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Chapter 6, "The Lesser Divide, Pt. 2".
"...I don't believe you!" Tomo responded, moving closer to her.
"Tomo, please, stop! Nothing's wrong, we're just in a little argument! That's it, I swear!" Yomi fought back, but still backed away until she fell back on her bed. Taking the opportunity, Tomo jumped and pinned her down.
"You're lying! I demand to know what's going on!" the hyper girl ordered again.
"No! It's none of your business!" the other girl denied, getting out from Tomo's grip and backing away further. Tomo jumped her and pinned her again, and was about to force her to answer when she stopped and noticed their position. Yomi didn't speak, but blushed at both her position relative to Tomo's and...the thoughts running through her mind at the moment.
"A-a-am I interrupting something!" a voice almost yelled from the window.
"ACK! No! This is nothing!" Yomi protested, shoving the now confused Tomo off of her.
"Wait...Kagura! What're you doing here?" she then demanded, looking to the stunned athlete.
"I figured she'd be here, but I see you're already making your move!" Kagura retorted, citing the spectacle she'd just witnessed.
"Calm down, Kagura. Actually, you can help me with something." Tomo settled her.
"Yeah? What?" the athlete grunted, still wound up from before.
"Tell me what's going on between you two." Tomo requested.
"...No! It's none of your business!" the newcomer replied, earning a hit in the head.
"Fine, don't talk to me then!" she instructed to both of them. Before they could protest, she fled back to her house.
"We need to settle this." Yomi stated bluntly, moving over to her rival.
"How so?" Kagura reasoned, getting an idea of what she meant.
"One of us needs to make a move. Fast. Or else we're both screwed." Yomi told her. They looked to each other for a minute, before Kagura departed. "And if things go right, I'm gonna make mine soon!" she lightly chuckled at her own brilliance.
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Schoolwork was allegedly hard for Tomo, as her hand was wrapped up from the incident with Kamineko. "What? Do you want someone else to do it for you?" Yomi asked sarcastically; in reality, she wanted to help Tomo.
"Yes, I do! Start writing down my answers!" the wild girl commanded.
"...You mean my answers?" the other girl stressed.
"Yes! Hey, where is everyone?" Tomo asked, noticing the general emptiness of the room; herself, Yomi, Yukari, and Chiyo, along with the few other students she didn't know, and didn't really care to.
"So...Kagura tells me you're acting weird...like saying bad things to her and stuff, ya'know?" Tomo lied, prying about the questions she'd been asking.
"That rat! I mean-"Yomi faltered in her haste, and froze.
"Aha! So something IS going on. Tell me! Or else...I'll be mad at you!" Tomo told her, putting on a pouting face.
"Mad? So what? You always get mad at me." Yomi replied smugly, but Tomo shook her head.
"Mad enough to go...hang out with Kagura!" she threatened, and this did get a reaction out of the other girl. She stood up, overshadowing Tomo.
"No! Don't! I want you to hang out with me!" she demanded, but stopped and slumped back into her chair.
"Why? You don't seem to care." Tomo complained, wondering even more about what was going on.
"I...I need to tell you..." Yomi began; feeling defeated and almost did blurt it out, when Kagura entered.
"Hey, what's up?" she asked the two, curious.
"Not now! What were you gonna tell me, Yomi?" Tomo asked.
"I-i-it was...n-nothing!" Yomi replied, and hurried away. Tomo, in turn, chased after her.
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"Yomi!" she called, looking for her friend in the crowded halls. "I can't believe she calls me weird. Still...it seemed pretty important...oh well! I'm sure it wasn't that bad!" she thought typically, and slowed her search down. After searching everywhere in the school, she decided, although against her better judgment, to check the roof. And that's exactly where she found her.
Yomi was standing, looking out towards the city. 'She had to go and ruin it! I could've told Tomo, and...and...then what? What if it'd become a scene? I suppose it's a good thing I got cut off, but still...' she mulled, not noticing Tomo, who stared at her awkwardly from the door.
"Did I say something wrong or something?" Tomo called, walking toward Yomi.
"Ah! You...found me?" Yomi replied, jumping slightly.
"Well, yeah...it only took a couple of seconds!" Tomo lied, stopping right in front of the other girl.
"Oh...well, anyway, sorry if I worried you." Yomi replied, but her face contorted when Tomo started cackling.
"You thought I was worried about you? You throw fits all the time, Yomi! I just figured you needed to let off a little steam!" Tomo laughed, causing a vein to pop out on her friend's head. Her reply was met by Yomi pinching her cheeks. "What are you doing that for?" Tomo yelled, pinching back.
Chiyo came in from the door. "Are you two busy?" she asked, a confused look on her face.
"N-no! What is it?" Yomi asked, throwing Tomo away.
"...Class started back up." Chiyo answered plainly, causing the other two girls to flail.
"No! This's your fault, Tomo!" Yomi faltered as she started back. She stopped when Tomo grabbed her arm.
"Tell me what you were gonna say before you left." Tomo demanded, and for the first time Yomi heard her say that in a firm, unwavering voice.
"...L-later, Tomo..." Yomi attempted, pulling her arm from her friend's grip.
"...Fine." Tomo snorted, and charged away ahead of the other two.
"I think I just screwed up..." Yomi cursed herself.
"What?" Chiyo asked, having overheard her.
"Oh, nothing. Come on, let's hurry!" Yomi evaded, and hurried after Tomo.
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The day ended, and Tomo stalked Yomi home, Kagura stalking Tomo. 'I'm gonna find out what she wanted to tell me. She's usually high-strung, but she was so...so helpless when she started. That's gotta be pretty major!' Tomo schemed, planning on using whatever means necessary to ply the info from Yomi.
Kagura had other thoughts. 'She's spending an awful lot of time with Yomi. They haven't...no! Tomo's just being stupid or something! Still, I'm gonna figure this out, one way or another.' She thought, and silently followed the pair.
Entering her house, Yomi immediately went to her room. "Alright, now there's no Tomo to stop me from getting my work done," she stated, then sat a few more minutes, "...so why aren't I doing it?" she asked herself. She reluctantly admitted to herself that it was because Tomo wasn't there; she thought about the girl all the time, and she slowly realized it was interfering with her work.
"Yo!" Tomo announced, jumping into the room.
"Wha...ACK! I'll kill you!" Yomi screamed, lunging for the intruder. Tomo easily stopped her, twisted her around and shoved her on the bed.
"No, I think it's the other way around," she responded, moving to close and lock the window, and then the door, "and now you don't have a choice. Tell me." Tomo commanded, standing by the door. Yomi was stunned; Tomo had never done anything so methodically and competently before, not to mention that she was totally cornered now.
"I-it wasn't that important, Tomo!" she reassured, but was cut short when Tomo began walking over to her. Tomo continued to advance, forcing Yomi to crawl back on her bed. She almost instantly glowed close to neon when Tomo moved over her, their faces inches apart.
"Tell me." Tomo requested again, hurt in her voice now. The awkward position caused Yomi to unwillingly perform the act she'd been trying to hide: she closed the small gap and kissed Tomo. The smaller girl's eyes widened, and she flew back toward the door.
"Y-y-ya'know...m-maybe i-it wasn't th-that important. I-I...I'll t-talk to you later!" Tomo sputtered uncontrollably before running out of the room. Yomi said nothing, but lay down and cried into her pillow, dreading everything.
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Yomi walked to school alone the next morning. She kept a stern figure outside, but she was bawling internally. 'I r-ruined everything! I'm such an idiot, I didn't even think when I did it! No! Now everything's over!' she screamed internally, mentally slapping herself over and over again. At school, she sat at her desk, contemplating everything.
Soon after, Tomo entered the room, unaware of her surroundings. 'S-she...she...she kissed me...was it because of what I was doing? Maybe...that jerk! She pulled that freakin' trick to get outta telling me!' she resolved, oblivious of Yomi's intentions. She sauntered up to her friend, who looked at her with an utterly terrified expression. "I see what you did there..." Tomo stated, a crooked grin adorned.
"I-I...what?" the other girl asked, lost at the statement.
"You had me fooled all night, but I figured out your little trick! Now tell me, damnit!" Tomo ordered. Yomi was perplexed: did Tomo even remember what had happened last night?
"I...I was trying to tell you...that I needed your help with some work." Yomi lied.
"...You kissed me to keep from telling that?" Tomo asked in bewilderment.
'Does she really think that?' Yomi wondered herself, but wouldn't complain if her crush was being her usual dense self.
"What's this I hear?" Kagura interrupted the dispute, numerous veins popping out of her forehead.
"N-nothing! Nothing at all!" they replied in unison. An awkward pause settled.
"Oh well, it's not like anything happened that I would care about or anything..." Kagura huffed. She had eavesdropped on them, and had heard about that little interlude. 'I suppose I'll have to step up to the plate now...' she grimaced at what measures she might have to take to ensure she stayed in this little competition.
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End of Chapter 6.
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