See? Shouldn't go out picking fights if you're not ready!

[ponycure_dream]

Who: Nozomi and Mako
What: In the aftermath of the fight with Coco, two sisters have a good talking to
Where: Nozomi and Mako's home
When: 21st-22nd-ish
Warnings: A lot of injuries, maybe a few choice words...
Prose or Commentspam: Prose

Nozomi felt like crap. Her body was sore from her attempt to stop Coco that went nowhere. There was a massive bruise on her side from where she was knocked off the platform and hit the ground hard, her body covered in bandages from the cuts inflicted by the vines with one covering her right eye where the vine got her real good.

That probably didn't compare to the moral loss she suffered: she couldn't get to Coco through words and if Woona was right, Ako probably took care of it, if not Mako....

Mako.

She's going to have a FIT. She doesn't like the snow and her fight drug her out here. She's going to tear into her worse than Coco did.

Laying on the couch, Nozomi could only sigh and try to relax before the inevitable tongue lashing...

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[etranger]

"Nozomi!"

The front door crashes open as Mako barrels inside. There's a long pause as she stares down at her sister's injured form before she...starts crying?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry...you got hurt because I was too scared to help...please don't hate me, Nozomi!"

[ponycure_dream]

"...Mako?" Nozomi's shocked as she sees Mako... crying?

"No, no, i-it's not your fault... I should be the one apologizing! I'm the one who got hurt!"

[etranger]

"It is my fault! You shouldn't have had to face her alone, Nozomi!"

[ponycure_dream]

"Mako... Mako..." Nozomi began, turning herself around enough to face her. "You're right. I shouldn't have. But, I did. It's not your fault I got hurt because you weren't there for me. I got hurt because I wanted to save her without trying to fight. I didn't want to fight another Cure, especially if I could just reach out to her..."

[etranger]

"I still should have been there! As your sister and as a Pretty Cure...I failed at both."

[ponycure_dream]

"Now, that's not true" Nozomi said. "You saved me before things got worse. Besides... I'm the real failure. I let my dream of being a princess blind me. I was doing the right thing, but the wrong way of doing it."

[etranger]

"Will you please stop taking the blame so I can take the blame?!"

There's a long pause as Mako visibly stops and considers what she just said.

[ponycure_dream]

Nozomi blinked as she heard what Mako said and joined in on the silence.

Before she started chuckling.

[etranger]

Mako breaks down and starts laughing too.

"Pfft...hahahaha!"

[ponycure_dream]

And Nozomi's chuckling dissolves into laughter, swinging a foreleg around to pull Mako closer as she does.

[etranger]

It's several breathless moments before Mako can calm down enough to speak, and when she does she very carefully wraps her own forelegs around Nozomi and hugs her back.

"Don't...don't worry me like that again, okay? If it comes down to it...I can brave a blizzard or two to keep you safe."

[ponycure_dream]

Nozomi couldn't help but blush a bit at Mako's statement.

"I'm sorry. I honestly thought that I could talk Coco down without having to raise a fist...er, hoof." she admitted. "I didn't realize things were that bad..."

[etranger]

Mako's gaze goes distant at this as she considers something.

"I think...after all this is over, it might be a good idea to have another of those magical girl-only parties. All of us...it can only help if we're all on the same page, right?"

[ponycure_dream]

"We haven't had one of those in awhile, huh?" Nozomi said. "I think it would help..."

She couldn't help but grin a bit.

"I don't think I count right now." she points to her bandaged eye. "I'm a pirate right now."

[etranger]

Mako snorts involuntarily at that.

"It's always pirates with us, isn't it?"

[ponycure_dream]

"Pirates, princesses, and everything in-between." Nozomi added.

A beat.

"I don't know how they do it. It's hard to see with one eye!"

[etranger]

"Obviously we need to give this matter our full attention and study it in depth."

...for Mako, that is an unusually subtle pun.

[ponycure_dream]

Nozomi sputtered a bit and tilted her head in confusion. Congrats, it worked!

[etranger]

Mako just grins at Nozomi's confusion.

Still got it!

[ponycure_dream]

Nozomi pouted slightly, realizing Mako got her.

"Makoooo...!"

[etranger]

"Gotcha!"

[ponycure_dream]

"Mouuu...!"

Nozomi couldn't pout for too long, her forelegs finally reaching over to hug her as she smiled once more.

[etranger]

Mako returns the hug happily.

"You know, the worst part of going home is that I forgot about you."

[ponycure_dream]

"Wh-what?! H-How?!" Nozomi asked, shocked by that admission.

[etranger]

"I don't know. I just...didn't remember anything about Equestria until I was back here."

Slight pause.

"You helped me through a lot of my issues, Nozomi. I didn't realize how many until I went home and had to deal with them again."

[ponycure_dream]

"I did? Really?" Nozomi couldn't help but blink and feel proud of herself.

"Um.. y-you're welcome..."

[etranger]

"I'm just...so glad I met you, is all..."

Slight pause.

"...I just realized I turn twenty in like a month and half..."

My, there's some conversational whiplash.

[ponycure_dream]

"Twenty?" Nozomi uttered, blinking.

"Mouuu, that means I'm the younger one now!"

[etranger]

"Well, it's like I've said before - physically, I'm still seventeen, since we don't age here in Equestria."

Slight pause.

"How old were you when you first got here, anyway?"

[ponycure_dream]

Nozomi stopped a bit to think a bit...

"Well... I was thirteen when I was first brought to Mayfield, fourteen when it fell apart... nearly fifteen?"

[etranger]

"So what's this 'now' stuff, huh? I've always been older than you."

Slight pause.

"I guess when we get home you'll just have to settle for being the middle kid, huh?"

[ponycure_dream]

With that, Nozomi pouted. "But, I dun wanna be the middle kid..."

The girl's technically sixteen and she's still being pouty and puffy. The future princess of Equestria, ladies and gentlemen.

[etranger]

"But being the middle kid means you've got a big sister to look after you and a younger sister to admire you!"