So due to the fact I have more drabbles of Mai HiME than I probably should I decided I might s well compile them somewhere. So I suppose these never got up to my standards to be serious fics in my mind. These are all going to be simple and lighthearted one-shots or drabbles. This is also the place wher you can request I do a prompt! I'll put info about prompts and such at the bottom. As always this is only proofread by me since I have no beta.
disclaimer: I do not own anything from Mai HiME or Mai Otome
Passions of Youth?
Mai gave her friend a strange look as she laid on the grass beside her. There was this very strange, rather unusual look on her face, almost confusedly happy. Mai had known Natsuki for a least a year and a half now, and that look was one she rarely, if ever saw. Mai rose an eyebrow and decided to ask, "Uhh…Natsuki?" she probed, a bit nervous.
Said girl opened her eyes and looked to her friend, "un?"
"uhh…why the face?" she asked innocently, not expecting the fierce blush she got in response to the question.
Natsuki blushed again and it took a moment to answer, "The passions of youth got me," she muttered, glancing away.
It took Mai a moment before the force of the words sunk in and she almost bowled backwards, "Whaaaat?!" She cried, feeling herself dust with pink as she watched her friend sink her face into her curled up knees. "Wait…you…did that…With who?! Takeda?!" she stuttered, blurting out the first name that came to mind.
Natsuki's head shot up and her blush only worsened, "Of course not you idiot! Never!" she snapped loudly, fiercely defending herself. She ducked her head again at the look Mai gave her.
"The passions of youth?" Mai repeated.
"The passions of youth…" Natsuki confirmed, her voice muffled by her knees.
They remained silent for a while as Mai tried to piece together the situation. It was a few minutes before the answer came to her and she gave Natsuki a sly look, "Why do I get the distinct feeling a certain former Kaichou has something to do with this?" she mused, getting a visible flinch from the girl. It took Mai no more than a moment to burst out laughing at her flustered friend.
Natsuki stood with indigent pride, "Shut your trap!" she barked angrily. She growled at her friend, but Mai couldn't keep hold of her control when she saw the girl blushing and trying to act seriously. "I said shut it!"
"You…You finally gave into kaichou-san's begging didn't you?" Mai managed to get out between her quieting laughter. She however had to grin and snicker again at Natsuki's blush rising up again. She held her stomach to try to calm the laughter, "I can't believe…that you…of all people…This is rich, too rich…" she rambled, giggling in between her broken sentence.
Natsuki sent her death glare to her friend, but grumbled as Mai only sent a raised eyebrow back at her. "Just shut up will you?" She snarled, smoothing out her uniform skirt as she moved to sit down again, "If you even breath a word of this to anyone I will personally end your existence," she threatened. It was silent for a while and Natsuki inwardly swelled at the the thought that she had won.
"So how was it?" Mai questioned casually.
Natsuki choked on the breath she was taking in and almost instantaneously her face had gone from normal to tomato with the question. She sputtered about for around a minute before the words finally were able to completely form in her mouth, "H-how was what?"
Mai sent a sly grin and rose an eyebrow, "The sex naturally. I'm gonna take a stab and say it wasn't a normal awkward first time around the block," she answered, "So Natsuki? Was Fujino-san good or what?" she teased, elbowing her still stuttering friend in the side.
Natsuki retreated her face into her knees again and nodded silently. As soon as Mai started to laugh again she jerked her hood up above her head and pulled it down as far as it would go down her face. Summer be damned, she wasn't letting Mai see her face.
"Soooo...?" Mai pressed, "How the hell did this happen? Were you drunk? Or did she bribe you or something? I'll bet mayonnaise had something to do with it," Mai asked, rattling off a few probable causes.
"It umm…just sorta happened…" Natsuki answered quietly, "I dunno how…but one minute we were talking, the next we were kissing, and then…" She groaned and trailed off. Her face felt like it was on fire at that moment and the summer heat wasn't helping it in any way, nor was Mai's teasing.
Mai blinked, "So was it like, date rape or something?" She hazarded. She was shocked by Natsuki whipping her face up to deny it.
"No! I mean-I wasn't expecting it and all but-!..." she trailed off and looked down, "She was really gentle and stuff…and I can't believe I'm telling you this!!" She cried the last part, collapsing on the grass with a conflicted look on her face, "augh…" she groaned, placing a hand over her face to hide herself.
Mai looked at her flustered friend for a moment and then lightly patted the girl on the head, "there there Natsuki, it could have been much worse. I mean, it's not like you guys did it in the Student council room or anything," Mai drawled, trying to cheer up her friend. When there was a long draw of silence Mai narrowed her eyes slightly and a light pink blush dusted her cheeks again, "…You didn't did you?"
"…No," Natsuki finally answered, "I was just thinking how many times it was quite possible for that to have happened though…" she muttered, rolling over onto her stomach, flicking her hair back, "Given the way Shizuru is…if we were couple during the school year…she might've…" she trailed off holding her head with a tired sigh and a small whimper.
"Hang on a second there…If you were a couple then?" Mai repeated, noticing the twitch in her friend's hand at the phrase. "So wait…if you're phrasing it like that…"
Natsuki remained silent for a moment, and then growled, "Shit."
"You two are a couple?" Mai asked with a small amount of surprise. She blinked when Natsuki nodded mutely, "Wow…that's something I thought I'd never live to hear. How'd that happen?"
Natsuki lifted her head from the grass slightly and drew her arms underneath her chin. "It's a long story…and You've heard most of it," she shrugged and the blush returned, but with a much quieter tone, "Besides, she's my most precious person. It was only a matter of time before I realize I liked her more than as a best friend…" she murmured, putting it as bluntly as she could.
Mai looked down at her friend for a moment and then rose a eyebrow slightly in amusement, "So in other words she finally wore you down with all her teasing didn't she?" She guessed, waiting for the growl of a response.
"Shut up."
Said former Kaichou sneezed as she sat in her new apartment reading. She blinked and rubbed her nose slightly, "Ara…is someone gossiping about me?" she mused confusedly.
I'll admit this one drew inspiration from TOURS when Mai and Natsuki had a similar conversation about a visit to Shizuru's. x3 But I just had too much fun writing this. It's fun to write cheerful Mai and Natsuki interaction. It's so much easier to keep them in character, because they're so much easier to disect then Shizuru. (It's still fun writing Shizuru though!) As for those who are confused about Shizuru's comment about gossiping, it's a rumor in Japan that if you sneeze out of the blue someone is gossiping about you. It's a standard joke and I couldn't help but throw it it for laughs.
And anyways...As I stated in teh other ANs you can request I do a certain prompt for Mai HiME. (thoguh most of these will probably turn into SizNat drabbles) Prompts can be anything from a single word, a sentence starter, or a situation. I really have no qualms about writing anything) I will not however write direct smut. I'm simply not very good at it and I get extremely flustered while writing it. You can also send me a picture and ask me to write off of that. ^-^
This whole little collection is really just stress relief and a way to help with writer's block and have a place to put shorter pieces, so I hope you enjoy the more carefree form of these passages! ^-^
As always reviews are lovely~
-konaxookami