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[virtualgirl]

Chiaki Nanami
1470 Holly Heights
Mother: Ayame Koizumi
Father: Gintoki Sakata
Brother: Hatsuharu Sohma
(Freeloading Girlfriend: Ibuki Mioda)

(October 28th, 2015 - January 8th, 2016)
1470 Holly Heights
Mother: Ayame Koizumi
Father: Gintoki Sakata

(February 3rd, 2015 - October 28th, 2015)
1470 Holly Heights
Mother: Ayame Koizumi
Father: Gintoki Sakata
Brother: Makoto Yuuki

(November 1st, 2014 - February 3rd, 2015)
1470 Holly Heights
Mother: Ayame Koizumi
Brother: Makoto Yuuki

(October 1st, 2014 - November 1st, 2014)
1418 Holly Heights
Father: Yuuji Kazami

(August 30th, 2014 - October 1st, 2014)
1418 Holly Heights
Sister: Edea Lee

(March 13th, 2014 - August 30th, 2014)
1412 Holly Heights
Father: Elliot March
Mother: Charlotte Baskerville

(October 24th, 2013 - March 13th, 2014)
1412 Holly Heights
Father: Elliot March
Mother: Charlotte Baskerville
Sister: Mary (Ib)

(July 7th, 2013 - October 24th, 2013)
1412 Holly Heights
Father: Elliot March
Mother: Charlotte Baskerville

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[virtualgirl]

[What does she think about him...? What an odd question.

With half of her focus on the video games, it takes a moment for her to piece together the closest thing to a proper answer she can.]

Oniichan is... someone very important to me. So is Ibuki-neechan...

......

Isn't that right...?

[That's the way it should be, isn't it? She thinks so.]

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Yeah...

[Ibuki was a bit surprised she'd be included in Chiaki's answer. Actually, it made her rather happy, and made her wonder about... things...]

...

[If Chiaki had only answered about Makoto, Ibuki would have simply asked if the gamer wanted Makoto as a boyfriend or something but now...]

... have you ever thought about starting harem or something??

[and then that just kind of slipped out of her mouth. Whoops, that... she hadn't meant to say it like that-]

W-well, I mean-...

...

[virtualgirl]

Starting a...?

[She's not shocked. Just confused.]

... Like taking the harem route? I've... never tried it...

[She's not very good at those kinds of games. It's her only weak genre.]

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[Well okay, Chiaki seemed to take that pretty well]

You're kind of partway there already, right? You're already sleeping with Ibuki and onii-chan, after all!

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Mm... is that what it's like? I didn't realize...

[She likes sleeping with Ibuki and Makoto. But it just kind of happened naturally, didn't it? Usually harem routes are complicated and it's hard to figure out how to get them...]

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Mm... you may not know, but Ibuki's pretty sure onii-chan has the hots for you!

... [Ibuki you shouldn't be confessing for other people-]

But um, Chiaki-chan! Be careful that this doesn't turn into one of those fake harems where you end up with only just Ibuki or onii-chan! Because that would be terrible, right? Because, you know, those kinda situations are just sad...

[... Ibuki can't you just out and say you like Chiaki that way?]

B-because... Ibuki likes you, too!

[Better.]

We have lots of fun together, and you actually like being with Ibuki, and... and Ibuki likes being with you, and you let her live here...

... um...

So...

... [wait what comes next?]

[virtualgirl]

......

[Hang on... give her a second, she needs to process this!]

......

I like Ibuki-neechan too...

... I don't want to decide between Ibuki-neechan and Makoto-niichan... I like you both a lot. I want us all to stay together...

[So is that a yes to the harem option? She's so out of her depth here...]

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Yeah, yeah, right! Exactly!

[... in truth, Ibuki was a bit afraid that if she hadn't said anything, that eventually Chiaki and Makoto might go and become a couple without Ibuki and... then what? They'd kick her out of the bed or something, probably? Because couples only slept with their significant other, right??? That might be why Ibuki was probably charging into this blindly. These days in Holly Heights have been... something else entirely for her, and sharing a bed with Chiaki (and Makoto) have been one of the largest improvements to her life as far as she was concerned. She didn't want to lose that...]

[She wasn't sure how Makoto felt about her... even though he seemed okay sharing a bed between the three of them, she couldn't help but wonder if Makoto was just putting up with her because of Chiaki-]

So, y'know, as the harem lead, ya gotta know how to smooch, right? Has Chiaki-chan ever smooched anybody before?

[virtualgirl]

[It certainly looked that way for a while, but then Makoto got used to the nightly snuggling and confessed to another girl. Another girl who already had a girlfriend, so nothing really came of it. Without Ibuki here to take the wheel, who knows how long it might have taken for Makoto to even consider broaching the subject with Chiaki? Would it ever have happened?

Doesn't seem to matter now. She's got Chiaki thinking about how important they both are to her. Which makes her want to learn more about this... and make sure they all know each others' feelings. That way, they'll all stay together, won't they?]

I don't... think so...

Mama used to give me kisses, but... that's not the same. ... Right?

[Not their mama, the mama Chiaki had before moving in with Makoto and Ibuki reappearing. She's probably talked about her before. As much as Ayame spoils Chiaki, it's still difficult to imagine her being openly physically affectionate. Like, ever.]

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Um...

[Ibuki hesitated quite visibly at that question. Because, well-]

...

... Ibuki has no clue? Ibuki's never gotten any kisses from her mom...

[wait no no this isn't supposed to go into talking about her crappy parents-]

W-wait I mean, of course! O-of course it's different??? I-it has to be different from a mama kiss, right? Like it'd be one of those action video game with lots of cutscenes kisses, where it looks like they're nomming at each other's mouths or something???

[But there it was, she'd basically admitted she'd never kissed anybody before...]

[virtualgirl]

Oh... like in those movies too?

[She's starting to get it! Maybe?]

I've definitely never done that.

[scary_music]

Yes! Yes! Like the movies!!

... s-so... um...

H-how about it, Chiaki-chan?! Ibuki can teach you how to teach like in the movies!!!! ... I meant kiss, not teach!!

[Ibuki you don't know how to kiss like in the movies...]

[virtualgirl]

R-... Really?

Can we start now...?

[So eager! She just wants to learn because... it's apparently how these things work? And if she can kiss like that, then things should be even better with both Ibuki and Makoto, right?]

1/3

[scary_music]

Y-yeah, yeah! Let's start right away, Chiaki-chan!

[S-so why was she so nervous? Because she'd never kissed a girl before, and... she did like Chiaki.]

What if Ibuki's kiss doesn't score high enough in Chiaki's gamer mind?!?!? B-but this is a first level kiss maybe?! But the first kiss should be better than that right-

2/3

[scary_music]

W-wait that was supposed to be internally monologued too...!!

3/3

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U-um ignore that we're starting now...!!!!!!!

[No more thinking, Ibuki leans forward in an attempt to... awkwardly mash her mouth against Chiaki's]

1/2

[virtualgirl]

[Just... watches curiously, wondering what Ibuki's going on about at first...]

2/2

[virtualgirl]

... Ah?!

[Well, if she was aiming to mash her mouth against Chiaki's, then she's succeeded! The former AI girl blinks, stunned and unsure of what's going on. Is this really how it's supposed to go...?]

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Mm...

[... Ibuki slowly brings her arms around Chiaki in an embrace, holding the mouth to mouth contact still]

[and then... she slowly starts doing something more resembling a kiss rather than just having her mouth mashed up against Chiaki's??? Ibuki's not totally clueless as to what makes a kiss a kiss, at least]

[virtualgirl]

[Arms... should Chiaki do the same? She's following Ibuki's lead, so she slowly moves to imitate the other girl, wrapping her arms around her and holding her...

By then, they've moved on from awkward mouth mashing to something that's starting to feel much nicer? It's like a kiss on the cheek except on the lips... Chiaki can guess that much from where it's going. So she starts to kiss back, with a slightly awkward attempt at shifting to find a comfortable angle to do so.]

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[Ibuki absently shifts her position a bit too, slowly closing her eyes as starts getting a bit more stronger with her kiss; and at the same time pulling Chiaki closer and-]

[... the musician loses balance, falling backwards across the couch and pulling the gamer down on top of her]

[virtualgirl]

Ah-?!

[Whoops. Just when she was really starting to enjoy this kissing thing, Ibuki slipped and they accidentally fell out of it.

... And yet, they're still close, it's just that Chiaki's on top of Ibuki now. She's not sure what to do next.]

Should... we keep going...?

[scary_music]

U-um... w-well...

... K-kyaaaa-~ that was Ibuki's first kiss-!

...

... I-it'd make good practice, right, Chiaki-chan???

[virtualgirl]

Oh... it was yours, too?

[She'd forgotten, first kisses are supposed to be special, aren't they? Doesn't that make it even more special if it's a first for both?]

But... it was too short.

[She seems disappointed about that. How is she supposed to practice like that?]

......

Does it still count if we try again?

[scary_music]

W... well, we can call that first time our practice first kiss, and make the next one our real first kiss...?

[... Ibuki it doesn't work that way... but whatever the case she seems to have convinced herself it does enough to try to pull Chiaki down into another kiss. Or maybe she just wanted to kiss Chiaki again anyway]