Opening my eyes, I’m… in Mira’s room again.

  ‘It’s been a little while since she’s greeted me.’

  Sitting up out of bed, I look around, suddenly seeing Mira sitting next to me, a big smile on her little redheaded form.

  “Hey sis!”

  “Heh, hey Mira.” Pulling her into a hug, she smiles and hugs me right back, before breaking away a few moments later.

  “So, what’s big Yuyu doing at home?”

  “You know, the usual. Learned more about… well, stuff you would’ve loved to learn about. This girl, Salka- you remember me telling you about her, right?”

  Her expression ripples a bit, shifting between… I can’t tell, it’s gone too fast. I’m sure it’s nothing, it’s Mira we’re talking about here. “Yeah, the… red eyed girl you helped.”

  Smiling happily, I nod, thinking about how I saw her laying with Lumi. It was adorable.

  A pang of… something, tugs at my heart, but I shake it off. Mira’s more important at the moment. “Yeah, well, she helped protect me and Lumi from some scary mirror monster.”

  “Woah, cool. She must be really strong to beat Mordret, huh?”

  “Yeah, not as strong as your big sis of course~” Raising an arm and flexing it with a grin, she just giggles with a nod. “But, she can take a hit and keep standing.”

  “So you both beat her together then?”

  “Yeah, of course. We had to beat her to save Lumi from it.”

  She pouts. “I bet you could’ve convinced it to be nice.”

  My tail fluffs up at the thought, and she quickly spots that and backs off a bit. “Okay okay, maybe not. But so what were you learning about?”

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  Remembering my original story, I nod, my tail wrapping around her waist a bit as I speak. “Oh, right. Well, after that, Salka decided to teach us more about… well I guess gods? Or arcane stuff? The stuff you loved trying to learn about. How we’re like ants to giant things we can’t understand, and even just saying their name can get their attention for better or worse. Like, the mirror ghost's name, even though we call it Other, was Mordret.”

  She nods a bit, before cocking her head and ear innocently. “Are you sure you should be telling me that? If we say it too much it’ll pay attention to us.”

  “Huh? Oh! Whoops. But… we’re in a dream?”

  “So? Dreams are worlds too, silly!” She baps my head, and I laugh and pretend to be hurt as I rub it.

  “Okay okay, I get it. Wanna hear what happened to Lumi?”

  After a few seconds of rubbing her chin in thought, she shrugs. “Mmm… not really. Oh! Sorry for not being around for a while. I was… hiding.”

  I cock my ear at her. “Hiding? From me?”

  “No silly. From…” After a long pause…

  …she finishes her sentence. “Mordret. He was around this fake house I made for us, so I hid until he left recently, and brought you here right away!”

  “Oh! I’m sorry. If he shows up in a mirror to copy you, just say his true name and he’ll go back to normal, okay?”

  After a deadpan stare for a moment, she nods. “Right… okay. Could you make me some food please? I’m hungry?”

  “Sure! Anything for you.” Heading to the kitchen in this strange but nice dream, I start making her some sushi. I’d usually make fried fish, but after the last time Lulu made it… or the Other did anyways… it just rubs me the wrong way.

  “So… I wanted to ask, could you bring Lulu here? Or even Salka at least?”

  She shakes her head at me. “Nope, sorry. It’s… difficult. I can bring you here, but that’s it.”

  My tail wilts as I nod and continue cooking, ingredients magically appearing as I need them. I can’t help but feel guilty, knowing I’m spending my nights with our dead sister, while Lulu is out there feeling grief every day over her. Blaming herself for her death.

  Feeling little arms wrap around me from behind in a hug to cheer me up, I can’t help but smile a little bit and wrap my tail around her back in a hug back.

  ‘Well… even if I feel bad, I can’t change fate. At least I can enjoy her… even if sis needs it a lot more than I do right now… I couldn’t even comfort her earlier properly, thanks to this guilt. Maybe it’ll fade. I hope so…’

  ‘...do I?’

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  What do you all think of sweet little Mira? The back from the dead neko?