INTERLUDE 2 – TOHSAKA RIN AND TOHSAKA SAKURA

Bathroom

I was taking a bath when the door suddenly opened.

"N-Nee-san? May I join you?" Sakura asked.

"Of course." I replied.

Sakura entered with a towel wrapped around her body. She really grew up to be beautiful despite of everything that happened to her. I also can't help but notice her chest. They are considerably larger than mine. It makes me wonder if I really am the elder sister here.

"Nee-san? Why are you staring at me?" Sakura asked.

"N-nothing. I was just admiring how beautiful you've become." I replied with a smile on my face. Although it was a little steamy, I can tell that Sakura's face became red.

"T-That's not true! N-nee-san is way more beautiful than I am." Sakura replied while taking a seat.

"You have to be more confident in yourself." I said to her with a stern voice. Suddenly I feel like an elder sister.

"B-but I am dirty. After all of that happened to me, I-" Sakura replied but I interrupted her and grabbed her arms.

"You are not dirty. Never say that again. Whatever they did to you, never think about yourself that way again." I said to her as I hugged her.

"N-nee-san.." Sakura replied. I can feel the tears running down her eyes. It made me wonder if what I did was right, if making her remember was the best for her. Because right now, it seems like all she could do is cry. It breaks my heart. I never harboured any ill will against my father in all my life, but hearing Sakura's cries, feeling her tears, it was the first time in my life that I felt hatred for my father the first time in my life that I regretted becoming a magus.

"N-nee-san, thank you." Sakura said as she stopped crying. "I'm happy now that I remember you. I'm happy now that I have my family again." She added.

"Sakura..." I replied. That was all that I could say.

We took our time bathing. It was as if we don't want to end this moment. It was bittersweet.

Bedroom

After taking a bath, we both proceeded to the large bedroom at Shirou's house. Sakura knew where the futons were and we took out two futons.

"Emiya-kun sure has a lot of futons huh?" I asked Sakura.

"Y-yes nee-san. Fujimura-sensei used to sleep here a lot and they have this because of Senpai's father." Sakura replied. "That reminds me, Bazett-san isn't home yet." She added.

"Now that you mention it, you're right. Although I don't really like her, she doesn't seem to bear any ill will and knowing Shir-err, Emiya-kun, he felt sorry for her." I replied.

"Yes. That seems to be the case." Sakura replied with a smile. "N-nee-san, can I ask you something?" Sakura asked.

"Of course, you can ask me anything Sakura." I replied with a smile.

"D-do you like Emiya-Senpai?" Sakura asked me. She was blushing and I can tell she mustered all her courage to ask me.

"It's not that I don't like him. I lo-love him." I replied mustering the courage to tell my sister, but at the same time she also tells me she loves him.

"I knew it." Sakura said to me with a smile. "I had a feeling that you also love Senpai." She added.

"Sakura, the truth is Emiya-no, Shirou and I are seeing each other." I replied with a stern look at my face while I was looking at her eyes. I thought about not telling her. I didn't want to see her cry again. I didn't want to hear her sad voice again, but I felt that she deserved to know. I knew it might seem like I stole him from her, but what can I do? We fell in love with each other. It's not wrong to fall in love right?

"N-nee-san..." Sakura said as while looking at floor.

"Sakura, I'm sorry. I know it might seem like I stole him from you, but..." I said to her while approaching her, all the while I can feel my heart beating faster, feeling scared of what she might look like.

"Nee-san, it's alright. It's not your fault. I always thought it was only me that was at Senpai's side so I was a little confident. If anyone is at fault, then it's me who should be blamed. I'm glad it was you who I lost to though." Sakura replied with a smile. I can tell she's holding her tears back. I ran towards her and hugged her.

"It's alright Sakura. Nee-san is sorry. For tonight, you can cry, cry to your sister. Cry for your love." I hugged her even more I can tell she was crying, for now this the only thing that I could do.

After an hour, she stopped crying.

"So nee-san, how long have you two been seeing each other?" Sakura asked.

"About 6 months now." I replied while brushing her hair.

"Wow and you guys have managed to keep it a secret all this time?" Sakura replied.

"Sort of, there are people who noticed, well not exactly noticed, but noticed that I've been different lately." I replied while I continued to brush her hair.

"So, uhm...nee-san, have you, you know?" Sakura asked as she turned to my thigh as if she was embarrassed.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Y-you know, s-sex..." Sakura replied. I felt her face become hot as she was really embarrassed. At that moment I didn't know whether to lie or be honest. We didn't exactly plan for it to happen after all.

"Y-yes, we had." I replied turning away my head from her as I was embarrassed. I told her the truth anyway. I didn't want to lie to her if possible.

"I see, that makes me feel a little jealous nee-san..." Sakura replied.

"Sorry." I replied. It was all that I can say.

"Don't be nee-san, but would it be possible to..." Sakura replied as if she was eating the last part of her sentence.

"Sakura? What was that?" I asked her. Sakura got up and whispered to my ear and then pulled back immediately, I can tell her face is as red as a tomato right now and I can feel my face burning up as well.

"Sa-sakura?" I was surprised by her request. "C-can I think about it? It's not just me. We have to gain his consent as well." I added. I feel my face burning even more.

"O-okay nee-san. I-I'll go to sleep now." Sakura replied as she slipped into her futon.

"What am I going to do?" I asked myself as I slowly went to sleep.

Next Morning

I awoke looking at my clock, it was 5 am. I noticed Sakura wasn't in her futon. She must wake up early every day to go to Shirou's house. I am once again reminded of how I might be the person who is the farthest from him. I don't like this feeling. "Is this anxiety? Perhaps this is jealousy?" I asked myself as I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth.

As I made my way to the bathroom, I saw Sakura. We still feel very awkward from our conversation last night. Our eyes met, but we immediately break contact. It took me 20 minutes to prepare myself for school. I went to the living room hoping to prepare breakfast when I noticed Sakura was there already.

"Are you going to prepare breakfast?" I asked.

"Y-yeah..." Sakura replied. I can still feel the awkwardness from our conversation last night.

We decided to just sit down and talk about it again, but we can't seem to find the words to break the deafening silence. Shirou then walks in. Neither Sakura nor I can look at him. The deafening silence ensued until we finished breakfast. Shirou tried to talk to us, but we can't seem to get any word out. In the end we both just stared at him and left.

I sighed while Sakura and I were walking.

"Nee-san, is something the matter?" Sakura asked.

"You think we were cold to him back there? I hope he didn't misunderstand what happened." I replied with worry in my voice and face.

"I hope so as well. Let's just apologize later." Sakura replied as if she was trying to comfort me.

"Yeah. And I'll ask him about your request." I said to her. I can tell both of our faces are flushed right now.

We arrive at the school gate and Sakura proceeded for her morning practice. We both said our good bye. I decided to wait for Shirou so that I can explain the situation to him. He finally arrives and I approached him. Before I can reach him, a girl grabbed his arms and clung to him. Again, there is this feeling, my chest tightens, I can feel the blood rushing to my head. Why does he let some other girl cling to him? I know we're supposed to keep it a secret, but why is he just letting her cling to him? I stare at them for a while. I know I am angry, but I can't show my emotions at school. The Tohsakas must always be elegant in whatever they do, so I do what I do best, smile. I smiled at them and told them of the school rule they were violating and walked away. Now I missed the chance to apologize. Now it's going to be even harder to apologize. Why must I feel this, this emotion called jealousy?