[#CreativeAward2026 Entertainment Original Work Category] "Half and Half for You and Me" Episode 01: "The Secret Behind the School Building"

<<Synopsis>>

Botan Himekawa, the student council president of Kagurazuki Academy High School, had a secret she couldn't tell anyone. It was that she and Riri Kiryuin, the school's most famous delinquent girl known as Sukeban Lily, were half-sisters born from different mothers. One is adored by the entire school, while the other is feared by everyone; they are complete opposites in every way.
While they kept an eye on each other, they lived their daily lives maintaining a distance of neither too close nor too far. However, their situation changed completely when their father, who had gone missing, suddenly reappeared. Driven by a sense of responsibility and guilt she had long harbored, Botan worried about Riri to an excessive degree, only to be pushed away. Furthermore, when their father caused trouble near the school, Botan found herself in a tight spot...

<<Concept>>

A yuri story about half-sisters. A tale of the twisted bond between girls who carry a shared cross.

<<Episode 01 Main Text>>

"---Oh, if it isn't the student council president."

It was a cold day in November.
At Kagurazuki Academy High School, located a little way from the city center, student council president Botan Himekawa was patrolling the school during lunch break when she suddenly felt curious and peeked into the shadows behind the school building. As expected, Riri Kiryuin, with her navy blazer worn sloppily, was sitting there languidly, looking at her and grinning with amusement.

Between her fingertips was something white and short that looked like a cigarette, and she was puffing out white breath from her mouth to play with it. Botan couldn't help but let out a sigh.

"Are you doing that silly game again?"
"What's your business today? Did you come to discuss smuggling routes?"
"...I'm telling you for your own good, stop that tasteless thing already."

Botan said, pressing her twitching temple. Even though the summer uniforms had been replaced by winter ones, Riri's behavior of teasing Botan knew no bounds. Botan was impressed in the worst way possible that Riri wasn't cold in that outfit during this season.

"I'm just snacking on candy and blowing white breath in the cold, aren't I? Besides, aren't these kinds of cigarettes meant for playing pretend?"
"I'm saying it doesn't look good... You'll be seen by others."
Riri was clearly doing it on purpose, knowing it would trouble Botan and finding it amusing. If it hadn't been Botan who found her, it would have been a huge commotion.

"Strictly speaking, bringing such snacks into the school and eating them is also against the rules, you know?"
"Yeah, yeah, the president is so uptight."

While complaining, Riri pushed the cigarette candy into the back of her mouth, crunched it up, and swallowed it. Then, for some reason, she held out the small box-shaped package toward Botan.

"Do you want one too?"
"No, I'm fine. I told you it's against the rules."
"Boring."
"...Hey, Riri."
Botan spoke to Riri with a serious face.

"I'm worried about you. There are people who spread bad rumors about you..."
"Just let them talk."
"It's not okay!"
Because Botan said it a bit strongly, Riri was startled for a moment and dropped the candy box, then picked it up with a look of extreme annoyance and tucked it into her chest pocket.

"Riri, you're always working hard for Mom. You work part-time between your studies and even keep your grades at the top using old reference books."
"Hey, stop, stop, stop."
"And yet, people see you going to the staff room and say you were called in for fighting with students from other schools at the riverbank... What 'Sukeban Lily'? What era are they talking about?"

"I don't know, it sounds cool, doesn't it?"
"You should explain it! Just tell them you're going to get permission for your part-time job!"
"So what if I explain it!?"
Riri looked slightly irritated.

"Even if I explain it, people who want to talk will talk, and it's just a waste of time and energy. The high-and-mighty president might not know that."
"Even so, there's no need to go out of your way to act in a way that invites misunderstanding!"
Botan also couldn't help but get worked up and retort.

"I can't stand it when people speak ill of you, Riri."
"Hey, what perspective are you saying that from?"
"...I'm sorry. I just..."
"No, wait, you don't have to say it."
Having asked herself, Riri cut off Botan before she could say anything more.

"That was a bit mean of me, too... Sorry, my bad."
"Don't say things like that."
"I'm going now."

Riri ended the conversation and stood up smoothly, shaking her shoulder-length ponytail. Perhaps to hide her discomfort, she shoved her hands into her pockets and, with her eyes cast down, left the school building behind, where no one else was around.

"Riri."
"Well, do your best... Sister."

Botan watched Riri walk away, waving over her shoulder, unable to do anything.
When Botan looked down at the rustling sound at her feet, a piece of the wrapper from the cigarette candy Riri had eaten was torn and caught in the grass. Botan sighed quietly, picked up the scrap of trash, and tried to ruminate on the words she had just heard.

"Sister... huh..."
The secret between Botan Himekawa and Riri Kiryuin, who were complete opposites at first glance, that no one at the school knew. It was that they were half-sisters—sisters born from different mothers.

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