''Mai...?''

''...Hm?'' The female with short, black hair whose name was called replied rather absentmindedly to Reo.

The two of them were lying close together on their sides facing each other on Mai's bed, naked, after one of their usual lovemaking sessions. Mai's blanket only covered half of their legs.

''You've been staring at me for forever now,'' the blonde pointed out, ''mainly my body...'' Her face was slightly pink.

''Oh,'' Mai replied, finally out of her daze. ''Well...I was just admiring your body.''

''It's embarrassing when you stare so much with that dumb look on your face!'' Reo complained.

''You call me dumb too much.'' Mai responded casually. 'Anyway, I can't help it...I was really thinking deeply about how cute and beautiful your body is!''

Reo's face turned a light hue of red. ''You're weird, Mai. Besides, I'm not cute or beautiful!''

Mai pouted. ''But you are!'' she said, poking at Reo's belly button.

"H-hey! That tickles!''

"You have a very cute belly button! I love kissing it...''

After saying that, she moved her body and her head so she could lean down to kiss it a few times.

"W-what are you doing, dummy~?'' Reo's face turned a bright red, and she tried to act like she was angry, but her voice came out lighthearted and she giggled.

''You have a very cute and soft tummy as well~''

Mai proceeded to rub it, poke at it and kiss it.

"Like I said, you're a weirdo, Mai...!''

''I also love you down here,'' Mai cooed, her hand beginning to travel further down, ''Fufufu~''

At this point Reo was red due to irritation and she slapped Mai's hand away, albeit gently.

''You showed me how much you love it five minutes ago. You don't need to show me again for a few days.''

"Ehh~? Days~?''

''Yes, days! I don't want us to have sex every single day! You're bad enough without being sex crazed!''

''I'm not sex crazed...'' Mai frowned. ''You're so mean...I just love you so much...''

''Hrrmm...'' Reo could only manage to utter that odd sound, feeling a bit bad at Mai's pitiful expression. She still wanted to toss back that they've had sex multiple times in one day many times before, though...

''Well, going back to what I was saying earlier...your nipples are cute too!''

''K-kyaah! Don't pinch them! Dummy!''

''And your soft, cute cheeks~!'' Mai giggled.

''Stop pinching me everywhere~! Mai~~~!''

''I love these cheeks especially too~!'' Mai exclaimed joyfully, groping Reo's butt.

''E-eeek!''

''I love you, Reo~!''

''Jeez...you're so troublesome...!''

Mai simply smiled, bringing her face closer to Reo's.

''A-are you going to kiss me...?''

''Do you want me to~?''

''Hmph.'' Came Reo's curt reply, and she turned her head to the side.

''Hee hee...well then, moving on...I want to ask you if I've ever told you how pretty your green eyes are...''

Reo turned her head and attention back to Mai. There was a flash of surprise in her eyes, but it disappeared as quickly as it had come. She simply looked down, cheeks pink.

''Well...no...I think it's the first time...' Reo's voice came out the slightest bit shaky from embarrassment.

''Aw, I'm sorry then~ I've thought about it before...I really like it when you look me in the eyes...and I like to see all the various emotions in your eyes.''

Reo was silent, and then she buried her head quickly and rather roughly into Mai's collarbone.

''...What else do you love about me...?'' Reo asked quietly.

Mai smiled lovingly down at her and ran her hands through her silky blonde hair.

''Your pretty, fluffy hair, of course! It's so soft...it's like touching clouds~! And then there's how puffy and messed up it is in the morning after you sleep over~''

Reo's arms wrapped tightly around Mai. ''...What else?''

Ahhh... Reo's voice is so cute it's indescribable~ She's being adorably clingy~ It's like a dream~

Mai squealed those things inside her head. She giggled for a bit and continued.

''I love your curves,'' Mai said, running her hands down them for extra effect, ''and your hips,'' she finished, resting her hands there.

Reo was incredibly glad that her face was hidden at the moment, as it was very red. Maybe Mai could still feel the burning, though...

''I like your back, and I love giving you back rubs...and seeing the content, happy face you make...''

With that, Mai began gently rubbing Reo's back. She started near the girl's neck, went far down till she almost reached the girl's behind, and continued back and forth like that for a while. Eventually, Reo let out some mewls. Mai had to wonder sometimes if her girlfriend was secretly a shapeshifting cat, or something. All of the resemblances got uncanny at times...

''Hey, Reo, will you let me see your face?''

Reo slowly moved her head from it's hiding spot to look up at Mai.

''Fufu, you're red~''

''Shut up, you're imagining things...''

''I like how soft every last part of you is...''

Mai moved her hand from Reo's back and put a finger from that hand against Reo's lips. She was so gentle with touching them that Reo barely felt it, but it made her heart flutter nevertheless.

''Your lips are so pink and soft and cute...''

''Uh...uh huh...'' Reo responded awkwardly, almost starting to feel regretful for her earlier questions at this point; she wouldn't be surprised if Mai quite literally continued on like this forever.

And as much as the girl adored and was addicted to sweets and the like, she was actually starting to worry that all of her teeth would fall out thanks to Mai's sickeningly saccharine cooing at this rate... The sweatdrops that had been growing on her head evaporated right away at Mai's next words, however.

''Reo, may I kiss you?''

''...''

"Heeey, anybody home~?"

"...Mmmrm..."

''What language was that?''

''Alright, fine, you annoying...!'' Reo trailed off.

Mai smiled and leaned in. When Reo finally noticed the disappearing proximity, she closed her eyes quickly and squeezed them shut tightly. Soon, lightly, a pair of lips met her own, and after a few seconds Reo began relaxing. She kissed back, and soon felt Mai's tongue enter her mouth. She blushed deeply, and let out a small ''Nnn!'' Reo loved the feeling of their tongues together, way more than she'd ever admit...

Instead, she'd probably just berate Mai later and say something like "I wasn't expecting that, you idiot!" She really hated this about herself sometimes... But she couldn't even keep that self-deprecating train of thought going on for long. Mai's tongue was so soft and felt so nice... It was simply a gentle kiss with some tongue. Mai could be so gentle at times when it came to many certain things, it simply made Reo melt, and she began imagining her gentle fingers and-

''Mmmph!'' A somewhat loud moan escaped Reo's lips and, incredibly embarrassed due to it and her wandering mind, she broke the kiss and pushed Mai away.

''R-Reo...did I...hurt you..?'' Mai asked, immensely worried.

''N-no, I just...''

Reo looked down and forced her eyes shut incredibly tight again, face redder than ever.

''Reo...?'' Mai's voice was scared.

Reo didn't like that tone on Mai one bit. She took a deep breath, steeling herself to be a bit more brave for once.

"You know, I...I like you, Mai...I like you a lot...'' Reo managed to choke out.

It was Mai's turn to flush. ''Well...I like you a lot too, Reo...after all...''

Mai suddenly realized their stark nakedness again. She sweatdropped, feeling like she'd completely forgotten what it was even like to wear clothes anymore. Just how many times had she and Reo wandered around in their houses in their birthday suits after sex like nobody's business, at that? ...Well, it felt really great, for the record. Who needs being civilized, anyway? ...But really, thank the Gods no one ever stumbled upon them in that state yet...

Reo's eyebrows twitched; she could tell Mai was probably thinking about something idiotic...again. Most times she could let it slide, but how dare she completely forget what an important situation this is right now. It was time to snap her out of it.

''...I love you, Mai. A lot.''

''...Eh? Huh? O-oh, sorry, sorry!" Mai's eyes blinked rapidly as she came out of her daze (for the second time, mind you).

But perhaps her bigger shock was Reo's unusual directness. Not only once, but twice now. Mai already knew to make sure to enjoy honest Reo moments to the fullest. She sat up and brought Reo with her, embracing her, joyfully exclaiming "I love you too, Reo~!"

Reo looked into Mai's eyes, and then, in another very surprising turn of events, kissed her nose. She then proceeded to rub both their noses together.

''D-do you like my kisses? Do you like h-how our noses feel together?''

Mai's eyes went wide, and she beamed at Reo. ''Yes, of course I do! I love all of your kisses...including eskimo kisses~''

''I'm glad...''

Mai kissed Reo's forehead and grabbed hold of both of her hands.

''Another thing I love about you is your small, frail hands...they make me want to protect you more and more. But...how they feel intertwined with mine is what I love the most.''

Reo giggled. Mai leaned forward and kissed her cheek, then moved to her ear next.

''Just like the first time I confessed, remember~? When we first-''

Reo blushed madly. ''O-of course I remember, silly...!''

Mai pressed their bodies closer and inhaled the scent of Reo's hair.

''What are you doing now~?'' Reo asked, still slightly embarrassed, but also with a bit of a playful tone.

''Your hair still smells pretty good, even after everything... But still, let's go bathe together, is that okay? I bought some new really nice smelling shampoo a few days ago, I'll lather your hair with it~ I want to know what it's like on your hair too.''

''...Alright!'' Reo agreed, beaming.


Later that evening, after Mai and Reo took their bath together and dried off and got dressed, Reo left for home. She was now lying in her bed holding a pillow tightly, a certain raven haired girl clouding her thoughts. Reo pretended the pillow was her. She did that often, actually...but you didn't hear that from me. Did you know that she frequently even considers using her wealth to commission an actual body pillow with Mai plastered on it? With her consent, of course. Ahem...moving on.

She kissed my shoulder in the bath... Kyaah! ...And then she hugged me... The feeling of her big breasts against my back... I love it when she touches me in any way! ...Her hands foaming up my hair, massaging my scalp... Kyaaahh!

Yes, these are indeed the thoughts of Kawamura Reo. She rolled around on the bed like a tumbleweed gone haywire, blushing furiously. She'd be absolutely mortified if Mai knew she was like this in her private thoughts and time... She wasn't even conscious of the fact that she kept saying ''Mai...Mai..!'' aloud occasionally. If she could see herself right now, she'd truly die. But she really was in bliss right now...

Suddenly, there was a ringing noise that startled her. It was her phone.

Subject: Nighty Night

From: Sawaguchi Mai

Message: I really enjoyed our day today, Reo! I'm off to bed now.

I'll see you tomorrow in front of your house like always! Good night and sweet dreams~

( ' w ' )

Reo smiled at the message. Her heart always swelled at the cute little hearts and faces Mai sent, and how sweet and kind her texts were. She began creating her own message.


Meanwhile, back on Mai's end. She was laying in bed, lights turned off. She let out a soft sigh, letting herself finally relax, her last duties of the day finished (getting her younger brother and sister to bed). Her phone lit up and vibrated, making her feel full of energy again right away.

Message from Reo, no doubt~!

Subject: Re: Nighty Night

From: Kawamura Reo

Message: i enjoyed it too ill see you then i love you

~('• ' ~)/ its a cat look!

Mai cracked up. She really loved Reo's messages. She thought about it for a long time and reread it a few times. The cat was adorable, for sure. Reo really loved kittens.

Ahhh, I can only imagine her face of happiness if I got her one... Definitely on the Top 10 List of things to do when we're married... #1 is Reo wearing a maid outfit every day, of course... The ones without the back... Actually, wouldn't just an apron work then? Hee hee hee...

When Mai finally snapped out of those lecherous thoughts, she moved on to thinking about how quirky Reo was.

Silly, I know you're at least smart enough to use capitalization and correct punctuation... You're so lazy... Or maybe you're still getting used to the phone... You've still come a long way, that's for sure...

But her favorite thing about the message was the ''I love you.'' Mai hadn't even said it first. Now that was a dire mistake she had to fix right now. She finally wrote a response.

Subject: Re: Nighty Night

To: Kawamura Reo

Message: I love you too, cutie~

( ~ 'w' )~ I'm hugging you, see?


''Ahhhhh!'' Reo let out a loud shriek. Nooo! She hadn't meant to send that embarrassing message! She was writing quickly without really thinking, in a fit of joy, and squeezed the stupid "I love you" in! She had tried to erase it but hit send by accident.

''Arrrgghhh! It's all Mai's fault! Idioottt!'' Reo yelled. Good thing she lived alone.

In reality, she had meant it, but of course her honest and brave spell from earlier was totally over now, sadly... Or maybe she felt a bit lonely that Mai didn't say I love you first for once... Maybe she forgot... That worried her... Another ring came and Reo looked at the new message, still irritated.

...Then, within seconds her face softened. She read Mai's reply over and over. And then she smiled.

"I really do love you too, Mai...I hope tomorrow comes soon...''

Keep becoming braver, Kawamura Reo!


A/N: Mai x Reo is my favorite SonoHana couple...you know, like the majority of people. Sorry to all of the people who like any of the other couples (all severely lacking in love compared to these two last time I checked) and sorry for being boring. I've been wanting to play the Eris x Shizuku games as well for years now, though... And nooo, it's not just because it seems that in some games they form a cute friendship quartet with Mai and Reo... I'm totallyyy not that shallow.

For real though, even besides that, Eris and Shizuku seem to be the only other couple that hit my tastes. But since I first wrote this it seems there's even more couples, so maybe some of those would interest me too... If I ever stop being lazy, I'll actually research them more and then potentially read them... I still wouldn't write about them even if I liked them though probably; I don't know how to be anything but biased and that includes what I write about. I'm amazed I even wrote this one fic for a different than usual series.

Anyway... Just in case you're here only thanks to the OVA, there's like a billion references to information only given in the VNs, and various references to VN only scenes... In case that matters to you at all. I'm just saying it to signify there's not really much headcanon pieces here. In fact, I tried my best to sort of write it as if it could have been in the actual games, so... Regardless, I hope you can enjoy it. I fixed lots of mistakes in the original, reworded some stuff, and even changed/added some scenes a bit.