Yuzu poured cereal into her bowl while yawning so hard tears came to her eyes. She almost missed the wrapped package that was sticking out of the colorful cereal, nearly pouring milk onto it. "Hm?"

She plucked it out curiously, wondering what sort of item she got this time. It was a plastic ring studded with a big fake diamond. Yuzu smiled to herself, unwrapping the package to get a better look.

"Got another kids toy?" Mei asked as she sat at the table herself.

"Yep!" An idea struck the blonde and she blushed. She turned to Mei and held out the ring, trying to sound as confident as possible. "For you…" It turned out sounding super lame and she blushed even harder as Mei merely stared at her offering.

Mei looked at the ring for several moments, the plastic thing looking gaudier by the second. "You're giving me a kids toy?"

"Er," Yuzu's hand faltered and she slowly withdrew her gift. "never mind, its dumb." She internally pouted at the fact that she wasn't able to put a ring on it.

"I did not say I wouldn't take it," Mei's voice said, much to Yuzu's surprise. Mei was extending a hand in her direction, waiting for the gift.

The blonde grinned in relief, immediately reaching the hand. She turned it over so that she could slowly slide the ring onto Mei's ring finger. "There, perfect!"

Mei felt her cheeks heat up a little as Yuzu held her hand and smiled proudly at her. She distracted herself by examining the ring. "I can't wear this to school…"

"Well, maybe one day I could… get you a real one?" Yuzu suggested softly, unconsciously caressing Mei's delicate fingers.

Mei's cheeks visibly went red as she met Yuzu's suddenly hopeful gaze. The skin where their hands connected felt hot now and neither of them looked away from the other for several charged moments.

"I…"

"You two are always up so early now!" Their mother said with a yawn as she walked into the room.

Their hands quickly slipped away from each other and they looked in opposite directions, hearts pounding in their chests. "M-Morning, mom," Yuzu greeted.

"You don't sound very happy to see me!" their mother said with a laugh.

Mei idly spun the ring around her finger, noting it was a little big on her. She felt vaguely disappointed by that. "Yuzu."

The blonde straightened at attention. "Y-Yes?!"

Mei smiled in amusement at the fact she still had that sort of effect on the other girl. "Next time, try to get something a little less flashy for me."

"Hm?" Their mother wondered what they were talking about as she poured five spoons of sugar into her coffee. She just saw that Yuzu was going extremely red in the face. "You okay there, Yuzu?" she asked in motherly concern.

"Yeah!" Yuzu squeaked. She looked back at Mei, nodding her head. "Something not as flashy, got it!"

She observed that Mei also seemed a little flushed in the face as her daughters smiled at each other. Did they catch some sort of bug?