The Fox and the Coon

Neon's gate was drawn on the wall close to the kitchen, about four feet wide and tall, and a swirl of darkness appeared on it before Neon himself poked his head out of it looking up to her. Unlike his usual self he had a long blue hair, cyan eyes and a less pale complexion, but it was unmistakably him: those glowing ears sprouting above his head ain't fooling anyone. "Oh, hey, big sis!", he stayed partially within and partially without his dimension for a moment, before pulling himself out of it. This time he was wearing a navy blue school uniform but of course had no shoes on, just slippers.

"Yakisoba, ah? Count me in. How was your day? Need something for me to do?", while some may be suspicious of his eagerness to do things for her, the reality is simply that: he would be willing to do well for Izumi no matter what. After all, ain't it in a family to care about one another? Speaking of... "Hm? Lil sis isn't home yet?"

"That kind of sounds familiar. It was something I recall "talking" to someone inside the game world, they told me they were thrill-seekers. That's not... A way to feel the thrill.", Neon frowned in disapproval of such attitude from some students, but what could he do about it? He was a student himself now too, if anything he could point them in the right direction or trick them into doing so.

As told by Izumi, he dug under the cupboard for a larger pan. "Alright sis, I got it!", he brought the pan up, his energy tail swishing slowly and ears perked up as usual. "Another hour? Aww... Well, at the very least she is having a good time, right?", Neon has been growing fond of his new family as a whole, and spending time with them both has become pretty much his lifeblood. On cue, he placed the pan on the stove and gave a nod.

"I have been thinking about trying my hand at cooking someday, but I dunno where to start... Maybe with Omurice?", after all, Omurice should be simple to do...

By now Neon has wondered if the lil sis would ever bring her friends over for a visit. More was always better, right? Still, the very idea of being in a family, involving with them and sharing their moments, that was something that some would simply dream of, others would have, and he has found it himself. "Maybe one day she'll bring them over! Specially if I do this!", in a snap, Neon has turned into a child version of himself, but with proper ears and tail.

Even more, he made himself look like an amateur shapeshifter, his face looked vaguely like that of a fox too! Even funnier would be that he had a squeakier voice, very child-like: "That's what I've been reading in culinary magazines. As for help, well... I don't know for sure if I'd need, but being helped by big sis would make me really happy!"

As he blushed, the tip of his ears and tail started to glow more, and he let out a shy "Thank you" at the compliment. Of course he would be careful not to steal lil sis' friends, after all he had to be hers as well, right? Either way, the scent of their meal heated was quite tempting, and by now he should have got used to it but it was still something new to him, no matter what.

"Ah, I'm fine, sis. Take first, I'll save for lil sis too." even if Izumi chose to give Neon the honors of serving himself first, he was still considerate enough of them, and either after she served herself or insisted him to go first, the fox boy would take only enough for now, being mindful to keep as much for himself as he would want for each of his sisters.

Neon was experiencing a whole new life here, one to treasure even. As he would join Izumi at the table, the fox boy couldn't help but notice the uncomfortably tall stack of papers, imagining how much work his sister had ahead. But thankfully, the subject was averted, for the sake of both of them. As he used the chopsticks to pick up the noodles and veggies, he heard Izumi's question, giving it a very brief moment of thought before answering.

"Mostly great, had a bit of issues with math. Power training is rough on me, ran out of energy thrice and had trouble returning to normal. Apparently I'm sort of an energy vampire, but this kind of energy is different...", Neon had yet to learn better control of his powers, and still accidentally used too much or too little without knowing.