Hey guys. It's my birthday today (Nov 5th) so I decided to make a little self indulging short story about two lucky star characters I really like. I say self indulging because I felt really good while writing this. Enjoy, hopefully.
LUCKY STAR
"Nee-san. It's time to wake up..." Minami said drowsily. She heard a groan from the older girl. "Miyuki nee-san, please get up. You're crushing my arm"
It was the morning after one of Minami and Miyuki's sleep overs and, once again, the two had slept in the same bed. It was fortunate that Miyuki's bed was larger than she needed it to be.
One might wonder why they're sharing a bed in the first place. Well, there's a story behind that.
Minami experienced nightmares all through out her childhood. One could attribute some of her more anti-social tendencies to the fact that most of those nightmares involve strangers whom she decided to befriend. It is also notable that, in the past, whenever she had bad dreams, she'd never outright say that she had endured said dreams, instead choosing to not let her emotions show at all, leading to many a preschooler simply brushing her off as just a weird girl who didn't smile or cry.
With the sole exception of Miyuki Takara.
When they first met, the pinkette regarded Minami as, not anti-social on account of her perpetual glare, but just shy and scared. She approached the mint haired girl cautiously and, after much awkward conversation, earned the stoic's trust.
It wasn't long before Miyuki learned of Minami's nightly terrors.
During a sleep over, the glasses girl was suddenly roused from her slumber by the very girl who had slept over. Miyuki opened her eyes and realized her mint haired companion had crawled into her bed and was now crouched next to her. There, in the darkness of the moonlit bed room, she saw the normally emotionless face of Minami Iwasaki full of fear. She saw deep blue eyes look into her own, pleading for someone – anyone – to bring her out of her nightmare.
And that was exactly what Miyuki did. She pulled the trembling mess of a girl into a hug and uttered two simple words. "I'm here..." Minami didn't know why, but that single statement seemed to ease her and she relaxed into the pinkette's hug.
Ever since that day, the two had shared a bed whenever they slept over.
"Can't we stay together for a bit longer?" Miyuki moaned before drifting back into sleep, pulling Minami in closer.
Minami looked at the pinkette's sleeping face and chuckled fondly. This isn't so bad. I guess I can let it go for now. "You have fifteen minutes" The mint haired girl said, reciprocating Miyuki's hug
And so the snuggled for a few more moments
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Fifteen minutes came all too soon for the two of them.
As if they were both counting the seconds, Minami and Miyuki opened their eyes at the same time. One saw blue, the other saw purple. The two stared into each other's eyes for an entire minute before either of them said or did anything.
Minami was first to speak. "Nee-san. As much as I'd like to continue like this, my arm is starting to hurt." She stated. "Please get off me."
Miyuki sighed. "I guess it can't last forever." With a giggle, she pushed herself off the mint haired girl and helped her up. "At least it's your left arm that got crushed. It would have been much more inconvenient if it was your right." She added with a yawn.
Rubbing the sleep from her eyes, Miyuki looked around to examine her room. It was an organized room, though not completely tidy on account of the two still sprawled on the bed. Next to said bed was a small nightstand with a lamp, two cellphones, glasses, and a book lying on top of it. Taking the glasses and cellphone from the nightstand, she put them an and checked the time.
"Ten forty." Minami stated as she leaned in for a closer look. She blinked. Miyuki had changed her wallpaper to a picture of her three friends in high school. She wasn't sure why, but seeing that disheartened her. Of course, she didn't let her mood show on her face. "Let's go."
The two of them got out of bed and attended to their daily routine.
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After brushing their teeth, the two changed out of their pajamas and proceeded downstairs.
As the two entered the kitchen, the distinct smell of syrup assaulted their noses. Sure enough, Minami's mother, Honoka had made pancakes.
"Good morning, you two." She greeted cheerfully.
The two greeted back and took their seats, eager to eat. Suffice it to say, the pancakes had been delicious.
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Within Miyuki's room, the two waited the morning away by reading books.
It was always books with the two of them. Ever since they met all those years ago, reading had remained their favorite pastime. While Minami tended to read fantasy novels, Miyuki had recently taken a liking to reading non-fiction.
The particular work Miyuki was reading, however, was not keeping her attention. Every so often, she would peer up from her book and glance at Minami who was likewise reading.
While she didn't necessarily show it, the pinkette was still thinking about Minami and how down she looked. Granted, to any other person, the mint haired girl would have looked fine, but the older girl knew. She saw what others didn't.
Various questions swirled in her head. First and foremost, why did she look down in the first place? Miyuki could think of a number of possible reasons but the most probable one seemed the her that is was her cellphone. Minami was fine before she brought it out. There's still the question for what about her cellphone made her sad, though it was solved easily enough when Miyuki flipped it open.
There, on her screen was a picture of her recently acquired friends, Konata Izumi and the twins, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi.
It dawned in the glasses girl that Minami may just be feeling left behind.
Without really thinking Miyuki said. "Don't worry, Minami. You're still special to me."
Upon hearing her, the stoic looked up from her book and stared at Miyuki. Through some form of impulse, Miyuki stared back. They locked eyes for a fair amount of time.
In the awkward silence pervading their impromptu staring contest, the two blushed at each other. Flustered as they are, they still kept their eyes on each other.
"Th-thanks..." Minami said, finally. "I ah...appreciate it..."
And still, neither looked away.
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A knock on the door finally broke the two's eye contact
"Miyuki, Minami. It's time for lunch"
The two blinked. They had been staring into each other's eyes for well over an hour and had not realized it. Sure, it was awkward at first, but something about those eyes seemed to mesmerize the other. The pinkette got lost in the blue and the mint haired girl got lost in the purple.
Now that they found their way back, however, the awkwardness returned somehow.
Miyuki being the first to react by standing quickly and stammering. "L-let's go, Minami." With that, she stiffly walked out the door as fast as she could, stumbling somewhat on the way.
After a few minutes, Minami followed.
That lunch was awkward, to say the least
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This short story will be continued on the next holiday that happens to come my way, be it Christmas or something earlier. Don't expect it to come soon, but it'll get here eventually
