Yumi's body felt as if electricity had been shot from the very core of her body. At first, she felt as if those warm arms could possibly be a dream from her own desires.
"Now, you remember to treat Sachiko the best you possibly can. I know you need her just as much as she needs you. But ask yourself, is having her in this way enough at this point? Just keep that in mind, Yumi."
The words of Satou Sei rang in Yumi's mind, making her tremble slightly with nervousness. Even now, the cryptic meaning of the end of her words sent a tingling feeling up her spine.
"Yumi." This time the voice rang consistently clear.
(I am not dreaming... this voice is...)
Slowly, Yumi finally turned her head in the embrace to see, even though she already knew who embraced her. The question was just as Sei had perceived already- the way Sachiko was at this moment appeared to be an inexplicable something more to Yumi.
"Onee-sama..." Yumi felt as if she could drown in her older sister's cool and clear gaze.
"Thank goodness, Yumi. I am glad that you finally answered me." Sachiko began, while patting Yumi's head slightly.
"Onee-sama... your clothes will get dirty sitting on the ground..." Yumi smiled as she said this. She was extremely pleased to have her most important person right near her in truth.
"But your skirt surely must be dirty then already." Sachiko giggled slightly, and Yumi joined her.
In Sachiko's mind, she thought the scene was almost fitting to the situation she herself had experienced during the festival of her second year. Only it was the smaller girl holding her rather than the opposite occurring now. Her heart began to pound, her resolution became stronger. Throughout the play, Sachiko had come to a very stunning revelation of her own. Satou Sei's words unraveled themselves like a tangled ball of yarn.
"I'm sorry, Sachiko-sama." Yumi finally managed some words, but then trembled as she realized she had used Sachiko's name rather than her title that Sachiko spent a good portion of her time attempting to have Yumi call her by.
"Oh, Yumi." Sachiko's grip on Yumi tightened considerably, and she inhaled Yumi's scent slightly. Like the sweet scent of sugar cookies just coming from the oven, and twice as sweet. The entire feel of the aroma made Sachiko shiver from a feeling she could not name. She closed her eyes, and leaned her head on Yumi... although Yumi's troubles remained unknown to her she believed it was best to just provide support at this point.
"T-Thank you, Onee-sama." Yumi's words tumbled from her mouth. "I am sorry to be such a burden. I always have been for you... r-right? I mean... right now you could be at home already..." Yumi guiltily shifted her eyes from Sachiko's sapphire ones to the ground. She idly grasped at a few misted blades of grass, and sighed.
"Yumi. I could not leave without seeing you. You are a very important person to me; moreover, is it not the job of an Onee-sama to keep a watchful eye over her little sister?" Sachiko smiled a bit at her words. She felt truly glad she could be so direct with Yumi without fear. The needs of Yumi overwhelmed her usual sense of behavior.
The words poured into the younger girl's soul, and it almost seemed as if it were too much. She thought that perhaps she would burst from happiness from those simple words. Even so, the tears finally came from Yumi's eyes once again, and she emitted a few audible sobs.
"Oh, Yumi." Sachiko caressed her younger sister's back with affection. "Do not cry, or else I will too." Sachiko shyly admitted that.
"It- it's just that." Yumi wiped her eyes with the back of her uniform sleeve. Not very ladylike, but her base needs overwhelmed her training. "Time passes by so quickly... and... come next year, everything will be different."
"Yumi... change is not always bad. Sure, you will not be attending high school anymore, but this does not mean Yumi has to change entirely. In your new surroundings, you can surely make a new situation and area precious." Sachiko gently spilled the words from her lips. In her mind, she felt a deep guilt. With all her heart, Sachiko earnestly wished Yumi would attend Lillian University. Yumi could compose herself in a new environment; however, Sachiko felt she might tear apart if away from Yumi for such a time. Thinking about her wishes, Sachiko realized it was even more imperative to tell Yumi everything, and leave no stone unturned. The worst that could happen would be that Yumi could say no, or become fearful of her. Even so, the words brimmed to the outer shell of Sachiko as her heart began to race.
"Onee-sama... thank you." Yumi turned over in Sachiko's embrace, and nuzzled her head on Sachiko's bosom while clutching to Sachiko as if she were her only hope. "I love you, Sachiko-sama." Yumi realized she had neglected to use "Onee-sama" again, but somehow it slid by her without and self reprimanding.
Sachiko shivered at the tender words from the younger girl as well as the tender feeling of Yumi's head on her breast. Her heart raced, and she hoped Yumi would not feel leery if she heard how much she made her Onee-sama's heart race. It had to be now.
"Yumi." Sachiko lowered her arms to fit Yumi's form, and it felt as if it were a perfect fit. "I love you. I have for a very long time, you know?" Sachiko felt the fear dissipate from her entire body, it felt wonderful to confess.
"Onee-sama..." Yumi started, but Sachiko put her finger to her lips, and silenced her.
Yumi, however, felt a stirring within her from the contact of Sachiko's finger on a sensitive area. She stifled a small moan that involuntarily escaped her, and prayed Sachiko would not hear it. The touch had delivered Yumi her own discovery.
"Now, you remember to treat Sachiko the best you possibly can. I know you need her just as much as she needs you. But ask yourself, is having her in this way enough at this point? Just keep that in mind, Yumi."
("Is having her in this way enough at this point?" No, it isn't. I want more... I want be everything to Onee-sama, just as she is to me. I want to hold Onee-sama, and... k- kiss her.)
After Sachiko removed her finger from Yumi's lips, Yumi only stared at Sachiko and blushed wildly. She decided she would let Sachiko reveal herself completely before interrupting such wonderful words. Waiting also provided time for Yumi to form her words coherently rather than scaring away Sachiko with her true feelings. The worst scenario would be Sachiko being uncomfortable around Yumi from this point on, and to Yumi that would be worse than death.
Sachiko took a deep breath, and then continued. "Yumi, you have always have supported me through my issues. I told you information my own Onee-sama did not know about my arranged marriage incident, how I struggled through my younger years at Lillian, helping me with traveling to Hanadera, and now this conversation even." Sachiko's eyes glimmered in the moonlight.
Yumi shifted in Sachiko's embrace, and snuggled closer. If the end of the world were to come at this very point in time, she would be content. She closed her eyes as she felt Sachiko breath in the night air.
"Not only do you support me, Yumi. You treated me wonderfully... rather, you still do treat me tremendously well. You handmade me chocolates, you helped me to understand everyday things to an extent I never would have without you, and you always do small things I treasure so very much." Sachiko gazed into the bonfire in the distance.
The girls that had been folk dancing now were preparing to leave, and the bonfire was extinguished in the dark of the night. The moonlight crept out from behind the clouds, and a faint light radiated upon both Yumi and Sachiko. Yumi's hair sparkled like gold from the moonlight, and the beauty of it made Sachiko involuntarily stroke Yumi's soft hair. Yumi shivered from the touch, it was like pure ecstasy.
"Yumi, you also have continued to both support and treat me well even when I have been stubborn, or made assumptions. You offered apologies over incidents I should have been the only one sorry for, and though we have had misunderstandings it is unavoidable. These things happen in a relationship, I believe... we do not possess the dynamics of any other sort of relationship of anyone else in the world, however. This means a lot to me..." Sachiko took a deep breath before continuing.
Yumi closed her eyes with even more glee. The whole situation felt as if it were a dream, and she was starting to believe she had truly fallen asleep earlier.
"You are a wonderful girl, Yumi. And you do not even know it... you performed your role at the play with an excellent sense. You work hard at school, and for me." Sachiko smiled widely.
"You gave me courage even when I had none. Because of you, I could break the arranged wedding with Suguru. I then decided to go to Lillan University for more than one reason. Yumi... the truth of it is... I need you. I always have, and I always will." A small tear escaped Sachiko's eye, and lightly trickled onto Yumi.
Yumi's eyes shot open at the moisture, and it was then she knew it was no dream. Her brown eyes met the fearful gaze of two crystal blue eyes and a small frown. Sachiko's lip trembled slightly, and she could only stare at Yumi.
"O-Onee-sama." Yumi sputtered, and placed her hand on Sachiko's cheek gently. She wiped away a few small tear streaks with her index finger, and simply cupped Sachiko's cheek.
Meanwhile, Sachiko reprimanded herself. She had not said the ultimate end line of what she felt she needed to say yet, and let herself drown in Yumi. Yumi shifted slightly, and took a deep breath before flashing Sachiko a trademark smile only Yumi could possess. Sachiko's stomach tingled with anticipation.
"Onee-sama... I- I have to tell you something, too." Yumi started off. The end of this night would change the face of the rest of Yumi's life- for better or worse.
Sachiko visibly grimaced, expecting the worse after her own speech.
"Honestly... I admired you for such a long time, Onee-sama. You were beautiful playing the organ. I was a devoted fan of yours, and did not even have the courage to give you even a greeting. Before you tied my scarf... I had a small picture of you from the sports festival that previous year in which you were the size of a pencil eraser. Tsutako-san... the reason we went to the Rose Mansion that day was because she bribed me with the picture to make sure I would ask you to confirm the photograph was okay to be used in the festival. It's kind of embarrassing to say all of this now..." Yumi's face twisted slightly, and a familiar pink swept her face while turning away from Sachiko for a moment.
"Yumi. Please go on..." Sachiko pleaded to Yumi, and felt joyous.
"When I rejected you the first time to be your petite soeur... it wasn't meant to insult you. I did not feel worthy of you, and I was scared I would ultimately upset you. I was only your fan, and I thought if you knew the true me, you would disapprove and dissolve the bond anyways..." Yumi grimaced slightly while remembering the pain she had caused Sachiko.
"Yumi, it's okay. I understand." Sachiko stroked Yumi's shoulder, and then gripped it.
"Over time, I felt like after I accepted your rosary I did a terrible job as a petite soeur. I always wanted to help you, and you would claim to be perfectly fine without me helping... and that was one of the worst feelings I had ever experienced at first. But, once Youko-sama told me it was the older sister's job to help, and the younger sister is there just to support the elder sister. It all made sense. I decided then to devote myself to your support entirely."
"I'm sorry, Yumi." Sachiko sputtered. "I never meant to cause you pain, but I can be so blind sometimes... I..."
This time, Yumi put her finger to Sachiko's lips. Sachiko crossed her eyes, stared down, and shock overwhelmed her. After Yumi removed the finger, she gasped slightly. The contact had brought a shock to her system.
"And last year, when you told me you would be my older sister for long after our years at this school ended... I felt ecstatic. I couldn't place why I felt so happy exactly, but it's been building up for a long time, Sachiko-sama, no, Onee-sama... rather... Sachiko. Now I know." Yumi flushed red at using her older sister's name with no honorific.
Sachiko's eyes widened in shock at Yumi's bravery. She felt the pure emotion that emanated from Yumi, and swallowed hard.
"I love you. We have said that before, but what I mean to say is, well..." Yumi shied away from continuing, and decided to show Sachiko. She interlaced their fingers together and stared at Sachiko with nothing but the purest of emotion in her eyes. Sachiko recognized the look in Yumi's eyes- she was lost in love.
(As I thought, it's too much... I can't take the risk of never having Onee-sama look at me the same again...)
"Onee-sama... I, I should go maybe... I-" Yumi was interrupted by a familiar finger.
Instead of simply leaving the finger on her lips, Sachiko pushed lightly as her finger made contact with Yumi's tongue. The experience sent chills down her spine, and made her body fill with happiness and desire.
Yumi's eyes flew open, and she backed away slightly. She crawled out from her Onee-sama's embrace with an embarrassed look on her face.
(Oh, now I've done it! Onee-sama made a mistake and I took advantage of her!)
"I'm, I'm sorry Onee-sama! It won't happen again!" Yumi fell back on the ground, and closed her eyes. Her entire being shined largely in the moonlight.
Sachiko remained silent, and crept over to Yumi. She crawled over her form, and now, Sachiko's breasts resided directly in Yumi's face. Yumi flushed a bright red, and felt a stirring of desire shake her very soul. She gasped slightly, and parted her lips unconsciously.
Sachiko's scent pervaded every part of Yumi's being as she lowered herself closer and closer to Yumi. Yumi felt the dark-haired girl's strands of hair brush her face at first, and then there it was- the feeling of her most treasured person's moist lips touching her own. Sachiko pressed her lips to Yumi's with an absolute passion. Every part of Yumi's body burned with a familiar tingling. Sachiko caressed Yumi's face with an open palm. Even so, Yumi had not yet returned the kiss whatsoever. Yumi scrambled out from underneath her Onee-sama a second time, and sat pensively. Sachiko also rose and sat near Yumi.
"Yumi... I am sorry." Sachiko talked as if she had committed a crime to Yumi. "I..."
"Sachiko-sama..." Yumi said the name with complete calm, and dove onto Sachiko knocking the two to the ground.
(I can't be scared anymore.)
She wrapped her arms around Sachiko, and her hair was in a bit of a disarray from the awkward dance the two were seeming to perform. After the play, Yumi had let down her hair and thrown it into two pig tails. One was now completely undone, the ribbon in the grass somewhere. The other was beginning to loosen. Yumi lost herself, and eagerly kissed Sachiko's cheek tenderly.
Sachiko moaned involuntarily, and then in the heat of the moment decided her next course of action. She removed Yumi's other ribbon, and ran her fingers through the chestnut hair that sparkled in the moonlight. The older girl brought Yumi's face to her own, and placed her lips upon Yumi's while fully enjoying the taste of the younger girl. Yumi finally responded to this kiss, and her heart soared. It seemed like an eternity before the two parted for air.
The two simply laid together under the stars after the kiss, and looked to the sky. Yumi of course, the ever embarrassed, spoke first.
"I... I'm sorry, Onee-sama." She blushed feverishly in the darkness.
"Oh, hush Yumi." Sachiko answered in an icy tone. Had this sort of statement occurred during Yumi's first year, it may have not been surprising, but hearing Sachiko say such things this late in the game was truly rare and unexpected.
Yumi flinched at the words, but then also remembered why she loved Ogasawara Sachiko. Not because she was kind, smart, cold, or mean- but because she was her Sachiko that seemed pristine no matter which way she chose to act. The chilly words took Yumi back to her bumbling moments as a first year, and she giggled aloud.
"You apologize, and now you laugh?" Sachiko questioned casually. A small smile played upon her mouth.
"Can I ask one question, Onee-sama?" Yumi played with her uniform tie subconsciously. "Why do you love me, out of anyone else? Surely, there's more spectacular people out there than me." Yumi closed her eyes tightly.
"Yumi, you are precious to me. You're like my own personal straw spun into gold, and your heart shines only for me. And that is all I need." Sachiko blushed while she imparted these words unto Yumi, and then sat up slowly.
"Onee-sama..." A smile crept over Yumi. She felt her heart could burst with joy.
"Yumi... it is late is it not? I will drive you home." Sachiko stood up, and brushed off her clothing from the tussling that went on before. She offered her hand out to Yumi, and pulled her up. When Yumi stood on two feet, Sachiko embraced her closely. "It's cold, you know?" Sachiko looked away from Yumi, and a pink tone covered her cheeks.
"Onee-sama, I love you so much." Yumi also deepened the embrace timidly.
The two girls walked Lillian's paths under cover of the moonlight as it enveloped them both.
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A/N: It's done, it's done! I hope the ending was satisfactory. I don't think this sort of thing will ever happen in the novels(or rather, I kind of know), but that's what fanfiction is for, right? I tried to keep those two in character for the most part, but it can be so hard to imagine a situation like this with these two. If it does happen, I predict much dancing around the topic before the two get anywhere.
As for myself, I don't know when or if I'd ever write fanfiction again. If I feel it, I write it. Isn't that proactive?
I hope you enjoyed the fanfiction as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Dear other authors, KEEP THE YUMI/SACHIKO COMING!!
