Revue Starlight Oneshots

Similar Kind of People Understand (Tsukasa & Shiori)

(Published January 22, 2022)

No One's POV

"Shiori, come with me for a second." Tsukasa takes her fellow cat with her arm over her shoulder, making the called girls' sister look at them with a raised brow.

"What is it, Tsukasa-san?" Shiori couldn't help but ask as she is dragged away by the woman from their classroom.

The orange haired cat keeps on flicking her ears, aware of the scrutinizing gaze of the older blonde. Looking through the corner of her eyes, she makes sure they are out of the vision of other people.

"Let this onee-chan play with you for a bit." Grinning in excitement, Tsukasa makes the younger girl sit on the bench in the hallway.

"Eh?"

Knowing full well that her ways of resisting are going to be ignored, Shiori resigns herself at the hands of Tsukasa. After quite some time, Tsukasa is satisfied to have given the calm and quiet cat a different makeover. A ponytail tied with a scrunchie, unbuttoned a few buttons from the top, and tied the sleeves of her jacket on Shiori's waist. Tsukasa is definitely proud about her work, but thinking of putting light make-up on the girl makes her feel frustrated for not bringing the whole kit with her.

"Tsukasa-san. Now that you had your fun, can you please-" Shiori reaches up to the scrunchie putting her hair up in place.

"Wait, Shiori. I need to take a picture."

"Huh? Okay?" At the sudden request and appearance of Tsukasa's fashionable phone, Shiori only sat with her hands timidly sitting on her lap.

"For a while~" Tsukasa seems dissatisfied. She walks over to the younger cat and fusses over her as she decides on what pose Shiori should make.

"This would work." She jogs back into her position to take a photo. She clicks on the shutter as she makes Shiori smirk coupled with a certain glint in her eyes.

"Now that would be a good photo for a wallpaper." Tsukasa teases after returning her phone in the safety on her pocket.

"If onee-chan were to see that, I don't know how she would react or even what I am going to do about it." Shiori's face pales at the thought of her older sister seeing a photo of her in this unexpected getup.

"I'm only half kidding." Tsukasa giggles. She sits beside the younger cat and taps her shoulder, letting her know that she can take off the scrunchie and the jacket.

Shiori perks her ears up at the silence of the older cat. She looks at the orange haired and is surprised to see a forlorn look on the outgoing girl.

"Tsukasa-san?"

"I'm feeling a bit lonely. But with your company, my heart is filled up. You know, with everyone having different people coming by to them, you just-"

"Feel like a hole has opened up."

"Yes." Tsukasa's eyes widens at the realization that Shiori must have felt much worse than her. She was alone right from the start but for Shiori, she always had her sister by her side the moment she was born.

"Onee-chan has been going off somewhere with Ichie-San. So, I understand, Tsukasa-san." Shiori has a sad smile as she faces the older cat.

"But really, I need to know the answer to this. What was that about cat and dogs?" Tsukasa treis to lighten the mood she set up with a question that keeps on knocking her brains out. Thankfully, Shiori stifles out her laugh as she understood the implication of the rhetorical question. Tsukasa couldn't help but smile while both of their tails swaying in the same direction and rhythm.

"That's really something to think about, huh." Shiori calms down and shows the older cat a bright smile.

"You're really a good girl, aren't you, Shiori." Tsukasa reaches for the top of her head, ruffling it with gentle strokes. If she went longer with the headpats, she is sure she would have heard Shiori purr.

"If it's you Tsukasa-san, I'm sure everything will fall into place and it will all be just fine." Shiori muses while reluctantly taking the hand on her hand. She also takes the moment to pat on her own hair to make herself the least bit presentable.

"Thank you. You can go back to the classroom. I have somewhere I need to be." The orange haired wholeheartedly says her gratitude as she sees the younger girl off with a wave.

Standing up with a jump, she puts a hand on her waist. She lets out a breath as she looks at the opposite direction Shiori just left for.

"Now, Misora. Aruru. Both of you should make sure to keep your ears behind the wall if you want to eavesdrop."

The two dogs stumble out of the corner. The two grunt as they sit up on the floor while reaching for the back of their heads. They sigh in defeat as they know exactly what it is that Tsukasa is waiting to hear.

"We're sorry, Tsukasa-san."

"Good." The cat helps the two dogs up then she follows after their waving tails when they run up ahead.

"Yeah, I'll be just fine after all." Tsukasa mumbles to herself with a small smile. Then she catches up with Misora and Aruru, locking them both with her arms on their shoulders.