More Than a Friend
Main Pairings: Akari x Akane, Akane x Tomoko
Genre: Friendship/Drama
Disclaimer: I do not own Yuru Yuri, Candy Boy or Mai-Hime or any of its characters.
Author's note: Hello, everyone! This is my first Akane x Tomoko fanfic. I thought I would create one since there seems to be little stories about them. And since there's one story taken about how they first met, I have to think of something so that I won't plagiarize them. Also, a certain author named XxMNinjaxX inspired me to write the other characters from other series as Akane's college friends, so I'll stick with that. Anyway, please, enjoy the story!
It is a wonderful day at the Akaza household. Akari is just leaving the house when her older sister Akane come running to the front door.
"Akari," she says. "Don't forget these." She hands her sister her papers for her report this week.
"Oh, thanks, Onee-chan," Akari says as she takes them and shoves them in her bag. "I don't know what I would've done if I had left them there."
Akane giggles. "Oh, Akari. You silly girl."
The little sister turns to leave. "Well, I'm off. See you after school, Onee-chan."
"Bye," Akane waves to her little sister as she closes the door. Once she's gone, the college student claps her hands together as an idea pops in her head. "While she's off to school, since I have my day off from college, I think I might have a little fun." She trots into her room, where it's filled with pictures and posters of her little sister, plus a bunch of comics on sister incest. She rummages through some manga until she picks up a new book she had purchased a few days ago. "I've got to read this!" In an instant, Akane rushes to the living room, preparing everything on the table and puts on Akari's panties on her head.
From the moment she starts to read, she could think of nothing but her little sister. She always had a crush on her ever since Akari was born, how adorable she looks and everything about her is cute. As time went by, Akane never stopped loving Akari. In fact, once she realized that she fell in love with her, she began to buy some manga about sister incest to get a better understanding of how a sister-sister relationship works. However, she didn't want to let Akari know because she might think she's a huge pervert and might never want to talk to her again. She's been keeping this a secret ever since high school. Until today, she's really good at hiding the fact that she loves her sister very much. She didn't want anyone else to know either, especially her good friend Tomoko Yoshikawa. She definitely knows what her reaction will be when she finds out. It'll be the same as Akari, exept that she won't ever be her friend again.
She closes her book and slumps hangs her head as she takes Akari's panties off her head. Taking a good look at them, she clutches them to her chest with a smile on her face. "Akari . . . I love you."
Meanwhile, Chinatsu's sister, Tomoko is at home alone, too, doing the dishes. She herself is thinking about someone and it's none other than her best friend, Akane Akaza. She's been in love with her ever since they first met in middle school. She couldn't stop thinking about her, like her beautiful appearance, her long, red hair, the way she smiles and how she's the most popular girl in the whole school. She started to hold feelings for Akane when they started high school, but wasn't really sure if she would confess her feelings to her. Since she's the most popular girl, Tomoko felt that she would get rejected if she ever told Akane her feelings. She knows she's a very shy girl anyway, so she kept these feelings to herself since then. Up until they went to college together, Tomoko still holds feelings for Akane. However, she's not really sure if Akane is still willing to accept her feelings.
When she's done with everything, she slumps down on the couch in the living room and gazes at a picture of her and Akane when they started college. She picks it up and gazes at it with a smile. She wasn't the one who offered for them to take a selfie, but Akane insisted that she wanted to take one just for them to remember by. She hopes Akane had kept hers, too. Clutching the picture to her chest, a soft smile comes across Tomoko's face.
"I love you . . . Akane."
The next day at lunch, Akane and Tomoko are eating lunch with their college friends, Kanade and Yukino Sakurai and Shizuru Fujino and Natsuki Kuga. The six of them became friends just as they started college together, as they happen to be in the same class. Since then, they've been hanging out and studying together as much as they could. However, Akane and Tomoko soon learned that their four friends have lovers. By that, they mean that Kanade has Yukino as a girlfriend as well as Shizuru with Natsuki. Both of them never told their friends their love interests, for what they fear of their reaction might be if they found out is the most part. In fact, that's just what they were talking about right now.
"So, I was thinking of taking Natsuki to the movies this weekend," Shizuru says.
"Oh, what are you going to see?" Yukino asks.
"Some romantic movie or something," Shizuru replies, putting an arm over the blue haired girl's shoulder.
"Hey, quit touching me," Natsuki says, gently pushing her lover away.
"That sounds fun!" Yukino says. "I'm taking Kana-chan out on a date to explore the art museum! We're gonna see lots of sculptures and art pictures and other stuff!"
"That's because I wanted to see it for myself," Kanade corrects her.
"Well, I hope you guys have a good time," Akane says, taking a bite out of her sushi.
"Yes, tell us about it on Monday," Tomoko says.
There is silence for only a brief moment.
"Oh, yeah!" Yukino blurts out. "I've been wondering about this for a long time: Akane-chan, Tomoko-chan, do you have someone you like?"
Akane and Tomoko gasp with their faces as red as a tomato. They had never expected their friend to ask that question, not that they would have minded if they hadn't kept it a secret all these years. Both of them turn away as they keep on blushing.
"What's the matter?" Shizuru asks.
"All I was asking was who do you like?" Yukino says, pouting her lips.
"Maybe they don't feel like talking about it," Kanade says.
"That's right," Natsuki says. "Sometimes, it's not good to get into their privacy."
"But they never tell us anything about their love interests," Yukino points out.
"I know, but still, it's probably too private for them to talk about," Kanade replies.
"I guess you're right," Yukino sighs.
Akane and Tomoko sigh in relief. They are glad that some of their friends are considerate of their feelings. Besides, if that were to be brought up again, they would have to come up with an excuse in order to keep their secret. With that in mind, they just keep on eating their food.
A/N: I know it's a short chapter, but it will get better soon. I love the Akane x Tomoko pairing, especially when they were featured in the manga in Intermission 21. I just loved their interaction with each other there. Anyway, feel free to give out any suggestions, questions or concerns and don't forget to review. ;)