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Chapter 21: About Openness
(or about requests)
As soon as the door was closed, Lynette got out of the bed and took off her nightgown hastily, while Yoshika watched her with puzzlement and even a bit of embarrassment, noticing that Lynette was looking for her clothes without anything on.
"Did the alarm sound?" Yoshika nervously asked her.
"Of course not." Lynette said putting her now putting on her uniform, "it's just that… I'll- I'll explain you later…"
Yoshika was left wondering what was going on as Lynette continued searching for something on her bed.
While she did so, Yoshika took off her dressing gown but just as she was about to put her swimsuit, she realized that it was more ripped than what she expected after yesterday's accident, so she searched for something else to put on.
"There they are," Lynette relievedly said, as she began putting on her white panties. Yoshika on the other hand, found her black panties on her chest.
Then, the door opened again, now grabbing both girls' attention, with their panties still on their knees and young woman about Minna's age stood by the door, wearing a white blouse with a brown coat with a matching cap, white panties like Lynette's and red socks with a matching scarf.
"Sis, it's been a while." Wilma happily said, "and for the look of it, it seems you're doing just fine."
Lynette became red as lobster hearing the comment as both girls finished putting on their panties. Wilma left a small bag on the floor and headed straight to Yoshika who just covered her breasts with her arms.
Wilma then, extended her right hand, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Flight Lieutenant Miyafuji."
Reluctantly, Yoshika also extended her hand, "Nice to meet you too, but Yoshika is fine," she said with somewhat happy tone, now covering her breasts with her left arm.
"I am Wilma Bishop, Lynne's older sister," Wilma happily said. "My sister told me a lot about you."
"Like what?" Yoshika wondered with a somewhat curious tone.
"That you're a really cute girl who she…"
"Wilma!" Lynette called her out.
Yoshika give a quick peek to Lynette who was redder even had started to sweat, and then back to Wilma, "okay…" So, she then grabbed her a clean sailor blouse and put it on as both girls continued staring at her.
"Would you give us minute Yoshika?" Lynette requested as calmly as she could.
Yoshika nodded in agreement and left the room afterwards, leaving the two sisters in the room.
"You shouldn't be so rough with her when you're…"
"We don't do anything like that!" Lynette exclaimed bashfully somehow.
Wilma then headed to her and began caressing her forehead that was bathed in sweat, "You need to take a bath," she stated, "let's take it together like when we were little."
Lynette took a deep breath, "alright."
Meanwhile in the dining hall
Four girls were having breakfast, on their usual places though they could not help it but wonder where the three missing girls were.
"It sure must have been tiring for Yoshika and Lynne to come back flying here riding brooms." Erica commented.
"Yeah, it'd be better if they rested for a bit more," Eila added.
"I agree," Shizuka quietly added.
"Have you seen Perrine?" Erica asked the whole group.
"I saw her going to Minna's office after taking a guest to Lynne and Yoshika's room."
"Huh?" Eila rubbed her chin, "I wonder who came."
"Let's find out!" Erica exclaimed eagerly as both girls picked up their food trays.
"I will take care of the cleaning." Shizuka said, as both girls left them in the sink, "I don't mind at all."
"Thanks Shizuka," both girls said in unison and so, they began heading to Perrine's office but on their way there, they find one of the three missing girls, heading there.
"Hey, Yoshika." Eila happily greeted her.
"What's up Miyafuji, did you hu… never mind" Erica gave a quick look at her blouse, "it's sure it's a chilly day, huh?"
"Good morning, guys," Yoshika then hugged herself, "yeah, a little, I think."
"Breakfast ready," Eila chimed in.
"Thanks." And so, Yoshika left both girls who just keep staring at her as she continued heading to the dining hall.
"Now, that's something new," Erica commented.
"Let's just get this over with," Eila added, and so, both girls headed to the Minna's office, only to find Perrine inside with somewhat troubled and somehow embarrassed expression on her face.
"So…?" Erica wondered what was going on.
"Did something happen with Shirley or Francesca?" Eila asked her.
Perrine gave them a confused a look, "what do you mean?"
Erica stared at Eila then back to Perrine, "They left for Bolzano, yesterday."
"It slipped out of mind." Perrine voiced, leaving the two girls wondering, "but they're supposed to come back today."
"So… who arrived, Sanya told us that someone came." Eila asked her.
Perrine took a deep breath, "Wilma, Lynne's older sister."
Erica shrugged, "So, what's the matter?"
"I…" Perrine rubbed her face, "I really don't know how to tell you."
Meanwhile in the dining hall
Yoshika made her way there and though she was taken aback a little that no one were at the table, and nothing was there either. Still, she soon realized that two girls were actually there, taking care of the cleaning, Shizuka washing the dishes and Sanya drying them.
She headed to the kitchen noticing that a food tray was there, of which some steam was still coming.
"Good morning, guys," Yoshika cheerfully said
"Good morning, Yoshika," both girls happily said in unison, and as they turned around, a spoon fell under the sink's faucet, splashing water everywhere and ended soaking Yoshika and Shizuka.
"I'm sorry," Shizuka said as she rushed to pick a towel, "I'm going to dry you"
"It's okay," Yoshika said as soon as Shizuka began cleaning her sailor blouse, she stopped on her tracks.
"Is something wrong?" Yoshika wondered,
Shizuka become reddish, fixing her glance on her chest, "nothing, it's just that you… never mind."
So, she continued drying Yoshika up but now her face, and she stopped, now with a frightened expression. "What happened to you?"
"Oh that…" Yoshika gulped, "It's just that I… I fell from the broom, and I hit my head."
Shizuka, then began caressing her now scarred injure, as Yoshika closed her eyes. "Why didn't you call me to pick you… both up?"
"I thought you were mad at me." Yoshika confessed.
"I wasn't mad at you, it's just that I- that I didn't sleep very well but I feel fine now." Shizuka said, as she finished drying her face up.
"I'm happy to hear that." Yoshika said, then she felt her chest being touched by the towel, so she opened her eyes, only to notice that Shizuka was looking a little red faced, again.
"There you go," Shizuka embarrassedly said.
"Thanks, Shizuka" Yoshika cheerfully said.
On the other hand, Sanya had already taken the food the tray to the table, also looking a little reddish.
Yoshika just shrugged and headed to the dining table and both girls took a sit next to her as she began to have breakfast.
Some minutes went by, and just before she finished, Shizuka decided to interrupt the silence.
"Yoshika, um…" She started with some hesitation in her voice, "are you able to fly normally?"
"I don't know actually," Yoshika said with pensiveness in her voice, "we came back very late in the night."
"Don't you want to go medic?" Sanya suggested.
Yoshika sighed, "I… I feel fine but if you want to, I guess I don't have a choice."
Both girls just stared at each other with somewhat gloomy demeanors hearing the comment.
"What about a mock a battle?" Shizuka asked her, with a bit more of resolve in her tone, "if you were having magic problems, that would be one way to find out."
"I like that idea;" Yoshika eagerly said, "I haven't done much with a Striker since a while." Yoshika added, "I hope Perrine doesn't mind it."
"I will stay at the hangar in case she came," Sanya.
"Thanks Sanya," both girls said in unison.
In Minna's office
After hearing Perrine's story, Eila and Erica were just staring at each other, making Perrine wonder what was going on.
Eila then grabbed Erica's jacket, repeatedly, "you better spit it out."
"Well, that may or may not be our fault." Erica nonchalantly stated.
"Our fault!" Eila exclaimed, "don't include me."
"It's not like you were against it," Erica argued back.
Perrine crossed her hands, "what are you two talking about?"
"Just don't get mad with us, okay?" Erica said.
"We or rather they did it in good faith!" Eila added with the most convincing tone she could use.
"Remember the Neuroi that attacked us unexpectedly after Francesca and Shirley came back." Erica started as Perrine slowly nodded in agreement. "Well, the day before, Francesca told us she saw Lynne and Yoshika getting a bit touchy in the forest." Erica stated, making Perrine blush a little. "You were there too, don't be so prude! Well, the thing is, Francesca told Shirley that and also that Yoshika was as happy as ever that day." Erica continued, "So, after they made up, the four of us discussed for a bit and we agreed that we will… tease them."
Eila crossed her arms. "Just you three."
"It was not that hard though, they're always together, they sleep in the same room and… on the same bed it seems," Erica added.
"Why would you do that?" Perrine wondered.
"I am worried about Miyafuji, even I don't look like it, she seemed to be depressed as Trude and I didn't want that, again." Erica added, as Perrine shifted her glance to the other girl.
"Don't look at me, I told them it was not a good idea," Eila beckoned her.
"Well, it did the trick actually, Miyafuji cheered up, didn't she?" Erica added yet both girls did not look too convinced. "It was either that or let Miyafuji grope our boobs."
Both Eila and Perrine just covered their chests with their hands hearing the suggestion.
Erica shrugged, "that's what I thought."
"And we didn't tell Sanya and Shizuka for obvious reasons," Eila added.
Perrine took a deep breath to process what she just heard, "so… why are you telling me this just now?"
"For instance, I don't think you'd let… us to do that." Eila softly added.
Erica put her hands behind her head. "And also, because it seems it got out of our hands but I'm sure they didn't do anything like that, they're far too shy to actually do that kind of stuff."
"So what? They were sleeping on the same bed." Eila raised her voice. "Sanya and I sometimes do that, sure, it may sound a bit problematic, but we just sleep, that's all."
"Yeah, it's kind of unexpected they didn't have panties on." Erica carefreely added, "But Trude always sleeps without anything on, everyone knows that."
"Look, I know there must be good reason for that, maybe they were too tired to find something to put on." Eila commented.
"And even if they did it, there's nothing wrong with that." Erica commented as the two girls gazed her.
Perrine took off her glasses and began cleaning them.
"I admit that it took me by surprise, but the issue doesn't lie there, is the fact their judgment could get cloudy." Then, she fixed her sight on Eila, "Something like that already occurred, as both of you may know."
Erica just shrugged, "what's the big deal, we always risk our butts protecting each other and destroying whatever thing we face."
"Yeah… nothing will change, we look after each other regardless of everything," Eila added a bit nervously.
"We still need to talk with them, regardless of that." Perrine maintained. "And you're going to stop with that."
Both girls nodded hesitantly in response.
Erica put both her hands on the desk, "Just let them be, if they were a thing, everyone will know it and if that happens, I'd talk with Minna."
"And what about Shizuka?" Perrine asked both girls.
"I… haven't thought in that yet," Erica hesitated.
"I spoke with her a little," both girls stared at Eila, "and… well she's willing to listen and I'm sure she'd understand Yoshika."
"I hope you're right, nevertheless we need to keep an eye on her, just in case." Perrine added, making the two girls nod in agreement. "As for now, we need to take Yoshika to the infirmary,"
"What happened now?" Eila asked her.
"She had a rather big cut on her face." Erica added.
"Yoshika had an accident with the broom and Lynne had to carry her here, on the broom" Perrine stated making the two girls gasp in worriedness.
"What?" Erica asked her.
"She can't fly again?" Eila questioned her superior
"I am not entirely sure," Perrine stroke her hair.
"We really should have gone for them," Erica added as the two girls looked down and then they headed outside the office.
Meanwhile in the bathroom
Steam was coming out of the bath, and even water was occasionally splashed on the floor as Both girls were submerged in opposite sides of the bathtub.
"…"
"I never thought you'd agree so easily to bath together I mean you never..." Wilma commented staring at her sister through the stream.
"Well, we used to have Fuso-style baths so I'm not as shy as I used to be." Lynette stated with somewhat serious tone.
"It's either that or you and Yoshika are…" Wilma tried to say.
"I told you; we are not doing anything like that," Lynette interrupted her becoming redder hearing the remark.
"And here I was gonna tell you that you shouldn't be so rough with her on the bed." Wilma added but to her surprise, Lynette dropped her smile "Is something wrong?"
"It's just that she had an accident yesterday," Lynette stated now with a worried expression.
"What happened?"
Meanwhile in Bolzano
To the surprise of both girls, they were given breakfast to their room and after relishing with it, they headed again to the plaza from yesterday. After stationing the truck some personnel started to gather around the truck, with some supply boxes. After they got out of the truck, in the distance, they could see that Maria was walking around the fountain with somewhat troubled look on her face, so they headed there.
"Good morning your Majesty." Charlotte said with somewhat polite yet familiar tone.
"Good morning," Francesca added, with a soft smile.
"Good morning, Flight Lieutenant Yeager, Ensign Lucchini, I was afraid you would not come." Maria stopped and faced both Witches
"Sorry for that, we stayed talking until very late on the night, right Francesca?" Charlotte said, grabbing Francesca's jacket.
"Yeah, we're sorry for being late."
"There's nothing to apologize, Ensign Lucchini." Maria added.
The water from the fountain was the only sound that could be heard as Francesca made her to Maria's front.
Noticing that, Charlotte squinted her eyes in direction of the truck, "I'm gonna make sure they secure everything right, I don't want things falling around." So, she left and leaving them behind.
"I have a small request," Francesca said as serious as she could, while Maria kept staring at her. "I got Shirley's bike destroyed back in Den Helder and I tried to get a new one, but I couldn't find it."
Maria tilted her head hearing the proposal, "She had a world record with speed bikes under 1000cc, if I remember correctly."
Francesca took a deep breath, "Yeah, so… if you could get her a new bike, I'm gonna move here."
"Ensign Lucchini, Francesca, I don't want you to think I'm forcing you to leave the 501st against your will, with conditions attached." Maria grabbed her hand, "It is only a proposal, nevertheless I'm going to speak with the Liberion Brasses to send her a new bike."
Francesca did not look so relieved, "Thanks, but… Shirley's right, it's just that… when we went to Liberion… she was asked- she was asked to…" Some tears began forming in her green eyes and falling. "I'm gonna really miss her."
Some minutes went by, and Maria took a napkin from her chest pocket and began cleaning her face, "I understand Ensign Lucchini, there is no pressure."
Francesca then moved to her side and kissed on the cheek, "thank you for that too, but don't tell anything to Shirley, I want it to be a surprise." She added, trying to fake a smile.
Maria blushed a little, "I will not Ensign Lucchini, let's see if they have finished loading the truck."
Meanwhile in Munich's sky
Both girls had just taken off, each one carrying practice versions of the Type 99-2 on their hands. Both were ascending to the sky, one next to the other, though to Shizuka's surprise, Yoshika stopped midair, so she headed to there.
Yoshika gave her a somewhat gloomy expression, "If I did something wrong, just let me know."
"You didn't do anything wrong, and I'm sorry I make you feel that way." Shizuka appealed yet Yoshika did not seem cheered up.
"You know I'm not perfect Shizuka, I make a lot of mistakes, but I do my best to make up for them," Yoshika softly added.
"I know that Yoshika and… that's why you're the person I look up the most." Shizuka eagerly said, "and I wanted to ask you for something."
"What is it?" Yoshika asked with curious expression.
"Don't hold back, give me your best," Shizuka stated as determined as she could.
"I was going to do that," Yoshika happily added.
"But just one skirmish, I don't want you to overwork yourself."
"I understand," and so sparks came out of the Shinden as Shizuka began pursuing Yoshika. Yet she did not even used a shield and just dodged the paintballs as she made some distance.
'She's fast,' Shizuka said to herself as she continued chasing her but Yoshika then, dove flying on her back and now she began shooting her back, close to the ground.
Shizuka tried to dodge her, but she still ended up throwing out a shield. Seconds later, Yoshika slowed down a little, so she took the opportunity to get closer to her.
"I got you!" Shizuka exclaimed but before the first shoots impacted her, Yoshika blasted off from the ground, even blowing her away.
"She's too fast!" Shizuka added, trying to regain her balance as sparks were now coming out from the Shiden, she began to ascend to catch on Yoshika but as she did so, paintballs started to come to her as if hail was falling from the sky, yet they were hard to see as they were being hidden by the shining sun. So, she deployed a shield to cover herself but to her surprise, she still felt her body or rather the lower part of her body being covered by paintballs.
"How?" Shizuka loudly wondered, realizing that Yoshika was below her again, "I didn't even see you down there."
"It was pretty fun!" Yoshika happily said as she flew towards her.
'She didn't even bother to use a shield,' Shizuka said to her own head. "Yeah, it was," she added, trying to smile.
"Is something wrong?" Yoshika asked her, now in front of her.
"It's just that, I still need a lot to learn." Shizuka added.
"I also have a lot to learn, that's why Minna trained me." Yoshika said with a reassuring tone.
"Yoshika, would you do the same for me?" Shizuka asked with some nervousness.
"Of course I would, not like you need it though but…" Yoshika dropped her smile, "…I don't think Minna would let us do that, at least not until we found what's wrong with me."
"You're right, I'm sorry for asking you that," Shizuka added, but then the duo of Witches realized that they were being watched by more people so both began descending and after getting out of their Strikers, they headed to where Perrine and the rest of the girls were.
"I'm glad you can fly just fine Yoshika," Sanya added with a polite smile.
Yoshika smiled them back, "I'm happy for that too."
"And it was a nice duel if you ask me," Eila commented.
"We should have a mock battle one of these days Miyafuji," Erica added, surprising the group a little.
"I love to watch that," Shizuka eagerly exclaimed with sparkling eyes.
"Yeah… why not?" Yoshika added, a bit taken aback by the proposal.
Perrine took a deep breath, then she fixed her glance in one of the Witches, "Shizuka, I need to talk with you." Then she shifted to the other, "Yoshika please, inform Lynne that I want to talk with her as well."
"Alright," Yoshika said somewhat worried tone, and she left the hangar afterwards.
"And she's no longer cold," Erica added, making the three girls blush a little, still they gathered around Shizuka, making her stare the floor.
"I know it was an unscheduled skirmish Lieutenant Clostermann but don't punish Yoshika, I asked her to have a mock battle with me." Shizuka softly yet firmly said.
"It doesn't anything to do with that Shizuka, I'm just concerned about Yoshika's magic," Perrine stated politely.
"She seems to be just fine; I mean she beat you," Erica exclaimed
"That's Yoshika for you," Eila added.
"Yes, even though she hasn't practiced properly in a few weeks, she's better than ever, I wasn't even close to beat her but that's why I look up to her," Shizuka commented, her voice full of resolve.
Perrine took a deep breath, "Regardless of that, we should not say anything of this to Group Captain Wilcke, she left strict orders regarding Yoshika." Perrine stated, "I'll be on her office waiting for Lynne." And she started to leave.
"She's overprotecting her if you ask me, but then again, I'm not in charge," Erica commented grabbing Perrine's attention, yet she still left the hangar afterwards.
Shizuka on the other hand, headed to Yoshika's launch platform and began touching the Shinden.
"So…?" Eila asked her as the two girls gathered around her.
"It's almost too warm to the touch," Shizuka stated, while one of them watched her a bit confused.
"Is something wrong with Yoshika's Strikers?" Sanya asked the group.
Shizuka shifted her sight to Eila who hesitantly nodded in agreement, "I should tell you."
Meanwhile, in the bathroom
"…that Maloney guy that passed a report on all of you actually." Wilma said, "But since Yoshika was the newest recruit, most of the blame landed on her."
"I guess that explains why I had trouble contacting Yoshika through the military on Fuso." Lynette added a bit more serious. "They never knew where she was."
"And yeah, your friend was right, she was given a dishonorable discharge." Wilma continued, "How she managed to reenter the miliary, it begs me. That's on Fuso."
"What happened with Maloney?" Lynette asked her with a hint of indignation in her tone.
"That's a private matter was the only thing I was told," Wilma added.
"I should've expected that, I mean, I just found out a few weeks ago."
"Though I left someone there asking for me," Wilma said, with a hint of excitement in her voice.
"Who?" Lynette asked her now with curious demeanor.
"An air Force officer who was very willing to help me," she added, now coquettishly.
"H- how?" Lynette wondered now with an embarrassed tone
"I flirted with him;" Wilma added proudly, making Lynette stare at her, "I mean it was an order and I didn't want to disappoint my superior."
"It was a joke! You didn't need to do that!" Lynette exclaimed.
"Just kidding, but he is very handsome and so charming, and he is so mature with his beard and his uniform so that's why I…" Wilma added.
"Sis!" Lynette yelped giving her an embarrassed look.
"Don't look me that, it's not like I am with someone just now."
Lynette took a deep breath, "…yeah, you're right, I think."
"Yeah, I'm gonna see him again in a few days so if I get to know something else, I'll let you know. But you still haven't told me how things are going with Yoshika." Wilma added, "it took a lot convincing to get you to visit her in Lausanne."
Lynette began playing with her fingers, "the thing is I…"
Then, it could be heard that someone was knocking the door.
"Lynne, Perrine wants to talk with you," Yoshika loudly said outside the bathroom.
"Speaking of which," Wilma said with a wide grin, "Yoshika, come for a moment."
And so, Yoshika slowly opened the door, and inside, through the steam she could see that both girls were submerged in the bathtub, staring at her.
"Sis told me you had an accident," Wilma said, trying to contain her excitement.
"Yeah," Yoshika said as she touched her forehead, a bit surprised.
"So, it would be better if you took a bath to clean your body, am I right?" Wilma asked her with a persuasive tone.
Yoshika gulped loudly, "yes, I was going to take one after you finished."
"Why don't you… I don't know, join us?" Wilma stated making both girls stare at her with surprised looks on their faces, "Don't be so shy, I know Fuso Witches like to bath with other people."
"That's true but I..." Yoshika tried to say but Wilma just splashed some water on her.
"So, what are you waiting for?" She added.
And so, Yoshika slowly took off her collar, her neckerchief, her sailor blouse and her black panties, the last she did reluctantly.
Now she was in front of both girls, trying as hard as she could not to look at the pair of well-endowed breasts, that were resting on the edge of the bathtub. Though, she failed as her cheeks were as now red as they could get, and she ended fixed her gaze on Lynette and on her chest afterwards, soon, she was lost in herself. Not long after, Wilma grabbed her hand and made her enter to the bathtub, in the middle of both girls.
Now there, Yoshika was feeling breasts rubbing all around her bared body, and she was starting to feel overwhelmed. "it's- it's kind of cramped in here." She murmured. Then, to her surprise, she felt her breasts being skillfully fondled by Wilma, making her moan softly without her even realizing it.
"These sure are a nice pair of breasts, pretty well shaped if you ask me," Wilma pointed out, as she continued groping Yoshika. Lynette just kept staring at her sister and becoming as red as Yoshika hearing the sounds she was making. "I was expecting them to be a little bigger though, I mean you told me…"
"Wilma!" Lynette cried, but to her surprise, her sister grabbed her hand and made her touch her as well.
"They are way softer than what you'd expect. What do you think?" Wilma added, still making her feel her up.
"…Yeah…" Lynette murmured, "I mean, I don't think about those things!"
"Yours have grown bigger though," Wilma added, grabbing Yoshika's hand and making her feel up too "You outgrow me badly in just two years, am I right Yoshika?" She added yet Yoshika did not mutter anything, so noticing that Wilma's grin widened and moved to herself to her left side, making both girls snuggle into each other. Yoshika's breasts being rubbed by Lynette's bigger breasts while she rubbed her own breasts on Yoshika's back.
To Wilma's astonishment, Yoshika did not still mutter anything else. "Let's see if she's still growing down..."
"Wilma!" Lynette interrupted her, crying out.
As if nothing had been said, Wilma's hand slowly made her way to Yoshika's crotch but before she did so, Yoshika collapsed onto Lynette's shoulder and some blood drops began staining the water.
"Yoshika!" Lynette cried out worriedly.
"She's just got a nosebleed." Wilma added, "she's gonna be fine, let's get her out of here."
And so, both girls got Yoshika out of the bathtub, covered her in a towel and themselves as well and carried Yoshika to their bedroom.
After drying Yoshika as much as they could, they took her to their bedroom, covered in a towel. Thankfully to both of them, no one found on their way there. There, they covered Yoshika in blankets.
"Well, you were right, she really loves boobs." Wilma commented, with a small grin. "She even passed out."
"Everyone knows that, and I don't really mind it." Lynette added, then took a sit next to Yoshika and began caressing her short brown hair as Wilma stared both girls.
"She's gonna be fine but I'm really sorry for that," she added with regret her voice.
"She's Yoshika, I know she's going to be just fine." And some minutes went by, as Lynette continued stroking Yoshika's hair.
"You two are really bonded," Wilma commented, as she continued, staring both girls.
"We are I think…" Lynette took a deep breath, "and… I tried to follow your advice, but I- but I made everything so awkward."
Wilma tilted her head, "huh?"
"You know I'm not like that, I'm too unexperienced and Yoshika's too," Lynette stated.
"But it seems, you're really comfortable with each other, it seems both of you are used to see each other naked." Wilma asked her.
Lynette took an even longer breath to try to get rid of her redness, "Yeah, I guess you could say that, I mean we have…"
Wilma took a sit next to her, "You both… have?"
Lynette stared at her blue eyes, "We have…" She gulped, "we have been sleeping together since we moved here..." Lynette stated as firmly as she could, yet Wilma seemed unfazed hearing the comment. "…But that's the only thing we do, we just sleep and cuddle together."
"That's not such a big deal, when was a Witch, I used to do that all the time, but some used to freak out, I guess it must have something to do that they woke up over me." Wilma carefreely said.
"Yeah, it sometimes is like that, she ends up sleeping on my breasts or I sometimes do the same but… she told me that she doesn't mind it, and I told her the same." Lynette added but to her surprise, Wilma gave her a quick hug.
"If I didn't see it with my own two eyes, I wouldn't believe it." She proudly said.
"What do you mean?" Lynette asked her, surprised.
"You're way more open talking about your feelings." Wilma exclaimed.
"It's- it's thanks to Yoshika as well, she's always so open and so confident about everything and I guess I learned that from her but… I never thanked her for that," she sighed, "and I can't be open with her, and actually I don't even know when I came to feel like that about her."
"After Gallia was liberated, you always spoke of her and how dear she was to you and how much you missed her, how you couldn't wait to be reunited with her again and Perrine also say the same thing." Wilma added with reassuring tone. *
"I guess you're right, I even thought I'd never see her again so that's why when I have the opportunity to go to Fuso, I took it, but I couldn't tell her anything either not like I knew what to say." Lynette added.
"As you said, it's not easy to open about those things," Wilma stressed.
"It's just that…" Lynette's expression became one of sadness. "I don't think she sees me that way."
"You're taking things at your own pace, and that's fine, you shouldn't force things." She added, lifting up Lynette a little in the process.
"That… sounds right."
"How so?" Wilma wondered.
"We have some sort of a date yesterday, we went to a café, and it felt a little romantic with candles and many other things…" Lynette said with happiness in her tone, "well even Yoshika said so but nothing else happened, we just enjoyed each other company."
"You should just continue doing that, going with the flow of the things." Wilma continued, "I mean you enjoy being with Yoshika, that's what you've been telling me all this time."
Lynette just nodded as a response.
"So, if you get to be more than friends, I guess Yoshika will let you know, if not, well, I hope you're ready for that as well." Wilma stated.
Lynette then began caressing her cheek, "I am."
Some minutes went by as Wilma continued staring at them, "She's a really cute girl and she seems to cheer up everyone around her."
"Yes, that's how I'd describe her too, she really cheers my heart up," Lynette then began caressing Yoshika's scar on her forehead.
"You're more worried about her than what you told me," Wilma added with a somewhat serious expression.
"I am and I do my best to look after her even though I know she's better a Witch than I am, now more that she's having health issues." Then, Lynette put her middle and index fingers on her neck and closed her eyes. "But I think there's more than that."
"It's not easy being a Witch, one of the last Witches I fought alongside with, kinda reminds me of what you told me, she had a lot on her shoulders." Wilma continued, "I already told you that story, but what I mean is that Yoshika is gonna need time for herself to heal up, and you shouldn't take it personally if she wants time alone or even if she snaps at you." She added now Lynette giving her full attention, "I'm not really good at these things but Yoshika still should know that someone's always for her."
"She knows that…" Lynette began caressing her cheek again, "but… I'm gonna need to be more patient with her, since we moved here, I get mad with her when she overextends."
"You always told me that she could never stay idly doing nothing, she always needed to help somehow." She countered.
"I told you that." Lynette added, "It's just that I'm a worried that something may happen to her for that, I mean I ended up shooting her by accident and she was… injured"
Wilma took a long breath, "You should keep a mind that you both are Witches and accidents can happen that we cannot really avoid." She stated firmly, "we gotta talk, let Yoshika rest for a little."
Reluctantly, Lynette let go of her and followed her sister.
An hour later
Wilma and Lynette were taking care of the lunch as no one else was there and there were not leftovers from yesterday. To Lynette surprise and embarrassment, Perrine came to the kitchen. Lynette could not help it but became red of shame, yet her superior did not share that feeling.
"Lynne, would you come with me for a little," Perrine requested as nobly as she could.
And she did so, to the dining hall, still being observed by Wilma in the distance. Both took a sit there, as Lynette started to sweat.
"My apologies, I shouldn't have entered to your bedroom without authorization." Perrine said as stoically as she could.
Lynette just gulped loudly, "But we- we did not do anything."
Perrine took a deep breath to sooth herself, "it doesn't concern me."
Lynette now had a puzzled expression, "but…"
"Look, you don't have anything to explain to me, if you don't desire to do so, but Group Captain Wilcke could misinterpret things." Perrine added
"I know that…" Lynette softly added.
"Told ya, it was not a big deal," Wilma chimed in with a food tray in her hands, "and I almost forgot, Amelie is going to call in a few days."
"Why?" Perrine asked her, now her voice with a hint of nervousness.
"She's having problems with your superiors there; she's trying to keep things calm, but they are requesting blue premier there." Wilma stated firmly.
"I should've been expecting that," Perrine continued, "I should talk again with them in Gallia."
Then, the doors opened widely and Erica, Eila, Shizuka and Sanya entered the dining hall, grabbing their attention.
"Good morning," the recently arrived girls greeted in unison.
"Hi there, I'm Wilma Bishop, Lynne's older sister, nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too, I'm Sanya Litvyak"
"I'm Erica Hartmann,"
"Eila Juutilainen."
"And I'm Pilot Officer Hattori Shizuka," she added with a serious tone, taking a look in the whole place, "Where's Yoshika?"
"She's resting," Lynette stated in yet not all of them looked to relieved.
"I guess it would be better if she had something to eat," Erica stated, noticing the food tray on Wilma's hands.
"I'm going to get her," Shizuka upbraided bitterly. "I hope nothing else happened to her," and she left the room afterwards.
"What's the deal with her?" Wilma wondered loudly as most the rest of the girls just exchanged glances while Lynette just looked down in regret.
And so Shizuka headed to Yoshika and Lynette's room. There, she knocked the door repeatedly but since nothing was heard in response, she entered the room. Inside, she could see that Yoshika was resting on Lynette's bed, covered in blankets, facing the wall, and even snoring a little.
After closing the door, she took a sit next to her and watched her for a few minutes, how softly her body moved with her breath, began caressing her hair as softly as she could.
'I guess… I- I miss sleeping with her,' she said to her own head, and a few minutes went by but then to her surprise, Yoshika just turned around and put her face on hips and her arm on her legs, and began hugging her with her soft skin.
'This... reminds of Fuso,' she said to herself, yet it did not surprise her as it was what happened there, so she stayed as still as she could, yet she could not help it but continued stroking Yoshika's hair, until she took a look to her body. 'She's not wearing anything,' she said to herself, now confused.
As her mind wandered in a million different things, Yoshika just slowly got up and was a bit surprised to see that who was there.
"Shizuka," Yoshika softly said as she stretched herself up as the blankets fell off. "What are you doing here? Did something happen?"
"Of course not," Shizuka voiced, trying to come back to herself, "I just came to tell you that lunch is ready."
"Thank you," Yoshika happily said as she got up, "Why am I not wearing anything?" She asked as she looked at herself.
Shizuka gave her a quick peek to her bared body, "I… don't know." She said as she headed to Yoshika's chest and then she handed her uniform. "There you go."
And so, Yoshika put on her uniform and then both headed to the dining hall.
By the evening
The three young women were now in Ingolstadt, inspecting the fortress that soon was going to be the new headquarters of the 501st. They had spent the whole day supervising its maintenance and now were in the hangar.
"So, what do you think?" Gertrud asked the group.
"You certainly moved fast Commander Barkhorn," Mio commented.
"It's definitely better in comparison to what we have now," Minna added.
"Yeah, the girls deserve to have a better place, I'm sorry I couldn't give you hand with the base in Munich, it's just that I really had problems with Erica."
"I couldn't do better either," Minna added with hint of regret in her tone.
"You had your hands full training Miyafuji," Gertrud added.
"Indeed," Minna added with a neutral tone.
"Speaking of her, whatever you told her, it really uplifted her." Mio happily commented.
"I just told her how much she means to us, nothing more." Gertrud said, "So, are you going back to Munich tomorrow?"
"Indeed, I hope we can move quickly here so that we can resume operations." Minna stated.
"Better get to rest, let me show you your rooms."
In Munich
Yoshika, Lynette, Perrine and Wilma were at the hangar, gathered in front of one of the launching platforms, checking the new unit that was used by the latter.
"So, this is my new Striker," Lynette said as she inspected it more closely.
"Yep, it's called the Spiteful MKII," Wilma commented, "It's not painted though."
"But how exactly did you get this Striker here?" Perrine asked her, "I thought you'd have lost powers by now."
"Hey, this ol' Witch can still fly for a few minutes!" Wilma exclaimed loudly. "But yeah, I cannot create a shield anymore if my life depends on it."
Yoshika rubbed her chin, "But I don't think there is base nearby here, is there?"
"There's none, that's why I was coming here driving but I left my truck somewhere near here to test this unit for my little sister." Wilma commented as the group stared at her, "…so I'm gonna need your old Striker to go back."
"But I- but I- could carry you there," Lynette suggested.
"Yeah, but they told me they need your old striker back," Wilma countered back.
"But I like my unit…"
"It doesn't handle too different in comparison to the Spitfire, but I wouldn't rush to the sky if I were you without testing it first." Wilma added more seriously.
"It looks nice Lynne, I'm sure you're gonna get the hang of it in no time," Yoshika happily commented. "And we can train together if you need it."
Lynette gave them a soft smile, "alright then,"
Then, Wilma's cat ears and tail appeared, but before she jumped into the Spitfire, the rest of the girls came.
"Are you leaving so soon?" Erica asked her.
"I thought you will stay here for a few days," Eila added.
"I believed the same," Sanya said.
"There're some military matters I need to deal with in Britannia and in Gallia." Wilma added, "Yeah, I know I'm no longer fit to be an active Witch, but I've got my ways." Wilma jumped to the spitfire, "And by the way, Pilot Officer Hattori, you gotta deal with whatever's bothering you, it's not good for you to be so moody when you're on active duty."
Shizuka did not mutter anything else in response and just looked away, yet Yoshika kept staring at her and so did most of the girls.
"But it was nice to meet you all. I hope we can meet again soon and thanks again for taking care of my little sister, specially you Yoshika." And a smallish magic circle appeared, and she took off at a somewhat slower pace, yet she stayed in the hangar. "I almost forgot, I left you something in your room, I hope you both can try it someday." She cried out she began flying west into the orangish Munich skies.
"I hope she can make it safely," Yoshika commented.
"She's very aware of her diminishing powers," Lynette added with a soft smile, at left her side.
"It really does run in your genes, doesn't it?" Erica teasingly added, now at Lynette's left side as she played with her breasts, "don't you agree with me Yoshika?"
Both girls just became red of embarrassment hearing the remark, while Perrine frowned her.
Erica shrugged as she let go of her breasts, "yeah, I know, it's going to take a while, though."
"We better check what she left," Lynette grabbed Yoshika's hand and headed to their room.
"So, when you are going to Gallia," Eila asked her, taking Perrine by surprise.
"When Group Captain Wilcke comes back." She stated and she began heading inside followed by the rest of the girls, yet all stopped in her tracks, hearing another revving engine.
Not long after, a truck drifted its way to the hangar, and Charlotte jumped out of it.
"I wasn't expecting you to be waiting for me," Charlotte stated.
"I guess we were…" Erica added carefreely.
"What's going on?" Charlotte asked the group.
"Not much but..." Eila added.
"We better tell you inside," Erica added.
To their surprise, Francesca also jumped out of the truck and headed to the forest, not even addressing the group.
Charlotte heaved a sigh, "I better tell you inside."
Meanwhile, in Yoshika and Lynette's room
Both were sitting on Lynette bed as she unwrapped the present her sister left in the room. It took her a bit longer than what she expected as its content seemed to be smaller than what she thought.
"So…?" Yoshika wondered.
"I'm not sure, it seems to be clothes," Lynette then lifted up the package and four pieces of clothes fell on the bed.
"Swimsuits" Yoshika said becoming a bit red.
"Two-piece swimsuits" Lynette corrected her as she took deep breath, then she handed the smaller orangish ones to Yoshika, "this must be yours."
"It's very small," Yoshika bashfully said as she inspected both parts of it.
"I know," Lynette said, doing the same with her whiteish ones.
Yoshika then fixed her glance on Lynette, "there isn't beach nearby here and we don't really use anything when go to the river."
"Yeah," Lynette said, "but they look kind of cute."
"Wa- wanna try them?" Yoshika softly said.
"What!" Lynette exclaimed, now she becoming blushed.
"You said they look cute, and they're a gift and I'd feel bad if at least didn't try them." Yoshika with more resolve in her voice "And- and it's from your sister and besides no one else is in here."
"You're- you're right," and so both girls took off their clothes and put on the two-piece swimsuits, first the lower parts. Lynette finished putting it on quickly while she could notice Yoshika was struggling to tie the top in front of the mirror.
She stood up and grabbed her hands, "let me help you with that," She said as she made small tie on her back, "it's not too tight?"
"It's perfect actually, not too tight, but it's small, it barely covers me" Yoshika said as she pulled down the top a little. "I guess you were right, my boobs have grown a little."
"I didn't speak with my sister about your breasts," Lynette exclaimed bashfully.
"I know Lynne, but I have grown a little." Yoshika then glance in Lynette through the mirror only to realize that hers was also on the smaller side, "and yours is tad too small too, I guess you've have grown." She added making Lynette blush in response. "I- meant that you're taller!"
Then, she turned around to face Lynette, then she grabbed the top and pulled down a little to fully cover her left chest or at least to cover her better. Lynette was taken by surprise yet she tried to remain as calm as she could but it did not more than a few seconds.
"Now, it fits you better and… you look amazing, actually" Yoshika exclaimed, taking a back step as her blush became more apparent to have a better look at Lynette.
"Thanks…" Lynette gulped, though she gave two steps forward, slowly getting closer to Yoshika, "and you… look… beautiful."
"Th- thank you," Yoshika shook her head, "we- we should write a letter to your sister to thank her."
"Yeah, you're right." Lynette added, "and maybe- maybe we could…"
Meanwhile, in Charlotte and Francesca's room.
The three girls were sitting in opposite sides of the room, Charlotte on her bed, Eila on Francesca bed and Erica on the couch, half laid.
"So, we were busted," Charlotte said.
"Yep," Erica added.
"Told ya, it was not a good plan." Eila stated, now also half laying on the bed.
"It worked if you ask me!" Charlotte added.
"So… they wanted Francesca," Erica said, head resting on her arms.
"I wasn't expecting that was the reason that they called her," Eila added.
Charlotte then took off her uniform "Me neither but Maria doesn't really mind that Francesca continues serving here for a bit more, I hope." And the silence took hold of the bedroom, now with Charlotte laying on the bed, now just wearing with her usual underwear.
"Maria said she was very impressed with her results and obviously our results too." Charlotte interrupted silence.
"Not too surprising, we've succeeded in more battles than any other Joint Fighter Wing." Erica commented.
"And so were the Liberion brasses" Charlotte stated grabbing both girls' attention. "And they asked me to stay there as well."
"What!" both girls exclaimed in unison, now sitting.
"I didn't accept of course but…" Charlotte said with pensiveness in her tone. "You actually owe me one," she fixed her glance on Eila, giving her a lascivious look. "So, show me your…""
Eila covered herself with her hands, "What do you want?"
"Your cards," Charlotte chuckled, "What else could I want?"
Eila just gave her a confused look.
"I want you to read my fortune, duh?" Charlotte voiced.
"Why though?" Erica asked her.
"I just want to weigh my options."
"Again, why?" Erica asked her one more time.
Charlotte took a deep breath, "We're not getting younger, Minna's time running out and after Nuremberg is freed who knows what would happen us. I mean someone would have to take her place."
"I've- I've been thinking about it and I'm sure Perrine could easily take her place," Eila stated.
"And what about her place?" Charlotte questioned her.
"It could be you actually," Then she fixed her sight on Erica, "or you or I don't know maybe Sanya, Lynne or even Yoshika." Eila added as both girls exchanged glances.
"You know I hate doing bureaucratic stuff," Charlotte voiced.
"I hate that stuff!" Erica loudly stated.
"And I'm really losing my point, I just want you to read my fortune," Charlotte complained, and so Eila prepared her cards and moments later, she got one card out.
"Death," Eila stated as firmly as she could.
"Not that crap again!" Charlotte yelled.
"It just means that big changes are gonna come," Eila announced, "not that someone is actually going to die."
Charlotte then took a beer from below her bed and gulped through it, "I guess we don't really have much of a choice, then." She stated as both girls stared at her with confused demeanors, "at the end, we're Witches, the brasses gave us lots of choices but they're just that, choices, we cannot do as we please, unless…"
"Unless you step down," Erica decreed.
"I cannot settle down here, either." Charlotte loudly said.
"Why?" Both girls asked now more puzzled.
"I just know y'all here, and well more people as well but I don't have anything in here. The last time the Liberion Military lost track me I literally didn't any place to stay not even food!" She exclaimed then she grabbed both her breasts, "and I need to keep these babies well fed."
"Sure you do," Erica stated.
Then she took a another can from below her bed and gulped through it, "I hate staying at military bases and…"
"Isn't that contraband…" Erica quietly said.
"You could… I don't know stay with someone of us," Eila interrupted her.
"I stayed at Francesca's place for a few days after Romagna was liberated but I cannot do that forever, she's not my girlfriend and I'm not into girls actually." She voiced as both girls stared at each other. "With what I earned here these years, I think I could get me a nice place but…"
"Now what?" Erica wondered.
"I kinda miss Liberion and well the liberty, don't take this the wrong way, but you Europeans, are kind of weird." She loudly ranted as she got two more cans of beers. "But… Francesca..."
"Yeah, it took a long time to get to know each other here…" Eila added quietly. "…and to care so much about each other."
Erica then headed to Charlotte's bed and took a sit, cross-legged, "You can thank Minna for that, without her, this place would have been nightmare to live in."
"…but it'd be hard if we get separated, again." Eila took a deep breath, "so, what now?"
"I'm gonna continue here for as long as I can," Charlotte stated.
"Me too," Eila added.
"And me three," Erica also said, then she took a sip of her beer, "it's awful, how can you even drink this stuff?"
Eila then headed to Charlotte's bed as well, "it can't be that bad, can it?"
Author notes:
*Himegoe 6 - track 59.
The rest of call backs are from One-winged Witches and the first chapter of the Sky that connect us.
More guests will appear in the next chapter(s) that are going to shake things up for everyone .
Sorry for the late update but I caught a very bad cold last week (how ironic) and other things happened. Hopefully, I can get the next chapter ready before the next weekend.
Finally, there's official art of both Yoshika and Lynne with those swimsuits.