"Are you sure you're going to be alright?" Satsuki asked while triple checking she had everything she needed.
Ryuko sighed "It's like you think I'm completely useless without you. I can look after myself for a few weeks. Now just get your ass down stairs, the car is waiting for you." She replied with a huff while walking her sister to the front door.
"I'll have my mobile with me the whole time. But just to be safe I've put a list of telephone numbers of all the places I'll be at while I'm in Europe on the Fridge. Be sure to call me if there are any problems okay." Satsuki turned to the younger girl. "I've also left an envelope with money in it on the counter, for food or emergencies."
"Oh, for crying out loud. Go. I'll be fine, you're gonna be late for your flight." Ryuko was now physically pushing Satsuki out the apartment door. "Have fun." She said as she closed the door on the older girl.
A moment later the door opened and Ryuko shouted "Wait!" She hugged Satsuki from behind and whispered in her ear "I love you. Bring me back souvenirs and junk, please. Okay bye." With that she let the older girl go and shut the door once more.
Satsuki chuckled and continued towards the lift that would take her to the lobby.
Ryuko leaned back against the door listening to Satsuki's distinctive heel click as she walked down the hall. Once she knew the older girl was gone she pulled out her phone.
"Mako, It's me. Tell the others to be here early tomorrow. We've got work to do." Ryuko said with a grin.
A few hours later and Satsuki was in the air on her private jet flying to Europe. She was accompanied by her friends Shirō Iori, who'd become Designer in Chief for the newly rebranded clothing company. Hōka Inumuta, who took on the responsibility of marketing. And her ever faithful butler Soroi.
Taking a sip of her tea she glanced at her mobile before picking it up and making a call.
"Hello?"
"Hello Mako, I hope I'm not interrupting anything?"
"Oh not at all. Aren't you supposed to be on a plane right now?"
"I am Mako. I just wanted to call and ask a favour of you." At this she looked up and watched the other occupants of the cabin. Iori was asleep, and Inumuta was on his ever present laptop with headphones plugged in.
"Of course Satsuki-sama, what can I help you with?"
Satsuki smiled to herself "First you can just call me Satsuki, Mako there's really no need for the honorific."
"Are you sure? Because it just kinda rolls right of the tongue. Satsuki-sama, Satsuki-sama. Hmm, Satsuki. Satsuki-chan?" Mako babbled to herself momentarily forgetting she was on the phone to Satsuki herself.
Satsuki just shook her head with a smile. "Mako?"
"Oh yes, sorry. What did you want me to do?"
"Can you check in on Ryuko while I'm gone? I know I shouldn't be worried about her; she is technically an adult after all. But…"
"But she's still your Imouto and you'll worry no matter what?" Mako replied with insightful wisdom.
"Yes, exactly. From what I've observed she doesn't really do well being on her own." Satsuki sighed.
"Don't you worry, I'll be sure to keep her company, she won't even notice you're gone. Wait, that doesn't sound right. What I mean is she'll not miss you- no."
Satsuki chuckled "It's alright; I understand what you're trying to say. Thank you, Mako. Anyway I should let you go, I know it's getting rather late. Oh and make sure Ryuko waters the plants. And doesn't have take-out every day."
"Will do, and make sure you don't work too hard on your holiday. Bye Satsuki-chan." With that the phone went silent before Satsuki could tell Mako she was on a business trip not a vacation.
Satsuki arrived home at the apartment two weeks later on the Sunday morning at the ungodly hour of 4am. Several hours earlier than what had been the original arrival time but they had managed to get an earlier departure time. She was pleased to see everything seemed to be as she had left it. Leaving her baggage by the front door she went straight to the bedroom she and Ryuko shared.
She wasn't surprised to find Ryuko sprawled out across the whole bed snoring softly. Neither of them could be called graceful sleepers. Satsuki had lost count the number of times she'd had to untangle herself from both Ryuko and the blankets.
She stripped off her clothes and put on a loose shirt before slipping into the bed. She rested her head on Ryuko's shoulder and wrapped her arms around her stomach. "I'm home." She whispered with a smile as her eyelids grew heavy.
Hours later Satsuki awoke to an empty bed. She sat up, wiping the sleep out of her eyes and stretched. It was rare for Ryuko to be awake before her.
"Good morning sleepy head." Ryuko came through the door holding a tray laden with food. "I made breakfast." She walked to the bed and put the tray on the bedside table.
As soon as Ryuko had released the tray she was pulled down into Satsuki's warm embrace, face firmly planted in the older girls' bosom. "Good morning Imouto." Satsuki sighed happily. She relaxed her grip allowing Ryuko to lean back and grin up at her.
"You're awfully happy today."
"I'm just happy to be home." Satsuki held Ryuko's face, eyes half lidded she captured Ryuko's lips in a chaste kiss. After a few moments she pulled away and seemingly switched back into over protective older sister mode. "Did you manage alright? I hope you didn't have junk food the whole time. Did you water the plants?"
It took Ryuko a moment to adjust to the sudden change. "As you can see I have neither died from starvation nor burnt down the apartment. Yes I watered the plants. And I have something really awesome to show you. But first, breakfast." Ryuko replied.
After breakfast in bed Satsuki showered and dressed for the day. Ryuko eagerly pulled her across the hall to her former bedroom. With a flourish she opened the door wide to allow Satsuki a better view of the room.
"Ta-da! Whatcha think?"
The large queen sized bed was still there in the middle of the room against a wall. At the foot of it however was a sofa and two large bean bags and on the opposite wall was a large television that was connected to a variety of consoles.
Satsuki raised an eyebrow "I guess it's better than a home gym but why have you set all this up in here? We have a perfectly good television and sofa in the living room."
"It's for movie or game nights. So we can entertain our friends and shit."
"How did you afford all this? I only left you 50,000¥" Satsuki asked frowning in suspicion at Ryuko's grin.
"Turns out Dad left me a pretty good inheritance, oh which reminds me." Ryuko walked out the bedroom and down to the study. Upon entering she went to a filing cabinet and removed some documents before handing them to Satsuki. "The last few months I've been going over what's left of Dads house and went through all the crap, most of the stuff has been destroyed but fortunately I was able to find the fire proof safe he kept important documents and stuff in, including his Will and surprisingly my birth certificate. You would not believe how long it took for me to figure out the combination to it."
Satsuki took the offered documents and looked through them; she glanced at the Will before turning her attention to the birth certificate.
"Father Isshin Matoi. Mother Yui Matoi?" Satsuki looked up from the paper to Ryuko in confusion.
"Yeah I was confused at first too but then I figured it would be stupid to put Ragyo's name on there if he's tryin' to hide both himself and a new born baby."
Satsuki looked back at the documents and read the kanji written "Yui, read as bind, clothing." She raised an eyebrow at that.
"Yeah Dad wasn't really the best a naming things considering he literally named me abandoned child. But hey, at least now I can get a passport." Ryuko grinned up at Satsuki.
Satsuki handed back the documents "Well make sure they're kept safe." Ryuko nodded and put them away before turning to the older girl.
"Now that that's out of the way let's get down to business." Ryuko's hands grasped Satsuki's shoulders as she looked up at the taller girl with a serious expression.
Satsuki raised an eyebrow.
"Did you get me presents?"
50,000¥ = about $500