i present to you all: Roselnyaa~! OwO: Part 1

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“Yukina, I’m so excited for you!” Lisa wraps her arms around Ako and begins jumping up and down. They’re watching Yukina, who is stooped over a litter of kittens swimming in a fishbowl. “I told you, Ako—I just knew Yukina wouldn’t be able to resist if we came down to this adoption center—didn’t I say that?”

“Y-yeah - you - did, - Li - sa! Can – we – stop - jump - ing, - now?” Lisa lets go of Ako, whose eyes have become swirling galaxies. She tries to keep her balance while Lisa blushes.

“Stop goofing off, you two,” Yukina snaps and goes on—“Sayo and Rinko understand that we need to maintain a professional image, even when adopting cats.”

Then Yukina gestures a hand toward the general vicinity of said girls; Rinko is sprawled out on the floor in a corner of the animal adoption center, scratching her butt and digging for gold while farming Dragalia Lost materials on Auto.

Sayo is shredding her guitar for a confused gerbil hostage and screaming at him every time he asks her to play Wonderwall.

Ako, beaten into submission by her dizzy spell, tumbles over and breaks one of the fishbowls—a whole slew of drenched horses, now free, go bolting out of the building.

Later, all five girls are walking out of the adoption center, Yukina holding a cat in either arm. “Oh, look at the sky. I should get these two home before nightfall.”

“I agree,” Rinko adds, “Have you all seen the news about that person who runs around at midnight, cutting off people’s hair and eating it like spaghetti?”

The girls take a moment to shudder. Isn’t “The Moonlit Slurper” just a rumor?

After exchanging farewells, Ako, Rinko, and Sayo all head to Rinko’s house to play Donkey Kong 64. Lisa walks Yukina home.

“…Hey, Yukina.” As Yukina gets settled in her house, Lisa watches from the front door and fiddles with her own hair.

“Yes, Lisa?”

“You’re, uh… you’re not going to…? You know, with the cats… only two, right?”

“Correct, Lisa. There's only two. Goodnight.” Yukina stares at Lisa as she sets the two kittens down. They hiss at each other and one gives a Stone Cold Stunner to the other.

“Goodnight, then…” Lisa waves and heads back to her place for the night.

Yukina stands up and folds her arms, surveying the kittens as they tear up her house. It’s already starting to smell like cat urine, and Yukina’s eyes are red and coated with tabby fur. “Only two, huh?”