Nonon never understood sometimes how the world just never seemed to make any kind of sense to her.
Ragyo and Nui were dead, Ryuko killed them, Satsuki took over REVOCS and became a multibillionaire, and Ryuko was living with her, taking it easy. As for mankonshoku, she still hangs out with Ryuko and the others, but she apparently wants to become a doctor like her father is.
Gamagoori went and began working at his family's steel works in an attempt at normal life, sanageyama traveled around to compete in kendo competitions, and the nerd boy? He became a goddamn accountant.
And her? She just did led a church choir, that was her career now, to have a job leading a bunch of overly religious children sing, and to be honest, she sometimes felt like ripping her eardrums out from the way it sounded to her.
It paid well though.
It bothered her still. Everyone took up their lives exactly how they wanted them to be, they got to pursue what they wanted. Yet with everyone living their life to the fullest... she was stuck in a shitty job, no real direction, and spending her nights alone.
She was miserable with what her life had become: a cycle of disappointment and loneliness.
*Ring Ring*
Nonon picked up her phone, still a bit grumpy from her thoughts
"Hello?" She said
"Hey Nonon, everyone's busy and I'm bored, wanna hang out maybe?" Ryuko said over the phone. Nonon didn't expect to hear Matoi of all people on the other end of the phone, but it gave her something to do at least.
"Oh, sure, when?" She asked.
"I'll come pick you up in a few minutes here, see you soon Nonon." Ryuko said before they said goodbye and hung up.
She got up and changed out her Pajamas, cause she was too lazy to do it when she had woken up.
She put on a Purple V-Neck Sweater and a Pair of Khaki Pants, then she then put her hair in a pony tail and put on some sneakers and waited the few extra minutes for Ryuko to show up.
Ryuko got there a few minutes later, they both lived fairly close to each other, so it made the trip much easier. Ryuko was wearing her white and black jacket with blue jeans, her black hightops and her scarlet scarf.
"That looks good on you, never seen that combination on you before." Ryuko complemented.
"Oh, um, thanks I guess." Nonon responded, unsure of how to respond to it.
After they all left honnouji academy town, Ryuko eventually got along with Nonon, but Nonon never really understood why. Ryuko seemed shyer, quieter, and kinder after they became friends, it was odd to her sometimes.
"Hey! It's a compliment! No need to be so stiff, Short Stuff!" Ryuko said, laughing and gently smacking her arm.
"I'm not that short damn it!" Nonon responded with her usual fire, friends or not, she hated being called short.
"Whatever you say Shorts, where we off to?" Ryuko asked, walking out the door.
"I heard of a nice new noodle place just down the road here, how about there?" Nonon suggested, giving up on arguing with Ryuko.
Ryuko agreed, so that's where they went.
...
The soup was delicious, they even got to watch the cook turn the dough into noodles by stretching and pulling it through a display window. It had meat and veggies and delicious broth, it also was served with green tea.
"Hey Ryuko, you seeing anyone? You been getting out there?" Nonon said, nudging her teasingly.
"What? Oh, no." Ryuko laughed
"Aw, no way, come on, you gotta have a crush on SOMEONE, come on now. Ryuko, talk to me like girls usually do, come on, who you crushing on?" She asked, smirking and twirling her hair around her finger like an arrogant high school girl, knowing it would make Ryuko laugh.
"Well... I guess I DO like someone..." Ryuko said, blushing.
"Wait, what? Who?" Nonon asked, suddenly curious.
"Well now, it's a secret." Ryuko said with a mischievous, yet knowing smile.
"Tell me! Pllleeeeaseeee?" She asked Ryuko.
Ryuko, deciding to tease her, shrugged her shoulders and went back to eating her food.
Nonon glared at her, "woman, I swear, I will slap you if you don't tell me."
Ryuko sucked in a breath, "well, you know I'm interested in women right?"
Nonon shook her head.
Ryuko hesitated a moment, gathered her courage, smiled and blushed. Then with scarlet cheeks and a small smile, she spoke.
"Well Nonon, let's just say you are a very pretty girl." Ryuko said, Nonon staring back at her, processing the meaning of her words.
"Ryuko... you're not saying it's me are yo-" Nonon tried to say.
But she couldn't finish, Ryuko's lips cut her off.
Nonon was absolutely stunned, feeling Ryuko's warm lips on hers, it was sweet and pleasant, and made her heart beat faster than she ever imagined possible.
Ryuko pulled away slowly, Then looked at Nonon, waiting for a reaction.
"R-Ryuko-Chan..." Nonon started.
"That was a mistake, I'm sorry, here is enough for the meal." Ryuko said, looking down and away as she dropped $60 on the table and walked away without a word.
Nonon was still in too much of a state of shock to go after her.
...
That night, Nonon stared at her phone screen, her finger hovering over the 'call' button.
Despite the awkwardness, she had to relieve the problem at once.
She pushed the call button and heard the phone ring for a solid 30 seconds before she could hear Ryuko on the other end.
"I take it I'm coming over there to talk?" Ryuko said right off the bat
"Yeah, get here as soon as possible." Nonon said before hanging up
Ryuko arrived 10 minutes later, she came in in and it was silence for around 4 minutes before Nonon spoke.
"Ryuko, I didn't know you felt that way, if I did, I could've reacted better." She said
"Well, you do now, so what happens now?" Ryuko responded
"Well first off, you tell me exactly how you feel, nothing held back." Nonon said, leaning forward in anticipation
"Well, even before we finished off ragyo, there was definite tension between us. Before, I thought you were just kinda hot to be honest. But then we became friends and we became more comfortable with each other, so the tension only grew, and now with my feelings only getting stronger, I think now..." Ryuko said.
"And now...?" Nonon asked quietly in anticipation
Ryuko had looked down and spoke quieter, but Nonon could still hear her words clearly.
"And now I think I might be in love with you Nonon."
Nonon had assumed that was the case.
"Well Ryuko,"She said standing, with Ryuko standing as well.
"And Ryuko, I gave it a lot of thought, and I think you're the only one sharp enough to sharpen someone like me." She said looking up at Matoi
"I am?" Ryuko asked.
And this time, Nonon kissed her.
That kiss in the restaurant was Nonon's first kiss, but she didn't want it to be her last.
Ryuko wrapped her arms around Nonon firmly and without hesitation.
She never thought she would feel this way, but at that restaurant, a switch had been flipped inside her. She used to admire Ryuko only for her looks, but now for much, much more.
Nonon pulled away, "and I think it goes without saying we cannot tell ANYONE about this." Nonon said sternly.
"Why?" Ryuko asked, confused about why she had to hide something like that.
"Because... I'm afraid of what people think and what I'm feeling now, this has never happened and I want to keep it secret so that we go slow and figure things out." Nonon said, she decided to be truthful, cause well, fuck, what else could she do.
"Oh, ok, as long as I have you." Ryuko said, kissing her again, pushing her gently towards the couch where the two girls had a passionate kissing session.
She was nervous and afraid and thought that she should stop kissing Ryuko.
Oh but she wanted to, oh she wanted to.
Why did it have to end?
Ryuko's phone rang while they were kissing, Ryuko pulled away to answer it, but Nonon just went down and kissed Ryuko's neck.
Ryuko tried everything she could to keep the little sounds inside when she answered the phone.
"Hello? Oh, h-hey satsuki, how are you n-nee san?" Ryuko said, letting out a small lustful sound at the end from nonons lips.
"Really? W-Why? Oh, ok, I'll b-be there soon. Oh yeah! Everything is fine! See you soon." Ryuko said, hanging up her phone.
"Leaving?" Nonon said in between the kisses she left up and down her neck as she pressed further into Ryuko.
She was going to lose her self control in 3...2...1...
"Yeah, I do, but I'm warning you, when I come to see you tomorrow, this little teenage makeout session is not over." Ryuko said before saying goodbye, giving her another brief kiss before leaving.
Nonon smiled as she pondered what she would be doing with Ryuko,
As much she hated to admit it, most of them were dirty.