Can you tell I love writing about the Lowee family? No? Well I do.
Blanc stared at her hands as she felt her lip furl, discordant thoughts swirling in her mind and the pit of her stomach. These feelings had been circling her mind for some time now. It just felt like a gnaw at the back of her mind, ever so often they would find their way to the forefront of her mind, it was almost constant, and Blanc was starting to get pissed about it. It was just a constant source of anxiety for someone who considered herself as steady as they come. It was constant… ever since…
Ever since her little sisters had convinced Blanc's one time oracle, and one time caretaker of the CPU candidates to return.
Ever since that day, Blanc felt it eating at the back of her mind.
Did Rom and Ram love Mina more than her?
It wasn't that Blanc doubted if Rom or Ram loved her; she knew they loved her to bits and pieces. But… But…
The way they loved Mina seemed to be almost above that.
No matter what Blanc would do or yell; she couldn't control the twins when they got into their rambunctious moods, but if Mina so much as gave them the look then that was the end of that.
Was it just that? That they were scared of Mina? No… that didn't seem right. Mina wasn't scary, she was stern. She was kind, nurturing, even keeled… everything Blanc wasn't. Mina was so… motherly. And Blanc was a brute. Blanc was to be respected, Mina was loved.
Blanc couldn't help the snarl that formed on her face, she knew somewhere that that line of thinking was wrong, and she knew Rom and Ram loved her. But she couldn't help but notice all the small things, like just how happy they were when Mina first stepped through the doors again, or their insistence that Mina read them their stories at night.
What was it she was missing…?
"Heya! Blanny! Wanna go out on a hunt!?"
Blanc didn't even have time for a twitch to form on her forehead from the voice of her ever intrusive friend, turning to face the beret adorned huntress, and to her, she must've looked like a deer in the headlights, because all the glamor, and smugness immediately was sapped from C-sha's face, as she considered, the time to mock her friend was not now.
"Eh? Blanny?" C-sha asked gently. She was a mature person, and she knew when to reel back the mocking personality,
"What?" Blanc tried to gain back some control of the situation, as she shot C-sha an attempt at a glare, but C-sha returned with a soft look, walking over to the plush sofa next to the chair Blanc was mulling her thoughts over in, she patted the seat next to hers,
"C'mon. Blanny, it's just us. Not everything has to be a joke with us you know?" C-sha gently presented, as Blanc looked to the side, unsure of who she was looking at, but… something about it felt… reassuring. C-sha was… one of the first friends she had made of her own merit, not because of her status as CPU. She felt uniquely safe and vulnerable around her. And it was… ok.
"..." Blanc didn't have a response, instead simply sitting down on the offered seat.
"Hey now… what's botherin ya, Blanny" C-sha asked, as she nudged her shoulder,
"I don't know…" Blanc mumbled, as C-sha gave her a look to encourage her to say more, "It's about Rom and Ram…" She tried to get herself going, as she bit her tongue,
"Hm? The girls? Did something happen to them?" C-sha asked, as Blanc shook her head,
"No… but…" Blanc danced around the point once more, feeling very unlike herself at the moment. Never one to mince words, she was feeling strangely anxious at the moment. Until she felt something truly rare happen, as C-sha placed her arm around Blanc's shoulder. And while, ordinarily if anyone but the twins touched her, they would be on the receiving end of swift hammery justice. Blanc… liked this. It felt warm in such a cold country, and comforting, in a time she felt so unsure.
"C'mon. Blanc. It's ok" And that was it. She never knew just how soothing hearing her own name could be.
"It's just… why? Why do Rom and Ram love Mina more than me?" She asked, lip trembling, as she balled her fists,
"Blanny. Rom and Ram love you to death." And C-sha would not hear any different.
"No… It's not that… I know that…" She wasn't some tsundere like Noire. She knew they loved her, "But… why do…" Blanc gulped down the emotion as she finally got to the crux of the issue, "Why do they love her like their mother?!" Blanc finally exclaimed, "Should I be mad about it!? Mad at who!? Rom and Ram!? Mina!? Myself?! Should I even be mad!? Why do I feel like this!? God I feel like such a sissy! I know they love me but… but…" The tumultuous thoughts tumbled around Blanc's mind. Truly… now that Blanc was thinking about it. This was not isolated to the time since Mina's return. Really… it had been since the twins were born. It seemed like this was always the case.
"I- I know Mina's been around the whole time too… and I know I'm not exactly the nurturing type. Should I be mad? At Mina? For taking my baby sisters? Did she eve-" Blanc's rambled were soon cut off by the loud voice of her friend,
"Blanny that's quite enough!" C-sha yelled, as she gave the goddess a glare, "Do you even hear yourself!?"
"But…"
"But nothing! Rom and Ram love you! You don't even know how much… GAH! YOU KNOW WHAT!" C-sha was beginning to have enough of even thinking of this ridiculous situation anymore, standing up, C-sha soon picked the petite woman in her arms as she made her way out of the hall,
"W-what are you doing! Oi! C-sha!" Blanc yelled, but it did nothing to loosen C-sha's iron grip, although, it wasn't as though the journey was long, in fact, it was just down the hall,
"Uhm… Miss C-sha… Why are you carrying sis?"
"Bwahahaha! Blanc looks like a princess! C-sha is the prince!"
After all. It was just to the twins room.
Plopping Blanc down front and center, C-sha crossed her arms,
"Tell them what you told me." C-sha ordered, as Blanc looked back at her in an embarrassed huff.
"N-no way!" She stuttered, as Rom and Ram looked at each other in confusion, when was the last time Blanc acted like this? Probably when Ram found Blanc's 'secret book collection' of which covers were adorned by noticeably busty brunettes, for some reason a great deal of them were wearing berets? Maybe she wanted to go shopping for some!
"Do it or I will." C-sha was not backing down. This was silly, and she was going to prove it to her.
"Rom… Ram… I…" Blanc looked to the eagerly awaiting faces of her twin sisters, before feeling her stomach twist itself into a knot, "I can't do it" She dejectedly looked to the ground before, she heard C-sha let out perhaps the deepest sigh she had ever heard her let out,
"For the love of the goddess. Rom. Ram." C-sha ordered, as the brunettes in question looked up. "Do you love Mina?" She asked as Blanc bit her lip, the young girls looking at each other confused, before looking back, figuring answering the question would let them know what this was about,
"Of course! Mina is Mina! We love her lots! I'm super happy she's back!" Ram beamed,
"Mhm! Mhm!" Rom followed up, as C-sha gave them a soft smile, only having met the oracle on a few occasions now, she could already tell what Blanc had assessed earlier was correct, the woman surely was as close to a mother as the twins had.
"Now. Do you love Blanny?" She asked, as the two stared at her incredulously,
"Duh. Of course I do!"
"Why are you asking that?'
Pink then blue answered, before C-sha asked her last question,
"Now. Who do you love more?" She asked, already knowing the answer, as she could tell Blanc looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there at the moment,
Unlike the previous two questions, this one caused the girls some pause as they exchanged looks, using their telepathic twin powers that all twins obviously have, they communicated, before both coming to the same solution,
"Why do we have to pick?"
"Yea… can't we love them both equally?"
Ram then Rom responded, as C-sha smiled, receiving the answer she knew she would.
"And why's that?" C-sha dug in more,
"Well…" Ram tried to answer, but couldn't find her words, yet, shockingly, Rom was able to put words to their shared thoughts,
"We uh… love them in different ways. Blanc is our big sister, she's strong, brave, and always there to protect us. But Mina… she raised us, it feels like she's… like a mom we never had… she's kind, and she taught us all our magic! But… I know I can rely on both of them. I don't know what I would do without either of them. So why do I have to choose? If I have to choose, I choose both!" Rom fiercely declared, as Ram brightly smiled beside her,
"I side with Rom! Mina might be a pain in the butt, but when she was gone it felt like there was a hole in my heart! But Blanc is also my super duper cool older sis that's waaayyyyy cooler than Nepgear and Uni's lame older sisters!" Ram triumphantly declared, as Blanc looked up with tears in her eyes, C-sha rubbing her finger below her nose as she turned,
"And my job here is done. Enjoy the group hug or whatever it is, I'm goin huntin so if you want to join m-"
"Get in here too dumbass." Blanc soon yanked back the huntress as she brought in her younger sisters, sharing a long embrace with her family, the group soon deciding to raid Mina's room to drag her in as well, as the now complete family shared their loving embrace.
Hope you all enjoyed! Now,
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Tony Anderson- Thank you! Heh, yea Alice and Higurashi sure are interesting characters... and I just happen to love putting them together like the oddball I am :3
