Author's Note: This one's for all those who don't approve of silliness. I promise it's a real story this time.
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I arrived at my parents' house around mid-morning. I hadn't been thrilled about being asked to look after my little sister, but mom had insisted that she shouldn't be left alone. Apparently having a little eye surgery meant Brianna needed a babysitter while she recovered, despite having just turned nineteen and being more than old enough to look after herself. It was almost worth doing it just for the opportunity to tease her about it.
Mom and dad were already gone by the time I got there. I let myself in and went in search of my sister. I didn't bother calling for her because I kind of wanted to see if I could sneak up on her. A little temporary eyesight trouble on her part wasn't going to get in the way of my brotherly instincts.
Unfortunately, she must have heard me coming because she was looking right at me when I found her lying on the living room couch. I examined her silently for a moment while she squinted back at me.
"Lee?" she asked. "That's you, right?"
"Mm-hm. So you really are blind, huh?"
I pushed her feet off the couch to give myself a place to sit. Brianna stuck her tongue out at me and curled her legs up toward the rest of her body so she could keep lying comfortably.
"M'not blind. Just can't see well. Everything's all blurry. It's supposed to get better though. That's what they say. I'll be able to see better than before."
"Fat lot of good it's doing you now."
I waved my hand in front of her face just to find out if she could see it. She swatted at me, but was unable to make contact.
"Cut it out, you jerk. For once in your life could you just be nice to me for a while?"
"I'm always nice to you."
"Then I pity the people you're mean to."
I laughed while Brianna just shook her head. She couldn't have been too bothered. She'd had her whole life to get used to me.
"So why do you have the tv on?" I asked, nodding toward it despite the fact that Brianna probably wouldn't notice the gesture.
"Why do I have the tv on? You mean because I can't see it very well? Let me put it this way; what else exactly am I supposed to do? Read? Go on the internet? Go for a run? You wanna know what all those activities have in common?"
"You need to be able to see to do them?"
Brianna clapped sarcastically for me.
"Bingo. I'm pretty sure I'll be bored out of my skull by the time my eyesight comes back."
"Is this really all you do? Just lie here and feel sorry for yourself?"
"Pretty much." She held up her fingers to check things off. "Eat, sleep, lie on couch wallowing in self-pity. That'd be about it."
Brianna looked like she'd just climbed out of bed. She was wearing a loose t-shirt that she'd probably slept in the night before, and nothing in the way of pants. When I examined her more closely, I realized I could see her panties peeking out from underneath her shirt.
"Maybe you should consider getting dressed."
"Why? What's the point? "
"I dunno. Maybe just 'cause then I wouldn't be able to see your underwear?"
Brianna took her time in reacting. She pulled her shirt down a little further so that she was covered up, but didn't seem to care about what I'd seen.
"Don't look if you don't want to see," she said. "It's not like I can tell what's showing."
"If you were dressed it wouldn't be an issue."
"Come on, Lee. I'm not going anywhere all day, what's the point? Or are you gonna keep bugging me about this?"
"I don't give a shit. If you don't care who sees your panties, then why should I?"
I reached over and yanked her shirt up above her waist, revealing far more than before. Brianna pulled it back down almost as quickly.
"Fuck off," she said.
"Or what?"
I tried to lift her shirt again, but she hung on to it this time. We got into a brief scuffle over it, with neither of us able to gain any real advantage.
"Get off, you perv," Brianna said.
She finally decided to get her legs involved and started kicking me. That forced me switch my focus. I grabbed her ankles and held on, despite her attempts to free herself. After a moment I stood up and pulled her off the couch. She fell to the floor with a thud and just lay there. I retook my seat.
"You know you can't fight me," I said. "Even when you can see."
"Some brothers would take it easy on their incapacitated sibling," Brianna said. "You know, at least wait until there's some challenge in it."
She was still lying on her back where she'd landed. Her shirt had ridden up again when I'd dragged her off the couch and she hadn't fixed it. She must have been able to tell it wasn't covering her properly this time.
"Yeah, I could take it easy. Wouldn't be very much fun in that. Then we'd both just be sitting around waiting for your sight to come back."
Brianna's panties weren't particularly sexy, just some plain white cotton things, but somehow they fascinated me. It probably had something to do with the way they were on display for me. I'd never known my sister to let me catch a peek so freely before. I probably shouldn't have been taking advantage of her moping, but it was a fairly unique opportunity. I'd probably never get a chance like it again.
"Are you staring at my underwear again?" she asked.
"No," I said.
"Liar."
"I'm hurt by your lack of trust. You can't actually see me, so you're clearly just making unfounded accusations."
"I can too see you. Just... not well."
"That's what I thought. And cover yourself properly if you don't want me to look."
Brianna climbed carefully to her feet and moved directly in front of me. Her shirt had fallen back down into place when she stood up.
"You were so looking," she said.
"We're just going around in circles now."
"Whatever. Do what you want. I'm going to go take a shower."
"Need me help you get undressed?"
Brianna took a swing at me, but I was able to dodge it fairly easily. She might have actually had a point about her not being a challenge to pick on. Somehow it just wasn't the same when she couldn't fight back properly.
"Asshole," she said.
She walked off leaving me giggling to myself. With nothing better to do, I flipped through channels on the tv to try and find something worth watching. I'd only been at it for a couple minutes when I hear my name being called.
"Lee!"
"What?" I called back.
"Come here for a sec."
I rolled my eyes and trudged up the stairs to the bathroom. I could hear the shower running inside. I wasn't sure whether Brianna had gotten yet or not, so I spoke through the door instead of opening it.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Someone moved my shampoo," Brianna said. "I can't find it."
"Well... can you use a different one?"
"I don't know what any of the bottles are. I can't read them. I should be able to recognize mine by the colour and I don't see it."
"I... what exactly do you want me to do?"
"Just come in, tell me if you see it. But don't look!"