Shiori Novella One-shots

Shiori's Hair... Thing

"Hahaha! Look, look! All of my hair from the shower came to life!"

With a beaming smile, Shiori presents her...child. A strange creature strikes a pose in front of you. It flexes its biceps as visible sparkles glisten off of its muscles. However, you can't help but notice its "body". Its head and torso seem to be fused into one long, round shape. Is that...hair hanging around its thighs like a skirt? The unnaturally curved smile on its face makes it look friendly enough, but its huge eyes definitely grab as much attention as its muscles.

You can't stop staring at it, but it doesn't budge at all. It remains perfectly still as it continues to flex. Shiori claps as her efforts of creating a new lifeform are finally successful. Although, this isn't exactly what you had in mind.

"Maybe it's strong enough to carry me around? Oh, what if it likes playing with dolls and dresses?! What do you think?"

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You look between Shiori and her creature a couple times, keenly aware of how much you have to look down to see the creature.

"Shiori... You know that it's only like... 6 inches tall, right? I don't think it'll be able to carry you," you sigh, pinching the bridge of your nose. "Dresses... I'm not personally ready to see a muscular...thing like this wear a dress."

"I think it could..." Shiori pouts as she crouches down next to it, patting its head. "Look at it, it's such a little trooper!"

"I mean... I guess?"

As if prompted by your uncertainty, it changes poses to a different pose, it's arms forming a circle in front of it.

"Shiori?"

"Yeah?"

"What... does this thing eat?"

Shiori just tilts her head at you.

"Does it eat?" Shiori just tilts her head the other way in response.

The two of you just look down at the flexing clump of hair.

"Let's... not think too much about it," the two of you mutter at the same time.

It seems Shiori is also a little unnerved at the thought of this thing walking around, just existing. Even you, as a Novelite, need to eat and drink, but it's entirely possible it's not the case with this hair thing. The worst case is that under that hair is some... unimaginable thing, and neither of you want to think about that.

"Shiori, tea?" you offer, if only as a way to get away from the flexing creature.

"Sure, I'll help you!" Shiori pats the thing and stands up as it switches poses.

The tea only takes a minute with the two of you preparing it together, but when you return to the room, the flexing creature is gone...

"Hey?"

"Yeah, Shiori?"

"Where'd... it go?"

"..." you stare at the spot it was in in silence. "If it was meant to return, it'll come back?"

"..." Shiori just looks at you. "Sure, let's go with that."