One Night Stands
A/N: This is a work of fanfiction. Businesses, places, events, locales, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. Author do not own any of the characters from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha.
Chapter 2
The morning after was different for Fate. Usually, after the act itself, Fate would always still feel unfulfilled somehow, like she was empty on the inside. But something was different today. She felt… satisfied, warm on the inside.
She was strangely aware of how good Nanoha smells, how well she fits in her arms, and how she didn't want to get out of bed. This is where Fate wanted to be. "It's actually not too bad waking up like this..." Fate thought to herself. Nanoha looked so cute sleeping in her arms.
Regrettably, she had to wake her up. "Nanoha… Dear… Wake up. Your phone has been ringing like crazy for a while now." Fate called.
"Mmmm… 5 more minutes…" Nanoha mumbled and went back to sleep.
"I would like to sweetie, but your phone is about to burst!" Fate replied.
Nanoha quickly jumped up after hearing that. "Phone!" She yelled as she scrambled for it.
"Hello, papa… I'm sorry I forget to call… Yes… Yes… I'm... I'm at Yate-chan's… I'm sorry. I'll be home later today. Okay… Talk to you later, bye." Nanoha let out a long sigh after she ended the call.
"Are you in trouble?" Fate teased jokingly.
"Yes. Ocean deep." Nanoha stressed.
"Sigh… Now I have to make the next call." Nanoha sighed.
Fate lay there quietly and watched Nanoha entered a speed dial. "Hello, Yate-chan? Can you please do me a big favour? I told my dad that I stayed over at your place yesterday night... I'll go over and explain more later, alright? I got to go now. Thank you, love you, bye!" Nanoha said on the phone to Hayate.
-0-
"Love huh. Are you sure you both are just best friends?" Fate asked.
"Yes we are, and I better get going. Ahhh… erm… Thanks for the night?" Nanoha replied.
"Are you asking or are you saying?" Fate kidded with a half-smile.
"I really don't know…" Nanoha declared, looking away from Fate as blushing peppered her cheeks.
As Nanoha was getting out of bed, Fate did an unexpected action. She reached out and held onto Nanoha's hand.
"Do you really have to go right now?" Fate asked.
"Well, yes. I promised my dad that I'll be home today. I still need to go to Hayate's." Nanoha answered.
"But it's still early morning. How about just a few more kisses then both of us get changed? I'll drop you off at Hayate's." Fate tried convincing.
Nanoha acted like she was giving it a thought but her smile gave it away.
"Just a few kisses you say…" Nanoha whispered as she leaned in and sealed her lips over Fate's.
-00-
After some hot passionate and very satisfying sex, they finally made their way to Hayate's place.
"Nanoha, before you leave, do you think we can exchange numbers? I'm on leave and I'll be in town for 3 more weeks. I was thinking that… maybe we can meet up again sometime?" Fate asked with a blush.
"What a coincidence! I'm on leave too. It's just ridiculous how work is allowed to force you to take leave. Here you go." Nanoha replied as they exchanged cell phone numbers.
"Great! Thanks. I'll call you later. You take care of yourself." Fate said as she came up close to Nanoha.
"And remember, you are drop dead gorgeous. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise." Fate gave Nanoha a quick peck on her lips after saying that, leaving a blushing Nanoha to walk in to Hayate's house.
-0-
Hayate was standing by the doorway when Nanoha got in. Even though she was smiling, Nanoha could tell that Hayate was annoyed.
"So, I think you owe me two explanations now. I've been waiting for you to drop by since the phone call this morning... and that was hours ago. I'm just glad that I decided not to wait for you to have breakfast or lunch, else I would have starved to death by now." Hayate reprimanded. "I'm sorry Yate-chan, I lost track of time." Nanoha pled. "So?" Hayate queried.
"So what?" Nanoha replied, trying to avoid the topic.
"Don't play dumb with me, Na-chan, or I won't lie for you." Hayate confronted.
"Well, you all wanted me to go out, to enjoy my holiday, right? That's what I've done." Nanoha replied vaguely.
"Okay, fair enough. But where did you spend the night? It wasn't with me, and surely it wasn't with Arisa-chan or Suzuka-chan because they are currently overseas." Hayate pressed on.
"I was out. Isn't that good enough?" Nanoha avoided again.
"Not for me. Did you get back with Yuuno?" Hayate poked.
"No! Never in this life or any other lives!" Nanoha retorted.
"Are you really not going to tell anyone what happened? He still hangs around like a lost dog from time to time. Clearly he still feels something for you." Hayate pried.
"I do not love him nor care for him. I just... want him out of my life." Nanoha admitted.
"Okay, okay. Chill. You are always so touchy on this topic." Hayate attempted to calm Nanoha.
"I'm fine. I just... don't want to talk about it. Please? Nanoha begged.
"Okay. Back to the main topic then." Hayate prompted.
"Hmm? Didn't we just side-track? We can carry on talking about anything else. We don't have to go back to the same topic." Nanoha diverted.
"Oh no you don't, I'm not going to release you until I get an answer out of you." Hayate warned.
"Boring. Let's move onto something else." Nanoha replied, still in attempt to change the topic. Right at this moment, Nanoha's phone rang.
"Sorry, I just need to get this." Nanoha excused herself after looking at the caller.
"Hello?" Nanoha answered.
"Hee hee. So the number does work." Fate replied.
Nanoha couldn't help but smiled when she heard Fate's voice. "And why would I give you a fake?" Nanoha answered.
"You'll never know. Are you free to chat for a bit?" Fate asked.
Nanoha laughed and replied, "Haha, you just left not too long ago." While the conversation was going on, Hayate kept going closer to Nanoha while Nanoha kept moving away.
-0-
"Yate-chan, I'm on the phone." Nanoha said while trying to shoo Hayate away.
"I can see. Who are you talking to?" Hayate prompted.
"Just someone." Nanoha avoided.
"Do I know this mystery person?" Hayate questioned.
"Sorry, please give me a minute here." Nanoha apologised to Fate.
"Don't think so. Yate-chan, can you please just give me a few minutes here?" Nanoha asked.
Then all Fate could hear after that were lots of shuffling… and Nanoha dropped her phone.
"Hahaha… That's not fair. No poking! Hahaha…" Nanoha cried out. And more shuffling before someone picked up the phone.
"Nanoha… Nanoha… Is everything alright? Do you need me to come get you?" Fate asked as she was worried that something had happened to Nanoha.
"So the mystery person is a female." Hayate said to Nanoha as she held the phone to her ears.
"Hello, who am I speaking to? Is Nanoha alright?" Fate asked with worried voice.
"Yes yes, she's fine. She'll never be hurt in this house." Hayate assured.
"Give it back!" Nanoha barked as she snatched the phone back from Hayate.
Without giving Fate a chance to reply, Nanoha said, "I'll give you a call later, bye" and hung up.
-0-
"Aww... where's the fun? She was about to tell me her name too." Hayate teased.
"Hayate, that was not funny." Nanoha said pouting.
"It kinda is, especially when I get to see you all flustered like this." Hayate said, pointing out.
"I slept at her place last night, alright. There, I finally said it. Happy?!" Nanoha admitted.
"Really?" Hayate replied, looking genuinely shocked.
"She's just someone I met at the club, and I spent the night with her." Nanoha disclosed.
"Isn't that… your first time?" Hayate asked.
"… Yes…" Nanoha admitted. "And you gave it to a stranger…?" Hayate asked in shock.
"Yup. That's what you told me to do, no?" Nanoha said with a shrug of her shoulder.
Hayate grabbed Nanoha's shoulder and began to shake her. "Nanoha! I was just pulling your leg about it. Did you really give your first to a total stranger? Because of what I said?!" Hayate semi shouted as the shock from the latest revelation was too much for her to take in.
"It's not just because of what you said. I did give it some thought too, weighted the pros and cons." Nanoha replied, trying to reassure Hayate.
"Shite! Of all the stupid crap that comes out of my mouth, I didn't expect you to listen and follow through on this... What a stupid idea it was to bring you to that club…" Hayate said as she began pacing and panicking.
"Hayate-chan, please calm down." Nanoha cooed.
-0-
Hayate did not stop. The only way Nanoha could think of to get her to stop was to hold her. She intercepted her and hugged her tightly.
"Yate-chan, it was my choice to go ahead with it. I told her it was my first time. She was very gentle with me and very caring. She made sure that I was alright. She didn't force herself on me or anything." Nanoha conveyed.
"Really? Are you sure?" Hayate asked worriedly.
"Yes." Nanoha confirmed.
"Nanoha, I'm so sorry. That was stupid of me…" Hayate apologised.
"Don't apologise, Hayate-chan. I'm not regretting my decision." Nanoha replied.
Nanoha then told her everything about last night, about how she was drugged and Fate swoop in to save her, how they talk about the most random stuff for hours, how they decided to just chill, and how just one kiss had led to so many other things.
"I never knew that one kiss can bring up so many different emotions." Nanoha recalled.
"Hmm... your story sounds a little dodgy..." Hayate highlighted.
"How so? I told you nothing but the truth." Nanoha replied.
"She was the one who called just now?" Hayate asked.
"Yup. She said that she'll try again later when I'm not busy." Nanoha replied.
"You were late because you both did it again, right?" Hayate asked while raising her brows to stress the fact that they've done it.
"Wa... what?! I got no comment to that but yes, we did spend time together this morning." Nanoha replied, blushing so badly that it gave everything away.
"Nanoha, to what I've heard so far, this is not how the usual one night stand goes. And she wants to meet up with you again, right?" Hayate asked.
"She did mention no strings attached that sort of thing." Nanoha said.
"So what's her name?" Hayate probed.
"I'm not going to tell you. You'll run a background check on her." Nanoha refused.
Hayate tried from a different avenue, "I should at least meet her and thank her for saving you."
"We'll see about that." Nanoha countered.
"You can do it now. I can wait." Hayate forcefully suggested.
Nanoha grumbled something intangible and dialled Fate's number... "Hello?" Nanoha greeted.
"Hi Nanoha, I wasn't expecting you to call back so quickly." Fate answered cheerfully.
"Just so you know, Hayate is right beside me." Nanoha cautioned.
"Hello." Hayate called out.
"Ohh... erm... please help me say hi." Fate replied.
"She says hi." Nanoha passed on.
"So, you were looking for me?" Nanoha asked.
"Oh ya, I erm... just wanted to let you know that your cardigan is here. What would you like me to do with it?"
"My cardigan? Come to think of it, yeah. You can just hold on to it." Nanoha giggled.
Hayate did some stupid face that almost made her laugh out loud.
"Do you want to come pick it up tonight? Or I can drop it off." Fate asked.
"Sorry, I can't... I promised my dad I'll be home tonight." Nanoha answered.
"Another time then." Fate replied sounding a little disappointed.
"Sure..." Nanoha responded. "I'll call you again. Maybe later tonight?" Fate asked in hope.
"Okay, mmm... bye." Nanoha answered quickly and hung up.
-0-
"So that went alright. A cardigan huh. That's new. Never heard that excuse being used like that before. Are you going to see her again?" Hayate probed.
"I think I will meet her again. She's actually very easy to chat with... and she's a very good listener. She understands stuff even without me going into details." Nanoha replied.
"I didn't expect both of you to do a lot of talking. I thought you would have been busy with something else." Hayate teased.
"Hayate!" Nanoha defied. "Just don't go back to the club on your own anymore, promise?" Hayate asked.
"Don't worry, I won't. I don't have to now anyway." Nanoha replied with a smile.
"By the way, you still haven't arranged for her to meet me." Hayate prompted.