Chapter 12
Desire to Say It
Every day in the Student Council, Rise has found herself admiring Ayano. Probably more than Nana perhaps. She still does crazy experiments with her, however, after finally realizing her feelings for the Vice, those feelings for the mad scientist slowly faded away. This enabled her to spend more time with Ayano, including Student Council meetings.
Those feelings grew and grew and pretty soon, she and Ayano started spending more time together outside of school, including texting each other. Due to the strong bond between them, it made Ayano be able to understand Rise's quiet whispers perfectly. Rise has no idea why, but from her viewpoint, because she bonded with Nana, it allowed her to understand her.
Rise did express her feelings toward Ayano a couple times since they started going out, but for the record, she feels that expressing them in whispers is just not enough. She herself knows why she talks that way because one, her lack of presence, secondly because she's so shy. She wants to change that, just for Ayano's sake so that she'll feel better about herself soon after.
Right now, the meeting is almost done while Ayano leads the meeting. Rise just sits there, watching as she admires the violet haired girl as the Vice President speaks, pointing to what's on the white board. She doesn't bother to pay attention for a bit while watching Ayano, but soon snaps out of it when she turns toward the raven haired girl for some suggestions or concerns. Rise just shakes her head and whispers.
"It's all good?" Ayano says. "Alright, thank you, President. Well then, that concludes the meeting. Have a nice day~"
"Alright, time to help me with homework, Himawari!" Sakurako says as she stretches out her arms and starts to walk out the door.
"Stay focused this time, alright?" Himawari says as she follows her childhood friend.
"You coming, Ayano-chan?" Chitose asks.
"No, I think I'm going to stay for a little bit longer to help President," the violet haired girl replies.
"Okay. See you later~"
With that, as the door closes, Ayano and Rise are alone. The violet haired girl proceeds to help the raven haired one with organizing the papers and stacking them neatly. There is silence the whole time they are doing this until everything is neat and organized. They back up and Ayano gives a nod of satisfaction.
"This is good enough," she says as she turns toward the small girl. "What do you think, Prez?"
Rise just nods.
"Say, why don't we grab some snacks on the way home?" Ayano suggests. "I can buy us some good crepes."
Rise nods again and whispers.
"That would be wonderful? Alright, then! Let's go~"
The two leave the student council room, lock the door behind them and exit the school to walk into town to look for a booth that sells crepes. They find one and Ayano pays for two of them. She hands one to Rise and both of them find a nearby bench to sit and eat them. But shortly after starting to eat, there is a crumb on Rise's face and Ayano takes notice of it.
"Ehehe~! President," she coos, grabbing the raven haired girl's attention. "You have a crumb under your mouth. Right there~" She points to the area where the crumb is and Rise blushes in embarrassment. "Don't worry. I'll get it~" She leans in and literally licks it off her face.
Rise backs away, blushing heavily now with a hand on the spot where she licked it.
"All clean~" Ayano says.
Rise bites her lip and turns her head away while whispering.
"Aw, come on, it's just what couples do~" Ayano points out. "There's no need to be so embarrassed~"
The raven haired girl eats her crepe and whispers. The two eat the rest of the crepes until they are all gone. The sun is already beginning to set, so the two start to walk toward the sidewalk. Rise looks back and forth to see that there is no one around. This might be the perfect opportunity to express her feelings toward her. She walks faster a bit before tugging on Ayano's sleeve.
"Hm? What is it, President?" Ayano turns toward the small girl, who has both fists on her chest. "You want to go somewhere?"
Rise shakes her head. She takes long deep breaths for a bit before looking up at Ayano. She start to speak, but they come out as whispers...only for a moment. Ayano tilts her head in confusion.
"Something the matter?"
Rise takes a few more deep breaths and opens her mouth. "A…A…Aya…" It becomes a whisper again.
"Aya?" Ayano inquires.
The raven haired girl clenches her fists on her chest as she tries to speak a little louder this time. "Aya…no….s-san…!"
"Yes? Yes what is it?" Ayano cannot believe what she's hearing right now. For the first time in her life, she is hearing Rise's actual voice. The sound of it is gentle….soft, but not too soft, and cute.
Rise is in tears, not from sadness but from happiness. She tries again. "I….I love…" She takes deep breaths again and speaks a little louder. "I…love…you…!"
Ayano cups both hands to her mouth, having her own tears of happiness trickle down her face. "Rise…san…!"
"I love you…Ayano-san!" Rise says. "Y-you're….everything to me! The whole world to me…! I want to….I want to be with you…forever…!" Shouting it out like that makes her want to cry. She clenches her fists on her chest a bit tighter, tears spilling out.
Ayano rushes in to embrace the small girl. "Thank you! Thank you so much, Rise-san! I love you, too! You mean so much to me, too! Trust me…! And you finally spoke. Congratuations~"
The two softly cry in each other's arms for about 5 to 10 minutes. After that, they pull away, allowing some sniffles to be heard and Ayano looks down at the raven haired girl.
"You feeling better?" she asks.
Rise goes back to whispering.
"Awwwww, I wanted to hear your voice a little more~" Ayano pouts adorably. "Oh, well. Hearing your love for me was good enough." She pets the small girl like a puppy, making Rise blush and smile while whispering.
"How about I come over to your house tonight? Sound good?"
Rise nods.
"Okay. Let's go~"
The two girls hold each other's hand and start walking towards Rise's home.
A/N: I'm sorry. XD I'm more used to writing Rise's quiet whisper like voice, but once is enough to let Ayano hear her voice, right? So…hope you all liked this one…even though Major Mike has been the only one reviewing recently.
Have a nice day~!
