Bothering You is the Highlight of my Day
Toujou Nozomi x Ayase Eri
A/N: Sorry that On A Standstill is not updated yet! I've been… buried in activities. I have a dance group and I also sing, so I've been pretty much drowning in rehearsals and events. I still owe a friend a story, and you guys with updates with my story! It's proceeding steadily so please hang in there!
Meanwhile, this is a short 2-part one shot that I made out of the blue. Storm in Lover is hurtful, but I really like the song because it was sang by Mimorin and Jolno (what is there to hate!) It's a deep song that's a perfect ship song for those who cater to the other boat called UmiEri. I don't like UmiEri because I'm loyal to NozoEri and I just want Nozomi happy, but I don't hate it. I also don't like ship wars because they suck.
So if you're a basher, ship UmiEri, and whatnot, let me tell you this. Stay away from my NozoEri. I don't do anything against your ship, so please leave me alone. With that said, let's head on with diabet—fluff!
"E~ ri~ chi~" Nozomi spoke the syllabic name while tapping her pen on her cheek on each intonation. Her legs crossed under the u-shaped table, slowly kicking her hanging leg forward.
"Yeah?" Eri answered with a monotone voice, continuing to write reports.
"What if I had a twin? Would you still fall in love with me?" Nozomi asked, leaning forward on the table, laying her head on her arms while fiddling with the pen, moving it up and down in front of her.
Eri immediately stopped writing and looked at her, a faint tint of a blush on her cheeks. "Wh- What kind of question is that—"
"I'm serious, you know."
"I- I don't know." The blonde haired president resumed writing.
"That hurts me."
"Wha—" Eri looked at her again and watched her frown, then broke into a smile. "If you're still the same you, then I would probably… probably."
"Ehe." Nozomi laughed happily then settled her back onto the backrest of her chair.
"Why do you like asking me all these impossible questions?" Eri asked her, one eyebrow raised, and then continued to write.
Nozomi put a finger on her cheek and shrugged. "I don't know." She smiled then folded her arms on the table again and leaned her head on them. "Maybe because bothering you is the highlight of my day?"
"That's a really bothersome highlight to your day," Eri answered with a sigh and continued writing.
"It's my pleasure, so please continue to accept it~" Nozomi spoke with a grin.
"You're impossible." Eri continued to write the report as a comforting silence took over them.
Nozomi studied Eri's profile and smiled to herself. "Maybe because I can't quite admit to myself that just seeing you is enough to make my day?" She closed her eyes and looked at the window near her. "Or that I love you so much that I just want to hear your voice all day, talking to me, saying my name… telling me that you love me…"
Eri continued to write more on her report and subsequently looked at her wristwatch. "It's already five? We should go now before it gets colder." Eri looked to her left and a gust of wind blew inside the open window.
It was the peak of winter. Although there still wasn't any snow, the change of uniforms was inevitable, and the seasons changed fast, like how emotions changed fast. "Not too long ago, we were clashing with each other, joining Muse, becoming idols together… then becoming lovers."
Eri looked at Nozomi and smiled. "She fell asleep, as usual." She stood up from her chair and walked behind her in an attempt to wake her up. Blue eyes looked at the stack of papers beside her, surprised to find them actually finished and signed. "Well, this one is unusual."
She checked the papers and smiled. "Thank you for the hard work," she told herself then softly put a hand on Nozomi's shoulder to wake her, but it was cold. She was sitting behind the window after all. "Well… staying a bit longer won't do harm… I hope." She shrugged her shoulders and sighed.
Eri opened her blazer and removed it. Gently, not to wake the sleeping female, she put it around her shoulders, hoping that it would keep her warm for a while.
Nozomi opened her eyes, and her ears perked up after hearing a small sneeze. She moved her shoulders and noticed a cloth around her shoulders. She felt warm, very warm. The warmth was touching inside her. She looked towards the whiteboard.
Eri had her hair down to her back, her white polo shirt folded to her elbows with the weather the way it was and in the room with no one else but the two of them. The sneeze could have only come from her.
"Why are you writing notes for tomorrow's meeting?" Nozomi thought as she quietly watched her. Eri rubbed her arms together then lifted another hand to write on the board with almost silent squeaky sounds of the marker. She was definitely trying hard not to wake her. "Erichi, your sneeze woke me, you idiot."
Doing her best to sneak quietly, Nozomi wrapped the blazer around her shoulders and around her neck like a scarf then walked slowly toward Eri's back. She wrapped her arms around her waist, pressing her full front onto her cold back.
"Nozo—"
"You're so cold."
"Well, yeah." Eri put the marker's cap back onto its place and then set it on the side of the whiteboard. She turned around from Nozomi's embrace and wrapped her arms around her neck, arms under the second layer of the blazer. "Not anymore."
"Real smooth, Erichi. Real smooth."
"Thank you," she answered and laughed heartily. "You were sleeping so soundly. I couldn't wake you."
"You could've woken me if the cost was you catching a cold." Nozomi pouted at her, slowly rubbing her forehead on Eri's jaw like a purring cat.
"It's okay. I know that you'll take care of me if that happens." Eri looked at Nozomi and winked at her.
"Geez, you give me too much credit."
"How could I not? Just seeing you makes my day," Eri answered without thinking.
Nozomi blushed and snuggled her head onto Eri's shoulder, hiding her face from her view. "G- Geez, where do you get these lines?"
"My heart?"
"Erichi!"
"Hahaha. Let's go home?"
"You're not gonna finish that?" Nozomi asked, tapping the white board.
"It can wait until tomorrow," Eri answered.
"That's unusual."
"Anything involving you is unusual, I guess."
"Are you calling me weird?" Nozomi raised her eyebrow at her, her mouth in a flat line.
"Well, you must be," Eri spoke with a grin. "You fell in love with me after all."
"Well, you fell in love with me too," Nozomi grinned. "Does that make us an odd couple?"
"I guess," Eri answered and chuckled. Nozomi chuckled with her.
"This. This is the highlight of my day." Nozomi looked at Eri's face and smiled.
"What?" Eri asked out of the blue.
"Nothing. Ehehe," Nozomi answered with a smile, covered Eri's face with her own blazer, and strutted away from her. "I could never tell her that though. It's a little embarrassing."
"Ehh? What is it?"
"It's nothing~" Eri sighed at this answer, subsequently giving up.
"But I hope I've conveyed it well with the warmth of my love."
(END/NozoEri – Bothering You is the Highlight of My Day)