Stirring from her deep slumber, Nagisa stretched out her arms and yawned whilst her chestnut eyes fluttered open. Turning, her gaze fell upon a sea of silver hair gently surrounding the face of her sleeping lover. A sigh escaped her lips as she pondered what to do next, frowning slightly before making a definite decision; she slowly untangled herself from the covers whilst growing ever closer to the unsuspecting goddess lying beside her.

Hovering mere centimetres from her, Nagisa slowly began to bridge the gap trying to keep her breathing shallow so as not to wake the sleeping Shizuma, yet to no avail.
Lithe arms weaved their way around the red heads body, pulling her closer as a pair of lips gently placed a tender kiss upon the startled girls forehead.
"My, my. You have become quite bold Nagisa, trying to steal a kiss from me whilst I sleep" Shizuma smirked whilst her emerald eyes sparkled with mischief and amusement taking in the sight before her as the red head blushed profusely, burying her head into the nape of the elder girls neck.

Smiling gently, the elder girl lifted the younger ones face to hers, gently brushing their lips against one another, prompting another tinge of red to flush across her lovers cheek.
"I love you Nagisa-Chan, but if we don't get up soon I'm afraid an angry beast will appear at my door and snatch you away, I'd hate for her to catch us in a compromising position so early in the morning".

Playfully Nagisa pouted before adding in an exasperated tone "I guess Shizuma-Sama is right, after all… she couldn't possibly protect me from a hormone driven Tamao-Chan, nope. I guess we'll just have to elope off into the sun set together".

Shizuma chuckled "Nagisa my dear, I am not afraid of a love-struck little girl; she wouldn't dare take my Nagisa. However I shall allow her the honour of accompanying you to your French lesson like a good little girl, someone has to keep an eye on your studies after all." Ending her speech with a wink, Shizuma lifted herself from the bed and stalked through to the bathroom, leaving Nagisa to compose herself somewhat as the sound of splashing water signalled that the shower had been turned on.

BEEP BEEP BEEP!

Glancing at the alarm clock, Nagisa sighed. Tentatively rubbing her eyes she began the every day ordeal of preparing for work; Shower, Dressed, Quick Breakfast, then finally out the door whilst throwing a quick glance over her shoulder at the clock to confirm the time.
'When did everything become this boring and repetitive?' she pondered rushing away from her small apartment. 'When did my life lose its meaning? How come the only reason I have to wake up in the morning is my boring job?'
Sighing again, Nagisa picked up her pace as the bus station came into view, hoping that for once in her life some good luck with occur.

"NAGISA, YOU'RE LATE!"
"S-S-Sorry, Sir I just, uhm, well…"
"I've heard enough of your pathetic ramblings" her boss cut in. "Just get to work before I decide to replace you completely, there are plenty of people out there who could do your job."

With that he stormed off as Nagisa sat at her desk, letting another sigh escape her lungs, she hated this job. She was constantly undermined by her colleagues, the pay was below average and the hours long not to mention gruelling, but still a job was a job.

She began mindlessly tapping away at the keyboard when suddenly the image of her previous lover floated back into her mind. Shocked, the young woman paused. 'Why her? Why now? I thought I'd gotten over her!' Her red hair shook violently as she tried to swallow the forthcoming sobs at the back of her throat. 'No, I can't do this to myself again, I need to move on, I need to…'
A single tear escaped from her eye gently sliding down her cheek before she batted it away in an attempt to regain her composure.

Collapsing onto the sofa, Nagisa revelled in the few minuets peace she was allowing herself. Glancing at her watch she sighed and got up as her stomach let out a bellowing protest at the lack of food it had received throughout the day. Deciding to satiate her growing hunger she shuffled over to the cupboards only to curse under her breath. 'Dammit, there's nothing in… I knew I should have gone shopping earlier' she chided herself. Taking another glance at her watch she concluded that it was too late to go out again.
"Guess I'll just have to grab something on the way to work tomorrow" she sighed as her stomach rumbled furiously in protest.

Knock, Knock.

Looking towards the door, Nagisa cocked her head slightly. 'Who could be here at this time of night?' Nerves began to flutter throughout her body as she quietly approached the door, a slight shiver running down her back as she wondered who could possibly be outside.
Images of thieves and murderers flashed before her eyes. Trembling, she inwardly chided herself for making the situation worse.
Slowly turning the key and opening the door she reassured herself; 'Come on, why am I so scared? It's probably nothing, I'll be fine, it'll be nothing…'
Her eyes widened as she took in the sight of the person standing before her, whilst a small gasp escaped her.
"Y-Y-You… Wh- Why? Why you?" she stuttered, completely frozen to the spot at the sight of the person in front of her, all reason and logic gone.
Her heart began to beat wildly inside her rib cage, threatening to burst through her chest at any moment whilst her chestnut eyes locked firmly with another's.

Looking up from below her silver flowing hair, the woman smirked.
"I see you haven't forgotten who I am, it's been awhile my little Nagisa."

Note:

Thank you so much for reading the first chapter. :D

I don't own Strawberry Panic. :P