4. Hesitancy

Nanako let out a relaxed sigh as she stepped out of the bathroom, having just cleaned herself up. She walked through to her kitchen, opened her fridge and reached in to grab a beer.

"Hold up, I shouldn't drink too much in one day, I need to think more about my health these days." Nanako scolded herself as she closed the fridge. After pouring herself a glass of water, she walked to and sat down at her computer. She reached down to turn the machine on, but hesitated.

"Maybe I shouldn't spend too much time online. It'd be a good idea if I got some reading done; variety is the spice of life!" Nanako thought to herself with a nod. Sitting up in her bed in her nightwear, she held in one hand a book she had been meaning to read for some time called The G*rl Who *eapt Th***gh T*me. Glancing over at her clock, Nanako hummed to herself.

"The late night anime's about to start. I'd better switch on the TV." As she reached for the control, however, she glanced at the clock again. "On second thoughts, it's getting pretty late. I should call it a night and hit the hay." Returning her book to the drawer in her bedside table, Nanako switched off the lights and got under the duvet. As she got comfortable, a thought crossed her mind that caused her to frown.

"Jeez, I'm getting old~"

5. Hundred

"Mmm, Patty-chan? It's kinda late to be phoning; is something wrong?"

"Hiyori, I had the nightmare again; the one about me being a biochemist!"

"Uh, excuse me?"

"You know: biochemist!"

"You'll have to say that in Japanese, my English isn't so good."

"How do you say it? Se-Seika...A scientist!"

"But...what's there to be afraid of?"

"The man-virus! It took my memories! He shot out lots of tentacles and then I was gone! It was so scary!"

"...I think you've been watching too much Hentai, Patty. Go back to sleep."

"Don't hang up Hiyori...She can be so cold!"

A/N: One hundred words, all dialogue and a Prototype reference? All in a nights work, really!

6. Emendicate

"Hey! Yutaka-chan, Minami-chan; come here and check this out!" Patricia beckoned loudly across the empty classroom to her friends, who had just been about to leave.

Hiyori snapped the tip of her mechanical pencil on her sketchpad. Turning slowly towards her American 'friend', a look of pure horror plastered across her face, she uttered out a single word:

"...Why…" Hiyori's throat was dry, her pupils were as pinpricks and a few errant drops of sweat trailed the unusually long distance down her forehead. Hiyori shakily raised her hands towards Patricia. "Please, Martin-sama…"

"What's up, Patty-chan?" Yutaka asked, her tone simultaneously childishly cheerful and politely curt; it was after school hours and yet they were all inextricably still at school.

"...Don't tell them…" Hiyori all but whispered. Ignoring her friends protests, Patricia grabbed the sketchpad from Hiyori's desk and flipped through a few pages, showing all the work Hiyori had done today. By far the most prominent, and numerous, drawings were those of a tall, slender girl with short hair and a short girl with twin-tails. The two were presented in all manner of positions, ranging from cute to compromising.

"...I'm begging you!" Hiyori let her hands fall to her lap as Patricia continued to ignore her. Her cheeks were flushed red and her glasses were fogged up with perspiration.

"They're nice." Minami said quietly as she tipped her head forward, so as to hide her eyes behind her bangs.

"They totally are! You know guys, Hiyori was really inspired to draw these by all your moe-" Patricia was suddenly cut off as Hiyori bolted up and grabbed her roughly by the shoulders. Hiyori, who had leapt up without much of a plan for stopping Patricia's mouth from running, did the only thing she could think of as she stared into her friends deep blue eyes. Leaning forward, Hiyori smashed her lips againsts Patricia's, causing the American to take a step back from the unexpected force. Hiyori wrapped her arms around Patricia in an effort to further stifle her, and to bring them closer together.

Yutaka and Minami looked at Hiyori, then at Patricia, then at one another. With a mutually bemused shrug, they both turned and headed for the door.

"I wish they'd wait until after we'd left!" Yutaka bemoaned to Minami, who nodded in agreement.

Hiyori pulled back, gasping for breath. She released Patricia from her hold and sat back on a desk to catch her breath.

"I was waiting for you to do that, Hiyorin!" Patricia said with a giggle. Hiyori glared up at her.

"Next time... you won't...get off...so lightly…"

"Next time?" Patricia teased with a smirk. Hiyori growled as menacingly as she could.

"Just give me my damn book back!"

(A/N: Well, that was a tad strange, but I suppose that's the point of these drabbles; to put me on the spot and see what I can come up with! Thanks for reading, guys!)