A/N: I wanted to make Sora/Reiko fic, since I really love that pairing so much. ^_^ I had this idea stuck in my head for awhile, and I wanted to share it with you guys. :D
The sun was shining brightly. Bright rays filtered through the cracks of the forest. Trees swayed as the calm wind caressed the leafs and branches gently in the warm afternoon.
"Sora-sama, Date-san, you should hurry up." The voice of Koharu echoed through the woods while 2 girls walked wearily uphill.
Sora panted heavily as she walked besides Reiko. The blond, who had a yellow shade of hair pulled into two curly pigtails, sighed in resignation.
"You really are hopeless. It's only been 5 minutes and you're already tired." Vigorous yet calm eyes gazed at the sight of a red headed girl struggling to continue walking up the small hill. "You know, they're gonna eat without us."
At this point, Sora suddenly collapsed at Reiko. Luckily, unlike Sora, Reiko had enough strength to prop her almost lifeless body, though with a blushing face and an arched eyebrow.
"I'm sorry, Reiko," Sora's breathless voice was almost inaudible.
The red head quickly got up then wrapped her arms around her body while Reiko's shoulder supported Sora's chin.
"Ehhh?" Reiko's face suddenly turned crimson red at the close contact between her and the red head. "What are you doing?"
"I'm so tired!" Sora lamented loudly, with a volume high enough to reach the other girls in the picnic spot and scare away animals near them. "My legs are killing me!" Following the outburst, Sora started weeping.
"Tsk...it's because your so unfit. Anyways, I think we're almost there." Reiko pointed ahead at their trail with Sora still in her arms. "Only a few feet ahead, I guess."
"Really? Then let's go." Sora said while grabbing Reiko's hand gently then taking the lead. "I'm so hungry."
Reiko was suddenly surprised. Not at the abrupt change of energy of the redhead, but when Sora held her hand. She would rarely do this since she's always around other girls, but now she can feel Sora's gentle hand touching her own. The blonde lit up a smile, unaware to Sora. "Yeah, let's go..."
When they arrived at the picnic spot, Koharu, Yuki, Tomoko was sitting on a red plaid blanket that they neatly placed on the grass.
Koharu and Yuki was engaged in a conversation about cooking while Tomoko was preparing the food on the blanket.
"What took you so long? We were about to start eating without you!" Tomoko said as she neatly prepared the sandwich.
"Food~" Sora mused mindlessly when she saw all the food in front of her.
"Sora was so slow." Reiko said as she sat down next to the girls while the red head started nipping on a PBJ sandwich.
"You've been awfully unfit lately, haven't you, Sora-sama?" Koharu giggled softly as she grabbed a sandwich from the plate. "...ever since they abolished that game."
"Ehehehehe..." Sora rubbed the back of her tentatively. "You don't have to call me with 'sama' anymore, Koharu-chan. It's kinda weird now."
"Ah sorry."
"Well, let's start eating." Yuki announced with a warm smile. "Here, you go Date-san." She passed the sandwich plate to the blonde, then thanked her.
It's been 3 weeks ever since Exaclan has been eradicated. The game which consists of men using women as objects - as weapons. Although, Sora Himoto was an exception. She was the first female player in the game ; she was the reason the male domination of Utopia Academy and the horrible game has been put to an end.
A lot of the people in Academy didn't have a normal high school life. Mostly the Third Years who have been around since middle school.
Date Reiko is one of them. It's almost the end of the school year which means it's almost time for her graduation ceremony. All she has to do is enjoy the next few months with her friends.
"Well, that was delicious." Sora yawned contently. "It's too bad Tsuki-chan can't come with us. Where did she go anyways?"
"I think she had a meeting with one of the teachers." Koharu inquired as she put on sun lotion on her smooth skin. She had already changed into her swimsuit which she wore underneath her uniform. "Let's go swimming then, Sora-sama - I mean Sora-san. There's a lake by here, all we have to do is go downhill." Koharu grabbed Sora by the wrist and dragged her away but was stopped by Tomoko pulling Sora's legs.
"That's not fair. You should at least wait for us Koharu-chan." Tomoko weeped as she tightly hugged Sora's legs.
"What? It's because you're so slow at eating." Koharu chided gently also not wanting to let go of Sora. "Besides, she's going to change her swimsuit."
"Eh? But she's going to change with me!"
"And she's going to swim with me!"
As the two girls showered each other with rebukes and reprimands, the other girls on the other hand, (Yuki and Reiko) weren't too pleased at seeing Koharu and Tomoko arguing about Sora or seeing them so close to the red head.
Reiko can feel her patient diminishing and her anger rising, but she decided to keep her self controlled.
"Ehhhh...you guys go on ahead without me ; I haven't finished my lunch yet, so..." Sora rubbed the back of her head, not knowing what to do. "It's really fine, Tomoko-chan and Koharu-chan..." Sora laughed nervously, hoping the two girls would calm down.
"Hmmmm...well if Sora-san says so..." Tomoko shyly responded.
"Well, we'll just go on ahead then..." Koharu said with embarrassment on her face, not looking at anything but the ground.
The two girls then ran down the hill and took a swim.
Sora sighed with relief.
So did the others.
After they finished eating, the girls ran down to take a swim - except for Reiko. She stayed behind to clean up the picnic site.
After she was done, she headed to the girls who was fighting with Sora again. The red head was changed into her swimsuit, making her beautiful white skin expose to the sun.
"Sora will swim with me!"
"No she won't. She'll swim with me, right Sora?"
The girls tugged and pulled Sora, irking Reiko more.
"Hey! Sora's not a toy that you can just take turns to use!" Reiko finally spoke up, annoyed at all the bickerings. She sighed impatiently while she rubbed her forehead. "You know what, I had have enough of this. I'm going home." Reiko turned around and walked away from the group of girls.
"Eh?" Confusion and a look of concern wiped Sora's face. "You're not swimming with us?"
"No, I have to study for the exams." Reiko replied with her head cocked to the side. "If I want to get into college..."
That right - the end of school are months away, but to the third years it only seemed like weeks.
"Reiko..." Sora whispered quietly as she watched her friend's retreating back disappear into the woods...
A/N: Well then, please review and tell me what you guys think. I'll try to update it sooner. :]
