Quick Note: This chapter is pretty short compared to the first one, but I did want to write a little in between chapter for the night before the next day for Kurokami and Misaki. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy! =)
Chapter #2 - Closer As Friends, Or?
The first night at St. Miator for Kurokami has been quiet and full of thoughts. How so much has happened when she arrived at the serene sight of Astraea Hill; the tour Miyuki gave that helped her tremendously with getting to know more about St. Miator, and then finally meeting the girl she will be sharing her dorm room with. Misaki staring at Kurokami like they did in the literature class struck Kurokami in a surprised reaction. She questioned if she would know that girl more, or if she possible was her roommate, to which she would be correct. Then meeting each other face to face and getting to know each other in a short period of time, how fast that went. This fast pace of meeting each other led them to being friends already because of Kurokami telling Misaki about not having many friends before, which made Misaki feel almost sad for the quiet girl. So then, just like that, roommates now friends that understood each other only just a little. All of this is what Kurokami is thinking in the late night after the long, surprised filled day. She cannot help but think about her first day here at St. Miator or with will that has happened, and so she is laying her bed wide awake. Kurokami looks over to where Misaki was sleeping, seeing her facing the other way in the moonlight towards the wall.
"I think she is sleeping.." says Kurokami quietly. "I would want to talk to her, but I do not want to wake her up."
Kurokami feels like she wants to say thank you to Misaki for being so nice to her and giving her compliments about how pretty she is, never being told as much before. As Kurokami lets out a sigh of breath, she hears Misaki roll on her other side in her bed. Kurokami then looks back over to Misaki, who is now actually staring right back at her.
"Can't sleep Kurokami-chan? asks Misaki suddenly.
Kurokami was startled by the ever said question asked by Misaki and then puts her blanket over her head in embarrassment. Misaki giggles at the sight of Kurokami being caught looking at her, thinking how cute she is with her reactions. After a few moments have passed, Kurokami peeks her head out of her blankets and says to Misaki,
"I'm sorry for staring at you like that Misaki-chan, it was probably weird of me huh?"
Misaki shakes her head, replying back to Kurokami,
"Not at all! To be honest, you looked cute just peeking towards me." She then giggles while Kurokami was blushing. "So, why can you not sleep? Is something wrong?" asks Misaki concerningly.
Kurokami takes a few moments to ponder on what she was going to say back to Misaki, wondering if she should say nothing or just the truth about what she really was thinking about earlier. She takes a deep breath, and replies to Misaki saying,
"Well, what I've been thinking about..is how so much has happened yesterday when I arrived here. The long tour Miyuki-sama gave me and then..meeting you. How you noticed me while others have not expected me, I thought I would be alone for a while being here. Now you and I are friends suddenly, how fast in time that I have made a friend so quickly. What is even better about that fact is that you are my roommate, which helps in many ways tremendously actually. Though, there is one other thing that I have been thinking about, and that is..is the compliment you gave me earlier on how pretty I was. It was very sweet of you to say and I feel happy hearing that."
Misaki is now very happy to hear that she has helped Kurokami, even though that they only have met just yesterday.
"I am thrilled to hear that Kurokami-chan." says Misaki as she smiles. She continues to speak saying, "For a few times in the night, I did think that I was so sudden with asking you if I could be your friend. Though since you accepted, I was so delighted to hear that because of you telling me about only having a few friends. Plus, I kind of wanted to be friends with you because of the fact that you are a pretty, cute girl!"
Kurokami's face lights up like a star in the night sky while also warming up ever so much, and so she covers her face with her blanket once again. Misaki giggles again at the second sight of Kurokami doing this, but now she almost laughs out loud. As Misaki stops giggling, she starts to ask Kurokami a question,
"Kurokami-chan, are you..very shy?"
Once asking this, Kurokami nods her head up and down in response as they looked at each other in the bright moonlight shining in their room. Misaki smiles and says to Kurokami,
"Well I am kind of the opposite, more open I guess. But even then, I can be shy like you in some certain instances, believe it or not."
Kurokami then intently looks back at Misaki, wanting to hear about how she is shy like herself sometimes. Misaki continues speaking,
"An example is like earlier in literature, when you came and introduced yourself. As I was thinking about how cute you were, I blushed so much and so l lowered my head to the desk, embarrassed and shy for a short moment of time.."
Kurokami remembers Misaki having her head down, how she wondered why that girl lowered her head after looking at her. She then laughs to herself, trying to not have Misaki hear her. Though Misaki does hear Kurokami's chuckles very subtly, so she asks her in a questioning tone of voice,
"What is so funny, huh?"
Kurokami stops laughing and says back to Misaki, "I just remembered that when you had your head facing down, I was thinking about how interesting you were before I met you later one. I have to say, you still are quite interesting."
Misaki then laughs a little, trying to say back,
"Well you are quite as interesting as me Kurokami-chan!"
Then both girls start to laugh in their beds, also trying to stay quiet as much as possible, not wanting to be too loud. As they slowly stopped laughing, light steps of footsteps were heard outside of their room door. Kurokami and Misaki remained silent, trying to hear the ever so low sound of walking footsteps. Those footsteps were from Yaya, Hikari, Tsubomi, and Chiyo walking to Tamao and Nagisa's room to have their secret tea party in the middle of the night.
"I wonder who would be walking at this late in the night?" asks Kurokami concerningly.
"They are probably having fun sneaking around and trying to not get caught from the head sister of St. Miator." replies Misaki. "Some girls like to have special meetings with either their friends from St. Spica and St. Lulim, or their special someone. It's pretty romantic if I do say so myself."
"Secret meetings?" questions Kurokami. "What do you mean by secr..oh my!"
Kurokami's face feels warm when she thinks about some of the special meetings some girls might have, and not the meetings with friends. Misaki almost laughs again, but she covers her mouth with her hands so she would not laugh like before. After calming down, Misaki takes a deep breath before speaking again,
"Your expressions are so cute and random, Kurokami-chan!"
Kurokami looks over to Misaki and sticks her tongue out, having fun with what Misaki said. Misaki giggles once more, but then she yawns for a bit and stretches out her arms.
"I am quite tired now Kurokami-chan." says Misaki as she yawns again.
"I bet Misaki-chan." replies Kurokami. "But before you go to bed, I have to say..thank you once again for talking to me. I feel much better than earlier because of what I said to you and what I was thinking about. I have a feeling that my time here at St. Miator will be well because I have a friend I can talk to."
Saying all this really has Kurokami feel so relieved, with what was on her mind and telling someone else about what she was thinking is something she did not do before when she lived in northern Japan. As Kurokami was feeling much better about the night, Misaki feels like she has done something for her new, but still farouche friend. Hearing Kurokami say that she feel better telling her what was on her mind has made Misaki feel like it was an accomplishment as a friend to another, for she does help other at St. Miator as well. After a minute of silence, Misaki says to Kurokami,
"I am glad to listen. If you need to say anything or need any help, just let me know Kurokami-chan."
"Kurokami looks over to the smiling Misaki and says back to her,
"I shall keep that in mind. Thank you again Misaki-chan for listening."
Misaki nods in response, but then she gets out of her bed and walks over to Kurokami's bed. She bends down and giver Kurokami a hug.
"You are very welcome Kurokami-chan. Even though this is sudden, I will always be here to help you."
Kurokami blushes once more from the loving hug she is receiving, but also with how warm Misaki feels. It is like her hug is warmer than her own blanket that she has been laying under, how the hug also warms up her mind so much in such a serene feeling and loving moment.
"You are pretty chilly Kurokami-chan! If you need to have me as a second 'blanket', ask whenever you want." says Misaki in a very teasing tone of voice, also winking at Kurokami.
"You just love to tease, don't you Misaki-chan?" asks Kurokami nervously, for she was still blushing from the hug.
As Misaki was walking and climbing into her bed, she replies back saying,
"Hmm, you could say that. I do tease, especially if it is with such a cute friend of mine. Maybe I tease you more for some certain reasons?"
This makes Kurokami cover herself with her blanket once again, embarrassed by how Misaki teased her. She stays under the blanket as Misaki says to her giggling,
"Well goodnight Kurokami-chan. I hope you sleep well now and I will see you in the morning!"
Kurokami then replies back to Misaki saying quietly,
"Goodnight Misaki-chan."
After a few minutes have passed, Kurokami hears the quiet breathing of Misaki sleeping silently, how peaceful she sounded.
'I..I am so glad to meet Misaki-chan.' thinks Kurokami. 'I do not care if we have just became friends in a matter of minutes of meeting, I am just so relieved to have a friend here at St. Miator..I am so blessed.'
Kurokami takes a deep breath and smiles, feeling overwhelmed with happiness and comfort in the fact that she has such a caring new friend now. She feels like a friend that is her roommate will help tremendously, for she can have a lot of time to speak with Misaki if she ever needs to. Kurokami also thinks about how Misaki teases her so much and that she keeps saying how cute she is, how she has not gotten this many compliments from anyone, from one person.
'She sure does like to say I'm cute and tease me with saying that. It's funny and very nice, but does she say this to only play around..or something else with what she feels?'
Author Note: Thank you very much for reading chapter 2 of my second Fan Fiction story! Please feel free to review and give feedback that can help with publishing future chapters as needed! =)
