Obligatory Disclaimer: I don't own the Kagerou Project; Jin (aka Shizen-no-Teki-P) does.
Do I need these disclaimers in every chapter? Everyone else seems to do it.
Momo cried into her brother's black jacket, shedding tears of joy, sadness, and perhaps a bit of anger.
"Onii-chan... don't do stupid things like that again! Okay?!"
"I won't. I promise."
"...you better. I don't want to lose you..."
After a while, her tears dissipated, and the two sat alone in the alleyway, in silence.
Then Momo spoke up.
"Onii-chan..."
"Yes, Momo?"
"How did the fire start? Was it an accident?"
"I don't know. I think Ene might have started it; the fire started from the outlet that my electronics were connected to. She might have been trying to overload it."
"So... she was trying to kill you?"
"Not my first thought... but that may be true."
"...that bitch."
This was perfect for Shintaro. She was coming to the conclusions that he wanted to all on her own. As a bonus, she was extremely malleable in this state; just a bit more prodding, and she'd become the perfect tool.
"Hmm... along those lines..."
"Yeah?"
"Do you think she was working with the others?"
"The others? In the Dan?"
"Yeah, them."
"I don't know... but she might have been, since your idea kinda makes sense..."
"So wait, why are they trying to kill me?"
"I don't know, but if what you're saying is correct, when we've got to hide you, right?"
"Or, we could strike back and make them go away."
"...hey, good idea! How do we start?"
The two siblings had decided to stay in a small hotel room, for the time being.
"Okay, do you have your phone?"
"...no. I think I lost it in the fire."
"Perfect. Okay, here's what I'll need you to do..."
Kido and Kano lazed around in the living room of Apartment 107, in silence. Most of the apartment's other occupants were already asleep, but the two of them had elected to stay up. Kido had woken up first (why, she wouldn't quite specify), but had accidentally awoken Kano. Neither of them could go back to sleep afterward, so they simply passed the time together.
Kano broke the silence by asking Kido a question.
"Heeey, Danchou. Daaanchou."
"Oi, quit it. What?"
"What do ya think of the new members?"
"Well... they're okay..."
The faintest of blushes had appeared on her face.
"Ooooo? Are you thinking of someone in particular? The Kisaragi girl, maybe?"
Her blush deepened slightly.
"I- Shut up! No! That's not it!"
"Ehehehe. Danchou, you're so fun to tease~!"
"Stop it! I- I don't like her or anything!"
"Su~ure, Danchou. You definitely don't like her. You looo-"
Kano's teasing was interrupted when Kido stomped on his foot.
"No I don't, idiot!"
"Yes~ you do~, Danchou! Stop denyi-"
The duo were interrupted by a thud from behind the front door.
"I'll get it, Kano."
Kido opened the door, to find a grief-wracked Momo sitting on the front doorstep.
Momo looked up, saw Kido, and immediately gripped her in a tight hug, sobbing violently into her hoodie the whole time.
Kano simply looked on in surprise.
Shintaro watched the entire scene play out from atop the building across the street.
He was impressed. He knew that his sister had some (well, really, lots of) acting talent, but this was incredible. Sure, it might have been the snake helping, but the acting, the wailing and the sheer aura of despair emanating from her... that was amazing.
At least five minutes had already passed, and Momo still hadn't stopped enough for her to start talking. As Kido leaned her head in to ask her what was wrong, she caught a whiff of a familiar scent. She couldn't quite place it, but she didn't really like it. Still, though, she leaned in closer out of curiosity. She took in a deep breath.. and her mind locked up.
That scent... it's smoke!
She nearly started crying herself as unpleasant memories dredged themselves up from the depths of her mind; instead, though, she settled for simply bringing the crying girl even closer.
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Kano wasn't quite sure what it was about the two of them that made his eye twitch.
Maybe it was the way they were so close together... it was like they were lovers, or somethi-
He recoiled somewhat from the thought. Yeah, he had teased Kido about it earlier, but he was pretty sure they both knew that it was all but impossible; they'd only known for each other for a day or so. They couldn't be that close already... right? He was still infinitely closer to Kido than Momo was... right? Yeah, he definitely was; he wasn't in any danger of losing people close to him. Probably.
He took a quick walk outside to clear his head.
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Kido wasn't quite sure how she had ended up in this situation.
Apparently, the younger (well, only) Kisaragi had fallen asleep while crying into her chest.
Unfortunately for the green-haired girl, Momo's grip was unshakable, even while asleep.
And so she walked back to her bed, with Momo clinging to her the entire way. Their combined weight caused Kido to tumble into bed back-first, causing the bedsprings to creak slightly. After a few more futile attempts at removing Momo's grip on her, she eventually just fell asleep with Momo on top of her.
Kano returned to the apartment an hour later, none the wiser about who Kido had decided to share her bed with.