Upside Down

"No," I say quietly while looking down at the floor and fighting not to cry.

"What Sora?" he asks me, so I look up at him.

"I said no Dad. I meant what I said, I don"t care if someone sees me dressed like this. I"m not trying to be disobedient or smart mouthed. I want to go home with my family, not in an hour, but right now. I hate this place Dad. Since I woke up from my coma, I have spent more time here than I have with my family. I don"t want to spend another minute here. I want to go home. Please Dad, please don"t make me stay here any longer!" I plead with tears in my eyes.

I really do hate this place. I love Mayumi and I like Airi a lot, but this place makes my skin crawl and I can"t stand being here.

Mama places her hand on his shoulder to get his attention and tells him, "Honey, wrap her up in your suit coat and carry her. She"s been through enough, let"s take our our daughters home."

Dad nods and begins to take off his suit coat.

"Thank you Mama. Let me say goodbye to Airi and Mayumi."

I walk over to Airi, hug her around the waist and tell her, "Thank you again Airi. I"ll see you Wednesday morning."

"I"m happy you woke up. You had us all worried. Listen, you call me if you need to talk. I don"t mind what time of the day or night it is." she tells me while she rubs my back and then smiles at me.

"Okay, thank you Airi." I tell her, let her go, turn around and crawl into Mayumi"s lap facing her. When I slip my arms around her neck to hug her, she wraps her arms around me.

"Thank you Mayumi. I"m pretty sure I would still be out of it if it weren"t for you. You brought me back." I say quietly in her ear, then I lean back to look at her with a serious expression, "I meant what I said when we were taking a bath, you really would make a great Mother. If I didn"t already have one, I"d want you as my Mother. I hope you know I love you and I consider you a part of my family."

Her eyes get a little misty as she replies, "I know that now, I love you too. Let"s do something fun together soon, okay?"

"Sounds good to me." I tell her, kiss her cheek and hug her even tighter for a few moments.

Getting up, I walk back to my Dad, who wraps me in his coat and picks me up.

He looks at them and says, "Airi, Mayumi, thank you for taking care of Sora. We appreciate it more than you know. You two are always welcome at our home. Mayumi, thank you for staying by Sora all this time, it couldn"t have been easy for you to see her like that. I know I said it before, but I really do hope you spend a lot more time with Sora, especially now that she seems to have adopted you."

"Eiji, even without you asking me to stay beside her when she was admitted, I would have done so anyway. Of course, it helped when the director took me off the schedule and a.s.signed me to to Sora. Thank you for asking him, it made it much easier for me to stay with her."

"You two take care. I"m sure we"ll see you soon," he tells them, turning and walking out the door with me, followed by Mama and Chinatsu.

People stare at us curiously as we walk down the hall, but I could care less about what they think about this. I want to go home. I"m ecstatic to be with my family again, but even so I"m still stressed out and upset over killing those men.

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"Chinatsu, lock the door please."

"Why?"

"Because I don"t want anyone to disturb us. You"re very stressed out, so am I for that matter, and we need some time to ourselves."

"I"m fine now that you are awake and here with me."

"You say that, but we both know it isn"t true. We both need time together to allow us to decompress." I tell her as I slip my arms around her, reach up, unzip her dress, and let it fall to the floor.

"What are you doing?"

"What does it look like? I"m undressing you. I need to feel you against me without anything in the way."

"Sornee..."

"No, I"m simply Sora right now, understand? Nothing else matters at the moment except you and me. What I need right now is you, not my little sister, just like you need me, not your older sister." I tell her as I unhook her bra, slip it off, and drop it on top of her dress. Then slide my fingertips along her sides, which causes her to shiver, until I reach her panties and hooking my fingers in the waistband, I slip them off.

"Sora, you know how I feel about you. Are you sure about this? What if I take advantage of you again?" she asks me as I pull my nightgown over my head, drop it and slip off my panties.

I shake my head slightly while smiling and reply, "You can"t take advantage of someone who"s willing," as I slip an arm around her waist and gently pull her against me. With my other hand, I remove her hair clip and drop it to the floor as well.

"I told you before, I"m fine with whatever you want. If you want to kiss me, kiss me. If you want to touch me, then touch me. I"m all yours. Right now though, I"m going to kiss you, then we are going to climb into bed and whatever happens after that happens. We need each other very badly at the moment."

"Sora, mmph…"

I cut off whatever she was going to say by kissing her right then. It"s a soft, tender kiss at first, but soon it turns into something deeper and more intensely demanding. Honestly, I didn"t care what she was going to say. I simply need to feel her against me to rea.s.sure myself she"s alright, amongst other things. If something else happens, then it does. I don"t mind at all. I love this girl in my arms more than anyone else and the feel of her soft, warm skin against mine is something I need right now as well. I know that"s probably a little selfish, but I can"t help it.

I break our kiss a few minutes later and lean against her to nuzzle her neck.

"Mmm~ Wow Sora, that was nice." she whispers.

I then take her hand and lead her to the bed where we both lay down.

Holding her close to me, I quietly tell her, "I guess I got lost for a little while when those men hurt Mama. I understand you were stressed out and worried about me, but you have to take care of yourself. You"ve lost weight and Airi told me she had to give you sedatives because you weren"t sleeping. It hurts me to see you like this. No matter what, I"ll always come back to you. Isn"t it obvious I can"t live without you?"

She lightly traces her lips along my neck sending shivers along my spine, then she sighs and holds me within her arms a little tighter.

She looks at me for a few seconds and then tells me, "Sora, I thought you were dead when I went downstairs and saw you covered in blood. When I found out you weren"t, all I could do it hold you and cry. You came to a few minutes later and I couldn"t hold on to you, you were just too strong. You went after Dad and threw him away from Mom like he was a rag doll and attacked anyone who tried to get near her."

She takes a breath and then continues, "It took Dad and three men just as big as him to hold you down, so that someone could check on her. You kept fighting them until they finally injected you with a huge dose of something to knock you out. You never woke back up."

Tears began trickling from her eyes while she continues speaking. "After three days all I could think was "what if you didn"t ever wake up again?" No one knew why you wouldn"t wake up and you kept screaming for Mom until you lost your voice. I didn"t know what to do. It terrified me when I thought that I might never be able to see or talk to you again."

I gently brush away her tears and kiss her eyelids.

"Chinatsu, I"m right here. I don"t plan on ever going anywhere that I can"t come back to you. I don"t care what I have to do to make that happen, I promise you that. You know I always want and need you with me. Even after we both get married and have children of our own, I"ll still need you. That will never, ever change. I have always loved you and I always will, it"s as simple as that."

She nods, then says, "I love you too Sora. Is it alright if I kiss you?"

"Of course it is, you don"t even have to ask."

I know what some of you are probably thinking. No, this isn"t going to go that way. I wouldn"t have minded had it done so, it"s Chinatsu after all. In reality this is more about us comforting each other after being separated for so long, rea.s.suring each other that we are alright, and allowing the stress from all of this to evaporate. Our relationship is a little, well, different, but, in the end, this is about the two of us and not anyone else.

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[Kon~][Kon~]

"Girls, it"s time to get up. Sora, your Mother wants you to help her fix dinner, if you feel up to it."

"Okay Honoka, we"ll be down in a few minutes."

I glance at my clock. Wow, it"s already 5:15. Well, it"s not that hard to believe I guess. We did talk, snuggle, kiss and such for quite some time before we fell asleep.

I reach over and brush Chinatsu"s hair off her forehead.

"Hey, wake up, we need to get up and get dressed."

"I know, but I want to stay here alone with you awhile longer."

I nod in reply. I understand, I don"t really want to go anywhere either, but we both have other things we have to do. I roll over on my side and pull her against me.

"I do too, but Mama needs my help."

"Sora?"

"Hmm?"

"Would you kiss me again before we have to get up?"

"Of course," I tell her with a smile while I lightly trace my fingertips along her neck.

I found out earlier she has a very sensitive neck and she likes it a lot when I do this or kiss her there. I"m pretty sure I will find more of them at some point. I lean in and softly kiss her neck and slowly work my way up as I do so.

"Hah! Sora, if you keep that up I"m going to attack you."

I feel her nipples harden against me as she tells me that. I grin for a moment and then continue. When I finally make my way to her ear, I whisper, "I love you Chinatsu."

"Ahh. I love you too Sora, but quit teasing me and kiss me already, d.a.m.n it!" she whispers harshly which makes me giggle.

I pull back slightly so I can look her in the eye, "About what you said in dressing room the other day. I wish I was a boy so I could marry you."

Her eyes widen then she pushes me onto my back, straddles my waist and tells me, "Me too, but that doesn"t change the fact you are a girl. I don"t care though. Girl or not, I love you, and d.a.m.n it, I want my kiss already."

She bends over to kiss me. A moment later she touches my lips with the tip of her tongue seeking a deeper kiss and I part my lips while I slide my arms around her to pull her tightly against me. A few minutes later, she pulls back and looks at me.

"Whew. That was wonderful," she tells me with a smile. "I would love to continue this, but Mom is expecting us to come down soon, so we need to get dressed."

"I know, I don"t really want to go either."

She turns serious and asks me, "Are you really alright Sora?"

"Mhmm. I am now anyway. All the tension I had is gone, I don"t really like the fact I killed those men, not that I really had a choice, but you know how I"ve always felt about violence. The worst thing is after talking with Mayumi and Airi, I realized I would do the same thing again if someone threatened you, Mama or Dad."

"I know Sora. I"m sorry someone forced you to do that, but more than anything else I"m happy you"re okay and here with me. I don"t know if this will mean much, but thank you for protecting Mom." She peers intently into my eyes, "Listen to me, I"d kill someone to protect you, Mom or Dad. I mean that. I"d hate it, but I would do it. Mom or Dad would do the same thing. There is nothing wrong with protecting the people you love."

"Airi and Mayumi told me the same thing. You know me though, I always thought there was never a good enough reason for violence of any kind. Well, this incident taught me I"m not the girl I always thought I was. It"s a bit frightening to know that I"d do something like that, even more so to know I wouldn"t hesitate to do it again. It makes me wonder who I am. I don"t know, I guess I"ll just have to figure it out."

She places her hand on my cheek, "Sora, you"re the same sweet, gentle, kind and loving girl you have always been. That incident didn"t change that about you. You"re the same girl I love with all my heart. The same one that Mom and Dad love."

She leans in and softly kisses me for a few seconds. When she sits back up, "Just kissing you makes me feel all tingly here," she says as she places her hand on her lower abdomen while smiling. She sighs again. "We need to get moving."

She rolls off of me and stands up, offering her hand to help me. I take her hand and stand. When I do she hugs me, kisses me, and nuzzles my cheek for a moment. Once she lets me go, she begins to pick up her clothes.

I open the closet and look for something to wear.

"Sora?"

"Hmm?" I reply distractedly while delving in my closet.

"You"re right."

I look at her with a puzzled expression, "I"m right about what?"

"I don"t like girls in that way, but I love you," she tells me which makes me smile.

"I already knew that Chinatsu. In that respect we"re the same, since other girls do nothing for me. I suppose that means you"re special to me. I love you too."

I return to looking for something to wear. After looking through everything, I settle on a pair of dark grey hot pants and the white satin sleeveless baby doll blouse Mama picked out to go with them. Taking them over to the dresser, I pick out a pair of white ruffled ankle socks and one of the white silk bra and panty sets we got me as well.

Once I"m dressed, I turn to Chinatsu and ask her, "How"s this?"

"Very cute and kinda s.e.xy. It really shows off your legs."

I look at myself in the mirror and then turn around and look over my shoulder at myself. She"s right, not bad at all. My hair"s a disaster though. I guess I"ll just put it up in a ponytail for now since it would take too long to braid it. I quickly brush my hair and gathering it in my hand, then pick up a large white bow adorned hair clip and snap it in place. I look at myself in the mirror again. Cute. However, even with it up like this it still falls around 15cm below my b.u.t.t. I wish Mama would let me get my hair trimmed, at least to a length where I wouldn"t sit on it.

I look over at Chinatsu, who"s in the process of zipping up her dress. I step over to her and zip it up for her. She looks over her shoulder and smiles at me in thanks.

"You ought to wear your hair down more often, you look good like that."

"Mom has told me the same thing before. If you want me to wear it like this, I will."

"I like it this way."

She smiles, then tells me, "Then I"ll wear it like this just for you Sora."

I playfully nibble on her earlobe and slide my hands up to fondle her b.o.o.bs.

"Sora, stop that! You"ll make me get my panties wet. I don"t want to have to go change them right now." she tells me which makes me giggle.

"I suppose your right, we ought to go anyway."

She turns around in my arms, wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me to her to give me a soft, lingering kiss.

"Now we can go," she says quietly in my ear.

"To be continued."

"Oh, most definitely to be continued," she says with a lascivious grin.

She closes her eyes for a few moments. When she opens them, she takes my hand, "Come on Sornee, let"s go."

When we walk into the dining room, Dad is sitting at the table watching TV, with Honoka sitting across from him reading a book. Mama is in the kitchen dicing up something. I let go of Chinatsu"s hand, walk up behind Dad and wrap my arms around his neck.

"Hi Dad." I tell him.

He pats my arm. "Hi Sweetheart. Did you two have a good nap?"

"Mhmm. We talked for a while and then took a nap. Dad, I"m really sorry I hurt you. I didn"t even know."

"Sweetheart, I told you not to worry about that, you didn"t know it was me. All I care about is you and your Mother are fine. The rest of it doesn"t matter."

"Dad?"

"Yes Sora?"

"Who attacked us?" I ask him.

"Sora, don"t worry about that. Let me deal with it, alright?"

I walk around to face him. "Do you really think I can do that Dad? They made me kill four men. I"ll never be able to forget that. I still feel their blood on me. I know you"re going to tell me I protected Mama and myself, Airi and Mayumi said that too. However, I deserve to know who made me kill those men."

Dad sighs and pulls me into his lap to hold me. "Sweetheart, I"m not going to tell you to forget about that, I know you couldn"t anyway. We aren"t sure who sent them just yet, but I promise you that when I know, I"ll tell you. Okay?"

"Promise?" I ask him.

"I promise. I"ve never lied to you and I won"t start now. By the way, if you feel up to it will you try to open the bas.e.m.e.nt tomorrow evening?"

"Sure Dad. Hopefully we can find something to tell us more about my nanites and what they might do to Chinatsu and me."

"I"m sure we will, Daiki and Ai were meticulous. You already know that though."

"I do. Okay, I better go help Mama make dinner."

I get up and walk into the kitchen to slip my arms around Mama"s waist from behind to hug her.

"Gently, Sora." she tells me.

"Huh? Did I hurt you?"

She glances at Dad, who tells her, "Now is as good a time as any."

"Sora, Chinatsu, I"m pregnant." she tells us with a smile.

My eyes widen in surprise, as does Chinatsu"s. "Really Mama?" I ask her excitedly.

"Really. We were going to tell you girls sooner, but it"s been a little busy around here for the last few weeks."

Chinatsu comes over to gently touch Mama"s abdomen and asks her, "How far along?"

"Ten weeks."

"Boy or a girl?" I ask.

"You two are going to have little sisters."

"Sisters?" Chinatsu asks.

"The doctor said it"s twins."