Sunset's sister met her gaze and Sunset beamed back at her. She looked away, still a bit grumpy it seemed.
"Its good. I take it," Sunset said as she leaned forward and her face with her elbows to the table.
The girl flushed, then seemed to mull over what to say next. She peered back at Sunset.
"It is. Thank you... Sis," she said.
"Aww, anything for you, my little princess," Sunset said and gently
brushed the girl's cheek.
She pulled her face back and with a grating sound push her plate away.
"But I rather not eat if it means you will treat me like a kid." She crossed her small arms.
Sunset blinked.
"I don't look down on you-"
"But you don't show me respect."
Sunset looked a bit dejected, but like, not over-dramatically.
"What do you mean. I respect you." Sunset reached out a hand to grasp the girl's shoulder.
The girl sighed and rolled her eyes.
"You treat me like kid and-" The girl use her other hand to shove off Sunset's. "-You're waaay too clingy."
Sunset furrowed her eyebrows.
"B-b-but you use to ask me to carry you around piggyback style, hello?" Sunset waved a hand in the air.
"Anyone there, Mcfly? Think!"
The girl looked to the side while chewing her underlip.
"Because, as I said, I'm not a little kid anymore who think you're... Uhh..." A small blush creept up upon her cheeks.
Someone hanged some weights on Sunset's heart.
"Don't you like me anymore?"
The girl sent her a caring look.
"Of course I still like you but... I... Feel so locked in with you. You see me as a little girl and you your hands are always on me. I just want some space."
Now Sunset really looked dejected.
"I don't think I condescend towards you. I know you're bright, sis. Don't I always tell you that you got a big head on your shoulders."
The girl pouted and started to play with the purple bang in her fringe.
"Yes," she said and mentally added, But I don't believe you.
There was a small pause in their conversation before Sunset picked up where she left off.
"And I don't know... When can I touch you then? I love you, sis. I just want to make you feel loved."
The girl looked a bit guilty at first but then sent Sunset a glare.
"Ah, so it is for my sake, is it?"
A pause, then.
"Yes, it is. I do mean it!" Sunset met her gaze with a one of fierce determination.
They stared at each other for a bit then the girl focused back on her cake. Sunset followed suit and dug in to her cake that she hadn't touch so far. It was good, hmmmm.
"Regardless, I don't like it, so stop," the girl said.
Sunset clicked her tongue but then raised her hands up in surrender motion.
"Fine. I guess I won't touch you ever again," Sunset said.
The girl sighed.
"It's just how you do it that's the problem. You're like an octopus." The girl held her arms out and hands open as if they were the claws of a crab ready to nib a passerby swimmer's toes, given the chance.
Sunset's smile returned. She laughed.
"An octopus, huh?"
"You are. It's like, I'm your doll-"
"But I think I prefer being called a squid, that way I'd have cool cap."
Sunset snapped her fingers.
"No no no, I'd be a kraken. I'd sink ships and cause tidal waves," She said, flexed her bicep, and her lean upper arm form a bulge out with modest ball of muscle.
The girl rolled her eyes at the display but seemingly despite herself, a smile formed on her lips.
Sunset saw it and grew devil horns.
"And by the way, you're right. You're my doll. The cutest porcelain doll money can buy,"Sunset purred and cupped the girl's face and let her thumb caress her cheek.
At first the girl looked surprised by the touch but then pushed Sunset's hand away with deadpanned eyes but she still held onto her small smile.
That's all Sunset need to see to smirk as well.
The girl adopted a pleading look and grabbed Sunset's retreating hand. She brought the bigger hand down on the table with her own hands, nailed Sunset to the table with no force at all.
"Still, sis, I get that you like me but it gets... Too much sometimes," the girl said as she gave Sunset puppy eyes.
Sunset didn't look pleased.
"Please," Twilight added.
Sunset closed her eyes and sighed through her nose as her mouth formed a thin line. After a long moment, she nodded.
"Okay, I'll... Show you less love," Sunset struggled out.
The girl seemed to mull the words over before nodding with smile.
"Thank you."
And so the moment was gone and their hands broke apart. In fact, it was Sunset who broke the contact first. They continue to eat their cake slices in silence except for the background sound of the urban life buzzing around them.