Author's Notes:

Again, this has been in my computer for months now XDD

If you know who made the fanart I used as a cover for this please tell me! You can review or message me the link :333

Disclaimer: We all want the things we couldn't have...

II: Clichéd Hammock Cuddle

Misuzu found them outside the Misaka's beach house one summer afternoon. Touma was lying comfortably on the hammock, completely at ease as the ocean wind lightly swayed him. Mikoto on the other hand was standing beside the hammock, her hands on her hips, as she conversed with her boyfriend of two months.

No words could describe how happy Misuzu was when she found out her little Mikoto-chan was finally able to catch the boy she likes. The two conspiring mothers were very pleased that their match making had worked, but Misuzu still felt that the two lovebirds were lacking a little in the romance department.

She loved Touma to bits but he was an idiot, and no matter how much she adored her Mikoto-chan, her daughter would always be that shy and dishonest girl. Even after that camp night—(Shiina highly enjoyed retelling how they got together)—their physical relationship didn't develop much—much to Tabigake's delight and her annoyance.

They now walked holding hands, and unlike when they were merely just friends, they now hugged and gave each other an occasional peck on the cheek.

But that was it.

And Misuzu, being the concerned mother that she was, wanted to see more intimacy between them.

She snuck behind the nearest table, hiding herself behind the long table cloth. She was far enough so that she was undetectable but near enough to overhear their conversation. When she was within hearing radius, she heard her daughter speak.

"—sit there when the weather's so nice? The beach is literally calling to us!"

Touma, who was still very comfortable on the hammock, lazily replied, "Which makes it perfect to lie down under the shade. Mikoto, we just got here. We have a whole week to run around the beach and get sunburn."

Misuzu could almost hear her daughter pout, "But I wanted to go surfing…"

"And I wanted to see you in a sexy swimsuit but you don't see me forcing you into one… ow!" Misuzu wholly believed that he deserved the hit Mikoto gave him, "That's sooo not cute, Biribiri..."

"Who the hell would want to be cute for a pervert like you, idiot?!" by this time, Mikoto had her fist clenched in front of her, ready to hit him again.

He merely chuckled again, making Misuzu wonder if he had a death wish, "C'mon, Mikoto, lie down with me for a bit. We don't get a lot of time for ourselves with Shirai-san constantly stalking you and waiting for the right moment to assassinate me all the time. And if we go to the beach now, I'm gonna have to fight off the guys that would try to hit on you, and I for one don't wanna deal with that right now."

Mikoto turned her head to the side, giving Misuzu the view of her daughter's red cheeks, "W-well… I guess so…"

Touma then extended his arms towards Mikoto, inviting, "Come here,"

"H-huh?"

"Lie down with me," he said, grinning at her, "There's enough space for two."

"B-b-but…"

He sat up a little, grabbing her arm and pulling her to him as she half-heartedly protested, "Don't be shy, Biribiri. I just want to cuddle."

"Eh?! W-wh-what are you-?! Kyaah!"

The couple struggled as they tried to balance on the hammock with Mikoto's additional weight. They shared laughs whenever one of them would almost fall out and Mikoto practically guffawed when Touma fell face first on the sand. After several more attempts, they were able to succeed settling on the hammock, laying side by side.

Though they were beside each other, they looked a little awkward with their hands settled on their own stomachs as they lay looking kind of stiff. Misuzu frowned a little as she heard Mikoto murmur, "Okay, Touma, this is stupid. We're both uncomfortable," she stated, making a move to stand up, "I should go and—eep!"

Mikoto was cut off when Touma pulled her again, this time wrapping his arms around her and forcing her to lay on his chest. He shifted a little more, entangling their legs together. During the whole ordeal, Mikoto remained silent, her face getting redder by the second.

When they finally settled, Misuzu barely heard Touma ask, "Better?"

Mikoto paused and hesitantly set her head on the crook of his neck before nodding, "Yeah,"

Misuzu couldn't stop beaming. Pulling out the camera in her pocket (Shiina had advised her to carry one at all times for this very purpose), she snapped a picture of the scene before contentedly leaving the two alone.

She almost regretted it later though, when she heard Tabikake scream at her future son-in-law after finding the two on the hammock. And as she chewed her husband out, she silently noted to never let him near the two during vacations again.

Author's Notes:

I'm so cheesy I feel like a pizza. I mean really, when I first finished this and then I read it for a half-assed proofreading, I thought, "Ohmygosh, this is so itchy and corny XDD"

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