We stood there for a while in silence. Neither of us knew what to say.

Finally I broke the silence. "Let's go" I said. "We can patch things up with Ayase later. For now, we need focus on practical matters."

"... Right. OK." She sounded so dejected, not at all her usual self.

"Let's go to a family restaurant, OK? I'm starving." I had already eaten all of Manami's food last night, but it wasn't much.

"You're hungry at a time like this? Eh, fine, I guess it's a place we can go. But let's go to one further away so no one sees us."

So we did that. We took a bus to one a few miles away, outside of our usual neighborhood. Neither of us had ever been there before, so it was unlikely that our parents or anyone we knew would go there either.

I ordered food for both of us. I ate mine very quickly, while Kirino only picked at hers.

After I finished, she spoke up: "I brought some basic stuff for both of us. Clothes, your phone, money, a few other things."

"For both of us? You're not going back?"

"...Not for a while. Dad is still pretty mad, you know? And even Mom is too, I think. I managed to sneak out with this stuff, but they might not let me leave again if I go back there."

"I see." It was tough to hear that, but it did make sense. "What about your school?"

"I already told them I was sick today. Tomorrow... I don't know, I'll figure something out." She sounded so sad as she said that. I knew she had a lot of friends at school, even aside from Ayase. It must have been hard for her not to be able to see any of them.

"Where are we going to go?" I asked. "We can't stay here forever."

"I don't know! You caused this mess, you figure it out!"

Wasn't it both of us who caused it? But I didn't argue. I thought for a while, and then said "Right, I know a place we can go."

"Where?"

"just leave it to me!" I grinned.

Some time later we arrived at the place I had in mind- a rather shabby hotel on the outskirts of Chiba.

"What is this dump?" She asked.

"Hey, don't criticize it! It's a place we can stay for tonight. It's cheap, and at least it's not a love hotel, right?"

"How do you even know about this place?" She sounded suspicious.

"It's... well, it's a place I considered when I was planning our Christmas date last year. But I knew you'd prefer something fancier, so I took you to that expensive one in Tokyo."

"Damn right! I would have broken up with you instantly if you taken me to a place like this."

"Well, that was nice for that one night, but we need to conserve our funds for now. I don't have a job or any source of income, you know?"

"Yes, I'm well aware of what a loser you are. Why couldn't you get a job, like me?"

"Because nobody will pay me to be a model! Wait, do you think I could make money selling pictures of myself in cosplay?" Kirino glared at me. "No, probably not. Well, for now we just need to limit our spending, OK?

Kirino didn't look happy, but she agreed, and we checked into a hotel room. Even though it was cheap compared to the place we went last year, it was still kind of expensive for a teenager like me with no job. Luckily Kirino still had plenty of cash from her modeling work, and she (unhappily) paid for it. The clerk was a little suspicious of two young people checking in on a school day, but seemed satisfied when I explained that we were siblings showed our IDs.

There was a small table in the hotel room with two chairs. We sat there, awkwardly. Even though I had only come here so that we'd have a place to stay, I was feeling nervous. The implications of bringing a girl- my girlfriend!- to a hotel were weighing heavily on my mind. It was just one room, so the bed was right there next to us. I decided to brave, and try something that I'd been thinking about for a while now.

"Kirino." I called her by her first name- the first time I'd done that since we'd been kids.

"Whoa! Don't just call my first name like that out of nowhere!"

"Ah... sorry. What should I call you then?"

"Um... it's fine. You can call me that. I just need some time to get used to it."

"Then, will you start calling me Kyousuke?"

"No, you're still just 'baka'." Despite her words, she didn't sound angry. "But... you're right. Our relationship has changed. I should think of something else to call you."

"You can call me whatever you want." I leaned forward to kiss her, but at the last second she pulled away.

"Did I do something wrong?" I asked.

"You... kinda smell right now." I guess I did spend the night outside without a bath. "Go take a shower, first."

"First... and then..?

"Idiot! Just go take a shower, OK?" Then she added, very softly "and then maybe we can do some other things."

Things! Did she mean... this and that? My heart was racing furiously as I showered. I tried not to hurry, and clean myself thoroughly, but I really wanted to find out what she meant by that.

I changed into some of the clothes that she'd brought me (just casual clothes, nothing fancy) and checked my appearance in the mirror. I was no model like Kirino, but at least I looked better than I had this morning.

I stepped out of the bathroom, and found that Kirino had changed as well. Instead of the school uniform she had been wearing before, she was now wearing a frilly white one-piece dress. She somehow managed to look cute, elegant, and incredibly sexy all at the same time.

My heart was pounding out of control. I really wanted to show her how I felt, and that this would all be worth it. I stepped forward to her, and tried to kiss her again, but she looked away.

"You idiot! Well... it's OK. But we need to set the mood a little more, first. Don't you think this place is too plain?"

I looked around the room. I suppose it was a little plain. It was a cheap hotel room designed for business travelers. It had a bed, a table, a desk, a TV, a bathroom, and not much else. The walls and ceiling were all gray, giving it a feeling of boredom, like an office.

"Ummm... should I go buy some candles?" I asked. Girls like candles, right? With my limited romantic experience, I had no idea how to set the mood, especially in a drab place like this.

"Haha!" She smirked. "Luckily, I thought of this. Aren't you lucky to have such a sis... girlfriend like me? Go turn off the lights, get into bed, and close your eyes. I'll set it up."

"Set what up?"
"Hee hee, it's a surprise!" She giggled and winked at me.

Wow! I hadn't expected her to prepare anything like this. What could it be? I followed her instructions- turning off the lights, getting into bed, and closing my eyes. I felt my body getting excited as I imagined the possibilities. Lingerie? Ribbons? Ero cosplay?

"You can open your eyes now" she whispered in my ear. I opened them and saw...

An eroge.

She had brought her laptop, and set it up on the bed so I could see it. She was lying next to me, holding an optical mouse. She had turned off the lights and drawn the curtains, so all I could see was the glowing screen of the computer. It was showing the title screen of another weird imouto eroge, one I hadn't seen before.

"This... this is your surprise?" I didn't hide my disappointment, but I don't think Kirino even noticed.

"Yep! I really am an eroge master, aren't I? Even with all the chaos going on, I still managed to install a new eroge for us and bring the laptop here. Aren't I amazing?"

"Yeah, you really are" I laughed. "OK, let's play some eroge."

What better way to get in the mood with your real imouto than to play an imouto-themed eroge, right? Or maybe that only works for Kirino, I don't know. I might be a normal guy, but Kirino is definitely not a normal girl. Please don't use this for real-life advice!

Anyway, Kirino started to play the game. Since she was the "eroge master," she didn't ask me for advice, she just made all the choices herself. But that was fine, I wasn't really interested in the game anyway.

Instead, I just watched her. As always, her beauty was amazing. Her chestnut-dyed hair had shocked me at first, but now it seemed so natural on her. It fell down gracefully past her bare shoulders, ending just above her breasts, which rose up and down in excitement as she played the game. Her whole body was so long and slender, but also toned and muscular. It was really amazing she managed to be both at once.

"Hey, pay attention!" I guess she noticed that I was looking at her instead of the game. "You're missing a good part!"

I glanced at the screen. One of the characters had changed into a bikini for some reason. It was admittedly pretty sexy, but it didn't interest me at all right now.

"Not as good as you" I said to her.

"Ah, geez... how can you say such embarrassing things."

"It's not embarrassing. It's just the truth. Cmon, let's put the laptop away, OK?" I was feeling really bold right now, able to say anything without embarrassment.

She didn't say anything, so I took the opportunity to close the laptop and put it back on the desk. Kirino remained lying on the bed, but it was hard to see her in the darkness.

"This time... no one is going to interrupt us, are they?" She asked.

"Um... no. I guess not. Are you... prepared?"

"Come here and find out." She said.

I came to the bed and lay next to her. I kissed her. This time she didn't react stop me. I put my hand on her shoulder, then on her breast, and she still didn't stop me. She put her hand on my chest and rubbed it. Just being like this was already amazing, but I still wanted more, and it seemed that she did too.

Soon we were both naked.

"Don't... look at me too much." She asked.

"But you're so beautiful. Your naked body is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen." Don't make fun of me for these cheesy lines, OK? It was the truth. Even in the darkness of the room, the curves that I could see of her body were intoxicating. I felt myself drawn towards her like a magnet, my lower half seeking hers.

Then I was inside of her. It was the most amazing feeling of my life, as if all my body's feelings were concentrated in my penis. I had never done this before, but somehow my body automatically knew what to do. I moved back and forth, in rhythm with her. Each thrust brought me even greater pleasure than before, and I knew Kirino felt the same because of the moans. I wanted it to go on forever, but I also wanted to reach the climax as soon as possible.

And soon I did. As the pleasure blanked out my mind, I came inside of her. I felt an overwhelming sense of warmth and satisfaction, as if I had just accomplished my one and only purpose in life. I hugged her, kissed her, and murmured "I love you."

"I love you too" she responded, and I drifted off to sleep, our bodies still connected as one.

A/N: pretty cheesy and lemony, I know.

How far am I allowed to take things on this site? I'm not quite sure what the limits are for mature fics.