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Chapter 5: Keep Going! Next Target Go!
Nutmeg Café 2:09 pm
Nikki sat at the table staring at her friends with an incredulous look. Tiffany still cradled the teddy bear in her arms as Audrey sat next to her drumming her fingers impatiently. The blue haired girl kept her eyes locked on them, Audrey's uncomfortableness rising with every passing second.
"So, how did you get that stuffed bear Tiffany?" Nikki asked.
"Oh, Audrey gave it to me. Isn't it cute?" Tiffany answered, making the plushy wave to Nikki.
Nikki's eyes analyzed the situation, several theories and scenes compiling in her head. When she went, quiet and analyzed them like this it creeped Audrey out. She felt like a lab rat, almost as if she was being violated by Nikki's eyes. She had always done this, ever since she and Audrey were kids, Nikki scanning the social interactions and coming up with an idea of how this would play out.
"Like a date gift?" Nikki assumed.
She was a sharp one. She got the exact name of what it was. Tiffany blushed before giggling, assuming Nikki was joking.
"Oh, come on Nikki, it's not like that. Audrey and I are best friends. That's all." Tiffany explained.
Nikki glanced at the red head who was looking at the table. Nikki adjusted her glasses.
'You're being uncharacteristically quiet." She noted.
Audrey looked up and scoffed. Her usual bitchy façade coming into view.
"A date gift? Chyaa right. Why would I give Tiffany a date gift? It was just a casual gift. Get over it Nik." Audrey chided.
Before Nikki could retort somebody placed a smoothie in front of her. The same person placed a drink in front of Audrey and Tiffany. Audrey took her iced coffee and sipped it.
"Oh, Nikki is this the girl you were talking about?" Tiffany asked.
"Yeah. This is Kyu." Nikki introduced."
"Hey. Pleasure to meetchya!" Kyu chimed.
Audrey coughed and sputtered at the voice. She froze up at the mention of the name, believing she misheard Nikki, but that was definitely Kyu's voice, it had the same high pitch and subtle hint of sass. She looked up to see a girl with short brown hair swept to the side with jade eyes and a pink shirt with blue skinny jeans on. Audrey stared at the girl, why was her hair brown, where were her wings and why was she here?
Tiffany and Nikki glanced at Audrey startled. Tiffany used one of her napkins to wipe up the spillage as Kyu sat down. She winked at Audrey, confirming that it was Kyu, but Audrey didn't need confirmation.
"Oh shoot, I don't have enough napkins. Nikki help me grab some?" Tiffany asked rising.
Nikki groaned and rose, following her friend. Audrey was relieved, now she could talk to the fairy privately.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Audrey whispered.
Kyu leaned forward and placed her hand at the rim of her mouth, as if she were trying to pass a secret to her.
"Psssst, it's me, Kyu. I'm incognito." She replied with a hushed tone.
Audrey pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to wade off the first of many migraines.
"Do you really think it was a date?" Tiffany asked Nikki.
Nikki was reading up on her "ET" theories on her phone as Tiffany shoveled more napkins into her arm.
"Well, I think it's a little intimate. I know you two are BFF's or whatever, but it seems kind of strange that out of nowhere she decided to give you a plushy." Nikki noted, not looking up.
Tiffany pondered this. It was true that Audrey had never given her a gift, excluding the birthday drinks and Christmas shots and St, Patrick's day beers she bought them. Nikki put her phone away and glanced back at the two girls left at the table. They seemed to be whispering back to one another.
"They sure are chummy." She noted.
Tiffany looked back and saw the two whispering. She felt a twinge of pain in her chest. It was brief, brief enough for her to not notice it, but it was there. Tiffany looked back to Nikki and smiled.
"Looks like we got a new friend. Oh, are we still on for shopping tomorrow?" Tiffany queried.
"Shit. It's my day off. Why do you need to drag me along?" Nikki whined.
"We both need a break from Audrey once in a while." Tiffany answered with a wink.
"I need a break from you." Nikki countered.
Tiffany giggled knowing Nikki didn't mean that, or perhaps she was just oblivious to it.
"So, you're tagging along with me to help me out with the girls? Why can't you be invisible like always?" Audrey frowned.
"Hey, love fairies are social creatures, I need human interaction, and you don't want to talk to me all that much" Kyu stated, guilting Audrey.
The guilt bounced right off Audrey as tiffany returned with a mountain of napkins and sat next to her friend. Once she cleaned the mess she looked at Kyu.
"Hello Kyu, it's super nice to meet you. I'm Tiffany."
"You're Tiffany? Wow Nikki said you were pretty, but she didn't mention gorgeous!"
"I didn't—" Nikki began.
"Oh, no I'm so not pretty." Tiffany blushed playing with her pigtail.
"Nikki also said you were a cheer leader." Kyu added.
"When did I—" Nikki attempted piping up again.
"Yeah. Do you cheer?"
"Nah, I'm not really into sports. But I'm pretty sure I'd be damn good at it." Kyu assured.
Audrey propped her head up with her hand as she drowsily watched the two gab as Nikki tried speaking. She fell into her class face again. She kept that trance like state until she and Tiffany left. As they walked down the street Kyu, back in her fairy form, floated along with them. Tiffany strayed away when she got a call from her friend, that needed a babysitter.
"Well, that was fun. And I have the next target for you." Kyu purred.
"Really? Do tell." Audrey returned with sarcasm caked words.
"Nikki, she's the next girl on your to do list!"
Nikki's Apartment 6:34 pm
Ding dong.
"Why am I doing this?"
Ding dong.
"I don't wanna do this."
Ding dong. Ding dong.
"Why won't she answer the fucking door?"
Audrey continued to ring the bell and question her actions waiting for Nikki to open the door. Finally, the door swung open to reveal Nikki wearing a baggy green hoodie. Audrey took a moment to examine the hoodie. The hood, pulled over Nikki's head, was too long for a normal hood and resembled a sleeping cap from old shows with a pointed end. The body was green with a white zipped and had a white collar on the inside with green rope laced around the hood. The sleeves were just as strange. The top third of the sleeves were green with more green rope lacing them, the second third was a wimple white sleeve and the final third was brown. Audrey stared at Nikki in her baggy "elf" hoodie.
"Don't." Nikki groused.
She could tell Audrey had something to say about the hoodie, and frankly Nikki didn't want to hear it tonight. She was ready to rage quit Adventure of Link and hop into Megaman 3, but she'd already planned to get passed death mountain… but on the other hand it was death mountain. Either way the bluenette allowed Audrey to enter and toss her shit wherever. The red head followed her petite companion to her room, still wanting to bitch bout the hoodie.
Upon entering her room Audrey glanced around the familiar surroundings. The walls were still pink, with butterfly pictures above the bed. Her hardwood floor was covered in old Snickers and Twix wrappers along with empty Pepsi cans and Hagen-Daz ice cream cartons. A pink bean bag sat off to the side in front of a television on a small book case with several retro consoles on the bottom shelf. At the bottom of the bed against the wall was a larger book case riddled with game guides, graphic and light novels. Audrey noticed a green book with gold writing on the top shelf that read The Hyrule Historia. She walked over to the bed and plopped on the bed as Nikki entered her room and settled into her bean bag chair and continued with her game.
"So, to what do I owe the honor of you showing up here so late at night?" Nikki asked half-heartedly.
"Well I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop in on my good friend Nikki."Audrey replied with a forced smile.
"There's a frozen pizza in the freezer." Nikki says engrossed in her game.
"I'm not here too mooch junk food off of you." Audrey replied.
Nikki scoffed once Audrey said that. She kept clicking away at the NES controller. She muttered something under her breath about "fuckin' octoroks" or "god damn Daira's". Audrey glanced next to her where Kyu sat. She was playing with her rose locks, bored out of her skull due to Audrey and Nikki's conflicting personalities. Finally Audrey spoke up again.
"Nikki, would you like to get dinner?"
The clicking stopped. She glanced back at the scarlet haired bitch, her cool blue eyes analyzing her and the situation.
"Now?"
"No, tomorrow night. Just us."
Nikki opened her mouth to refuse but took a moment to assess the situation. Perhaps she could figure out what was going on with Audrey during dinner. But She would have to spend an entire dinner with Audrey. But Nikki was curious and slightly worried. Audrey was her oldest friend and Tiffany did want to help her. Perhaps this was Audrey finally giving in to Tiffanies scolding. Nikki started the game again and gave her a begrudgingly:
"Sure."
Alright another chapter down. things were pretty hectic lately, coming back to school after spring break and after putting it off for a bit I finally put it up. Once Again 3-5 reviews and I'll post another chapter up ASAP. Audrey and Kyu are on the prowl for the hunies and next chapter another familiar face will appear, one that I'm sure many of you have been looking forward to. And if you want more Huniepoppin' action then you can read my two other fanfics "Tiffanies Epilogue" and "The Huniepop Effect". please R&R.