DISCLAIMER: The Japanese adult Yuri visual novel, "Okujou no Yurirei-san," was developed by Liarsoft. The English translated adult Yuri visual novel, "Kindred Spirits on the Roof," was licensed and translated by MangaGamer. The author of this fan fiction does not profit, in any way, from the story and that all creative rights to the characters belong to their original creator(s).
AUTHOR'S NOTES: After playing the game "Kindred Spirits on the Roof," I fell in love with the characters and wanted to write a piece for my favorite couple. This fanfiction contains some spoiler information, so if you have not played the adult Yuri visual novel, do not proceed any further.
Reflections of You
Several weeks after their special night at a western business hotel, Aki and Youka's lives continued as before, however their relationship was now closer than ever. Every month, like clockwork, Aki and Youka have lunch with a group of their high school friends. Attendees depended on life schedules.
When the small group of friends first decided to hold their monthly lunches, they all agreed to hold it wherever their friend Yuna was cooking. One monthly lunch, held at an American fast food restaurant, was especially distasteful, because Yuna was in her "greasy spoon" cooking phase. Hina dubbed it that after hearing those types of eateries referred to as "greasy spoons" on television. Everyone, especially Hina, was thrilled when Yuna moved on to a different cooking phase. This month, she was in her "haute cuisine" phase. It was definitely going to put a bit of a strain on the friends of more modest means, but somehow everyone was determined to make the lunch. The restaurant was inside a fancy western hotel.
As Aki and Youka approached the hotel, they each felt the moment their joined hands grew warmer with memory. They stopped, looked at each other, and smiled.
"It's not the same one, but…," Youka began.
"…it still invokes the same feelings, right?" Aki finished.
When they realized what they had done, they laughed and quickly entered the hotel lobby. They decided to take a quick look at the restaurant's menu, posted on the wall outside the restaurant, on expensive paper stock.
"Youka, the prices…," Aki began.
"…are a bit out of my budget," Youka finished.
Before Aki could offer to help Youka pay for lunch, they heard, "Don't worry about it. Come inside and enjoy the exquisite food. Lunch is our treat this month."
Aki and Youka turned around slowly. They incredulously stared at the young woman whose voice they had not heard in quite a long time.
"Amishima-san," they stated together.
"Ariu-san. Koba-san," Matsuri smiled and teased, "I see you two are still together."
"As are you and Inamoto-san," Aki returned the tease as she watched Miyu walk up behind Matsuri.
Matsuri smiled brightly, while Miyu blushed. Aki remembered reading in the news that Matsuri competed in the Summer Olympics for Japan and brought home a gold medal. Miyu was the team's coach.
"Amishima-san, congratulations on the gold," Aki bowed to Matsuri and quickly turned to Miyu, "Inamoto-san, thank you for leading the team to gold greatness."
The surprised dual looks caused Aki to chuckle.
"Are you still not used to the notoriety?" Aki asked.
"Not really," Miyu shyly smiled.
Matsuri puffed up and proudly stated, "We can thank Miyu for lunch today, because of her, I was able to bring home the gold and garner a lot of sponsors."
Before anyone could say anything, the foursome heard, "Amishima-san!" All four heads quickly turned to see who called out to Matsuri.
"Sonou-chan!" Matsuri exclaimed and without thinking, picked up and hugged her petite former teacher.
"Amishima-san! Please put my girlfriend down!" Kiri demanded.
That stopped Matsuri in her tracks. Four incredulous faces and one very red one stared at Kiri. Aki felt as if time stopped.
Youka ended the standoff, "Kiri-chan!" She lunged at her friend and wrapped her arms around her friend's waist. "Kiri-chan, I think you grew," she teased her much taller friend.
This flustered Kiri past her earlier bout of jealousy. Matsuri released Tsukuyo. She bent down and whispered in her former teacher's ear. The short woman tittered. This brought all conversation to a grinding halt.
Hina popped her head out the restaurant's front door and asked the group, "Are you going to stay out here all day?"
Everyone looked at Hina and laughed before heading into the restaurant for lunch. As expected of Yuna, the food was exceptional. Luckily, for the group of friends, the restaurant closed after lunch and reopened much later for the dinner patrons. This gave Yuna an opportunity to join the group and catch up. She was thrilled everyone was able to attend this lunch, but credited the attendance of Japan's Olympic gold medal track star and coach for the amazing turnout.
Yuna was quite pleased to see all the couples she helped bring together were all still together. Silently, she thanked Sachi and Megumi. Everyone was enjoying dessert when Ano suddenly stood and tapped her fork against her water glass. For Ano to bring an entire table's attention on herself, Yuna knew this was going to be an important announcement. After everyone quieted down, Ano cleared her throat and opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out.
After several failed attempts, Hina leaned over to Yuna and softly said, "Yuna-nee, Ano-chan looks like a fish out of water."
Yuna stifled a laugh and stood to go help her struggling friend. Before she could reach Ano, Nena, who was catnapping next to Ano, stood and placed her hand on Ano's shoulder. The soft look Ano gave Nena conveyed everything to the kindred spirits at the table.
"Congratulations Ano-chan," Yuna hugged her stunned friend.
Everyone lifted their glasses and congratulated the surprised, but happy couple. Ano flopped back in her seat with a dreamy smile on her face. Nena quickly looked around and placed a light kiss on her girlfriend's cheek, before taking her seat. Umi leaned towards Nena and whispered in her ear. Nena smiled, put her head down on her arms, and closed her eyes.
"Umi, what did you say to Nena?" Sasa asked.
"I told her we should double-date," Umi brightly smiled.
Sasa rolled her eyes. She did not think she could stand the bubbly Ano for an entire evening. Umi's bubbly personality was troublesome enough.
Yuna headed back to her seat, so she did not see the kiss. She sat down next to Hina and started finishing her dessert.
"Yuna-nee?" Hina softly asked.
"Hmm?" Yuna looked at Hina.
"Yuna-nee?" Hina motioned for Yuna to lean towards her.
Yuna leaned closer to Hina. Hina smiled and planted a kiss on her girlfriend's lips.
"I love you Yuna-nee," Hina smiled brightly.
Yuna bolted upright in her seat, her face as bright red as Ano's face. Matsuri caught the entire interaction and laughed loudly. Miyu was about to reprimand her girlfriend for being so loud, until she saw the matching tomato faces. She joined in Matsuri's laughter. Soon the entire table was boisterously laughing.
Seina leaned close to her friend and whispered, "You've gotten quite bold Hina-chan."
Hina gave her friend her infamous "thumbs up."
The end of lunch came much too soon for the group of friends. As they departed, they congratulated Matsuri and Miyu again, before all promising to get together soon.
As Aki and Youka headed out of the hotel, they literally bumped into a familiar face.
"You two sure like western hotels," the American man snarked.
