POV: Yuzu -ish

[6:00 AM, Monday]

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Saturday was a disaster.

Mei and Yuzu had originally planned to shop and walk around the town just two of them alone.

Little did she know an evil intervention was going to happen where Himeko, and then Matsuri jumped onto the scene and eventually had Mei away from Yuzu for the day. It was painful.

The girl, Matsuri, that Yuzu hadn't seen in a while turned out to be...well...a piece of work to be honest.

Matsuri once was just a cute baby girl who would follow Yuzu around everywhere. And that girl was gone for good.

Of course, Matsuri was still like a cute little sister to Yuzu. But after Matsuri and Yuzu got separated from Mei and Himeko, she was all over Yuzu's waist, face, chest and everything, it was too much to handle.

Her having unreasonable jealousy towards Mei was another problem. Mei and Matsuri just did not seem to get along. Which was a shame because both were family to Yuzu.

Yuzu spent the rest of that day missing Mei and dealing with a handful of a cute little devil, Matsuri. It was tiring.

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When Yuzu opened her eyes today in the morning, however, she realized something.

That she gets to sleep right next to the girl who she has a massive crush on. Every, day.

'Literally, nobody gets to do this in life.' Yuzu thought.

Looking at Mei's backhead, and hearing her beloved younger sister breathing regularly in her sleep...the two have been doing it for months, yet Yuzu still could not get over how dreamy the whole situation was.

Yuzu would look at Mei's silky hair adoringly, yet she could not dare to touch it.

Every now and then whenever Yuzu gets up earlier than Mei, Yuzu just looked at her sleeping beauty of sister like this until she wakes up.

At this point, Yuzu knew every move Mei takes after she first opens her eyes in the morning.

Once Mei wakes up, Yuzu usually kept her eyes shut to pretend she was asleep.

Yuzu guessed what Mei was doing just with the sounds and felt Mei's eyes on her occasionally. Yuzu sure treasured every moment of it.

It was not lost on Yuzu, however, all that could sound very creepy to some especially considering it was no other than her own (step) sister that Yuzu was drooling all over.

But like a certain song says, only god could judge her.

"Hey."

Mei spoke as she finished getting dressed.

Yuzu jumped inwardly at that but pretended she was still not awake. Shoot, maybe Mei could judge her, too.

"If you want to come, hurry up and get ready. I can't wait for long."

"Wait, I'm coming!"

Yuzu realized she was caught pretending asleep and hastily got dressed.

"Ah, come on, Mei. At least wait until I've done the basic make-up."

"Just put on sunscreen, that'll be enough."

"Whaaaat? Alright, alright, I got it."

Yuzu pouted as she answered.

But Yuzu was elated, for Mei recently has got a bit wordy around her. It has got to be a good sign for their relationship.

Yuzu has been skipping her breakfast for a while now, as Mei wasted no time eating and just bolted out of the house every morning.

But then again, what in the world could possibly be healthier than heading out of the house in the morning with your crush?

THAT has to be the best thing you can ask for in life.

'Or this, THIS has to be. Because it's happening to me now.'

Yuzu smiled.

Hell, she might as well be skipping school if that was what it took to be with Mei.

Happy thoughts aside, they went out.

"I'm heading out."

"See ya, mom!"

Mei and Yuzu notified their leave, respectively.

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POV: Mei

[6:30 AM, the same Monday]

It was a usual morning. I woke up without the alarm and got off the bed right away.

It was almost painful moving around the body with the low energy but last week's student council work was left unfinished, so I had to go now.

Ignoring all the fatigue draining the whole body, I washed up and got dressed as fast as I could.

Breakfast was out of the question, so I was about to leave right away, before looking to the sleeping girl.

Her sleeping feature was usually peaceful, even overly peaceful.

It became a routine that I take in the scene of the girl sleeping with no worries in the world.

Even doing it just for a few seconds was enough for me to maintain a certain level of sanity. The scene always brought a humanly feeling to the viewer.

Except for today, she looked a little bit off. Forgetting I was in hurry, I went for a longer watch out of curiosity. Then, I saw Yuzu's eyes tremble for a moment.

'Is she awake and yet trying to keep her eyes shut?'

I spent a few more seconds observing before sighing.

'Silly girl.'

Yet, it was somewhat comforting to watch.

I checked the time and was about to leave, but changed my mind and turned back to Yuzu.

'As she has already woken up, I might as well have her come with me now. She might even be late if I leave her be.'

"Hey."

I called to her. Her shoulders twitched, but no answer came back.

'Are you a child...'

"If you want to come, hurry up and get ready. I can't wait for long."

"Wait, I'm coming!"

The response came rather quickly this time.

Thinking Yuzu would follow soon enough, I just walked out of the room.

"Ah, come on, Mei. At least wait until I've done the basic make-up."

Yuzu seemed to have misunderstood that I would just leave her behind.

I, however, did not bother correcting her as I was in hurry.

"Just put on sunscreen, that'll be enough."

"Whaaaat? Alright, alright, I got it."

I stared at her who was trying to properly apply sunscreen with the little time she had.

Her facial appearance was not half bad without makeup.

Starting a day this way was not half bad.

Starting a day with her was not half bad.

"I'm heading out."

"See ya, mom!"

And starting a day with her every day, as long as we can, would not be half bad.

That I thought and never spoke of.

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A/N: Thanks for reading.

I tried first person point of view for Mei.

It is very meaningful that I did it because Mei has been always secretive and her true nature is veiled even at this point of the original manga.

I'd initially avoided indicating Mei's feelings in my writing because the original manga did not provide much information about her personality and I had too much respect for the work to cook up my own version of her.

But as the new chapter(16) of the manga came out and Mei appeared somewhat humanly, I thought it was time that I showed human feelings of Mei in my writing as well. All things considered, my version of Mei is not much of an aberration from the manga Mei.

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Another thing is that I figured my vocab is quite limited especially when it comes to writing a fanfic.

To resolve the issue, I'm utilizing GRE flashcards to diversify my choices of words.

In fact, I'd so desired that Mei would sound very well-educated but that obviously did not work out.

It's a bit of shame that I can't manage to do so without constantly consulting a dictionary.

I promise you the better quality writings as time goes by.