Disclaimer: Touhou belongs to Zun.
A/N: About time I make another chapter, ehh? On with the show!
Early morning, Dark closet, Miko's PoV:
Ohh god, ohh god... M-mima... I can't believe you're gone, just like that!
"Miko?" What? Mima's voice? No... it must be that creature just imitating her voice...
"I wonder where she is...?" That voice... The Youkai?
I slid open the door of the closet a bit, so I could look out. It was so dark in here that nobody should notice me watching.
I saw a bubble of blackness floating a small area behind Mima, while Mima looks for places I could be hideing. ...How would I fit under my futon...?
I heard oddly loud sniffing, and the ball began to float over to my hiding spot, causing my heart to thump louder and louder, before I could no longer see out of the closet.
"My, I smell some tasty fear over here!" She can smell my fear? ! How terrifying!
"Ohh! ...Why didn't I think of the closet...?" Help me, Mima! Stop scolding yourself, and help mee!
"It's such a good smell, I just might have to eat her up after all~!" The way she sounded so whimsical about whether to eat me or not only made me fear her further.
I heard the sound of heavier foot steps approach.
Mima's PoV:
I picked the small Youkai up, and placed her behind myself, so I could see.
In one motion I opened up the closet, exposing my quivering sister to the light once more.
"Miko, you alright?" I offered her a hand, but she simply kept shaking, staring at the ball of black behind me.
"B-but she's going to eat meee!" She seemed rather traumatized by what the girl had said about her just now.
"Ohh, I'm full now, so you're safe for a few more days~!" Ehh? Full? What did she eat...?
"R-really...?" Miko looked at the bubble with tears in her eyes.
"That is so~!" Miko finally accepted my offered hand, after being vaguely agreed with by the Youkai, so I brought her back to her feet.
"So... I guess we should eat some Breakfast, too, shouldn't we?" Miko chuckled at what I said, somewhat calmed by it.
"It's Lunch time, Mima." Ahh, true.
"Well, as it's day, I think it's about time I get to bed!" The ball of darkness, and joy, happily stated.
"Aww, you arn't going to eat lunch with us...?" My question made Miko cringe, as she hated the idea of being close to a Youkai, even if this could just be a dream, as far as she knew. Youkai can't be real, right?
"D-didn't she just say she's full?" She had to think fast, if she was to convince me from letting the one that may want to dine on our flesh, at the table.
"That is so~!" Miko didn't know what to think about being agreed with by a Youkai.
"Aww, don't be such a big baby! We have pleanty of extra rice!" This was true, Yukari had left us a huge sack of rice, perhapse so we could keep our Youkai friend from eating us. I only knew this because we had looked in the kitchen first.
"I'm not even sure if I can eat human food... Might not agree with me, you know?" While she had a point, I wasn't about to give up. I'd rather not get eaten if I can help it.
"See? See? The Youkai doesn't want to! Why not listen to her?" ...Miko seems to not be looking at the big picture... If she goes to bed, she will be hungry later, and only seems to like eating people.
"Aww, come on, just try some!" By this point, Miko's eye was twitching.
"...Fine, fine, but only because I'm somewhat curious." Yes! Mission accomplished!
"Okay, you just follow Miko about, and I'll work on preparing lunch!" Miko went stiff at this.
"B-but..." Miko couldn't think of a valid reason to say no.
I went off to prepare the meal, leaving the pair to do as they please.
Youkai's PoV:
While I had said that, eating fear alone wasn't very filling. I had lied about being full, though I'll hold off on eating the scared girl for now. It's not like I'm starved or anything...
"S-so... umm..." Ohh? The tasty smelling one wishes to talk? Well, as I've nothing to do, I might as well...
"Yes?" My, she's a timid one... Just talking got me a bit of fear from her!
"U-u-umm, What's your name?" Name?
"I don't have one." Hmm... smells of shock. Wish I could lower my darkness and see what she looks like. I've been stuck like this for a month now, and I'm a bit tired of being blind!
"Ohh... W-well, I'm Miko!" Miko? What a strange name...
"Is that so...? I've never heard such an odd name before, to be honest. ...Though, yours is only the fifth name I've heard. Most humans arn't so chatty around one such as I." Miko cringed at the partial meaning of that last statement.
"S-so... Umm... Why is it you've never tried things other than... p-people?" Hmm... both of these girls are rather interesting, though she doesn't have the same fearlessness as the other girl.
"Ahh, well, I've never been offered any human food before!" It's the truth. Most humans were more intent on escape, as I was quite obviously a Youkai, what with my blob of darkness. Heck, even before this thing began blinding me, my teeth are rather obviously for eating flesh.
"Ohh, that's too bad..." Heh, though she's easily scared, she's still interesting. This two are so similar, yet so... opposite, I wonder why...
"Hey, you and that other girl smell quite similar... why is this?" She seemed a bit surprised at this. What, did she not expect me to smell such similarities?
"Ahh, we're twins." Ehh?
"What's a... twin?" I knew very little about human relations. Could that be some form of mate?
"Ahh, it's like a sister, but we look exactly the same." ...That raises another question, while only confusing me.
"...What's a sister?" The human seemed to be growing frustrated at this, not sure how to answer. I heard the door slide open, it would seem the other 'twin' had returned.
"How to explain such a thing... Well, we share the same parents, which would be the pair of humans which... mated to... spawn us. We are the exact same physically, but we are individuals. We are of the same blood. There are many ways to answer your questions, but those are the best answers I came up with. Ahh, we were also... spawned one after another, so the same age." Miko's sister had trouble thinking of terms that would work well for a Youkai. She wasn't sure how Youkai came into the world, but chances are that I, at the very least, had no sisters, if I hadn't a clue as to what one is.
"Is that so~?" I heard the girl chuckle at my question.
"That is so~!" ...She sure is good at sounding like me... A bit off, but she's older, if only physically. I couldn't help but laugh whenever she echoed me like that.
"...Anyways, I take it lunch is ready, Mima?" Food?
"Ahh, yeah. I just set out the dishes, and such, so I came to get you two." Food!
"It's time to eat? !" I could hardly contain the joy in my voice.
"...Didn't you say you're full only a little while ago?" Oops, accidently let my hunger get the better of me.
"Ehehe... Well, I just wanted to calm you down, Miko!" Had I been able to see, I would have noticed her blush lightly. However, all I noticed was her sister laughing like she had gone mad.
"A-anyways... lets go eat..." Miko seemed so... flustered.
The pair of twins began to walk off, and I simply followed my nose. The rice that... I really need to ask her for her name, some time... Anyways, the rice that she cooked up smelled rather good, and I made sure to stay far enough away, so as to not accidently blind Miko, or her chef of a sister.
"Ahh, I don't suppose you mind standing? We can't really eat without vision, you see..." Ahh, so humans sit while they eat?
"Ohh, it's fine! ...Umm, I don't think you ever told me your name..." I smelled a spike of surprise. It would seem she had simply forgotten to.
"Ahh, I'm Hakurei Mima, and this is my si-" I cut her off.
"She told me hers already." I heard Miko sigh.
Suddenly I felt a bowl pressed against me.
"Here's your rice, tell me what you think!" Mima seemed quite happy at getting others to try her cooking, as she had next to no practice.
I scooped up some of the steaming fluff with my hand, and sniffed it. Hmm... What a unique scent. Without further adue, I shovled it into my mouth.
"Ohh, Dih ih preheh gooh!" The pair of them couldn't help but laugh some at the way I sounded.
"You know, it's not good to talk with your mouth full!" Miko seemed keen on scolding me over such a trivial thing. What happened to the fear of before...?
"What, you expect a Youkai to know the silly ways of us humans...?" See, even Mima thinks it's trivial!
"Wha- But manners are important! Hey, wait... there's an extra pair of chopstick... Mima! You never gave her her chopsticks? !" Chop what?
"Well, I figured odds are she has no idea how to use them." I don't even know what these choppy things are...
"How can one not know how to use chop sticks...?" ...She's getting rather annoying...
"Simple, I've never even heard of such a choppy stick." Mima began to laugh, proven right.
"See? Just as I said. What would a man-eating Youkai need chopsticks for? I have a feeling she simply tears meat off the bone using those knifelike teeth of hers." Quite accurate, actually. I also use my hands!
"Ehh...? K-knifelike teeth, you say?" I couldn't help but giggle, only making her fear worsen.
"Can I get some more?" Mima chuckled at my request.
"Sure thing, Sunshine!" Ehh...?
"...Sunshine?" Miko had echoed the question I was soon to ask pretty much exactly.
"It's my nickname for her!" Sunshine, huh? What an interesting name... Now I don't think I'll be able to bring myself to eating her, if she's giving me such a cute nickname...
"But she doesn't even have a name to begin with!" I couldn't see it, but Mima rose a brow at this.
I felt the bowl leave my hand, before being replaced with a new one. Yay, food! Once more I began to shovel rice into my mouth, enjoying the flavor. It wasn't as good as human flesh, but it was still tasty, and quite filling.
"I'm sure she would ask if she wanted us to name her..." Mima sure does understand me oddly well... I wonder how she does it...?
The bickering over lunch went on for awhile longer, before Miko's stomach grumbled at her due to her neglecting her share of the rice, so the arguments were held off for another time. Miko couldn't cook at all, so she hadn't had any breakfast, not that any of those in the room had.