(Kirasaya) (Meariri) New Friends

Opportunity

Yumeko squealed and swung Sayaka around. "Oh my! It seems that I'm your favourite person?! Oh, that's so sweet!"

"Unacceptable......" Kirari and Lady Seina growled in unison. They turned their head sharply towards Vani in unison.

"Did you use a love potion?! You made a deal with Jabami didn't you?!" Lady Seina said.

"First of all, I don't do love potions, accept for extreme cases when a girl needs a guy to fall in love with someone else because he's stalking her or for other cases. Secondly, I have never seen this woman in my life, except for on television." She looked at Yumeko. "I'm a fan of your gambling matches. Big fan."

"Why thank you Hirabayashi," Yumeko chuckled.

"She knows my name!" Vani gasped as she shook Mary's shoulders. "She knows my name! My name!"

"Yes yes yes," Mary sighed.

"I suppose this means I get to keep Sayaka-chan?" Yumeko asked innocently.

Kirari's face darkened.

"Before you do anything, I've trained myself not to gamble, so your punishments won't work on me," Yumeko said.

"Oh trust me, you haven't trained yourself for this one," Kirari snarled.

*****

"So her punishment was to acknowledge Midari's presence and gamble with her once a day for a week?" Mary asked.

"Rari also made it a year...but Sayaka gave her a kiss on the cheek and...the rest us history," Ririka replied.

Yumeko was glaring at Midari as she made her next move in a game of Blackjack.

Kirari sat nearby, seemingly amused by the interaction between the two. Sayaka sat on her lap, having fallen asleep after a long day.

"I win," Yumeko said after a while. "Yay."

"Yumekoooo! You're so awesomeeee!" Midari squealed.

"Ugh," Yumeko said, shuddering. "Now if you'll excuse me, Ikishima, I'll be leaving."

Midari responded by blowing a kiss to Kirari. "PRESIDENT! YOU'RE THE BEST! MWAH!"

*****

"She's a kid now?"

"Yes Ma'am."

"Don't toy around with me. Are you sure this picture hasn't been edited?"

"No Ma'am."

"Humph, I guess it would be easier to kill her now. Together with the blondie...however, Kirari is always around her..."

"I have an idea Ma'am."

"Go on."

*****

Sayaka sat on Kirari's lap with an iPad in her tiny hands. She seemed to be very focused on something. Kirari found it adorable.

It seemed that even though Sayaka was a toddler, her intelligence didn't change.

The toddler was managing the business of one of the companies funded by the Momobami Clan.

Sayaka tapped Kirari's arm lightly, breaking the Clan Head out of her thoughts.

"Yes?"

Sayaka babble and pointed at the screen, furrowing in a displeased manner.

"Ah, I see."

Someone has been siphoning money off the business.

Kirari kissed Sayaka's temple. "There's no need to stress, darling dearest. I'll handle it. In the meantime......" Kirari took the iPad from Sayaka's hands and placed it far away. "Screen time is over."

*****

Mary and Ririka were playing a game of Uno. Ririka was winning by a landslide, much to Mary's annoyance.

"Are you cheating?"

"M-Mary! I would never!"

"Then how——"

Mary was interrupted by a huge wail of anger. The Uno cards flew and scattered around the floor from the sheer force.

Only one person could cry and cause such a mess.

And Mary knew who was responsible for it.

"KIRARI MOMOBAMI!"

*****

"So, she's angry because you took away her work and asked her to take a break," Mary said. "That's......strange."

Sayaka sat on Sachiko's lap, staring at Kirari angrily with teary eyes.

"Indeed. In my defence, children shouldn't spend so much time on their gadgets."

Sayaka huffed.

Kirari hummed and walked over, crouching down to the toddler's level.

"Are you mad at me, Sayaka? I thought you said you would never be angry at me," Kirari asked innocently.

Sayaka grumbled, babbling something under her breath before shaking her head and reaching out for Kirari.

Kirari scooped Sayaka into her arms and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Hm, perfect."

"Damn it," Sachiko sighed dejectedly. "Now I'm lonely again."

"Anyway," Kirari said. "I'll be going on a short business trip. So Sayaka won't be with me for a while."

Sayaka looked up sharply and her eyes started to fill with tears as she let out a whine.

Kirari booped Sayaka's nose gently. "Don't worry, I'll only be gone for a week."

"She doesn't mean that," Mary added hurriedly before Sayaka started to cry. She glared pointedly at Kirari. "Why will you take so long?"

"Simple, really, I have some people to wipe out. They've been bothering our family for quite some time."

"I thought you could just leave that to the Honebamis."

"Nonsense. This is personal."

"They murdered our parents and have been staying under the radar. We just found them again," Ririka said quietly. Mary took her hand and smiled at her comfortingly.

Sayaka paused and nuzzled her head against Kirari's shoulder, supposedly to comfort her as well. Kirari chuckled and stroked her hair tenderly.

Sachiko broke the silence.

"So......I'll have my cute sister to myself?"

Kirari nodded.

"WOOHOO! This is awesome! Mother is going to be so jealous...I'm going to text her now!" Sachiko exclaimed and ran out.

"Well, I suppose that's settled," Kirari said with a hint of possessiveness in her voice. "Sachiko better not grow too close with Sayaka though..."

Sayaka giggled and babbled something.

"Oh yes, I'll bring back some presents for you," Kirari said, winking. "Do you want me to buy a company for you? I could buy Mc Donald's, or do you just want a few soft toys?"

Sayaka nodded eagerly.

"Damn it, I want to get Mc Donald's," Mary cursed enviously.

"I...I will buy it for you!" Ririka stammered.

Mary blushed and petted her head. "Idiot."