Chapter Four: A Kiss

It had been a week since Yui went shopping, and when she went to the youth activity Wednesday night most of the girls were shocked to see her like that. Some even asked where she got them from, but she was too shy to say anything except the mall. However Kazane and a few of her friends stayed away, and the girls that usually weren't into anything.

The Wednesday passed as Sunday was also another round of showing off her new clothes. She was still surprised that Mr. Nao accepted all of her new items, and she thanked Haruhi repeatedly for helping her. The Sunday came and went as the next Wednesday passed too, and onto Friday night. For the week and a half Yui found herself surrounded by some girls, but they would eventually leave her side to go to Kazane and pay attention to new gossip or some brand new electronic device. Yui sometimes felt jealous of Kazane for being able to afford such items, but she tried to appreciate the fact that her new style was assisting her.

The Friday night party was of the entire ward, or over three hundred people were crammed into the gym. It was for the Christmas celebration as the holiday was a few weeks away, and some of the children in the Nao family were excited for it. In the gym were about a dozen long tables set up with about twenty chairs along each row. The food was at the one side of the room as there were Christmas trees set up in all four corners. In one of them was a big scarlet chair with someone dressed as Santa Claus on it as all of the little kids were lining up to sit on his lap, say what they wanted for Christmas, and handed a candy cane. Yui's two younger siblings were behind the other children are her parents recorded them onto their digital camera.

Yui however was sitting at one of the tables watching from afar. She was glad that she could relax sitting there with her fresh black skinny jeans, and a cute long sleeve black shirt with a red plaid top. Kazane never came to those events, so she didn't have to worry about the girl being bothersome. She did wonder where Haruhi was, and she saw her family, but the female wasn't around. Her eyes glanced about wondering if maybe the friend was there, and she was too far to see.

Eventually after the two siblings were done with Santa she headed into the hallway, and almost crashed into a bunch of kids that were running down it. They weren't supposed to, so the thought of them being like that annoyed her. She shrugged it off before going around the entire building, or around the circle in the outer halls. Eventually she spotted Haruhi coming out from the women's restroom as she smiled. "Hey."

The blond pivoted and immediately beamed at the sight of the girl. "Oh. Did I miss anything?" she wondered. The brunette shook her head as they stood close to each other wondering where to go next. "I think it's almost time to eat. Let's sit together."

"Alright." Yui followed the ally into the gym as odd enough the lines for the food had already started. They talked while they waited and eventually reached the tables. They both picked out food like ham, string beans, stuffing, rolls, and other items. They both sat down together as their families were at the table too. Yui was a bit anxious since that was her first time in a long while spending the activity with someone other than a family member.

They all ate together as the desserts were handed out, and eventually the singing was about to start. Suddenly Haruhi nudged Yui. "Let's go hang out on the couches." Yui nodded as her family seemed rather occupied, so maybe then was a good time to go. She enjoyed singing the songs though, but she would probably do it again soon at either caroling or in church service itself.

The girls slipped out of the room as the couches were a bit down the hall from there, or in an unlit part of the building. Haruhi sat down on the long blue couch as Yui went beside her a moment later. Haruhi had on black tight stretchy pants as she had on adorable silver boots at the bottom of her legs. Her top was a gray long sleeved shirt with a petite vest of plaid cerulean and teal stripes. They then giggled as more kids ran by, but they didn't pay attention.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Yui wondered. It must be important if they were both skipping the singing time, and she could hear the people vocalizing inside of the gym.

"I just wanted to thank you for hanging out with me," she explained. "I feel like you're one of my closest friends now." Her right hand then went through Yui's hair, and tangled some of it through her fingers.

"Really?" Yui gasped while blushing. She didn't know that they were that trusting of each other. The other girl nodded and dropped her hand before leaning close.

"Yeah. You're the nicest girl of the group." She then held Yui's face with her right hand as she gave her a kiss on the lips. They both flushed and closed their eyes as to their astonishment that was happening at all, or to Yui it was mischievous. After they pulled away the brunette was flabbergasted and glancing around frantically making sure that no one else saw them do that. Haruhi chortled as she leaned back. "Don't worry. It's our secret." Yui wasn't sure what to say. Her cheeks were so warm that she could stand outside and they would still be that hot.

"I uh…" Yui stammered. In the moment she wasn't sure how to react. A part of her felt guilty that she had kissed a female like herself and the rest of her actually enjoyed it. Haruhi continued smiling as she seemed fully delighted and eager to hear her say something. "Are we still friends?"

"Of course. Oh…" Haruhi paused as she realized why Yui was being so flustered. Of course she would explain everything later. For now she leaned over and pulled her fingers through Yui's hair. "Do you feel like now that we kissed that we're in a relationship?"

Yui gasped as Haruhi practically could tell what she was thinking about. "Yeah. I'm sorry." Her legs got close as she liked the feeling of Haruhi playing with her hair, but if her parents found out they would probably accuse her of being a Lesbian and tell the Bishop, or draw the church into the situation.

"It's okay," the brunette uttered. "We're not dating and even if we were I wouldn't say anything." She then took her hand out of the girl's hair and placed it onto her lap.

"Thanks." Yui felt relieved as she relaxed her head onto Haruhi's shoulder. Suddenly the noise from the gym grew quiet as the both of them sensed that the event was over. Pretty soon the kids and parents would be exiting the doors.

"I guess it's time to go," Haruhi admitted. The both of them sat straight up and gave each other a desperate looking stare. "I'll see you on Sunday, okay?"

"Y…Yeah…See you Haruhi." Yui slowly stood up as the other female did the same thing, and followed her into the gym as they separated and met up with their families.

An hour after the party everyone at Yui's house was asleep in their beds, and so was Yui. She was wide awake though from the incident back at the church repeating in her mind. A bit of her was wondering if it actually happened or not, but the more that she thought about it the more curious she felt. She had learned about kissing and all that in church, but applying it to real life felt so different.

'A kiss…Hm…' Yui was lying on her side as she was facing the window. The moonlight was glimmering through the curtains as her clock showed that it was almost eleven in the evening. The concept that was tickling her mind was the thought of actually being a Lesbian and loving Haruhi. It was lovely being her friend, but what possibilities were there if it became more than that?

'Eh I'll think about this later.' She let out a yawn before shutting her eyes and eventually falling asleep.

End of Chapter Four