NOVPUBKicking in the door to Aoni's dorm with all the fury of a herd of manic wildabeasts, Clara burst past Charlotte, and ended up in the center of the living room before spinning around, getting her bearing and charging toward what she assumed to be her brother's room, since the opened door clearly led to his workshop.
BANG BANG BANG
"Please don't find me, please don't find meeee," Aoni whimpered while under his bed.
But alas, there was no stopping Hurricane Clara, as she apparently caught his scent. With one final loud bang, the door, which was supposed to be reinforced through enough formations to stop the hits of a Grade-5 individual, blew apart like particleboard.
"Babbbyyy brother, where are youuuu," Clara said with a creepy grin as she entered Aoni's room uninvited and tossed it as any good sister looking for her brother's secret stash would do.
'AN if I die, my summons will survive, right?' Seeing his sister's feet from his hiding place, Aoni randomly asked his floating ethereal chat box.
| … |
| Good luck, Host, your summons shall forever remember the moments you shared with them |
'…that's far from reassur…"
"ING AHHHH!" Partway through the mental conversation, Clara grabbed Aoni by his feet, ripped him from under the bed, and smothered him in her chest so suddenly that his thoughts became verbalized.
"AH HA, FOUND YOU COMMERE BABY BROTHER! MWUAH MWUAH MWUAH!"
"CHAR HALLLPP!"
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Sitting on the couch in the living room, Aoni was being cradled like a small child in Clara's arms as Char filled her in on everything she'd missed over the last few months.
"See, now was that so hard, Aoni, had you not explicitly ignored me every time you came home, your door wouldn't have been broken and blah blah blah…."
In Aoni's mind, her words trailed off because at the moment, he was glaring daggers at Charlotte, making her fight back laughter.
To be honest, she had been warning him that something like this could happen if he didn't give their eldest sister some attention; however, every time the topic came up, it was quickly brushed away as if it never popped up to begin with.
One has to remember that long ago, it was Charlotte in Aoni's position, yet when he came along, that burden got shifted over, saving what little sanity remained for her.
"Oh, I see how it is, you don't love your big sister anymore…*sniffle* that's fine, I understand, you've grown up…*sniffle* it was bound to happen eventually, I just didn't…think it would…be ssooo SOOOONNNN!" Breaking down in tears as she manhandled Aoni and rubbed her cheek on his, Clara devolved into a sobbing mess, which required quite a bit of placation.
'Sighhh, for fuck sake, at least wear something half decent, while any guy would love tits in their face, THAT ONLY APPLIES TO NON FAMILY MEMBERS,' Aoni grumbled before exerting a bit of force and extricating himself without accidently touching any sensitive parts of Clara's body.
"Clara, listen, it's not that I didn't want to see you, but our schedules never linked up. Hey, you're here now, and that means you can join us tomorrow morning when we head to Erula, " he said after catching his breath.
"Really…*sniffle* you mean it?"
"Of course, why wouldn't I want my beautiful and strong, biggest sister to come meet my summons, it'll be a hass, fun, yeah, totally fun."
'He was going to say a hassle…' Char thought with a hidden smirk that didn't go unnoticed by Aoni.
"I have been wanting to meet little Glacia and Nyria…but you have so many new summons I wanna play with, especially Blixt, he seems super fun."
"Soft…" Char added with a dreamy expression.
"Oh? Is he super fluffy?" Clara asked with shining eyes filled with anticipation.
"Un, very…"
'Tsk, always back to the short statements the moment it's no longer just us.' Aoni grumbled upon hearing the drastic shift in speech Charlotte exhibited in the presence of Clara.
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With the situation finally calming down, Aoni's first order of business was to repair all the damage caused by Clara's entrance. Still, after that, it was takeout dinner, and a brief movie night before everyone went to bed.
Mind you, since he knew Clara would no doubt try sneaking into his room in the middle of the night, Aoni not only added some extra locks and formations to his bedroom door, but also barricaded it with enough weight that he could hear the floor straining.
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The next morning, before the DayCelest peaked over the horizon, the trio of Thurston Siblings headed over to the Flume Hall, a large building resembling a Bureau HQ, flashed their credentials, and paid extra in a combination of CD and points to bring Char and Clara along.
Having grown used to the sight of the building, Aoni briefly showed his eldest sister around. After being assigned a room, he and his sisters soon stood before a basic 3-Star Flume.
"Right, everyone hold tight. Since this thing is a PoS, the trip will take longer than back home." Heaving an annoyed sigh because instead of the under-20-minute trip, it would take a little over an hour to arrive at his territory, Aoni extended his hands toward Clara and Charlotte, linked up, and soon, they were on their way to Genovia.
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Touching down in the basement of his Manor, Aoni stretched his back out while Charlotte quickly scurried over to the coat rack on the far side of the room, and snatched up her favorite Handmade Hoodie that Aoni had crafted for her some months ago, then put it on and rubbed her face agains the soft, fluffy inner hood.
"Mmm, warm."
"Like a cat, I swear," Aoni mused while rolling his eyes and watching Clara stand there wide-eyed and shivering intensely.
"What…don't look at me like that! I warned you its cold even inside, its your own damn fault for wearing spats and a sports bra." He scolded before walking over and tossing a handmade outfit tailor-made for her at Clara.
{'Hey guys, I'm home, and I brought Guests.'} Shaking his head while the frozen Clara thawed out thanks to the new outfit, Aoni sent a mental notice to his inner circle of summons.
