An interesting wake up followed by a breakfast in bed leads Chris and Hibiki toward several confessions as well as a date on their last day.
How will their weekend end?
Sunday, October 2044 – Morning
Today, I'm slowly waking up to the sound of soft ruffling of bedsheets as well as soft mutters. Since they are not my own, I can only assume that they belong to my bedmate; Hibiki. Which would mean she woke up before me, for once.
"Hehehe, I finally got to see Chris' morning sleeping face from up close." Those are the first words I hear Hibiki says clearly in my drowsiness.
I wanted to open my eyes and ask her what she is doing, but instead, decided to keep laying still and see what she will do or say to my 'unconscious' self.
The sudden sound of a camera shutter is the next thing I hear, and it takes everything in me to not snap my eyes open instead of remaining still. 'Whatever she did, it's already too late for me to prevent it by now,' I thought calmly.
Then, I hear the same sound once more. 'Don't act rashly! I just know she took another photo, doesn't mean I'm on them. Maybe she took a selfie,' I theorize, slowly relaxing my body once again.
"Hmmm… Yep, perfect! Chris is really cute when asleep. I will set it as my new wallpaper and this one as her profile image. Good thing I manage to wake up early."
The giddiness in her voice is easily noticeable. 'Well, it settles it. I'm on them for sure, and as her wallpaper even, that's mean she likes me enough that she doesn't mind seeing me each time she will unlock her phone. But it's doesn't mean she shares the same feelings I have for her, since I'm certain she must have the same kind of photos of her childhood friend in it… The same surely goes for the ZABABA duet toward each other.' Despite trying to rationalize Hibiki's actions, I still can't shake away the afterthought at the possibility that my feelings could be mutual.
"Oh right, I should add them in my Chris' album… Annnd there, two more photos in it."
'She says what?! There is an entire album just for me in it?! No, wait, that's doesn't mean anything, she probably has one for each of us. I can't be the only one… yeah, that must be it.' I manage to calmly think, quelling any hope blossoming in my chest.
She sighs happily. "I really could look at Chris' pretty face all day long."
'OK! It needs to stop! Everything she said until now is confusing me and I feel like I will go insane if I keep overthinking the meaning of what she's saying while she believes I'm asleep. Better moving now before my body betrays me or she finds out I was listening all along. I don't want to face the embarrassing situation it would cause, especially on her side!'
"Well, then sorry but I have to cut your stargazing short. But I certainly appreciate the compliment." How I manage to say this with a straight face and with just a faint blush was honestly a wonder to myself.
As I open my eyes to check Hibiki's reaction, I witness her eyes are wide open in surprise until realization seems to settle, then her whole face combusts red just before hiding it in her hands and digging the whole thing in the mattress beside me, her screams muffled by both hands, mattress, and comforter.
'So much to avoid this scene.'
Despite how cute her antic is, I settle to stroke her head as comfort. "Next time, make sure to either; check if I'm not awake, or lower your voice a bit more."
Hibiki answers with a louder whine, at least as loud as she could while the different layers muffle the sound.
Seeing it has no effect I decide on a confession of my own. "Fine. I feel the same about you."
That manages to calm her down as she tentatively peeks at me from her position. "What do you mean by you feel the same about me?"
I sigh while rubbing the back of my neck and averting my eyes from her before elaborating. "I may have taken advantage of the moment when you were asleep on the couch to look at your face. It's just… seeing your sleeping face as some kind of a soothing effect, I guess… Also, you were too cute for me to not look," I mumble the last while certain I am blushing by the end of my small tirade.
I lock eyes with Hibiki as she takes in everything I said. She then crawls toward me, settling her head on my laps and closing her eyes as she says. "Compared to you, Chris. I don't think I'm cute or anything."
I scoff at what she just said. "I could say the same about myself, I really don't know what you find cute about me. I know I'm pretty good looking but…"
She quickly sits up at my words, taking my hands in hers and looking at me straight in the eyes. "You are by far the prettiest girl I know Chris, I love your purple eyes, your long silver-white hair, how cute you are when you get shy and blushes at what we could say to you, and you have a nice womanly figure with those big boobs of yours. How many times I thought about rubbing my face into the-Mmmf!"
I pull a hand from her grip when I saw her eyes dropping dangerously to my chest and clouding in the middle of her rant, before shoving it in her face, successfully shutting her up while pushing her away from me a bit before she could add anything or decides to act on what she was saying. 'It's not because I'm in love with her that she gets a free pass to do anything she wants to me, yet.' I thought, feeling my face heating up again.
"I understand what you're saying. So, you think I'm cute, right?" she nods, not bothered by my hand still on her face. "And you will probably fight anyone who says otherwise, myself included." She gives me another, firmer nod.
I sigh as I close my eyes for a brief moment before setting them back on her. "But you think there is nothing appealing about you." She looks down, her hands leaving mine as she weakly shook her head.
I sigh once again, withdrawing my hand from her face in favor to cup her face, bringing her closer to me until just a few inches between us separates us. "Then, hear me out," I begin. "I think of you as the cutest and adorable girl around, your amber eyes hold a warmth that's, sometimes, make it hard for me to not just look into them. I love those wild, untamable hair of yours, how cute you are when you are pouting… But most of all, I love your smile." I wasn't even halfway through my eulogy that Hibiki was blushing furiously to the point of sparing her the rest. "What I mean is, the same way you will confront anyone that thinks otherwise about me. I will do the same concerning you, got it?" I earn a small nod in answer.
We remain in this position, me holding Hibiki's face as I notice her eyes repeatedly shifting downward, then back to my eyes. I realize she is in fact looking at my lips, and that piece of information trigger an internal debate with myself if kissing her right now would be a good idea.
What I just said to her was the closest to a love confession I've done in my life. I decided to go for it and slowly lean to her almost in a trance while maintaining eye contact as Hibiki closes hers, waiting for me to close the rest of the distance. A kiss was inevitable.
If it was not for our growling stomach snapping us out of the moment. I was utterly mortified by such timing that I ended up leaning my forehead against Hibiki's and grumbling.
Hibiki chuckles softly, cradling my hands in hers and nuzzling into them. I let her relish in the contact to my inner delight since her cheeks were so soft. "How about some breakfast, Chris?"
"The monster inside me is all for it," I joke.
She chuckles once more in turn. "Then, you stay here while I cook us something," she says as she gets up from the bed.
"No, I will help you," I say, not desiring to stay put doing nothing.
"Huh huh," she shakes her head while gently pushing me back on the bed. "You're still recovering Chris. So just stay here while I cook, I will try not to be too long."
Since I know it's useless to fight her when she can use the "recovery card", I settle myself as I watch Hibiki walks toward the door. On her way out, my eyes inadvertently stared lower Hibiki's form.
"I like your butt too," I found myself saying to my own surprise.
"Huh?" Hibiki turns sideways toward me, cocking her head to the side in confusion.
I swallow before reaffirming my thought. "You said I have a nice womanly figure unlike you." she offers me a nod before I resume. "I just want to say that you have a nice figure as well."
She looks at her own body as if searching for what I am talking about before looking at me. "I don't know, Chris. While I'm lucky to have a chest big enough, I trained regularly with Shishou, building muscles with each session, I really don't think anyone would be attracted to that."
I'm actually taken aback by her words. "Don't you think then that the six of us are in the same boat with our regular training?"
She shakes her head as she shifts her gaze to the floor. "Tsubasa-san and Maria-san are world-known idols so it will not be much of a problem to them, Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan stick together most of the time so it wouldn't bother them and you. It's mostly to increase your stamina since the nature of your gear drains you a lot with how much you shift weapons, the focus needed with each of them, and the fact you are always on the look out when you are on mission with me or Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan."
My eyes widen a bit at what she says about me. She should not have realized that. 'While I do look out for the other two on Maria's request and I'm instinctively doing it when I'm with Hibiki, I didn't expect her to notice it.' I chase the thought as quickly it entered my mind. 'How she noticed is not what's important right now.'
I focus back on the matter at hand; Hibiki self-esteem. By this, I mean grabbing a nearby pillow and throwing it at her face. "Think fast!"
Hibiki lifts her head at my call, allowing the pillow to hit her square in the face without her being able to react. 'Chossei.'
She was dumbfounded for a moment until what happened sinks in and then began pouting, "I'm being serious there, Chris!"
I cross my arm at her whining, the action emphasizing my chest without meaning to. "So am I. What did I just say to you?"
Hibiki searches for a moment before responding quizzically. "That the six of us are in the same boat?"
I groan at her missing the point. "Before that."
The silence stretches as Hibiki ponders more on it, so much to the point I give up and answer instead. "I say that you have a nice figure already. But, if you compared it to others, you would obviously find flaws in yourself; like how big our chest is, which I would win, or how tall we are which will be yours. But you don't care about my heights, right?
"Hmm, I like you the way you are, Chris."
I nod, her words easily putting a smile on my face before I say confidently. "The same goes for me, I like you the way you are. You train because it's necessary and because you like it too, so while gaining muscles is unavoidable, I think you should be proud of it. After all, it's the result obtained to protect the lives of those important to you. Also…" I motion to come closer with my hand.
Once in range, I extend a hand toward her, proceeding to gently pinch one of her arms and pulling a little. "You still have puny arms. So, you have a long way to go before you become totally buffs… And how much you eat helps a lot in not reaching that point… maybe," I tease her.
I couldn't even react beforehand as Hibiki's arms were suddenly around my waist and her head against my belly. "Thank you, Chris."
"Anytime, Hibiki," I reply while stroking her head, something I seem to do a lot recently. "Though I have to ask. Why are you so bothered by it? Is there a girl you are interested in?" I try to tease, hiding my trepidation about her answer.
I feel her tense against me before hastily letting go of me, panic setting on her face. "What? No! I mean… What makes you think it's a girl…wouldn't a boy be the obvious answer." The last part was muttered and almost inaudible, but I could hear it loud and clear as I feel my heart sink.
'Right… I was so focused on the fact that she and her childhood friend were not dating that I didn't even think she could be straight. She did say she never had a boyfriend when she first introduced herself to me.'
I zone for a while, my mind drowning in whatever possibility it has conjured, only to be pulled out by bits of a sentence, a question, something that Hibiki attempts to tell me. I lift my head to connect with my kouhai. "What?" I let out with a weak voice.
I observe her wallowing nervously as she grips tightly at the bedsheets. "I asked if it would be weird if it was a girl?" Her eyes were looking straight at me, conveying how much she wants, needs an answer on it.
I narrow my eyes once her question fully makes its way to my brain, whatever personal issues I have are forgotten as I focus on Hibiki's. My extended silence must have put her on edge because she hastily follows. "It's just an example! It's not like I'm or-"
"I don't mind!" I say firmly.
"Huh?" Hibiki's hands stop mid-air as she looks at me in surprise.
"I don't mind. Hell, I would even say; who cares what your preferences are!? Not even until this Thursday, I thought, as well as the others and surely the whole staff that you and your roommate were dating. So, if anyone had something against it, you would have heard it already. Also, if I ever hear someone saying anything against it, he/she will take a bullet from me."
Hibiki was still looking at me, blinking dumbly.
"Sooo… girls, huh?" I say with a teasing smile.
Hibiki blushes, a little embarrassed before nodding with a shy smile. Mine simply widen at the silent confirmation, leaping in joy internally that Hibiki is not straight. "Welcome to the club, then." I follow with barely contained glee.
Hibiki's eyes would have surely popped up of her head if it was possible, which is reasonable. After all, I just outed myself in front of her. But I did it as much as it was necessary for her to know that's someone is in the same boat as her, that I did it for myself as well.
Hibiki finally manages to recover from her shock and asks the obvious question. "You mean… Chris… You are…" Well, at least she tries to.
"Gay? A lesbian? Swing the other way or whatever useless term they tried to put on us? Let's just agree that I prefer girls over boys by a fair margin."
"Wow… Far too many things are happening during this weekend"
"You tell me. If someone told me this would happen when I invited you to spend the weekend with me, I would have shot them for their nonsense," I say, pointing my finger at Hibiki and mimicking the motion of firing before both of us laugh heartedly.
She manages to talk after subsiding her laughter. "Though I really didn't expect Chris to be the same."
"Hey, I'm the one surprised here. I went from you not dating your childhood friend, to thinking you were straight, to you admitting that you weren't," I say, shaking my head in disbelief. 'She did not use a label, either she doesn't feel comfortable using them or like me; don't care about it. Well, doesn't really matter in the end, it won't change her.' I thought distractedly.
The growling of our stomachs reminds us that we were both quite hungry, with Hibiki quickly going back on her feet. "Sorry Chris, I will make breakfast right away," she says already on her way to the door.
Just before leaving, I call her name, drawing her attention as she has a hand on the doorknob. "You got a nice butt." This time, those words were said intentionally.
She offers a smile, thanking me for the compliment before leaving, not without her own compliment. "And you got nice boobs."
I shake my head once more at the compliment, sinking more into my bed as I let what happened sinks in. Then grabbing the other pillow and cover my face to muffle the loud squeal I let out. 'I can't believe I got her to confess that she is into girls… And that I even did the same as well! Wait, does that mean that if it was not for our stupid stomach, we would be making out right now, or maybe confessing each other…' My thoughts were running wild before I compose myself.
I remove the pillow from my face and let it fall against my chest. 'No, screw that! She could have as well freaked out to the whole thing, getting the hell out of my apart and then blaming herself for potentially ruining our improved friendship,' I smile bitterly at the probably accurate thought, then I let out a sigh. 'Actually, it's a good thing we didn't, it' already took a lot from her and me to reach our current state. And I, surely as much as Hibiki, don't want to go back to how we were before. Better see how things go for now.' I end my thought.
Before beginning another. 'Still, what was that comment about her butt!' I thought angrily after a moment, opening my eyes. 'I'm always showing myself complaining about the girls being lovey-dovey with each other and now that I learn she's gay I straight up jump to openly flirting with her… At least she was not offended, may even have been flattered, judging by her reaction. Hell, she even threw one of her own!'
I straighten myself, my thumb and forefinger on my chin while hugging the pillow against me a bit more tightly. 'Though, could she really be into me?' I think hopefully. 'I mean she admitted to being jealous at how I treat the others better compared to her. All the things she likes about my appearance. Hell, she even notices how I watch over her when we are on missions… Wait! If she, hypothetically, of course, feels like that about me all along why would she not confess to me at one point? I can't think of anything able to hold back this girl when even death can't, and I doubt us being girls be it.'
I ponder on the thought a moment before face-palming once realization came upon me. 'IT'S ME!' I scream internally. 'What's holding her back is me, dammit! She said it herself, how my rougher treatment compared to others made her insecure about where we stood with each other as well as making her jealous of the others. Fuck! She was even scared that suddenly calling me by my name without honorific would upset me… And, while I managed to quell those ideas about me disliking her attention toward me by letting her hug me and other things, it doesn't mean that those same insecurities did go away overnight. It wouldn't be surprising then if she were hiding her feelings from me.'
"Hibiki would obviously choose to keep our current friendship instead of risking it with a love confession, especially after all the trouble it took us to be at a point where she can hug me without suffering a backlash from me. So… If my theory is correct, if I ever want for Hibiki and me to be more than friends, the confession that could put our friendship at risk would fall on me," I mutter absently, already searching for a way to confess and salvage our relationship in case of the worst.
After racking my head for a solution, I end up giving up. At least for now. 'Nothing will come if I try to force things up. It would be better to leave things to happen on their own while enjoying the benefits of our newfound friendship for now. I could even use the day to try things I always wanted to do with her and test the water at the same time.'
It's when I stop my musing that I hear the doorknob of my bedroom, the door then fully opened, revealing Hibiki holding with one hand a tray high enough so that I'm unable to tell its content as well as two glasses full of what seems to be orange juice in the other. 'How the hell did she open the door if she couldn't use her hands?' The thought quickly passes my mind before I let it go.
The answer was revealed to me as I witness her fumbling with something on the floor, then I had to catch the offending item hurled at me; my pillow. 'She freaking pick up my pillow with her foot and threw it at me!'
She grins all the way until she is by my side of the bed and holding out the tray to me. "Sorry Chris, can you take the tray for a bit?" I reach toward the item with both hands, setting it on my lap to see the content as the smell enters my nostrils while Hibiki goes around the bed, climbs on it while being careful to not spill the orange juice before sitting in the lotus position. She then takes the tray from my lap and puts it on the bed between us with the glasses on it before announcing. "Tada! Breakfast in bed!"
Said breakfast is composed of three stacks of pancakes generously covered in maple syrup and with a piece of butter on top, the carton of orange juice for refills, and even the bottle of syrup to add more.
Before I have time to say anything, Hibiki is already at the task, cutting in before presenting me a fork with a piece of pancake on it. "Here Chris, say 'Ahhh'," she says to me while holding the fork to me, one hand cupping below to prevent any syrup to drip on the bedsheets.
"I can feed myself," I reply, reaching for the fork in her hand.
She dodges it by taking away the fork, before representing it once more to me. "Come on Chris, just the first bite, please," she pouts slightly.
I sigh in resignation as I reluctantly open my mouth to let Hibiki feed me, chewing on the piece, and relishing in the sweetness caused by the syrup as I finally swallow. I lock eyes with Hibiki's eager look on her face, waiting for something from me.
"How is it, Chris?" She asks after a moment of silence.
I smile at her. "They are delicious, Hibiki. Good job," I say before I reach for the other set of fork and knife, cutting a piece of pancake and bringing it toward Hibiki the same way she did for me. "Your turn."
Hibiki didn't even hesitate, her mouth quickly closing around my fork, squealing in happiness as she chews on the piece I offered. 'I could really get used to it, us acting like that.'
Both of us then proceed to attack our own stack of pancakes with some idle chat, drinking the orange juice between bites and not minding the fact that we were using the fork which was used to feed the other's first bite. I quickly understood the presence of the third stack when I realized how fast we devoured our own, and that we still had room for more.
"Here the last bite Chris," Hibiki's fork is once again in front of me, this time with the last piece of pancake. My mouth closes around the fork before I have time to think about it, swallowing the last piece of pancake and passing my tongue across my bottom lip to lick the excess of syrup.
I look up at Hibiki, to see her eyes fixed on my lips while she bites her own. "Thank for the pancakes Hibiki, they were really delicious," I say to her to snap her out of her trance and force her to look at me rather than my lips, despite loving the attention she gave them.
"Cooking breakfast was the least I could do, Chris," she responds while refilling our glasses with the rest of the orange juice before handing mine.
Once our glasses are empty, Hibiki picks up the tray with the empty plates and glasses on it before exiting the room. I lend an ear to pick up the activity outside my bedroom, the sound of dishes and running water echoing to me before growing footsteps coming closer.
Hibiki is back in the bedroom no long after, closing the door on her way in, before climbing hastily on the bed, making me bounce a bit as she got near me to finally put her hands around my belly and waist and snuggle her head against the side of my chest.
My new reaction to her hugs is now to wrap my arms around her, causing Hibiki to sigh in contentment. "You sure hug me a lot lately," I say with a smile.
"And you never fail to return them, Chris. So, I'm taking full advantage of it to catch up on."
I chuckle. "And how much there is to catch up exactly?" I ask, already having a rough estimation.
"There are months, Chris! You denied me hugging you for months, I'm not letting go of you till I have them back… with interest," she says looking with eyes full of mischief, something I don't think I ever see her with, but I don't dislike it.
"You realize that we don't have that much time on our hands, right?"
"Don't care, I'm not letting go until I'm satisfied."
I sigh as I attempt to negotiate. "Then, how about staying like that for a while and then hanging out this afternoon?"
She ponders a bit, intertwining her legs with mine before nodding. "Deal."
Upon reaching an agreement, I relish in Hibiki's warmth, closing my eyes to enjoy the moment and planning what she's not aware will be a date.
Afternoon
Hibiki and I are heading toward the first location of our date. Or rather, I'm leading while Hibiki was walking by my side, pestering me to know where I'm taking her.
"So, when did you realize you were into girls?" I ask her still looking straight ahead and effectively distracting Hibiki from where we are heading.
"Do I really have to tell you?" she asks back a bit uneasy.
"No, you don't. I'm just curious about what triggered yours," I tell her, causing us to keep walking in silence as Hibiki chooses to not answer my question.
"So, when?" I ask once more, reviving the topic.
Hibiki groans. "You will keep asking about it, right? Despite saying that I don't have to answer."
I shrug. "Like I said, just my curiosity. Not every day someone in your entourage tells you openly that she is into girls. So, wanting to know; when, the girls you check out and your crush seems to be standard questions for me. Of course, I will also answer if you ask about me."
"I see."
"Anyway, we got time, and also we are here," I say, putting the conversation on hold.
"Huh? It's…" Hibiki's sentence trails off, seeing the now-familiar place.
"We did agree to have lunch here next time. If it was not for the assignment as well as the report we had to write, we would have done so yesterday."
Hibiki groans at the mere mention of the report as she follows me inside the café.
We are greeted the moment we pass the entrance, "Welcome to the 'Calamity Crowe Café'! Would you like a table for two or are you waiting for more?"
The woman welcoming us this time is a bit smaller than senpai, she has red hair styled in twin tails reaching her shoulders with fringes on the side of her head, exposing her forehead. Her eyes are a grass-green color, she wears the same outfit as the other staff member composed of black dress pants and black waist apron but with a long-sleeved navy-blue dress shirt and the word 'Exorcist' written on her apron.
"Just the two of us," I reply.
"Then, please, follow me. I will guide you to your table," the woman says with the same gentle smile she has since we saw her.
As we follow her to our table, I notice that it was the same one we had the first time Hibiki and I eat here.
"I will come back soon with a pitcher of water, before taking your order," the 'exorcist' tells us once both of us are seated as we put our coat on the back of our chair before leaving.
Hibiki and I then both reach for the menu. "Ne, Chris. How about we just ask for a recommendation?" Hibiki asks, barely looking at the menu.
I lock eyes with her for a moment while pondering her suggestion. "If we do that we will end up with the same dish and probably will have to choose once again if we are still hungry, how about choosing a dish on our own as well as going with the recommended one?"
Hibiki agrees enthusiastically, nodding and humming as she opens once more her menu to choose her dish.
Once set on a dish I close the menu with Hibiki doing the same a few seconds later. At the same time, our exorcist comes back with a pitcher of water, two glasses as well as a notebook and a pen at the ready. "Are you ready to order?"
Hibiki is the first to speak. "I will have the Mabo Curry."
The staff member writes down Hibiki's order before looking at me. "And I will have the Three-Meat Ragu Sauce," I tell her.
"Will that be all?" she asks after writing down my order.
"Actually, we would like to know what dish you could recommend us."
"For the first-timer, we always recommend the 'Crowe's Special Quiche' made by the owner itself, customers often come back just for this one. Would you like to share a piece with your respective order?"
I lock eyes with Hibiki, she seems as curious as me to see what this dish is like. "We will take two of as well," I say to our waitress, knowing that if this dish is as amazing as she's telling us, sharing one between us could very well result in a small fight over it.
"So, it will be one Mabo Curry, one Three-Meat Ragu Sauce, and two pieces of the Crowe's Special Quiche. Any drink?" we shake our heads at the question. "Then I will come back with your meals." She announces before leaving.
After her departure, Hibiki wastes little time to fill our glass with water, sliding mine in front of me once done.
I take a sip before initiating the conversation. "Does it make you uncomfortable?" Hibiki tilts her head to the side, causing me to elaborate. "I mean talking about it."
She ponders a bit. "I guess it's just… new. I was so used to not talking about it that now that I have the occasion… it seems weird."
I nod at her answer. "In this case asking directly 'when', is not a good idea. How about… Was it before or after joining Section Two?"
"After," she replies before bringing her glass of water to her lips. 'She is still a bit shy but clearly more at ease at the less intrusive question,' I think as I decide to not ask for more. 'No need to rush, I have all day to slowly make her comfortable talking about herself on this subject.'
"You're not asking more?" She questions with a puzzled look.
"Nope, I'm just initiating. Then it's up to you to see how much you want to share about it. If I were to ask question after question, it would not be much different from an interrogation. What I want is for you to be comfortable talking about it to the point to be the one initiating one day."
"I see. Thank you for this, Chris. Though, I don't mind you asking," Her last sentence is accompanied by a smile.
I smile back at her. "Then, last question and we can drop the topic." I wait for her to nod before continuing. "Was it before or after meeting me?"
Hibiki's eyes widen at the question, a good hint as to whether I have played a passive role or not. Then darts her eyes away before managing to ask. "Why would you ask this question specifically, Chris?"
I shrug. "Just wanted to know if I was hot enough to plague your mind to the point of making you reconsider your sexuality. Believe me, being responsible for someone thinking they were straight, switching the other way is something to be proud of. Also, you did a whole introduction to me, which was… strange. Even saying you never had a boyfriend, which was even stranger now that I think about it, maybe you abhor deep feelings for me since then," I smirk.
Hibiki's reaction was saying absolutely everything to my delight. 'By Enma-sama, she does!' Hibiki's whole face was red from blushing, looking down at the glass she was holding. 'She really does have feelings from me since then, how great is that? Maybe I can get more.'
Any more attempt at teasing and gathering more information was cut short when our server comes with our plates, setting them carefully until her eyes land on Hibiki, still stubbornly looking at the content of her glass like it was the most interesting thing in the world, before switching to me, a quizzical look on her face.
"It's nothing, just reminding something of the past she surely wishes I would have forgotten,' I say before taking another sip of water.
The exorcist nods slowly before talking. "Well, if it's nothing, then it's good. Both of you enjoy your meals and don't hesitate to call for me if anything happens or need anything." With this, she gives us a small bow before departing.
I follow her with my eyes for a moment before landing them back on Hibiki. She is still looking down, causing me to sigh. "Don't you think it would better to eat what we ordered now that's here?"
Food and Hibiki are two things that will always work together. Well, I could say the same about myself too. Anyway, there is no way that Hibiki could be in whatever mood for long with the prospect of food in front of her. Otherwise, it would mean serious business.
After saying 'Itadakimasu' I watch Hibiki takes a spoonful of rice and Mabo Curry, blowing slightly on it to cool it down before bringing it to her mouth.
The moan that follows tells me everything on what she thinks about the dish she chooses, and it encourages me to taste mine. So, taking my fork, twirling it in the pasta, and picking at a piece of meat as I bring the whole thing to my lips; a moan, probably louder than Hibiki's left my closed lips and I just kept eating, not caring at the looks I could have attracted with it.
After some more spoonful for Hibiki and forkful for me, Hibiki wordlessly holds her spoon to me. I understand what she wants right away as I do the same with my fork, our eyes meeting each other for a moment before we lunge forward and humming in agreement at the taste of the other's meal before resuming our own.
Soon we clear our plates, leaving us with the specialty of the house; the Crowe's Special Quiche. Hibiki and I exchange another look before cutting a piece of the dish, gulping in anticipation at what kind of taste this simple dish could have to deserve such a title.
We put the piece inside our mouths at the same time and the simple taste hitting my tongue could almost bring me to an orgasm, I had to clench my thighs together with a hand clenching my dress and the other holding firmly the fork to keep myself together. A spare glance at Hibiki shows me she was not faring better than me as our eyes cross each other, her fork was still between her lips held by one hand while the other disappeared beyond the table as well.
The effect of the meal was still lingering on us despite having already paid a while ago and walked a good distance from the café. Well, actually, Hibiki was the one to pay, saying that since we didn't have to last time, she was unable to uphold her initial promise to pay for what I ordered.
"That's quiche was really something, Chris."
"Definitely, I bet they put something illegal in it. It's the only reason for something as simple as a quiche could taste this amazing," I slightly joke while agreeing.
"Right! That must be it, we should come back and try it once more to find out what is in it, investigation purpose of course," Hibiki says, oddly enthusiastic.
I eye Hibiki for a moment, before deciding to go along with it. "Right, who knows if this café is even legit, it could as well be linked to some hidden organization and that's all just a cover. Maybe a secret branch of the Bavarian Illuminati."
"Hmm-hmm! The meal they made could be in fact experimentation tested on us; customers. We should also try other dishes to see if they also have any curious effect." Hibiki nods repeatedly.
I sigh. "Are we really doing this, linking a café with good food to some kind of secret organization with an evil objective?"
"It's not that far stretched, Chris. Especially when we think about what we fought on a regular basis."
I blink several times. "Damn, you're right… Then we should worry about the fact that I sent our kouhais in that café yesterday."
Hibiki shrugs. "It's too late for them, Chris. We should give up on them, only we can do something about it."
"Whoa… Never expected to see the day where you would willingly give up on someone."
Hibiki just laughs, before giving me a mischievous smile "There are things you don't know about me, Chris… As much as there are things that I don't know about you either."
"And I look forward to discovering all of them," I grin at her.
The two of us keep walking toward our next destination, chatting, giggling, and laughing while ignoring the stares and curious looks that we attract on our way.
Shopping Center
The shopping center is the second part of our date, an excellent place filled with possibilities. 'Maybe I will find a nice set of loungewear to stay at home.' I think back to the memories of Hibiki's gorgeous figure within her black set.
"What about you, Chris?" Hibiki's voice pierces through my thoughts.
"What about me?"
"When did you find out you were into girls?"
I keep looking ahead as I put my hands deeper in my pocket, reminding myself of some past experiences, leading to a silence lingering as we walk through the galleries.
"Most of my experiences were with guys older than me. So, having one with a person of the same sex never really crossed my mind until it happens. This experience was, by far so much better, that doing anything with a guy afterward kind of repulsed me. So, I stick to girls since then." I felt daring after that disclosure and lean closer to Hibiki, my lips near her ear as I whisper. "They were all older women. So, you are the first girl, younger than me that I'm interested in." I then lightly bite the lob of her ear; another daring move I couldn't stop myself from doing.
Hibiki's reaction is to pull away from me as well as some distance between us, blushing heavily with a protective hand on the ear I just bite, opening and closing her mouth like a goldfish.
I couldn't stop myself and begin to laugh at how cute she was. Then her expression turns to a pout and my heart just melts for her even more. 'I'm really hopeless when it comes to her and I'm glad she's taking it well, really makes me wonder just how far I can push.'
As we calm down from my ordeal, Hibiki finally manages to ask. "Chris, you mean you have…" She didn't or maybe couldn't finish her question, which is reasonable. After all, talking about your sexuality is not the same as talking about sex, another point I hope to make her comfortable to talk freely as well.
"Well, let's just say it happened early for me," I reveal, before asking. "Hope, it doesn't bother you, or make you think less of me." I couldn't prevent my voice to falter at the end as I look down at the floor, dreading Hibiki's reaction and next action.
Unexpectedly, or rather expectedly, I felt myself being pulled toward her, my head resting against the crook of her neck as one of her hands is on my waist and the other on the back of my head.
"I don't care about what you did in the past Chris, all I know is the present you, and that's all I care about,"
I lean against her fully as I feel my body relax with another weight lifted off my shoulder.
"Also, it means that I have someone experienced to talk to for advice on this stuff." I could feel her smiling but knowing that she's willing to talk to me about herself on the subject in the future make me feel even better. 'Maybe I should worry that everything is going this smooth.'
We stay like this for a moment until I decide to pull away. As much as I would rather for us to stay like this longer, we are in a public area and are beginning to attract a bit of attention to us. So, taking her hand in mine, we resume our stroll in the shopping district.
I did mention the possibilities offered by this place as well as, maybe, find a set of loungewear to stay at home. Well, lets' just say that I caught from the corner of my eyes a familiar set of black clothes worn by the person currently at my side.
"Let's go there, Hibiki. I found something interesting,' I tell her as I head toward the store with Hibiki following behind me.
Once in front of the window shop displaying the set of clothes I saw, I confirm it was the same that Hibiki wore; with the orange stripe and all.
"Oh, that's the one I bought, did you want to buy one too, Chris?"
"Well, while I was surprised that you owe anything in black at first, you looked really good in it. So, I may as well get a set, hope they got my color," I say, still looking at the set displayed and liking it more and more as imagine the girl by my side in it.
"Only one way to find out," she declares before dragging me in the store, then glancing at me. "Also, you should know by now, Chris. That there are things that people don't know about me," she adds with a smirk before winking at me, the action causes my heart to skip a beat as she continues dragging me without any resistance on my part.
"And I told you I look forward to discovering all of them," I mutter.
"So, how many girls did you check out until now," I casually ask while looking for my size.
We found out that the section, while having a black set with crimson red strips, that a long-sleeved and pants version was also available. A small argument occurred over which versions I should take; me on the long-sleeved and pants while Hibiki with the shirt and shorts. We ultimately settled on me trying both first, so while I investigate the long-sleeved and pants section, Hibiki investigates the shirt and shorts one.
"What's this all of a sudden, Chris?" She asks me as she peeks out from her side.
"Well, the both of us are in a girls-only school, basically a paradise where left and right is what we desire, depending on our preferences. So, you will not make me believe that you didn't check out anybody since you discover your newfound sexuality or curious about it, especially when in the changing room for P.E," I reply while pulling a top to look at it before putting it back, knowing it will be too tight around the chest area.
It's one of my biggest problems when it comes to clothes. If I'm actually interested in a matching top-bottom set, either I took the recommended size by my height, but the top is too tight around my chest, or I choose based on my cup size and the bottom is too loose.
"I've nev-"
"Do I have to remind you that both our classes often have P.E together?" I interrupt her with a rhetorical question, before following. "I always felt an intense gaze on me while changing when we do, blaming it on my imagination because of my strange popularity, but now… I bet you were the one ogling every inch of my body."
I don't need to see Hibiki's face to know that she's furiously blushing. It's quite crazy that now I know she's gay, I'm able to remember every moment that would have clued me toward this answer.
"So, what did you think?" I ask her while looking at another top and keeping it on my arm as it was the right size
"About?"
I scoff at how easily she can lose track of our conversation, unless it's intentional, to see if I will drop the topic or not. "My body of course," I declare, not passing on it.
She lets out a sigh. "You already know what I think of it, Chris."
"Know that there is nobody that doesn't like compliments, it always feels good to hear one for oneself. But I will let you off the hook this time since you clearly like it," I tell her after finding another top one size above the other as well as the two bottoms. Since they had drawstring in them, the length is all I need to focus on.
Hibiki joins me and gives me her sets as we head toward the fitting room, Hibiki sitting nearby to give me her opinion on which set would be better.
I try on my set first. I quickly realize that the top is indeed a tad tighter than I originally thought and my bra doesn't help, making me wonder if Hibiki was wearing one under hers at that time. "Ne, Hibiki. Did you wear a bra under the top?" I've decided to ask her.
"Nope, the fabric was tight enough that wearing one makes it just uncomfortable." She casually answers. 'Well, that answers my question to whether she was braless or not, too bad I didn't notice it.'
"Are you done yet, Chris?" She asks me once I finish putting the bottom on, choosing the shorter one, since the other was trailing on the floor.
After a look at myself in the mirror inside the room and liking what I see reflected in it, I decide to exit the room to hear Hibiki's opinion.
Hibiki's eyes left her phone and were on me the moment I exit; I could feel the intensity of her gaze as she was scanning every inch of my covered body. "It does look good on you, Chris," she begins after looking up and down one more time. "It's actually cute how the sleeves go past your wrist like with the school cardigan."
Her remarks cause me to play with the sleeves unconsciously, I'm not particularly fond of it as a constant reminder of how disproportioned my body seems with standard-sized clothes. "But?" I say, sensing one.
"Nothing, it's really good on you, Chris..." she trails out. "But I still think the other one will definitely be better," she smiles confidently.
I scoff as I head back inside. "We'll see."
"So, me aside. Anyone you check out inside our little group?" I ask, resuming our main conversation as I proceed to change the long-sleeved top for the shirt, picking directly the larger of the two.
"I didn't really check out the other," she begins.
I pop my head out through the curtain opening as I'm still pantless. "And I will say it's a lie, now that I know you are into girls, I can now affirm that I also felt your gaze on me repeatedly in the showers after a mission, so I'm sure the others were not spared by you." I think for a moment throughout another set of memories. "I will say our scythe's wielder, you wer-"
"No, you're wrong, I was only looking at you! I'm not interested in the other!" She blurts out, before catching herself and putting her hands in front of her mouth.
I give her an evil grin and wriggle my eyebrows once she makes eye contact with me.
She sighs in defeat before giving me a resigned smile. "You did it on purpose, Chris. That's really mean of you."
I shrug in answer despite knowing she can't catch the movement with my shoulders hidden behind the curtain before going back inside. "I admit I may have teased you a bit too much. But know that I already had my little idea about what you may think of me, I'm just checking each of them now. But I'm honestly flattered, after all, I already told you that I'm interested in you, so knowing you are as much, makes me feel pretty good about myself. And it's not like this little reveal will change anything between us, right?"
"You are right, actually I feel like a weight was lifted off my shoulder once I said it."
I could see myself smile in the mirror as I pass my legs inside the shorts, opting for the smaller one which fit naturally on my hips. I just blew up another obstacle standing between us, and I could feel damn happy about it.
"That's just mean you really wanted someone to know about it. And while you would surely have wanted not to be the interested one, telling, or rather blurting it to me as I accept it without any issue made you feel even better," I say, checking myself in the mirror with Hibiki's set on, noting that the only difference, in the end, is the amount of skin I expose… I roll my eyes, finally understanding why Hibiki wants me to go with this one.
"How would you know it?"
With a last glance in the mirror, I show myself to Hibiki. "Because nobody wants to be the one blamed for wrecking a good relationship," I say to her with a hand resting on my hip. "And also, because I felt the same when I told you about having past experiences," I add without letting anything show on my face. "Basically, you avoid telling others something because you either don't know how they will react, thus fearing for the worst outcome or because you think it's not important for them to kn-."
I sigh when I realize that Hibiki was no longer listening and was ogling every inch of my body once more instead. I could see the hunger in her eyes as there were lingering on the exposed parts, causing me to chuckle, realizing that making me wear it was her plan all along. "So that's why you wanted me to wear it so badly…" I shake my head with a soft smile before turning back into the room.
As I close the curtain and give another look at myself in the mirror, I notice too late Hibiki's presence in there as she pulls me against her, her breast pressing against my back as she rests one hand on my hip and the other gently caresses my exposed thigh, causing a pleasurable shiver to run through my spine.
I then felt her breath close to my ear as she whispers. "This one is really perfect on you Chris, also, skin against skin contact makes cuddling even better. While the long-sleeved and pants version looks equally good too, if you take it, the fabric will be in the way and making cuddling less enjoyable, less intimate."
Her hot breath was causing me to lose focus of my surrounding, but as her words made their way to my brain, I could only think at the time when I rest my head on her exposed thighs when she wore her black shorts. It's undeniable that the feeling wouldn't have been the same if my cheek was against the clothes' fabrics instead of her naked limb.
"I will take this one," I reply absently while panting a little. I couldn't go against her argument as well as the memories reinforcing it, and the hand still caressing my thigh was keeping my mind away from any serious thought.
"Good choice," she keeps whispering.
"I better no regret it," I manage to say through my hazed mind.
"Don't worry, I will make sure you won't, Chris-senpai." She whispers my title just before biting gently my earlobe the same way I did to her earlier. I feel my body assaulted by a wave of heat followed by tremors in my entire being at the act, causing me to forcefully pull away from her to lean against the full body length mirror, panting heavily and legs shaking.
"Payback for earlier, Chris. I will wait for you outside, take your time," she says before leaving the room, I could hear her talking to a clerk outside; something about a little problem inside but nothing major.
My legs were still shaking before being unable to support me any longer as let myself slide along the mirror. Once my thighs touch the floor, I lock eyes with my reflected self, to see them being clouded by more than just lust, my panting creating a thin layer of mist on the mirror and my panties damp by how turned on I am as my heart keep hammering loudly against my ribcage. "That's some intense payback, Hibiki", I mutter to myself.
I gulp for air once more, before slowly getting back on my feet. I change myself as quickly as I could while being thankful I didn't dirty the set, but since I plan on buying it, maybe it was not that important. 'Damn, though I can't believe she was able to affect me this much with just a mere touch and words, I can't let her have the upper hand on me that easily.'
When I open the curtain, I give Hibiki my best glare to convey how upset I was while knowing internally that I loved every single bit of her flirting, something I certainly didn't expect from her, at least this soon.
She stands up from her place, walks toward me with a Cheshire cat-like smile as she points to the set I was just wearing on my arm, "So, you really are taking it?"
I roll my eyes to her incredulity, as if she really needed to ask. "Your arguments were pretty convincing," I mumble.
"What was that?"
"Nothing! Just help me put these at their place," I order her around.
"Yes ma'am," she answers with a mock salute, before taking her share and rushing toward the section where she took them.
'Good, that's how it should be, me ordering and her following. Who knows what would happen to me if I let her run wild for too long… Especially now that flirting is in her arsenal.' I let out a sigh at the thought. 'I also better get used to it in case I can't make her stop… just in case.'
After paying for the matching top-bottom set, we exit the store and resume our stroll in the galleries.
Arcade Center
"Ahhh… I lost again…" Hibiki was whining as she has yet again, failed to get what she wanted.
After buying the matching set, Hibiki and I found ourselves in front of a store selling Bubble Tea. Hibiki told me that she always tries to have a different flavor each time she buys one. This time, she decides on a Fruit Tea Passion Fruit flavor as I took Lemon flavor for myself.
Then, we strolled some more as we took sips of our drink as well as taking one from the other from time to time. Hibiki's eyes suddenly landed on a game center, while not a place planned for the date, I also realized that I didn't plan anything beyond lunch. I indulged Hibiki in it, letting her go wild while smiling fondly at seeing her happily playing.
It took little time to convince me to play a shooting game with her, needless is to say that she was bad at it, and I have to finish the levels on my own, but I suspect she just wanted to see me enjoying myself playing instead of constantly watching her.
"Arggg… How is it possible to fail this much?" She groans again after another failure.
We have gone through games after games without much pause. And now, I'm currently watching her fail once more against that dreadful machine I heard so much from my classmates; Crane Machine, unless it's Claw Machine… They seem to have several names that I don't know which one is the right appellation.
"Now that's on my mind. What about you Chris, did you check out other girls in school? Or women in general, in your case?"
Seeing her at ease asking such question actually puts a smile on my face. "Well, not that's much… Ah! I may have taken a good look at your homeroom teacher from time to time."
Hibiki's hand slams on the button with more force than necessary as her head snaps toward me. "You… are joking, Chris. Right?"
I shrug; "Older women have their own charm. You just don't know it yet," I smirk.
I watch her shuddering at maybe imagining her teacher as anything else than a teacher before she focuses her attention back on the machine, frowning for a moment before looking back at me. "Then, Aoi-san too?"
I cock my head to the side as I joggle my memory to remember who she is talking about. 'Ahhh, the person that always gives us warm drink when we need it,' I thought before nodding. "True, she has a nice figure."
Hibiki shakes her head at my answer, not like she disapproves or anything but rather as if to say she should have expected that I would say something like that.
She groans again at another failure, before turning to me. "Chrissss, can you help me, please?" Hibiki pleads for my help with her pout, and I take its full power before I have time to react, leaving little choice but helping her.
I sigh as I take her place, watching and listening to Hibiki pointing at the location of what she wants. My eyes widen once I have a close look at the machine's content; plushies. But not any kind of plushie; Noise and Alca-Noise plushies. 'What kind of degenerate thought that Noise's plushie would be a goo- Oooh! They have the banana one, this one is for me!'
I take the controller in hand before expertly directing the claw above the prize I set my eyes on, then hitting the final button to collect it. My eyes are transfixed as the claw begins its descent, grabs perfectly the banana Alca-Noise before ascending, pulling an extra plushie in the motion; a red snake/dragon-like Alca-Noise. The extra one reminds me of the special Alca-Noise with the ability to split itself when it takes too much damages. It also makes me wonder how they got the information on this one to make it a plushie, after all, it's not a regular one.
As I take my double prize from the compartment, I turn toward Hibiki with a big grin on my face as she looks at me with big eyes and her mouth hanging open. I tilt my head in confusion at her reaction until realization washes over me that in my excitement to get mine I have completely discarded what Hibiki wanted me to get for her.
Pushing my prizes against her, I turn back to the machine for another try. "Sorry, Hibiki. What did you want me to get you already?" I ask as I look back at her.
Her eyes were instead fixed on the red plushie. "Can I have this one?" she asks me as she waves the red one at me.
"Are you sure? I just got it by some extra luck you know, I didn't even try to get it."
"Yeah, I want this one, I don't mind how you got it."
I nod a bit dumbly. "If you're okay with it," I say to her as I pull away from the machine and get back to Hibiki's side.
She gives another look at her plushie before turning her gaze on the machine. "Though it's pretty crazy that's someone would make plushies of those."
"Maybe we should report it to HQ and see what happens," I suggest as Hibiki takes pictures of the machine and its prizes.
"I think we could let it be, the threat of the regular Noise is gone, and Alca-Noise only appears on enemy's motive." She pockets her phone as she then looks at me, waving her plushie with a smile. "Also, I think there are people like us that would not mind having their own little Noise plushie, seeing how cute they made them."
I take another look at mine and find myself agreeing with her. After all, she's the one to have her life completely wrecked by the Noise. So; if she can go past it and not mind something that tries to kill her on a regular basis, I think people who never encounter one could look at them as just a regular plushie, plus they sure are cute, at least some.
I put both plushies in my shopping bag, they are actually big enough to stick out of it, but not too much for passersby to recognize they are Alca-Noise at first glance.
Once outside the game center, Hibiki stretches herself, arms high up before letting them fall by her side and looking at me. "What do we do next, Chris?"
I tilt my head to the side and close my eyes as I think of something else we could do outdoor. 'Well, honestly, aside from lunch and walking around I didn't have much of a plan for this date anyway.'
"Well, we can call it a day and spend the rest of the afternoon lounging around at my apart, what do you think?"
"I'm fine with it," she says right before we hear her stomach growling. As her face flustered a bit, she brings her hands to her belly and gave me her usual embarrassed look when it happens, "Seem like I'm feeling a bit peckish right now."
"Then let's go get something to eat on the way," I begin walking as Hibiki quickly joins me by my side.
In our search for something to satiate Hibiki's hunger as well as my own, we found ourselves last in line at a crepe selling shop.
"I will go with the Wild Berry-Mix, what about you Chris?"
"Banana-Choco for me," I answer, this choice having nothing to do with the banana Alca-Noise-plushie I won earlier.
"Shirabe, look. Hibiki-san and Chris-senpai are here!" The sudden voice startles both Hibiki and I, causing us to turn toward the owner of the voice; the Igalima wielder. 'How this girl can be so energetic is beyond me, I felt like she's always screaming my name.'
"Good afternoon, Hibiki-san, Chris-senpai." The Shul Shagana wielder greets us when they close the distance between us.
"Hi, Kirika-chan, Shirabe-chan!" Hibiki greets both equally while I give them a simple 'ya'.
"So, why the two of you are together?" the blond-haired girl boldly asks.
Before I have time to find an excuse that I feel my arm being pulled against Hibiki's chest. "Chris and I are on a date!" Hibiki's announcement caused me to blink a few times, not certain that I heard her correctly. When I lock eyes with Hibiki, I could see all the mirth in them alongside her mischievous smile. It tells me everything I need to know about what she is trying to do. 'Two can play this game.'
The shocked expression on our kouhais' face fuels me into taking part in this guilty pleasure. I follow Hibiki's lead, bringing my free hand toward her face to give her a kiss on the cheek before leaning my head on her shoulder. "As Hibiki said, we are on a date."
The blond-haired kouhai is the first one to recover. "Wh- wh- what do you mean dating!? What about Miku-san, Hibiki-san?" She vehemently asks with the other girl behind her vigorously nodding.
Hibiki tilts her head in mock confusion while still holding me. "Miku is currently spending the weekend with her parents, and I always wanted to go on date with Chris. So, I don't see any problem.
Their looks shift from Hibiki to me. "And you're okay with this Chris-senpai?" the black-haired kouhai asks me.
I join Hibiki in a mock confused expression before speaking. "I don't see anything wrong with what was said. Also, I'm the one who invites her… Anyway, Hibiki and I were going to have some crepe, want to join us?"
A look of astonishment was on their face for a moment before both girls turn away from us, whispering at each other while Hibiki and I exchange a smirk before separating. Our kouhais coming with their answer as they turn back to us and accept my invitation with a determined look.
Minutes later, the four of us are seated at a table with a crepe in hand that I agreed to pay for all of us, Hibiki and I on one side and the ZABABA duet on the other. The two kouhais looking at us intensely which both, Hibiki and I ignore while eating our treat.
I have taken another bite of my crepe under the intense gaze of these two before I finally decide to break down the silence. "So, you two. Did you finish your homework?"
It was a simple question; the answer is either 'yes' or 'no'. But each time I'm asking them, I get those sideways looks that I came to understand as 'we were going to do them but got distracted'.
Hibiki was already laughing. "Then are you sure the two of you should be having fun right now? You don't have that much time left to do them, Shirabe-chan, Kirika-chan."
"What about you Hibiki-san? Without Miku-san you surely didn't begin yours either," the twin-tails-haired girl argues.
Hibiki gives them a smug look. "I already did all of them on Friday, so I can enjoy the whole day to its fullest."
""It can't be…"" Both kouhais say in unison.
"She really did," I confirm. "I keep telling both of you to do them as soon as you can, especially since we can be called for a mission anytime. Now, look at you having to cut your outing short because of it."
Their grumbling about training with the old man on Friday, the call for reinforcement on Saturday was ignored as Hibiki nudges me with her elbow, pointing at my crepe to have a bite which I let have one, she then returns the favor by letting me take a bite of hers.
"The two of you really gotten closer, senpais."
I turn my eyes to the pink wielder, swallowing and licking the excess of cream on my lip. "We just had a big talk, something we should have done even before you guys join us. Anyway, Hibiki and I talked, worked out things weighing on our heart, annnd… here is it." I tell them as take the last bite of my crepe and wipe my mouth with the napkin.
I don't let them think much about it as turn to my date. "Shall we get going?" I ask Hibiki when I see her finishing her crepe as well, earning an eager nod from her.
"Wait, Chris-senpai! Could we… maybe pass at your place to finish our homework?" the green wielder is the one to ask pitifully.
"No can do! I already have a special guest; a cute and adorable kouhai to take care of," I tell them as I stand up, careful as to not forget my shopping bag, then looking at Hibiki still on the bench. Before she could notice it, my hand was already on her cheek, wiping a bit of cream on the corner of her lips with my thumb on putting it in my mouth, sucking it clean.
My action momentarily stuns the two girls while Hibiki simply smiles at it. What I said earlier finally registered to them, snapping them from their stupor as they address me. "Aren't we, your cute and adorable kouhais, Chris-senpai?!"
Hibiki is the one to answer them as she finally stands up and joins me. "I will have to remind you that the two of you aren't Chris' only kouhai," she says smugly before pulling my arm against her in a possessive manner as we walk away.
"Good luck with your homework. Next time, follow the advice I've been giving you for months already," I wave at them as Hibiki and I are on the way home.
"Do you think Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan will be okay?" Hibiki asks as we walk through the corridor toward my apart.
I stifle a laugh. "With the stunt we pulled on them, they would be lucky enough to get any homework done instead of thinking of us."
"Yeah, they looked pretty shaken when we left," she says with a grin.
"You're telling me, we basically mercilessly toyed with them. They will surely rack their brains about whether you're cheating on your roommate or that I'm trying to steal you away from her, while the right answer is neither," I grin back at her
"Hey, not my fault all of you thought Miku and I were dating!" Hibiki giggles.
"And I accept full responsibility for my own beliefs and delusions I had on you two," I say still smiling.
"When I think that asking for the content of the bag never crossed their mind," Hibiki says as her giggle subdue a little.
"No helping; us together alone, you, saying it's a date with me not denying it, how we behaved… We were clearly aiming to draw attention to us, I would have trouble ignoring it too if I were in their shoes," I say while unlocking the door of my place.
"Wait, Chris!" Hibiki stops me as I was going to open the door.
"What's the matter?"
"Could you wait just a minute before entering?"
Puzzled by her request, I nod slowly at her as I step away from the door, letting her enter first and closing the door behind her.
After esteeming it has already been a full minute, I open the door. I then take off my heels as well as my coat to hang it on the coat rack beside Hibiki's. As I make my way in the entrance, I notice Hibiki near the couch with her arms behind her back.
"Welcome home, Chris!" She suddenly says with one of her brightest smiles.
The moment I hear those words and take in their meaning, my body reacts before my brain had time to form the thought as I felt myself closing the distance between Hibiki and I, dropping the shopping bag on the way before I tackle her. Hibiki yelps in surprise as the both of us fall on the couch, my arms holding her tightly as my head was nested against her chest, Hibiki's hand coming to the top of my head resting as she gently strokes my hair.
I just felt overwhelmed by emotions, it's been so long since someone said those words to me that I had forgotten how good it feels to have someone to come home to. When I lived together with Finé, we never missed the chance to say it to each other especially as the opportunities became fewer and fewer with how close she was to her goal.
I realize that I didn't say anything since entering. I push myself up from Hibiki, straddling her legs as I give one of my best smiles. "I'm home."
I release a sigh as I unhook my bra, freeing my chest of its restriction before stretching myself a bit by extending my arms above me, working out the kinks of the day with Hibiki. The both of us weren't in any mood to do anything special since our return, so we settle to laze around in my bed like this morning, Hibiki claiming it will be the perfect opportunity for me to wear the set I just bought.
The door of my bedroom opens just as I finish putting the bottom on. 'Too bad for you Hibiki. Too late to catch a glimpse of me in my underwear,' I thought while adjusting the tight top.
As I hear the door close, I didn't have the time to turn toward Hibiki that I felt myself being tackled by her. I yelp in surprise as we fall on my bed, bouncing on it a bit. I then feel Hibiki crawls on me, her breath brushing my ear. "Payback for earlier," she whispers softly into my ear causing my whole body to heat up as I bite my bottom lip.
Not accepting to be at her mercy so easily, I wrestle myself out of my current position, taking Hibiki by surprise as I manage to reverse of position and ending with me straddling her. "You're getting awfully cocky and flirty," I begin but was unable to continue as I was losing myself in Hibiki's allure, the tight black top she is wearing not leaving much to the imagination regarding her forms.
"You're the only one to blame for this Chris," she grins at me before throwing me off on the side of the bed.
What follows is the both of us wrestling against each other in a dominating match. Unsurprisingly, I end up on my back with Hibiki on top as she straddles me, our breaths ragged and slightly flushed faces from our little physical activity. Hibiki's arms are on either side of my head, pinning mine as her face was hovering mere inches from mine, eyes full of mirth and desire.
Hibiki then begins to lean toward me and I could feel my heart stop at her action. I was unable to move and could only wait, eyes wide open for her to finally close the distance between our lips. But ultimately, for her to lie down by my side.
I close my eyes as to not let too much of my disappointment and shame show on my face. 'Coward.' I couldn't help the thought to travel my mind despite knowing that she wouldn't go for it despite the mood being set up.
"If I remember correctly, the last question was about my crush, right?"
I open my eyes at the sound of her voice, fixing the ceiling of the room as I try to connect her words together. I hum in agreement when I remember what she is talking about.
"Can we begin with yours first?" She follows.
Still not looking away from the ceiling as I process her question, I close my eyes a moment before opening them. "Finé was my biggest crush," I finally say. "You don't seem surprised…" I trail out, once earning no reaction from my friend.
At my words, Hibiki leans on her side with a hand cupping her chin. "Well, I already know that you are into older women, so imagining Finé being among them would not be surprising, especially with her look," she winks at me. "Though, doesn't mean I'm not curious," She adds.
I chuckle a bit. "Right, I did tell you that." I take another deep breath before beginning my little story with Finé. "Contrary to what we would think, Finé was not entirely bad, she was my savior at that time." I pause, trying to find where to begin. "Since the death of my parents, I've been going from criminal organizations from another, being used. Even when Japan finally managed to get a hold on me, it was only because I was compatible with a relic foremost. Then I would have been sent into an endless battle against the Noise because I will have the power to fight against them." I pause again. "When I met Finé, she was the first person to actually ask me what I wanted. She may have manipulated me into it, but at least, I can say it was my decision to go with her at that time."
"Well, the whole homeschooling and training were hard and a bit intense at first but since it was as much for her as for myself; I got into the rhythm pretty fast." I close my eyes, reminiscing my first encounter with Finé as well as the time spent together during the first weeks. "Maybe because she was the only person I spent a lot of time with, but despite our relationship of using each other for our personal goal, feelings for her began to grow, and being confident when it comes to older women, I tried seducing her," I say, looking at Hibiki with a knowing smile.
Her attention was already peaked by my tale, but now that I reach what she wanted to hear I could see that's she was more than eager to hear even more.
"Well, no real surprise but I failed, she totally busted me off. And yet, our relationship didn't suffer in any way, she even took extra care to use my attraction to her against me; walking around the mansion naked more often, teasing me a lot by flaunting her body to me when she had the occasion or was in the mood for it. Honestly, I can't count the number of times she left me a horny mess and I had to relieve myself on my own to think straight again…" I let out a sigh before laughing a bit. "I even tried again when I saw her coming home more and more stressed, saying she could use me to blow off some steam… While I did mean it as a slight joke. I certainly was not going to object when she accepted it on a whim," I shake my head at the memory of what followed after. "I was honestly not ready for what she had in store for me, both body as well as mind… In the end, I was left a twitching and quivering mess barely able to think."
I begin to rub my thighs together to the memories and I could see Hibiki doing the same, surely imagining me being dominated by Finé, and I have to refrain from putting a hand straight in my shorts and beginning rubbing myself at both sight and memories. Instead, I take my focus on the story once more. "But it was just meaningless sex, mind-blowing sex but still meaningless, just letting Finé using my body to decompress and me getting along with anything she wanted to do."
We stay in silence for a moment, both of us gratefully taking in it as it lets us both calm down from our mutual aroused state.
Hibiki is the one to break the silence, once both our minds were no longer plagued by sexual thoughts. "Do you miss her?"
"Yes, I do." Those words leave my lips easily, "Like I said; Finé was not entirely bad. I mean she took care of not revealing to me her true objective, betraying me in front of all of you guys, and even destroying the mansion alongside every memory we had together in it… However you look at it, she was making me out to be another pawn/victim in her plan."
"Maybe it was her way to show you how much she cared about you… She may have planned to manipulate you at first. But the time the two of you spent together caused her to change her mind and didn't want you to fall for or alongside her," Hibiki theorizes.
"Of course I know that…" I confirm Hibiki's thought. "If all she cared about was her objective and only it, she would have kept me by her side until the end. Just by doing this, she would have successfully destroyed the moon with the first shot of Kadingir while I would have fought you." I pause as I let my mind wander on more moments spent with Finé. "You know, she was always saying stuff about how humans could only connect with each other through pain. That expecting them to reach the same understanding through love was just stupid and foolish. And that if the both of us wanted to accomplish our goal, we should not let matters of the heart hinder our judgment…" I scoff after quoting those words. "Ironically, her true goal was based on love. Our mutual pain from being unjustifiably robbed from loved ones brought us together at first, but it didn't stop us to form a bond over something else, whatever it was… And when she had everything she needed to finally accomplish her thousand years-long goal. She ultimately failed at it because of the same matter of the heart she warned herself so much about."
Hibiki remains silent for a moment which I'm grateful for since it lets me time to calm myself until she finally speaks. "Maybe it's what Finé wanted." I turn my head to her, prompting her to continue. "That bond the two of you created over time was stronger than the one built over mutual pain. Setting you free would have been as much for her than for you. Finé was wavering with you by her side. So, she tried to sever it, but at the same time, she couldn't leave you without some kind of insurance. Finé really loved you, Chris," she says the last part with a soft smile.
Hibiki's words reignite even more memories of my time spent with Finé, causing the dam that I put up since I began talking about her to break as I could feel my tears starting to flow out.
As I desperately try to make them stop without success, I was pulled into a hug and I quickly latched out my arms around Hibiki, nuzzling against her chest as I stop my struggle and sob freely against her. "She didn't even say goodbye to me," I let out. "I don't care she didn't want to risk revealing our relation, I would have even accepted a snarky comment or an insult as one. Hell, just anything at this point, but she said nothing. It was her last moments, and I didn't even say anything to her either."
Hibiki's hand was going through my hair as she gently strokes them to comfort me. "You were crying for her, Chris, just this tells more than any word you could have said at that time. Finé saw them and knew that she was loved and would be missed by you."
Hibiki's words actually manage to make me feel better. I tighten my embrace around her which she reciprocates as her hand never stops stroking my hair.
Once my sobbing stops and I whip out my tears with the blanket, I release a pleasant sigh, my embrace far looser than before and Hibiki's body heat against me feels heavenly. It seems like I'm not the only one enjoying our close proximity; Hibiki's legs were brushing against mine and the next moment, with my cooperation, our legs were intertwined with each other.
"You know, I initially wanted to quit," I say after a moment.
Hibiki jerks her head away from me at my words, eyes wide in shock as she looks at me. "What do you mean, Chris?"
"Well, since I was, as expected charged of nothing. I originally planned to leave the whole Symphogear stuff behind, giving back the relic to Section Two and enjoying a simple high school student life since I was authorized, something quite new for me. But the old man, while not against it wanted me to at least keep the relic on me. With the increase of Noise outbreaks, he thought the extra help could be needed or just simply in case I was near the area where one would occur to be able to defend myself."
Hibiki furrows her eyebrows as she lays her head back on her arm, still looking at me. "I never thought, you always have been with us on each of our mission since you join."
I tap lightly her nose with my forefinger while smiling softly. "That's because you and senpai really sucked at working together. Honestly, when Finé told me about it I thought she was exaggerating, but when I read the reports since you joined…" I shake my head. "She truly wasn't, I think that you and I actually worked better together that one time when you saved me and fought that big group of Noise than you two before even meeting me. I can't believe the true teamwork you two managed to pull off was that time I came because the transponder the old man gave me wouldn't stop ringing."
"Wait, you're saying that we can read others' reports?" Hibiki asks, bewildered as she tries to straighten herself but to be brought back by my side as I still had a hold on her before glaring at her, making her understand that she is not allowed to get up.
"I'm not even surprised that you wouldn't know about this, even by now. But yes, our missions are archived with our own reports as well as a general one. Yesterday's mission as well, how do you think the pipsqueak did get the info about your case fusing with Gungnir and your miracle stone. They are meant to be read!"
Hibiki's expression drops a bit at my words. And, since I don't want her to feel down over something trivial like this, I gently put one hand on her cheek, making her look at me again. "Anyway, it's why I stayed at first, then the whole Solomon Cane's stealing alongside a supposedly reincarnated Finé happened... And I certainly couldn't sit this one out while it was my responsibility with those unfinished businesses. Also, your own situation certainly didn't help later on.
Hibiki's hand cups mine as she leans into it, closing her eyes a moment to relish in the contact before opening them. "Yeah… I remember when I woke up. I was told that I was saved from Gungnir, but I had lost the means to fight alongside it. I was already struggling to accept the fact I could no longer fight with you, and then Tsubasa tells me that you betrayed us, which I honestly couldn't wrap my mind around it."
"Yeah… I didn't really think it through at that time. After seeing you being swallowed by the Shénshòujìng light in your fight against your childhood friend, I knew that while you will be fine thanks to it, it's also meant that we lost a fighter in our rank. Getting myself on their side to act on the inside was the best solution I came up with; shooting senpai in the back was convincing enough," I begin before frowning a bit letting out a sigh. "In the end what I got was a bomb around my neck, a stubborn senpai wary of me despite having taken extra care of shooting her where she will be able to quickly recover and you bringing one of the enemies on our side." I let out a frustrated sigh. "Honestly if it wasn't for me getting my hands on the Solomon Cane in the end, I would say that everything I did was useless and caused more trouble than anything." I prevent any argument by shifting a thumb on Hibiki's lips.
Hibiki stays silent and I distract myself by gently caressing them, enjoying their softness and plumpness against my thumb. I then realize how intimate the act and position we are. I withdraw my hand from her cheek, the thumb toying with her lips following as I release her from me before laying on my back, our legs still intertwined with each other.
After another moment of silence, I seize the opportunity to tell Hibiki something I should have told her already a long time. "Thank by the way." I glance at her from the corner of my eye to gauge her reaction, only seeing her confusion at my words. "I mean; you, trusting me during the Frontier Incident."
Hibiki just smiles before closing the small distance I created, pulling my arm close to her as it ends up between her breast as she links our fingers together with one hand and nuzzling against my shoulder. "I will always trust you, Chris. No matter what."
The happiness blossoming in me from her words shouldn't be legal. I have to restrain myself for not jumping on her and sucking the life out of her with a kiss, especially since we didn't even kiss to begin with, yet. Instead, I decided to give her hand another squeeze. "Thank."
Another comfortable silence took place, then broken by Hibiki's question. "So, after the Frontier Incident and the sealing definitive of the Noise. Everything would have been set for you to quit, so why did you stay?"
"Well, by this time the two of you were already used to my presence on the battlefield, and then I got the extra duty of taking care of our two new kouhais. I certainly couldn't have left those two reckless girls with someone that could be as reckless. The report of your first mission together sadly proved me right; the enemy barely did anything and despite being three against one, it got away easily, too easily."
"It was really not my best moment…" Hibiki utters, sulking a bit as her hold on me loosens up.
Noticing it as well as her mood, I shift on my side, squeezing Hibiki's hand that had my fingers interlaced with hers as I bring the other to the top of her head. "Hey, it's okay. You were hurt and had other things on your mind when the old man asked you to do it. It's not surprising you were not able to fight like usual, the other two weren't better either. Honestly, we would not have sent you together with them if we didn't have any other choice. Though I guess the result would have been the same without sending you out." I try to reassure her without much of an effect. "I also read that you sent plenty of Alca-Noise crashing against the ceiling, poor them. If only they could read the mood, they would have known it was better to flee than facing the might of a merciless fist."
I knew I got what I wanted when Hibiki starts softly giggling. I bring her head closer to mine as our foreheads rest against one another. "Feelings better?" I softy mutters, earning a hum as she nods her head a little as an answer.
After another moment spends in silence, I finally decide to ask her. "While I did divert a bit, I told you about my crush. Mind telling me yours?"
Hibiki's face became unsure at my words, her eyes darting away before hesitantly landing on me again. "I'm not sure if I should really tell you about it…" she says after a moment.
I squeeze her hand to reassure her. "It's fine, I will just say one more thing, hoping it will change your mind about your insecurities," I begin. "Well, you already know that I'm interested in you, right?" I continue once I receive a nod from Hibiki. "The truth is that I have passed the phase of 'being interested in you' a long time ago, and it had become a huge crush for a while now," I confess.
Hibiki's eyes widen, her mouth gaping like a fish as she tries to find her words, before giving up on it and dropping her head to avoid my gaze. "I'm not sure what I'm supposed to say," she lets out while fidgeting a bit.
Her words bring a smile on my face. It's easier following with this kind of response than being flat-out rejected, even if I was confident she wouldn't. I slide my hand from her head, slowly bringing it to her chin and lifting it with my thumb and forefinger to make her lock eyes with mines. "You don't have to say anything. It was not a confession or like I was asking you out. While I would certainly not mind if the two of us come to date, I don't think it's worth risking what we just managed to build over the weekend because of it at the moment. So, just take it as a compliment." I smile softly.
"A compliment?"
"Yeah, telling you I have a crush on you would basically be the same as telling you that you're gorgeous and beautiful, and that you are really girlfriend material." My compliments make her blush and while I would love nothing more but watching her in this state, I still didn't tell her what I really need to. "You shouldn't bother yourself with extra thought like me trying to seduce you. At least yet. But what I want you to know is that you will receive no judgment from me. The same way Finé's behavior didn't change after knowing my feelings for her, I want you to know that you can expect the same treatment from me and that's our current relationship will not change."
Hibiki considers my word, a good thing but a little extra push can't hurt. "Also, I want to be that person for you." I continue seeing Hibiki's look, "You clearly opened up to me more than anybody else since this morning, telling me things that you surely kept bottled up inside you for a long time. So, while I'm sorry to... Maybe pushing and tricking you into revealing those secrets. I'm glad you did, and I also want you to keep doing it as it's as much a way for me to make it up to you as well as repaying your faith in me."
She takes in what I just said before mumbling. "I just don't want to bother you with my problems, Chris"
"And I'm telling you it's what I want. Today was, is amazing. Since the beginning of the weekend, we learned new things about the other, our relationship is a hundred times better than what it was previously, and all it took for this to happen was for me to stop acting like an idiot and you working out the same courage you have for fighting into talking. You also told me that you felt better once admitting it during our shopping, so I don't want you to suddenly stop because you think you will bother me, which you certainly don't."
"But I really don't want our relationship to revert to what it was before because of something I could say."
I let an aggravated sigh before glaring at her a bit, then grabbing her chin a bit more firmly, causing her to flinch. "Listen up. We both told each other being into girls, older women for me. That I had sex pretty early, who we checked out, including each other. And my crush on Finé as well as you. Did any of those things change your opinion of me or make you uncomfortable talking about it?"
She shakes her head negatively. "No, I was actually happy that you were comfortable to talk about yourself to me, but-"
"Hey! I'm the one with the heaviest baggage here. So, if you can be fine with me despite everything I did in my life and saying stuff like; 'my past is not important, only my present is' while looking at me straight in the eyes. I don't see why you can't believe in the fact that I can accept you for who you are including your secrets the same way you do for me. Don't you trust me?" I ask pleadingly.
"I trust you, Chris!" She quickly answers before continuing, her voice dropping more with each word. "I really do… it's just…"
"Then trust me on this. I came to terms with myself a long time ago, so telling stuff to others doesn't bother me anymore if asked. But it's not the same for you, you keep to yourself anything concerning you deeply. Hell, we didn't know about your family circumstances in detail until they suddenly caused you trouble and couldn't hide it," Hibiki bites her lips, surely remembering the time when her father came back in her life influenced her during her first mission with the girls. "I will say it to you once more. There is nothing you could tell or do that will make me think less of you. I will even add that I can't help you if you don't talk to me about it."
"Helping me?"
"In accepting who you are, how to vent when you are angry, sad, or just plainly frustrated. You always put on that smile for others even when you don't feel like smiling. You don't have to, it's okay to not always feel well. It's because that you often put on that smile that we realize something is wrong with you only when you crumble on us. Let us at least be here for you the same way that you are always here for us one way or another."
Hibiki's eyes were glazing over a bit, her lips slightly open to my words, she then gently takes my hand holding her chin before putting it against her cheek, nuzzling into it a bit as she closes her eyes. Releasing a sigh, she then looks at me. "You're right, I'm just used to smiling as to not worry everyone about me, so that I don't have to lie when they ask me if I'm fine when I'm not. But now I realize that's just the same as pushing all of you away."
I close the gap between us further, closing my eyes as my nose brushes with hers. "You can't keep going like this. I know that your childhood friend helps you most of the time but there will be times when she wouldn't be around or things that you won't want to talk about, even with her. It's fine if you don't want to rely on everyone with everything but at least do it with me; drop the act when you're down, feel free to be angry, sad, or whatever because someone who doesn't have problems doesn't exist in this world. So just take it easy when I'm around okay? I'm not saying this only as a senpai who has to take care of her kouhai, but as a friend who is truly worried about you."
A silence strengthens between us until she finally spoke the words I wanted to hear. "Okay, I will try. Thank Chris."
"That's all I ask, and you're welcome."
"Can we stay like this just for a bit longer?"
"Well, I was going to propose that we have some of your hot chocolate to cheer you up, but I guess it can wait a bit," I say with a coy smile, opening one eye to see her expression.
She scoffs at it before locking eyes with me. "Let's snuggle a bit, then I will make it, deal?"
"Deal."
Hibiki was moving around the kitchen, preparing my now new favorite beverage. 'I surely will miss the treat when she's not around. Maybe I should ask for the recipe, would be nice if I could make it for her from time to time.' The thought passes my mind while I was sitting on the other side of the counter on one of my barstools, my head resting on the counter as I watch Hibiki on her task, and my eyes falling repeatedly on her ass as I relish in the contact of the cool counter against my cheek.
"So, how long should I wait to know who your crush is, and maybe help you with?" I ask her absently, not really expecting an answer.
"You." The words were said flatly, causing me to lift my head from the counter, not really sure if I understood what she means.
Hibiki must have caught on to it because she turns to me, leaning her back against the other counter with her hand holding the edge. "I have a crush on you, Chris. So, helping shouldn't be too difficult."
"HELL, YEAH!" I throw both arms in the air in cheer before pointing a forefinger at her. "I knew it I was the one to sweep out of your feet!" I exclaim with a grin.
Hibiki's surprise didn't last long before she releases a resigned sigh as she shakes her head. "You totally did. I never gave much thought to it before meeting you. Then, I realized that I was looking forward to seeing you again and befriending you, despite the both of us being enemies at that time."
I hum at her confession. "I certainly didn't expect to leave such a strong impression on you, especially with how I was treating you back then."
Hibiki turns back toward the kitchen. "Compared to what I got in the past; it was not that bad. Though, why you were like this with me did cross my mind more than once."
"Oh, this. Well, back then I pretty much hated you," I say flatly as I rest my chin on a hand and begin tapping a familiar tune with my forefinger on the counter.
"Huh?" Hibiki's head and upper body snap in my direction at my confession. "It was the first time we met each other, so why?"
"For you, maybe. But in my case, Finé wouldn't stop talking about you ever since she met you, saying things about you being a special and unique case never seen before. I even saw her office covered in photos of you everywhere when I brought her breakfast once. I genuinely thought she was trying to replace me with you at that time, so I was pretty mean to you right off the bat… And I guess I just got used to it to the point of keeping it even after knowing what Finé was really after. Sorry about that." I end up apologizing
"It's ok, I don't mind." I frown, her answer disregarding her own feelings not pleasing me, especially not so long after our conversation.
"I mean not anymore," she quickly follows upon noticing my expression. "We can't change the past but I'm currently happy with how things turn out." She blushes while scratching her cheek.
I smile in return, nodding at her more honest answers as she resumes her task of making us her hot chocolate.
"Still, the dashing hero falling for the sexy villainess," I muse. "Too bad I was blinded by jealousy to notice it at that time. Otherwise, I could have easily seduced you using my body," I say with a smirk.
It earns me a chuckle. "I doubt that would have been enough to pull me to your side," she shakes her head while fillings the two mugs.
"You're right, I would have at least needed a bathtub filled with white rice and me naked in it while holding a bowl and a pair of chopsticks."
Hibiki adopts a pensive look as she hands me my mug, before shaking her head negatively. "The picture is appealing but it would be a waste of good rice so I will have to say no," she replies as she used her forefingers to form a cross.
We both chuckled at the idea as we move toward the couch, sitting close to each other as if we could no longer bear the possibility of leaving a gap between us anymore. As we take simultaneously a sip of the beverage, we release a content sigh as we feel the warmth spreading inside our body.
"Ne Chris. What does that make us in the end?" Hibiki asks with her gaze on the content of her mug.
"Well, I will say friends at least," I answer pensively.
Hibiki leans her head on my shoulder for a bit before talking. "Do friends actually are clingy to each other, feeding one another and got that intimate with them?"
"Well, when you think about it, we are two girls, who like girls, who also admit to having a crush on the other while not willing to risk anything by dating each other. So, I will say we are a pretty rare case. Also, you were already all this with your childhood friend, so I don't see any problem with it."
She furrows her brows for a moment. "I feel like I'm beginning to know the real Chris and discovering myself at the same time."
"Maybe we could somehow start over," I say absently, looking at what was left of my hot chocolate.
She leans back from me as she scrutinizes my expression. "Starting over?"
"Yeah, visibly the person we thought we knew all along was nothing but a mask. That behind it, my kouhai is someone really sensitive, with her own problems, loves hugs, cuddle and snuggle, has a crush on me, and sure seems to know how to flirt or maybe is a natural at it… Clearly far from the pure, naïve, and innocent girl I thought she was." I list, smirking at the last remark.
"And that my senpai is, in reality, a really shameless, sexual person who knows who she is. And if it were not for her leaning toward older women, she would have already built a harem at school. A far cry from the girl constantly complaining at any public show of affection," Hibiki counters, equally smirking at me.
I muse over what she said for a bit. "Maybe I should," I grin seeing Hibiki's surprised face before continuing. "I don't have much time with my graduation approaching, but with my already established group of admirers. It shouldn't be too difficult to build one… Should I begin with the kouhais of my club? Ah, but I would need a main girl though…" I mutter the end with a pensive look."
"Main girl?"
Hibiki's question snaps me out of my musing. "Yeah, main girl. The thing with harems is that everyone is in competition for the affection of the center, often leading to conflict between them. The main girl is basically the one the girls acknowledge as the 'official' girlfriend of the center. While the center provides affection and love to all of them, the main girl is the one who makes everything work. Otherwise, the center would be torn apart between them, something I would like to avoid."
Hibiki just hums at the explanation.
I push further as I was getting entertained with the situation. "You will be a perfect choice."
"Me, how?"
"Well, you are known to be one of my closest kouhai. Known by all my clubmates and some of my classmates. If someone tries to pick on you, I know you will be able to handle yourself and them… But there is also a fundamental reason as to why it should be you."
"Which is…?"
"Well, my dear, adorable and cute kouhai," I begin teasing her. "My attention will be split between all the girls. So, it means that my free time will be reduced in accordance, making hanging out with you almost impossible, and days spent like that even more… Unless, you become the main girl, then you will get priority over everyone else."
"I wouldn't mind if it gives me the possibility to spend more days like this with you, Chris… But, at the same time. It would mean that I'm competing with the girls actually in love with you, and occupying this spot while I'm not, wouldn't be fair to them… But I also really don't want you to pay less attention to me…"
Hibiki keeps pondering over it, finishing the rest of her beverages but still not coming with an answer while I could do nothing but jump happily internally at Hibiki's words. I allow a bit more time as I finish the content of my mug before standing up from the couch and extending a hand for Hibiki's own empty mug. "Don't think too much over it, I was not serious," I tell her, walking to the kitchen while putting an end to the situation I created.
"Huh? You weren't?"
"Of course, I wasn't. As interesting as the idea is, a harem is certainly the last thing I need, especially with all the mission with S.O.N.G I would have to justify to them. Even if now it's a public organization, I certainly don't want to stand out in this way." I tell her while putting the mug in the sink and filling them with water. "Also, I would surely never hear the end of it once senpai knows about it," I mutter to myself.
"If you weren't serious, why asking me to be the main girl?"
Leaning back against the sink, I can see Hibiki was resting her arms and chin on the backrest of the couch as she stares at me. "Just to see your reaction to it," I playfully answer with a bashful smile. "Who would have known that you could be possessive to the point of denying other people their chance at love," I add before walking back to her.
"I can't help it, the thought about you being intimate with other girls makes me jealous," she defends herself and gives me that adorable pout.
"That's cute," the words leave my mouth before I could catch them, but I didn't mind. She keeps looking at me as I come closer to her, until I am looking down at her, and her, up to me to my unexpected pleasure. 'So it's how it would feel if I were taller than her, not bad…' I ignore the thought as I cup her face with both hands and look at her tenderly. "I honestly found the thought of you wanting me for yourself alone really cute and flattering," I say before giving her a peck on her forehead.
She leans into my touch as she closes her eyes, both hands gently seizing mine and rubbing the back with her thumbs. "Doesn't it make me selfish?"
"And what's wrong with that?"
Opening her eyes, I notice her slight discomfort. "Well, since we aren't dating or anything I don't think I have the right to."
"Who cares about that, ultimately I'm the one to call the shots. If I found your behavior troublesome, I will just tell you, and if other girls call you out on that. It just means they feel threatened by you and don't have any confidence in themselves… could also be jealousy. But you don't need to worry, after all…" I lean toward her until my lips are close to her ear. "You are the only girl I'm interested in; others don't compare to you," I say in a husky voice before licking her ear, earning a small whimper from my crush. Her voice stirs something primal in me, a heat gathering between my legs, fueling my inner desire to kiss Hibiki senseless and making her mine.
I lean back to meet Hibiki's eyes and notice a small blush on her face while she unknowingly bites her bottom lip. "How about we go back to bed for some more cuddle and snuggle?" I inquire, already knowing her answer to it.
Hibiki's face beams at my words. "Always!' The instant her words left her lips that she was climbing the couch, already getting hold of one of my arms before her feet were on the floor, then dragging me in direction of my bedroom.
Once we cross the door, Hibiki slithers her arms around my waist before throwing on the bed. I manage to reign in my surprise at the sudden action, not letting my voice out upon hitting the mattress.
Then the sound of the door being close reaches me before Hibiki joins me by my side, giggling while sliding an arm across my back.
What follows is another struggle of me trying to put Hibiki on her back and Hibiki doing the same while laughing happily. This time I'm the one on top, straggling Hibiki's hips as I held both of her wrists at the side of her head, panting and trying to catch her breath from laughing for so long.
Her eyes glazing over, making her even more seductive as I struggle to keep myself in check, and doing something inappropriate to her without her consent.
I decide on the best course of action of falling to her side to quell the desire of having my way with her. Only for her to latch out on me, intertwining our legs together with my cooperation, her arms holding me close to her so our chests pressing against the other as she snuggles her head into the crook of my neck, before releasing a pleasant sigh. I feel a shiver traveling my body as her breath caresses my neck, and I close my eyes to relish in the moment.
"See, Chris. Skin to skin is better for cuddling," she says as she brushes my legs to prove her point.
"And it's because I agreed to it that I bought this set."
"So, no regrets?" she asks me with a knowing smile I could feel despite my closed eyes.
"No regrets. But you know? Based on that as well as personal experience, cuddling naked is even better." Hibiki groans at my world, causing me to chuckle. "Don't worry, the day the two of us would end up in my bed naked is the day you say farewell to any possibility in finding someone because I would give you so much pleasure that I will ruin you for anybody else," I say confidently.
Hibiki lets out another groan. "Please, don't joke about it, Chris."
I smirk. "I'm very serious. Either it's because you want me to be your first time or are just curious about it. I guarantee you that's you will not go looking for someone else after I'm done with you."
Our little moment was interrupted by the buzzing of a phone somewhere on the bed. We quickly break apart in order to find the little item lost between the bedsheet and blanket folds. I look for mine first, finding it on my nightstand, meaning that the one we are looking for is Hibiki's.
"Ah, got it. No worry, it's just a reminder to pack up my stuff before leaving. I will do it really quickly," she utters before getting out of the bed while I stay on it.
I lay back, my head hovering from the edge of the bed as my eyes follow Hibiki moving around the room, gathering her stuff until she was kneeling in front of her bag, putting them in it.
Hibiki keeps ordering her stuff in her bag as she pulls things out and puts others in. "Maybe I better change," she mutters to herself.
My eyes widen once I register her words and I quickly roll over my stomach as I watch Hibiki standing up, her hands already to the hems of her top. My eyes are transfixed to where her hands were as she begins to lift her top revealing ivory skin under it before stopping.
Before I could wonder why she suddenly stopped in the middle of the action, that Hibiki let go of the garment, the top falling back to its original position and hiding once more the small portion of skin exposed as Hibiki turns around, a hand on her hip.
I lift my eyes from her hips to higher, until I met hers. A smug smile was plastered on her face as she had caught me openly staring at her. "While I knew you like my butt since you told me this morning, I didn't expect that it gets so much attention. Is it really that great, though?" she asks me, looking behind her to gauge her own asset.
"It is…" I casually answer. "While I never got a good feel of it, I can still say it is to my taste. And, since you're still growing, it will only get better with time."
"I would actually rather have a bigger chest, honestly," she says eyeing her own.
I snort as I roll on my back "The only reason you say that is because you don't know how much of a pain they actually are. The bigger they are the worst the back pains are if you don't have the necessary muscles to support them. They get easily in the way during P.E and other physical activities if not supported well enough. I'm actually grateful that Ichaival allows me to stand still, aim and fire at will. But I still need to work around them when fighting and like you saw today, I can't buy a matching set as such, because the top and bottom of the recommended size fit only one part of my body," I finish listing some of my issues.
Hibiki considers my word, then gives another look at her own chest. "Maybe there are not so bad, after all."
"Believe me when I say there are perfect for you. You got more than enough for not being called flat, and at the same time not too big as to hinder your training or fighting style. Because I can tell you that the gear doesn't offer much into constricting them. Honestly, the reason why I don't despise them while also being proud of them is that some women, as well as you, are really fond of them…"
"Rather than the general idea, I want to know what you think of them, Chris."
"Oh! I like them. While I can see and understand the appeal of a big chest, I would prefer one that fits in my hand rather than one that would spill out."
Hibiki hums softly "So I'm safe in this department," she mutters, seemingly unbothered whether I could hear her or not.
Our eyes meet each other, and she quickly sits on the bed. "Sit with me, Chris. I want to take a photo with our matching set," she tells me while holding her phone.
I comply with her demand, moving to the edge before straightening myself to be seated next to her. She then pulls me into a half hug as she takes the first photo, soon followed by dozens from different angles and positions.
"I think this one is the best, it would make a good wallpaper for my lock screen what do you think, Chris?" Hibiki shows me the one where she is kissing me on the cheek.
I take her phone to take a closer look before getting up to retrieve my phone, then sitting back beside Hibiki as I send them all to myself and setting the one where she kisses me as lock screen wallpaper. "And here, deleted," I say after successfully erasing the originals from Hibiki's phone.
Before she could say anything, I take her in a one-arm huge like she did before kissing her on the cheek while taking a photo. "The last one looks good, but I think this one would be better for you," I tell her before handing her phone back.
Hibiki looks at her phone for a moment before making the operations to set the photo as her lock screen and showing it to me, which I reciprocate. Both of us smiling at each other.
"Now I can change clothes." She echoes as she jumps off the bed.
"Why changing though?"
"I want to leave those clothes here for the next time I come."
"Hmmm… Already planning on dropping regularly, I see."
"Yep, and I know you love it so don't bother trying to make me think otherwise," Hibiki says with a knowing smile.
I shake my head before returning her smile. "I do, truly" I answer her honestly ignoring Hibiki's attempt at teasing me.
Hibiki laughs bashfully with a small blush while scratching the tip of her nose. "It's a bit embarrassing when you admit it like that."
"We shared far more embarrassing by now. So, something as small as admitting that I enjoy your company is really nothing. Especially when I was the one to invite you to stay here in the first place," I state.
We share a small laugh until I notice Hibiki patiently looking at me as if waiting for something. I tilt my head to the side slightly to show my cluelessness to what she could want.
"Are you going to stay here while I'm changing?" she finally asks shyly.
"Well, if you decide to strip in front of me, you can be certain I will ogle you as much as I can. The same way I bet you would if our situation were reversed, also it didn't stop me before. But if you want privacy, I suggest you the bathroom."
Hibiki ponders a bit on it before she turns her back to me, sliding her thumb inside the waistband of her bottom before slowly dragging it down, exposing to my surprise dark red panties. She then turns her head to me as she gives me a seductive smile before entirely pulling down her bottom and stepping away from it.
While the absence of the short bottom doesn't show that much more compared to before, I could feel my throat suddenly getting dry, my hands clenching the edge of the bed in tight fists as I keep looking at Hibiki's bare legs. Then her hands were back on the hem of her top as she slowly lifts it up, revealing inch by inch of skin until she turns around before she could expose her bare chest to me.
As the top knows the same fate as her bottom, Hibiki faces me once more, an arm across her breast, covering them and the other on her hip, striking a seductive pose that seems to be begging me to take her right here right now. I struggle to not do something impulsive like physically indulging myself in her, barely succeeding by remaining still.
"So… What do you think… Chris-senpai?"
Something in her voice as well as her gaze, the whole thing combined with the title that I recently realized was a turn-on to me when she is the one saying it makes me snap.
I was no longer able to take it and I push myself from the bed, closing the distance between Hibiki and me faster than I thought possible before snaking a hand behind her neck and the other around her waist as I bring her down into a kiss.
The softness of her lips against mine is the first thing I feel, the contact was just heavenly, and I didn't want to part way from them, until I realize she was not responding to it. A jolt of fear struck my whole being at the thought I'm taking advantage of her.
I quickly pull away from her, already preparing a lengthy apology for losing control like that. But it wasn't necessary, I didn't even have the time to utter a single word of apology as my head was moved back toward Hibiki's, our lips crashing together as we renew in another kiss, this time with her reciprocating it as we melt into each other.
I crave more of the sensation of her lips against mines as I take back the lead, pushing her until her back was against the wall, causing Hibiki to groan softly into the kiss while my tongue was already running across her lips, asking for entrance. She grants it with a lewd moan before our tongues meet each other inside her mouth, the taste of hot chocolate we had before still lingered inside her mouth as our tongues begin to dance around the other, swapping saliva and moaning as her tongue was inside my mouth exploring it before returning inside her own as mine follows hers once more, swallowing the mixture of our saliva as to not drown into it or wasting it by letting escape from our caverns to drip on the floor.
Hibiki's moans and whimpers increase as I push my tongue deeper into her mouth, suddenly stopping when I realize that I was reaching a bit too far and letting me be immersed too much into the kiss, almost losing control over the length of my appendage.
I retract it quickly inside my mouth to put a stop to the kiss. Hibiki and I are left panting heavily, Hibiki leaning against the wall as I held her, certain that her legs were in no state to support her if I let go. Her eyes completely glazed over with a blissful expression on her face, a bit of saliva drooling on her chin, which was urging me to dive for another kiss, but I restrain myself.
"Wow… That was amazing Chris," Hibiki manages to say between pants and gulps of air as she slowly recovers.
Confident in myself I lean closer into her space. "That's just the beginning, there is more in stock for you if you're willing," I tell her in a husky voice, barely restraining myself.
She gulps for air once more before stammering. "I… I-"
What she was about to say was interrupted by the ringtone of her phone, causing our eyes to simultaneously land over the treacherous item. As our eyes met again, I decided to tempt my chance for more.
"I leave you three choices, Hibiki," I begin not trying to hide the lust in my expression as well as in my voice. "One; you answer the phone, and we stop here knowing that next time, we will go all the way with no chance of stopping. Two; you answer the phone, tell them whatever excuse you want, and come back to me for more. Or three; we ignore the call, and I will play with your body like a violin, giving you so much pleasure until you forget your own name." I whisper the last choice, the best, directly in her ear, her whole body shuddering in my arms as I lean back to see her current expression. There are only a few seconds left before the call was sent to the answering machine, and Hibiki has little time to choose between the two first options.
To my chagrin, Hibiki signals me to step back so she can take the call, which I reluctantly did as I watch her take the phone on the bed and answer the call after showing me who the caller was; Kohinata Miku, her childhood friend.
"Hi, Miku," she answers while giving me an apologetic smile, knowing that our moment is over as she chooses the first choice. "I'm still at Chris' place. Yeah, we are having a great time…" As Hibiki keeps talking, I flop on the bed face first, listening to the one-way conversation as I let my body sink into the mattress and allowing my horniness to slowly die down. I avoid looking at Hibiki since she is only clad in her red panties and still braless. 'Fuck, worst case of blue balls ever.'
"Don't worry I will be waiting for you. See you soon, Miku," As she hangs up, I feel the mattress shift as she comes close to me, her bare breast pressing against my back as she kisses the nape of my neck. "Sorry, Chris. I have to go."
I grumble in answer as Hibiki ever so slowly moves away from me then around the room. "Where is my bra?" she mutters before the soft sound of her steps echoes from, then beyond my bedroom before coming back as quickly. 'She must have left it in the bathroom when she changed' I thought with a lazy smile.
Far too soon, she is ready to leave. "Thanks for everything, Chris. See you at school tomorrow?"
"Yeah." I manage to tell her clearly despite having my face against the mattress, but not five seconds later and I find myself unable to accept ending our weekend like this.
I get up from the bed, fast, before running toward the entrance where Hibiki has just finished putting her shoes on, her coat on and both bags on her shoulders as she turns toward me in surprise. "What's wrong Chris?" she asks me, clearly not expecting that I will leave the room to see her off.
I take a deep breath before locking eyes with her. "I never answered your question about what we are." I begin before closing the distance between us and cupping her face. "We are friends crushing on each other, and this until; we get together, are no longer crushing over the other or just plainly found someone else to be with. So, stop trying to put a clear title on us. If someone asks me; we are friends, close friends. And when the two of us will have sex, because believe me it will happen. But are still okay around each other to the point of having a repeat, then we would upgrade it to friends with benefits, not that they need to know that part.
Hibiki has a smile on her face as she leans her forehead against mine. "So, friends, huh?"
"Only until it becomes something better, which I don't think we will have to wait long for that." 'One night is all I need to work my magic on your body and make you mine,' I thought, already imagining Hibiki under my ministrations, screaming my name as her body is seized by numerous orgasms.
"I can work with that," she says, snapping me out of my daydream.
"Me as well," I reply before giving her a chaste kiss on the lips. "At least for now." I wink at her as I gently push her toward the door. "Now go, don't make your childhood friend wait for you."
She gives me a last look with her hand on the handle. "See you next time, Chris?"
"Come by anytime, Hibiki."
The door closes with Hibiki's departure, leaving me alone but not sad. After all, I will see her tomorrow at school. I turn away from the entrance as I head toward the kitchen for an early dinner, then a bath will be in order before turning in.
Not in the mood for cooking, I rummage through my cupboards. "Ha, found it!" I exclaim once my hand is in contact with a box of cup ramen.
Ten minutes later and I'm seated on the couch with my instant noodle. I have to say that going from spending every minute with Hibiki attached to me to the loneliness and the silence of my place makes it a bit suffocating.
Not able to bear it any longer, I grab the remote that didn't see any use today until now and put the television on a random show as I eat. Though, I miss the banters Hibiki and I would have when she was here.
I enter the bathroom with my nightwear in hand, setting it in the basket with a towel before disrobing myself. I start with the top, throwing it behind me where the basket of dirty laundry is before hooking my finger in the waistband of the bottom.
The sound of clothes hitting the floor interrupts my movements. Confused a bit because it would be really unlikely that I would miss an unmoving target, even blind. I turn toward its location, to see that the basket was rather full and that's the top I added simply slide from the pile, dragging others in its fall. 'Riiight, forgot doing a laundry this morning.'
I sigh as I begin to pick up each piece of clothing and set them carefully on the pile for them to not fall once more. I stop in my track once my hand lands on a black article, putting it at eye level to look closely; it was the bottom of Hibiki's matching set that she decided to leave behind. The black attire reminds me of Hibiki's allure in it and how gorgeous and hot she was in it with the tight clothes clinging to her body.
While I know I shouldn't do something like that unless I want to be seen as a pervert, I did it nonetheless since no one will ever know about it. I bring the item to my face and take a deep breath into it, a particular faint scent that I can only assume to be Hibiki's arousal was still lingering on it causing my whole body to shiver at it. I inhale into it some more, one of my hands unconsciously made its way toward my shorts, stopping short going past my underwear as I regain control of myself.
I put Hibiki's clothes as well as those which fell back onto the pile for them to not fall again before quickly taking off my bottom alongside my panties. I ignore the evidence of my arousal with the wet stain on it as I add them to the pile before walking away and sliding the second door open.
After washing myself, I put a foot into the bathtub. The hot water at the right temperature as I let myself slowly sink into it and release a sigh of pleasure once my body is fully submerged.
As usual, I let my thoughts wander on the events of the day; the lazy morning spent with Hibiki accompanied by breakfast in bed, the date that now that I think about it, she must have been aware of it at some point. The many conversations we had about ourselves, ultimately leading to our first kiss, the raw passion poured into it as we didn't want it to stop, and it probably wouldn't have if it wasn't for me almost losing control over my tongue and stopping it.
The simple memory was enough to make me horny again. But this time I have no intention to ignore it as I cup one of my breasts with one hand, gently kneading it while the other hand glides the length of my body until it reaches my sex, fingers gently caressing my outer folds as I stifle a soft moan.
Once I deem myself ready, I begin inserting a finger past my inner folds, then quickly followed by a second before moving and trusting at a smooth rhythm. I slowly build more pleasure, moans becoming louder while my other hand moves from groping my chest to pinching a hardened nipple.
A third finger is soon added as I pant heavily, the hand torturing my nipple joining the other between my legs, circling my clitoris. I throw my head back at the new level of pleasure as my vision begins to blur when I briefly open my eyes. I close them once more to focus on my upcoming release.
Images of Hibiki begin to plague my mind as I speed up things, the fingers of one hand trusting furiously inside me while the others rub forcefully my clit bringing me closer and closer to what seems to be a big orgasm.
"HIB-" the name trying to escape my lips was strangled by a moan even louder upon reaching one of my biggest orgasms, waves of pleasure crashing onto my body as I fully lean back into the bathtub, each of my limbs going slack, my blurry eyes fixed on the ceiling as I ride my climax while being surrounded by warm water.
'If just thinking about her while doing it can bring me to such a big one, maybe I'm the one who will be ruined for anyone else but Hibiki,' I thought while coming down from the high of my release, my surrounding steadily coming back into focus.
I groan when I realize that if it weren't for that cursed call, Hibiki and I would probably be still at it on my bed, with her probably quivering in pleasure under my hands, fingers, mouth, and tongue.
I sink deeper into the water until it goes past my head to chase anymore thought concerning Hibiki.
I walk into my bedroom, clad in my nightwear and a towel on my head I finish drying my hair. Sinking my whole head into the bath was definitely not a smart move on my part.
My phone rings while I'm still at it. I flop on my bed as I free one hand to take a look at the caller; it was senpai.
Curious about why she would call me, I picked up the call. "Ya, senpai."
"Hello, Yukine. How have you been?"
It was getting a bit difficult to dry my hair efficiently with one hand, so I put my phone on speaker before letting it drop on my lap, then returning to my task as I talk to senpai. "I actually had an amazing weekend," I respond, not bothering to hide the happiness in my voice.
"And it would be thanks to Tachibana, I presume?"
"Yeah, how did you know?" I ask a bit puzzled at how she was able to link my happiness to Hibiki that easily. Then my conversation from yesterday about authorizing Hibiki to brag about our newfound relationship to anyone, especially senpai came back to mind. "Wait… did she call you?" I ask her, this time already knowing the answer but still wanting to get the confirmation.
"Actually yes. Tachibana gave me a call not long ago. She sounds overly happy, maybe the happiest I ever heard if I dare to say. Anyway, she was quite eloquent about your weekend together; going, to my surprise, from her homework to the café she found, and even how the two would call each other by your given name. Sharing secrets that no one else knows about you two and that you're now the closest of friends."
I couldn't help but shake my head a little to everything I'm hearing. 'She really didn't hold back anything,' I thought as I drop the towel on my side once dry enough and begin to braid them. "This girl… I guess that the reason for your call, to ask me if she was telling the truth?"
"My, I know Tachibana is not one for lies and to only speaking the truth. But it may be possible for her to mishear something, causing a growing misunderstanding, but again it's not that. What concerned me was some of the things she said, like the two of us hugging and cuddling a lot during the weekend, going to a… date together, even fl- flirting… with each other." I smirk hearing senpai stuttering with those two simple words but not deciding to pick her on it.
"Anyway, I have to ask, Yukine. What are you doing? Are you by any chance trying to stand between Kohinata and Tachibana?"
Stifling a laugh was harder than expected after hearing senpai's question. "What are you saying, senpai. It's like Hibiki told you, the two of us are just close friends who happen to know some secrets from the other," I say while managing to put my laugh fully under control and talking with a serious tone.
"Ah, my apologies, Yukine. Still, I'm relieved, I thought for a moment that you had feelings for Tachibana and were trying to act on them."
'Bullseyes! But not like I will tell her anything,' I thought, this time holding back my laugh. "Believe me senpai, if I had feelings for Hibiki, nothing could stop me from stealing her and making her mine," I decided to joke, more or less.
"What do you mean by this, Yukine?" I could feel senpai furrowing her eyebrow while asking her question.
Following in the joke I keep up. "I mean one night with her to teach her body what I can do for her is all I would need to make her forget about her childhood friend, or whoever she would have in her heart for that matter."
Senpai's voice becomes a bit harsher, a certain edge in it. "Yukine, you-"
"Joking, joking…" I cut her to ease up the growing tension. "You take this too seriously senpai, can't even prank you with it," I tell her, releasing a sigh afterward.
"Oh… I see. Just a joke." A hollow laugh follows her statement, signs she was really taking what I was saying seriously.
'Good thing I didn't push things further,' I thought as I finish my braid, satisfied with the result before standing from my bed, phone and damp towel in hand as I head for the bathroom. "How things are on your end, senpai?" I ask her for some idle chat.
I open the door of the bathroom before throwing the towel on the top of the pile while still listening to senpai. I didn't let the sound of the pile falling bothering me, since I'm already planning to launch a laundry tomorrow before going to school.
Once I'm back in the bedroom, I realize that I blanked out for a few seconds during senpai's talking, catching up with her talking about Maria's company.
I fail to stifle a yawn once she is done, my fatigue catching up to me. "Well, senpai. Sorry to interrupt, but tomorrow is a school day, so I better go to bed, even if a bit early." I tell her, rubbing my eyes and climbing on my bed. 'Seem like what I did in the bath drained me more than I thought.'
"Right, my apology, Yukine. It's still daytime here so I forgot what time it would be in Japan. I will leave you to your rest, have a pleasant night."
"Have a good day, senpai," I say, hanging up as I lay on my back. "I will have to talk to Hibiki about this call, I bet she would like to hear about it," I voice aloud with a smile.
Forcing myself up, I plug my phone at the same moment as I receive a message.
My Dummy: Hi, Chris. Just want to thank you again for the amazing weekend and everything you did for me. Good night.
The message brings another smile to my face. I quickly tap my answer, telling her I also had a wonderful weekend in her company and that's my offer to have sex is in her hand until I decide she doesn't. I then proceed to change Hibiki's profile display name.
I receive an answer when I take hold of the comforter.
My Hibiki:I will think about it.
"Just the fact that you're thinking about it is already my win, Hibiki. You just don't know it yet," I let out before finally laying on my bed and closing my eyes.
'Maybe I should buy some lingerie to be ready when this day will come, also some new clothes, sexy ones. I think I saw a nice red virgin killer at that shop the other day.'
With multiple thoughts on how to seduce Hibiki, possibly making her mine as well as my girlfriend officially. I fall asleep with a smile on my face, looking forward to tomorrow as well as the following days. Our weekend is over, but our newfound relationship is just beginning.
