"Yō-chan?"

Chika shifted from her dozing position with her head resting on her crossed arms and turned her head and glanced over to her friend who had been humming to herself while doodling. She watches as Yō continues to draw lost in whatever stroke of inspiration must have hit her. For a moment Chika considers staying silent and continuing to just observe Yō instead. Not like it would be the first time for Chika. It was easy for her to waste away a whole afternoon just looking at her best friend, just taking in her presence, trying to count the number of lashes at the ends of her eyelid, studying the shades of blue that reflected in her eyes, watching her mouth as she happily rambled to Chika about whatever was on her mind. But there lied the reasoning for her speaking up in the first place, as Chika's gaze traveled down to Yō's mouth and committing the small little quirk to the left side of her mouth as she continued humming, and watching as her mouth would barely open to wordlessly sing the lyrics to the song occupying her mind. Before she could get lost in the pink of Yō's lips she decides to speak again,this time a bit louder.

"Hey, Yō-chan?"

This time Yō's humming pauses, her hand comes to a stop, and her lips turn downward in a curious expression and she turns towards Chika.

"Hmm, what's up Chika-chan?

Not taking a second to stop and think before she speaks, and without a hint of embarrassment present in her tone Chika says,

"Have you ever thought about kissing?"

There's a long pause where Yō just stares at Chika, and stares, and stares, her face frozen in this really interesting expression Chika couldn't quite describe, and her cheeks reddening more and more by the second.

"What?" Yō finally gets out, her pitch 2 octaves too high, and her cheeks a pretty shade of red that Chika couldn't help but find really cute.

"I said have you ever thought about-"

Yō cuts her off, "No, no, no, I heard you Chika-chan… I meant… why?"

Chika finally lifts her head and regards her friend thinking the answer was obvious. "Because I've thought about it and I was wondering if you have too."

Yō lets out a squeak, her face going through several motions, her mouth opens and then closes with a click, and her eyes refuse to meet Chika's anymore. They go through another silent period that leads into Yō burying her face into her hands. Ah she's so cute when she's embarrassed, Chika thinks. Not wanting to make her friend suffer from embarrassment any longer, Chika gets up from her resting spot at the table in her room and moves towards her bed and sits next to Yō. Even as she scoots closer on the bed Yō doesn't move her face from her hands, if anything she seems to bury herself in them even further. Slowly Chika reaches a hand out and gently rests a hand on Yō's tensed up shoulders.

"Hey, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable or anything Yō-chan, I was just curious. But you don't have to answer me, it probably was a super weird thing to ask anyways. Just forget I said anything okay?"

Chika begins to draw small comforting circles on Yō's shoulder with her thumb, her face drawn in concern for her distressed friend. Slowly the tension from Yō's shoulders decreases and the tips of her ears seem to cool from dark red to a soft pink. Chika waits patiently for Yō to fully calm, her thumb never stopping it's movement as she shifts from circles to random shapes. Eventually Yō's hands begin to move and her eyes are finally revealed to Chika again, who puts on what she hopes is a comforting smile and tries to remind herself to not stare too intensely into Yō's eyes. Chika considered apologizing again, and started to open her mouth to do just that when the breath she was just about to use to speak gets stolen from her chest.

"I have… thought about kissing that is." Yō's shy voice offers up. Chika's hand freezes, her thumb no longer moving, and feels her heart squeeze tightly in affection and want but holds it in. Not wanting to spook Yō again.

"Oh" she says lamely instead.

"Yeah" Yō replies, her voice still muffled by her hands.

One beat.

Two.

Three.

And then Yō fully removes her hands from her face and stares directly at the orange haired girl who was still stuck on the confirmation that Yō also thought about kissing and was trying her best not to drop her gaze to Yō's lips.

"Do you…" Yō licks her lips, and Chika quickly drops her gaze before dragging them back up quickly. "Do you think about kissing often?" Chika nods, "Is there someone you think about when you do?" Yes, you Yō-chan Chika thinks, as she shrugs helplessly at Yō.

Yō takes a deep breath, her cheeks tinted pink, "I guess that's normal at our age haha… sorry Chika-chan, you just really surprised me with that question." Yō pauses and licks her lips again, and Chika takes longer to drag her gaze away this time.

"We can change the subject if you want?"

Yō just keeps looking at Chika and her expressions change slightly into one Chika can't read but makes the hairs on her arm rise in attention.

"I have someone I think about." Yō suddenly says, taking Chika by surprise.

"You do?" Chika's voice cracks a bit with her exclamation. Yō smiles softly and nods. Chika feels hope rise in her chest. She starts to move her thumb again, up and down slowly on Yō's shoulder blade. She feels Yō shift, her knee brushing against Chika's, her head slightlyducked but noticeably closer.

"Yeah I do."

Chika gulps, "Is it someone I know?"

Another shift, their legs are fully touching now, "Yeah" Yō replies

"Is it someone you see a lot?"

A hand moves to rest on her knee

"It is…"

Yō's head moves even closer, Chika can now smell her shampoo.

"Is it someone you're close with?"

Yō's head rises and her eyes meet Chika's.

"Extremely close…"

Yō's head moves even closer, Chika can feel Yō's words against her lips. Chika's grip on Yō's shoulder tightens. She tilts her head a bit and Yō's eyelids flutter.

"Yō'-chan"

"Hmm?"

"I'm going to kiss you now, is that okay?"

"Yes, please."

Chika pulls Yō that last bit closer and then they're kissing. Chika's head begins to spin, and her heart is thudding so hard she worries it might burst, but when Yō-chan makes this soft cute noise as she angles her head to slot their mouths together better Chika decides that she wouldn't mind if she was suddenly struck down right now. Eventually they part for air, but only for a moment as they come together again, pressing even closer together.

Oh god, Chika thinks as Yō's mouth parts slowly and Chika brings her tongue out to do a tentative sweep in the other girls mouth, I'm so doomed, I'm a goner, I'm a wreck, there's no going back after this…

And honestly? She was okay with that

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MC: the working title of this was "kisses pls?" if that's any indication to how down bad chika truly was lol

hello it's been like 20 billion years since I took a break from writing gay idols to now return and write... gay idols? the more things change the more they stay the same huh? haha
idk if this means I'm back but I have been thinking a lot abt chikayou again, also I started playing genshin impact and my mind has been thinking a lot abt lumine/amber soooooo, maybe I am? guess we'll see~