I don't own any of the characters in this, except the ones that aren't a part of the Yuru Yuri verse. This is a fanwork, not for profit, derived from Namori's "Yuru Yuri" series. The characters and settings are copyright their respective owners
Yet again, Christmas eve had arrived. People would be paired up by random chance like always, but this time there was a problem, "No matter how you divide up people, someone will be left alone," The raven haired Yui explained.
"Whose idea was it to invite Chizuru anyway?" Chinatsu complained with a frustrated glare that looked more like the stare of a killer, than that of a cute pink-haired middle school girl.
"Chizuru-san was feeling lonely, so Akari had to invite her," The cheerful redhead answered, but
"It had better not have been you Kyouko-senpai," Chinatsu gave a glare that could cause a hardened criminal to flinch.
"Yep i-" The spontaneous blonde began, but "owgawh!" suddenly found her stomach slightly caved in by the foot of a very irate 'cute middle school girl'.
"-Is what I'd like to say, but it wasn't me," Kyouko groaned out, "oomph," then collapsed to the ground. Yui just stared, as if she were saying, "you deserved that".
"Geez everyone! it was Akari who invited her!" Akari fumed, steam seeming to come out of her ears.
Everyone laughed, as they always did when Akari made that face, and Kyouko got up, "sorry, didn't even realize you were here," sticking out her tongue to the left, with a 'teehee' look.
"I guess this means that someone will be stuck alone then?" Yui commented with a sigh.
"Or...someone can have a threesome," Kyouko said in that same suggestive voice that always made her seem like a perverted old man. "Oomph!" Yui had hit her on the head, "Umph!"
"No way am I going to share Yui-senpai with anyone!" Chinatsu said after having hit Kyouko too.
"In case you've forgotten my dear Chinacchu, coupling is being left to chance," Kyouko reminded, showing off her very used and abused box, notably worn down from all the abuse she had suffered in such a short time.
"Akari is excited to see who she might end up with!" Akari said, cupping her hands together. "Hopefully Akari isn't left al-" Akari's speech was cut off, as is her fate in this world.
"Toshinou Kyouko!" The purple-haired girl interrupted with great force.. "We're all here to draw names," Chitose, following behind her as always, continued.
Proving her words, the other members of the student council (except the president) showed up, with a certain bespectacled twin tagging along.
After the usual shenanigans died down, people began pulling names. "Stuck with you again!?" Sakurako glared at her blue-haired rival.
"That's my line!" Himawari returned the glare worth equivalent ferocity.
It's nice that they can get along so well!
Kyouko motioned towards the box, "Next up is-"
Huh? Akari felt something strange just now.
"Chitose!" Kyouko remarked.
"Oh my, I wonder who I'll get," Chitose said as she fished around in the box, then stopped, and pulled out a piece of paper, "It looks like it's Akaza-sa-"
Hm? Akari felt it again. She shook her head, Akari wonders who Chitose-senpai got?
"Chizuru, it seems," Chitose finished, holding the paper up for others to see.
Chizuru looked frustrated at this turn of events, but Chitose just took things in stride with a smile as always, probably happy since she didn't break up her favorite coupling too.
Kyouko also looked sad, "I wanted to be paired up with Chizuru-san...Next up is-"
Akari felt it again.
"Ayano!" Kyouko said with a wide smile.
Ayano didn't say a word, as she was internally screaming, no, begging, for it to be a certain person. She merely walked up and foraged around a bit and then pulled out a piece of paper. It was obvious from her frown that her begging had been-
Akari again felt it again! Akari wonders who Sugiura-senpai got! Wait...didn't Sugiura-senpai look unha-
It was obvious from her extremely embarrassed expression that Ayano's begging had paid off, "T-T-Toshinou K-K-K-K-Kyouko...!" Her eyes could scarcely believe her ears. At this, a spray of blood could be seen shooting out.
"Ayano,I'll take you out on the best second date ever!" Kyouko held out her thumb in confidence.
When did the first date happen? Akari wondered.
Ayano was now red as a tomato and promptly fainted. Chitose was also on the ground, red as a tomato, but because she was covered in blood. It practically looked like a murder scene now.
"Ikeda-senpai!" Akari immediately was at Chitose's side. As were the others. After the usual freaking out that happens in this situation, Chizuru ended up dragging Chitose off somewhere. Since she was her twin sister, no one worried about the situation. Well, Akari still worried, but that was just in her nature.
"It's no fair they get to start their date before anyone else!" Kyouko complained, receiving a bop on her head in response,
"You can hardly call that a 'date'," Yui retorted.
"Now then, who should draw a name next?" Kyouko wondered aloud as she stared at the remaining trio.
Chinatsu looked extremely agitated.
Chinatsu-chan probably is just worried that she won't get to be with Yui. It would be nice to spend the day with Chinatsu-chan though…
"The lucky contestant is none other than Chinacchu!" Kyouko exclaimed, making kissy faces.
Akari felt strange. Akari didn't feel anything...
Chinatsu walked up, and Akari felt another strangeness, Chinatsu-chan seems scared. Shouldn't she be going all gung-ho like normal? Chinatsu-chan would normally be rubbing her hands together and making that cu-scary face as she wished for Yui to be her partner, but she looks really unhappy. Probably because she really doesn't want to hang out with Akari…
Chinatsu took a deep breath, and quickly snatched a paper strip from the box. She carefully opened it, and Akari was positive she saw a frown a split-second before an oversized smile surfaced,"Yui-senpai!" Chinatsu was dancing all over the place, energy seemingly boundless in her.
There's Chinatsu-chan! it's really neat how she's so straightforward with her crush. It'd be nice if I had someone I could be like that for..."That leaves Akari-" The redhead started, but Kyouko quickly interrupted her.
"Everyone meet at the fountain at six okay?" Kyouko grabbed Ayano's hand and headed off, "T-To-Shi-To-T-Kyou-"the stuttering purple head scrambling to keep up. The other remaining couples quickly followed suit, leaving Akari alone.
"Hehehe...Akari was forgotten again," the seemingly eternally optimistic redhead giggled as she stared at the spaces where the others had been. "Oh well, Akari will just have fun by herself!" She smiled and walked off towards the shopping district. After some time, This isn't very fun. So, she found herself at the fountain, after some wandering. It can get pretty lonely when no one notices you...she let out a sigh, staring at the gently rushing water.
"What's a cute girl like yourself doing all alone on this holiday?" Came a deep,but gentle voice.
That sounds like a high school student Akari turned around and saw a brown haired boy, with the definite appearance of a high schooler.
"So..? There's no way someone as cute as you doesn't have a date," The older boy continued with a hammed up pose.
Is this one of those 'lolicon' that get talked about so much recently!? "Um," she inched back a bit, "why do you want to know?" Akari asked with a nervous sweat drop trailing down the back of her neck, slowly reversing from the boy's direction.
"Ah, this must look like that," he chuckled, "don't worry, I'm not here to pick you up, I just saw a bit of a kindred spirit in you," he said with an almost sparkling smile.
But it had little effect on Akari, Akari still isn't sure she can trust him. But he seems harmless enough "Akari's a kindred spirit how?" She questioned, stopping her backwards withdraw.
"I also was abandoned by my friends and am alone right now," he answered.
"Akari wasn't abandoned, just.." Was Akari abandoned? Oh! Akari forgot to ask him his name! "Akari forgot to ask your name," she questioned, sheepishly rubbing the back of her head.
The man took hold of Akari's hand, "I go by Namatame Masayoshi, miss Akari," he gave an over exaggerated bow and went to kiss her hand.
Maybe he really is a lolicon, Akari is in trouble...and nobody will notice. Akari really wishes she had more presence...
"Get away from Akari-chan you pervert!" Came the voice of a familiar twin-tailed pinkette, who suddenly was in-between the two, her foot knocking away Masayoshi.
"Chinatsu-chan!?" Akari said in disbelief, "weren't you with Yui before?" Maybe...
"Yui-senpai's freshening up right now," Chinatsu explained, "I was lucky to happen upon you while waiting Akari-chan."
Of course not...what is Akari even thinking? Akari shook her head, clearing the frown that she had worn for a second. "But how will we deal with pervert-san?" Akari questioned, huddling close to Chinatsu.
"Oh, ah, sorry about that," Masayoshi put both his hands in the air, "I wasn't actually going to kiss her hand, I was just playing a little joke." He explained with a smile.
Chinatsu was also currently huddling close to Akari, shaking herself, "don't trust him Akari!"
Akari nodded, not budging from Chinatsu.
"There you are Chinatsu-chan!" Yui said, taking a moment to catch her breath, not having noticed Masayoshi,"why did you run off so suddenly?"
"Run off?" Akari looked at Yui, and then Chinatsu in confusion.
END CHAPTER 1