Quick Note: This chapter is very short because it became a filler that flows into Chapter 4. Hope you still enjoy!
Chapter #3 - The Realizations
There was a lot of commotion at the two dinners of St. Miator and St. Spica. Students were mostly talking about how they have a short summer break that will begin tomorrow. At St. Miator, Nagisa was thinking of all the opportunities she can be with Shizuma. How they can really be close more often. Nagisa was asked by Chiyo-chan, the small, raven haired, cute friend of Nagisa, to come by the library sometime to chat but also to relax and read. Chiyo let Nagisa know that she could bring Shizuma too, which made Nagisa delighted to hear. She was blessed to have a place to relax, but also to be mostly alone with Shizuma. This also made her remember Tamao, who was not at dinner.
"How will she spend the short summer break?" said Nagisa. "I should ask her and see if she wants to read with me at the library sometime!"
After saying this to herself, she then continued to enjoy the dinner with Shizuma and talked about what they would do over the break. Shizuma was quite pleased to hear that Nagisa wanted to spend a lot of time with her. During the same dinner at the St. Spica tables, Hikari was having her meal with Amane. Like earlier in the day, the couple was receiving a lot of attention from the girls of the school. Amane and Hikari were none the less happy, because they were with each other, but also because they were still receiving compliments on how they are such a cute couple. During this time, Hikari remembered Yaya and wondered how she was doing now. She wanted to tell Yaya about the short summer break and see if the news would cheer her up.
As both Nagisa and Hikari are thinking about how to cheer up their friends, Tamao and Yaya were laying in their beds, still thinking about how they have become lonely from losing their love. They believe they are the only ones to be experiencing the loss of love and almost nothing really can really make them happy again. So they both have decided to lay in bed early and wallow in their sadness for the night.
Later on, dinner for both St. Miator and St. Spica were finishing up. Nagisa walked back to her dorm room in a quick pace because she wanted to tell Tamao about her summer break plans.
"Tamao-ch.." Nagisa says, but she noticed Tamao sleeping in her bed already. Nagisa is saddened by her friend sleeping already, for she cannot tell her about the ideas she has to help her from being sad lately. Never before has she seen Tamao been like this, not noticing the pain and discomfort she has kept to herself, not wanting her best friend to feel like she was at fault. Nagisa then quietly dresses for bed and slowly lays in her own bed across the room.
"I'll tell Tamao-chan tomorrow morning." says Nagisa, before she falls asleep.
Around this time, Hikari made it to her dorm room. Before she entered, she quietly sighed to get ready to tell Yaya about the summer break, and then entered the room. She saw Yaya already sleeping in her bed, which made her think to herself saying,
"I wonder if something is wrong with Yaya-chan? She usually would not go to bed without me and ask how my day went."
Standing for a bit longer, Hikari then dressed and laid down in her bed, thinking about the short summer break, but also about Yaya and how she will ask her if anything is wrong.
Hikari is in for a big surprise tomorrow.
Author Note: Thank you so much for reading Chapter 3 of my Strawberry Panic! Fan Fiction! Leave any review/suggestions that could possibly improve or help the way I publish future chapters! =)
