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Flandre (just a note, I like to call her Flan, so for the rest of this story, I’m gonna call her Flan - Phony) was sitting in her room, holding a doll that was actually a doll that looked like her best friend, Koishi. As of recent, the sister of the Scarlet Devil was allowed to go outside because her sister, Remilia, deemed it safe to do so. Even so, for her, it was still tough to make friends. She had manners, yes, she even practiced them on her dolls, but nothing was comparable to the real thing. She found it tough to make friends. A lot of people laughed at her for her silly look, her properness…there was a list that could go on and on…
But then she met Koishi Komeji.
She actually went down to Former Hell with her sister that day. Remilia was friends with the older sister, Satori Komeji, and decided that it was now a good time for these two to meet. She knocked on the door…
And she was met with a hug and: “Oh my gosh! You’re the real Flandre Scarlet!”
That struck the friendship between the two of them. They were both younger sisters, were both very curious about the world, and they were both sheltered from everyone for the longest time. They also shared similar interests in heavy dammaku battles and dolls, just to name a couple. The two hit it off like two peas in a pod, it got to the fact that they sometimes even wore each other's clothes just for fun.
It had been almost a year since they met each other, and had done a bunch of different things, like explore Gensokyo, go to festivals, and even cause a little trouble along the way. That’s just how they were. But recently whenever the sister of the scarlet devil went to play with Koishi, her heart-rate started to increase, she spaced out sometimes and she stuttered in her speech.
She tried to confront her sister about it, but all she said, with a smile, was: “That’s a feeling you need to figure out for yourself.~”
It seemed to Flan like her sister knew something she didn’t. Grr, she hated when this happened! But what would she do? Go to Koishi herself and ask? It seemed like she had no other choice.
And now she was at the doorstep of Koishi’s room. She was very nervous to talk about it with her, but like she thought before, she didn’t have a choice. She took a breath and knocked on the door. Within seconds, Koishi appeared.
“Hello!” Koishi smiled a big smile and gave her best friend a hug, to which Flan returned.
“H…hi…” Flan looked down.
“What’s wrong?” Koishi instantly noticed the look on her best friend's face.
“N-nothing!” The Scarlet Devil’s sister faked a smile. “I’m alright!”
“Hmm…” The Satori looked at her friend suspiciously. “It doesn’t seem like nothing’s wrong…come on it, let’s talk about it!” She let Flan into the room and skipped over to her bed, to which she sat on. She patted a spot next to her, indicating Flan to sit. Flan sat next to her, shaking a little bit. Something was clearly wrong.
“Now…” Koishi looked at her friend, who struggled to maintain eye contact. “Tell me…what’s up?”
Flandre gulped. What would she say to her? She didn’t want to lie, but she was too nervous to tell the truth. What would happen if she did? Would Koishi not want to be her friend anymore?
Flan struggled to look at her. “Y’know…I’ve been feeling…strange…lately.”
“Yeah…” Koishi’s curious eyes looked at Flan. She was eager to know more.
“I’ve felt nervous every time I’ve seen you recently…”
Koishi’s face darkened slightly. “Do I…make you feel scared?”
“N-no no! That’s not it!” Flan said right back. “You don’t make me feel scared at all! There’s more to this, I feel…”
Koishi’s curious look was back. “Yeah…?”
“My heart is beating…” She put a hand to her heart. “Really fast right now…a-and it’s not because I’m scared! If I were scared, I would be out of here!”
Koishi looked at her friend in concern. “Hmm…” She thought for a moment before The Scarlet Devil’s sister spoke again.
“I get flustered whenever I speak to you now…I was never like this before! Can you please help me?” Flan looked at Koishi. She was scared, but not of her. She was scared of what these feelings were, and wanted them to stop. She wanted to talk to Koishi like normal again.
Koishi’s face lit up. “Oh! I think I understand now…”
“Oh?” Flan maintained eye contact.
“It’s…It’s love.”
Flan’s heart skipped a beat. That word…love…she remembered her sister said something about it before…and that it was possible that Miss Sakuya felt that way towards her…but, what did love mean?
“...Love?” Flan had a look of question on her face.
Koishi nodded. “The power of love…it's a curious thing…it makes one person weep, and another person sing…”
“What?”
“Oh nothing.~” She giggled. “Love is really an emotion where you trust and care about someone, you also are attracted to this person. Tell me Flan-” She was suddenly close to her. “Are you…attracted to me?”
“I…” Flan twiddled her thumbs.”I think so…I think that’s what I’ve been feeling…”
Koishi gasped. “R…really?” Her face went red.
Flan nodded.
“Wow…” Flan could swear that Koishi’s eyes turned into hearts. “Because if I’m being honest…I feel the same way too…”
“Does this mean…” Flan inched closer to Koishi. “We…we love each other…?”
Koishi nodded and whispered: “Yes…it does.” She closed her eyes and grabbed Flan’s cheeks. Then, bam! She kissed her.
To say that Flan was shocked was an understatement. Flan stiffened. What was this? No one ever did this to her in her 495 years of life. But to say it didn’t feel good would be a lie. Flan really liked this feeling…so, she did her best and kissed Koishi back.
The two broke apart, looking each other in the eyes. “Flandre Scarlet…I love you…so, so much…”
Flan giggled. “And I love you as well, Koishi! No need to be formal about it, y’know.”
Satori saw the duo walk by, hand in hand. Since she could read minds, she decided to look inside Flan's…and she was…very shocked.
“What’s the matter?” Remilia approached her.
“I have a funny feeling in my chest…”
“Oh? Spill.”
How would Satori explain this to Remilia? This was complicated…
(And that’s a wrap! How do you like me giving you guys oneshots? Please give me some recommendations. Who knows? I just might take it into consideration…)