STUFF YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO READ:
Akko and Mari are one of my favorite yuri couples but there's hardly any ff about them so I decided I'd write some of my own. I hope I do them justice! ; w;
I've had this story planned out for awhile now but I've only just started thickening it. So far I've got chapter 2 pretty much finished and some other chapters nearly done too but I need to go over it and edit it. I still don't know how it's going to end though.. Hopefully this will have many chapters and I'll try to update as regularly as possible. Please comment and tell me what you think. I'd love some feed back!
DISCLAIMER:All characters and original manga idea belong to Morinaga Miruku (Milk). I only own the idea to this particular story.
"Who orders a salad for their lunch? You're just as body conscious as ever Sugi." Akko leaned back in her chair as the waiter took their menus and left to get the orders ready.
"And you're just as…" The brunette eyed the blonde, looking for the right words "Akko as ever. Anyway, I need to watch my figure, especially now that I'm in such a stressful job. I can't afford to get too careless."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Akko pouted, taking a sip of her still cooling coffee. She flinched, the hot liquid burning her tongue, reminding her why she hadn't touched it till now. "And I thought you would've been a little less religious about it now that you're single. What made you decided to go from six boyfriends to none just like that anyway?"
Sugi sighed, checking her nails over "It was just too much of a hassle. I must admit though, I do miss the constant fawning." She smirked, looking at her lunch partner over her well-manicured nails "While we're on the subject, how are you and Mari doing?" She smothered a chuckle as the blondes face turned from its usually pale complexion to a stunning crimson red.
Akko cleared her throat, trying to compose herself but only amusing the other woman further. "Fine. We moved into a bigger apartment recently."
Sugi couldn't help herself "Really? I'm surprised. Most friends wouldn't have stuck together this long. I mean, you guys were always really close in school but even so. You two must really share a special bond."
"N-no. We're just good friends is all." Akko avoided eye contact, laughing awkwardly.
Sugi's expression changed "I am a little jealous though. I mean, now that everyone's grown up and we've all got proper jobs, it's hard to find the time to get together with anyone. You've got Mari all the time. I wish I had someone like that."
"Then why don't we get together?"
"What?"
Akko had another attempt at her coffee, this time finding it just the right temperature "Yeah I mean, we should all get together and have a catch-up some time. It'd be nice to see everyone together for a change." She paused to take another sip from her cup "And not just for an afternoon or something. We should all spend a weekend somewhere. It'd be fun."
Sugi nodded "For once Akko, you've said something not all that stupid"
"Hey!"
"Who ordered the prawn noodles?"
"That would be her" Sugi gestured towards Akko.
The presence of food quickly pushed the insult to the back of Akko's mind.
Mari got home to find the door unlocked. 'Akko must be home' she smiled at the thought of getting to see her girlfriend after a long day at work. Kicking off her shoes, she made her way into the small lounge "Akko?"
No reply.
Slipping out of her coat, she placed it on the back of the couch, before making her way down the narrow hallway to their bedroom. Pushing the door open, she found Akko, asleep atop of the bed cover. Sighing, she sat down on the bed next to Akko, gently shaking her awake. "Akko."
The blonde rolled over, groggily looking up at the brunette "Mm, Mari, you're back."
"What have I told you about sleeping during the day? You won't be able to sleep at night."
Akko reached up, pulling darker haired girl down to brush lips in an all too familiar greeting "But if I sleep at night, I won't get to play with you."
Mari blushed. She was in awe the blonde could still get these sorts of reactions out of her. Akko tugged her down so she lay with her back pressed to Akko's chest.
Akko smiled into her hair "How would you feel about going to a lake house for a few days?"
"What? A lake house?" Mari asked shocked, shifting slightly from the comfortable position "Can we even afford something like that?" Akko pulled her back into chest.
"We'll be using Sugi's parent's lake house. Totally free."
"Wait. Slow down. What are you talking about?" Mari rolled over so she was now face to face with Akko.
"Sugi and I were talking over lunch and we thought it would be a great idea if we got all of us together and went and stayed at her parent's lake house for a week. Wouldn't it be great to catch-up with everyone?" Akko was practically bobbing up and down with excitement.
Mari paused to think. It sounded nice, getting to see her friends and relax a little in what was probably a very expensive house… But… "What about you and me?"
"What about us?"
"Well, the others still don't know about us… Are we supposed to just act like we're friends for the entire week?"
"Well only in the others presence. We can be all mushy in private."
Mari frowned "Why don't we just tell them?"
Akko sat up "Why? They don't need to know. Why do we have to tell them?"
Mari sighed. She wasn't surprised by this reaction. She'd brought up the idea of telling their friends multiple times but Akko had always been quick to shoot her down. She especially wouldn't hear of it if it were about telling her mother. Her main excuse was that her mother was always too busy to talk to anyway and if she was going to break the news, she wanted to do it in person but she just didn't have the time. Of course Mari was upset by this but she didn't want to force Akko into something she wasn't ready for. Especially something as big as telling your parents you're gay. Were they gay? That was the one thing she'd never really figured out. She'd never really been attracted to a guy, although, she been with Akko since high school so it wasn't like she'd had much experience with other people, apart from that one rather nice boy she'd dated for a short time to cover the fact she liked Akko.. She still felt bad about that. Though, it ended ok, with the boy dating Tamamin and her and Akko finally realising their feelings were mutual. Mari had already told both her Mother and younger brother. She was hesitant about her father though. He'd always been so protective over whom she was dating. He'd been glad she'd been "single" this whole time. She wasn't sure how he'd take the news of her having been dating someone for this long without telling him or that the person was a girl. Not wanting to go into another argument, Mari decided to drop the subject. "Ok we can go I guess.."