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Author's notes: I will continue Sukkitte ii na yo! (Say 'I love you!') So please do enjoy.

It's been a year since Sena knew that she was in fact a girl. But despite that, she still hasn't gotten any more girly. No matter what her mother did, she still insisted on wearing male clothes and refrained from wearing anything girly. But this just got Mihae even more determined to change her daughter. So, she decided to throw all of Sena's guy clothes and replace it with normal clothes that would fit a young girl like her. But to her dismay, Sena was able to salvage some of her clothes.

After a lot of arguing, whining and pouting from Sena, Mihae was finally able to make her daughter wear proper female clothes. But there was still one more problem, Sena was just too cute! That didn't mean anything good though. It just made a few people stalk her and send random gifts to their house .And not only that, she was a very likeable target for perverts and loli-cons roaming around that area.

"Sena! It's time for dinner!" She called Sena.

"Coming!!" The young brunette quickly replied and rushed out of her room. She went down to the kitchen while brushing her hair with her hand and putting down her shirt with the other hand.

This was Sena's other problem. She would always walk around the house half-naked as if she was a guy! It wouldn't be bad if no one saw her, but, with that going on, one of these days someone might just walk in on her dressing and she wouldn't even care! What if that guy would do something bad to her poor daughter?! Oh the horror!

"Sena! dress up properly!" She scolded Sena.

"Oh, sorry, oka-san." Sena laughed sheepishly and scratched the back of her head.

'Well, even though I really am a girl, I guess some of my boyish side still hasn't rubbed off.'

That would definitely have to be fixed soon, and Mihae was sure as hell that she wouldn't die without changing that part first.

Sena's school life was fine, despite the fact that some guys still use her as a gopher. She was already used to it, but something did change though. Her female classmates would always compliment how soft her hair was and how smooth her skin was. This made her happy though, even if it was just a little, people still recognized her.

'I wish I wasn't as shy and timid as I am right now.'

'I want to be like Mamori nee-chan who's really popular and outgoing.'

But even though that was the case, she still didn't like wearing make-up and female clothes. She frowned at the thought of her in a pink summer dress.

'I still like wearing boxers rather than 'those'. '

"This way of thinking isn't really helping me; I should probably go and play some video games!" The brunette smiled to herself as she jumped out of her bed and searched for her 'Prince of Edo' disc.

Mihae sighed for the umpteenth time that day. Sure, getting Sena to grow her hair longer was easy and so was forcing her to act a little more proper as a girl. But, she hasn't really made any real progress. Sena was already turning 14 soon. And she still acted like a young boy. The worst thing was she didn't even care about guys! She was at that age right? So even if it's a little, she should still be showing interest in some guy! And to top it all, Sena was too timid to make any friends and she just shuts herself in her room the whole day and plays video games.

'Ah! I know! I should make her meet other kids near her age!'

And with that Mihae quickly called one of her friends and invited them over.

"Hello? This is Hanako speaking!"

"Ah, yes, Hanako-san, would you mind coming over my place tomorrow?"

"Oh my, Mihae-san! Of course I would love too! It's been years, ne? How about I bring my son over too?"

"Oh yes, him! He's around the same age as Sena, so of course sure! "

"I'm sure they'll get along well!"

"Oh, I'm sure they will"

Sena woke up that morning with a minor headache.

'I really shouldn't have played all night long.'

The brunette rubbed her eyes and yawned cutely and decided to sleep some more. It was a Sunday so it was fine, she snuggled with her favourite pillow and was about to drift off to sleep when suddenly her mother barged in.

"Sena-chan!! What are you doing Oh my--, it's already late! Hurry up and change we have guests waiting!" Her mother lightly scolded her.

"Five more minutes." She grumbled.

"Fine, just go down when you're ready, okay? I'm leaving with Hanako-san, so make sure you're fast." She sighed; honestly, keeping up with Sena was quite hard.

"And don't wear your usual attire; wear something nice, like that new summer dress I just bought for you."

"..."

"Okay?"

"Hai."

'Why do I have to entertain the guests? I'm really tired from staying up too late.' Sena cried inwardly as she changed into her dress.

After changing she looked into the mirror, and saw that she didn't really look that bad. In fact she did look pretty, no matter how narcissistic that sounded. She twirled in front of the mirror and gaped in awe as she looked at her reflection.

'I should dress like this more often.. I think.'

"Ara, ara Sena-chan!"

Sena spun to see that her mother just went in and was gaping too at her.

"I look weird, don't I?" Sena's low self esteem quickly kicked in.

"No, no, you don't dear, in fact you look prettier than what I expected you to be." Mihae complimented her as she began to fix her hair.

"Oka-san!" She pouted.

"There! All finished!"

Sena looked to her right and saw her reflection once again, and this time, she had a pink ribbon clipped on both sides of her head.

"Uwaaaahhhh~"

She looked damn good in a dress.

"Hanako-san, this is my daughter Sena-chan!"

"Sena, come on , don't be shy say hi!"

"H--Hello" Sena weakly smiled and blushed then hid behind her mother again.

"Awww, she's really cute and sweet." Hanako cooed.

"Right, Ichiro?"

"Oh! I forgot to introduce my son to you, this is Ichiro-kun! "She pointed to the tall teen beside her.

"Yoroshiku, Sena-chan, I'm Takami Ichiro." The boy named Ichiro knelt down and patted her head.

'This guy may not be bad after all! '

"Same here, *Aniki!" Sena smiled brightly

"Oh, is it fine if I call you that?" She continued.

This surprised Ichiro and both Hanako and Mihae. Hanako threw Mihae a confused look and mouthed aniki, but Mihae just whispered something to which she nodded to.

"Aniki? But I think it's better if you call me Ichiro nii-chan." He smiled.

"Eh? Is that fine? I mean, we just met so it's fine if I call you by your first name?" Sena asked.

"Sure, anything for my new and cute imouto." He replied as he ruffled her hair affectionately.

"Thank you, Ichiro nii-chan!" The younger girl beamed.

Mihae was glad that at the very least that her daughter was able to make a new friend, Ichiro-kun looked very reliable, so she was sure that they'd get along well. If she had to admit it, she was kind of surprised that in the middle of their conversation, Sena managed to de-attach herself from her. It seems that her daughter had taken a liking to Ichiro.

"Sena, me and Hanako-san are leaving, so you two be good and stay here, okay?" She informed her young one.

"That's right, Ichiro-kun, I trust you to take care of Sena-chan, okay?"Hanako continued.

"If ever you want to leave the house, remember to lock the doors okay?" Mihae reminded Sena as she lightly kissed her on the cheek.

"Of course, I will, mother." Ichiro hugged his mom back.

Sena sighed, oh well, this man may not be bad, but he surely will change after seeing how much of a loser she was. She had low test scores and was really un-athletic. Plus, she attracted really strange people, really strange.

'But, this might be a chance for me to make a new friend!' She comforted herself.

Ichiro-nii wasn't a bad person after all.

After Mihae and Hanako left, Sena was at a loss with what to say, so she meekly began with asking Ichirou to play.

"Um, Ichiro nii-chan , would you like to play?"

"Sure."Ichiro smiled at her.

"But I'm not really sure what girls your age play." He continued

"No, I mean, video games! I don't really know what girls my age do play. I'm more interested in sports and video games, rather than playing those." She replied fidgeting.

"Ah."

"Argh! I lost again!" Ichiro lamented.

"I win Ichiro nii-chan, so do your part of the deal!" Sena giggled.

For the past hour Sena and Ichiro played the new game ' RE; Oni '. And for four straight rounds Sena won without much challenge from Ichiro's side.

So Ichirou nii-chan was that bad with video games.

"Okay, fine, I admit, it's my loss!" Ichiro said as he put down the controller.

Sena just lightly laughed at this, Ichiro nii-chan was a really interesting person. He was really kind too, just like a real older sibling, kind of like Mamori nee-chan.

"But before that, I'll get you something to eat Ichiro nii-chan, what would you like?" She asked as she slowly stood up, dusting any dirt from her dress. But before he could even say anything, Sena tripped on some loose wiring and in response she grabbed the handle of the nearest closet so she wouldn't fall.

But unfortunately for her, she still fell. And worse, the closet she just grabbed on to, which she opened by mistake, had all of her test papers. Those said things, flew out from where they were supposed to be, most landing near Ichiro.

"Math test, 15 points?" Ichiro read off from the paper.

Oh great. How great! Here she was, in front of her new friend, and he just had to see her secret. 15 points in a math test? How stupid and lame could she get? And to trip something over by random, what was she? A functional retard?

'I hope it doesn't end up the way I think it will.'

"And this is how you do it; remember to find the variable of x first." Ichiro said as he pointed to one of the solutions to the math problem.

Sena was really happy that her nii-chan wasn't as how she thought he would be. He was teaching her the basics of Algebra and wasn't even complaining! He did it of his own will, which also made Sena all cheerful inside. This went on for the next 3 hours, until Mihae and Hanako went back for dinner.

Upon arriving, Mihae was kind of bewildered that Sena was studying with Ichiro-kun. It looks like that he was a good choice for Sena to make friends with him; he was a good influence after all.

"Ara ara, it seems that the two of you are getting along well." Hanako stated as she grinned at the two of them.

"Mm! We are Hanako-obasan! Ichiro nii-chan was teaching me Algebra, and I had lots of fun!" Sena smiled.

"Really? Thank you then, I had fun too, Sena-chan." Ichiro patted her head.

"But we have to go now Ichiro, we can't be late for the next train, sorry Sena-chan." Hanako gave an apologetic smile.

"Eh? But aren't you at least going to stay for dinner?" Sena gave her puppy eyes.

"Fine, but only after dinner, okay? The train station might close without us." She gave in.

"Yay!" The brunette cheered as she tackled and hugged Ichiro.

"Gah!" Ichiro yelped as he was tackled but nevertheless, he still returned the hug.

That evening, Ichiro and Hanako bid their goodbyes to Mihae and Sena. Sena felt quite down that they had to leave but she was still happy that she made a new friend, Ichiro nii-chan.

"U--Umm.., next time, canIcomeoverandplaytoo?" The young teen asked blushing in embarrassment.

"Sure! Come over whenever you want!" Ichiro smiled and Hanako nodded.

That night, before sleeping, Sena couldn't help but giggle occasionally. A new friend, maybe, just maybe, at this rate she might make even more friends!

I'm really sorry for the lameness OTL

Review please? I would love to hear what you think of this!

*Aniki is kind of a manly/boyish way of saying nii-chan , and girls rarely use it, but most guys do .

And I don't have a beta, so please do forgive any mistakes, as much as possible I try my best to fix it.

Next chapter; Sena torture of wearing the clothes she dreads most and etc.