"Ow!" As Komachi extended her hand to feed the impatient fox, it lunged and bit her in its attempt to gain the treats in her palm.
She quickly pulled her hand back to check it. Skin was barely broken, but blood trickled slightly from her injury.
"Komachi, are you alright!? Let me see your hand." Hachiman quickly rushed to his sister, who was waving him off.
"It's fine Onii-Chan, I'm fine, just a scratch." She told him.
Ignoring her, he gripped her hand and pulled it upward to observe her injury. Not caring about the stares they were getting.
"O-Oi, Onii-Chan, I'm fine, people are staring…" she whined.
After a moment of observation, Hachiman relaxed her hand. It seems to be fine…
"Are you sure you don't want to go to the aid station?"
Komachi continued to resist her brother's badgering.
"I'm fine, truly… let's just continue our day! Come on!" With a sudden hold of his hand, Komachi dragged Hachiman along to continue their day at Zao village.
As their day continued, Komachi all but forgot of the seemingly minor incident as they both enjoyed their day traveling through the fox village. It was her brothers reward for her passing the entrance exam, and by gosh was she going to revel in his affection.
As the day began to shift to dusk, they made a brief stop at the gift shop. Seeing Komachi browsing through the merchandise Hachiman couldn't help but smile at her concentrated comparison between two pairs of fox ears.
"I'll buy the one you want as a souvenir, though I am not sure when you'd wear it." He spoke looking behind her.
"Mm, you'll never know Onii-Chan… say which one do I look good in? The black with white tufts or red in white tufts?" She tried them both in front of Hachiman, posing while waiting for his response.
Hesitant to say what he truly thought, he decided to take a more neutral approach.
"They both look fine on you Komachi."
"Mou, at least you could have chosen one… fine I'll go with the black one, I'm pretty sure you would like it more." She teased him
Not that he would tell her, but she was right, he would have chosen that pair.
As they made their walk to the station, Komachi found herself smiling. As she smiled at him, he couldn't help but notice something.
Was her upper canine teeth always that pronounced?
-line break-
"What do you want for dinner?" Hachiman asked when they returned home.
"Hm… fish sounds great actually."
"Fish it is, I think we still have some."
As Hachiman prepares for dinner, Komachi goes upstairs to change into something more casual. Excited for dinner it fainted on her that something out of the ordinary.
"E-Eh?! What the hell is this?" A fluff black tail with a white tip was swaying now back and forth. Stunned at this revelation, she immediately thought to keep this quiet. Rifling through her wardrobe, she opted for baggy sweatpants she "borrowed" from Hachiman along with the matching sweatshirt.
"Komachi! Dinner is ready!" Hachiman called from downstairs. Ready to face the music, she made her way downstairs.
As she seated herself across from Hachiman, she couldn't help but notice his grinning.
"W-What? Something on my face?" She asked.
"No… I just didn't think you'd wear your ears right now."
"My ears?"
"Your fox ears."
Her fox ears were on her dresser, what was he talking abou- oh..
Hachiman noticed the ears move, startled he lowered his eyes back to hers.
"Komachi?"
"I'm.. I'm not sure myself Onii-Chan."
-End of Chapter-
I'm one lazy son of a gun with half finished chapters to several fics, only to make this one. Might be a one shot, not even 1k words, might continue, not really sure. The idea came to be while reading some other fics. Let me know what you think, and I'll see you next time.