Blood is thicker than water(Rio/Chidori)

"Nothing special. I prepared simple American cuisine like burgers and french fries. Papa always said he favored a simple meal more than an overly-complex one."

Rio gazed at Chidori as she sat down opposite of her. It wasn't particularly anything that bothered her. Once she did, well, that's when her sister delved into her favorite technique of ticking her off. The art of asking needless and embarrassing questions.

Rio furrowed her eyebrows as she turned her face away from Chidori in an effort to hide her frustration, knowing full well that Chidori probably knew the answer to that question but chose to pick on her for it anyway.

"I've been too busy to worry about such meddlesome affairs..." Turning her head towards Chidori's belly, she decided to inquire about her big sister's love life.

"Seems you've beaten me to it. Who's the unlucky man?"

"Tch... I could easily find a man if I wanted!" Rio snapped back with an annoyed expression, illustrating how flustered she was towards her sister's comments.

"So as long as I wear the Shihoin name, I will always make my family a priority...I'm not as reckless as you are, Chidori. I know where my priorities are."

Rio crossed her arms somewhat haughtily as a show of posturing before she begins to eat her meal.

In silence, she listened to her sister as she talked about what led to her relationship and the subsequent pregnancy that followed.

It was odd, certainly. Wild was one thing but Rio didn't even want to unwrap that package of recklessness. She had long since grown accustomed to the unruly ways her sister tended to live her life.

According to the servants of the estate, Rio was well aware of what Chidori endured. In truth, as much as she agreed with some of their opinions, Rio would not join in. Chidori was still her sister.

"Even though there are so many things wrong with that, I won't judge you. As much as you tend to annoy me with your antics... I still want my sister to be happy in her life. If he makes you happy, who am I to judge?"

"Mine just won't be a hobo~"

Ah, sisterly banter.

Not exactly girlfriend material!?

Rio found herself biting into her own burger with enough anger that she nearly choked from being careless in handling her meal. Chidori was always under her skin and that comment didn't make her any less, to say nothing of the follow-up punch that her only redeeming trait was her breasts!? At that moment, Rio felt as she were a boxer in a ring with her greatest rival and she was losing the fight miserably.

"I-I'm gonna ignore that comment!" What a miserable counter. Seriously?

Rio turned her around, scratching at her brain for a nifty haymaker she could save for the right time or fail miserably. Luckily, Chidori brought things onto a more serious subject, speaking on her break and how her priorities were in the right place. The mental health comment spoke to her more than anything. At least, she acknowledged her fault in not telling anybody. Rio returned to eating her meal in silence, as Chidori commented on how stronger the protector had become.

"Ah... so you've noticed. Admittedly, developing such strength was meant to be a sort of way of showing that I was the superior sister and we didn't need you if you'd simply disappear; but my Zanpakuto rejected me until I realized that... all that really matters is my family and protecting them. Even you. I... just guess I wished I was told where you'd be going."

Her eyes softened as she gazed towards her. She had thought there were so many things she wanted to say to her but instead, she was only reminded of the good times they shared and the pranks they participated in.