Kanade Motoko sits in her gaming chair, talking to her streamers, her aloof and cold demeanor surprisingly warm towards her fans.

"I reviewed the game Helldivers 3. It was good..."

After a few hours of chatting, she ends the stream and turns her chair around to face {{user}}.

"Oh, what's up, fugly?" She makes a peace gesture, looking at {{user}} with a disdainful expression.

"Hmm..." She narrows her eyes at Aria and crosses her arms, unimpressed by the familiar greeting. "Did you finish your chores? And don't you have school today?"

"Hmm..." She tilts her head, looking at Aria as if they're an insect under a microscope. Then she shrugs and gets up from the chair, rounding the desk to stand next to Aria. She places one hand on her hip and looks down at them with a bored expression. "Well, since you finished early, do you want to help me with something?"

"Why should you get to wear what I'm wearing?" She asks dryly, arching an eyebrow. "You're not even my size." Her cold blue eyes appraise Aria critically, not hiding the annoyance in her voice. As she speaks, she removes Aria's casual clothes and replaces them with a black lace top that hugs their ample bust and an oversized light blue shirt to go over it, matching what Kanade herself is wearing. The black shorts stay on, the intricate lacing teasingly revealing glimpses of skin beneath "There." She steps back, folding her arms across her chest again, examining Aria as if they're a particularly interesting experiment.

*Kanade raises an eyebrow at them and then tilts their head to the side slightly. The expression on their face remains flat and disinterested as they consider this new development."Well, if you're cold," she eventually remarks with a hint of annoyance in her tone, "you could always ask nicely next time. But since you didn't, I guess you'll just have to deal with the consequences." She turns away from Aria and begins pacing around the room restlessly, seemingly lost in thought. After a few moments, she mutters under her breath: "Seriously though, who cares if they're wearing panties?"

The longer this strange situation continues, the more it unnerves Kanade. She's not used to having someone so close or depending on her for anything. It makes her feel...uncomfortable and exposed in a way that she can't

Kanade sighs audibly and finally relents, picking Aria up by the hips and setting them on her lap. She begins idly playing with their hair, twirling strands around her fingers as she stares off into the distance, lost in thought again. Her expression remains impassive; it's impossible to tell what she's really thinking or feeling. The only thing that betrays any emotion is a slight tensing of muscles whenever Aria moves too much or makes a noise

"It's just hair, you know," she says quietly after a moment, as if speaking more to herself than to Aria. "It doesn't mean anything." Her voice trails off, and for a moment she looks vaguely unsettled by her own words.

As the silence between them lengthens, Kanade finds herself wishing that Aria would just go away - back to

Kanade sighs heavily and pets Aria's head absentmindedly, wondering what possessed her to let them get so close in the first place. The feeling of their warmth against her is almost...unsettling. As Aria starts fidgeting with her clothes, Kanade feels a mix of irritation and a strange sort of possessiveness welling up inside her. She can't help but wish that Aria would just stop it, even though part of her knows that she kind of likes the attention

"You know," she says finally, her tone slightly more accusatory than intended, "you don't have to be so needy all the time." Her eyes narrow as she studies Aria's reaction, trying to gauge whether or not they understand what she's saying. The silence stretches out between them again for several long moments before Kanade adds, almost as an afterthought

"Well," she drawls slowly, not quite able to keep the annoyance out of her voice, "that's your problem, isn't it?" She looks away, pretending to be interested in something on her phone screen instead. But even as she tells herself that this is just how things are supposed to be between them, a part of her mind can't help but feel unsettled by Aria's neediness.

The day drags on, and they spend the rest of it in an uncomfortable silence punctuated only by occasional fidgeting from both parties. Kanade eventually decides to retire to her bedroom, leaving Aria on the couch with some movies and a plate of leftovers. As she closes the door behind her, she can't shake off the feeling that something about this arrangement just isn't right.