And Hana Means Family Putting the Toy in Story chapter 9 by TinyLesbo

It was like someone had flicked on a switch in Hana's brain. Jessie watched it happen more or less in real time, from her mom giving the green light to the sudden improvement in her mood. There weren't any loud cheers or gushing tears, but all of a sudden the colour started flooding back into Hana's life. Her clothes were suddenly brighter, featuring some reds and purples instead of just the basic black and white. Drawings appeared on her walls, of a dark-haired girl and a red-haired girl holding hands. Of course, Jessie only got glimpses every now and again, because Aiko wasn't letting her go so easily, but all of a sudden, Hana didn't seem to mind so much. 

 

"I told you Hana, she's my Cowgirl!" Aiko squashed Jessie into her chest, wrapping her arms up tight. 

 

"Her name's Jessie," Hana smiled, and crouched down next to Aiko. "Did you wanna play with her together?"

 

"Huh?" Aiko gasped, her grip loosening. "Do you really mean that?"

 

"Of course I do, silly!" Hana smiled, and led the way to her little sister's room. Not even taking Jessie from her as the pair of the set up toys, everything she did just felt a little more genuine now. Was that all it took, Jessie smirked to herself. Having a special friend visit?

 

It seemed like this was something that needed to happen months, if not years ago, but if she was the catalyst for making it all happen, that was more than enough of a prize. Even if it meant Jessie got tossed to the wayside, because Hana had her own life-size Jessie to play with now, and Alex was definitely more fun than her. Able to move, and talk, and return any kisses or touches she might've received...

 

Jessie wasn't going to see much of Hana any more, was she?

 

Toys were arranged and positioned between the two sisters, some sort of cosmic barbecue, if she heard Aiko's prompt correctly. With 'props' made out of Legos and an hour before Mom got home from work, two girls were alone and playing together for the first time since Jessie had met them. There weren't many arguments, and while there were occasional disagreements on the direction of play, it was mostly just a sedate playdate, featuring all of the toys as they adventured to Buzz's 'space camp'.

 

"Yessir, Commander Cowboy, the war with Space Japan has reached another ceasefire." Buzz saluted Woody. "Thanks to the brave actions of Hagumi, Rokku and Godzilla over here."

 

Buzz and Woody were walked over to the other side of the 'field', where Jessie was sat between Hana's knees. Rokku and Hagumi, held with careful attention from Hana, were planting kisses on either side of Jessie's face, complete with Hana's own kissy noises.

 

"Mhmm! They seem um... busy!" Buzz turned away. "Your Second in Command sure has a way with words, um..."

 

Suddenly, Aiko's facade shattered. "...Hana? Why do you like girls and not boys?"

 

"Hm?" Hana piped up. Leaving the three dolls in her lap, limbs tangled together in some fancy embrace, she cleared her throat. "I um... I just do I guess? Why's that?"

 

"W-well..." Aiko fidgeted. "We're learning about bodies and... stuff at school right now, and Mrs Ferguson says that boys have to marry girls."

 

"Mrs Ferguson? I think I remember her." Hana nodded. "Flowery dresses? big hair like cotton candy?"

 

"Uhuh!" Aiko gasped. 

 

"That's just how some people are," Hana smiled. "A long time ago now, back when Mom was young,"

 

"That's so long ago!" Aiko cried.

 

"Isn't it?" Hana chuckled. "But yeah, aaaaages ago, it was actually illegal for girls to kiss girls, or boys to kiss boys. So the girls who liked girls, and boys who liked boys, they had to keep what they were doing a secret. Nowadays, you can kiss whoever you want, just as long as they wanna be kissed. Make sense?"

 

"But why's Mrs Ferguson say it's wrong?"

 

"Because some people, old people especially, don't like that girls can kiss girls or boys can kiss boys. They grew up in a time when it was illegal, and still think it should be."

 

"That's mean!" Aiko gasped.

 

"Isn't it?" Hana nodded. "But it's okay! Old people can't stop us, because it's legal now. They might be mean, but you know what's better?"

 

"...not being mean?" Aiko frowned.

 

"Well, that," Hana shrugged. "But also, being able to love who you love. Speaking of which... I've got a friend coming over tomorrow, and I love her very much."

 

"Will you kiss her?!" Aiko cried. 

 

"M-maybe a little...!" Hana blushed. "But she's the reason why I wanted to borrow Jessie so much. Her name's Alex, and they look so much alike."

 

"Ohhh. So you've got a big Jessie to play with now?!"

 

"That's... one way to put it." Hana bit her lip. 

 

"So you won't wanna play with little Jessie any more...?"

 

"Oh, of course I will!" Hana gasped, and Jessie felt the relief flooding through her system too. Buried between Hana's lap, and Rokku and Hagumi's limp bodies, she was engulfed by curves and cuteness, but could hear just fine. 

 

And then things got a little weird.

 

"What did you even do to her?" Aiko mumbled.

 

"W-what do you mean?" Hana frowned. "I-I just... played with her."

 

"When she came back all smelly?" Aiko's voice went up a notch, and Jessie felt the tension flush through Hana.

 

"Oh. Then..." She muttered. "Well uh, that's... difficult to explain, Aiko. I-I dunno if Mom wants me talking to you about that st-"

 

"Mom's not here!" Aiko cried, shuffling closer. "A-and I'm learning about grown ups! You can tell me, I promise!"

 

"Um." Hana gulped. Suddenly Jessie and the other girls were cleared from her lap, and Hana patted her thighs. "If you're sure, Aiko. This'll sound weird though, okay?"

 

"Uhh...?" Aiko rose to her feet. Standing over Jessie, she rotated slowly, and lowered herself into her sister's lap. "This is already weird, Hana."

 

"I-I know, just... it helps, honest." Hana wrapped her arms around Aiko's waist. "You see, when you're a girl who likes girls, sometimes you get lonely. Because there aren't many other girls who like girls, a-and it's hard to find out without just straight up asking them. If they're not also a girl who likes girls, they might get upset, and then tell everyone, and then suddenly the whole school knows, a-and then you kinda have to hide for a while."

 

"But it's legal now, isn't it?" Aiko mumbled, as hands wrapped tighter around her.

 

"It is, but school kids are mean, as I'm sure you know." Hana sighed. "S-so anyway, if you can't find another person to be with, sometimes you have to just, um, play with yourself."

 

"Play?" Aiko asked. 

 

"Mhmm. But not like how we're playing with the toys. Grownups, and older kids too, they play with themselves because it feels good."

 

"Ohhh..."

 

"Do you... do you understand what I'm saying, Aiko?"

 

"N-no, not really."

 

"Hngh..." Hana sighed. "Look, you've been taught about bodies in Sex Ed right?"

 

"Yeah...?"

 

"A-and how there's some body parts that are... more sensitive than others?"

 

"Mhmm?"

 

"W-well um, when you play with yourself, you use those body parts."

 

"And that's fun?"

 

"Super fun."

 

"B-but how does that involve Jessie?"

 

"Umm," Hana mumbled into Aiko's back, her face crimson. "Sometimes you need someone else to play with you, but you can't find anyone so you use a toy!"

 

"A toy?" Aiko picked up Jessie. Limp in her hands, she could see the confusion wrinkling the tween's face. And if she were completely honest, Jessie didn't exactly understand herself. As far as she was aware, she didn't have any sensitive body parts. She was just fabric and stuffing.

 

"Yes, a toy...!" Hana trembled. "A-and you had to use your imagination a little bit, but if you play pretend, you can pretend that toy's a human, a-and they're playing with you!"

 

"I-in the sensitive bits?" Aiko narrowed her eyes. "I-I still don't get it, Hana."

 

Hana's head fell against Aiko's back. "...I thought as much. It's weird, I know."

 

"Can you show me?"