"Seriously, Hornet, return my hat and coat already," Enterprise ordered as Hornet continued to elude her. The blonde laughed and stuck her tongue out.
"Nuh-uh. You're the one leaving them around. They're fair game."
"I was about to put them on," Enterprise groaned. Hornet wasn't merely bluffing when she boasted of being always quick to strike—She had only turned her back for a few seconds after changing, and they were already gone.
"You're too slow, sis!" Hornet continued to laugh, blissfully unaware of her sister's thinning patience.
"Hornet," Enterprise's voice dropped a few octaves; that usually never failed to get anyone to listen, including even the most scatterbrained. Today was no exception because Hornet stopped dead in her tracks.
"Okay, okay," she raised both her hands in defeat. "Geez, I just, y'know, wanted to pretend to be you for a while."
Enterprise blinked a few times.
"Come again…?"
"Sis, people look up to you; me too. I know it's childish, but sometimes I feel like I wanna be you, you know?"
As she said that, Hornet took off the cap and returned it to Enterprise.
To her surprise, Enterprise didn't put it on.
"Is that so? Let's see your best impersonation of me," she put the hat back on Hornet instead. Enterprise found her reaction—eyes darting around, face blank—mildly amusing. It's not often Hornet would get caught off-guard like that.
"Really?"
"Yes, really."
Hornet felt like she was being punished. Still, when she looked at Enterprise, she thought her sister looked oddly gentle, so maybe that wasn't the case.
Drawing a deep breath, Hornet struck a pose, pretended she was drawing a bow and declared,
"It's over!"
That was more embarrassing than she thought, and she found herself blushing quite hard. She wondered what Enterprise would think of that—she was confident the line came out weaker than she'd like.
Turning to Enterprise, Hornet certainly didn't expect to see her sister holding back a laugh. Her effort was futile because Enterprise soon broke into a burst of laughter.
Enterprise laughed with restraint, but that was still the first time Hornet saw her laughing so freely in a long while. It proved to be infectious because she soon laughed along.
"Hey, give me your hat," Enterprise said between laughs. Hornet passed the article to her without much questioning.
"Guess I can try to be you, hm? It's only fair," Enterprise said as the laughter subsided. She put the hat on as Hornet watched, licking her lips and grinning.
"Let's quickly finish this!" Enterprise delivered Hornet's catchphrase with a much more subdued posture—simply one hand on the hat, the other pointing at nothing.
Still, it left Hornet in awe.
"Huh, that was way cooler than me," she said, head tilted. Enterprise turned to her, her smile reassuring.
"Are you sure? Because I cannot deploy B-25s, no matter how much I want to," she said, walking over to Hornet to receive her cap back.
"Well…do you even need that?" Hornet mumbled before yelping in surprise when Enterprise plopped the cowboy hat on her head.
"My point is, remember that you're you and don't need to be like anyone else. Yorktown and I included."
Hornet looked up, straightened her hat, and grinned.
"You're right. I'm plenty awesome on my own. Oh, we gotta go, or we're gonna get late!" she said and was about to make for the exit before the sound of Enterprise coughing stopped her.
"First, give me back my coat," she demanded, getting Hornet to snicker.
"Yeah, yeah, sorry."
