Author's Note

I thought I might try my hand at a rarer pairing. I shall let you be the judge of whether I am successful or not.

As always, I do not own Azumanga Daioh.

Let the story begin!

Tomo poked Yomi again.

"I told you to stop it already!" Yomi growled. It seemed as if today was not going to be a good one. Having spent the first half of last night tossing and turning, she got up to allow just enough time to get to school, let alone eat breakfast. Needless to say, Yomi was not in the best of moods, and Tomo wasn't helping any either.

"Tomo! Do you understand the meaning of enough?" Yomi tried again to stop the onslaught of poking.

"Is it because you're gay, Yomi? Is that why you don't like being touched by another girl?" Tomo asked, jokingly.

But Yomi was not in the mood for jokes, especially about her sexuality. Ever since she had found out that she didn't like boys, Yomi remained afraid of people prematurely finding out her secret - and making fun of her for it. She was well aware of the low tolerance for such couples in Japan. She had spent so much time and effort preparing to tell Tomo. It seemed, however, that she had misjudged the other girl's self-control.

The room went silent, and Yomi could feel the eyes of her classmates descending on her and Tomo. She wanted to cry. She could hear the insults that would be hurled at her in the hallway. "Dyke, lesbo," they would say. Yomi didn't know if she could bear it.

"Yomi? I didn't-"

"Don't talk to me," Yomi said. She had had enough for one day.

Tomo slowly walked away, not wanting to cause any further problems.

"Y-Yomi?"

Yomi looked up to see Sakaki kneeling down beside her. She had always admired the girl for her polite manners and intelligence.

"Yes, Sakaki?" Yomi asked.

"I.. uh.. want you to know that.. uh.. your being gay is fine with me."

Yomi smiled weakly. "Thanks, Sakaki."

Sakaki smiled back. Of course, she had left out the fact that not only was she gay too, but she harbored a crush on Yomi herself. Ever since Sakaki had first seen her, she had been struck by Yomi's looks and personality. She envied Yomi's assertive personality, and admired her hard-working nature. Of course, being Sakaki, she found herself unable to voice her feelings, fearing the same rejection as Yomi. Now, though, she thought, she might have a chance. She knew she had to find away to overcome her shyness and find out once and for all if Yomi shared the feelings that Sakaki had for her.

As Sakaki walked back to her seat, Yomi let her mind wander.

"Sakaki doesn't look that bad," Yomi thought. "Maybe she and I could… What am I thinking? She's probably not even homosexual."

Even with Sakaki's support, Yomi still felt like the only gay person in Japan. If Sakaki had her way, however, that was about to change.