I'm sorry, I've fallen into love live hell and KotoUmi is responsible for it.
Please excuse any mistakes, and/or OOCness! I don't have anyone to proofread, and I haven't written anything in a while.
Umi sighed, stretching her arms behind her head as she yawned quietly. She took slow, quiet steps down the hall, letting the other students pass her.
Class was boring, and she probably took way to many notes for their upcoming test. Though, most of it was for Honoka, who seemed to sleep through every class they had together. Nothing much changed from highschool, huh? Umi laughed quietly to herself. It also didn't help when the teacher sounded like a mindless drone, preaching about the world of fascinating physics.
All she wanted to do now was sleep...
And maybe... A quick image of Kotori smiling flashed in Umi's mind before she quickly waved the thought away with a blush.
Stepping out of the hallway and into the cold night, she carried her textbooks under her arm as she walked towards her dorm room, blinking sleepily. She was kind of glad the professor let them out early, she was just about to pass out on her desk from sheer boredom.
However, before she made it to her room, she heard a pair of frantic footsteps behind her, and a loud, "Umi-chaaaan!"
Spinning around, Umi caught sight of light grey blur, before she dropped all her textbooks. She felt arms wrapping tightly around her torso. Umi tensed for a few seconds before relaxing and letting out a small smile. She hugged her girl back, feeling all the fatigue from earlier somehow dissapearing, replaced by the bubbling warmth she feels whenever she's with the one she loves.
Kotori buried her face in the crook of Umi's neck, inhaling her scent as she melted into her embrace. "I missed you."
Umi chuckled softly, rubbing Kotori's back soothingly. "It's only been a few hours. What class did you get out from?"
"Microbiology." Kotori mumbled into Umi's hair. "I don't even know why I need to take that class if I plan on studying fashion." Kotori pouted.
Kotori felt Umi giggle again. The soft, low rumbling eliciting from her throat gave Kotori a sense of overwhelming peace as she smiled wider at her girlfriend.
Umi pulled away after a few moments and gathered her fallen textbooks. She nodded to her dorm room. "Wanna come in?"
"Won't Eli-chan be mad?" Kotori asked cautiously, knowing Umi's roomate could get obnoxiously grumpy after late classes are over.
"Nah." Umi waved her off. "She's out with Nozomi for parfaits." She stated. "Knowing her, Nozomi and those parfaits will keep her busy for a while."
Kotori giggled, quickly leaning onto Umi's shoulder. "Then yes." She pecked Umi's cheek, causing the blunette to blush adorably.
Walking into the room, Umi placed her textbooks on her desk before laying on her bed, patting the space next to her wordlessly.
Kotori grinned and crawled in beside her, resting her head on her chest as she was tucked comfortably under her arm. Before Umi could help it, she was wrapping her arm around Kotori's waist, turning her body ever so slightly so she was facing her girlfriend. She felt her face heat up at the thought of Kotori feeling just right in her arms. The two stared at each other for a moment, seemingly lost in each other's eyes.
Then Kotori smiled. "Umi-chaaan~"
Umi hummed, playing with Kotori's ashen-colored tresses absentmindedly.
"Umi-chan, Umi-chan~" Kotori whined, scooting closer to Umi.
Umi looked at her curiously, quirking an eyebrow in a silent question.
Kotori pouted pleadingly, giving her lover a look that made Umi's resistant wall crumble into dust in seconds. Umi knew exactly what her little bird wanted.
She blushed again, averting her gaze as a soft whine emitted from her throat, displaying her shyness.
Kotori tugged on her shirt collar gently. "Please?"
Umi took one last glance at Kotori and her undeniably beautiful face, before she closed her eyes tightly, and tilted her head down slightly, clumsily placing her lips on Kotori's in a slow, but fervent kiss.
The brunette made a small noise of happiness against her lips, before leaning closer and contributing, nipping against Umi's lower lip as a sign of playfulness.
Umi had to hold back a soft moan.
A few seconds passed, and Umi broke the kiss first, breathing heavily, her cheeks flushed red. Kotori found the sight to be adorable. Even after a year and a half of dating, Umi's still a fumbling, blushing mess around her.
Kotori leaned impossibly closer and nudged her nose affectionately. "I love you." She whispered, taking a hold of Umi's free hand and entwining their fingers.
The blunette stammered, unable to hide her face behind her hands. "W-Wha-"
Kotori giggled, enjoying the flustered reactions she got from her girlfriend. "I-I love you too." Umi mumbled quietly.
Kotori internally squealed. Umi-chan! Why are you so cute!?
"Oh, you charmer." Kotori teased, running her thumb along their fingers.
Umi looked away sheepishly. "Please don't say such embarrassing things."
Kotori giggled. "Why? You're my real life prince charming."
Umi looked like she was about to spontaneously combust from sheer embarrasement, so Kotori decided to stop with the teasing.
That was, until Umi mumbled something under her breath that made Kotori's heart beat ridiculously faster.
"I-If i'm your prince charming...that makes you my p-princess..."
Kotori was rendered speechless. Words caught in her throat as she blinked rapidly. She was pleasantly surprised at Umi's small bold sentence, before she squealed in glee and pounced on the blunette. "Umi-chan! I love you so much!"
"Ah! Kotori!"
Eli blushed a horrible shade of red. She was shaking from her head to her toes. And was using her hands to cover her eyes, but couldn't help peeking out regardless.
As soon as she heard her dorm room door open, for some weird reason, she hid herself in the closet. Was it perhaps that Umi never got out this early? And it could've possibly been an intruder? Well, Eli was famous for forgetting to lock doors behind her.
Whatever it may be, Eli decided to stealthily hide in her dorm closet, it didn't help that she was half naked, and probably extremly late for her date with Nozomi. And it wasn't like she could just waltz out of the closet, half naked, face stone cold, and walk out the door. That would just be awkward (and really creepy) and she wouldn't be able to face Umi properly in months.
That left the russian to peek (feeling like a total pervert) at her roomate and her girlfriend cuddling happily on her bed.
On the bright side, at least it gave her a bit more insight on one of her closest friends. Kotori was definitely the dominant one in the relationship from what Eli could tell. Umi would blush, and stuttered like a lovesick puppy whenever Kotori would press closer, and whisper her love into Umi's ear.
Eli found the two of them to be adorable, as sickening as it is to see her usually calm, collected roomate acting like an absolute gay dork, Eli could see how happy her best friend was. And that itself made Eli happy.
—And it also made her stomach churn even more at the thought of her own girlfriend. How she was going to get out of this situation unscathed was beyond her.
Nozomi was definitely going to kill her for being late.
Plottwist: Nozomi's actually (somehow) hiding in the closet with her. *wink wink*