Hotaru pushed the door open and peeked inside the bedroom. Once she was sure that nobody was in there, she stepped inside. Asami followed her, holding onto her sister's hand. Hotaru lead them to the closet and opened it.
"I want to wear this," she proclaimed and pulled one of Michiru-mama's blouses down from the hanger. It had a beautiful flower pattern on it, and even though it was a shirt, it reached up to Hotaru's knees.
Asami studied the remaining clothes carefully. She noticed a blue shirt at the back of the closet and pointed at it with her small fingers.
"That one?" Hotaru asked, and Asami pointed at it again. Hotaru stepped on one of the shoe-boxes on the floor and reached up to grab the shirt. The girls put on their shirts and admired themselves from the mirror. Asami had a hard time walking in hers, since it reached all the way to the floor.
"Now me must do our hair," Hotaru explained and lead Asami to the bathroom. She grabbed one of Haruka-papa's hair products and opened it.
"I think Haruka-papa uses this one," she said and handed the small bottle to Asami. The one-year-old took it and started to put the sticky wax into her own hair. Hotaru then took the bottle and did the same for herself.
"We also need some decorations," Hotaru said and opened one of the drawers, revealing all of Michiru-mama's hair pins. Asami grabbed the hairband that had been left sitting at the edge of the counter.
"Do you want these ones?" Hotaru asked and showed Asami some hairpins with small flowers on them. Asami nodded. Hotaru secured the pins next to the headband Asami had just put into her hair.
"I'm going to wear these," Hotaru said. She had found some hairpins with pearls on them. She put them into her hair carefully and looked at herself from the mirror.
"Now we need some make up," she said and lead Asami to the hallway.
The two sisters sneaked into Setsuna-mama's room and walked over to the vanity table on the other side of the room. They sat onto the stool and started to go through all of the different products that were spread on the table. Hotaru took the brightest red lipstick she could find and applied it on her lips, just like Setsuna-mama did. Asami looked at her sister's example and grabbed another color, spreading it on her lips, with most of it landing on her cheek.
"Now, blush," Hotaru said and showed Asami the big brush and pink box. She handed the brush to Asami, who wiped it against Hotaru's cheeks and forehead. Hotaru took the brush and made two bright pink circles on Hotaru's cheeks.
"We also need some eyeshadow," Hotaru explained and opened a big box with all the possible colors. She took a smaller brush and started to spread purple eyeshadow on one eye and blue to the other one.
"Which one do you want?" she asked Asami, who was looking at her sister in awe. Hotaru was so talented, just like Setsuna-mama and Michiru-mama. Asami stuck her finger into the brightest yellow on the palette, and Hotaru grabbed the brush.
"Michiru-mama?"
Michiru nearly dropped the plate she was holding when she turned to look at her daughters.
"What are you wearing?" she asked and set the plate down on the kitchen counter. She leaned down and ran her hand through Hotaru's hair.
"And your hair is all sticky, too," she added with a sigh.
"I'm sorry. We just wanted to be pretty ladies like you and Setsuna-mama," Hotaru said.
"Ladies," Asami echoed. Michiru just smiled and shook her head.
"It's okay, I'm not mad. Haruka! Can you bring the camera here?" Michiru called as she stood up.
"Here, what do you need it- oh," Haruka said as she walked into the kitchen with the camera. Setsuna followed her with an amused smile on her face.
"Look, we're pretty ladies!" Hotaru said as Michiru took a picture of the two sisters.
"Yes, I can see that," Haruka laughed. Setsuna stepped closer and wiped some of the extra lipstick off of Asami's cheek.
"You're both very pretty, but next time you want to play dress up, please ask permission first," she said. Haruka took the camera from Michiru and took another picture.