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The sounds of guitar reverbrate inside Sayo’s room. Tsugumi moves her head a little following the rhythm. Sometimes Sayo will play a few songs for Tsugumi in their house date. Sayo can practice, spend her time with Tsugumi, and charm her girlfriend at the same time. She got the idea from Tae when they accidentally met and talked a bit in the school grounds a few weeks ago. Sayo finished her song with a long strum and took a deep breath. Tsugumi claps her hand and smiling towards Sayo, “It’s perfect as usual! As I thought, Sayo-san is really good!”
Sayo blushed a little and put her guitar on the guitar stand beside her bed, “I just practice a lot, it’s not really a big deal”
Tsugumi puff her cheek and putting her hand on Sayo’s cheek, stretch it playfully, “Don’t say that. I love seeing hard-working Sayo-san who doing her best striving for her dream, of course it’s a big deal”
Sayo never said it aloud, but she loves it when Tsugumi touched her cheeks. So she lets Tsugumi do it for a little while before pulling Tsugumi’s body swiftly and plant a kiss on her cheek. Tsugumi blushed furiously and burrow her head on Sayo’s shoulder while pinch Sayo’s side. Sayo laughs and hold Tsugumi stronger than before. Sayo never thought that she will falling in love this hard towards a person considering she never had any interest in human before. At one point, she even thought that she will spent her whole life with her guitar, until she met Tsugumi. Tsugumi changed her world slowly, supporting her, pushing her to properly face Hina, and teach her how to love and to be loved.
The moment is lasting until two of them heard a loud footsteps and a sound of door opening. There is Hina in the door looking at Sayo and Tsugumi who still hugging lovingly in each other arms. They are looking back at Hina with a shocked face. After a moment Sayo and Tsugumi started blushing furiously and broke off the hug in a split seconds. Sayo clears her throat and looking at Hina sternly.
“I thought I told you so many times that-“
Hina stepping forward and close the door, “I’m sorry, onee-chan. But save the lecture for other time, I need your and Tsugu-chan’s help”. Hina, looking perfectly unfazed with the scene before her a few moments ago now took a cushion and place it in front of Sayo and Tsugumi and sit down. She slowly took a deep breath and looking at Sayo and Tsugumi earnestly, “I want me and onee-chan to exchange place just for a day!”
Sayo and Tsugumi, turn their head looking at each other, and then looking back at Hina who placed her hand together in front of her chess, pleading an impossible request.
“Huh?”
“So, you want to become a Hanasakigawa student for a day and in order to do that you want me to become a Haneoka student as you?”
Hina nods rapidly
“Rejected”
“Onee-chan!” Hina whine loudly as Sayo reject her proposal in just a few miliseconds
“That’s impossible. I’m part of disciplinary committee, moreover our height is totally different!”
“That can be adjusted with a few properties, and I’m good at impersonating you!”
Sayo sighs looking at her twin little sister who still doesn’t show any sign of giving up. Looking at the dire situation, Tsugumi trying to break the heavy air, “Umm, Sayo-san. I guess we should listen to the reason why Hina-senpai wants to do it before we decide on anything”
Hina’s face becomes bright again and then she throws a hug into Tsugumi, “Tsugu-chan I know you will help me! I love you!”
Sayo’s eyebrows twitched looking at Hina’s antics, but she decided to become the adult one and composing herself. She’s facing into Hina’s direction once again, “as what Tsugumi-san said, now state your reasons. If it’s not good enough we will stop talking about this crazy idea of yours”. Hina, still hanging on Tsugumi’s shoulder started to explaining her reasons.
Sayo sighs for only God knows how many times today and rest her back on the bed behind her, “In short, you want to become Maruyama-san’s classmate. Okay rejected”
“But whyyyyyyyyy?”
“You spent so many time with her in your practice session, is that not enough?”
“No! It’s not run~ enough! I want to see Aya-chan being clumsy as a high-school girl!”
“Ha?”
Sayo is running out of her straight-man reaction for her little sister’s stupid joke. Moreover, Hina is still clinging on Tsugumi since a while ago without any sign of letting her go. She’s starting to feel annoyed with the whole situation. Tsugumi realizes Sayo’s mood change and tapping Hina’s arms which clinging on her shoulder, “Hina-senpai”
Hina look at Tsugumi and tilt her head, “Hmm?”
“This might sounds rude, but, do you like her? Aya-san, I mean”
Hina smiles brightly and nods her head, “I like Aya-chan! That’s why I want to spend more time with her!”
Hina pulls her arms from Tsugumi’s shoulder and now sitting normally besides Tsugumi, “I’m confident that I already see every sides of Aya-chan but the only thing I haven’t know is how Aya-chan acts in school. It’s kind of make inside me goes mukyu~ and gan-gan! I don’t like that feeling at all!”
Ignoring whatever sound effects Hina just letting out, Sayo is looking at Hina confusedly, “Wait, are you going out with Maruyama-san?”
Hina shook her head, “Why should I?”
Tsugumi and Sayo looking at each other again. Sayo is face-palming while Tsugumi is laughing awkwardly.
Sayo starting to blushed furiously when she took a deep breath, “I know that feeling to well because that’s how I feel towards Tsugumi-san”
“Eh?” Tsugumi looks disbelieved looking at Sayo’s direction.
“Wanting to know everything about a person you love is a normal thing to do, so I do understand your feelings.” Sayo looking at Tsugumi’s eyes dearly with a bit sad smile in a short moment. She looked back at Hina who now looking at Sayo with her jaw slightly opened.
“I see, so I like Aya-chan the way onee-chan likes Tsugu-chan!” Hina started brimming with light when she said the words. Hina looking at Sayo’s direction again with pleading looks. Sayo letting out a huge sigh and closed her eyes, “Okay, okay, I get it”
Hina throws her arm into Tsugumi’s direction to hugs her dearly. Tsugumi, who isn’t ready for the hug is falling on her back almost knocking the table. Sayo quickly grab Hina’s collar and yank her before Hina starts to causing any harm, both for Tsugumi and Sayo’s room.
“I swear stop hugging my girlfriend in front of me”
“I can’t help it, I’m happy and Tsugu-chan is so nice to hug”
“That’s true, but stop touching her or I will dismiss everything”
“Stingy”
Sayo grabs Tsugumi’s hand and make her sitting beside her, facing Hina. After everything has calmed down, Sayo just realize how bold her words just now, and judging by the rising temperature from Tsugumi’s hand, she knows that Tsugumi also feels embarrassed by what happened just now. Trying to calm herself, Sayo tries to ask Hina about her infiltration plan.
“Of course I had a plan! So I will going whoosh while onee-chan will goes bam! And then it will going prettty run~ with bang! And then everything will be okay! Trust me!”
Sayo’s face now turned flat, starting to consider to cancel the whole part of this idiot plan. She does want to act as a good sister with helping her little sister with her love life. Besides, deep inside she also wants to spent any school-life experience with Tsugumi as Haneoka students, but this is just too much for her to handle. Tsugumi, who realizes what is going on inside Sayo’s head quickly calling out for Hina, “Hina-senpai! That was a nice plan!”
Sayo looking at Tsugumi’s direction giving her what-part-of-it-is-nice-plan kind of look.
Tsugumi smiles awkwardly at Sayo and turn her attention back to Hina, “But maybe we need something more specific”
Hina nods understandingly, “I see, so what is your suggestion, Tsugu-chan?”
Tsugumi glance towards Sayo’s direction, looking for an approval. Sayo took a very deep breath and nods slightly, whatever happen happens. Tsugumi also nods and starting to explain her plan.
It was a nice Friday morning when Tsugumi is preparing breakfast in Hikawa’s kitchen. She is waiting for Sayo and Hina preparing themselves for swap places. Hikawa parents is out for a trip and she can’t reallly calm down so she offered the twin for making their meal. Sayo seems reluctant at first but maybe the idea of eating Tsugumi’s cooking in the morning won her over so she agreed on that. She just finished brew the coffee when the living room’s door is opened.
“Oh you finished preparing already? Good morn-“
Tsugumi didn’t manage to finish her sentence when two identical face stepping into the room, except the usual expression is swapped. Hina going in with a huge frown on her face and Sayo, following behind Hina steps into the living room with a huge grin. Sayo directs her gaze at Tsugumi who still looks surprised and smoothly placed her arms on Tsugumi’s waist, hugging her from the back, “Good morning, darling”
Hina chops Sayo at the neck and pull her from Tsugumi, “What did I say about touching Tsugumi-san again?”
Sayo laughs innocently and rubs her neck, “That’s hella hurt, onee-chan”
Tsugumi still standing in awe looking at the scene before her. Noticing Tsugumi’s reaction, the twin standing in front of Tsugumi. Tsugumi observed the Sayo and Hina in front of her. It’s just the usual Hikawa twin except the height is pretty much same and the usual facial expression is now swapped. The usual cheery Hina, now looks expresionless, more like semi-angry all the time while the usual stoic Sayo looks so chirpy and lively. Tsugumi laughs a little looking at two of them.
“A-as expected, we do look weird right? I mean it must be looks unnatural” Ask Hina (Sayo) worriedly.
“Impossible, this should be perfect! I even had crash course with our usual make-up artist!” Answer Sayo (Hina) confidently.
Still laughing, Tsugumi place the plates in the table, gesturing the twin to take a sit and have their breakfast. Sayo and Hina took their sit while Tsugumi pours the coffee and prepare the milk. She puts coffee in front of Hina and milk in front of Sayo, “Please enjoy your meal”, said Tsugumi as she went back to the kitchen cleaning up the cooking utensils.
Sayo chewing on her french toast and then looking at Tsugumi’s direction in the kitchen, “Let’s have a breakfast together, Tsugu-chan!”
Tsugumi smiled at her, “Sure, Let me clean up for a bit and I will join later, Hina-senpai”
After some cleaning, Tsugumi took a sit beside Hina and starting to eat her own french toast. Sayo, looking at their direction gulps her food and smirks playfully, “I always thought Tsugu-chan and onee-chan really suits each other, but seeing me and Tsugu-chan together might not be so bad. How does it sound, Tsugu-chan?”
Hina pointing her fork towards Sayo direction with a serious killing intent. Tsugumi laughs awkwardly while patting Hina on her shoulder, trying to calm her down. After she managed to make Hina took down her fork, she’s smiling at Sayo, “You should stop teasing Sayo-san before she gets annoyed and sabotage the whole plan, Hina-senpai”
Sayo laughs again and took a huge bite, finishing her toast in a split seconds. She drank the whole glass of the milk and stood up, “I guess I should make my escape before onee-chan gets real angry. I will going out first then!”
Sayo walks toward the door, before she reached the knob, Hina gave her a stern warning about the plan and to not messing up the whole scheme. Her reputation as model student and part of disciplinary committee is on the line after all. Sayo turned her back, facing Hina and Tsugumi’s direction with her usual stern look.
“Is this good enough, Hina, Tsugumi-san?”
Hina and Tsugumi taken aback by her perfect act. Hina sighs and giving a nod of approval, while Tsugumi giving her a small clap. “Oh right, if you find any problems, please ask Rinko-san or Misaki-chan. They know the whole plan and agreed on helping.” Adds Tsugumi before Sayo goes out. It’s such a shame because Chisato is having a job and missing school today, so the only person they can be relied on besides Rinko is Misaki. It will become a bit inconvenient since Misaki is on the different grade but that should not really become a problem. Sayo nods once again and throws a flat “I’m heading out”. The sound of door closing, leaving Hina and Tsugumi alone inside. Hina massages her temple and let out a frustated sigh. Tsugumi, looking at her giving Hina a reassuring pat on her back, “Please believe in Hina-senpai, I’m sure it will be okay. Moreover we have Misaki-chan and Rinko-san’s help, it will be okay!”
“Now I feel really bad for Okusawa-san. She had her plate full of Tsurumaki-san’s crazy antics and now she should looking out for Hina. I should be nicer to her next time we meet”
Tsugumi laughs awkwardly and stroke Hina’s hand gently, “Now let’s finish the breakfast, we also should heading to school, Hina-senpai”
Hina sighs once again and sips her coffee. This will be a long day for her.