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Chapter 7, "The Advance".
Kagura went through it over and over again, but faltered. She couldn't find any logical way of expressing her feelings for Tomo without coming right out and saying it to her. She sat on her bed, contemplating every possible way, and failed. "Why can't I just tell her I love her?" she asked no one, and fell backward. She closed her eyes, and soon fell asleep. She was hard pressed to make a move now; Yomi had...had kissed Tomo already! 'It has to keep happening in her favor! Why can't I get a break?' she wondered, slowly falling asleep. She dreamed of her crush.
She lay beside Tomo, no one around to bother them. "You were so stupid! I can't believe you didn't say anything before!" Tomo laughed at her. "H-hey! Shut up...you felt the same way, and you didn't do anything either..." Kagura retorted, blushing. "Well, I'm yours now. What do you want to do?" Tomo asked, causing Kagura to glow. "Well...I...I don't know." She answered, leaning in to kiss her girlfriend...". Her reverie was ended by her door being opened, the light being turned off, and the door being closed again; her mom, trying to "conserve energy". She went back to sleep, but couldn't grasp the dream anymore that night. Instead, she tossed and turned, cycling through thoughts and dreams, and woke up very tired in the morning. She got up, performed her routine of a shower, getting dressed, eating a quick breakfast, and rushing out the door to meet Sakaki. Instead, she ran headfirst into Tomo.
"Gah! Hey...Tomo? What're you doing here?" she asked, confused by the sudden visit.
"Uh...well, I thought we could...walk together?" Tomo replied, offering her hand.
"A-alright...I-"Kagura began, before Tomo snatched her hand away and kicked Kagura.
"Hahahaha! Stupid!" she declared, pointing at the now writhing athlete.
"DAMN...YOU!" Kagura wheezed, trying to catch her breath.
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They walked through the main entrance, and to class. "I see you two are spending more time together?" Yomi implied, watching them walk in together.
"Jeez, Yomi, settle down! It's not like we're dating or something!" Tomo retorted, causing Kagura to blush.
"Are you sure about that?" Yomi replied harshly before leaving them.
"What's her problem? Now she's freakin' mad at me! It's your fault." The more energetic girl decided, snapping her companion out of her daydream.
"M-me? I didn't do anything!" Kagura defended, flailing about.
"She...she's getting mad at after she did that...I guess it really didn't mean anything..." Tomo trailed off, and unconsciously brought her fingers up to her lips.
'Damnit! She's still hung up over that kiss...maybe if I did it...too...? No! I've gotta do something original and sweet! The only problem is finding out what to do...' she worried, remembering how Tomo had been in a daze for almost a week, sometimes not even noticing her. She suddenly wondered if there was actually something about that incident that meant more than she knew.
It soon passed, however, as she was hit over the head by Yukari. "PAY ATTENTION! Or do you want a record, like Osaka here?" the teacher asked, preparing another smack for the said sleeping girl.
"N-no, Miss Yukari. Sorry about that." She replied, sighing. She was more worried over the fact that she could think so much about Tomo that it would interrupt her work. She waited until the break, futilely trying to think about anything other than Tomo. She decided, among other things, that this break would be dedicated to finding something to do to take the advantage back. How hard it would be...
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"Hey, Kagura! Come here!" Tomo called.
"Yeah, what?" Kagura asked, a little more harshly than she intended.
"...What's your problem? Are you mad at me too?" she questioned accusingly, walking up to the swimmer.
"I'm not mad at you! I l...never mind." Kagura froze up and finished quickly, making a note to slap herself later.
"W-what were you about t-to s-say?" Tomo stuttered quietly, before regaining her normal, insane composure.
"I see! You're just being a jerk! I'm not surprised, though." She resolved, causing Kagura to become infuriated.
"I'm not a jerk!" she countered, although it was weak.
"Well, let's see: you usually put me down, you never tell me why you're sneaking around, you break into my room...yeah, you're a jerk." Tomo told her.
"I...I...shut up!" Kagura evaded, and scurried off under Tomo's smirk and cackle. She wouldn't deny that she did those things, but she didn't mean any harm by them either. More so, she used them as a way to distract herself from doing anything...stupid...that might endanger her chances. However, she wouldn't let Tomo's thick headedness deter her. During the last half of the break, she went to run an errand for Yukari. She made sure to walk by Tomo, and discretely brushed her fingertips across her crush's hand, causing the latter to shudder; not in a bad way, but surprised.
'She's starting to act like Yomi! Damnit! I'm gonna find out what's going on...maybe...Chiyo-chan! That's it!' She schemed, eyeing her target. The petite girl was talking with Kaorin, and completely unsuspecting. She prepared to grab the small girl, but stopped when a hand took hers. She turned slowly to see Kagura, who wasn't fully looking at her.
"Uhhh...come with me?" she asked, not letting go of Tomo's hand.
"O-only if you tell me what's going on..." she replied, and allowed Kagura to lead her off. Yomi tracked them through the corner of her eye, but didn't make a move to stop them. Rather, she motioned to Osaka.
"You're up, Osaka. See what they're doing." She commanded. "But..." Osaka replied, having been on her way to talk to Chiyo.
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Osaka wandered the halls. "Where would I go if I were Tomo or Kagura? Then again...wouldn't it be if I were Kagura? Or maybe it's Tomo...maybe it's Yomi?" she infinitely attempted to contemplate, but failed. She'd been instructed to search for the two and spy on them. Hearing an obscenely loud laugh, she discovered Tomo in the gym, slapping Kagura harder than necessary on the back.
"You don't do it like that, idiot! There's art to racing, a finesse that you obviously don't have!" she declared.
"Is that supposed to imply something?" Kagura asked grumpily. She continued, "Define art. I'm sure there're a few different definitions for you..." she finished, leering at her.
"Yeah, well, anyway, you totally suck at it. In fact, I think you might just suck in general!" The other girl informed her.
"Yeah? Well, I...HEY!" she yelled, trying to avert the subject back to her reasons for dragging Tomo off. She was cut short when she noticed that the other girl wasn't present any more. "WHERE'RE YOU GOING?" she screamed, and began chasing the girl.
"You obviously don't have anything important to tell me, so I have an agenda to keep!" Tomo responded. Kagura was about to protest, but began losing her balance when the terrain changed from hard wood to slick tile.
"Crap, crap! Help me!" she screeched as she tripped. Tomo stopped to turn, but instead was impacted when Kagura slammed into her. Trying to get her bearings, Kagura only slightly realized that her lips were together with another set; Tomo's. Said girl was now glowing red. After gawking at Kagura and hyperventilating for several seconds, Tomo released an ear-splitting scream and got up, before darting away under the stunned eyes of the rest of the student body. Kagura herself realized this, and hurried away to avoid any unwanted questions and/or presumptions.
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Tomo avoided Kagura the rest of the day. 'S-s-she d-didn't do it on...p-purpose, did she? I mean, she doesn't like me that way...no, no, no! She was just being a pervert! W-wasn't she?' she pondered. She was even more scared about what she thought of it; she wasn't mad, embarrassed, or anything. She figured it was an accident, but wasn't quite sure what to make of it. Why didn't she feel awkward?
Kagura, on the other hand, was reeling in distress. 'GAH! No! This is the worst thing that could happen! I'm sure she's totally pissed at me...she probably thinks I'm some kind of pervert. I wouldn't blame her if she didn't want to see me again-'her train of thought was cut short when a hand landed on her shoulder. She turned and looked up, right at Yomi.
"I, uhhh, heard about your little incident..." she said, not in a spiteful way, but comforting. This confused Kagura.
"I...well, with luck like mine, I'm not surprised something like that happened. In any case, I'm sure she got the wrong impression." Kagura sighed, laying her head on the table.
"I could clear it up with her, at her house-"Yomi began, figuring this'd be the gateway to her dreams, but was silenced by the athlete.
"NO! I mean...I'll do it myself." She retorted, hurrying off.
"Damnit! Osaka!" Yomi called to the spacey girl. At first she didn't notice, but she soon saw that Osaka was in the middle of spacing out. "OSAKA!" she yelled, which promptly woke the other girl up.
"W-what? What's goin' on? I'm sorry!" she apologized frantically, fearing it was Yukari, but relaxed upon seeing Yomi. "What is it?" she asked.
"Did you hear anything? I mean, going on between them?" the taller girl asked frantically.
"I...I..." Osaka stuttered. "Yes?" Yomi replied. "...I...I didn't have a chance before that thing happened!" Osaka wailed. Yomi stared at her for several minutes before grunting in pure frustration and charging off. "I'll have to do things myself then!" she resolved, and began readying her things for school to end.
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Walking around in the evening, Kagura actually accidentally happened upon Tomo's house. "I...I suppose I should...apologize?" she wondered, and approached the window. After tapping on it, she was relieved and anxious when Tomo opened it.
"K-Kagura...?" she half greeted, half contemplated.
"I-is it alright if I come in?" she asked, fully expecting Tomo to yell at her.
"Y-yeah...i-it's alright..." Tomo replied, filling a surprised Kagura with hope. She climbed through the window, and was greeted by the warmth that the room offered. "T-today...today was...an a-accident...right?" Tomo asked after a pause.
"Yeah, I tripped up trying to chase after you." Kagura answered, putting a hand behind her head.
"It better have been!" Tomo suddenly spurted, obviously all of her nervousness having left her.
"I am sorry about that, though..." Kagura admitted.
"Ah, no harm done! Except...maybe to my image..." the hyper girl pondered thoughtfully before standing up. Then she remembered something.
"Hey, what did you want to ask me?" she inquired, recalling the reason that incident had occurred.
"Well, yeah, but...but...what I wanted to ask you is...are you involved?" Kagura blurted, looking down from where she sat.
"Involved? Define involved." Tomo queried, seeing it as too vague.
"...With...Yomi?" she finished, just barely audible to a very surprised Tomo.
"...NO!" she almost screamed, but managed to keep her voice at a reasonable level.
"Really? Good! I mean-"she hastily attempted to cover her error from the other, fiercely blushing girl.
"It's g-good? Why?" she now wondered, just slightly catching on to more than Kagura would have preferred.
"N-no reason! I'll tell you some other time!" she sputtered before beating a hasty retreat. Tomo watched her run off. "...Does...does she...l-like me?" she asked, confused as to why...that didn't bother her either.
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End of Chapter 7.
It may be a bit vague at this point, but it'll clear up in the next few chapters; I'm not as ambitious with this one as I am with the other. And sorry for the wait, but I have school, work, and other such things to keep me from trying to accomplish much writing at all.