And hey, what do you know. It's the same day and I finished this one, too. Chapter four below; chapter five in a Word document somewhere on my hard drive.

Big Brother, Little Sister – Chapter Four

"It was just before high school started for me. The summer vacation for my year in 8th grade. He took me with him to a hotel near the beach and we stayed there right up until the very day school started. It was only one room for the two of us, and while it was pretty big, there was still only so much space. We'd often see each other half naked when we were getting ready to go to places or to go to bed. Neither of us were embarrassed, though. We were brother and sister, after all.

I'll admit that I did feel lust then, but only then. And I didn't try to act on it or write anything like I do now. The most I ever did was think of him while… Uh… Well, while I…"

"…Yes…?"

"Erm… While I masturbated. He would sometimes go to the store, and it gave me some free time to…"

"Ah. Well, if it makes you feel any better, I masturbate, too."

"Can I continue? Thank you… Ahem…

The day I fell in true love with him was one of the days- actually, the last day- that we went to the beach. I was in a yellow two-piece and he just wore some trunks. It was all pretty normal, and there was nothing unusual about the day yet. He set up a towel and umbrella, and I went down to swim a bit in the water. I can't remember everything about what happened after that, but…"

"…"

"…They told me later that I could have died that day. I remember getting stuck on… something and screaming out for help as I started choking on water. I guess I fell unconscious then, because the next thing I remember is being given CPR by… Well, you can probably guess. When I looked up at him, he had such a fear in his eyes… Fear for me… But I still felt happy to see him. I felt sad at the same time, too, though; sad that he was afraid for me… Because of something I did…"

"…Rin…"

"…I fell unconscious again after that, and woke up in a hospital bed about a mile and a half away from where it happened. Someone had called an ambulance, thankfully. I spent the night there and when I woke up the next morning, Kaito- who had stayed with me the entire time I was asleep- drove me back to the hotel. We stayed another week, but we didn't go back to the beach again."

The wind softly blew the branches of the trees around the two of them as Rin paused in her story.

Rin sighed softly before continuing. "…The night we got back in the hotel- maybe even the night I was in the hospital- I dreamt about him. Putting me before everything else he had around him, saving me from God knows what… I had dreams like that for weeks afterwards, every couple of days… Most of the stories online are inspired from the ones I remember, actually. It was clear, then, that this wasn't the lust it had started as. It was love, deep, pure, and true.

Incest or not, I love Kaito. I don't care about society's standards and expectations… I'm in love with my big brother. And that's that."

There was a silence after that, and neither Luka nor Rin said anything to break it for a full two minutes.

Then, Luka said to her, "…Alright, then. I believe you."

Rin, who had turned around during the silence, looked up at her and said, "Really?"

Luka nodded. "Yes. I know what it's like, too, to be in love with someone when society doesn't want you to…" She paused. "You're story… Rin… I never even knew that you had…" She sighed. "I'm sorry for doubting you."

Rin smiled. "It's okay."

"I think now, also, that I want to help you out."

Rin looked puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Now Luka smiled. "I'm thinking that I'm going to help push you a bit closer to Kaito, Rin, as a thank you for coming out all this way to see me."

"You… You're going to help me be with Kaito?"

"Yup," Luka said with a wink. "And don't worry; I've got a few tricks up my sleeve that are sure to make Kaito swooning for you in no time."

But Rin protested, "No, no, no, Luka, that's really not necessary, I-"

"Nope. I've decided. I'm going to get you on a real-life date with Kaito if it's the last thing I do. I'm going to make those fantasies you write come true for you, trust me."

"B-But…"

"No buts, Rin. The love that you have for your brother… I can tell, now, even if I hadn't heard your story, just by looking in your eyes that it's real. Realer than most teenage love, these days, that's for sure."

"A-Alright, then… But how are you going to-?"

"Like I said, Rin- Don't worry about it. I'll take care of everything, all in due time, you rest easy."

"Well… If you say so…" Rin didn't really have any way of stopping it, now. She had learned from experience her freshmen year; when Megurine Luka sets her mind on something, there's almost no chance of changing it, no matter how hard you try.

"Good, then we're in agreement." She flashed a look at her watch. "Oh my, look at that. It's already 8:00. You should probably get going, Rin; it's a fairly long walk back to the apartments."

"Yeah… Uh, sure thing." She turned around, but hesitated. "Um, Luka? Can I ask you a question?"

"Certainly, go ahead."

"Well… I know you're a lesbian, and probably don't get treated the same just because of that, but… Well, earlier you said you knew what it was like to love someone and not be accepted. Who did you mean, specifically?"

"Oh, well…" Luka hesitated herself, now. "If you must know, it's Miki."

"Miki? But I thought you said you weren't dating."

"We aren't, that's the problem."

"Oh… I see…"

"But you don't need to worry about that, Rin. Just head home and get a good night's rest. We can talk more tomorrow, okay?"

Rin nodded. "Okay."

"Good. Oh, and you might not want to tell your brother you came here tonight. Or anyone else, for that matter."

"Yeah…"

"And I'd appreciate it personally if you didn't spread any rumors amongst other children at school about me being a lesbian. Because I think we all know that's just not true." She smiled and tossed her hair back as it flowed in front of her eyes again.

"Heh, heh… Don't worry. You're secret's safe with me."

"And yours with me."

Rin went back inside the Freedom Dance and headed for the entrance. After she went through, she headed back home, arriving in the apartment just fifteen minutes before Kaito did and fell into a deep sleep. Coincidentally, she dreamed about her older brother.