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This fic involves a love relationship (no, not yet, soon.) between two teenage girls, and contains both in-game and end-game spoilers. It's rated T, so obviously there are some swear words.
Please continue at your own discretion.
It took her a few moments to realise that the warm, soft, sweet strawberry "something" pressing against her lips were Yukiko's.
Satonaka Chie wasn't a big shipper of sci-fi or its complicated theories and hypothesis. No, she would gladly track weird futuristic Star Trek for good old Bruce Lee anytime.
But time must have stopped there and then as her brain stopped operating, her heart stopped beating and she stopped breathing.
Then her brain slowly starting turning its gears, as her heart pounded heavily against her ribs threatening to burst out of her chest and she started taking in deep breaths.
And when the flow of time finally returned to normal, all there was left was the lingering warmth of Yukiko's lips against hers as she sat dazed in the pavilion staring at nothing at all.
Chie touched the warmth on her lips gingerly as she started to register what had happened just now.
…Her best friend had kissed her…
Kissing your best friend wasn't really a very big deal, best friends do that once or twice when they were so overwhelmed with happiness and relief that nothing mattered to them anymore. As embarrassing as it sounded, she did kiss Yukiko on a few occasions, but it had always been a few chaste kisses on the cheeks and nothing more.
But now.
Yukiko had just kissed her on the lips.
Yukiko had just said she was in love with her and kissed her on the lips.
Somewhere in her brain, which was still trying to get back into full operation, something clicked and it registered as something very important.
Oh god.
Her best friend was a girl, named Amagi Yukiko!
And Yukiko had just confessed to her and kissed her!
Ok, it wasn't as bad as she thought. It was kinda nice, tasted a little like Yukiko, soft, warm, sweet and …
Salty…
Chie blinked a few times as she cleared her vision as she wiped her face clumsily for tears.
But she wasn't crying.
Crap. She made Yukiko cry twice in two days. She was definitely going to hell for that.
"Yukiko!" Chie called out, only to realise that the taller black-haired girl was gone from her sight.
Double crap. It was raining dinosaurs for god's sake! And Yukiko was out there in nothing but a kimono, and maybe her green jacket. If Yukiko caught a cold because of her, Chie was sure she wasn't going to live past 80.
Now was NOT a time to ponder and muse about how wonderful Yukiko's lips were.
She had to find Yukiko fast and get her back to the pavilion or at least somewhere sheltered. She would have to drag Yukiko if she had to.
Without thinking as usual, Chie leapt up and ran out of the pavilion, conveniently forgetting about her green umbrella left in the corner of the pavilion.
The downpour (it couldn't really be called rain by now) didn't help Chie in the search for the familiar pink kimono, the rain were hitting her fast and hard and her vision kept getting blurred out by the rain which flowed into her eyes.
She cursed herself (again) for taking so much time to register what was happening and actually take some action. She was supposed to act and let the world react, not the other way round. Even if Yukiko was in a kimono and couldn't have run fast, she still had at least the advantage of a few minutes ahead of her.
As Chie neared the entrance of the flood plains, she saw a familiar pink blur within a few metres of her.
She was about to call out to Yukiko when she stopped as it hit her.
She didn't know what to say to Yukiko. Well, she could just simply grab Yukiko and half dragged her back to the pavilion against her will and have Yukiko hate her for the rest of her life.
No. She couldn't bear the thought of Yukiko hating her.
She could grab Yukiko and give her a kiss and lie about loving her and probably convince her to go back to the pavilion to wait till the downpour stopped.
…Technically, that wouldn't be lying, but she wasn't telling the truth either. She did love Yukiko, but she wasn't sure whether it was the same as Yukiko's. It was all just so confusing and it just wasn't fair that she led Yukiko on, to find out later that she may not feel the same way as Yukiko.
"You know, thinking about these things really isn't your forte, neither is it mine. Isn't it much more efficient to just act first and think later?"
… She felt herself surge towards Yukiko as she silently (and rarely) thanked her shadow for her answer.
Don't think. Feel.
A/N: Maybe I should start on a biweekly basis (once two weeks, not twice a week!). It's a comfortable pace for me to do whatever life requires of me and continue updating this fic. But of course as usual, no definite commitment from me, don't you all hate me for that?
Another rather short chapter, but longer than the last. So I think I'm gonna leave it at that and maybe update again this weekend or next week. Since I'm going on a short break from 23rd Nov to around 10th Dec. At least I'll leave something for you guys to read or re-read during that period.
Oh and the Star Trek, Bruce Lee thing. I do not have anything against or towards both. Star Trek's one of my fav shows, and so are Bruce Lee's. I just happened to think of sci-fi and Tomoe in Bruce Lee's trademark yellow jumpsuit.
Oh ya. I LOVE Enter the Dragon. You'll probably see that line a lot throughout the fic, which suits Chie in a sense. She's definitely a huge Bruce Lee fan.
As always, comments, suggestions are always welcomed. And an average of almost 200 views per chapter, and emails to my inbox regarding this story being favourited and kept on alert list. I have to say I really didn't expect that, but all the same, thanks for the reviews, views, favorites, alert lists. As much as I always say amount of readership isn't important, it still feels good that people are reading and enjoying this. : )
Best regards,
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