(GS3) Home Field: Kizoku Town Penthouse

[Crystalia]

For once, Miyuki had woken up at a reasonable time, and was in an alright condition. She got out of bed, and noticed Hana, talking with someone. "Is that Haruka" she thought. "Haven't seen him in awhile".  After changing, she went downstairs, and sat at the table. Hana and Haruka seemed to have been playing a few games of Vanguard, and were just finishing up.

As breakfast was served, she thanked Hana, and started to eat. More than usual, she was trying to seem normal, considering there were other people around. Hearing Haruka's question, she paused for a bit, then turned towards him.

"Oh, I've been alright. Things have been going well, and yeah, it's been a bit. How have you been?" Not quite lying, which was good enough. "I see you still love your coffee" she said jokingly, remembering the first time she'd seen him drink coffee. Still, it was nice seeing one of her older friends, she hadn't been able to keep in contact with most of them, at least not recently.

[Hope]

Hana was quite glad with Mi-hime being able to join them for breakfast in the morning. A good way to start the day added with Vanguard and having Harooka over. It seems that Mi-hime was doing alright as it was at the moment, nothing totally wrong with her, but still Hana had to check if she needed anything.

"Mi-hime you're okay right? Tell me if you need anything-" The doorbell rang, causing Hana to abruptly halt with her statement and stand from her chair, "Oh, excuse me, let me go get that." Before running to the door, she placed her hands on Mi-hime's shoulder and asked, "You'll be okay right?..."

After a few seconds as if she were praying, she went for the door and opened it for the visitor. "Hi Dogebuster," she waved at him, moving aside to let him enter the home.

[NeoBuster]

"Hey Hana" Neo said walking inside.

Neo hadnt been to Hana and Miyuki's house before.

"Nice house Hana" Neo said

Neo then saw Haruka and Miyuki

"Hey guys" Neo said

[Jello]

After chewing and swallowing his food, cause Haruka was polite like that and his relatives were very big about manners, he looked up as Hana left to retrieve the visitor at the door. It seemed Neo had made an appearance, but before addressing him, he felt he should probably provide an answer to Miyuki.

"Hmm, I've been good I guess. Doing the usual. Working at the amusement park..." Haruka trailed off at that last part, not wanting the remember he had to work part time there last year there during the school year, almost wanting to puke. He took another sip of coffee to keep the awfulness levels from rising.

"But my uncle said I could work at his cafe during the school year, considering it's closer to the school than the actual amusement park." He made mention of his new work place, not exactly inviting people to come rushing into the quiet atmosphere he had, but it would be nice to see school friends stop in and order something---

He immediately regretted the idea, remember he was supposed to show up in vest, dress shirt and tie, slacks and loafers everyday. He would be a walking boy from those host clubs at this rate. Haruka was suddenly wishing he had said nothing about his job at all. At least they can't find it...

"Er, yeah. Coffee is still my one true joy in life, besides Vanguard and-" He cut himself short, sort of just closing his mouth and taking one last sip, hastily putting the mug down. These conversations always turned awkward for him by his own choice.

[Crystalia]

"Yeah I'm fine" she answered Hana. She continued listening to Haruka, taking in what he said. "Oh yeah, School". She sighed inwardly, that was another thing the illness had taken from her, she didn't attend a school, any education was handled by helpers or the like.

Clearing the thoughts from her mind, she shrugged. Nothing she could do about it. Noticing the pause at the end of his sentence, she wondered how he was going with Yukino. Or exactly what was going on with her in general. "Sounds good, maybe I'll come by the coffee shop to see you working". If she was ever able to. "Would be interesting to see I'm sure".

Hearing someone at the door, she glanced over, watching Hana open it. Another figure she recognised entered, the dog food eating Neo. "Hey Neo, how have you been?" She hadn't properly seen him in ages as well, then again that could be said about everyone she knew.

[Hope]

Hana sat back down next to Mi-hime, making sure she was alright as always before relaxing herself. While at the door, she was able to hear Harooka's stories of work, basically his entire resume. An idea popped into Hana's head.

"So like coffee, I'm glad you like it. Butler-san taught me how to make them before I moved out. If you want, I can teach you how too for your job at the coffee shop. It's actually his family's own recipe which he shared to the Espoirs."

In terms of having to work, Hana never thought that she would be able to relate, but as of recently, she has been able to more than ever. "Doing stuff myself is kinda hard, but I'm getting the hang of it. Cooking things other than eggs was the hardest to learn. Other than that things seem to be pretty stable.... well mostly, idol work can be kind of choosy sometimes, especially when I get writers block or schedule conflicts." She put sugar into he own coffee mug as well as a dash of creamer before mixing. She then turned to Miyuki and got her coffee ready for her as well, "Here you go Mi-hime," she said as she slid the mug towards her. "But, its really worth it, coming home to Mi-hime everyday... it reminds me who I'm working for."

After that, Hana realized that she had only prepared a meal for three so she quickly stood up and headed to the frying pan. "Dogebuster! Please have a seat, I'll make stuff for you in a minute."

[NeoBuster]

"Thanks Hana" Neo said taking a seat

"Im doing good" Neo said. I was Hana's bodyguard during her tour. It was alot of fun. Decided to come back, buy a house and go backto school" Neo said

You guys look well, How have you guys been? Its been a year" Neo asked

[Jello]

Haruka was grateful to Hana for offering to teach him how to make the legendary Butler-san coffee, so he nodded in agreement. He was of course very much up to learning it before working at the cafe, considering he would be there nearly everyday working. As a sort of way to pay off the debt he owed to his family for taking care of such an oddball like himelf, but also a little extra money on the side never hurt.

"Hmm, Neo! Yeah, come over here man, sit next to me. It's been good, of course. Working, fighting, sleeping. The usual." He shrugged, not wanting to reiterate all of what he told Miyuki a moment ago. Finishing his breakfast, he stood up and walked over to the coffee pot on the counter pouring another cup. He was still mostly exhausted from waking up earlier than usual.

Looking at the steaming cup of coffee, he spins on his heels and leans against the counter top, sipping the steaming coffee. Normally it'd be scorching hot for people but Haruka got so used to it by now he could probably eat lava and only be a little discouraged by it's heat.

[Hope]

It was lively breakfast time and Hana was glad that Mi-hime was able to talk to people, but it was time for her the nurses to check on her again, plus Hana had to go to Shop Handsome today for a charity event. After the meal she walked over to Mi-hime and carried her up princess-style back into her room, gently laying her down on her bed. After a bit conversation, the nurses had arrived and she also received a text message saying that Neo's paycheck was on its way. She made her way back down the stairs, and peeked out the window, calling two men and her Labrador who had just gotten home in time from their walk.

"Alpha-san, Beta-san, are you both free to keep Neo company. His paycheck is going to arrive in the mail soon." she peeked out of he door as she asked them.
"Yes maam!" They both saluted in unison, their strict discipline and code of honor coming from their 20 years of service in the U.S Armed Forces as well as a 10 additional working in the FBI, being informants to the President himself.
"Alpha, its time for us to enter the first stage of the mission!" Beta quickly tackled the door open and back flipped onto the seat next to Neo's. He then sat down intensely and started drinking his cup of tea, his serious and powerful area being released through his sunglasses.
"Roger that, Beta, I'll take your back." He quickly picked up the Labrador, holding it gently in his hands, but with GREAT CARE. Then he swerved past the door, and slid under the table, and jumped over the ENTIRE LIVING ROOM, landing on his feet and placing the dog back into the dog house.

"Woof."

"...Mission Accomplished..."

With that, Hana knew that both Mi-hime and Labrador were in great care. She could always rely on Alpha and Beta. She retrieved her purse which was hanging near the door and turned back to Haruka, "Hey, I'm going to Shop Handsome today for a charity event, wanna come?" She did the cute idol thing with her pose and everything. Its time to be Isabella again!

"Also, Dogebuster, they'll keep you company til your paycheck arrives, sorry for having you wait here. We'll meet up with you later if poosible!"

[Jello]

Well, Haruka honestly had nothing to lose hanging out with Hana for a bit longer. She was going to be in her Isabella persona today so he probably wouldn't actually be with her most of the time, probably standing with the crowd "ooohing" and "aaaahing." Neat little fan stuff. Haruka shrugged, gulped his coffee and said, "Sure, why not?" With that, he grabbed his jacket and shoes and standing by the door, waiting for Hana's departure signal.

He spent a majority of that time flipping through his cards wondering about how to adjust the deck. Maybe more critical triggers? Maybe he needed to stop moping over Overlord? That second comment was uncalled for in his head, but Haruka really did need to figure out how to bond over his new units and stop worrying over the old. Besides, today was a relaxing day. No use worrying over things like that. Tomorrow he started work for his uncle so he might has well enjoy the day while he could.

[NeoBuster]

"Thats fine, have fun Hana!" Neo said as he waited for his paycheck to come in.

"Maybe I can actually pay for that hosiptal bill finally.." Neo said to himself.

"Heres your paycheck" One of the guards said to Neo

"Thank you" Neo said.

"Tell Hana when she gets back ill text her later" Neo said

Neo then left Hana's house to handle some business that he needed to take care of.

[Crystalia]

Miyuki's vision flashed, and again she saw that scene again. The voice, calling out to her, the flashing red and black. She'd seen this countless times over the last year, with no way to escape it. No escape, no path to freedom, just pain. Pain that coursed through her, bringing her to the verge of screaming. Despite the number of times this had happened, she still wasn't used to it.

All she could do was hide it. All she could do was attempt to stop people from worrying about her. "I-I can't let Hana worry more about me... I can't let the nurses notice." That thought kept her from breaking down. She tried to get up, but pain flared through her body again. Gritting her teeth, she kept herself from yelling out, barely. "If I can't even do this much, then I have no right to be looked after by Hana." Drilling the thought into her head, she tried to drift off to sleep, ignoring the tears flowing down her face.

Eventually, the pain passed, like it usually did, and she was left trembling. "How much more of this can I take?" she wondered. With the pain gone, she was able to fall into a restless sleep. For now, the secret was safe.

[Hope]

Sometimes Hana sends up her wishes to the stars, cliche and lame, but really, she just wishes that they don't fall on deaf ears.

Hana was now sitting in her penthouse living room couch. On the mini-table set in front of her was her song notebook and two mugs. The large glass window of her penthouse let her overlook the entire town of Kizoku, and a few portions of the neighboring town, Hoshiko. With both of them as large and wealthy communities, the view at night was even more precious as all the houses of these towns as well as the popular stores would turn on their lights, creating a starry view of the city when looking down in addition to the natural starry skies. She took a sip from her mug while looking out into the brilliant view. Hana decided to have coffee tonight, a Royal Brew. Her favorite part was mixing in the milk and watching them melt together. It was just a really weird habit. Her mug said her name which was, of course, "Hana." The second mug on the table would be for the person sitting next to Hana on the couch. It was and empty mug labeled,"Miyuki."

Writing anything that her heart desired especially when she felt devastated or sad always helped her. She acknowledged the events of the past few days and weeks, most notably her relationship with Haruka-kun. She placed her pen to paper and began to write:

Once more we cover up
In the darkness of night
Supposing we can pretend not to go back
Just as if milk was mixed with coffee
Being melted this night as well
In that world that no one knows of besides the two of us
In your eyes, is me
I show you something that no one else has ever seen
Surely, you're pleased
Touching those lips
I'm going to melt
Fill it once more
Just fill it once more
With that affection only you have
Come now
Forgive me once more
Just once more is enough
You can't deceive me anymore
Since it's just you

"Hana, cover your eyes! You must remain pure! Saintly! Unsoiled by the evils of this Earth!".

Thinking back on it now, Hana begins to laugh over the events that have transpired over these few years leading up to now. She acknowledged that some of these lyrics are pretty dang cheesy, but one of her songs, "Ocean of Thirst" was a bunch of jokes written around someone, and it became a bit hit. So writing like this while thinking was good, it got work done even as an idol. After the pen separated from paper, she began to thing about Haruka-kun. Right now, she wouldn't mind spending another night with him. Really now, what reason did she have to choose the White-colored Duo? Purity is the color white, and Hana had chosen black. Strangely enough, her sister was unable to stop her from becoming tainted. She laughed to herself, as if maniacally, all the while drops of water were flowing from her eyes. It really did suck.

This was it, wishing to stars now.

Her Hana senses were tingling.

Many talk about a sort of sibling intuition, a sort of communication through unspoken words. She was hoping that Yukino would get the message. Her power could send the image and thoughts, the stars were the source of of many of her abilities, so she wished upon them now, that Yukino would feel her calling out. If not then they really are no longer sisters.

She was spinning her pen again, remembering Miyuki. A nurse had given her a thumbs up as soon as she entered the home, but the funny thing is that she never bothered to go upstairs to check on her. Miyuki was her love before love even existed in her vocabulary. Hana was initially so stuck onto her dream of becoming an idol that Miyuki eventually just got mixed in along with it and for a time, she couldn't imagine becoming an idol without Miyuki by her side.

Well.

Her love for Miyuki was the same as her love for idols. At first it was friendship, but then she realized that it was something more than just a simple relationship between two girls of being best friends. She gained an interest in Miyuki that turned into a desire to protect her and be with her. She remembered the feelings of her touch and how they would hold one another, particularly on that one date over in the forest as they walked on a newly opened trail, and the other time while training in the manor's fight room. A yearning for her touch, yet it was all pure. Miyuki's touch was her love, and every hug and kiss that Hana ever gave to her was a transfer of emotions. Unspoken communication. They had a promise to teach each other the secrets of the vast world, to reach the ends of the Earth by each other's side. This had all gone right past, even one year later, it has still yet to happen.

"Hana.. no..." Reit said, very weakly.

Miyuki's touch made her happy, but it seemed so distant now, unlike Haruka-kun's. He would touch her and she would be able to play with him as well. The touch was tainting, the very acts ate away at her conscience. Slowly... slowly... her reasoning would be slowly eaten away to nothing.

Then pen touched the paper again.

Holding your hand in mine under a tree.
A leaf falls down on us.
At first we think it looks beautiful.
But its poisoned, you touched it.
So do I?
Now we can't touch the beautiful leaf.
Now we can't touch each other.
Unlike the leaf, at least I can still understand you
in other ways.

Once the pen left the paper, Hana turned the page to a new one. Now thoughts of how she interpreted loneliness had entered her head. There was no rejecting it, Hana agreed that she had an inferiority complex. At the same time she never really felt like her own person, as hard as she tried to be, she was always behind and trying to catch up. She was the younger sister and always treated as the immature baby princess, that was one thing. She never looked mature. That was another. Always behind... having to try her best to play catch up.

A nurse called, Miyuki needed a few things and they needed a hand. Hana had a few lyrics in her mind, but the nurses insisted that she help her girlfriend so she placed the pen down and did so.

"What a nuisance..." she thought, as she sat down.

She began to write once more.

The people are really a bother just because I'm small
so I'll puff my chest out, stand on my toes and look tall
I'll see the grown people stuff, do grown people things
I'll go to whatever end I need to.

I'll put on some make up and look the part
play the role that I want, the grown up one
they tell me it doesn't suit me, but I don't care
Since I'm always in the shadow I'll do anything so
lets play this game!

Truth or Dare?

She leaned back on her couch and finished her cup of coffee. Looking out into the skyline again, she made the same wish. Her eyes formed the sign of acceptance, glittering with stars embedded into them. Hopefully it was so, that the stars had heard her prayer.

"Hana..." Reit called out.

"What is it?" She asked.

"..." Reit became silent, as if she just suddenly fell asleep.

Instead of a song, Hana wrote random scribbles on the last page.

I kind of like this thrilling feeling with Haruka
Maybe I should've asked him for another night..
later... tomorrow..
What I miss though is Mi-hime. The one I loved.
I want to be an idol with her.
What would be her idol name?
I dont know what the hell my sister has become.
I'd always taken the incentive when it came to my sister doing things.
She should probably get over her dumb belief systems and dumb
personality just to act like a good sister because if not then I'll probably
lose all sense of myself... or maybe this is me?... sure feels weird...
I kind of don't want to make the first move with her anymore.
If she lets her stupid pride keep her from being a decent family member
I'll do the same.
The Cardfight club is going great.
No idea what to do for the culture festival though. Vanguard Cafe!... No.
Vanguard..- something.
I have a show somewhere soon.. right don't forget to contact manager-san!
I wonder if some of these songs will make it? Oh . that might be embarrassing.


She tore this one out of the notebook and burned it in the fireplace as she watched in silence, observing as her words turned into ash.

The rest of the night continued on.

[Cherry]

"Would you mind meeting with me later today? I would like to speak with you more now that I'm back."

[Hope]

She ended up falling asleep on the couch. The sun now shone through the glass and the morning starlight struck the world outside. She could possiby get a better overview of Umano today. Her dog licked her face to wake her up, the best alarm clock. Usually she would be sleeping next to Miyuki or in a separate bed close by depending on she was feeling, but after last night, she couldn't particularly bring herself to do it. She picked up her mug, the smell of coffee still apparent from within it and washed it in the kitchen. She prepared some breakfast. She didn't know whether Miyuki would be able to eat with her today, but out of pure habit she cooked enough for two. She also made anothe batch of coffee and sat down to mess around on her phone.

Fitst she sent a text to Manager-san about the upcoming show he talked about.
'Good Morning Hana~' Reit greeted. Her heart skipped a beat from the familiar tone and she looked around. Yeah it was only Reit...

Suddenly she recieved a text from Yukino which seemed convincing enough. She didn't want to admit it to herself even now since she had to get her strong Isabella persona back up before heading out today, but she is hoping that her wishes were really answered.

"Okay, let's find somewhere to meet then. ISA Hope :3c"

After placing away her phone she picked up her deck box from the table yesterday, noticing that it wasn't in her back. A card feell from it despite her tight grip on the set of cards.

"Duo True Sister, Mer?.."