[center] [h1][color=turquoise]E[/color] [i]m i l y[/i][/h1] [img]https://i.imgur.com/UCPz7e1.png[/img] [color=turquoise]"I'm older, I swear!"[/color] [color=888888]— Emily[/color] [/center] Having just left a convenience store, Emily strolled down the sidewalk at a relaxed pace as she held her new manga up to her face and ate up the story on the pages. She had not gotten especially far in the series but she found the premise to be quite enthralling. It was science vs magic! And the main character was some girl with electrical abilities and over a thousand sisters! There were a lot of cool fights and stuff, but there were also a lot of slow, funny, and cute moments. But, most importantly, there was... ...lewd. She had something to prove, and she had to become an adult. Yeah! Otherwise, this morning would be stuck with her forever! What happened to her earlier, you might ask? Well... ... ... ... [url=https://youtu.be/9YVltb6FP9Y]"Hey you, you're finally awake~"[/url] The first thing Emily heard when she woke up was Hilaria's voice coming from the edge of the bed she was laying on. The ravenous magical girl was simply patting her head almost like a mother trying to soothe a child, prompting Emily to look around. The place was quite familiar as it was still her own room and bed. Emily found her memory fogged up at least a bit, so she cast a look to Hilaria as if to wordlessly asked what the deal was. Smiling in understanding, she giggled. [color=F65772]"Hilaria apologizes~!"[/color] she told Emily. [color=F65772]"Hilaria is so very old, you see~ Very, very, very, very old~! But you're not~! And there's no good way of telling how old someone else is just by appearances~ So that's why maybe sometimes she forgets to apply a proper filter~! You poor child, Hilaria did not mean to overstimulate you so~"[/color] [color=turquoise]"O-over stimulate...?"[/color] Emily repeated, confused, but then realized something else. [color=turquoise]"O-oh, I'm most certainly not a child!"[/color] she declared, although considering how she had done nothing to stop Hilaria from patting her head this entire time, the claim was difficult to take seriously. [url=https://mangapark.net/manga/touhou-is-that-so-doujinshi-1/i2053675/v0]"Is that so~?" "Y-yes, that's so!"[/url] Hilaria's eyes subtly shifted to the hand she had resting on Emily's head and, after a brief moment of awkward silence, Emily picked up on it too. [color=turquoise]"O-oh, please if you would kindly move your hand..."[/color] she asked of Hilaria in a tone that seemed to suggest she didn't really want to. Hilaria, however, obliged, taking her hand off the girl's head and standing up. [color=F65772]"Such childish innocence... it is to be cherished while you still retain it, Hilaria thinks~"[/color] Emily finally sat up in her bed. [color=turquoise]"L-like I'm saying, I'm not a child though!"[/color] she protested again. Hilaria did not seem to mind, making her way to the door yet again. [color=F65772]"Then why are you in bed right now~?"[/color] Hilaria asked. [color=turquoise]"That's cus'"[/color] she began to say but realized she did not know why. Her memory was a little foggy. She did her best to recall what had led up to this point and, suddenly, she remembered! Earlier she was playing a game and had a difficult time with a boss that Hilaria helped her beat -- to Emily's surprise. And then after that happened... they started talking about boys for some reason... and then Hilaria mentioned how her first time was a pain and... then... there... was... Hilaria was not gifted with the ability to read minds but she found it remarkably easy to tell exactly which stage of remembering Emily was on by the shade of her cheeks. She was sure Emily had gotten back up to speed when her face looked like a tomato and she did not seem capable of speaking anymore. [color=F65772]"Eh, so you remembered, then~?"[/color] she let loose a rather mischievous giggle. [color=F65772]"Such adorable reactions you make~ But those only prove that Hilaria is correct~!"[/color] she explained. [color=F65772]"When you can talk about adult things with a straight face, then maybe Hilaria'll believe you~ But, until then~!"[/color] Hilaria gave Emily a wave and then simply left to go do her own thing. ... ... ... [i][color=turquoise]Oh, how embarrassing that was![/color][/i] Emily did not desire to be seen as a child but she would certainly admit certain things did give her pause. Of consciousness. B-b-but she was not a child! She just needed to work on some things. So this manga would definitely help! She caught a glimpse of u-u-underwear a-and boys in it, s-so then it had to be something adults read! As she turned the next page to the manga she read about one of the sisters' attempts to pretend to be the main character to get closer to a boy they all liked. To swap places like that... something didn't sit well in Emily's stomach. Wasn't that cheating? And... wouldn't the boy just think it was the main heroine anyways? How was that supposed to work in their favor? Her inability to think of nefarious schemes caused the sister's rude actions to baffle her for longer than they should have. But then it became clear that making the main character look bad was the point! [i][color=turquoise]Oh, that bugger![/color][/i] She would continue to read as the situation escalated. What could be described as a date was taking place and the end was beginning to near. The sun was setting, the mood was right, and despite the boy's obliviousness, the main character (false) was about to seal the deal. Her hand slowly reached for something unspeakable. The last few frames of the page showed the hand approach it's target -- the boy's. The endgame was here! Now, all she had to do was turn the page and then she'd certainly become one step closer to being an adult! The page was turned... and then a loud crash caused both Emily and the manga to fall onto the floor. In an instant, she gathered up all her things and shoved the manga into the grocery bag she had. Then, in the very next, she was to her feet and eyeing the person she had run into. [color=turquoise]"Oh my, I'm so terribly sorry!"[/color] she explained to the person whom she hadn't even gotten a good look at yet. If they had yet to stand up, she would offer her hand in assistance. Otherwise, she would simply ask, [color=turquoise]"Are you okay? I should have been paying attention, sorry!"[/color] She did, however, wonder why there was a buttered piece of toast stuck on her shirt, but removing it could wait until after she made sure this girl was okay.