Chapter 2: "First Love"

Disclaimer: Citrus is the property of Saburo Uta, the characters do not belong to me.

We could leave the Christmas lights up 'til January…

Mei found herself listening to some odd love song while staring at her phone on her bedside table. Her lamp barely lit. She was expecting a call, but there was none.

She couldn't keep her mind from straying far away to wonderland again. To a certain blonde. And she kept coming back to the way Yuzu smiled, or how her blonde locks framed the older woman's face perfectly.

She was about to turn the lights off when she heard a slight ping from her phone and grabbed it before her mind could even process what she was doing.

Good news: It was from Yuzu's.

Bad news: Just. A. Goddamned. Text.

But that was enough to make her squeal out of... joy? She didn't know what that foreign feeling was and she wanted to feel that more.

And if Yuzu makes her feel that way, then she needs to be in close perimeters to her.

Hey stranger,

I promised you a call, but I was kinda thinking about what to say to you. I don't want to mess things up, and probably make you think that I'm a boring person. I do love to talk more, but I guess I just didn't want to disappoint you, I've been thinking about what to say for the last 2 hours and the words didn't seem to sink in. I hope you arrived safely and maybe even enjoyed my company.

P.S I look forward to our future meetings.

A smile danced on Mei's lips as she stared at the message and re-reading it all over again like she was back to being a teenager. Like it would give another meaning if she'd read through it again.

She rolled over to her mattress to savor in the scent of her pillows while her feet subconsciously kept bouncing against the sheets.

I hope it doesn't sound gay, I hope it doesn't sou-

'Ping!'

She carelessly took her phone and began reading Mei's reply.

Hey Stranger,

It's okay, I don't have any sensical thing to say either, but it would be a lie if I'd say I wasn't looking forward to talking to you. I'm home and I didn't have anything much on my plate, since I have sorted out everything in the office, so I was wondering if you had enjoyed my company as well. Because I did.

P.S You'll see me at the Office, consider those our mini-meetings.

Yuzu made the loudest gay squeak she ever did in her entire life and was left puzzled by her newfound weird actions.

She buried herself in her sheets and weirdly so, can't seem to fall asleep.

Because she was falling in love.

"Yeah, I'm gay and that message was gay."

A/N: it seems that I can't sleep.