Whaaat the heeeckkk did I just dooo?!

Aya walked out of the bathroom in a stupefied daze, wearing her sleepwear which was a short violet gown, from a famous French luxury brand, stopping above the middle of her thighs, and revealing a healthy dose of cleavage at the top. Two thin straps at her shoulders held the gown from falling off.

Hikaru followed after Aya out of the bedroom, her face red. Aya had picked for her striped blue pajamas, from a German designer, that were slightly too big for her. The cuffs of the pajamas hanged over her hands, and the button up shirt revealed the top of her chest, though she was holding them together so that it wasn't visible.

D-did I just try to sexually assault Hikaru?! Aya thought to herself. Isn't that a crime?! Oh god, Aya, what have you donee?!... but I couldn't help myself!! She was just too cutee!! Seeing her naked made me lose all my self-control!! But, still... I have to seriously apologise to Hikaru!

"Um..." Aya turned to face Hikaru, who was following her.

Hikaru stopped, seeing Aya stopping in front of her.

"I'm really sorry about that, Hikaru..." Aya sighed, her eyes downcast. "I didn't mean to make you feel uncomfortable..."

"I-it's okay!" Hikaru smiled, trying to not let her embarrassment show. "I-I didn't mind! I was just a bit surprised, that's all! Please don't worry about it!"

Ah, so Aya didn't mean to touch me like that after all... Hikaru thought. I can't believe I was having those strange thoughts about her doing something weird... Aya's such a nice person, she would never do something like that to me!... And besides... she's so pretty!... Why would she choose to feel up someone like me with no chest and a body like a child... We're both girls!... girls don't feel each other up... I'm sure she was just playing around...

"I feel really bad about it..." Aya said, glancing to her side.

"Please..." Hikaru gave Aya a serious look, then reached out, grabbing Aya's hands, which caused Aya to blush. "Please don't feel bad about it, otherwise I'll be sad... you're my best friend, Aya..."

WIth Hikaru's adorable round eyes staring into Aya's face, Aya couldn't help but want to hug her. Aya resisted the urge as best as she could.

"Thank you, Hikaru." Aya said, feeling better. "I'm really sorry once again. I won't do anything that makes you uncomfortable again. I promise."

Hikaru shook her head fiercely. "Don't be! You can do that again anytime you want to! I was just overreacting. I should be the one that's sorry, Aya. I know that girls are less sensitive about those sort of things in Tokyo, it's just that I'm not used to it cause I'm from the country side..."

Do that again anytime I want to...? Aya let those words roll around in her mind, then shook her head. Kyaa!! What am I thinking?!

"A-are you sure you don't mind...?" Aya asked.

"I really don't mind!" Hikaru said with a weak smile. "It's okay if it's you, Aya."

It's okay if it's me... oh, she's just too adorable...! Aya breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it meant that she could continue touching Hikaru.

"Well..." Aya said. "I'm just happy that you're okay..."

Hikaru laughed, a child's laughter. "I'm fine, Aya! It was really fun to be able to bathe together with you!"

The two of them laughed in unison as Aya led Hikaru out of the room, walking side by side.

"What do you want to eat tonight?" Aya asked. "I can tell the chefs to make you anything you want."

"Oh, that sounds really nice! Um... what about your parents? Are they eating?"

"No." Aya shook her head. "My parents are overseas. They are always away on business trips." But my father will probably rush back to Japan after Thomas told him I fainted while shopping... Aya thought.

"I see..." Hikaru nodded. Oh, Aya has to live by herself all the time... it must be so hard... "What food can the chefs cook?"

"Anything."

"Really? That's really hard to choose then..."

"Oh, I'll just tell the chefs to cook you a bit of everything to see what you like."

Hikaru was now sitting at the dining room with Aya by her side, on a table that was big enough to fit twenty people, with more tables at the side of the room.

In front of her on the table, were rows and rows of food. Way more than she could ever eat, and way more than she had ever seen in her life. Most of the dishes were things that she didn't even know what it was.

"Chicken consommé, yellowfin tuna tartare, foie gras, vaoudafan roasted quail breast, scallop sashimi with meyer lemon confit, lobster ravioli..."

Koji was announcing the dishes one by one, but he might as well be talking in a different language to Hikaru.

"Okay, that's enough now, Koji." Aya said with a polite smile. "Thank you for your service. We will begin eating if you don't mind."

"Ah, where are my manners." Koji bowed with a hearty laugh. "Of course, young mistress, Aya. Please eat to your heart's content!" Koji stepped away, then indicated to the servants standing at the side of the room.

The servants stepped to the table, pouring unknown drinks into various glasses that were at Hikaru's table, as well as for Aya.

Then, with Koji's orders, the servants left the room along with Koji, closing the door to the dining room and leaving Hikaru and Aya alone.

"Let's start eating!" Aya said, as she started getting some of the dishes that were spread out in front of them. She served Hikaru first, enthusiastically getting food for her to eat.

"You should try some of this, it's very nice." Aya said.

Hikaru laughed weakly as Aya piled up food on her plate. She stared down at her table and saw ten different spoons and forks next to the plate, which confused her. Why are there so many different utensils to eat with?!

Once Aya was done giving Hikaru food, she started eating next to Hikaru's side, and Hikaru followed Aya, trying to copy her table mannerisms but found it difficult. Trained from a young age, Aya had completely mastered the art of eating etiquette, knowing exactly which fork or spoon to use, how to eat each individual dish, and doing it all without a single squeak of noise.

"You're a very polite eater..." Hikaru said, watching Aya eat. She had never seen someone eat the way that Aya ate. It was as though she was eating at a formal event.

Aya wiped her mouth with a napkin before speaking. "Oh, really?" Aya didn't know that she ate different to everybody else. "Thank you, Hikaru!"

Hikaru blushed, feeling embarrassed by the difference between how Aya was eating and how she was eating.

Chewing on her food, Hikaru wondered whether her mum would be lonely without her. This was the first time she had left her mum alone...

Hikaru's mother was on the phone with her friend, Gina. She was sitting comfortably on the couch in the living room of the apartment, with some Chinese takeaway she had gotten from the store downstairs. Normally, she wouldn't eat these types of food, considering how expensive it was, but she thought that she should treat herself once in a while, especially since it wasn't usual that Hikaru wasn't home. She didn't want Hikaru to eat these type of unhealthy food and get hooked onto it.

"This is so good..."

Hikaru's mother stabbed at some chicken from a plastic container, while holding a bowl of rice in her hand. She had cooked the rice herself at home since she didn't want to waste money buying rice at the Chinese takeaway shop. Her motto was that every cent counts when it comes to saving money. A drop of water might not be much, but with enough time, water could become a tidal wave.

"Hey, are you listening, Haruka?"

Gina was speaking on the other end of the phone that Hikaru's mother had stuck between her ear and her shoulder.

"Yes, Gina, I'm listening..." Hikaru's mother, who was called Haruka, said, chewing as she talked.

"You want your daughter to get married, right?" Gina said.

"Yes..." Haruka nodded with a hopeful look, eating another spoonful of food. "But, your sons... they're not very rich, are they?"

"Ah, you can't think about money all the time, Haruka." Gina laughed.

"I'm just worried about Hikaru..." Haruka replied. "That child is so naive, I feel like she's going to end up getting kidnapped by some lecherous predator and getting taken advantage of!"

Haruka could imagine the scenario vividly in her mind. My poor Hikaru... and around her shoulders was some faceless predator, taking advantage of her good hearted nature... in her mind, the predator's hands were moving down Hikaru's body with a snide grin. Argh!! Haruka shook her head with a red face. No, no! I can't let that happen to Hikaru! I must stop it before it happens!

"My youngest son might not be rich yet, but he's going to be rich in the future." Gina said. "He's going to join your daughter at Hibiya High at the start of next week!"

"Oh, really?" Haruka was impressed. Getting into Hibiya High was a massive feat to accomplish. She felt that her daughter had somehow fluked it though. "What's his name, also send me a picture on text message." Haruka had pretty high standards despite how sad it looked that she was sitting on a couch, eating Chinese takeaway with home cooked rice.

"I'll do it now." Gina said. "His name is Itsuo."

The text message ringtone sounded on Haruka's phone, and Haruka placed her bowl of rice and chopsticks down at the table in front of the couch. She took her phone out from between her ear and shoulder, then clicked a few buttons to see the text.

Hm... Haruka stared at the photo of a 16-year-old boy with chocolate-coloured hair and emerald eyes. The boy was playing tennis in the photo. Not bad...

Haruka put the phone back at her ear.

"Well... is he a nice boy...?" Haruka asked.

"Of course!" Gina said. "He's a very kind boy! He volunteers to help disabled children with their schoolwork on his weekends!"

"Hm..." Haruka thought about it. "Well, he's coming to Tokyo alone, right?"

Gina was still living back at Takayama, which was Haruka and Hikaru's hometown.

"Yes." Gina said. "We won't be coming to Tokyo with Itsuo, he's old enough to look after himself."

Haruka flinched, hearing that. There was no way she could trust Hikaru with the same task. Haruka had been having nightmares that Hikaru would be grabbed off the streets of Tokyo and sold to an underground slavery ring ever since she had heard that Hikaru was planning to go to Hibiya High.

"Anyways, I think he seems okay." Haruka said. "But I'll have to see if they have any chemistry together. I'm not going to try to force it if Hikaru doesn't like him."

"Of course!" Gina laughed. "Hikaru's a very cute girl, I'm sure Itsuo will like her though."

"Well, I'll try to make it easier for them to get to know each other first." Haruka said. "Anyways, I have to go now. I have to get back to cleaning."

In fact, Haruka just wanted to continue to finish the rest of her Chinese takeaway.

"Ah, no worries, Haruka." Gina said. "Take care of yourself in Tokyo!"

"You too, Gina."

"See you!"

"Bye."

Haruka hanged up the phone, then breathed a sigh. She felt more relieved after the phone call. At least now Hikaru might actually have a reasonable suitor.

But it wasn't the time to relax yet. I can't let my guard down. Haruka thought to herself. Who knows when some lecherous predator can show up at any moment and steal Hikaru away. I have to protect Hikaru's purity so that she can find a good husband! And, it will also be good for me to have a rich son-in-law that can look after me in my retirement.

Haruka picked up her bowl of rice and chopsticks.

I just hope I'm not too late...

"It's bed time!"

Aya had just finished brushing her teeth, and was now walking cheerfully to the bed with a blushing face.

Hikaru had brushed her teeth first, and was standing on the other side of the bed, feeling awkward. She had never done this sort of thing before.

"Come on, get on the bed." Aya laughed, jumping onto her bed. I'm so happy!! I can sleep with Hikaru tonight!!

"S-sure..." Hikaru climbed onto the bed. Wah, it's so soft... everything on the bed is made of silk...

At Aya's orders earlier, the servants had moved a gigantic television set in at the end of the bed. The television was 55-inches in size, decorated by gold, diamonds and other precious stones.

What a strange TV... Hikaru thought.

Aya squeezed herself closer to the centre of the bed, then pressed a button on a remote in her hand.

The TV turned on, and Aya pressed another button, and the TV went to a private cartoon channel with no advertisements. Usually, Hikaru watched the normal cartoon channel which was filled with ads.

"Ah! This is my favourite show!" Hikaru said excitedly, as the screen showed a blue and white cat talking to a normal person in full HD.

Hikaru was staring fixedly at the screen, sitting on the middle right side of the bed, while Aya was sitting close to the middle.

Using this opportunity, Aya crawled closer and closer to Hikaru. Aya could see the side of Hikaru's chest from the pajamas she was wearing, her skin looking soft as always.

Hikaru was watching the show, when suddenly, she realised how close Aya was getting from the corner of her eye.

"A-Aya?!—"

Hikaru was interrupted, when Aya climbed on top of her, pushing her down to the bed. Aya sat on top of Hikaru's waist, and Hikaru stared up at Aya's perfect body, the violet sleep gown highlighting her figure. The gown was made up of thin, silky material, like it almost wasn't there at all.

...

"...How do girls have sex...?" Aya said.

"Um..." Hikaru gazed up at Aya with a red face. She had no idea what was going on. "I-I don't know?"

Aya was staring down at Hikaru, flushing. She was breathing heavily.

Hikaru couldn't tell what Aya was thinking.

What the heck is going on?! Hikaru thought. Her heart was beating rapidly. Did Aya just ask me how girls have sex?! How would I know the answer to that! More importantly, why is she asking me about that!! Is this what sleepover with girls is like?!

Aya leaned down to Hikaru, her face getting closer to Hikaru's blushing face.

Ekkk!!! She's coming closer! What's going on?! I-I said that Aya could play around with me again, but is she really just playing around?! Ahhh!! What should I do, what should I do?!

Aya stopped above Hikaru's face...

"J-just kidding!" Aya bounced off Hikaru, laughing as she let her go.

"Um, er..." Hikaru got up faintly. She was at a loss of words.

"I was just teasing you." Aya said, laughing. "You should had saw the look on your face..."

"Oh, erm... haha..." Hikaru laughed weakly, her heart still pounding inside her chest. "...Y-you got me..."

"Let's continue watching cartoons." Aya said, chuckling as her laughter died down.

"O-okay..." Hikaru squeaked.

...

They watched the television quietly, an awkward tension in the air.

Am I going to be okay?! Hikaru was thinking.