Dash
Anyone would think that having a magnificent blonde girlfriend would be a blessing. A pretty, friendly, adorable, intelligent, athletic, strong, brave girl, with eyes that take your breath away, who loves you more than anyone and makes you feel in the clouds... An amazing girl that also has a cool name: Fate T. Harlaown. A dream come true, is what Takamachi Nanoha -the girlfriend of that wonderful young woman- usually think.
However, other times it simply becomes annoying and she believes that one of the biggest defects of Fate is, precisely, be that perfect...
"Hey, Testarossa, what do you do to have them so firm?"
"E-eh?" The blonde exclaimed embarrassed by where were located the eyes of her classmate.
"Not only that, I want to know what do you eat to have them that big" said another girl also watching some part of Fate's body seriously.
"Do you diet?" said another "You have a great body!"
Fate was red because of shame, not knowing how to respond to the comments of her insistent –and sassy- classmates. She suddenly seemed to be the focus of the dressing room, to the annoyance of certain auburn haired girl who watched from a safe distance, safe to not to do anything crazy (although justified, according to her) to the daring girls who scrutinized the body of her girlfriend as if she weren't present.
…Although that was just the problem that bothered her; aside of her friends and family, no one knew about their relationship, which obviously included the entire school.
At first it didn't meant so much inconvenience, she was so comfortable up in her cloud of love that she wasn't aware of what was happening around her, but once more gazes began to settle on her sexy blonde... Because you have to admit it: that a man turns to look her is more than understandable, he would have to be blind to not to, but recently more girls were looking her too, and that was a complete nuisance that eventually burst her bubble of unconcern, giving way to a jealousy hurricane.
But no more, she told herself firmly wrinkling hard the shirt half on, today she would do something to definitively eliminate undesirable people (call it "undesirable" to anyone approaching Fate with intentions beyond friendship... or a too close friendship).
"Why the smile, Hayate?" Arisa asked with a frown. The brown-haired turned her head slightly to answer, without looking away from Nanoha.
"Just thought maybe today is not like any other boring Monday" Hayate answered simply, widening her smile.
Suzuka looked at the scene a moment and shared a complicit giggle with her friend, understanding what she meant. Arisa raised an eyebrow suspiciously, while Nanoha was still staring at her target (Fate) being oblivious to the conversation of her friends.
"Fate-chan, I challenge you to a race" she faced her once they were on the track.
"Huh?"
"If I win" Nanoha continued decisively, "you'll have to give me a kiss in front of everyone."
The blonde blushed instantly. If it depended on Nanoha, she would shout to the four winds about their relationship, but Fate is too shy and embarrassed to public demonstration of affection, which is why their relationship was kept in secret. This was a great way to end up with this situation and everyone would know about their love.
"Nanoha, that is... Are you...?" Fate stammered nervously.
"I'm really sure" she declared confidently.
While it is known that Fate is incredibly fast and she, on the other hand, until a few years was bad in sports, with the physical training in the TSAB she could now defend herself on the track and her resistance was always something to admire, besides now she had a reason to win at all costs... And in any way, if she lost Fate certainly would ask something that was beneficial to both, it was a perfect plan.
"If I lose I will do whatever you want" she added with suggestive tone.
"O-okay, are you okay with 100 meters?"
"Oh, oh, so the pair of lovebirds will compete for love prizes?" Hayate exclaimed hanging to Fate's neck with a cat grin.
"Hayate-chan! How do you...?" Nanoha stepped back startled by the sudden appearance.
"I have a great ear when is about interesting things" she answered derisively. "But wouldn't this be more interesting with more players?"
"This is between Fate-chan and me" Nanoha replied curtly.
"What are you talking about?" Arisa asked coming up with Suzuka and a couple of other girls.
"We thought in compete in a race with a kiss from Fate-chan as the prize" Hayate replied smiling.
Fate flushed, Nanoha paled, Suzuka smiled in amusement, others opened their eyes surprised and in less than a second the whispers of the people who were there began to spreading the word to end in a few screams and shouts. Soon all third graders gathered around the three magicians.
"A race? With a kiss from Testarossa as prize?" cried one among the crowd.
"Where do I sign?" shouted another.
"Is it for real?" asked someone skeptical.
The blonde was entering a crisis, between the glare and murderous aura of Nanoha, Hayate's and Suzuka's giggle and all eyes on her...
"Hayate! What are you...?" she tried to argue, but a hand made her lowered her head with more force than necessary. The brown-haired whispered a few words in her ear that made her pale and be wordless.
Nanoha understood, not knowing what Hayate said to her, but it was clearly a blackmail that would keep Fate outside of the situation. She frowned and snorted to get close to face her friend who was calming the crowd. "Can you tell me what are you doing?" she whispered indignantly "Do I need to remind you...?"
"Fate-chan is always protecting you" the brown-haired interrupted, talking softly, "it's your turn to protect her lips~"
The funny and almost devilish cat smile with all that was said helped her blush to be basically for rage. There was nothing to do, not only her plan had gone down the drain, but now they were planning a competition with her Fate-chan as the prize and Hayate was clearly enjoying it, thing that made her remember every three seconds the misuses of magic.
"You mean that almost all men want to participate?" Arisa exclaimed pissed "Could it be that they don't have a girlfriend?"
"With so many people will be impossible to do it on the track..." Hayate mused with a hand on her chin.
"Why don't we do this around the campus?" Suzuka intervened with a friendly smile.
"That would be a good idea, but sensei wouldn't allow us to do it now."
"It can be done after school as extra programmatic activity with those who want to stay" Suzuka suggested again quietly. Hayate's face lit up, Arisa arched her eyebrows incredulous after the participation of her calm friend, Nanoha felt doubly betrayed and all others happily accepted the proposal.
Once the bell rang, signaling the end of the school day, students began to meet behind the gym. There weren't just students from third year, but the rumor ran around the school in school hours remaining after physical education and like everything that is passed from mouth to mouth, things get distorted a little and the prize was almost to the conscience of each, some in search of the kiss, others searching the value they needed to confess, some others hoping that Fate will agreed to join their club, to help them with studies... and we don't know what else the others would think.
Nanoha was shocked, appalled and irritated by the conglomeration of people there, at least in the starting line, because a big part of the school was waiting -and betting on- the show (it was still terrifying the capacity Hayate had of organize events in record time). She looked to each side: at least a dozen boys and girls, which surprised her, waiting for the start signal.
"Alright!" Hayate shouted through a loudspeaker calling the attention of the crowd. "It will be a complete run around the entire school and as everyone knows, the prize is..." she pointed to poor Fate who was sitting next to her "The sexy blonde here!"
The auburn girl felt an eyebrow twitch and a little vein appear in her forehead before the exclamations and whistles. Hayate could declare herself dead. Although that shy expression Fate had was still adorable… When the burgundy eyes got up to find the blue ones with pleading brightness, Nanoha said to herself there was no room for a defeat and she was prepared to crush anyone who crossed in her path.
"On your marks... get set... Go!" Hayate shot the air gun that nobody knew where she got. "Run, fight, don't get hurt and above all: I want to see excitement!"
The race started like any other, with some –including Nanoha– positioning immediately first, but by surrounding the gym things got complicated or rather, according to the contestants impressions, went to hell. After some fences appear as an obstacle, which remained relatively normal, some fell into hiding holes, others were attacked by paint bombs when tripping over cables and other crazy things that made the road like an eternity.
"Hayate-chan, you're crazy!" Nanoha roared getting rid of the last giant ball that stood in her way, miraculously. 'And assume as the minimum a Divine Buster when this is over' she thought focusing on the goal.
The finish line was already visible, marking the end of the race, only a few more meters, a small number of people to overcome, and that terrible day could be over. She was the only girl who was still in the race, perhaps for the brutality of the obstacles, the aggressive competitiveness in the beginning or because those who remained were all great athletes, but she was tired. She was moving almost by inertia, barely breathing the necessary for the effort she has to make in each breath, completely closed to her surroundings, she could only see the white string of finishing line, so she didn't notice that someone wanted to pass her until she was pushed abruptly making her fall.
She managed to put her hands, so she didn't hit her face with the floor, but that mattered a little, she was out of competition. She looked up demoralized, waiting to see who would be the jerk who would dare to cross that line first, when she sees a blonde mane running like a lightning. Open her eyes in surprise, shocked like the other observers, Nanoha didn't realized that she was competing or how long she had been doing, but it wasn't relevant at that moment, all she managed to do was to scream her lungs out: "You can do it, Fate-chan!"
The scream alerted the remaining runners who looked to the side just to see a yellow lightning running at full speed to their side. In a few moments she left behind one, two, three and four more guys. There was only one guy from the track-and-field club, that when sees threatened his victory –ironically by "the prize" itself– put everything he has in the last section. The poor boy speeded up at least three times, feeling he was going to tear at any second, whereas, to his desperation, Fate looked relaxed and determined, as if this didn't mean any effort to keep the pace. He couldn't finish to formulating that thought when the blonde gave herself a final push to pass him and cross the finish line before the astonished look of all present.
She took a couple of seconds to recover her normal breathing and she stood in full to return quickly where Nanoha was, who already was running to the goal feeling a little sore.
"Nanoha, I'm sorry I leave you there" Fate apologized when reached her side "Are you okay?"
"Yes, the important thing is that you won" she said with a smile and added to herself: 'And so you won't have to kiss anyone.'
Fate smiled lovingly and carefully arranged her some unruly strands that were messed with the fall. Hayate sighed tenderly with the scene, she knew that something like this would happen and it was the best, she had done all of that for fun and to put some action to the relationship of her dear friends, even if this put her on the black list of one of them.
"Hey, that was allowed?" A boy said after overcoming the shock of the moment.
"Yes, how is it possible that Testarossa can compete?"
"That's not fair!" claimed one of the losers. "Everyone knows that she is one of the fastest."
Hayate huffed and Arisa snorted, neither was willing to receive complaints of bad competitors.
"There was no rule that says Fate-chan can't compete in the race" Hayate said.
"If you wanted to win so bad, you should be faster" Arisa abounded scathing.
The protests stopped for a few seconds, but the murmurs persisted, until one was heard over the other discussions: "So, what happen to the prize?"
A moment of silence, Fate looked at Nanoha, the auburn girl blushed at the intensity of those burgundy eyes and was startled to feel a gentle hand resting on her right cheek fondly. The blonde walked slowly with her mouth half-opened, Nanoha felt her lower lip trembling in nerves. Perhaps, she is going to kiss her in front of everyone? It's not like she cared at all... Unconsciously squinted to feel Fate's breath caress her face, but her girlfriend had other intentions; she brushed her mouth and placed her lips on Nanoha's other cheek, placing a gentle but intense kiss, leaving all spectators speechless, including Nanoha, and for Hayate's joy.
She left her lips there for a couple of seconds, ensuring that all the love she felt was transmitted by the contact and spread on Nanoha's body like a warm tingling sensation. She was sure that it was, the heat in the auburn girl's face confirmed it.
"You are my prize" Fate whispered softly in her ear as they separated.
Then she turned to look amused at Nanoha's expression, who was red to the ears. When the seconds of amazement passed then the jealousy claims began, by several girls too (even some who didn't compete in the race), since Fate looked super cool and before their eyes it was still a kiss between friends –a really intense and intimate kiss between friends–.
However, they weren't listening. They simply smiled to each other and entered into their own world.
A/N: I had forgotten to post this xD (and got pretty distracted by ebay). Anyway, here it is. It's kinda Ooc but jealous Nanoha is funny to see and I can't picture Fate in that role so yeah. Now to work on the last ones.
Thank you for read~