Taigei & Ryuuhou being mother hens
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Harry Leferts
Reaching into the dryer, Taigei hummed a bit as she pulled out a hooded sweater and quickly flapped it in the air. Briefly giving it an examination, she folded it and placed it into the waiting basket with a smile on her face. 'This is so much better then having to do it by hand.' Giving a look around, she sniffed one of the shirts and her smile grew. 'Good, the slight mustiness is gone.'
A light laugh though made her look over her shoulder to find Ryuuhou in the doorway to the Submarine's laundry room. "D-did you actually sniff RO-Chan's shirt?"
There was a small blush on Taigei's face as she folded said shirt and she looked away with a sniff. "I was making sure that it was no longer musty as it's been in her dresser for some time. She does need to make a good impression so it's best that all her clothes are clean and fresh after being left for so long. Especially as she will be heading home to Germany for a time." Placing the shirt into another basket, she giggled some, unable to hold it in any longer. "Um, and I sort of like the smell of the new fabric softner."
Head tilting to the side as she considered that, Ryuuhou eventually nodded. "Hai, it does smell pretty nice." Glancing at the baskets, she frowned some. "Are they going to have enough clothing?"
Only nodding as she worked on a hoodie, Taigei chuckled a little. "Well, I would hope so with the work that I am putting in to get everything ready..." Trailing off for a moment, she frowned before shaking her head and her expression brightened. "Though Hachi-Chan is putting some of what she's already used so far through Harry-Chan's Owl Box so that I can do her wash. And Shioi-Chan and RO-Chan are getting back tonight so they should have everything they need for when they leave tomorrow night for Hogwarts."
Upon Ryuuhou's face was a considering look before she crossed the distance between her and her "Twin". Reaching Taigei, the Light Carrier hugged her gently from behind. "If you want, I can always ask Teitoku if you can go yourself. That way you can go and visit Harry-Chan for a while yourself and check up on him."
Chewing her lips for a moment, Taigei sighed a bit and shook her head. "I can't... we don't have many Submarine Tenders with the amount of Submarines we do have. And I cover everything all the way to Hokkaido." Turning her head, she gave her sister a closed eye smile. "Besides, I trust my girls when they tell me that Harry-Chan is alright."
Expression soft, Ryuuhou could tell that the smile she had got was rather brittle and what her true feelings on the matter were. However, despite the help that Tsurugizaki and Takasaki brought as Submarine Tenders, both of them were still rather new. Which meant that Taigei had to still do a lot of the work needed for Japan's returned Submarine Fleet. "I suppose that you're right."
Gently smiling, Taigei gave her a small giggle. "Of course I am, I'm your Onee-Sama after all." Both of them shared a small smile at that. Turning back towards the work she was doing, she hummed a little. "Besides, in two weeks I'll be able to see Harry-Chan for myself."
Slowly, Ryuuhou gave a nod to that. "I suppose that's true enough." A sigh escaping from her, she frowned some. "Though I wish that I could see him sooner. Just so that we can make sure that he's alright ourselves."
That got her a hum from Taigei as the Submarine Tender continued her work. The purple haired young woman knew that her counterpart felt the same way about the young boy as she did. It was not quite the same way as her charges, but she would not deny that her own boilers had nearly gone out when she got the news that Harry had been close enough to dying that he began to manifest as a fairy on Verniy. Nor would she deny how absolutely frightened she was of what might have happened. As much so as she would for any of her girls.
Deeply in thought, she continued her work as if on automatic as her mind drifted back. When she was first summoned, Taigei was rather confused at the whole new world she found herself now in. Last thing she had remembered, she was a steel hulled ship and yet now she was a young woman. Not just that, but the world itself was heavily changed from what she remembered from the 1930s and 1940s. It was like something from the science fiction books and magazines that a few of her crew had smuggled on board just before the war. It was not helped as she was somewhat confused as to what they wanted with her. After all, she was a poorly designed Submarine Tender and she knew that.
However, thankfully, her girls helped her adapt and she found herself in rather great demand to take care of Japan's slowly growing Submarine fleet.
And that was another thing as well. When she had returned, for some time, she was worried for her girls. After all, they needed care and she was unsure how much they were getting. It did not help much when she heard certain rumors regarding them. But then, she walked in to find Harry there with treats for the Submarines when they returned from their patrols. When Taigei asked the Submarines, they told her that Harry had done that for some time. Something that had surprised her even as it warmed her boilers. There was even once that she had asked Harry himself why he did it, why he brought such things for her girls. Confused, he had turned and given her his answer.
"Because they work really, really hard and deserve it. Besides... they're my friends, why wouldn't I want to give them something for all their hard work? Especially since they enjoy it when I do so."
Unknown to Harry, that was when he claimed a place in her heart.
When her girls had needed someone to notice them, not for their behavior but for their work? He had done so. More then that, even though he did not have to he still went out of his way to reward them. The Submarines often came home to find various treats and such specificially for them. A nice chocolate cake... a tin of brownies, cupcakes, small pies. Stuff that told them that their hard work was appreciated by someone out there who cared for them. More then that though, Harry also gave them something that they considered precious...
His friendship and companionship.
Any time that the Submarines needed someone to just hug them, Harry had no trouble doing so. He spent time with them when he could, which meant the world for all of them. Basically just letting them get away from the war and allowing them to be simply people enjoying themselves. Taigei had often brightly smiled when she watched their sleepovers and heard the laughter of her girls as them and Harry had enjoyed movies or games. For a time, they were not shipgirls, they were not at war, they were simply people enjoying some time relaxing with their friends and having fun.
Harry may not know it, but that meant the world not just for the Submarines, but also Taigei as she knew someone else loved her girls as much as she did. It was also something that helped her worries late at night when she was awake and staring at the ceiling in deep thought. Mainly wondering if someone was going to convert her into a Carrier, and so cause her Submarines to no longer have a Tender there for them when they needed it.
Granted, nowadays she no longer had that worry with Ryuuhou being summoned, but still.
It was not just the Submarines that he helped out though. He had then extended to Taigei herself the same thing he had for the Submarines as she was adapting to the new world and afterwards. For example, when she had to go out and get various things, Harry sometimes went along with her to help. Several times at the beginning when she went out to shop at the stores on the base, Harry had given her a hand. When she got confused about things, he had explained things best that he could but never got annoyed with her or her questions. And it had not stopped there either.
More then once found the two of them beside each other as Taigei cooked meals for the Submarines. While some of the newer foods were strange at times for the returned Submarine Tender, she took more then some joy in teaching Harry more traditional meals. Something that he enjoyed doing as much as she did teaching him. Times like that she didn't feel so out of place.
Unknown to her, similar thoughts were going through Ryuuhou's head. The Light Carrier could remember being summoned and the extreme confusion that followed. She could remember being Taigei, but now she was separate from the Submarine Tender. At the same time though, she had not felt all that useful. Even during the Second World War, she barely saw any real action and was considered something of a failure even for a conversion. A fact that she still felt in the new life she had been given.
Not helping either was how her aircrews were barely trained and extremely green. They often made mistakes even in practice when everything was perfect. Something that lead to her often trying to practice extremely early when no one was around the Carrier Range. Better that way that no one was witnessing her failure as a Carrier. Right up to the point that is, when Harry had caught her at the range. It had taken a bit, but he got the story from her which lead to him helping her get training from Shinano. And from there, she improved bit by bit, but she still looked back on that day fondly.
The cinnamon rolls he had given her to cheer her up that day alongside Taigei had helped greatly.
Which brought to mind another fact. And, sharing a look with her "Twin", Taigei, Ryuuhou knew that she was thinking the same thing. Both of them knew that Harry's dream was to one day become an Admiral for shipgirls. Something that despite the years he was still heading for as strongly as he could. The two of them both believed that he would one day stand tall as an Admiral. That one day, he would be leading shipgirls into battle and caring for them afterwards. Besides that, there was one other fact. Ryuuhou and Taigei had decided between them that when that day came, when Harry finally became an Admiral?
Both the Light Carrier and the Submarine Tender would be joining those shipgirls who would want to be serving under him. They trusted him with how he would treat the two of them. And after the war? When the fighting was all done and it was time to slowly stand down and get used to the peace? To finally have lives outside the fighting?
Sometimes, the two of them would dream of such a time. And those dreams often included being close to that black haired boy who would have become a man. Ryuuhou imagined playing with the various children, both normal and shipgirl, teaching the Carriers if there were any about how to be one alongside Shinano and others. Taigei dreamed of helping to take care of the little ones, sometimes as an designated Onee-Chan, sometimes as an Oba-Chan... and so on. There was also the dream of her, Mamiya, and some of the others opening a resturant. But Harry was usually involved in them, often helping.
Lovely dreams that they were looking forward to one day seeing as being made a reality.
Finding that she had done all the laundry while deep in thought, Taigei shook her head and picked up one of the baskets before turning to Ryuuhou. "Ryuuhou-Chan? Mind giving me a hand to put these into the girls' lugage? That way it's all done when they get back rather then them needing to rush around?"
Lips twitching, Ryuuhou only took one of the baskets herself and easily picked it up. "Not a problem, Onee-Chan. Best to get it out of the way now for them after all."
With a final smile between the two of them, they left the room still talking about whatever came to mind such as Taigei explaining some of the recipes she had been exchanging with the German Type XIVs recently.
Reaching into the dryer, Taigei hummed a bit as she pulled out a hooded sweater and quickly flapped it in the air. Briefly giving it an examination, she folded it and placed it into the waiting basket with a smile on her face. 'This is so much better then having to do it by hand.' Giving a look around, she sniffed one of the shirts and her smile grew. 'Good, the slight mustiness is gone.'
A light laugh though made her look over her shoulder to find Ryuuhou in the doorway to the Submarine's laundry room. "D-did you actually sniff RO-Chan's shirt?"
There was a small blush on Taigei's face as she folded said shirt and she looked away with a sniff. "I was making sure that it was no longer musty as it's been in her dresser for some time. She does need to make a good impression so it's best that all her clothes are clean and fresh after being left for so long. Especially as she will be heading home to Germany for a time." Placing the shirt into another basket, she giggled some, unable to hold it in any longer. "Um, and I sort of like the smell of the new fabric softner."
Head tilting to the side as she considered that, Ryuuhou eventually nodded. "Hai, it does smell pretty nice." Glancing at the baskets, she frowned some. "Are they going to have enough clothing?"
Only nodding as she worked on a hoodie, Taigei chuckled a little. "Well, I would hope so with the work that I am putting in to get everything ready..." Trailing off for a moment, she frowned before shaking her head and her expression brightened. "Though Hachi-Chan is putting some of what she's already used so far through Harry-Chan's Owl Box so that I can do her wash. And Shioi-Chan and RO-Chan are getting back tonight so they should have everything they need for when they leave tomorrow night for Hogwarts."
Upon Ryuuhou's face was a considering look before she crossed the distance between her and her "Twin". Reaching Taigei, the Light Carrier hugged her gently from behind. "If you want, I can always ask Teitoku if you can go yourself. That way you can go and visit Harry-Chan for a while yourself and check up on him."
Chewing her lips for a moment, Taigei sighed a bit and shook her head. "I can't... we don't have many Submarine Tenders with the amount of Submarines we do have. And I cover everything all the way to Hokkaido." Turning her head, she gave her sister a closed eye smile. "Besides, I trust my girls when they tell me that Harry-Chan is alright."
Expression soft, Ryuuhou could tell that the smile she had got was rather brittle and what her true feelings on the matter were. However, despite the help that Tsurugizaki and Takasaki brought as Submarine Tenders, both of them were still rather new. Which meant that Taigei had to still do a lot of the work needed for Japan's returned Submarine Fleet. "I suppose that you're right."
Gently smiling, Taigei gave her a small giggle. "Of course I am, I'm your Onee-Sama after all." Both of them shared a small smile at that. Turning back towards the work she was doing, she hummed a little. "Besides, in two weeks I'll be able to see Harry-Chan for myself."
Slowly, Ryuuhou gave a nod to that. "I suppose that's true enough." A sigh escaping from her, she frowned some. "Though I wish that I could see him sooner. Just so that we can make sure that he's alright ourselves."
That got her a hum from Taigei as the Submarine Tender continued her work. The purple haired young woman knew that her counterpart felt the same way about the young boy as she did. It was not quite the same way as her charges, but she would not deny that her own boilers had nearly gone out when she got the news that Harry had been close enough to dying that he began to manifest as a fairy on Verniy. Nor would she deny how absolutely frightened she was of what might have happened. As much so as she would for any of her girls.
Deeply in thought, she continued her work as if on automatic as her mind drifted back. When she was first summoned, Taigei was rather confused at the whole new world she found herself now in. Last thing she had remembered, she was a steel hulled ship and yet now she was a young woman. Not just that, but the world itself was heavily changed from what she remembered from the 1930s and 1940s. It was like something from the science fiction books and magazines that a few of her crew had smuggled on board just before the war. It was not helped as she was somewhat confused as to what they wanted with her. After all, she was a poorly designed Submarine Tender and she knew that.
However, thankfully, her girls helped her adapt and she found herself in rather great demand to take care of Japan's slowly growing Submarine fleet.
And that was another thing as well. When she had returned, for some time, she was worried for her girls. After all, they needed care and she was unsure how much they were getting. It did not help much when she heard certain rumors regarding them. But then, she walked in to find Harry there with treats for the Submarines when they returned from their patrols. When Taigei asked the Submarines, they told her that Harry had done that for some time. Something that had surprised her even as it warmed her boilers. There was even once that she had asked Harry himself why he did it, why he brought such things for her girls. Confused, he had turned and given her his answer.
"Because they work really, really hard and deserve it. Besides... they're my friends, why wouldn't I want to give them something for all their hard work? Especially since they enjoy it when I do so."
Unknown to Harry, that was when he claimed a place in her heart.
When her girls had needed someone to notice them, not for their behavior but for their work? He had done so. More then that, even though he did not have to he still went out of his way to reward them. The Submarines often came home to find various treats and such specificially for them. A nice chocolate cake... a tin of brownies, cupcakes, small pies. Stuff that told them that their hard work was appreciated by someone out there who cared for them. More then that though, Harry also gave them something that they considered precious...
His friendship and companionship.
Any time that the Submarines needed someone to just hug them, Harry had no trouble doing so. He spent time with them when he could, which meant the world for all of them. Basically just letting them get away from the war and allowing them to be simply people enjoying themselves. Taigei had often brightly smiled when she watched their sleepovers and heard the laughter of her girls as them and Harry had enjoyed movies or games. For a time, they were not shipgirls, they were not at war, they were simply people enjoying some time relaxing with their friends and having fun.
Harry may not know it, but that meant the world not just for the Submarines, but also Taigei as she knew someone else loved her girls as much as she did. It was also something that helped her worries late at night when she was awake and staring at the ceiling in deep thought. Mainly wondering if someone was going to convert her into a Carrier, and so cause her Submarines to no longer have a Tender there for them when they needed it.
Granted, nowadays she no longer had that worry with Ryuuhou being summoned, but still.
It was not just the Submarines that he helped out though. He had then extended to Taigei herself the same thing he had for the Submarines as she was adapting to the new world and afterwards. For example, when she had to go out and get various things, Harry sometimes went along with her to help. Several times at the beginning when she went out to shop at the stores on the base, Harry had given her a hand. When she got confused about things, he had explained things best that he could but never got annoyed with her or her questions. And it had not stopped there either.
More then once found the two of them beside each other as Taigei cooked meals for the Submarines. While some of the newer foods were strange at times for the returned Submarine Tender, she took more then some joy in teaching Harry more traditional meals. Something that he enjoyed doing as much as she did teaching him. Times like that she didn't feel so out of place.
Unknown to her, similar thoughts were going through Ryuuhou's head. The Light Carrier could remember being summoned and the extreme confusion that followed. She could remember being Taigei, but now she was separate from the Submarine Tender. At the same time though, she had not felt all that useful. Even during the Second World War, she barely saw any real action and was considered something of a failure even for a conversion. A fact that she still felt in the new life she had been given.
Not helping either was how her aircrews were barely trained and extremely green. They often made mistakes even in practice when everything was perfect. Something that lead to her often trying to practice extremely early when no one was around the Carrier Range. Better that way that no one was witnessing her failure as a Carrier. Right up to the point that is, when Harry had caught her at the range. It had taken a bit, but he got the story from her which lead to him helping her get training from Shinano. And from there, she improved bit by bit, but she still looked back on that day fondly.
The cinnamon rolls he had given her to cheer her up that day alongside Taigei had helped greatly.
Which brought to mind another fact. And, sharing a look with her "Twin", Taigei, Ryuuhou knew that she was thinking the same thing. Both of them knew that Harry's dream was to one day become an Admiral for shipgirls. Something that despite the years he was still heading for as strongly as he could. The two of them both believed that he would one day stand tall as an Admiral. That one day, he would be leading shipgirls into battle and caring for them afterwards. Besides that, there was one other fact. Ryuuhou and Taigei had decided between them that when that day came, when Harry finally became an Admiral?
Both the Light Carrier and the Submarine Tender would be joining those shipgirls who would want to be serving under him. They trusted him with how he would treat the two of them. And after the war? When the fighting was all done and it was time to slowly stand down and get used to the peace? To finally have lives outside the fighting?
Sometimes, the two of them would dream of such a time. And those dreams often included being close to that black haired boy who would have become a man. Ryuuhou imagined playing with the various children, both normal and shipgirl, teaching the Carriers if there were any about how to be one alongside Shinano and others. Taigei dreamed of helping to take care of the little ones, sometimes as an designated Onee-Chan, sometimes as an Oba-Chan... and so on. There was also the dream of her, Mamiya, and some of the others opening a resturant. But Harry was usually involved in them, often helping.
Lovely dreams that they were looking forward to one day seeing as being made a reality.
Finding that she had done all the laundry while deep in thought, Taigei shook her head and picked up one of the baskets before turning to Ryuuhou. "Ryuuhou-Chan? Mind giving me a hand to put these into the girls' lugage? That way it's all done when they get back rather then them needing to rush around?"
Lips twitching, Ryuuhou only took one of the baskets herself and easily picked it up. "Not a problem, Onee-Chan. Best to get it out of the way now for them after all."
With a final smile between the two of them, they left the room still talking about whatever came to mind such as Taigei explaining some of the recipes she had been exchanging with the German Type XIVs recently.