Becoming Her Lover

Chapter 3

The First Move

Note: Hey everyone. Sorry that this week's been a little weird, but I've finally taken my first steps in Europe. I arrived in Madrid and now spending some time in France. I can't describe how crazy this is. Although this is such a great opportunity for me, I do wish coming back home and giving you guys the normal schedule. If this helps at all, I should be returning mid to late July so things will return to normal by then. Thank you so much for reading and I hope you all enjoy.

During the next week of school, things were very different for the three of the second-years. Their popularity slowly increased as more and more girls approached them to say how good they were. It was also surprisingly how much they were being advertised since there was a small number of people who attended their concert.

Of course, Honoka was the most popular one, but Umi was the next one on that list. It was probably because she was on the archery team and nearly every girl thought she was the coolest girl on campus. With their first concert being pretty successful, they started their campaign to snag more members. Unfortunately, this part of their plan was pretty difficult. Everyone was really supportive of them, but none of them really wanted to join. This made them a little discouraged. They knew they had to be creative and they knew had to be really good if their popularity would be enough to save the school.

Throughout the day, the three of them did their best to advertise their group. Most of the people they encountered were willing to listen, but basing things off of the attendance of their concert, that was mostly it. They also tried to talking with the girls who attended like Hanayo, Rin, and Maki. Hanayo was the most willing to join them, but her personality prevented her from answering with her heart.

When the day came to an end, the three of them were pretty tired. They did everything they could to get their name out there. Honoka wanted to go into town and advertise as well, but Umi said that she had archery practice and Umi made it a point that she was going to both. They said their goodbyes and the three of them went their separate ways.

Umi made her way to the dojo where she was immediately halted by all of her teammates. They approached her with bright faces and smiles all around. On the other hand, Umi was quite shocked. She didn't really know what got over them.

"Umi-chan, I heard you guys were really good."

"Yeah, now I really want to see you guys perform.

"Umi-senpai, you're the best." She didn't know how to respond to all of these comments. Usually, the girls on the archery team were very quiet and only worried about their shooting. But thanks to Umi's change in character, everyone was just dying to know.

"W-What are you guys talking about?"

"You're concert. We all heard that you were really cute and really good." Umi's face went red. This kind of reaction was not what she was expecting. And plus, she wasn't really good when it came to compliments.

"Oh uh, thanks. We might be doing another one soon so maybe you guys can go see that one." Everyone shrieked at Umi's announcement.

"Really? We're so excited now. Well definitely be there." They all agreed as Umi looked at the clock.

"Okay. I think we should start practice now."

"Aye!" They pulled out their bows and grabbed the arrows out from the rack. Everyone pulled out three arrows and made their way to their respective spots on the line. Once everyone was ready, their practice finally started. The archery club was well known for their skill and everyone in it was very talented. Most of the shots made were 9 and 10 points.

As for Umi, she was in the zone. Every single shot she made was inside the 10-point zone. All of her shots were very close to each other and she never took her eyes off the target. Everyone took notice this and knew that Umi was serious. It was honestly a little strange for her because she never did this well. Occasionally, she would get a few 10-pointers, but today, it was literally every shot. She didn't know why this was happening, but it didn't really bother either.

After some more time near the end of practice, things started to take a turn. Umi started to miss her shots completely. She tried to refocusing herself, but nothing worked for her. All of her arrows were going in the white or the hay stack behind the targets. That's when she lowered her arm and just stared straight ahead. She felt exactly the same as when practice first started, but it just wasn't the same. But out of nowhere, something came to mind. It was the image of her and Kotori kissing. Her heart immediately started to pound out of her chest and sweat started to fill her palms. This image was causing her to lose her focus to the point where she couldn't even look straight without feeling a little dizzy. The others started to take notice of this and decided to end practice a little early.

"I think that's enough for one day. Stop shooting please!" The last arrow was shot and everyone else went to go pick up their arrows. "Hey, Umi-senpai, are you okay?" Umi hand her hands on her head in confusion.

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just been a long day."

"Well, I know it's your day to clean the dojo, but would you like to head home? I'll take over your shift."

"No, it's alright. I don't want you to do that."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, feel free to head home." She put her hands on her shoulder and pushed her out the building of the club. Everyone else made their way out and Umi was left alone. She slowly looked around and saw that there wasn't a lot to clean. Some of the supplies were a little messed up, but it was anything too hard. She immediately got to work, but was quickly stopped in her tracks. Her heart was pounding like crazy which made it really difficult to finish her job. At that moment, she heard the door sliding up, but didn't turn her head. She wanted to finish her work as fast as possible so she could go home.

"Uuuuumi-chan." Umi suddenly froze for she knew whose voice that was. Out of nowhere, Kotori came up from behind her and wrapped her arms around her waist.

"Kotori, what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you in your uniform. You're so cute when you where this outfit." Umi's face turned bright red again.

"Don't say that. I'm not cute. Stop teasing me." She squeezed her even tighter and kissed her on the neck.

"But you are… And I'm being completely honest." She brought her hand and touched Umi's cheek. Her cheek was hot, but she tried turning away. "May we?" She turned her cheek and kissed her on the lips. Immediately, Umi's knees started to shake until they lost their strength. Holding on to Kotori, the two of them fell to the ground as Kotori fell on top of Umi.

"G-Get off."

"Why? Doesn't this turn you on even more? Doing it when people could easily spot us?"

"No! We can't do that here."

"It's fine. I locked the door when I came in." She lowered her head and kissed her at the bottom of her neck.

"Mmm, Kotori, please stop."

"Come on, Umi-chan. Just let it happen." Kotori tried removing her uniform, but it was just a little too complicated. Umi hands were flying all over the place until she managed to put her hands on Kotori's shoulders and push her off. At the same time, Kotori locked her hand on Umi's wrist so they ended up switching places. "Umi-chan, I didn't know you were so daring. We could do it this way if you want." Umi's face turned red once more.

"Be quiet. I didn't do this on purpose. Jeez, let's just go home." She stood up and went to grab her things. Kotori was a little slow getting up, but inside, she really wanted Umi to go all of the way.

End of Chapter 3