Hyaku Monogatari Chapter 1: Theme 1, a mai hime fanfic

Konnichiwa! Hello everyone! I'm back with a response to a challenge sent by one of my long-time readers. She asked me to complete DevilinnDemona's 100 Lesbian Theme Challenge. She e-mailed me the list of themes but not the URL so I don't really know where the challenge was originally posted. Still, I apologize for the unauthorized use.

She didn't specify which couple she'd like for me to focus on but she did say that she wanted the couple/s to come from the Mai universe (Mai Hime, Mai Otome, etc.). So naturally, I've chosen my favorite couple from that series, Mai Tokiha and Mikoto Minagi.

This is obviously shoujo-ai, so if you're not comfortable with that, please close the window now.

This is my second attempt at writing with the use of prompts. Unlike the first one, entitled "Snapshots", which was composed mostly of single sentence scenes, this one is a series of loosely related drabbles/ficlets.

No promises as to when I'll update but I will try to finish all one hundred themes. However, that will surely take a very, very long time.

Please read the author's notes before you bomb me in the e-mail or in the reviews. This is rated PG-13 for homosexual and suggestive themes.

Lastly, Hyaku Monogatari translates to One Hundred Stories.

"Hyaku Monogatari"
by: s16thunderjet

Series:
Mai Hime

"You want me to do what?" Mai Tokiha asked incredulously, the orange haired girl in somewhat of a disbelief at what she had just heard.

"I want you to paint my nails red." Mikoto Minagi replied, this time sounding a little less sure than she did the first time though equally just as serious.

Eyeing the younger and seemingly more impressionable girl warily, Mai carefully lowered the soup ladle onto the small dish beside the stove before turning towards her expectant roommate.

"Why do you want me to do that?"

Mikoto chewed lightly on her lower lip as she watched Mai close the distance between herself and the kitchen countertop the raven haired girl currently sat atop of.

A moment of indecision passed as the golden eyed girl began to second-guess what her flame haired classmate and best friend had told her earlier that afternoon. Still, she forged ahead, trusting that her more 'experienced' friend would not let her down.

"Well... Nao said that red painted fingernails make girls look and feel sexy so that's why."

Mai's eyebrows rose so high that they practically touched the hair on her head. Part of her wanted to strangle the aforementioned green eyed delinquent for again filling Mikoto's head with useless information while the other part, she was ashamed to admit, was just dying to know the reason why.

"And you want to look and feel... uh... sexy... because...?"

Mikoto's response was garbled at best, causing Mai to stare at her in confusion.

"Huh?"

Taking what appeared to be an overly dramatic deep breath, the raven haired girl exhaled as if to calm her exceedingly frazzled nerves, the beginnings of a blush forming on her cheeks.

"It's for you. I want to be sexy for you, Mai."

To say that the violet eyed girl was not suprised at the underlying insecurity in Mikoto's admission would be an understatement. Mai would have actually 'Awwwed' had she not felt that doing so would somewhat belittle the other girl's honesty.

The orange haired girl had to remind herself that all of this was mainly her fault. Had she not been overly indecisive about her feelings in the past, none of this self-doubt would have crept into the younger girl's fragile psyche.

Choosing instead to take the matter as seriously as Mikoto has, Mai settled herself in between her girlfriend's legs, wrapping her arms around the slim torso before looking up into those heartbreakingly beautiful golden eyes.

"I love you for who you are. If I have to, I'll tell you over and over again until you believe it."

The declaration of love had its desired effect as a wide smile found its way onto Mikoto's lips. Unable to resist, Mai leaned up to kiss those sweet lips and found herself being kissed in return.

Muttering something about annoying green eyed, flame haired, delinquent best friends, Mai could only roll her eyes as Mikoto burst into laughter.

Elsewhere, Nao Yuuki sneezed.

The End

Theme #1: Nail Polish

Author's Notes:
This started out funny and was supposed to be funny and sexy but ended up being sugary and fluffy. I at least think I kept it from being uberly introspective, not that that's a bad thing. Oh well.

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Thank you!