[inuboku SS AU] stars

Ayakashi-kan, or Mansion de Ayakashi.

A celebrity mansion on outside which housed youkais and other reincarnations inside. Celebrity thing aside, what's distinguishing them from mere mortals is that each one of the residents wield a bodyguard, a special kind of bodyguard named 'Secret Service', whom also one of youkai lineage.

While the building and placement of the room look almost the same for each stairs from outside, the residence allowed of special requests, such as how the Room number 3 fared.

Positioning by the far side to back, with large window facing the backyard of the mansion, usually it would be better to turn off the lamps and let the clear skies bathing in stars lit the room.

That night, when stars lining to its finest, while moon is nowhere to search for, the residence of Room number 3 will find herself in no need of sleep. The owner of turquoise hair would sit by the edge of large windowsill, which was atop of where her bed is, pulling on her black nightgown, hugging her feet while watching, counting the stars.

Orihime. Night; two things associated with her, are maybe the reason she found the moonless night to be of her solace, to be her way to seek such escapade in brewing insomnia.

"Princess, you can't sle--"

"--And how many times I told you not to call me that?"

The fox was coming without knocking on the door again. This brunette clad in her black and white tux might be her Secret Service Agent, but she wanted some length of privacy.

"Can't help it~" oh, tehepero no jutsu again? "When you're seeing stars like that, all that comes into mind is 'Orihime'."

"... Well. I /am/ Orihime. Reincarnation of it, so I might say." Sayo sighed. "What brings you here? Think I've said that I want some time alone."

Imai Risa scratched her cheek, "It's starry night. You should be thinking of her again, your twin sister."

Ah. How the Secret Service Agent had learned of her past.

The reason Hikawa Sayo, being somebody with strong reincarnation of Orihime, to live someplace away from home by the foot of useless meaning of Secret Service Agent's help, is only to avoid the reincarnation of Hikoboshi, and the very person she's in odds with - her twin sister; someone who's of a bright side of the world, bested with every talents Sayo wished she could have -- how can a glimmer of envy not sprouted so easily?

"And what, pray tell, you're trying to imply with that?" Sayo lashed. She hated a bit how the fox would always smile despite her harsh treatment.

"Hmm, I was thinking, maybe I can help you to sleep by sleeping together with--ow! What's the pillow for!?"

"... Insolent fox!"

"And why you're being high-and-mighty like princess now, Sayo~" Risa whined. "Don't you say once that it's okay if we slept together?"

"Don't be so cocky." the turquoise-haired girl scoffed. "Your tails were warm, that's all."

"Oho~"

"That's it! End of conversation, step out from this room or I'll rain pillows at you."

"O-O-Okay, sorry, sorry!"

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A fox always meddling with her way.

Though, Risa is not an ordinary fox youkai, and sometimes Sayo couldn't help but to wonder why is even Nine-Tailed Fox like her becoming one of the Secret Service Agents.

Nine-Tailed Fox, in Risa's case, Tamamo-no-mae, is regarded to be one of three dangerous evil youkai of history. While dangerous evil youkai might bring bad omen or coated in dark magic, her level of purity because of Orihime's blood will nullify it. Sayo just understand how it worked when she saw the newest addition to Ayakashi-kan, Shirasagi Chisato - a Shuuten-douji incarnate - with her curse being repelled by her Agent's purification skill.

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Wait, doesn't Secret Service Agents chose their own masters?

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When wondering, Sayo was unaware as she trying hard to sleep as the stars started to wane, a fluff of something replaced her blanket, even her pillow.

Fluttering red fluff of warm nine tails.

"... Did I say to go away?"

Risa was right beside her, grinning, maybe she did her magic to teleport again, she had done it so many times.

"Did you? Your eyes didn't tell it that way." Risa shuffled her pointy fox ears. "So I sneaked again."

"There's no helping you, huh?"

"There you were in daze again so I easily slip in." the fox chuckled. "Something bothering you?"

"I was thinking why are you even here," Risa's ears flicked. Sayo patted on it. "I mean, you could be a master instead of a servant."

"Aand why would you think so?"

"Just ... maybe? I don't know how the recruitment level between SSA and masters works."

When Risa let her fluffy big tails to be Sayo's bed, she'd occasionally curls it, so it might hug Sayo closer to her. They would talk like this side-by-side, a small distance in the darkness of night, stars peeking them from behind the curtains.

"Let's say, we want to be someone we wish to be for our masters. Be it a strong or a weak youkai, it doesn't matter." Risa answered. "Your eyes. Yes. It's the stars in your eyes when I first saw your photo ... your stars looked lonely, so I ..."

There slipped a blissful silence.

"... I think I said too much, Sayo."

"Hmph. Maybe you are. Your blush is visible, Imai-san."

"H, Huh?" blinks. "You're not angry or irritated or ... or something?"

"I'm used to your cheesy lines, I think."

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[My stars looked lonely, huh? While I'm the stars itself--]

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"Still not sleepy?"

"Not yet. I want to see stars on your eyes too. Don't know if 'starry eyes' is for fox's eyes only."

"Let's see you try~"

"Fine."