Breaking the Boundaries
Disclaimer: Same ol'.
Chapter 3: Natsuki Cannot EVER Retort a Single Comeback at Shizuru's Teasing (Except at Emotional, Heart-Breaking Scenes)
She eyed her companion with a frown. It had been four hours since she started her work, and during that duration never once had she taken a break.
"Oi, Shizuru."
"Hmm?" She mumbled without taking her glance off her laptop screen.
"It's been four hours."
"I realized that, Natsuki."
Click. Click.
"You should take a break or something. I mean, staring at the computer for four hours straight will damage your eyes or something."
Click. Click. Click click.
Not to mention that her mouse clicking frenzy somehow got annoying.
She couldn't see Shizuru's face, but she was sure Shizuru's lips were already tugged upwards into her usual annoying teasing smile.
"But isn't Natsuki doing the same?" She asked coily.
Natsuki glanced at the TV, currently showcasing a certain spiky blond and a cute summoner with different eye colors talking to each other. She pressed X on her controller. Man, watching people talk was boring. When was the new boss?
"Yeah, but playing games and having fun is different than straining your eyes and brain at the same time." And nothing could beat playing her favorite RPG at Shizuru's sixty inch plasma.
Shizuru paused, "Ara, does Natsuki actually worry about my wellbeing?"
Of course it would be a no, it always did. Shizuru could almost picture Natsuki snapping her neck, and shouting 'NO!' with a red face. She chuckled inwardly at the thought of Natsuki's cute reaction.
Natsuki continued to repeatedly smash X; trying to bring down a blue haired villain with not much of a difficulty, before letting out a single phrase that Shizuru would later define as horribly out-of-character of her.
"Yes."
The action on Shizuru's side had completely stopped. Her eyes were subtly wider that usual.
A smirk tugged on Natsuki's lips. Her conversation with an ex-arch nemesis was proven quite useful after all.
Shizuru 568, Natsuki 1
Better than nothing.
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"So, how did that go?" A certain red, bordering on pink haired girl asked her with her usual sly tone.
"Satisfying." Natsuki replied curtly, inwardly thankful. Because, truth to be told, she was quite smug over her miniscule victory. "So, what do I do next?"
"She likes to hug you right? Next time…"
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When Shizuru heard from Mai (or rather, pried out) that Natsuki had been spending time with a certain Yuuki Nao lately, she made sure to invite Nao to a 'private lesson' with her next time.
When there would be no one around.
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