A/N: Sorry it took me so long to upload this chapter. I've been super busy and writer's block isn't helping. But I hope you guys enjoy it! :)
Tsubomi could feel the morning sunlight spilling in through the curtains. Though she could feel the cool room air on her face, her body had stay comfortably warm throughout the night. She stretched happily, glad to be home for the week and able to spend it with Yaya. Just the two of them. It sounded nice. A confused expression covered her face when she noticed something was tangled in her legs, and something else was weighing heavily on her waist. "What the…"
She raised the comforter to look under, gasping quietly as her heart almost stopped. Two slender arms were snaked around her waist, holding her possessively. She raised the blanket a little more to look at her legs. Yaya's legs were tangled in her own, threading their way through like vines. They wrapped around her legs lazily, not giving her much wiggle room. She slowly placed the blanket back in place to keep from waking the older girl. Her heart was pounding harder than it ever had. A blush formed on her features heavily, though no one could see it thankfully. Was this what Hikari had meant by too much cuddling? Tsubomi sure wasn't going to complain about it.
Yaya was actually spooning her. She felt like she was in heaven. Basking in the warmth and comfort of the arms wrapped around her, she nervously moved into the girl's embrace. Yaya's arms and legs tightened around her instantly, letting a sleepy moan escape her mouth quietly. Tsubomi's mind blanked in happiness. Even if it was just in her sleep, she was possessive and clinging to the younger girl. She could feel Yaya's breath glazing her bare neck every few seconds. It sent chills down her spine, and she placed a delicate hand on top of one of the arms looped around her.
The movement must have woken the older girl from her snoozing because all too quickly Tsubomi could feel her beginning to move. She quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep before she got caught by her teasing friend. "Hmm." Yaya chuckled lightly at how tangled up she was with Tsubomi, but didn't make an effort to move. She only snuggled in closer.
Surely she could feel how fast the pink head's heart was beating, couldn't she? It would be impossible for her not to. It felt like it was going to leap out of her chest. Tsubomi's mind filled with anxiety as the older girl's actions sparked a panic attack in her younger friend. Slowly, Tsubomi's comforting warmth disappeared. She dared not move for fear Yaya was watching. A hand gently fell on her shoulder, shaking her lightly to wake her.
"Tsubomi. Hey, wake up. Tsubomi." The pink haired girl slowly opened her eyes to see Yaya standing next to the bed in her night clothes. A slightly loose white t-shirt and a pair of shorts that could almost be considered underwear from their length. Her legs were perfectly toned and her skin was as smooth as silk. Her long black hair fell around her in a curtain as she bent over to smile at the stunned girl. "Good morning. I hope you slept well. Where's the bathroom? You never showed me last night."
"Oh! Uh, turn left in the hall. Second door on the right." The dark haired girl floated out of the room gracefully. Tsubomi sighed heavily with her absence. Her heart was beating like crazy and she had no clue how to calm it down. Had yaya been cuddling her all night? Or was it only right before she woke up? No, it had to have been all night. When both girls woke up they had to stretch from being in the same position for too long. Yaya had spooned her all night, and to top it off they were so tangled up that Tsubomi couldn't have gotten up without waking the girl if she wanted to. "What am I thinking? She warned me about this didn't she? There was nothing more to it. I was just her makeshift teddybear for the night. There's nothing more to it. Yaya would never…"
Said girl entered the room again, surprising the pink head. Still so early in the morning, she never let her brilliant smile slip from her face. She sat down on the bed next to the younger girl happily. "Did you sleep well last night? I did." Her smile seemed to brighten little by little. Tsubomi was saved from embarrassment by a knock on her bedroom door.
"Come in!" She sat up next to Yaya, trying to wake herself fully. The older girl shifted her smile to Tsubomi's mom who walked through the door.
"Good morning girls. I hope you had a good trip last night. I know you must have gotten in quite late. Breakfast will be ready soon. Why don't you two get dressed and come on downstairs?" She didn't care to wait for their answer, quickly scurrying out the door and closing it behind her.
"Guess we better get dressed huh?" Tsubomi shot out of the bed before the older girl could stand.
"I'll go change in the bathroom, and I'll be waiting at the end of the hall for you." She grabbed a t-shirt and a short skirt on her way out of the room. Her face was a brilliant scarlet. Her heart would have exploded had Yaya taken her shirt off or seen Tsubomi trying to change herself. This was going to be a very long week, and Tsubomi was accepting the suicide with open arms. She didn't care if it killed her before school started up again, she was truly happy Yaya was the one to spend the week with her. She changed quickly, idling at the end of the hall like she said she would.
Yaya didn't take long to get ready, so they made it to breakfast just as Tsubomi's mother finished up. "Good morning girls! Hope your trip went well." Tsubomi's father was sitting on a bar stool next to the counter reading his morning paper.
"Yaya I'm so glad you could join us for the break. Tsubomi told us how excited she was that you were coming with her, and it was all we could do to not let her bring you early. We could barely keep her calm." Mrs. Okuwaka giggled at the dumbstruck Yaya, who turned to see a furious blushing pink head beside her.
"I never said that!" Tsubomi's sister chuckled and patted her back comfortingly. "Can we just eat now?" She kept her head down to avoid eye contact with her friend, hoping her family would take the hint and drop the subject.
She pulled Yaya down in a chair at the table, taking her seat as well. Her family moseyed around, but eventually everyone was seated and enjoying the wonderful breakfast. As the breakfast progressed, Yaya couldn't help but smile and laugh at everything they would do. It was the most family-like setting she had ever been in. Her own family never sat around a table to eat like this, but was scattered across the city for every meal. Whether it be work, school, clubs, friends, or spouses, they never bothered to eat together. It was a very foreign experience for her, but she loved every second of it.
"So Yaya, tell me. Does a beautiful girl like you have a boyfriend? You must not get to see him much because of Spica am I correct?" Yaya's cheeks flushed bright red at the question. Tsubomi watched in pity as she fumbled over her words, up to the tips of her ears burning red hot.
"Dad! You can't just nonchalantly ask that! And what if she has a girlfriend instead? How would you feel then?" The pink head's rant was short lived.
"A girlfriend? Would that be you?" Everyone laughed at the young girl's gaping mouth.
"No sir, I have neither." Yaya jumped in to save the drowning girl to repay the favor.
"I keep telling Tsubomi she needs to find an upperclassman girlfriend because she's so much more mature than the other girls in her year, but she just won't listen." Mrs. Okuwaka feigned a heavy sigh.
"Mom! Why should I settle for someone when I know there's only one person worthy of me?!"
"And that would be?" A smirk walked across the older girl's face as she played along.
"Stop it! I was trying to help you and now you're throwing me under the bus too?!" Laughter rang out around the table. The meal finished in laughter and family stories that made Tsubomi want to crawl under the table.
"Shall we go back up to my room?" The older girl nodded, following Tsubomi out of the kitchen and back up the stairs.
"You're family is a lot of fun. I'm glad you have a loving family."
"Why? They're just a bunch of dorks." She couldn't quite hide the tiny smile playing on her features.
"Because you deserve a nice family. Astrea is stressful, its nice to come home to something so wonderful."