The home made Valentines day chocolate was a disaster but that didn't stop Nico and Maki from giving each other a sweet treat. They both made their own separately. (Maki had some help from her friends but that fact didn't take away any of the feeling put into it.)

White day was about to come around but the foolish lovers ran into an issue; White day is a day where the person who was the recipient of some Valentines day chocolate returns a gift to their sender a month later. Usually only one of the partners gives chocolate to the other on Valentines day but in Nico and Maki's case, they both gave some to each other so they were unsure about whether or not to participate in White day and if they did, what present would they present?

Let's see how each of them handled this situation:


Maki's POV:

"Tomorrow is White day, right? Nico-chan gave me some chocolate so it's only fair that I return the favor, but I already made her some chocolate too last month so does that mean I don't have to give her anything...? I'm putting way too much thought into this. I'll just buy her something and be done with it because if I don't she'll probably make me feel guilty about it for a long time. Yeah, I better head to the store and look for something. What would she want though? Maybe I'll figure it out when I get there and see something in person."

Nico's POV

"I never expected Maki-chan to give me anything for Valentine's day. She just doesn't seem like the type of girl to get into things like this, especially after that mess in her kitchen. Wow, that was really embarrassing. Somehow her chocolates tasted pretty good. I suppose it would be nice of me to give her a White day gift too. I know that I already made chocolates for her but that felt like a given; like I had no choice because I figured she wouldn't do it and then nobody would get anything. Maki-chan is pretty popular so I bet she would've gotten something anyway from somebody else and she did, but they were just friendship or fan chocolate. Even I got some. I make it seem like I'm this big-shot idol but in reality I'm not all that famous so I was surprised to get anything. I hope Maki-chan sees me as a star. This is getting off topic and there isn't much time left. I should go buy her something. Alright, it's shopping time!"


They both had the same idea but who would've thought that they'd go to the same store? It was a petite little shop downtown that sold school idol merchandize. They even had goods that featured the popular pairings like NozoEli, RinPana, and of course, NicoMaki. Neither of them knew that this place had that kind of stuff for sale.

"Huh, how did something like this get here?" Nico held up a key-chain that had a picture of her and Maki inside of a heart shaped enclosure.

"They have some of the others too. I wonder how this got leaked."

Maki walked through the door. A pair of red eyes scanned her briefly and then they were focused on the key-chain and at that moment, something clicked.

"Oh crap! What is she doing here!? I gotta hide!"

Hidden carefully behind an over-sized pillow of herself, Nico spied on Maki.

"I'm pretty much hiding behind myself... That's weird.", thought Nico who had time to think thoughts like that because Maki was taking her sweet time browsing through everything in the store.

"Come on Maki-chan, hurry up!", said Nico out loud, unintentionally.

"Did I hear Nico-chan's voice just now?"

"No, no you didn't. You didn't hear anything Maki-chan." This time the comment remained inside of Nico's head yet it seemed that Maki heard it anyway.

"I swear I heard it. Maybe it came from one of the items here."

"Yeah, keep believing that. Now, pick something and get out!"

"I have some spare time so I won't rush. I need to make sure that I choose the perfect gift for Nico-chan!"

"Are you kidding me!? Wait, did she just say that she's getting me a gift here? We had the same plan? This isn't going to work then. I need to sneak out of here as soon as possible and go somewhere else."


"Mission accomplished!"

"Oh, hello there Nico-chan. What brings you here today?"

"M-maki-chan!? I could say the same thing..."

"I noticed that you were in that shop just a while ago. You looked like you were trying to hide from me for some reason. Why did you do that?"

"Um, I think you are mistaken. I just got here."

"You're lying. I saw you."

"That store has me all over the place. You most likely just saw a poster of me or something."

"No, it was definitely the real you. I even played a mind game with you when you accidentally spoke to me."

"You caught me. I was going to buy you a present for White day."

"Really? That's what I was doing too."

"But you haven't bought anything Maki-chan."

"That's right. I already have your gift and I didn't have to spend any money on it either."

"That doesn't make sense."

"Sure it does. Do you want me to give it to you early since we're already here?"

"Okay, I guess. I didn't get you anything though. Is that alright?"

"Don't worry about it. My present isn't that extravagant anyway."

"What did you get me?"

"I got you this."

Maki kissed Nico right then and there. It took a lot of courage to do it out in the open but Maki knew that Nico would appreciate it so it was worth all of the effort.

"A kiss?" Nico was shocked at Maki's final choice for her gift.

"Yeah, I told you it wasn't much."

"No, that's the best present I could ask for. How about I give you that as well?"

Nico didn't let Maki answer because she sealed her lips with a kiss of her own.

A camera shutter went off at the same time but it went undetected.

"Happy White day, Maki-chan!"

"Happy White day, Nico-chan!"


Without their consent, a whole new line of NicoMaki products began flying off of the shelves. Everywhere you went you could see their kiss in the form of a key-chain or a T-shirt decal. It was viral! It caused a problem at their school too, not because it was a forbidden love but because students were trading with each other and it "created a distraction to the learning environment", or so Kotori's mom called it.

As a result of all this, Nico and Maki gained a lot of unwanted attention.

"I'm sorry Nico-chan. That wasn't a good idea for a gift after all."

"No way, it was great! I don't mind the popularity either."

"Well, I find it to be quite annoying."

"It will die down in a few days or so."

"How do you know?"

"Because that's what happens when something sparks interest that quickly. It withers away just as fast."

"Now that I think of it that way it makes me feel sad."

"Even though this fad will fade, our love for each other will still remain."

"Stop trying to sound like a poet Nioc-chan. That was cheesy and unromantic."

"I tried."

"You tried."


Afterword

How's this for an unexpected story/chapter? I know that White day was on the 14th but it wasn't until the other day that I published my SIF fic and my alpha fan, OmegaK, reminded me of all of the canon material within the game and it inspired me to write a story about White day. I tied it to my previous Valentines day story (that was planned), "Sugary Sweet Goodness" if you can't tell already. Anyway, to show your support, you could send me a copy of Pokemon White 2 as a White day present. Anyone? No? ...Okay. This is irrelevant but I started using Microsoft Word 97 (hey, it's better than Wordpad and it has that shifty-eyed paperclip guy) and it says that I misspell Nico's name wrong but not Maki's. I wonder why.