It’s my day off… Lulu is working on dinner with Sal, so I’m alone in my room, just staring at the ceiling bored.

  ‘What do I do? It feels weird to go bother them two, they’ve been getting along so great lately after all. Sis’s even begun being more open about her feelings… somewhat anyways. I should be excited, but instead I’m just lonely.’

  Ignoring the silent pain in my chest, I notice a little thud of a sound from my door. Knocking?

  Standing and going to the door, I open it slowly… seeing Oraxia standing on the floor in front of me, giving me a little wave.

  Chuckling, I crouch down and pick her up. “What’re you doing here, little guy? Did Lulu kick you out of the kitchen?”

  She blinks slowly at me, before shaking her head. “Huh? Did Sal?”

  Another headshake.

  “Now I’m confused. So why are you here…?”

  Sitting on my bed, I place her next to me as I try to question the next thing to ask… only for her to point at me.

  “Huh? Me? You want to spend time with me?”

  Nodding, she moves over to my tail and places her head on it. Smiling, I gently pat her head.

  “Cute. You remind me of Lumi with that, she loves how soft my tail is.”

  With happy little chitters, she starts running her little hands across my fur, making me smile and pet her more.

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  ‘Adorable. She’s like the little sister I never knew I wanted. Huh… although she acts like Lulu with how she likes my tail. And seems to like chocolate as if she were Sal. I wonder if she’d like tea as well?’

  “Do you want some tea, Oraxia?”

  Looking up at me for a few beats, she shakes her head. “Huh, no tea then. What about… some juice? I still have some left from this morning.”

  This time she nods, continuing on my tail. “Huh… what are you doing down there? Are you… are you cleaning my fur?”

  Quickly she nods, and I can almost sense a feeling of pride from her. I can’t help but squeal a little bit and pick her up. “Aww, thank you~ You’re like a cute little sister, you know that?”

  She seems confused, cocking her head in a mimicry of Lulu and even Sal recently.

  My foot taps in a little rhythm as I nod. “Yeah, you’re adorable, and helpful, and even try to learn after us. It’s impressive.” Placing her back down on the bed, I grab the juice and hold it out in front of her, where she raises her head up to have some poured to her.

  Slowly pouring a little bit into her mouth at a time, she claps her hands to show she likes it.

  ‘Huh… she even likes the juice I do. She’s learning from all of us… almost like we had a child.’ My heart aches with longing at the thought of us all raising a child together… or rather, the concept of what we’d be if we all had one together. But I’m well aware that’s impossible, Lulu, even if not literally my sister, knew me since I was young. And she’s clearly into Sal, so that’s a no as well, I can’t take that from her.

  ‘...well, if I can’t do that, maybe I’ll feel a bit better in raising this little one like she were our child.’

  As she finishes her drink, I pick her up and lay back on the bed, cuddling her into my soft chest. “So fuzzy… I’m keeping you with me today. Alright?”

  She stares down at me… before nuzzling her head into my boob, making me smile and pat her head.

  ‘She even learned to nuzzle. I’m proud of her.’

  Despite this, my soul only feels a little better than it did before.

  ‘At least… she came to me, that counts for something, right?’

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