<span style="font-family: 'Georgia'"><span style="font-size: 12px">After hearing the footsteps behind her, the girl turned around to meet her sister's figure in the doorway... she wanted to watch a movie? Keiko was very careful to not let anything flash on her face, she knew how much the lightest hint of displeasure might've tipped her little sister in the direction of just taking her answer as a no. "Mm..." The woman let out a light hum like she was thinking before finally nodding once. "I am busy, so that means you let me mow through work now and then we can crash together for the night later." Her older sister lifted a single finger while explaining the compromise to her, before letting out the lightest chuckle and closing the gap between the two once again. Standing right next to each other... it was really noticeable just how similar her older sister was to her yet how much more different she was, age clearly made Keiko's flavor so much more enticing. "...Y-You're not trying to figure out whether I still get skittish around horror movies, are you?" Nervous? ...That light jitter at the beginning was awfully characteristic but now that she brought the topic up... her older sister never was very good with the horror genre in general. "We should watch something romantic! So you won't end up as a single lady late in your 60s!" If her smile wasn't so gorgeously dazzling, she'd be much more punchable with just how subtly aggressive her teasing became from time to time.<br/>
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"...But." So faintly unnoticeable... but that subtle shift was there nonetheless, the way her pale cheeks seemed to rosy up a little whenever she talked about something more intimate with her sister. "If someone ever took you away from me, I'd be really lonely..." Her supple, feminine palm found its way on her sister's cheek... the woman giving it a few strokes with her thumb before finally taking a step back. "Don't choose anything too crazy, alright? It'd be pretty depressing to see your older sister covering her eyes for the majority of the movie. I'll call you for dinner in about two hours so try not to need anything until then alright? I need to be a little intense for a short while. The television is in the living room, I have cable and Netflix." Clearing her evening up wasn't really that hard, but it did mean she had to work a little harder than usual... and while Keiko was an awfully industrious individual she did like to take her time when she had time in the first place.<br/>
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There was some part of her that just wanted to drop everything and spend time with her precious sister after what happened... but if she was planning on providing a reliable home for the woman, she couldn't do something like that. "I think that should be everything. I'll see you for dinner!" Another bright smile to brighten her sister's day, or at least try to do so before she finally turned on her heel and headed back to her room. The door was still open if Circe wanted to come in but the first sight anyone would see was Keiko silently staring at her computer screen while carefully typing a flurry of numbers. There were about eight or so graphs on the same page, a second monitor being set up to the side so the woman could type something up on a document. What was her job again? In college... she was studying medical sciences but the girl never did mention what job she landed after leaving the home. Just that it paid well and required her to bash her head into work pretty drastically.<br/>
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Melodic ticks of the clock provided the only sound that the silent room had to give. Those white rectangles in her eyes almost seemed to be ingrained until finally she blinked the fatigue from them... something was off. Right, there was an alarm going off on her phone. It was time for dinner already? Sliding her hair behind her ear, the girl stood up before another soft smile rooted on her face... if she was cooking, this would be the perfect time to make Circe's favorite dish. It wasn't like Keiko was trying to win her over or anything but just once... just seeing her smile would be enough to set the girl's conscious a little more at ease. Some wounds run deeper than physical wounds, and hurt even more so. With her sister, she knew how much the girl was hurting-- but it'd only reaffirm that this was her new home if she was greeted with the wonderful aroma of something she loved.<br/>
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Determined, Keiko set out to the kitchen before turning the gas on and preparing the rice cooker while she foraged through her stacked refrigerator for the proper ingredients to begin cooking.</span></span>