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Hoshino Residence
"Mom, I'm home!"
Shia smiled as Fumina pushed open the door to the apartment, rrelishing the fact that she had actually been invited to Fumina's home. There was one more thing from her list to be crossed out. The girl quietly giggled as she remembered how she got here. Her little outburst had put her closer to knowing more about the girl in front of her.
She decided to save that tactic for later, if ever needed again.
Shia must have been standing in thought for a bit too long, for she was pulled out of her thoughts by Fumina. The girl had grabbed her hand and pulled her into the house. Giving the girl her usual sly smile she thanked the girl.
"Well you can take a seat on the couch. I just need to go get changed and we can hang out."
Shia nodded as she took her seat on the couch, giving the girl a sweet smile as she placed her hands on her lap. Fumina stared at the girl and gave a nervous laugh as she proceeded to her room. With the other girl gone Shia began examining the room.
"Well, it is a bit bigger than I thought it would be. Then again, I've never been inside an apartment before."
Continuing her examination of every detail of the room down to the placement of the furniture, one would never know when that information would come in handy. She was so distracted that she didn't notice another person enter the room. It wasn't until the other person sat down in the seat across from her did she notice.
The person was a woman with hair that was a shade between brown and yellow. Shia examined the woman's features and noted that she had the same eyes as Fumina. The woman gave her a smile as she started talking.
"Hello, I'm Fumina's mother, and you must be another one of her friends."
"A lot more then friends at this point Mrs. Hoshino."
The woman raised an eyebrow, and even looked as if she wanted to ask the girl to clarify, but she was interrupted by Fumina returning. The girl had changed into a violet hoodie with shorts, Shia giggled when she noted that she looked cute. Fumina sat down next to Shia, and soon found the girl's gloved fingers intertwined with her's.
The movement of her hand, and the blush spreading across Fumina's cheeks, might have clued the girl's mother in on something. The woman frowned slightly as she began speaking. Shia's eyes narrowed dangerously, she knew that look.
"Oh, so you are that close to my daughter?"
"Yes, I am Fumi's girlfriend."
Fumina and her mother flinched, Shia finding it good that neither noticed the sharp tone she had. Fumina quickly began trying to explain things to her mother. She was so nervous apparently from Shia's sudden statement, that when the girl tried to speak, she constantly fumbled over her words.
Shia would have smiled at how Fumina was acting, but she was too busy watching her mother. The woman listened to the fumbling girl as if she could understand her words.
"So then...we, um...came here..."
Shia's gaze shifted slightly to Fumina as the girl finished speaking. She wanted to bring up that Fumina didn't tell her mother about them kissing. Yet, she decided against it when she saw how nervous the girl looked. Her glare turned to a look of surprise, she opened her mouth to begin speaking, but she was cut off by Fumina's mother.
"Fumina, you know this could never work."
Fumina gritted her teeth as she looked down, Shia's eyes widened. Fumina's mother sat back in her chair, Shia quickly resuming her glare. She was putting Fumina down, and she wasn't going to have any of it. Fumina's mother seemed to notice the murderous gaze from the girl, for she quickly started talking.
"Now, don't get the wrong idea, I don't have much of a problem if Fumina is into those types of relationships. It's just, how is Fumina going to go with you, when she is already dating someone else?"
"I'm what?!"
Shia slowly turned towards Fumina, the girl was looking at her and shaking her head. She was trying to speak, but couldn't get out the words. Shia looked into the girl's eyes and saw that she also didn't really know what her mother was saying. Shia smiled, letting her fear fade as she turned to Fumina's mother.
"Mrs. Hoshino, would you care to elaborate on that?"
"Oh, well I thought she and that Sekai boy were going out."
"Mom I told you he just misunderstood a word! I don't have feelings for him!"
The woman blinked at her daughter's outburst, but she quickly returned to giving her a smile. Shia could clearly see that it was somewhat forced, due to the look of her eyes, but she didn't say anything.
"Oh, well, where did you meet, um-"
"Kijima Shia."
"Right, where did you two meet."
"At the Gunpla Battle Nationals."
The woman nodded as she leaned forward, her gaze now on Shia. The girl gave her best neutral expression.
"Fine, if that was just a misunderstanding, then you can go ahead and be with my daughter."
'Like you would've have stopped me from being with her otherwise.'
Fumina must have heard what Shia muttered, for she gave the girl a surprised look. She had never heard Shia be that possessive. Fumina's mother smiply clapped her hands together as she stood.
"Well, now that that's settled, how about some drinks."
As her mother made to leave Shia quickly stood and blocked her path. She gently pulled Fumina to her feet and pulled her close. Shia gave the girl a loving smile before returning her gaze to her mother. There was one thing she had to know.
"One last thing to clear up, Mrs. Hoshino."
"Yes?"
"You said that you don't mind Fumi being in a relationship with me, another girl."
"I did."
"Then, are you fine with this?"
Shia then turned an quickly pulled Fumina into her, quickly pulling herself up to capture the blonde's lips. She pushed into the kiss, desperately wanting to repeat what she had at the restaurant, but she resisted, as hard as it was to do. Slowly the girl then lowered herself from Fumina, giggling when she saw how red the girl's face was. She then turned to Fumina's mother, waiting for an answer.
"Well, as I said, I am fine, just do me a favor, and don't do that in public too much."
The woman then quickly walked off, leaving the two alone. Shia then smiled as she turned back to Fumina. She noted that Fumina's mother seemed uncomfortable with that display, but she had to force an answer out somehow. She leaned closer to Fumina and rested her head on the girl's shoulder.
"Can we go hang out in your room now Fumi?"
"Oh, uh, sure, right this way."
Fumina then spun around and grabbed Shia's hand and started pulling the girl deeper into the house. Shia wondered if Fumina's thoughts went to strawberries as her face darkened.
She knew the strawberry flavored mints would come in handy.
Another chapter complete. I hope you enjoyed!
Still trying to push the fact that Shia is the shorter of the two. It just makes it that more adorable in my eyes. She is still shorter, even when Fumina isn't wearing shoes.
Okay, so the entire premise of this chapter was to get to the joke about Sekai. I look at it and realize the mood really wasn't all too cheerful until the end. Eh, it still ended happily.
In my original notes, this was the midway point. But after a recent discussion with one of my readers. I may end up expanding this to 10 chapters. I am going to need some heavy planning for this.
Oh, and to that reader, your words were a big help. It even helped me flesh out the ending a bit more. And the events leading up to it. Oh, and the joke in this chapter, or Fumina's mom misunderstanding the situation was not connected to what we talked about.
That comes later.
Fumina's mom, someone who doesn't condone the act, but still isn't perfectly comfortable with it. Will she change?
Anyway, Shia's darker side came through. You know the one you see when she was fighting in Try, when she showed exactly no emotion.
Again, I hope you enjoyed.
Have a nice day!
