#xxiona

[musa-serenitatis]

hopefulstar said: "Well, I’ll admit that telling Yumehara-san you’re a bear wrestler might have been a bit of a stretch… Sorry about that, Onee-chan. You definitely could be one if you tried, though, I’m sure it would be an excellent training method!"

"A bit of a stretch, you say?" 

Maria chuckled softly, not at all surprised with the things Iona might say about her to others when she's brought up in conversation. If it wasn't something about her kindness that was apparently superior to others, there was a chance the topic would be about her prowess as a fighter in the dojo or on the battlefield against the Phantom Empire. 

As for a training method thought? Hmmm.

"Maybe... if it wasn't that much of a danger hazard?"

[musa-serenitatis]

hopefulstar said: However, Iona was actually around. She’d stopped midway through going inside the room after overhearing her name - and now she was still standing outside, blushing furiously. “What’s she making such a fuss over? I wasn’t even cute.” She mumbled.

Poking her head outside the door upon noticing that it had been opened slightly, Maria did not bother to hold back her smiles as she tugged at the closest sleeve of Iona's shirt. Despite what the younger Hikawa might have thought about herself, especially when it came to cuteness, her older sister would always be there to remind her once, twice, and even a third time if she had to--that Iona was the absolute cutest, of course. As she said before, it came with the occupation of being the big sister of the bunch.

A role she was honestly proud to flaunt around.

"It's easy to make a fuss about Iona, though...!"