Author's Notes:
I don't own Citrus or any of its characters, no copyright is intended.
This story is set when Mei and Yuzu are just finishing their last year of highschool and are around the ages of 19-20 now.
Italics - Means the person is thinking.
This chapter is set a couple of days after the previous one just so you know.
This story contains 'Science babies', don't question it, just enjoy it. ^_^
Warning: This contains yuri (girl x girl) pairings, don't like? Don't read simple otherwise enjoy. ;)
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Yuzu lay sleeping peacefully in her bed, her breaths coming out as soft and slow, smiling in her sleep as she lay cuddling up close to Mei, her arms wrapped around the younger girl's waist, lovingly nuzzling into the back of her neck and sighing happily. While Mei on the other hand lay awake at the moment, not seeming to be able to get any sleep as her mind was a little clouded with all her thoughts right now.
Letting a slight sigh leave her lips as she turned in Yuzu's embrace, and looked to the blonde, a small smile forming, while she soon wiggled out of the elder girl's loose hug and sat up with her legs dangling off the side of the bed, gripping onto the bed sheets tightly for a moment as she bit her bottom lip and tried to collect her thoughts a little, hearing Yuzu mumbling out her name in her sleep as she turned to her and sighed again, before leaning down to kiss her lover's forehead softly.
Smiling to the blonde slightly as she brushed her hair out of her eyes, before she soon turned away from Yuzu and stood up from the bed, stretching a little, and then leaving the bedroom as she gave one last glance back to her sleeping girlfriend, and left out the door, making her way into the lounge a moment later.
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A couple of hours having passed as Yuzu didn't feel as warm as before, stirring in her sleep as she soon noticed a certain emptiness beside her. Her eyes blinking once or twice as she looked to the spot next to her, expecting Mei to be sleeping there soundly like she normally was, but instead she was the only one in the bed right now, causing her to look confused as she sat up and looked all around the room, wondering where her girlfriend had gone off to while it was still so dark at the moment.
'Did Mei go to the bathroom maybe?' the blonde questioned to herself as she quickly threw the covers off of herself and got out of her bed, soon leaving her bedroom and making her way down the hallway. However stopping once she got to the bathroom as she saw that the door was wide open and the light was switched off, clearly seeing that Mei wasn't in there and causing her to become puzzled over where the younger girl could be right now.
Starting to walk back to her bedroom, before her eyes soon caught the sight of a dim light coming from the lounge right now. Her expression still being one of curiosity and slight confusion as she came walking into the darkened lounge and widen her eyes once she saw Mei sitting on the sofa with the laptop open on her lap, as she was staring at its screen at the moment, seeming almost transfixed on whatever she was looking at.
"Mei? It's the middle of the night, what are you still doing up, couldn't you sleep?" Yuzu asked as she came walking up to the younger girl, seeming to catch her attention, but not enough to make her look back to her, as she just replied to the blonde while still staring to the screen in front of her.
"I guess I'm just not all that tired," Mei simply stated as her focus clearly was stuck on the laptop screen that was in front of her at the moment, while Yuzu just looked to the younger girl with a wondering expression.
"What are you looking at?"
The blonde questioned as she came walking up behind the sofa and leaned over it, looking to what Mei had open on the screen at the moment, and just seeming confused as she couldn't really understand what the younger girl was so interested in when all she saw was a webpage full of what looked like endless amounts of information about managing money, furthering one's education and other topics that didn't really grab her attention at all, as she just tilted her head to the side slightly and looked back to Mei again, waiting for a reply.
"I'm just researching a few things as all,"
The younger girl simply answered, scrolling down the complicated looking webpage she was on at the moment and seeming to be reading and taking in all the information, it being obvious that she had no trouble understanding it all, unlike Yuzu who clearly couldn't make much sense of it and so just turned her attention away from the screen now.
"Are you coming back to bed at any time?"
She lowered her voice a little as she tried to get Mei's attention, but her efforts seeming to be for nothing as the younger girl simply continued to look to the laptop screen, and caused Yuzu to sigh slightly figuring she wasn't going to get much of a response from her girlfriend, and so just felt like closing the laptop and making Mei pay her some attention, but just pushed that thought to the back of her mind, knowing that it would only cause Mei to become annoyed with her in return.
An idea soon entering her mind as she seemed to be thinking for a moment, before her eyes widened, smiling to herself, and leaving the lounge for just a few minutes, coming back a little while later, and switching on the light, as she now came to sit down beside Mei on the sofa and made herself comfortable.
Mei taking her attention off of the screen for a moment at she looked to blonde leaning against her, and noticed that she was holding one of the parenting books she had bought, and had also covered herself with a thin blanket from her bedroom.
"What are you doing Yuzu?" the younger girl questioned as she looked to the blonde a little confused, while Yuzu just glanced back to her and smiled in response.
"Well if you're not going back to bed Mei, then neither will I, after all I can't just leave you awake all by yourself like this," Yuzu simply explained as she turned away from her book for a moment, Mei seeming like she was going to respond and maybe deny that she needed the blonde to stay up with her. But instead just sighed slightly, as she didn't really feel like causing Yuzu to pester her right now, so she just rolled her eyes and shrugged her shoulders, before going to back to looking at the laptop screen again.
Yuzu just happily smiling to Mei, as the younger girl turned her attention off of her again, and just focused on the webpage that she was currently on, while the blonde settled down beside her, resting her back against Mei's side, as she started to read and the two sat like that, silence filling the room as neither of them spoke, seeming to both just be content in what they were doing by themselves not caring just how late it was at the moment.
However the night seeming to soon catch up with Yuzu as within about half an hour or so she had drifted off to sleep again, the book she had been reading currently lying open on her chest, while her head was turned to the side a little, sleeping peaceful beside Mei, as the younger girl glanced to her taking her attention off of what she was doing for a moment, and sighing slightly.
Slowly lifting the laptop off her lap, and placing it on to the coffee table, as she stood up from the sofa, took Yuzu's book and covered her with the blanket that was currently falling off of her at the moment, freezing a little when the blonde mumbled and squirmed in her sleep in response.
However sighing with a little relief as Yuzu just smiled in her sleep and settled a few moments later. Mei simply sitting down beside the blonde again and letting her rest her back against her side, while she picked up the laptop again and put it back onto her lap.
Taking a minute to look to Yuzu as she slept, seeming lost in thought, before she soon just shook her head and turned her attention back onto the screen again, scanning the webpage she was on and ignoring the exhausted feeling overcoming her body, simply brushing it off as she wanted to stay up for a bit longer, and not go to sleep just yet, as Yuzu just continued to use her side as a pillow and sleep soundly through the early hours of the morning. ...
The sound of Mei calling out her name in a low voice, waking up Yuzu as she stirred in her sleep and soon opened her eyes, yawning as she sat up and looked to Mei, smiling to her while the younger girl just looked back to her with a blank expression.
"Morning Mei,"
The blonde stretched as she rubbed her tired eyes and frowned slightly when she saw the laptop still resting on Mei's lap, while the younger girl had gone back to focusing on the screen a moment later, causing Yuzu to seem a little concerned for her.
"Morning, your Mother said she has made breakfast for you," Mei simply stated not looking away from the screen, as Yuzu just bit her lip a little and moved closer to the younger girl.
"Okay...Mei, have you slept at all since I joined you in here early this morning?" she asked, already kind of guessing just how the younger girl was going to answer her, however Mei just staying quiet as she didn't respond for some time.
"I'm fine,"
She simply replied after a long pause, as she glanced to Yuzu out of the corner of her eye, and gave her a blank stare, hinting for her to not repeat her question, and causing the blonde to widen her eyes a little, before seeing that it probably would be best to not pester her right now, but still being concerned for her, as she felt like saying something however stopped herself when she soon heard her Mother calling to her from the kitchen.
"Yuzu! Are you still sleeping?" Ms Okogi raised her voice, making sure that her daughter would hear her, causing the blonde to jump a little as she looked to where her Mother had called from and quickly stood from the sofa a moment later.
"No, I'm coming now!"
She called back, as she gave one last look of concern to Mei, before she just sighed seeing that the younger girl wasn't going to respond to her anymore, as she was obviously more focused on what she was currently doing, and so just left her to be by herself and went walking into the kitchen and dining area, smiling to her Mother as she came to sit down at the dining table, but stopped as she wondered about something.
"Has Mei had anything for breakfast yet?" she asked her Mother, seeming a little worried for her girlfriend, as the elder woman just shook her head in reply.
"No, not yet. I did try to persuade her to eat something, but she just keeps saying that 'she doesn't want anything and isn't hungry right now'," she stated with a slight sigh, as it seemed like she was also a little concerned for the younger girl, both her and Yuzu looking back to Mei again as the blonde looked worried that her girlfriend might just be focusing on whatever she was doing too much and not paying attention to her own needs at the moment.
"Has she been like that for long?" Yuzu asked as she looked back to her Mother, only causing for the elder woman to shrug her shoulder slightly in reply.
"When I got up I saw her on that laptop then, while you were sleeping beside her, but I don't know if she was on it through the night or not," she simply stated, as she turned away from looking into the lounge and just sat down at the dining table, starting to eat her breakfast now.
'She probably did pull an all-nighter last night know in Mei,' Yuzu thought with a heavy sigh, looking back to her girlfriend with another concerned expression, before she soon turned and sat down beside her Mother at the dining table, also starting to dig into her breakfast, while deciding that she would just leave Mei for now, and see if she wanted anything to eat later on instead.
However the blonde soon finding that she wasn't going to drag Mei away from that laptop for some time, having to clean the dishes from breakfast by herself as she stood in the kitchen a little while later. Her Mother already having left for work, as Mei was still sitting in the lounge with her eyes seeming locked on to the laptops screen as she continued to be lost in what she was currently doing at the moment.
Yuzu letting out a heavy sigh as she dried her hands and walked into the lounge, looking to the younger girl with a worried expression, and thought about talking to her and trying to get her attention, but guessing that Mei probably wouldn't respond to her just like she hadn't done all morning.
Trying to think of something to say, as she watched Mei's eyes scan over the screen multiple times as she seemed to be taking in all the information that was in front of her right now. Yuzu sighing again slightly as she walked over to her girlfriend and stood closer to her, but not seeming to get the attention of the younger girl at all really.
"Mei you must be hungry, come on I'll make you anything you want...granted that it doesn't make you sick afterwards," the blonde suggested with a nervous smile to the younger girl, as she hoped she could somehow convince Mei to eat something, still being a little worried that her health would deteriorate if she kept refusing to eat and not let herself sleep.
"No thank you,"
Mei just shook her head in response as she was still obviously focused on the screen in front of her, and not paying much attention to Yuzu at the moment, while the blonde frowned slightly as she looked to the younger girl with a concerned expression in return.
"Mei you've got to have something, remember you're eating for two now after all," Yuzu stated as she tried to reason with her stubborn girlfriend, knowing how difficult she could get sometimes, but what she said actually having caused Mei to widen her eyes a little, as she took her fixed gaze off the laptop screen, and looked to the blonde as she seemed to have her full attention now.
The younger girl seeming to be thinking for a moment, before she hesitated, and then nodded to Yuzu, causing the blonde to widen her eyes as she expected Mei to still refuse to eat at all, but seeing that her words had actually changed her mind surprisingly.
"Actually...could you just make me some toast then, and a glass of water?" Mei asked in a low tone, as she rested one hand over her stomach, and knew just how hungry she was at the moment, remembering that she had to keep her strength up in order for her baby to stay healthy as well.
Yuzu seeming slightly taken aback at first as she obviously didn't expect Mei to take her up on her offer, but soon just let a smile form on her lips, as she nodded happily to the younger girl a few moments later and then turned to go back into the kitchen and make some toast for Mei, leaving her as she sat back on the sofa and seemed to be relaxing and letting herself have a small break while she waited for her late breakfast to be made.
The blonde quickly setting to work and having soon made some toast for Mei, knowing not to spread any butter on it, since she guessed that would only make her sick, so just put the toast on a plate once it had cooled down a little, and grabbed a glass, filling it up with some cold water from the tap. Before she picked up both the glass of water and plate of toast and returned to the lounge, walking over to Mei and placing her small breakfast down on the coffee table, while the younger girl just sat forward and rested the laptop on the coffee table a moment later.
"Thank you Yuzu,"
She simply said as she looked up to the elder girl, who happily nodded back to her and smiled in return, as Mei picked up the glass of water and sipped it, before soon silently just munching on her toast, seeming to be enjoying the fact that she was satisfying her nagging hunger. Yuzu just watching her with a slight sigh of relief, glad that her words had gotten through to Mei and she had realised that she needed to take care of herself for her baby's sake as well as her own well being now.
Yuzu thinking of joining Mei on the sofa for a moment, but a loud rapping on the door catching her attention and stopping her from doing so, as both she and Mei looked to the entrance, before the blonde just smiled to Mei and soon turned to go and answer the door.
"I'll get it," she simply stated, as she quickly made her way to the front door, while leaving Mei to continue munching on her breakfast by herself in the lounge.
Yuzu answering the door as she opened it and greeted whoever was visiting them, her eyes widening as she looked surprised to see a familiar brunette standing at her door, seeming like she was trying to get her breath back, and she stood hunched over, panting a little at the moment.
"Yuzucchi...hey, what's up?"
Harumi greeted between her pants, looking to Yuzu with a smile, as she soon was able to get her breathing back to normal it seemed, while Yuzu just looked confused, wondering why the brunette was so out of breath at the moment.
"Err...hey, what are you doing here Harumin?" the blonde asked as she looked a little concerned for her best friend, while Harumi soon just sighed heavily and now came to rest both of her hands on Yuzu's shoulders.
"I've got some good news to tell you, are you planning to go anywhere today?" Harumi just replied with her own question as she seemed to be quite excited about something at the moment, causing Yuzu to just look back to her with another puzzled expression.
"No, not really," Yuzu just shook her head, inviting Harumi inside a moment later as she closed the door behind her,
"Great!" the brunette exclaimed as she and Yuzu soon walked into the lounge together, Harumi turning her attention to Mei as she greeted her with a smile.
"Morning Mei, how are you feeling today?" she asked in what seemed like a polite tone, as Mei just glanced back to her with a blank stare, staying silent for a moment or two, before she just turned away from the other two and looked back to the laptop screen again, having almost finished her toast now.
"I'm fine, why isn't Matsuri with you?" she questioned back to the brunette, seeming a little glad that it didn't look like she was going to get pestered by that pink haired girl today luckily, turning her attention onto the screen again, and soon was able to get herself lost in what was in front of her right now.
"She's staying at her home today, finally giving me a break from her antics I guess," Harumi simply stated with a slight chuckle, as she shrugged her shoulders, before turning back to Yuzu again, and was going to talk to her about what she had come here for, but just closed her mouth as she noticed that the blonde was frowning to her girlfriend slightly, seeming like she was worried for the dark haired girl, causing Harumi to look to her with a wondering expression now.
"Are you alright Yuzucchi?" she asked, catching the blonde's attention and causing her to shake her head as she looked back to the brunette, before nervously just smiling back to Harumi and nodding to her in response.
"Y-yeah...I'm fine, it's just..."
Yuzu paused as she hesitated for a few moments, biting her bottom lip as she looked to Mei again, and clearly didn't like the fact that the younger girl was back to being focused on that laptop screen yet again, her attention seeming to not having been driven away from it for very long unfortunately.
Yuzu sighing through her gritted teeth, as she grabbed hold of Harumi's hand and led her into the kitchen and dining area a moment later, making sure that Mei wouldn't be able to hear her, even though she guessed the younger girl wasn't paying enough attention to them to hear what they might be talking about anyway.
"What's up Yuzucchi?" Harumi asked with a curious expression as she and Yuzu stood in the kitchen now, as the blonde let go of Harumi's hand, and just leaned against the counter running a hand through her long blonde hair.
"Listen...it's probably nothing to worry about...Mei has just been stuck to that damn screen since early this morning, and has hardly took her attention off it at all. She's also been refusing to eat and sleep because of whatever she is looking at just seems to have her so fixated at the moment," Yuzu explained as she gripped onto the counter behind her and looked away from the brunette for a moment, while Harumi glanced back to where Mei sat in the lounge and didn't really notice anything too different about her from how she normally was, but knew the blonde knew Mei much better than she did.
"Are you sure she's not just looking at houses again like she was the other day?" Harumi simply questioned as she turned back to Yuzu again, not seeming to understand why the blonde was so worried over something like this.
"No, I looked over her shoulder last night, and it's all just complicated information that I couldn't really understand, and when I asked her what it was all about, she just said that she was 'just researching a few things.' I don't think I've seen her so focused on something like this since we were in high school and she would often be lost in all her paperwork most of the time. She's also been avoiding talking to both my Mother and me, plus something about her just seems...kinda off," Yuzu went on as she sighed and looked back to her girlfriend again, giving her a worried expression, while Harumi frowned a little, seeming concerned for the blonde, before Yuzu just shook her head and changed the subject a moment later.
"But then again...I was able to persuade her to eat something a few minutes ago, so she should be fine. A-anyway what did you want to talk to me about?" she asked with a nervous smile, trying her best to not focus too much on Mei, guessing that she probably didn't have that much to worry about, but still seeming a little concerned for her girlfriend as she hoped she wouldn't keep this up for too long enough for it actually to become a problem worth get worked up about.
"Oh that's right; I've got some good news for you Yuzucchi,"
Harumi happily let the other topic slide, as she seemed to perk up now, looking excited again as she smiled and gestured for Yuzu to lean closer to her, while the blonde just raised her eyebrow slightly in response, as she leaned in and waited to hear just what the brunette was going to tell her.
Whispering into Yuzu's ear, Harumi caused the blonde to widen her eyes, looked surprised when the brunette pulled away from her, and just smirked to her slightly, a smile soon forming onto Yuzu's lips as she processed what she had just heard Harumi say to her.
"YOU DID WHAT?!" Yuzu raised her voice, clearly seeming taken aback still, as Harumi just chuckled slightly and grabbed onto the blonde's hand pulling her towards the entrance.
"I'll explain on the way, come on!"
Harumi simply replied with a smile as she tugged on Yuzu's hand, and led her to the front door, while Yuzu quickly called back to Mei, before the brunette was soon dragging her out of the apartment quickly, and letting the door shut behind them both.
"I'LL BE BACK SOON MEI!"
Mei heard as she looked up from the laptop and turned to the entrance to their home, wondering just where Yuzu and Harumi were running off to, while she soon just shrugged her shoulders and went back to focusing on the screen in front of her, figuring that at least it would be quiet now, and she could thankfully just get on with what she was doing in peace for a bit, until the blonde would return home again to her. ...
"You actually got me a job?!" Yuzu asked in an excited tone, as her and Harumi were making their way into town together, the blonde seeming to have a spring in her step while Harumi just smiled at how happy she looked right now.
"Calm down Yuzucchi, I said I 'might' have gotten you a job, nothing's confirmed just yet," Harumi stated with a slight chuckle as she led the way to a small cafe that was a little ways away from where Yuzu, her Mother and Mei all lived, glad to see that the blonde had cheered up and was clearly overjoyed about the fact that she had found her a possible job so quickly.
"And don't get too excited, it's not that impressive, and you'll only be working part-time if you do end up getting it," the brunette added, as Yuzu just seemed to be more excited about the fact that she could actually be getting a job.
"Still that's great, now I can start providing for Mei and our baby. How did you find a job this fast?" Yuzu questioned as she was still delighted it seemed even though Harumi was warning her that it might not be exactly what she was looking for.
"Well I came here looking for a job for myself, however I would like a job with more hours right now, so I said it wouldn't work out, but then when I told Matsuri about it the other day, she asked me if I could talk to the manager about you getting the job here instead. So that's what I did yesterday and they said they would be interested in having you working for them," Harumi explained how she had come across the job offer for Yuzu, as the blonde just listened intently to her, smiling happily as she looked to the cafe that they were standing in front a moment later, and seemed to approve of it.
"Well you can tell them that I'm also interested to be working here as well," she simply stated with a proud looking expression while Harumi just chuckled again as they walked into the cafe, and stopped when they got to the counter.
"Why don't you tell them yourself?"
Harumi just smiled as she gestured to a middle-aged looking woman, who Yuzu guessed was the manager of the cafe, as she lifted her head from what she was doing, smiling kindly to Yuzu and Harumi as she greeted them both.
"Ah Taniguchi-san, good to see you again, is this the girl that you told me about who's looking for a job?" the older woman asked politely, as Harumi just nodded to her in response.
"Yep, this is Okogi Yuzu," Harumi introduced the blonde gesturing a hand to Yuzu, as she just bowed her head politely, and smiled to the elder woman, while she soon bowed back in return.
"It's nice to meet you Okogi-san, Taniguchi-san has told me you might be looking for a job?" the manager asked while Yuzu just nodded her head in response happily.
"Yes that's right, and this place does seem like a good fit for me," she replied with a cheerful smile.
"Well let's talk business then, shall we?" the older woman stated, as Yuzu just nodded to her in reply, the manager walking out from behind the counter as she walked over to a empty table and gestured for Yuzu to follow her. The blonde going to do so, before she stopped for a moment and turned back to Harumi again.
Smiling to the brunette as she instantly wrapped her arms around Harumi's waist and hugged her tightly, causing her to just chuckle slightly in return, "Hey don't celebrate just yet, you don't know if you've actually got the job," she stated hugging Yuzu back, while the blonde just beamed back to her.
"Thank you anyway Harumin, thank you so much!" she said happily, clinging to the brunette, while she just smiled back to her in return.
"You're welcome Yuzucchi,"
She replied, as Yuzu soon broke their tight embrace and went following after the manager of the cafe, sitting down with her at a table, while Harumi just leaned against the counter, watching Yuzu with a smile, hoping that this would go well for her, and she would luckily be able to get a job here, which would sure be a success for the blonde, as this is close to what she been wanting ever since she decided to start looking for a job, so this meant that she start helping to provide for her girlfriend and their unborn baby now.
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The late afternoon soon rolling in as Mei now sat cross-legged on Yuzu's bed, the laptop resting in front of her as she still seemed lost in what she was currently doing, glancing to the clock on the wall a moment later and sighing a little, 'Just when is Yuzu coming back?' she wondered as she looked back to the screen again and rubbed her eyes, still feeling awfully tired at the moment from not really getting any sleep last night, but not wanting to have a break just yet as she pushed herself to stay awake and stay focused.
But just as she started to lose herself in what she was doing her attention was drawn away from the screen of the laptop, as she turned her head to the sound of the bedroom door opening and hitting the wall, Yuzu walking into the room as she sighed happily and came to sit down on the bed.
"You were gone for a long time," Mei stated as she looked to the blonde, and watched as Yuzu moved closer to her and frowned upon seeing that laptop still in front of her girlfriend.
"You're still on that thing Mei? Just what do you find so interesting that's on that screen anyway?" Yuzu asked as she tried to lean and see what Mei was looking at, however the younger girl blocking her view as she just stared back to the blonde blankly.
"And don't just say 'its research' again,"
Yuzu warned as she looked to Mei with a serious expression now, causing the younger girl to raise her eyebrow for a moment, guessing that she most likely wasn't going to get out of this very easily unless she told Yuzu just what was really going on with her and why she seemed so fixated on that laptop screen.
Mei just shrugged her shoulders as she turned round the laptop so that it was facing Yuzu and showed the blonde what was on the screen. As smiled slightly, glad to see that the younger girl was now letting her see just what she had been so focused on for the majority of the day, although being a little unsure if she would be able to understand just what she was being shown, as what she saw over Mei's shoulder last night was something that she didn't really know how to make sense.
The blonde reading what was on the screen and soon widening her eyes as she was luckily able to understand it rather well, looking back to Mei a few moments later, while the younger girl just looked back to her seeming a little nervous in response.
"Mei...this is what you've been looking at since last night?" Yuzu soon asked as she was a little surprised to see just what was on the screen in front of her, obviously not expecting to see what she did, as Mei just nodded to her head in return.
"Are...are you sure about this?" the blonde asked in a wondering tone.
Mei just nodded in reply, as she turned round now and faced Yuzu, "I...I've been thinking a lot lately, and I know it may seem like I already have enough on my plate with carrying our baby...but this is something that I...really want to do, so I've been researching it since last night, and the more I find out about it, the more I want to go through with it. And so...I've decided that I would like to try taking an online College course, after all...I'd also like to do something to provide for our baby...just like you are Yuzu," she explained as she rested a hand over her stomach and gripped onto her shirt, giving the blonde a determined expression now, while she still seemed a little taken aback by this, but soon just letting a smile form on her lips as she nodded back to the younger girl.
"You know speaking of providing for our baby, it turns out that I just might be getting a job very soon," Yuzu stated with a slight smile, causing Mei to look back to her with a questioning expression, before soon realising just what the blonde meant and widened her eyes in response.
"Is that what Taniguchi-san dragged you off to earlier?" she asked, as Yuzu just nodded to her in return happily, as she pushed the laptop away from her and sat closer to the younger girl.
"Yep, it's only part-time, and I don't start my trial run for a couple of weeks yet, but it's not far from our home and it definitely seems promising at the moment, after all the interview I had with the manager went really well. And although it may be small, it's something that will give us a start right?" Yuzu smiled as she rested her hand over Mei's free one that was resting on the bed sheets, Mei staying silent for a moment, before she soon just sighed and let a small smile form on her lips, nodding her head in reply as she turned her hand round in Yuzu's grasp and held onto her tightly, interlocking their fingers, and moving closer to her, while Yuzu just leaned in as she rested her head against Mei's and sighed in content.
The two sitting like that for a while, both of them although knowing that these were only baby steps that they were taking right now; they were most definitely steps that would show to be going in the right direction for their little family.
The two separating after a few more moments, as they began to tell each other about the things that they both had planned for their near future, Yuzu telling Mei all about her new possible job while the younger girl just sat listening to her contently as they both were soon sitting cuddled up to each other, Mei sat relaxed with her back to Yuzu as the blonde hugged her from behind.
However Yuzu soon going silent as she noticed something about Mei after a while, smiling as she leaned down to her and saw that the younger girl had fallen to sleep in her arms, just nuzzling into her girlfriend as she held her close and kissed her forehead lightly, letting her rest in her warm embrace and stroking her jet-black hair softly. Sighing in content, while she thought about what the near future would hold for them both, as to her it began to seem a little clearer now.