The LycoReco cafe prepared like an ordinary day. Mizuki was in her corner tinkering her laptop, while oddly, Kurumi was helping out at setting the tables and cushions on the tatami mat. Takina had finished changing into her cafe outfit wiping around the customer’s side of the counter area while Mika busied himself in brewing some coffee.
“Where’s Chisato?” Mizuki asked as she sipped from her mug of coffee before typing on her laptop. “We’re going to open soon and I’m not really in the mood to help out today–“
The front door’s bell rang as it opened. “Ah!! Sorry I’m late, I took out the trash but…” Chisato stumbled in with dirt on her cafe clothes, and some scratches on her arms and another on her jaw.
“What happened?” Takina rushed over to her and took out a clean handkerchief from her front pocket. She gave it to Chisato who thanked her, and helped her take some leaves from her hair. “Did you dive in a bunch of grass or something?”
“I did!!! I was taking out the trash and saw this injured guy near it.” Chisato opened the chest part of her yukata and cat’s head popped out peeking at them. “I wanted to treat its wound–well I already did but it suddenly ran away and hurt itself again–and well you know I sort of stumbled down the hill I hurt everywhere…”
“Takina, take the first aid kit in the backroom.” Mika ordered as Takina immediately obliged. “Is the cat okay?”
Chisato gently took out the cat from inside her yukata and settled it on one of the cushions. “Senseeiiii, I’m sorry for dirtying the uniform, I’ll wash it later!”
“That’s fine. Go on and change, leave the cat to us.” Mika nodded and watched over the cat who weakly just laid down on the cushion.
It was a purely black cat that was probably around two to three months old in size. It had an injured front paw that Chisato had treated to a bandage and a perfectly sized splint to give the cat some relief.
“Is it gon’be okay?” Kurumi peeked, half of her body over the round table as she looked at the cat.
“It should be. It might have some fever so we might have to make it drink some water in a syringe with some crushed paracetamol on it.” Mika nodded as he carefully patted the cat’s head.
“I’ve brought the first aid kit.” Takina arrived with the first aid kit and settled it next to the kitten. “Should I change the bandages?”
“You should. Give me some, I’ll help Chisato with some of her’s in the changing room.” Mizuki caught some supplies Takina tossed her way. “What about the cafe?”
“After treating it to first aid we can bring it to the back room to rest and get familiarized with us… I suppose we can take the half day off.” Mika nodded as Mizuki responded with a short ‘roger’ before going to find Chisato.
After Chisato had received a small bandage on her left jaw for the scratch she received she calls a ‘badge of honor’, they proceeded to open the cafe for the day after calling a house call veterinarian to come visit them in the afternoon as they do a half day shift.
“Is there not a job for today?” Takina asked as she went back to the cafe in her lycoris uniform this time.
“The veterinarian mentioned the cat should stay here for a while as it recovers before we could put it up for adoption or look for its owner. As for a lycoris job, the DA just requested for me and Mizuki, so you and Chisato can stay here to watch over the cat.”
“I have to go outside for a bit too, I’ll be back before evening.” Kurumi waved a good bye before leaving.
“Okay.” Takina nodded. “Where’s Chisato?”
“Resting in the back room, or maybe playing with the cat. Both?” Mizuki shrugged as she packed her stuff for her DA mission for the day.
Takina waited for Mika and Mizuki to finish preparing and saw them out as she bowed for them until the doors closed behind them. She blinked a few times before quietly walking towards the back room and opening the door quietly.
“Chisa–” Takina looked at the floor of the back room and closed her mouth.
On the floor laid one Nishigiki Chisato in her lycoris uniform. Her back flat on the floor, one cushion under her head both of her arms under her head with her eyes closed.
“…Chisato?” Takina called for her to check if she was sleeping or resting her eyes of some sort. Without a normal or witty response back at her, she assumed she was sleeping. She then blinked and looked closely and noticed that the cat was resting nicely on Chisato’s stomach.
Takina crouched near Chisato’s body as she watched the cat. The pure black cat opened its eyes slowly as it exchanged stares with Takina before closing it again slowly and going back to sleep.
She didn’t know how much time has passed as Takina continued to watch the peacefully sleeping cat on Chisato’s stomach. It was just curled around there, with its eyes closed sleeping so peacefully… like sleeping there is very nice and warm…
“…Nngh…” Chisato slowly opened her eyes as she tried to get up before finally noticing the heavy weight resting on top of her. She looked down her body and noticed a bundle of black hair just below her chin. “Eh…?”
She removed her hands from under her head and touched the black hair just below her jaw, and fumbled around for shoulders just below that soft black hair.
“…Takina?” Chisato touched the back of her head as she tried to half-sit up from her position. “…Takina-san?”
“Mm… Chisato?” Takina lifted her head up from Chisato’s chest as she rubbed her eyes. “…Good morning.”
“Y- Yeah, good morning…?” Chisato tried to sit up and Takina matched her movement as she ended up sitting on top of her thighs and stomach. “Um… I’m so very confused right now…”
“Ah… No.” Takina looked around as if trying to find her reason and found the cat curled at some corner. “…I looked for you here because everyone else left the cafe to attend to their own errands, and I found the cat sleeping on your stomach.”
“Yeah… I was just trying to spend some time then it trapped me by lying down on me so I just took a nap.” Chisato laughed.
“…It looked like it was sleeping so peacefully and well, so… I wanted to find out what it was like.” Takina looked away as she let out her reason in a small whisper. “It was nice…”
“Mm? Did you say something?” Chisato blinked. “Well… Did you find out what it was like?”
Takina put a hand under her chin, still without meeting Chisato’s gaze. “…I did not mind it.” She tried to face her but still could not meet her eyes. “I did find myself having a more peaceful sleep… Even though I’m a lycoris.”
“…Isn’t that fine?” Chisato grinned at her. “I always nap in this room, and knowing that I’m safe here with everyone else, you, Takina, included, I could just sleep unguarded and get all the rest I needed. Isn’t that great?”
“…I suppose.” Takina turned to her and smiled. I couldn’t possibly tell her that I think I slept better because it was with her… She noticed the cat limp towards her and Chisato.
“Ohh. You were there Ta-chan?” Chisato watched the black cat limp next to her, rubbing its small head on her hand before slowly climbing up to her stomach that was vacated. “Ahhh! Now you’re gonna trap me here again you~!” She smiled as she heard small giggling from the one other person in the room with her.
“Ta-chan?” Takina asked as she looked at the cat in between her and Chisato.
“Mm!” Chisato grinned at her. “Because the cat’s just like you, Takina, so I named it Ta-chan.”
“Eh…” Takina blinked as she felt the heat climb up from her chest to her face. She was similar to the cat…?
“You were both a little bit tough at the start, but really cute!” Chisato patted the cat’s head as it purred and rubbed its head to her hand. “Now that we’ve gotten close, she just seems more and more just like you. I wonder if Sensei would say yes if I tried to adopt it…”
Takina watched intently as Chisato patted the cat’s head and it also looked nice… “No, no, Inoue Takina. You’re a hu… man…”
“Here.” Chisato reached for her as she also patted Takina’s head.
“Wh- Why…?” Takina pulled away as she rested more of her weight onto Chisato’s waist.
“Mm… You looked like you wanted me to do it…?” Chisato smiled at her. “I’m sorry though if that wasn’t it.”
“N- No, it’s fine.” Takina blinked as she looked down on her lap and noticed she was still sitting on Chisato. “Ah, I’m sorry I–“
“CHISATO! WHERE’S THE CA–” The door slid open as Mizuki barged in on them. “…Wow.”
Chisato blinked rapidly as she looked at Mizuki, the cat on top of her, and Takina sitting on her waist, then back to Mizuki.
“Ah, this isn’t–“
“I didn’t know having a threesome with two cats was your fetish, Chisato.” Mizuki donned her usual evil smile. “Please take your time~” She took a step backwards as she slid the door shut and ran away. “MIKAAAA! Our child’s grown into an adult!”
“Wait! Mizuki!” Chisato tried to chase her but failed at the weight of the cat and Takina whom she just couldn’t bear to throw off her body. “Mizukiiiii.”
“Pfft.” Takina tried to hold back her laughter as best as she could but ended up in a fit of laughter. “I’m sorry. Am I heavy?”
“Whaaaat? Are you concerned for your weight young woman?” Chisato sat up as the cat left her stomach. “Not at all~” She hoisted up Takina by her underarms and tried to left her up but ended up pushing her onto the floor instead. “Ahhhh! My legs fell asleep.”
Chisato turned to look down at Takina.
“Are you oka…?” Noticing the distance between them they both blushed almost at the same time.
“LOOK! MIKA!” Mizuki opened the sliding door again and pointed at them.
“Whoa, spicy.” Kurumi peeked from the door as Takina and Chisato looked at the doorway.
“…Just let them be, come on.” Mika sighed as he dragged Mizuki and Kurumi away from the room.
“Ah! Wait!” Chisato tried to stand up and chase them but ended up falling onto her face. “Gwaghh. My legs! Do not betray me!” She got up again and chased them out as she tried to grab the walls for support from her dead legs.
Takina blinked as she sat up trying to digest what just happened. It was like a storm of emotions… It was how it was since she met Chisato, but today felt different. She watched the black cat now called ‘Ta-chan’ walk towards her. She carefully lifted the cat up, making sure not to touch its injured leg, and looked at it.
“…Maybe we are similar?” She tilted her head as the cat meowed softly at her. “Do you like Chisato, too?”
Meowwww.
She settled the cat on her lap as she rubbed its soft fur.
“…Is this what ‘like’ is about?” Takina had never thought of such emotions before. Is this what they say when your heart is racing just by being around a certain person? When you like their presence so much you miss them just by being afar for a short time?
She turned her gaze towards the open door.
“Will these feelings cause her trouble?”
(What It Felt Like/END)
Omake
Takina blinked a few more times before looking at the door, and sensing that no one was going to back home for a while.
“Chisato?” She called for the sleeping girl in front of her to make sure she wasn’t going to suddenly wake up. She then turned to the cat peacefully resting on Chisato’s stomach. She carefully lifted the cat up. “Sorry…” She murmured before letting it down next to Chisato on the tatami floor.
Takina turned to look at the door again, sharply, not hearing any sounds, she swallowed hard as she looked at Chisato’s face. “Chisato?”
No response.
She carefully climbed on top of Chisato as she carefully laid her face onto those soft looking breasts. She smells nice… Takina closed her eyes as she leaned her ears onto that chest.
Thump-thump. Thump-thump.
Takina listened to her heart beat that was in a steady rhythm. It was relaxing, and a not bad sound. She closed her eyes as she curled slightly on top of Chisato’s body. Wrapped in a nice sweet smile, with a relaxing and calm sound in her ears.
She felt herself being lulled into sleep.
Omake 2
“Ugh… My legs you have betrayed me…” Chisato stood outside the LycoReco cafe as she stretched both her legs and arms of weary after being on one position for quite some time.
She looked at her hands. Takina’s soft her, her floral and sweet scent… Her small shoulders… Those long eyelashes, and plump looking lips as she pushed her down the floor…
“WHAT ARE YA A MIDDLE SCHOOL BOY?!” Chisato shouted particularly at nothing in her worst Kansai accent followed by an air backhand slap. “Ugh… My brain, why would you think like a horny 12 year old?!”
However it was a fact that she could not forget those lips, and how much it tempted her to find out what they would have been like on her own…
“AAAAHHH!”
“Mika. You sure she’s fine?” Kurumi asked the man behind the counter inside the cafe as they heard Chisato shout right outside the cafe.
“It’s fine, it’s just puberty.”
“GWAAAAAAHHH!”
“Being young sure is nice…” Mizuki sighed as she swiped left on her mobile phone.
(END)
