The Futami Twins

THE FUTAMI TWINS / こんなOOが好き

A 4Koma style oneshot webcomic short story by Kina Kobayashi, published in 2017.

**Story Designation**---Canon

**Synopsis**

The Futami twins were, other than being of opposite sexes, one male and one female, were virtual identical twins. They grew up doing everything together, and at times, seemingly thinking the same thoughts together. They were both the very best childhood friends and soul mates to one another, as well as at other times being the fiercest of rivals and competitors of one another. This was especially apparent when the two of them entered high school together. Both try to outdo each other to be the most popular student at the local high school that they both attend. Both sought to reach the top of the social media and popularity ladder. But which twin is actually the cool and debonair teenage brother, and which twin is the concurrently sweet and innocent, yet hardcore sexy and erotic sister ?

**Character Profiles**

(Click on each character's picture to be taken to that character's profile page)

Hikaru FutamiSakae Futami

**THE FUTAMI TWINS, a oneshot short story by Kina Kobayashi**

One day at the local high school, during the morning, the male twin, Sakae, enters the homeroom of the female twin, Hikaru. Sakae is carrying a bento (lunch box), and tells Hikaru that she forgot her bento earlier this morning at home. Hikaru profusely thanks Sakae---

" Thank you so meow--wich ! "

Sakae gently scolds Hikaru to be more careful about things like this. Hikaru continues to profusely apologize. Two female classmates watch from across the classroom as the scene plays out between the two twins. One of the girls comments to the other that Sakae is such a *hot guy*! She goes on to relate that Sakae Futami, the older of the two twins (but only by a few minutes), is so debonair, so nice to be around, and is the most popular guy among many of the girls. She says that she would die to have such a brother as him!

Sakae is asking Hikaru if she really needs to feel so overwhelmingly sorry ?

The other female classmate chimes in, saying that Hikaru Futami, the younger twin sister, may have such a syrupy, sugar-coated, and nauseatingly sweet personality, however, to be honest, she is still so unbelievably cute. She being so simultaneously cute and sweet, yet hardcore sexy and erotic, makes her all the more popular with a wide swatch of boys at the school.

Tears come to the eyes of Hikaru, as she pleads with her twin not to get, " Meows-mah-mad at me! "

The two girls continue to gossip. They say that it is so amazing that the two twins are so close to one another, although they have polar opposite personalities. Wonder what they talk about, and how they act at home?

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That evening at the Futami home, Sakae is just coming out of the shower, and waking into the front room, where Hikaru already is hanging out. Sakae has on a white t-shirt, boxer shorts, and has a towel wrapped around his neck. Hikaru, still wearing her sailor fuku (sailor suit school uniform) with black tights, is sitting on the couch and doing something on her iphone. Sakae asks Hikaru if she heard the two girls in the homeroom talking about the two of us? Sakae goes on to say that Hikaru really needs to give her sappy personality a rest! But that comment seems to go 'right over her head', as Hikaru merely asks Sakae if he is done with the bath? " Hikaru.....", begins Sakae. But he is cut off by Hikaru announcing that she is going in the bath next, to make her body and herself all 'purrrrrrfect'! Ignoring Sakae like that does not sit well with him, as he explodes with a disrespectful proclamation mentioning Hikaru's perceived birth sex---

"I'M TELLING YOU TO STOP ACTING LIKE THAT ! HAVING A LITTLE *"BROTHER"* LIKE YOU IS THE WORST !"

Sakae comes up to Hikaru and pulls off the hair extensions that give Hikaru her lovely, long, adorable twin tails. Hikaru is now sporting only a typical girl's pixie hair style. But Hikaru bites back with an equally disrespectful comment regarding Sakae's supposed birth sex---

" THAT HURT.....YOU KNOW THAT YOU REMADE YOUR OWN PERSONALITY, TOO, ***"SIS"*** !!! "

And with that, the 'fur really begins to fly'! Sakae loudly points out that to maintain the cool, nice image and personality he has built up, ever since he began to transition from female to male, he has to be nice to all at school, to even the likes of you ! But that ditzy, juvenile personality of yours, displayed everywhere since you began transitioning from male to female is so, so annoying. So seriously, JUST CUT IT OUT !!!

" Stop badmouthing Hikaru-tan ! ", remarks Hikaru (Hikaru begins talking in the third person, so typical of many pre-adolescent girls who want to sound cute).

" YOU'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL! DON'T ADD 'TAN' TO YOUR OWN NAME (\*), YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT ! ", barks Sakae.

" Hikaru-tan is my ideal girl !", retorts Hikaru, " But Hikaru-tan isn't fully incorporated into me yet, so I am still transitioning to that kind of female as best as I can! Ya know, aren't we competing to see who will be more popular at school by presenting as our innate Gender Identity and Gender Expression, not our birth sex, and the ideal personality that such would have? "

" Yea, but still......", offers Sakae, " Sheeesh ! I WANT TO TELL EVERYONE AT SCHOOL WHO YOU SUPPOSEDLY WERE BORN AS! "

" If you do that, then I'll do the same to you! ", counters Hikaru. Hikaru still has her iphone in her hand, as she begins to snap pictures of Sakae so lightly dressed, thereby capturing with digital pictures that he was born with the physical sex of female.

" DON'T TAKE ANY PIX OF ME !!! ", screams Sakae !

( THE END )

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(\*) **Adding 'tan' to one's name**

-tan (たん): A young child's slurred mispronunciation of -chan. If it is used by an adult at all, unless speaking to an infant or toddler, the person is most likely either being sarcastic, or a teen or adult who wants to be seen as a Kawaiiko.

In Japanese, kawaii means "cute", but the concept has far more overtones than it does in English — and far more power. For many Japanese schoolgirls (and some adult women), being kawaii is kind of like being sexy for Western women: it means that they are desirable, attractive and wanted. It becomes a primary goal in their social lives, and success, as measured in the reactions of their peers, is practically an affirmation of their worth as a woman.

As always, whenever there is a goal like this, there is always someone who overdoes it. The kawaiiko (literally "cute child"), or burikko ("fake child" or "pretend(ing) child"), is the case in point. She takes being kawaii to an almost unhealthy extreme by making it the sole focus of her life. In clothing and fashion, this manifests in frilly, flouncy outfits, often with ribbons and lace. In behavior it appears as a tendency to act childishly "young", particularly in speech — she may speak entirely in baby talk, giggle mindlessly, **habitually refer to herself in the third person**, and/or use nicknames as well as the -tan honorific for themselves, and the -chan honorific for virtually everyone she encounters.