"Hyaku Monogatari"
by: s16thunderjet

Series:
Mai Hime

For the second straight night, Mai Tokiha looked at her roommate as though the younger girl had grown a second head. Granted, she knew that being best friends with a certain flame haired nun-in-training would result in moments like these but she never thought it would happen on a daily basis.

"Is it Nao again?" She asked in a somewhat long-suffering manner.

Head tilted to one side and blinking back at the violet eyed girl as innocently as she had the night before, Mikoto Minagi shook her head so fast it practically blurred, her pigtails swinging wildly behind her.

"Shiho's sad. Thought it might cheer her up like last time." She replied a-matter-of-factly.

Memories of that aforementioned pseudo-sleepover flowed unbiddenly into Mai's mind, causing the orange haired girl to frown ever so slightly in disapproval.

Though not really a party in the true sense of the word, they still had some semblance of fun throughout that entire event. And while the understanding between her and Shiho resulted in the pink haired girl's happiness at the time, it ultimately led to at least half a dozen other complications that could have been avoided had they all just been honest with one another.

Of course, I couldn't really be completely honest seeing as I was partly confused and partly in-denial at the time. And I'm sure Nagi still would have found some other way to make us fight each other...

A hand frantically waving in front of her face pulled Mai from her musings. Looking down at the golden eyed girl waiting patiently for her approval, she decided to get one thing out of the way first.

"You do realize that I'm probably part of the reason why Shiho-chan's so sad, right?"

Mikoto's reply was another dizzying barrage of headshakes; so dizzying in fact that they forced Mai to grab both sides of the raven haired girl's head with each hand if only to keep herself from becoming lightheaded.

"It's all Tate's fault. Shiho said so herself. So can we please have it here? Please, please, please?" Mikoto pleaded, complete with puppy eyes and hands clasped in front of her as if in prayer.

Ugh. Can't say no to her when she's like this. Mai thought, her shoulders slumping in defeat as she relented.

"All right, fine. You can have it here." She replied and was quickly rewarded with an excited hug and a kiss on each cheek.

"Yay! Thanks Mai!" Mikoto cheered as she pulled out of the embrace and bounded over to her mobile phone.

"How many people are coming? So I know just how much food to prepare." Mai asked, already mentally listing what she needed to get from the supermarket.

"Shiho, Nao, Arika, Erstin, and Kaichou-san." Mikoto managed to answer in between punching someone's phone number.

"So that's five plus you, me and Natsuki. Don't forget to tell them to bring their own sleeping bags because we don't have enough beds."

"I already told them earlier and they all said they would except for Kaichou-san."

The orange haired girl nodded in acknowledgement as she slipped into her denim jacket in preparation for going outside. It took her a full five seconds before Mikoto's words finally sunk in.

"Huh? Where is Shizuru-san going to sleep then?" Mai asked, geniunely confused.

"Kaichou-san said she'll just share Natsuki's bed like we do ours." Mikoto answered as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Whatever reply Mai had was left unsaid as the golden eyed girl screamed 'Kaichou-san!' into the phone before merrily confirming that their plan was pushing through. Mai hurriedly exited the apartment before she could overhear anything else, hoping that when Natsuki found out later, the navy blue haired girl would spare her due to plausible deniability.

Somehow, I get the feeling this isn't entirely Mikoto's idea. She thought, shaking her head resignedly as she made her way down the stairs and out the door.

The End

Theme #2: Slumber Party

Author's Notes:
1. Said first pseudo-sleepover refers to episode 6 where Mai, Mikoto and Takumi help Shiho and Yuuichi with the preparations to a wedding at Shiho's grandfather's shrine.

2. To those wondering, the usage of Arika and Erstin isn't a typo. They both appear in the Mai Hime series thanks to the Mai Otome Blu-ray Picture Drama, "Otome No Inori".

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