Hotaru nodded back at her. "He gave her to me today, and we're already getting along really well."
"I can see that."
"It's that obvious?"
"You'd have to be blind to not notice it," the middle Tendo daughter replied with a shake of her head.
"What is it?" Akane asked with a scowl. "Do you have a problem with him giving her a nice gift?"
"Not really. I'm sure that he's seeing her as someone special."
"Then what's your problem?"
"Other than the fact that I'm not exactly comfortable with things flying around my head? Nothing much."
"But she's so cute," Kasumi murmured with her brows drawing together in confusion.
"That is part of the problem."
Wearing a disappointed expression on her face, Hotaru stroked Amethyst reassuringly. "Don't you like her?"
"Oh, I'm sure that I'll just adore her... eventually. But, kid? I'm not the 'cutesy' sort of girl, remember? I don't do bows in my hair and ruffles on my dressed. And I don't do pets that make me want to check for cavities."
"Oh...."
"But you have fun. Me? I'm going to go read my manga."
"Hope that's fun...."
"For me? It will be," Nabiki told her, and strolled out of the room with a negligent wave. She let herself relax as she left the room, as she knew that they didn't have anything to worry about. What she'd told them had been the unadulterated truth, as she really wasn't that much into warm and fuzzy moments, and despite the scales on the pet, it looked like a cute and fuzzy moment back there. Those sorts of times made for great shows of affection and similar emotions, and she'd never been the sort of 'touchie feelie' kind of girl.
Of course, Hotaru was the sort of girl that particular type of situation was made for. Not that she had any problem with having the girl stay with them. In fact, she regarded Hotaru like a little sister that she was rather fond of. The kid was nice enough, and did tend to try hard. But she was also innocent, not in the lack of trouble she'd been in, but in the simple and pure way that she looked at the world. Seeing that the squirt was like that made her feel rather... protective of Hotaru, just like with Kasumi.
Those in the family room were innocents anyway, and so she thought that they should be left in their lives of dreams. Things might get bothersome for them, but at least they still had their simple outlook on things.
As far her, she knew what was what, and she was perfectly able to take care of herself. She was smart, pretty, intelligent, and able to take advantage of all three. If she saw an opportunity to get a bit of something, then she would go for it... unless it had to do with that 'sempai' of Hotaru's. Anyone who could find flying lizards for young girls was not someone that she wanted to tangle with. Besides, she didn't feel right about the risk of hurting Hotaru.
Sighing heavily to herself, she had to admit that she did have her own soft side, though she found that she was fairly annoyed by it as she headed to her room, while:
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