K-ON! – Movie Night (Azusa x Ui) – Ch.2
New chapter, new story, continuing off a little while after Azusa and Ui's movie date. Hope you guys enjoy this! It's a little shorter, but don't worry, big plans for the future of this series.
"What should we watch this time?"
"I dunno, um . . . you decide, Ui!"
"Aw, but I was the one that chose the last three," whined Ui. She and Azusa were wrapped up in a blanket at Azusa's house, watching online videos on Ui's laptop.
"I don't watch much online anyways, and even if I did, you wouldn't like it," Azusa said.
"Try me," said Ui, nudging Azusa a little with her elbow. Azusa sighed and freed one of her hands from the blanket so that she could type in the search box. After carefully considering the options, she decided on a Korean secret agent/romance movie. While it wasn't exactly the best quality, the action and romantic scenes more than made up for the rest of the movie. Sometime during the movie, Ui's head had fallen onto Azusa's shoulder, and Azusa could hear the steady breathing of the brunette.
"Asleep already, huh?" Azusa whispered. She leaned her chin against the top of Ui's head and continued to watch the movie. When the movie had reached its climax, the gunfire in the fight scene was so loud that Ui jolted in her sleep. She groggily sat up, squinting at the screen.
"*yawn* . . . um . . . aw, is it over already?" she mumbled, trying to rub sleep from her eyes.
"Just made it to the big fight scene. The bomb's on the other boat, and they're trying to chase it down, but the enemy is firing rounds at them."
"Mmm . . ." Ui groaned, and started to nod off once more against Azusa's shoulder. Azusa looked at the clock.
Shoot, it's a few minutes past midnight already. Didn't plan on staying so late, but guess time flew by.
A light snoring filled the room as the movie played on. Azusa gripped Ui's hand beneath the blanket, and Ui squeezed back in her sleep. It had been a week since the two of them had started dating, and they hadn't done much other than holding hands or going on little dates. They had been to parks, movies, gone on walks and they even went on a bike ride through town. At night they'd either be at Azusa's or Ui's home, chatting, eating and watching videos online. Not much different from how they had been in the past, but this time they spent a good amount of their down time watching YouTube videos together.
"Ui, wake up," Azusa eventually said. Ui stirred, but didn't even try to sit up this time.
"Hm?"
"Movie's over, Ui. C'mon, let's get up and stretch or something."
"Don't wanna . . . must sleep . . ."
"You're gonna hug my arm all night?" she asked, only to receive a tighter grip around her upper arm as a response.
"I'll take that as a yes . . ." Azusa mumbled, fumbling around on the couch for her phone. In the dim light of the room, her phone backlight seemed twice as bright. She typed out a message for her mom, saying that she was going to be home the next day. Ui had loads of spare toothbrushes from her sister's many trips to the dentist to get cavities filled, so she could just borrow one of those.
Attempting to stand up, Azusa marveled at the amount of strength Ui had in her grip despite her small frame. One sleepy pull from Ui, and Azusa was dragged back onto the couch.
"Okay, Ui, very funny. Seriously, my arm is starting to fall asleep. You're literally keeping blood from going to my fingers."
"Mine . . ." Ui said adamantly, as if claiming a stuffed toy. Azusa smiled weakly.
"Seriously Ui, if you grip my arm any tighter . . ." she started to say, but then stopped as the sensation of pins and needles started to set into her arm. If static on a TV screen could be transcribed into pain, that's pretty much how her arm felt.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," Azusa chanted, trying to flex her fingers to get the feeling to go away. Ui let go, a look of horror in her eyes.
"Oh no, did I hurt you? I'm sorry, I'm so sorry . . ."
"N-No, it's fine, it's just . . . it'll pass, just . . . give me a minute . . ."
Once it stopped hurting to move her arm, Azusa stood up and moved it around, getting the blood to circulate through her limb once more.
"There, all better, sort of," she said, raising a fist into the air. Ui giggled, and then stood up and mimicked Azusa's movement. They high-fived, and then started giggling harder.
Azusa and Ui brushed their teeth, and Ui lent Azusa a set of pajamas. Azusa sadly tugged at the hem of the shirt, trying to flatten the area where the fabric billowed out over her chest area. Ui patted her back, reassuring her that she'll grow eventually, and that Azusa was beautiful. Azusa wasn't too convinced, as she hadn't grown much there in years, so she did what she always did and blamed it on her parents' genes. Ui had to agree at that point, seeing as Yui hadn't developed as much in that area as Ui had over the years.
Yui was spending the night at Mio's place. They were supposed to be studying, and brainstorming ideas for new songs, but knowing Yui, she was probably lazing about, watching videos on her new laptop. The Hirasawa parents were, as usual, out of town on some vacation.
"Where exactly did you say they went this time, Ui?" asked Azusa, sitting down next to Ui on the edge of Ui's bed.
"Um, somewhere near South America, I think," said Ui.
"That far? I figured they like travelling but this is seriously something."
"Yeah, I thought that they were going to go exploring the jungles or ancient ruins, but all the photos they've been posting on Facebook were from a cruise ship, so I'm not too certain See?" Ui held out her phone.
"I see . . ." Azusa said, staring. She always wondered what Ui's parents did for a living, but it seemed as if Ui didn't know much either. They must be earning quite a lot, as Ui seemed to have the newest smartphone with a surprising 128 gigabytes of memory. She could hardly believe that phones could even hold that much memory. She quietly glanced at the dresser where her own phone was plugged into the wall. She had upgraded from her old flip phone, but it didn't even come close to what Ui's phone was capable of doing. Ui noticed where Azusa's gaze had gone.
"You know if you'd like, I could ask . . ."
"N-No! No, you don't have to, I don't mind my phone, really!"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Plus, my parents would have a cow if I suddenly switched phones, they have all these contracts and stuff with the phone company, plus it's like a really expensive phone, so I don't want to impose . . ."
"If you say so," said Ui a little sadly. She looked as if she really wanted to help.
"Don't feel sad. It's nice that you're offering. Reminds me of Mugi-senp . . . I – I mean, it reminds me of Mugi," she corrected herself, blushing. Ui giggled.
"Hey, don't go thinking about other girls around your own . . . um . . ." Ui faltered, having trouble bringing herself to say the word out loud.
"My own wha . . ."
". . . your own girlfriend!" said Ui loudly. She squeezed her eyes shut, too embarrassed even look Azusa in the eye.
Azusa stared at Ui. The last time Ui was that red in the face was back in that movie theater. It was still as cute as ever. Azusa placed her hand over Ui's clenched fist, gently tracing circles on the back of Ui's hand with her thumb.
"Don't worry. I have eyes only for you, alright?"
"You promise? No leaving me?"
"Why would I? We just started dating, after all," Azusa said in a reassuring tone. "To be honest, I don't know much about dating. I know stuff from movies and what other girls say it's like, but this . . ."
"I know . . . I've been in a sort of haze since that day. It's like my brain isn't used to the fact that you and I are . . ."
"Yup, same here."
Ui's phone started ringing. She answered the call, then stood up at the sound of Yui's voice.
"Big Sis? Oh, hi, what's up? Nothing, just here with Azusa. Yeah, she's spending the night," giggled Ui, glancing over at Azusa. She smiled back, and Ui put the phone on speaker so that Azusa could join in the conversation.
"Azu-nyan? Hi!"
"Hi, Yui, how's songwriting coming along?"
"It's going great, we made lots of progress!" said Yui. From somewhere in the background, Mio's voice could be heard faintly:
"No we haven't, you've just been eating snacks all night! I've already written drafts for two songs and all you contributed was a couple of lyrics about ice cream!"
"Uh-oh, Mio-chan's mad at me. Hey, I'll be right back."
"H-Hey, Big Sis . . .?"
Click
"Huh, guess Mio's being pretty strict tonight."
"Yeah, Yui was also supposed to be there to finish homework and study for a make-up test or something, but I guess that didn't go well either," said Azusa, flopping back onto the bed.
"Poor Mio, having to deal with Ritsu and Sis like that . . ." said Ui. She placed her phone next to Azusa's and joined her on the bed. Ui's fingers found their way into Azusa's, and they just stayed there for a while, holding hands and staring at the ceiling.
"So, it's been about a week since . . ." started Ui.
". . . since we started dating," finished Azusa.
"Yeah. I'm not entirely sure how I should feel. I mean, I've never dated anyone before, let alone had a girlfriend. I'm . . . yeah, I don't know how I'm supposed to act around you or . . ."
"What we've been doing is fine. There's no rush into this, after all," Azusa said. Ui smiled. She snuggled close to Azusa, holding onto her arm.
They fell back into silence, staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, before Azusa had to get up to use the bathroom. By the time she had gotten back to the bedroom, Ui had fallen asleep once more. Azusa stared at her sleeping form, and smiled.
I have a girlfriend now. I didn't think it would happen this way, but then again things don't ever work out how I plan them, do they?
Allowing that thought to sink in, she grabbed the spare blanket from Ui's closet and draped it over the both of them. As Ui quietly snored away, it would be a while before Azusa drifted to sleep. So many thoughts were racing through her head, but there was one thought that kept coming back to the front of her mind, one that stood out above the rest:
I'm so happy.