(GS3) Home Field: Kizoku Town Penthouse

[Crystalia]

Miyuki woke at the sound of someone falling into the door. She stared, surprised for a second, then saw Hana walk in, looking really tired.

"Hiii Hana, are you ok? You look really tired, what have you been doing?"

She tried to get up to help Hana, but felt her body protest at her attempt, and fell back onto the bed.

[Hope]

"I'm alright..."

She felt pain all over her body, and her eyes weren't feeling that great either. All she could do was crawl up the bed and lay beside Mi-hime, putting her arm over and giving her the closest thing to a hug that she could while also laying down. Seeing Mi-hime's attempts to help her had her tighten the grip by a bit, possibly due to her guilt still being present.

"I've been doing a lot of idol rehearsals... Very tiring haha! Though, holding you like this is like the best cure ..."

[Crystalia]

"Are you sure you are ok? Maybe you should go rest, you look half dead."

Seeing Hana try to hug her, she hugged back, trying to make her feel better.

"Was the idol rehearsal good at least? Did you improve a lot?" Hopefully it'd been worth it, seeing how Hana looked.

[Hope]

"Yeah I did... I practice and do my best so that I'll be ready to preform with you. "

Hana felt uneasy, as if something was off and wrong at the current moment. The hug from Mi-hime made her feel more comfortable, but nonetheless she had a gut feeling that things weren't going well. Most of all this feeling led her again to have a growing concern for Mi-hime, but she tried her best not to show it.

"Have they made any progress on finding what your disease really is over the past week?" She asked.

[Crystalia]

Miyuki froze slightly when Hana mentioned the disease again. The 'disease' that she'd spent the last year hiding what the cause was. Why had she hidden the truth again? To not make people worry? To deny that it was happening? Was it worth it still? Questions flowed through her mind, and she was unsure of how to answer. Hana seemed to be really worried anyway, it didn't seem to be helping keeping it hidden. But was revealing it the right thing to do? She didn't know any more.

Perhaps part of the reason she hadn't revealed it was because she felt like it'd be giving up. Once she'd started hiding it, it seemed silly to reveal it, after she had tried to hide it. Still, Hana did deserve to know. But she didn't want to make Hana worry. But Hana was already worried. The thoughts flashed in her mind, and she couldn't come to a conclusion. To answer or not.

She sat there for what felt like ages, thinking. She was unsure of how much time had actually passed, it could have been 1 hour or 30 seconds, she couldn't tell. Eventually, she remembered something though.

"Hana told me that she cheated on me with Haruka. She didn't have to tell me, I wouldn't have found out anyway. But she did it anyway, so that I would know. Might as well tell her I guess."

She made up her mind, deciding to tell Hana. "Well... the thing is. About a year ago, at the end of the New York stage thingy, I had a sort of vision. A being, shrouded in the darkness, surrounded by red and black rings spoke to me then. It asked me if I was happy with how I was, if I was truly satisfied. That I hadn't accomplished anything yet, I'd lost in the first round of the circuit, and had made no progress at all on my idol career. It promised me power, power to achieve my goals. In exchange, I had to 'help' it out, with the plan to invade Cray and Earth.

It tempted me for a second, but I said no. There was no way I could do anything that would harm you Hana, or any of my friends. After my refusal, the being asked me again, to which I refused. It then told me "Very well then, since you continue to refuse, I will simply make your life hell. In time you will probably give up, and join me. The pain, lack of energy, suffering, all the things that you will feel soon can be brushed aside if you accept me. Otherwise they will stay with you for the rest of your life, however short that might turn out to be."

"Ever since that day, I've had this 'illness'. At first I thought it was a coincidence, but I kept having weird dreams and visions again, of the being asking me if I'd changed my mind. This probably sounds insane, y-you might think I'm delusional. Maybe it does have nothing to do with my illness after all, I don't know for sure. But this is the reason that I think I've been sick this whole time. I'm really sorry for hiding this from you the whole time..."

With that said, she felt slightly empty. The big secret that she had kept hidden for so long was out. The only thing she could do was wait to see her reaction.

"I-I hope you aren't too angry at me from hiding this from you..."

[Hope]

"No I... don't feel angry or anything."

More like extremely guilty.

She stroked Mi-hime's hair, running her hand through it and petting her head in order to tell her that it was fine. Other than being guilty, Hana was glad actually... overjoyed. Unlike her, Mi-hime was able to overcome a tempting decision which would have given her happiness in an instant, yet she stayed with the worthless prince of hers who couldn't do the same.

Overcoming temptation... I guess that's why Reit is her avatar.

"I love you Mi-hime, you're the best." Hana now had direction, a place to move and an enemy to fight. Everything lined up, as crazy as it seemed. The invaders acted on Mi-hime as her sister described, but whenever she played Vanguard, her units would defend her from them and she would feel much better. Every dimension of existence that was Hana felt something from this, as a lover, a sister, a princess, an idol, and as a Vanguard fighter. Guilt, determination, frustration, longing, and a desire to fight respectively.

"I guess we should rest then... count on me. I'll get them to leave you alone." Hana smiled weakly. She herself was beginning to fall asleep. "Since I know what it is now, doesn't seem like I'll get infected and everything by laying with you will I? Don't think they'll even dare come close to me or I'll destroy them for what they've done to you." She scooted over closer to Mi-hime and kissed her before making herself comfortable and letting herself drift off into a calming rest.

[Hope]

A bag was laid down and a traveling bag full of items stood still near the door. She had forgotten that there were no helpers hereally to pick up that slack. The Princess returned home from Hawaii, not feeling well after the continuing visions banging on her sanity, taking her to the tipping point of what she could take. She placed a pineapple over at the kitchen, something that she could hopefully share with Mi-hime. A nurse greeted her, giving her a few specifics on Mi-hime's condition before heading off for a break. Hana sat down on the couch for a moment, scribbling down a few lyrics that sounded no different from a story found on creepynoodles.

She headed up stairs to check on her lover, knocking on her door and looking inside the room where the sleeping beauty slumbered. "Mi-himeee, I am home desuuu~ (haarto) (whale emoji) ^^ "

[Azuki Frappé]

"Ring ring" Ighanna pressed the automatic doorbell ringer as soon as she steps out of the lift's final floor, the penthouse. Holding a big bag of two luxurious souvenirs from around the globe, she was well prepared and loaded with presents to give to her two friends Miyuki and Hana after disappearing for an extremely long time without contacting them. Also due to a series of consequences, she no longer has memories of anything related to Metatron and both have lost touch of each other due to the long timespan. She pressed the call button and then spoke into the machine.

"Hello, its me. Would you be kind enough to let me in?"

[Hope]

"Someone is at the door." A nurse reported.
"Wat?" Hana wondered.
"Ighanna-Iguana? Iggy?" The nurse tripped over saying the name.
"Oh?... OH! I have to stay here though, can you please please please let her in for me and show her up here!" Hana was overjoyed, Mi-hime could have a visitor, even though it was someone who was gone from existence for a long long time.

[Azuki Frappé]

A nurse figure pressed some random numbers from the inside before the lock automatically rotated itself to unlock. The cold, metallic handle was levered down then tugged by the nurse who welcomed Ighanna into the penthouse. The nurse greeted her and offered to carry the baggage of souvenirs as she lead the path upstairs into the room Miyuki was in. Her mind wasn't so straight right now due to jet lag but she still managed to figure out someone must be feeling ill as there was a nurse in the house. She does recall her royalty cousin having three nurses as maids in order to apply immediate medical care incase an accident occurred but that was an extreme case.

"Hana, Miyuki, is there someone ill here?" Ighanna questioned as soon as the nurse dropped her off.

[Hope]

Seeing as how Mi-hime was basically passed out and on a bed, Hana was wondering where that question came from. Though, she does remember herself being all cuckoo clock crazy due to jet lag after world tours too so it's understandable that Ighanna-Iguana-Iggy-Iggs THIS LADY was feeling kida strange. The nurse brought up the large bag of souvenirs.

Pray2Harmonics there's a snow globe in there.

"Mi-hime is sick, yeahhhh." Hana scratched the back of her head while sitting next to Miyuki and speaking to her visitor.

[Azuki Frappé]

"Oh, bye then" Ighanna replied as Hana rushed out towards the door nearly knocking the poor nurse over.

"Poor Miyuki" she said as she looked down onto the patient's face and gently felt her forehead with the neck of her fingers. She wasn't sure if Miyuki was asleep or not so this was probably the best way to check as waking her up from rest wouldn't be good for her health. The nurse then came up with a Miyuki's hospital-esque style food which was still very warm, the lid was also still intact keeping the warmth circulating inside the food.

"Miyuki, you're food's here. You better eat it soon or it'll get cold." Ighanna said as she gently tapped the girl to awake her from slumber. The nurse smiled a bit and prepared the table so Miyuki would require the least movement to get up and eat. She seemed quite adept at the skill of nursing.

[Hope]

Two days after the events of Hawaii and the First Dimension.

The Princess placed a well made egg breakfast onto the table. Hardboiled is so interesting, and omelettes are strange. She took a sip of coffee and opened up a newspaper.

And took a selfie.

She put down the newspaper and turned on the TV for the actual news. The Reverse was slowly dying down and the invasion isn't as widespread as it had been before. The remaining problems still hold a deep potential, with the Prime Minister himself being a reverse fighter and all. Things still had to be dealt with.

Nonetheless, it didn't hurt to have a little R&R.

She sent a mass text to those in her contact list:
"Anyone up for some breakfast? - Hana Isabella Espoir"

She shut hee phone and the news continued to blabber on.
The sun was out.

[Spectre Diamond]

"Sure, breakfast seems nice, i'll be there in a few minutes" ~ Hikaru N.

Hikaru leaves a note on the kitchen counter for his foster parents and foster siblings. Lately they have been getting along well and are on better terms. Hikaru is grateful for what they've been doing for him in the past few years. He should of realized it sooner. Locking the door and getting on the oblivion as he heads to the penthouse.

[Hope]

Hikaru seems to have answered. That made breakfast less lonely. Would be nice if Mi-hime woke up though, but alas... Patience is a virtue. Kinda.

Eggs eggs eggs. Eating all of these eggs.