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day 22 of living with suisei (or whatever the hell this… lady is.) she’s scary and doesn’t speak much, and whenever she does it’s about “the cosmos”, “andromeda” and whatnot. it’s confusing,, really, REALLY CONFUSING—!! other than the fact that she’s really pretty, she’s also really weird. how the hell does she sparkle all the ti—
“miko-san?” a calm, monotonous voice tears miko’s concentration away from her diary. she turns to the direction of which the voice had came from, and her emerald eyes met galactic blue ones.
ever since suisei had [impolitely] crashed into her house like a meteor (god damnit, you literal すいせい), those blue eyes of hers never failed to capture miko’s attention — sometimes it felt like it was as if she was staring into Andromeda itself.
“miko-san? miko-san.” the comet repeats, now in front of miko and poking at her face.
and of course, the oblivious bluenette ruins the poor pinkette’s perfect perception of her.
“yes, suisei?” miko answers, exasperated. the comet pokes at miko’s face again. “you humans seem so… malleable.” and another poke. “..what was the word for it again? it sounded quite.. cute, was it?” the extraterrestrial being asks, trying to get the word off the tip of her [its?] tongue.
“squishy, hoshimachi. squishy.” miko sighs as suisei continues to poke at her cheeks.
the comet’s expression perks up when miko reminds her of the word.
“ah, yes. that’s the word! you humans are warm too. how do you just.. do that?” suisei asks as she continues to play with miko’s face, proceeding to press her cold palms onto miko’s warm cheeks.
“ish jush like fhat for ufh [it’s just like that for us].” miko manages to mutter out. suisei merely nods, still playing with miko’s face.
oh, i was going to ask her something, wasn’t i? the pinkette recalls, but she decides against it.
instead, miko grabs suisei’s hands and gently brings them away from her face. the comet tilts her (its??) head at the pinkette in confusion.
miko opens her mouth to speak, but proceeds to close it. she stays silent for a while, and the extraterrestrial being just stares at her in silence. the pinkette then proceeds to grab a tetra pack of apple juice from the fridge, and passes it to suisei.
“here. that’s for you.”
although confused at the sudden offer from miko, the comet accepts the apple juice gratefully and proceeds to happily take a few sips of it.
miko notices that the comet’s sparkling. no, literally sparkling. small sparks of blues and yellows surrounded the comet as she sipped at her apple juice.
the sparkling stopped the moment suisei had finished the pack of apple juice. she passed the empty pack to miko, and thanked her for it.
still doesn’t get how trash cans work, huh? miko lets out a few giggles.
“nn? why the laughter? did i do something strange?” the comet asks. at that, miko’s eyes perk up, now reminded of her question.
“hey, i’ve been pretty curious, suisei. why do you emit sparkles when you’re eating or drinking something? is it something that happens when you’re feeling happy?” miko blurts out all at once, eager to get an answer from suisei. she hopes to be correct about something about this comet, just once.
buuuuuut suisei dashes her hopes once again.
“no, it’s not something related to emotion. i am a humanised comet, but like a human, i have to expel what i take in.” suisei explains calmly. “it’s like when humans consume things and proceed to excrete it a few hours later, while my body converts what i take in to sparkles. it’s the same concept, really.”
miko looks absolutely flabbergasted, and maybe even disgusted. suisei notices and her face morphs to slight worry. “miko-san? did i say something wrong?” she asks, worried, and about to take the pinkette’s hands into her own.
instead, miko immediately scoots away from suisei.
“you. take a shower. now.” miko grabs a nearby cushion, about to throw it at the comet. suisei lets out a sigh and raises her hands up defensively.
“miko-san, the sparkles are 100% clean, i swear. my physical form is very much different from a normal huma—.” the comet explains, but gets interrupted by the cushion hitting her face.
miko takes a deep breath, and suisei almost forgets to cover her poor celestial ears before she yells.
“BULLSHIT, HOSHIMACHI! I DON’T CARE, GO TAKE A TWO HOUR SHOWER FOR ALL I CARE—!!”the pinkette throws everything she can get her hands on at the comet, who merely lets out an exasperated sigh and lets the random objects hit her.
after a while, she finally acquiesces to miko’s demand. “alright, fine, but don’t blame me if your water bill goes up.” the comet mutters under her breath with a random towel (that the pinkette had graciously thrown at her)over her head.