Chapter 4

After the incident, Jennifer couldn't bear to return her friends' stare. It wasn't that she was embarrassed of Lily, but she can't seem to remove the image of her, physically. She almost forgot about it. Almost. Luck wasn't on her side, perhaps. She ran her hands over her face before mentally slapping herself.

"You weren't kidding." Mia broke her stare, only to pull her hand from her chin to cross her arms. "My goodness." It was Isabella this time.

"I am not you." Jennifer turned to the satan after suppressing a groan.

The three were seated at the coffee table in the living room. Shopping bags were placed aside, except for Jennifer's. She gave them to Lily who's now changing in her master's room.

If you're wondering why Lily didn't require any help, it's because she already saw how Jennifer did it, back when she was still a teddy bear. It didn't cross the sisters mind like it was the common knowledge ever. Little that they know the bear didn't have that or any at all, and it was gained by watching her master.

The small banter of the three continued even after Emma brought in glasses of orange juice, enough for 5 people. She then sat herself next to Jennifer, who's sitting in front of her two besties. Still going on with their banter even after sipping their drink, creating gaps of silence in between the battle of 'defending themselves'. Of course, not before thanking the little one.

"So... Based on your normal state now, You seem to know everything already." Jennifer decided to stop the banter before eyeing Emma.

Emma nodded nonchalantly while sipping on her juice.

"What did the bear tell you?" Mia decided to pry.

"Oh, don't worry, just everything that I needed to know." The youngest grinned bashfully before putting her drink down.

"And by everything, you mean..." Jennifer eyed her suspiciously.

"Like how you kissed her that made her into what she is now?"

"wHAT-" Isabella manage to spat out before chocking on her drink. It was the second time today but only this time, it's a juice.

And it was also the second time today the satan injured her precious ankles. Good thing their drinks didn't fell.

"Yah! N-No wait you guys got it all wrong!" She waved on her friends hastily with the colour red conquering her cheeks, but none of them saw it as they're both occupied with saving their life from dying in the lamest way.

"I didn't know that a kiss would magically turned her into a teddy bear! Like you guys never kiss your plushies before going to sleep!" Jennifer fumed that looked like a whine, only to receive another bump from the table.

It was Isabella's ankle again. Her friends can now be seen rolling all over the floor.

"sis, are you sure you didn't bring wrong people? Are they only doppelgangers or-" Emma leaned close to her sister to whisper the word out.

"Now that you mention it," Jennifer stared at the whimpering idiots, "I don't even know."

"Master?" Like a child calling out for her mother in a crowded place, the sudden voice made everyone's head turn to the direction of it.

The pain of the two long forgotten as they gaped on Lily who's standing on the end of the stair, tugging the end of her new sets of clothes, looking oh so innocently at Jennifer.

The new set of clothes looked cute on her, they all thought. A lose yellow tee that actually covers her whole upper part of the body and a white knee-length pants. It made Jennifer wonder if the clothes that she bought was made for Lily to wear it, almost like it's destiny or something. "Lily.." Jennifer was about to ask her to sit down with them but she stopped when she saw Lily's eyes became wide.

"Orange juice!" The bear exclaimed loudly as she ran to their direction to grab the drink, only to trip on nothing and fell on the floor. Hard.

Jennifer was shocked. She ran to Lily who's just lying there, but a groan can be heard.

"Lily! Are you okay????" Isabella stood up quickly to help her friend sitting Lily up. Mia was still gaping.

"Did she just fell on nothing?" She thought.

"Her nose is bleeding!" Isabella panicked seeing blood coming out of lily's nose.

"She bleeds too?" The satan tilted.

"Emma quick! The kit!" Jennifer shouted. Emma who's frozen snapped her head, nodding before running to get the item her sister demanded.

Lily felt drowsy. Shaking her head, trying to clearing out something that seems to be stuck in her face. "Uuughh"

"Stop that! You'll bleed more!" Jennifer held her cheeks with both of hands.

"Bleed? What is that?" As drowsily eyed Lily's face before touching the injured part of the face.

"What is this?" The bear turn her attention to her hand that has her blood on it.

"And stop talking for the moment!" Her master had her eyebrows knitted. She's worried. It hasn't been 24 hours yet and Lily already had a bleeding nose.

"What is this feeling? Master, I'm not happy with this." She frowned. A tear escaped Lily's eyes. She's crying.

"And she can cry! Oh my God!" Mia almost fainted.

"Oh! D-Don't cry! It'll be okay! " Jennifer was eyeing Lily panically while Isabella was out of words. She can only caress the bear's back, trying to ease her. Lily tugged Jennifer's sleeve a few times, Jennifer take it as she needs to cling on something. So she just hugged her, not caring if her favourite sweater might get stained later.

"What is a- c-cryy-" She managed to ask bertween her sobs. Jennifer mentally facepalmed herself.

Emma came running back to the scene with the needed box in her hand.

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The once sobbing bear was now smiling like an idiot as she sipped on her orange juice. She had a tissue stuffed in one of her nostril. They were staring her in disbelief. How can a glass of orange juice manage to make her all giddy like she was slapped by rainbows after all the bleeding and crying for tripping over nothing?

"Master?" Lily looked up from her drink to Jennifer who jolted up upon the call.

"Y-yes?"

"Thank you." Her grin made her eyes disappear.

"What for?"

"For making Lillian happy again." Jennifer blushed. Isabella, who was eyeing the bear ever since, frowned.

"Heyyy, I helped too!" She huffed. But she regretted afterward when Lily turned her head to Jennifer's two besties, a little faster. Her face was blank and they tried to smile but only to receive nothing in return from the bear.

Lily then suddenly stood up, making everyone jolt out of their seat. The bear bowed 90 degree on her. "Hello! My name is Lillian Mateo, nice to meet you!" She flashed her eye smile right after.

"What are you doing???" Jennifer looked up to Lily who's still grinning. Isabella and Mia were petrified while Emma was smiling proudly at the bear.

"Emma told me that I should do this when meeting other humans that I never seen before!" The sister glared at her younger sister.

"What? Basic knowledge, okay?" Emma said trying to prove herself right.

"Do you want her to bow at everyone if she got out of this house, idiot?" Jennifer pushed her sister's head on the side. Lily might ended up breaking her spine.

"....Oh."

It was rare for Emma to make such hasty decisions. She must have had too much fun teaching Lily stuff.

"Only greet humans that you don't know in this house, okay?" Jennifer turn her attention to Lily, not without pointing out a finger in a manner like a mother alarming her children not to do things that they aren't supposed to.

"Okay, Master."

"And stop calling me Master. Call me Jennifer instead."

"What? Why? Isn't that not good?" Lily pouted. Isabella chuckled at the sight.

"What do you mean not good?" Mia finally voiced out.

"Well, Master was the one who activated Lillian though..." Her voice faded.

"So? I don't see any problem with you calling me by my own name?" Jennifer smiled softly at the bear.

"But-"

"No buts, that's an order." She said firmly this time.

"Okay..." Lily obeyed, nodding her head nevertheless.

The sight was too adorable, they all can't help but to laugh. Until Mia whispered something in Isabella's ear before nodding at each other. The siblings saw it but they only tilted their head slightly out of suspicion.

They both stood up and bowed 90 degree back at Lisa. "Hello!" They chirped in unison. "My name is Mia Ethan!-", "And my name is Isabella Oliver !" She did a V-sign before ending together, "Nice to meet you too!"

Lily blinked rapidly. She stared at the two before grinning widely at the two.

Emma laughed while Jennifer whined.

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Emma brought in more drink, and it was their third batch. Explaining what are 'blood', 'bleed', 'cry' took them longer as Lily kept throwing questions at them. More explanations are presented when the words, red, pain, hurt, tears, sad and some other words linked to the last ones came out. Jennifer swear it felt like being in that Who Wants To Be A Millionare show.

"Anyway, Lily, what were you doing just now?" Jennifer remembered the question she meant to ask her before everything turned upside down.

"Uh, Lillian fell and bleed?"

"No no, I mean when we just came." Jennifer was talking about her flipping here and there around the house. Her cheeks went slightly pink at the thought of the incident back then when Lily's figure was too exposed for her likings even after putting something over her.

"Oh! Emma showed Lillian this video in this square thing called tv of some humans doing some move and asked if Lilliancan copy them. Emma said they're called acrobats and flips!" Lily smiled innocently as she pointed at the tv in front of them.

Emma swallowed a lump on her throat before explaining herself. "N-No, I didn't mean to teach her things! You should really see it yourself! Lily is really talented, she could copy things. She learns fast!"

That gained the three's attention.

"Really?" Mia smirked at Emma before looking over to Lily who's playing with the tissues in her nostrils.

"Don't." Jennifer stated flatly. She turned her attention back to Lily with her arms crossed. "Like what?"

"Juggling!"

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Lily is now seated on a stool that Emma fetched from the kitchen in the living room. They're currently trying on the accessories that they bought along with Jennifer on Lily. Like the innocent one she is, she stayed quiet while throwing a few questions on things that she never saw before.

Though they only started 10 minutes ago, it felt like 712178 hours for Jennifer. Their actual intention on doing so is to only tease her, taking advantage of Lily lack of knowledge. Emma happens to be on their side.

But it faded, because the more they put something on her, the cuter she gets. It's impossible, she thought. How can Lily look cute in any situations, that includes having her nose bleed.

Somehow it annoyed Jennifer.

"Heol. You really look like bear!" Mia exclaimed after putting what it seems to be a headband with bear ears on it on Lily's head.

"What is this?" Lily touched the headband.

"Something that makes you look cute if you wear them." Emma said.

"So.. Am I cute now?" Lily grinned as she learnt the word "cute" from the trio few moments ago.

"Oh my God, why are you so adorable???" Isabella pinched the bear's cheeks. Lily smiled bashfully.

They continued to put more accessories on her. Bear hairclips, bear printed scarf, bear earmuffs and other bear-themed accessories. They sure bought a lot of bear-themed stuff.

Something is missing, Jennifer thought when she eyed Lily being BEARified. Then it snapped her. She ran to her room to grab an eyeliner and decided to join the trio.

Jennifer drew a giant circle on Lily's nose. She drew a snout. Lily just blinked when the other four laughed at her.

"What is that?" Lily pointed at the pencil in Jennifer's hand.

"That's an eye liner. Supposedly used on the eyes, but this is exceptional!" Isabella laughed again even after calming down when the bear only blink.

"What is it for?

"To enhance the features of the owner so her face becomes prettier." Mia strike an elegant-like pose in front of Lily.

"Is that Jennifer's?" Apparently she has learnt the word too.

"Yeah, the old hag needed some upgrade." Mia joked only to receive a smack on the back of her head. "Yah!"

It made Lily frown. "Why?"

"What do you mean why?" The satan recovered after a loud yelp, rubbing the injured area.

"Jennifer is too pretty already!"

It wasn't the last time Jennifer encountered embarrassing moments after that. Lily's too bold. She kept throwing fireballs everywhere. It didn't help that her sister and besties kept laughing at how cheeks were becoming hot. It almost most definitely didn't help that Lily was 24/7 ':D'

Dear God please end my life.

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