A Girl's Turmoil

Chapter 2 - A Night With Himawari

It was nothing but a short walk for both of the teenage girls to reach their homes. It's already on the weekend so they can slack off as they like. After reaching in between each respective house, Sakurako tells Himawari that she would return to her house for a moment to pack her clothes up so she can take a bath in Himawari's house. Himawari sighs with displeasure but nodded at her anyway. Before Himawari began walking off to her house, the spoiled Sakurako asked her to carry her bag to her room.

Is she annoyed? Yes. But, yeah, this is Sakurako we are talking about here. Himawari can do nothing but to sincere about it.

Himawari reluctantly carries her bag and brings it to her house. Sakurako, in such spirit for a sleepover, dashes to her own home and barges through the front door. Her little sister is already at home and tells them that she'll have a sleepover in Himawari's house. Her mother and Hanako roll their eyes, but this is better than watching her being lazy and nothing else around the house. Of course, Sakurako got a lecture from her mother to not barge through the front door like that.

Sakurako went upstairs to her room. She gets a small bag, enough to put two sets of clothes inside. Tomorrow is Saturday, so she doesn't have to worry about bringing the school uniform. She found her small bag inside the night table, in the top drawer. She then went over for the cabinet and checked the contents of it. She has a lot of colorful outfits, especially those in bright colors.

Sakurako picks two sets of clothes and her underwear. One set for tonight and another one for the next morning. So she'll be taking a bath in Himawari's house for those two sets of clothes. Frankly, this is better for her sisters since she doesn't want to be a nuisance for them when it comes to the bathroom. Sakurako can sometimes take a bath too long than she should.

After everything is in order, she grabs additional writing tools along with a science notebook. She stuffs them into the bag and exits her room. She descended downstairs and greeted Nadeshiko on the way, who just arrived in the house. Nadeshiko gives a sigh seeing Sakurako is all prepped up with her bag, and without changing her uniform.

"You're having a sleepover in Himako's house again?" Nadeshiko asked with a raised brow.

"Yes, Onee-chan!" Sakurako replied with a nod. "And also, we want to do homework together."

"That sounds good, Sakurako," Nadeshiko replied as she sits down on the couch. "I hope you don't give her much trouble."

"Hihihi," Sakurako giggled to herself. "Why would I give her trouble? She's the one giving me trouble."

"You got it backward, Onee-chan," Hanako added, not bothering to look up from her book.

"What do you mean backward?" Sakurako asked, with her eyes narrowed.

"You caused a lot of fuss for Himako," Nadeshiko added for her question. "She sometimes complained about you."

Sakurako scoffed at her answer. "That's not true!"

"I know, I know," Nadeshiko then opens her bag. "I bought something."

"Ooh, what did you buy?" Sakurako approached Nadeshiko as she tried to look over to her bag.

Nadeshiko then pulls out two snacks from her bag. "Onigiri and salt potato chips."

Sakurako quickly reached for the chips, only to have Nadeshiko raises the chips away from Sakurako's reach.

"No, no," Nadeshiko shook her head. "You can eat this when Himawari wants to eat, okay?"

Sakurako grumbled by her request but reluctantly accepted. "Fine."

"Good, now give me your bag," Nadeshiko asked with an open palm.

Sakurako still grumbled a little, but she gives the bag to her. Thankfully, the bag has enough space for the chips and Onigiri.