Best Friend's Lovers
Pairings: Nagisa x Tamao, Yaya x Hikari
Genre: Romance
Disclaimer: I do not own Strawberry Panic or any of its characters.
Author's Note: (jumps and waves) Hello, everyone! My name is Yuri and I've decided to do something really awesome! I'm going to combine my two favorite pairings into one story! I mean, why have two separate stories when I can just jumble it into one? I mean, considering I wrote both separate stories for Nagisa x Tamao and Yaya x Hikari one time, I figured it was really difficult to write.
Plus that, I'm writing this story as if Nagisa and Hikari never met their senpais, Shizuma and Amane.
So, I hope you all enjoy this story. ;)
"Come on, Nagisa-chan!" Tamao Suzumi says as she opens the door. "We're going to be late!"
"I'm coming!" Her roommate and best friend, Nagisa Aoi says as she quickly adjusts her hair and joins the blue haired girl. "Okay, I'm ready!"
"Great! Let's go!" Tamao closes the door and the two friends exit the dorms, holding hands.
"Oh, I can't wait to meet Yaya-chan and Hikari-chan!" Nagisa says excitedly. "This double date is going to be so much fun!"
"I know, right?" Tamao says as she gives a happy smile. "After they told us their relationship a while ago, I felt that we had to do the same. And then soon after, Yaya-chan had invited us out for a double date."
Nagisa nods in agreement. She remembers that it's been a few months since the two had started dating and had revealed their relationship to their two friends. From then on, the four of them enjoyed some double dates, with Yaya mostly coming up with the most eventful ones ever. Like right now, Nagisa and Tamao are going to an aquarium that Yaya had picked out. She told them that they would have to get a ride downtown in order to meet them, however, Tamao has other ideas. When they arrive at the gates, Nagisa notices a black limousine in front of the gates.
"Huh? We're riding in there?" Nagisa asks.
"Mm-hmm!" Tamao replies. "I contacted our driver to pick up and take us to the city."
"Oh, right. You come from a rich family. I forgot." Nagisa rubs the back of her head while laughing nervously.
The two enter the limo and they are off to the city, which took about an hour and a half to get to the entrance of the aquarium. After getting out, Tamao tells the driver that they'll return within a couple hours or so, so she'll let him know when they arrive. After that, the two lovers begin to search for the other couple. At first it is hard to find them because it's too crowded, even in the entrance, so the two decide to go inside to search for them.
"Yo!" Yaya Nanto calls as she waves with her hand high.
"Hi, there, Yaya-chan!" Tamao says as she waves back while running over to her with Nagisa following.
"Hello," Yaya says.
"Hi, there!" a soft-spoken Hikari Konohana says while waving. "I'm glad you made it!
"Me, too!" Nagisa says. "Wow! Look at this aquarium!"
"It's only the lobby, sweetie," Yaya says. "The real fun is about to begin once we go through this hallway to our right."
"And we picked up a map once we entered here!" Hikari points out as she holds up a paper.
"That's a great idea, Hikari-chan!" Nagisa says.
"Hehe! Glad I was able to be of use for once," the shy blonde says.
"Oh? What makes you say that?" Yaya says with a smirk. "Don't tell me that you were trying to be as smart as I am."
"N-no," Hikari says, blushing. "I'm just saying that I haven't done a thing since we got here, so I got my chance."
"Aw, my little angel wants to be smart," Yaya says as she kisses her on the cheek. "How sweet."
"Yaya-chan, stop!" Hikari cries, but laughs at the same time from the ticklish feeling of her lips on her cheek.
Tamao sighs happily. "Well then, shall we all get exploring? I mean, there's a lot of exciting creatures waiting for us!"
"Yes! Let's get going!" Nagisa says.
"Totally!" Hikari cheers, pumping a fist in the air.
"Alright, last one is a rotten egg!" Yaya teases as she runs ahead of the group.
Hikari frowns. "Hey! Yaya-chan, that isn't fair!" She then takes off after her girlfriend while Nagisa and Tamao exchange looks and grin.
"I guess we should join in, right?" Tamao asks.
"Why not? I mean, we're having fun anyways," Nagisa points out.
"That's true." With that, Tamao runs ahead of her lover, leaving Nagisa caught off guard.
"Hey!" Nagsia calls.
"Try to catch up, Nagisa-chan!" Tamao calls. "Or you'll be the rotten egg when we get there!"
"Oh, that Tamao-chan!" Nagisa groans as she takes off after the bluenette.
At the tunnel, the four girls are now surrounded by sea creatures behind a glass dome around them. They all watch in awe as they explore all over the aquarium, watching some fish and other sea creatures swim around while reading some facts that were written on the tables. Later on, Tamao takes Nagisa over to where the sharks are, in which Nagisa gets terrified and clings onto her blue haired lover while having her eyes shut. Tamao just giggles as she pets the red-head, telling her that there's nothing to be afraid of as long as she's close by. Nagisa calms down a little while after and enjoys the rest of the tour along with Yaya and Hikari.
Once the pairs come at the end of the tunnel, they enter a small shop, full of sea creature plush toys, figures and some bags of fish to keep as pets. Yaya and Hikari go to the plush toy area while Nagisa and Tamao explore some figurines and check out different fish in plastic bags.
"Look at this fish, Nagisa-chan!" Tamao says as she points at one blue fighting fish. "Isn't that beautiful?"
Nagisa's eyes widen as she stares at the blue fish in awe. "Oh, my gosh! That is beautiful!"
"Too bad the dorms can't allow pets," Tamao says sadly. "Otherwise, we would've bought both fish."
"Which one would you buy, Tamao-chan?"
The bluenette rubs her chin in thought. "Well, I would buy the same kind of fish that we just saw, only in red color."
"And why do you choose that one?" Nagisa questions.
Tamao giggles as she wraps her arms around the red-head. "Because it has the same color as your hair, Nagisa-chan!"
"Eh!?" Nagisa jumps back in shock. "A-are you sure you want to buy that kind?"
"Of course, silly!" Tamao says. "You may buy one that's same color as my hair, right? It's like having our own children!"
"Children!?"
"Mm-hmm!"
Nagisa groans as she puts one hand on her head. Man, Tamao-chan can be quite a handful, isn't she? She loves her best friend very much, but sometimes, Tamao can take things a bit too far.
Same goes for Yaya when she and Hikari were looking around the plush toy area. Yaya picks out a beluga whale stuffed toy and shows it to the blonde.
"Hikari," she says.
"Yes?" Hikari turns to notice Yaya holding up a beluga whale stuffed toy. "Wanna buy this to take to our dorms? It'll be fun to watch you cuddle with it in bed tonight."
Hikari glances at the floor for a second while blushing. "W-well, I would love to have one, but we don't have to get one, Yaya-chan."
The raven-haired girl smirks as she comes closer as she gently pushes the stuffed animal against Hikari's cheek. "Oh, but feel how soft it is~! Feels really good, doesn't it? Makes you want to cuddle with it even more."
"Y-Yaya-chan," Hikari squeaks at the feel of the stuffed toy brushing against her cheek while blushing even more.
"Hehe! I'm just kidding with ya," she giggles as she pulls away. "We don't have to buy them."
Hikari pouts her lips as she rubs her cheek. "Mou, Yaya-chan!"
"Hehehe! I said I was kidding," Yaya says as she leans closer to the shy blonde. "But hey, if you really want one, all you have to do is ask." She starts to put the beluga whale back when she feels a hand grab gently by the wrist. "Yes~?" she coos as she turns to her lover.
"Let's . . . buy some plush dolls for all of us," Hikari manages to get out. She looks up as she smiles. "Besides, it's only fair, right?"
Yaya smiles as she wraps her arms around her lover. "Absolutely."
With that, the two search for the perfect stuffed animals they want to buy themselves and for Nagisa and Tamao, which took only 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, Nagisa and Tamao were done looking at all the fish down the isle and decide to look for Yaya and Hikari. They go to the stuffed toy section where they notice Yaya and Hikari handing them two cute fish stuffed toys to the young couple.
"Why, thank you!" Nagisa says as she examines a blue baby tang she received from Hikari. "It's so adorable!"
"Isn't it?" Hikari agrees. "I thought you might like it when you go to bed tonight."
Tamao examines her stuffed animal, which is a red fighting fish. "I had no idea they would even have this kind at this shop!"
"Hehe! Well, to be honest, I had no idea either. But I wanted to ask you if you might like it to cuddle in bed tonight," Yaya says.
"Oh, I would love it!" she says as she holds it up. "It's the perfect color!"
"Color?" Hikari questions as she tilts her head in confusion.
"Yes! It's sort of the same color as Nagisa-chan's hair!" Tamao specifies, which leaves the red-head blushing again.
"Tamao-chan!" she cries.
Yaya and Hikari giggle.
"No wonder we like hanging around with you two," Yaya says.
"You are just so funny and cute at the same time," Hikari adds.
"The same goes for you two," Tamao says. "We like hanging out with you as well, mostly because Yaya comes up with the best places for our double dates."
The raven-haired girl chuckles as she puffs out her chest with pride. "Well, when it comes to dates, I can come up with anything that comes to mind. I'm always one step ahead of all of you."
Hikari giggles when all of a sudden, she can hear her stomach rumble, which makes everyone chuckle.
"I guess someone's hungry," Yaya teases.
"Well, we've been going around the aquarium for a while," Tamao says. "So, why don't we get something to eat?"
"Good idea," Nagisa agrees.
"Sounds good to me," Yaya says.
"Great! Let's go!"
A few minutes later, the two couples are at a cafeteria just next to the lobby and ordered some burgers, fries and some lemonade. As they eat their food, Tamao speaks up.
"Wow! I've never been to a restaurant with food that tastes this good in a long time!" she says.
"It may be one of our best double dates ever," Hikari says.
"Hey, remember when we first went out with each other?" Nagisa asks.
Yaya smiles as she swallows her fry. "Yes, I do remember. It's like it happened only yesterday."
**Flashback**
It was only 5 weeks since Nagisa had transferred to Miator and had met Tamao during first period. They talked a little until they became great friends and showed each other around the school. As the days went by, Nagisa had enjoyed being in this school more and more, mostly because she's with Tamao and was her roommate since the beginning of the school year. But there was also another thing: Nagisa was feeling like she's falling in love with Tamao after being with her for about a month now. She wondered if she had the same feelings, but didn't have the courage to tell her at the right moment.
As for Tamao, after seeing Nagisa, she was already fell in love with her (love at first sight is what they call it). However, she decided to keep her feelings to herself since she could tell Nagisa was oblivious to her feelings. After that all happened, the two come across two girls from a different all girls' school, Spica. Their names were Yaya and Hikari. They seemed really nice people and properly introduced themselves before leaving to their dorms.
About 3 weeks later, Nagisa had pulled Tamao aside after school to tell her something: her true feelings. The red-head felt that now was the time to tell Tamao her feelings and wait for the results.
"U-um, Tamao-chan," Nagisa stuttered between her words.
"Yes?" the blue haired girl asked with a smile.
"I-I know we've known each other for about a month and a half now," Nagisa said. "B-but, lately I've been, um . . . having these strange feelings. Like whenever I'm around you, my heart starts to race rapidly and it would just never stop. Then, I realized that . . . this was love."
Tamao gasped as she was about to hear what Nagisa has to say.
"T-Tamao-chan," Nagisa said She bows as she shuts her eyes tightly. "I love you! Please go out with me!"
Tamao stayed frozen for a minute as she took in what the red-head said. She thought Nagisa was oblivious to her feelings, but Nagisa came right out and said it, in which Tamao did not expect. Then, a soft smile appeared on the bluenette's face as she came closer, put her hands on Nagisa's shoulders and gently kissed her on the forehead.
"I feel the same way," she said, softly. "I love you, too, Nagisa and I will gladly go out with you."
Nagisa smiled happily as she hugged her friend, now lover as the two of them spun around 360 degrees before looking lovingly at each other.
"Thank you, Tamao-chan," Nagisa said. "For accepting my feelings."
"No problem," Tamao said. "And you know, I already started to fall in love with you the day we first met."
"You did?" Nagisa asked.
"Mm-hmm! You looked so adorable as soon as I looked at you. My heart began to race as well, and I knew for a fact that I fell in love with you,"
Nagisa smiled. "Well then, will you be my girlfriend?"
"Absolutely."
And then, the two shared a passionate, heartwarming kiss.
**Two Weeks Later**
"Oh, my!" Yaya said one late afternoon after meeting them outside the school. "So you two are going out, huh?"
"Yes!" Tamao said as she linked arms with Nagisa. "Both of us had the same feelings for each other though, I fell in love at first sight!"
"Congratulations!" Hikari said with a cheer.
"Thank you very much!" Tamao and Nagisa said in unison.
"Well speaking of couples, guess what we did from the past few weeks?" Yaya said.
"What is it?" Nagisa asked.
Yaya smiled as she linked arms around Hikari and gently pulls her close. "The two of us are a couple as well."
Nagisa and Tamao gasped at what Yaya had jus said.
"No way!" Nagisa said. "Really!?"
"It's true," Hikari said, softly. "Though, it took me a while to return my feelings to Yaya-chan since she confessed first."
"But it's all good now, right?" Yaya said. "You and I are together now, though we've been roommates since first year."
"Holy cow! You've known each other for that long?" Nagisa asked.
"Yup," Yaya replied. "And I took a liking of Hikari ever since then." She kissed her lover on the forehead and turned back to her friends. "Say, now that both of us have girlfriends, why don't we hang out together sometime?"
"You mean like a double date?" Tamao asked.
"Exactly," Yaya said while giving a thumbs up. "Are you willing?"
"Yes!" Tamao said with excitement. "What do you say, Nagisa-chan?"
Nagisa nodded in agreement. "Sure. I would love to."
"I think double dates are fun!" Hikari commented.
"Great, then it's settled," Yaya said while putting one hand on her hip. "How about our first double date should start tomorrow afternoon at the park? Sound good?"
"Oh, yes!" Tamao replied.
"That would be great!" Nagisa agreed.
"Excellent," Yaya said as she turned to leave while taking Hikari's hand. "We'll see you around, Nagisa-chan and Tamao-chan."
"Bye!"
**End of Flashback**
"Ah, good times, right?" Tamao says as she takes one last sip of her lemonade.
"Indeed," Yaya said. "It's been a few months since we went out together like this. And we still are."
"I say we should have a toast," Nagisa says raising up her glass.
"What for, Nagisa-chan?" Tamao asks.
The red-head smiles as she raises the glass higher. "To our precious dates and having our best times together!"
"KOMPAI!"
All four glasses clink in unison and the two pairs enjoy the rest of the meal. This is a double date they would never, ever forget. After eating, Yaya decides to take a minute for a group photo, so she pulls out her camera, places it on top of a rock while having it on automatic mode and quickly joins her friends in front of the sign at the lobby. The camera flashes its picture and the girls pull away with Yaya retrieving the camera. They all take a look at the screen and it turns out the picture they took is perfect. All of them smile at each other. Indeed, this is a double date they would never forget.
A/N: So, how do you like the first chapter? Pretty amazing, huh? It took a bit of looking up before starting to write this story, but it was worth it. Feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review! ;)