms, feeling annoyed that he got to go see his girlfriend before she could, and she sat there for another two minutes, just waiting. Finally, she saw the door Mary had went into open, and the girl was blushing like mad.
"I – Ib…" Mary called.
"Y – Yeah?"
"You can come in…" Mary beckoned the girl forward, and Ib, like Junichi before her, didn't wait long, her excitement getting the better of her as she went towards the changing room.
When she got inside, Ib felt like she was hit by an unseen force, and nearly staggered back at the sight she saw. There was Mary, the blue eyed girl looking very nervous, her previously tied up blonde hair was down around her shoulders, and she was wearing the swim suit that Ib had picked for her. As expected, it showed off a lot of skin, and while the white swim suit covered her chest well enough – legally enough anyway – Ib doubted any girl would want to wear it regardless. The swim suit bottom was held together by spaghetti straps at the side, while enough cloth covered from the front and back, again, to be legal. Mary had one arm crossed over her chest, holding onto her other arm, and she averted her eyes as Ib scanned her up and down.
"Well?" Mary asked.
"You look amazing," Ib replied, blushing like mad.
Mary smiled, "It's really embarrassing to wear something like this."
"We used to take baths together all the time," Ib replied.
"We still do occasionally," Mary muttered.
"Exactly, s – so there's nothing to be embarrassed about, right?" Ib asked.
Mary looked down at Ib, and she giggled, "You're really a pervert, aren't you?"
"H – Hey! You said you'd wear anything I brought!"
"I know," She nodded, taking a step forward towards Ib, "I thought you'd be too shy to make me wear something like this though."
"Y – Yeah…" Ib nodded, "My heart is beating so fast right now…"
"Mine too," Mary admitted, "Do you mind if I kiss you?"
"No," Ib shook her head, "No one can see us in here."
"Good."
Mary brought her hand up to Ib's face, and gently tipped it up, and she watched as Ib closed her eyes, accustomed to doing it like this. The taller girl leaned down, and gently kissed her sister, and then parted soon after.
"C – Can we do it again?" Ib asked.
"Sure." Mary answered, and the process repeated once more.
"H – How about…" Ib was blushing furiously, and Mary could see that red covered her entire face, even her ears were bright red, "We keep doing that? For a little while longer?"
Mary was thrilled to oblige her lover's request, and she again leaned down, and began to tenderly kiss her sister on the lips once again.
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Junichi and Rin were fortunately both as preoccupied as they were in the changing room, so they got out at roughly the same time, and continued with the date. It was nearly six thirty after all of that, so they decided to head out to dinner, and soon after that, the two couples parted way, Junichi walking Rin home, while Ib and Mary, being sisters as well as lovers, walked each other back to their own house.
"We're home!" Ib called out when she entered the house, taking her sandals off at the foyer and stepping onto the wooden floor, walking towards the kitchen. Mary took her high heels off and quietly followed behind, but the blonde hair girl's eyes were glinting with excitement, as if she knew something Ib didn't, but she amused her younger sister anyway by following her towards the kitchen. "Hello?" Ib called out once more.
They entered the kitchen, and Mary quickly ran to the kitchen table where she saw a note laying down, and she grinned as she turned around and showed it to Ib, "They're gone."
"Huh." Ib took the note, "They have dinner for us in the stove, and they won't be back until really late." She looked up to the stove top, where it claimed that the time was currently nine sharp, "I wonder how late they'll be gone for."
"Who cares?" Mary asked, "You know what this means?"
"What does this mean?" Ib turned her head towards Mary curiously.
The moment Ib turned her head however, her lips were assaulted by Mary's, the blonde hair girl had rushed towards her, and pushed both of them until they had hit the wall of the kitchen. Mary, being the taller of the two, was leaning down, relishing the taste and close contact with Ib. By the looks of things, Ib seemed to be enjoying it quite well too, since her eyes were closed, and she had wrapped her arms around Mary's body. Mary was rubbing her hands through her hair, and she caught the band Ib used to keep her hair in a ponytail, and quickly tore it off, allowing the girl's hair to cascade down her shoulders and back freely.
They parted with a trail of spit between their mouths, and Mary couldn't help but giggle, "We've never done this in the kitchen before!"
Ib's mind snapped back to reality, "Crap, you're right. We shouldn't be doing this here!"
"Oh come on," Mary rolled her eyes, "No one but us are home!"
"But what if they come home and see us doing this?" Ib asked, "How in the world could we explain to them about our relationship?"
"They're going to have to learn about it sometimes," Mary shrugged, "I'm totally fine with them knowing any time."
"They would flip out." Ib shook her head, "There's NO way we can tell them!"
Mary groaned, her body still pressed again Ib, and she eyed her smaller sister, "Would you resist me if I were to do it again?"
"Well, I -." Again Ib felt Mary lock lips with her, and again she felt her mind returning to that pleasant and well-loved hazy feeling. She closed her eyes yet again, but they shot open and she couldn't but gasp, breaking the kiss apart, and her head shot down to look at Mary's arm, that had begun to snake its way up her blouse.
"Mary!"
"What?"
"What are you doing?"
"I just want to feel all over you…"
"I don't know if we… should…" Her mind again went blank as Mary seem to just ignore her and continue kissing. The only reason she was resisting any of this at the moment was because they were in the kitchen, and she was afraid of what would happen if their parents were to suddenly walk in on this scene. Despite that, her heart was pumping in pure excitement, and it felt like her senses were beginning to heighten. The feeling of doing something that they shouldn't be doing excited her more than she wanted to admit.
"You seem to be really liking this." Mary observed as they again parted.
"C – Can we at least go lie down on the couch?" Ib mumbled, her legs were starting to shake, and it was getting harder and harder to force herself to stand up from the sensations she was feeling.
"That sounds fine." Mary grinned, and she parted away from Ib. Ib gasped for breath, and she still felt very warm, her face was completely flushed, and her legs felt like jelly. Despite that she did manage to keep in step behind Mary as they walked out in the hallway, and through the first left path from entering the house. This was the living room, where there was a couch, a large television set, and a chair gathered around the TV a fair distance away. Other than that there were a few bookshelves lining the walls, and a lamp here and there, at small tables near the chairs and couches. What made this room so much more exciting for Ib, was that there was a massive window that was where their driveway was.
"M - Maybe we should just go in my room?" Ib muttered.
"This is perfect!" Mary cheered, "Let's do this!"
Ib looked to Mary and saw how much lust was in the girl's eyes as she turned to look at her. Ib couldn't help but feel like a deer being trapped by a lion, as the lion licked its lips in hunger as it looked at her body. Ib shuddered as Mary advanced on her, and instead of pouncing her like she did in the kitchen, Mary gently pressed her body again into Ib's, and she guided them towards the couch, where they sat down and kissed like before.
Mary's hands began to trace the outline of Ib's body, started from her hips where she was wearing her jean shorts, going up and rubbing the smooth fabric of her blouse, and ending as she reached her shoulders. The sensation, much to Ib's embarrassment, caused her to moan in pleasure and giggle a few times as well, the light feathery touch was a pleasant touch, but it also tickled.
She was actually fine with this. Kissing her lover like this. She vaguely recalled a time when she had adamantly refused to accept that she was in love with Mary, and had tried to make up any justifications to prove that she wasn't. In the end however, it was actually herself who had confessed to Mary! If she hadn't have confessed them, what would her life have been like? What would she be-
"Ah! Mary…" She let out an embarrassingly loud moan as Mary had cupped Ib's chest, the girl having undone the first few buttons of her button up blouse, revealing her cleavage and bra. Ib had been so deep in her pleasurable haze that she didn't even notice what Mary was doing. "What are you doing?" Ib asked, trying to stop feeling so much pleasure and excitement merely from touch.
"You like this, don't you?" Mary asked, her grin turning absolutely feral as she rubbed her younger sister's chest, and she saw Ib twitching.
"It's a new feeling…" Ib gasped out, feeling warmer than before.
"Let's try it out!" Mary huskily called out, leaning down and kissing her sister yet again. Ib this time couldn't even focus straight, the new sensation added in with Mary's expertise with her kissing was making her mind go blank. She would continue kissing Mary, but it would be interrupted a few times by a moan here and there, and she couldn't help but gasp for breath every few seconds. This only seemed to motivate Mary even more, and she continued to try and find ways to make Ib squirm with every bit of pleasure that she could.
After that it slowly got more and more heated, Mary making sure that Ib was ok with every step of the way. Halfway through the haze of pleasure, both girls slowly taking off each other's clothes, taking their love for one another to a new level. Both girls felt new sensations that they never felt before from the touch of their lover. They expressed their love for a while longer, and eventually the two of them lay next to each other, holding one another in a loving embrace, feeling very content to just snuggle with one another.
"How are you feeling?" Mary asked.
"Good…" Ib nodded, smiling fondly at her lover, "It felt amazing..."
"What time is it?" Mary mumbled, looking around at one of the nightstands by the couch, "It's almost ten o clock. We have school tomorrow, you know."
"We do…" Ib mumbled, not sounding like she particularly cared.
Mary wished that she could just lay there and continue to hold Ib, but she knew she had to get up and that they needed to go to their rooms, especially if their parents were coming home soon. So she let out a loud unpleased groan as she stood up and away from the warmth of her lover, and stood up, pulling her underwear back on and going to fetch her bra and blouse that she had carelessly thrown on the floor.
Ib finally felt her rational mind that was vacant during the act finally return to her, and she blinked a few times and sat up. Though she was still relishing the afterglow of what she just went through, she knew Mary was right, and she pulled her panties that were down her thighs back up, and then got up to put her shorts back on as well. She decided not to bother buttoning up her blouse again, and similarly Mary had decided not to put her blouse or cardigan back on, since they would be changing pretty soon.
"We need to get our pajamas, take a shower, and then go to bed," Ib listed off, glancing over at Mary, "And before you say it, NO, we are NOT going to take a shower together."
"Aw, why not?"
"Because I want to get things done. If you're in there nothing would get finished."
"Fine…" Mary mumbled.
With that the two girls went upstairs, and took a shower after one another. Mary had heeded Ib's words knowing that it was probably true, but she didn't have to like them. It was finally at ten forty-five that they were both done taking showers and they headed to bed in their respective rooms, their parents were surprisingly still not home, not that the girls minded at all. Ib entered her room, and went to lie down on her bed, and closed her eyes to sleep for the night, but opened them when she heard a knock on her door.
"Mary?"
Mary opened the door, and stepped inside, her green pajamas visible even in the darkness, "Hey."
"What do you want?" Ib asked kindly.
"I just wanted to sleep with you, since you offered it at the movie theater earlier today," Mary answered, and walked over to the bed, "Do you mind?"
Ib did offer it so she shook her head, "No, I don't mind." She lifted her blankets up.
Mary cheered and went to lay down next to her sister who had scooted over, and she wrapped her arms around her, "You know, I love you so much."
"I love you too." Ib answered, wrapping her own arms around her, snuggling into the warmth of her sister's body heat, cuddling closer than was probably strictly necessary. Mary didn't seem to mind, and soon the two of them had fallen asleep in each other's embrace.
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Notes:
After debating about it internally for most of the day, I decided to remove the lemon from the end of this chapter. It's probably pretty obvious where it was supposed to go, and the implication of what happened are still present, as well as the aftermath, but the actual lemon was removed. This was due for a few reasons:
First of all, I'm not very confident of my erotic writing skills, and I didn't want to have some awkward IKEA sex scene. Secondly, it added absolutely NOTHING to the story. Third, it allowed me to lower the rating of the story to T, since I removed the primary reason I determined to make it rated M in the first place.
I still have the chapter with the lemon saved on my HDD, but the public version will always be the clean one. If you REALLY want to see the lemon (and my awful writing), you can always PM me, and I'll somehow get it to you. Cutting that shortened this chapter down 2,000 words too, though this is STILL the longest chapter so far without it.
Thank you all for reading!