Disclaimer: I do not own Maria-sama ga Miteru and its characters. Credits to Konno Oyuki-sensei.
Chapter 11:
Soeur Stories (Part 2): Life with Sachiko-sama
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Yumi was on cloud nine when the reality that she was now Sachiko-sama's petite soeur finally sunk in. It was an amazing feeling, to be the only person at school to be able to call her 'onee-sama', and to be considered as an important person by her most beloved senior.
But Yumi also knew that in exchange, she would have to give up her once peaceful life at school. Sachiko-sama was a member of the Yamayurikai. And not only that, she was considered as the Star of Lillian, and probably the most adored student at school. So surely, she would not be able to avoid being in the spotlight.
And true enough, a one-page special edition was soon released by the Lillian Newspaper and it contained only one piece of news, that Ogasawara Sachiko-sama took in an unknown first year named 'Fukuzawa Yumi-san' for her petite soeur.
There were mixed reactions from the student body. Her classmates of course were shocked, because they had never seen her with Sachiko-sama even once. But they congratulated her nonetheless. Her closest friends in class pushed her for details, and that in the end, she wasn't able to keep the secret that she was living in the manor with the student council officers. No one told her to keep it a secret anyway, it was just her timidity of being grouped with those wonderful people that made her decide to not say anything about her living arrangements. And the moment they found out about it, no one seemed to question why she was Sachiko-sama's soeur any longer. Because it was as if it was a given, that anyone living in the manor was bound to be a member of the Yamayurikai. And for that, Yumi was grateful.
Adjusting to being a Yamayurikai member was somewhat easier. All of the other officers were kind enough to teach her, only Sachiko-sama remained to be strict whenever she made mistakes. But it wasn't really an issue for her, because she had learned to love everything about her onee-sama. However there was one particular incident that took quite some time for her to figure out and learn how to deal with. Her seniors' even (indirectly) helped her in handling her stubborn onee-sama.
It all started one Tuesday afternoon, a month after they became soeurs. She was watching the television with Sei-sama when her senior unexpectedly invited her to play a game.
"Say Yumi-chan, would you like to play tag?"
Yumi was so engrossed in what she was watching, so with her eyes still glued to the TV, she answered, "No."
"If not tag, then what game would you like to play?"
"I don't want to play, Sei-sama. Let's just watch TV. This show is interesting." She continued to answer disinterestedly.
"I don't think you have much of a choice." And at that moment, her senior started tickling her side. Yumi squirmed, laughed, and begged for her senior to stop. She fell off of the couch and on to the floor, but still, her senior did not release her.
"S-Sei-sama, please…" Yumi begged again.
"Okay, I will give you a break." And the assaulting hands stopped.
Yumi pulled herself up, "geez, what are we, kindergarteners?"
But her senior pretended not to hear her, "That was just a warm-up. I'm giving you a chance to run now, Yumi-chan." Sei-sama said with a smirk.
"What?"
And not a second later, Sei-sama smirked mischievously and wiggled her fingers threatening at her.
And so Yumi ran, away from her threatening senior. However, she was immediately caught and the tickling began again. It only stopped minutes later when Sachiko-sama arrived in the room, looking very much surprised to find Yumi sprawled on the floor, sweaty, heaving and very flustered. Meanwhile, Sei-sama was on top of her, with both her knees on either side of Yumi and with both her hands tickling her middle.
"What do you think you're doing, Sei-sama?"
"Oh, Sachiko. I was just playing a fun game with Yumi-chan."
"Yumi doesn't seem to be enjoying the game." Sachiko huffed in annoyance.
"Onee-sama, help!" Yumi pleaded.
"Please stop this childish game of yours, Sei-sama." Sachiko-sama placed her hands on her hips and took an intimidating position.
"Okay, I had enough fun anyway."
Sei-sama conceded much too easily than Yumi had expected.
"Do you need something from me or Yumi-chan?" Sei-sama asked. But based on the look on their senior's face, she didn't look the least bit surprised at Sachiko-sama's arrival.
"Onee-sama asked me to get Yumi."
"I see."
Their senior then stood up and extended her hand to help Yumi up as well. But Yumi did not take the offered hand and chose to stand up on her own.
"Aww, is Yumi-chan angry?"
"Yes I am." Yumi pouted.
Sei-sama then leaned forward and whispered into Yumi's ear, "I readied you for Sachiko."
Yumi didn't understand what Sei-sama meant, but for some reason, she found her onee-sama's behaviour even more perplexing.
Sei-sama left and closed the door behind her, leaving Yumi with her onee-sama behind.
"Thank you for saving me, onee-sama." Yumi started.
But to her surprise, Sachiko-sama took a step back, bit her lower lip, averted her gaze and swallowed hard, before she then turned away from her.
"I'm going to take a cold shower" Sachiko-sama whispered more to herself than for Yumi to hear.
Then with a louder voice she said, "Onee-sama is in her room, she needs something from you." And with that, Sachiko-sama left. Leaving Yumi utterly confused.
…
The next day, Yumi was out on the track field, running with her classmates during their physical educations class. At a distance, she spotted her onee-sama. She was also wearing her PE uniform, and together with another classmate, they were carrying volleyballs.
Sachiko-sama looked her way and she waved. And despite the distance, Yumi could clearly see her onee-sama did it again. She bit her lip, quickly averted her gaze and…
Did onee-sama just blush?
They had been soeurs for more than a month and Yumi was starting to get to know her onee-sama's habits and behaviour better. But this reaction was something she hadn't seen before. So she told herself that she would speak with her onee-sama during their lunch break, just to know if there was something bothering her.
But to her surprise, it had been Sachiko-sama who went to see her first. The bell signalling the end of the classes had not rung yet when Sachiko-sama, still in her PE uniform, approached Yumi on the track field. At that time, she was sitting on the side with her classmates trying to catch her breath. She had just finished her turn for the 100 meter dash and their teacher was busy timing her other classmates run, so the other students were allowed to rest or roam around the field.
"Yumi, do you have a minute?" Sachiko-sama asked.
Her two friends that were with her greeted her onee-sama with a 'gokigenyou' before deciding to stand up and give them some space. But Sachiko-sama immediately stopped them and asked Yumi to come with her instead.
This got Yumi curious because classes weren't over yet, and if she went with her onee-sama, then she would technically be skipping class. But in response to her dilemma, the bell suddenly rang. It seemed her onee-sama's timing had been perfect.
"Now, can you come with me please, Yumi?" Sachiko-sama asked again, but this time, with a hint of urgency.
She wanted to ask if she could at least change back to her uniform, but with her onee-sama's quick hurried steps, Yumi knew that she should not.
They walked in silence until they reached the rose mansion. Sachiko-sama went inside, but instead of heading for the stairs, she walked towards the first floor storage room, opened the door and held it for Yumi. She gave her onee-sama an inquisitive look but all she got was a silent order to come inside and not to ask any questions. And so she obliged. Sachiko-sama entered after her and closed the door behind her.
Yumi was thinking what she had done wrong this time. Surely, her onee-sama had called her to scold her either for a Yamayurikai work she had not completed satisfactorily, a task she totally forgot to do or because she had unknowingly exhibited her inattentiveness again. Either way, the only reason Yumi could think of was that she did something wrong.
But was her sin this grave for Sachiko-sama to scold her in a place where surely no one would interrupt or see them?
But still, if she was in the wrong, no matter if she didn't even know what it was yet, it was better to start with an apology.
"I'm sorry, onee-sama."
"What are you apologizing for?"
Despite the dimness of the room, she could still make out her onee-sama's troubled (not angry or irritated) face.
"Am I that cruel of an onee-sama for you to only consider that I brought you here to scold you?"
"No. I'm sorry."
"I should be the one feeling bad because of how cruel you are." Sachiko-sama said in a low unsure voice.
"I would never…W-what do you mean, onee-sama?"
"I-" the older student's voice faltered and it was making Yumi more and more curious as to what's causing this behaviour from her onee-sama's.
"It's been a month since we became soeurs." Sachiko-sama began.
Are monthsaries supposed to be celebrated among soeurs? Yumi mused.
"And a month since I…" her onee-sama swallowed hard before continuing in a smaller voice, "…fed from you."
It took a few seconds before it clicked into Yumi's mind.
Ah
"And with how you were yesterday, and even today, I think it was just so cruel of you to tempt me like that."
What?
Oh!
With those hints, even a scatterbrain like Yumi finally understood what her onee-sama's dilemma was. And her conversation with Youko-sama yesterday made it easier for her to realize this.
…
"Yumi-chan, has Sachiko fed from you yet since you became soeurs?"
The topic of feeding was something that made Yumi flustered.
"Not yet." She shyly answered.
"Then I will ask a favour from you, Yumi-chan. Despite Sachiko's confident and strong personality, she is very timid and stubborn when it came to requesting for blood. Also, she was so used to getting everything she wanted without asking. So even in our two years of being soeurs, I was always the first one to initiate and offer it to her. I've spoiled her far too much."
Youko-sama sighed.
"But you can help her overcome it."
"How?"
"No matter how much she hints at it that she's thirsty, which I think she will not do anyway, please don't offer your blood to her. Instead, let her admit that she needs your blood. Let her ask for it. Can you do that, Yumi-chan?"
Yumi was quiet for a moment.
"For Sachiko?"
Yumi met her senior's gaze and finally agreed, "Yes, Youko-sama."
…
Yesterday, Sachiko-sama saw her after Sei-sama had tickled her so much and today, she saw her while she was running in the track field. In both instances, her heart rate was high, her skin was warm and most importantly, blood was pulsing so strongly in her veins and so close to her skin.
At this realization, Yumi couldn't help but think that both Sei-sama's actions and Youko-sama's words were not coincidental.
So Yumi, true to her promise to Youko-sama, chose to feign innocence and stopped herself from offering her blood. Instead, she just chose to apologize.
For Sachiko-sama…
"I'm sorry, onee-sama. It wasn't my intention."
"Then…"
Yumi was stopping herself from smiling at the obvious hesitance and difficulty of Sachiko-sama in saying those words.
"Can I…"
You can do it onee-sama.
"I mean…would it be okay if I…"
Yumi bit her lip, preventing the strong upward tug on her lips.
"…can I drink from you please?"
And finally, Yumi allowed herself to smile, "Yes of course, onee-sama."
Her onee-sama beamed, looking clearly relieved.
Mission accomplished, Youko-sama!
"Then I guess we should go home early today, onee-sama." she continued to say.
"What do you mean?"
"So you can feed as soon as possible."
Sachiko-sama's smile faltered and her uncomfortable expression returned. "I was actually thinking of having it…now."
Yumi was dumbfounded. With the way Sachiko-sama scolded her for allowing Shimako-san to taste her blood on school grounds, she never expected this from her onee-sama. And not only that, Youko-sama also scolded Shimako-san during dinner that time. So Yumi thought that it was an unwritten rule that feeding should not be done at school. And Sachiko-sama was not the type would deliberately disobey rules.
Yumi sighed. If only her onee-sama was not this stubborn and just succumbed to her hunger last night, then it wouldn't have come to this.
"I'm sorry for misunderstanding, onee-sama." Yumi finally said. She then angled her head to the side, "Please go ahead."
Yumi was still uncomfortable to do something like this, especially while at school, but her onee-sama needed her…her blood.
Yumi already had her eyes closed, so she didn't see as Sachiko-sama swallowed hard before allowing her incisors to elongate to its full length. She then held Yumi by the shoulders, turned her around and pulled her close so Yumi's back was resting against the older woman's chest.
"It is better if I hold you like this..." Sachiko-sama whispered.
Yumi blushed when she felt the older woman's abundant chest on her back. And as if that wasn't enough to make Yumi flustered, her onee-sama's left arm snaked around her middle, while her right hand crawled across her chest and settled on her left shoulder.
"…in case your knees give away." Her Onee-sama added.
Sachiko-sama then pulled her even closer.
Warmth spread to Yumi's cheeks and neck upon realizing how intimate their position was.
"But I promise I won't drink too much. Just a few mouthfuls." Sachiko-sama whispered in her ear.
Yumi shyly brought her hands up and held on to her onee-sama's arms. And it was not too long after when she felt Sachiko-sama's warm breath against her skin, followed by an elating sensation as the older woman licked and gently nipped the sensitive part of her neck. Sachiko-sama hadn't even bitten her yet, but her knees were already trembling as a warm feeling shot through her insides in anticipation.
"Brace yourself, Yumi" Sachiko-sama warned.
And not a second later, she sank her fangs into her neck.
Despite the warning, Yumi still gasped in surprise. She felt a sharp piercing pain for a moment, which immediately subsided and was quickly replaced by a warm numbing sensation. Yumi's tense shoulders sagged, her body slowly relaxed and she comfortably leaned back against her onee-sama's warm body, feeling the older woman's chest rise and fall with every breath. She could hear her onee-sama's seductive moan with each strong and steady intake of her blood. Yumi felt like she was being drugged as she slipped into a daze, marvelling at the inexplicable sensation not only on her neck, but all over her body.
She didn't know how many seconds or minutes had passed. And to say that Yumi was enjoying being like this with her onee-sama would be an understatement.
However, against her wishes and desires, the wonderful feeling quickly stopped. She then felt another piercing pain as her onee-sama withdrew her fangs, not forgetting to lick and gently suck at her open wounds one last time, before pulling away from her neck.
Sachiko-sama exhaled audibly.
"Are you okay, Yumi?" came her onee-sama's voice from behind her.
This shook Yumi out of her daze and immediately answered, "Yes", feeling like she needed to reassure her sister that she was fine.
But as soon as the words escaped her lips, the tiredness and nausea set it, and her knees finally gave away. Thankfully, Sachiko-sama was there to catch her. But unlike the last time, she did not pass out.
They stayed in that position for a while, with Sachiko-sama supporting her weight. And at one point, her onee-sama even rested her head against Yumi's hair.
"I guess I need a little more control on my feeding. I think I drank too fast. Or probably, I drew too hard." The older woman said in a contemplative voice, before continuing to say "I cannot have you fainting whenever I feed from you, Yumi."
"I just need to drink more cranberry juice and regularly take vitamins." Yumi answered, enjoying the comfort of her sister's embrace.
"Yes, that too." Sachiko-sama replied with a smile.
She remained in her onee-sama's arms until she started feeling a little better. She then tried to stand on her own two feet, and when she was sure that her knees would not buckle, she gently pulled away from the older woman's embrace.
"I think I'm okay now, onee-sama." she whispered.
They walked back to their own respective classrooms soon after. But since Yumi was still somewhat dizzy, she only remembered to change back into her uniform when she was almost at the first year corridor. So she had to retrace back her steps to the locker room. Also, the warning bell signalling lunch was over just rung, which meant that Yumi missed eating her lunch entirely. So she spent the rest of the afternoon groggy and dizzy, but she decided to bear with it. It was for her beloved onee-sama after all.
That afternoon, Sachiko-sama surprised her yet again when Yumi found her standing outside of her classroom the moment classes were over. She was in fine form, a complete recovery from her pale appearance earlier. She was already back to her usual confident and commanding demeanor, that Yumi thought that the Sachiko-sama who dragged her to the rose mansion earlier, was just someone that her imagination had conjured up.
She was pulled to the side, before she was handed a juice pack and some pills. Sachiko-sama then looked at her expectantly, silently ordering her to drink it at that very moment. And Yumi, being the obedient little sister that she was, did what was expected for her.
"Finish up, Yumi. We're going home." Sachiko-sama said after a few minutes.
Some of her classmates exiting the room gave the sisters quick glances, and Yumi even heard Katsura-san comment on how beautifully sweet their soeur relationship was.
"I thought we have a meeting?" Yumi asked, ignoring her classmate's comment, but was still unable to fight her impending blush.
"I asked onee-sama if we could skip it, just this once."
Yumi looked at her onee-sama questioningly.
"It was their fault anyway." Sachiko-sama said stubbornly.
It seems like Sachiko-sama figured it out too. So Yumi didn't ask for any more details.
"And I don't like that they are scheming against us like that." Sachiko-sama huffed.
Youko-sama must have known that their plan was a success, otherwise, she wouldn't have agreed to Sachiko-sama's request that easily.
Yumi's face was drawn to a smile as they walked towards the faculty parking where their ride awaited. Despite the feelings of tiredness and light headedness, which usually accompanied feeding her onee-sama, Yumi was feeling extremely happy to have helped her onee-sama in overcoming her discomfort in asking for blood.
So as she joined her hands to pray in front of Maria-sama, she didn't wish for 'peaceful days', just like she always did before. She was now Rosa Chinensis en bouton's petite soeur, and her life was far from that of a normal student's. But still, despite the work and responsibilities it entailed, so long as Sachiko-sama is always there beside her, then there was nothing more she could ask for.
Please Maria-sama, I hope my life with Sachiko-sama never ends.
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They were close to the end of the first term and Yumi was preparing for an exam that day. She was studying in the library alone, until Sei-sama came and offered to help. Of course her initial reaction was to decline. There was no telling what kind of help her senior would offer, but in the end, she was forced to agree. Sei-sama could be very persuasive at times, not to mention threatening and intimidating, if she chooses to.
And just as Yumi expected, what started out as a simple and innocent tutoring session turned out into something more…daring.
It was not long after when Sachiko-sama entered the library, looking for Yumi.
"Yumi"
It was only the initial greeting, but her onee-sama's voice already sounded stern. But Yumi couldn't blame the older woman, because by the way it looked, it was difficult to infer that it was just a study session.
"Ah, Sachiko. I am helping Yumi-chan to study."
"So why are you sitting so close to Yumi and why is your hand on Yumi's side?"
"We are studying the muscles of the body." Sei-sama answered cheerfully, "Would you like to join us?"
Thankfully, their senior withdrew her hand and scooted a little farther from her. They were sitting on carpeted floor, with a fish bowl in the middle.
Sachiko-sama seemed to be hesitating for a moment, before she eventually sighed and decided to sit beside Yumi. And she just couldn't help but admire how elegant her onee-sama looked, even as she sat down on the floor.
But upon noticing Sei-sama's teasing glance, Yumi quickly averted her gaze. She was lucky that their senior decided to keep her mouth shut and to not tease her further.
"Anyway, the rules are simple. We pick one paper from the fishbowl and read out loud what 'muscle' it is. If Yumi-chan knows the answer, she will touch that part on our body. But if she doesn't, then we will be the one to touch hers."
"Why do we have to touch it? We can just ask her and let her point it out on her own body?" Sachiko-sama asked heatedly.
To Yumi, it appeared like her onee-sama was being too protective of her again. And secretly, she feels happy whenever her onee-sama acts this way for her.
Sei-sama shook her head dramatically and said, "Sachiko, Sachiko. If we really want Yumi-chan to memorize it as quickly as possible, we need to do this."
"Just admit that you wanted to have fun at Yumi's expense." Sachiko-sama huffed.
Sei-sama then donned a thoughtful expression, "Well, that too. But really, it would be helpful if Yumi-chan associates the word with something memorable. Like for example," she then turned to Yumi, "when I tickle you on your side Yumi, which muscle am I touching?"
"Oblique?"
"Right! See what I mean Sachiko?"
Sachiko-sama sighed and faced her, "Is this really okay for you, Yumi?"
She blushed as the thought of touching Sachiko-sama, or being touched by her onee-sama, came to her mind. So when she answered, she wasn't able to stop herself from stuttering.
"Y-yes, onee-sama."
Sachiko-sama looked at her for a moment, probably judging if she was telling the truth.
"If you say so." Her onee-sama eventually said.
"I think we have a problem though."
"What are you starting now, Sei-sama?" Sachiko-sama asked.
"Yumi was afraid to make mistakes when it was just the two of us because she didn't want to be touched by me. But if it's you…" Sei-sama trailed off.
"Yumi would not do that, to intentionally make a mistake. What do you think of my imouto?!" Sachiko-sama asked heatedly.
"Okay, calm down. I was only stating the obvious."
"I won't do it, Sei-sama. I want to memorize this and get a good grade on my exams." Yumi defended. Really, there were no such improper thoughts in her head…right?
"There is also the incentive of having the chance to touch Sachiko." Sei-sama smirked meaningfully.
"Again, please stop making these inappropriate implications, Sei-sama."
"Yes, yes. Okay, I go first."
And before any retort was said, she picked out one small piece of paper, opened it and read it out loud for Yumi.
"Trapezius"
Yumi reached to touch the curve between the older woman's shoulder and neck.
"Correct."
Sei-sama then looked at Sachiko, indicating that it was her turn.
"Rectus Abdominis"
Yumi thought for a moment and imagined the Muscle Diagram chart in her book. And upon realizing what the muscle was, her cheeks instantly turned red.
It could have been something easier, like the 'Triceps' or the 'Biceps'. Even the 'Calves' would be acceptable.
"You don't know, Yumi-chan?"
"I-I do!" She exclaimed before scooting towards her onee-sama. Her hands were shaking as she slowly reached out.
"It's fine, Yumi. You don't need to feel embarrassed about touching me." Sachiko-sama was trying to make her feel at ease.
"You're not the least bit hesitant about touching Sei-sama earlier, were you?"
But it's just Sei-sama! Yumi wanted to reason.
Instead she just nodded her head and touched the older woman's abdomen, with her palm, flat on Sachiko-sama's abs. Her hand lingered, much longer than when she touched their senior earlier.
"See, that wasn't so bad." Sei-sama commented.
Yumi quickly withdrew her hand and tentatively looked at her onee-sama's face. There was a gentle reassuring smile on her face.
"Okay, me next."
"Bicep"
It was relatively easy and considered 'safe' to touch, so she was happy even as she reached out to touch their senior's upper arm.
"Sternocleidomastoid"
What? I don't remember where that is. Yumi mused.
She thought hard for a moment, before finally admitting, "I'm sorry onee-sama, I really don't know."
"Oh, that's actually quite easy to remember."
"Yes, Yumi. That's where we…" Sachiko-sama faltered.
"…feed." Sei-sama finished.
Sachiko-sama then extended her hand and touched Yumi's neck. Her touch was cold and if Yumi was not mistaken, slightly trembling.
Sei-sama was just quietly enjoying the show and was not saying any snide remarks.
"Deltoid"
"Ooh, another safe one, Yumi-chan."
"Of course." She said happily before touching the part between their senior's shoulder and upper arm, where the shoulder joints are located.
Yumi then turned expectantly at her onee-sama. It was her turn next.
She smiled at Yumi before drawing a piece of paper. But upon reading the contents, her smile immediately faltered. And to Yumi's confusion, her onee-sama bowed her head, effectively hiding her expression from Yumi's curious gaze.
"I guess we should stop here." Sachiko-sama said in a quiet voice.
"Why? What did you get Sachiko?"
And at that moment…
"There you are. It's time for dinner. We've been waiting."
Youko-sama suddenly appeared in the doorway of the library, looking mildly annoyed.
"Sorry, Youko. We have just one more item to cover and we'll be going to the dining room."
"No. Actually, we're done onee-sama." Sachiko-sama said as she quickly stood up, and it was only then that Yumi noticed her onee-sama's flustered face.
Youko-sama eyed her imouto curiously, but chose not to say anything.
Instead, she turned to Sei-sama and said in a commanding voice. "You heard Sachiko, Sei. Let's have dinner first."
Sei-sama sighed, before also proceeding to stand up.
"I'm sorry we have to stop here, Yumi-chan. But in case you need my help again, just let me know." Her senior winked at her before she followed their two friends out the door.
Thinking that there was no way she would ever ask for Sei-sama's help in studying, Yumi decided to head out herself. But somehow, she just couldn't stop herself from picking up the slip of paper her onee-sama had left.
Upon seeing the words…she frowned.
She then pulled out her book and checked the chart as to where that specific muscle was located. Upon finding what she was looking for, her eyes widened in surprise and she blushed profusely.
When that word came out of her exam the next day, she answered it correctly. There was no way she would ever forget what the Gluteus Maximus is and where it is located. But not only that, Yumi was confident that she'd answered most of the questions correctly. So with great reluctance, Yumi admitted that Sei-sama's unconventional method of teaching had been very effective.
- - o 0 o - -
The young woman was sitting on her study desk when her mother entered her room.
"Has she awakened yet?"
It had been the same since they found out about her…the same question every day.
"No, mother."
The older woman donned a troubled expression and sighed. "Let us wait until September, when the second term begins. Let's give her some more time, just as the council had ordered."
She nodded her head.
Her mother then wished her goodnight and left.
The girl looked out of her bedroom window, her gaze falling upon the cloudless night sky filled with stars.
I guess we'd meet soon…Fukuzawa Yumi-san.
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"I was supposed to send a reply email last week. But since we will be having a meeting today, I thought it would be best to give my answer today. I would be honoured to accept. Will it be Fukuzawa-san who would be playing the role of Cinderella?"
"No. The role will be filled in by my petite soeur who is not present in today's meeting." Youko-sama replied.
"I see. I just feel like Fukuzawa-san would fit the role perfectly. She greatly resembles someone I know and someone whom I am quite fond of. It would be great to play alongside her."
Yumi sighed. So it was just because she looked like someone he knew, which led Kashiwagi-san to say those words.