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It had been about 2 hours since Shiho's birthday party had died down, her house now empty besides the one person who planned the entire thing. Shiho walked towards her sister's sleeping body, her arms supporting her head on the table as she took gentle breaths each second. She wondered how someone could look so beautiful so effortlessly, but that was her sister after all.
"Hey, Onee-chan..." She called out, curious if she actually was asleep or simply heading to that point. Nothing—Shizuku really was asleep. Shiho reached her hand out to brush a few strands of hair out of her sister's face. She looked down at her lips, slightly open and still a bit glossy from when she had applied her makeup earlier that day.
Shiho could vividly remember how happy Shizuku was the entire day, as if it were her own birthday rather than her sister's. She had tried to get Shiho to put on makeup as well, but they both knew that would never happen in a million years, no matter how many times she would say "But you'd look so beautiful..."
Shiho shook her head, chuckling to herself at the memory as she looked at her sister, probably longer than she should. "You really do love me, hmm?" Her smile dropped, guilt eating away at her for what was going through her head at the time. That was her sister, she couldn't... "I can't love you the way I want to, can I?"
Her vision blurred a bit, and she took a step back to try and get a hold of herself. This is exactly why she couldn't be with her for too long; that tightness in her chest, the way her skin felt like it was on fire whenever they touched—it wasn't normal. Shiho looked back at her sleeping sister one more time, leaning in and getting down to her level.
Her lips trembled, too close to Shizuku's at this point. Any sense of guilt she had was buried by her own desire. She had to do this, she thought. Anything to get these thoughts out of her head. Her eyes traveled along every inch of her sister's face, everything she wanted was in front of her.
Before she could go for it, Shizuku's eyes fluttered open, making contact with Shiho's. Normally, she would've backed away and acted like nothing happened, but not this time. Shiho froze in place, but fear was still in her eyes. Shizuku knew her sister too well, knew what that fear meant.
"Shii..." Shizuku mumbled, her hand caressing her sister's cheek. She felt the surface of her face get hotter from her touch, Shiho's eyes widening at the contact. It was all so like her, but it almost felt like a dream to both of them.
They stood there for a few minutes, enjoying each other's touch and presence. After some time though, Shizuku began to creep closer. They looked down at each other's lips, both seeming uncharacteristically timid now that they were so close to actually going for it.
Shiho backed away slightly, silently communicating with her to make sure she wanted this too. Shizuku smiled, finally getting close enough to place her lips on hers. The kiss wasn't anything out of a fairy tale, it was awkward and clumsy. Their hands reached at each other without grabbing anywhere in particular, but still, they were enjoying themselves.
Eventually, Shiho pulled away, her hands ending up on Shizuku's waist by the time they stopped. They sat in silence, but not for long until one of them spoke up to say something.
"Shii, can we sleep together tonight?" Shizuku asked, her voice higher than normal, but that was to be expected whenever she talked to her sister.
"Absolutely not, now go take a bath and go to bed..."