Kenneth Black: Thanks, I've been wanting to put this idea to use for a LONG time now, but I could never find a good way to start it before now :P
xMaskedDestroyerx: I love those two, and yeah, you have a pink-haired tsundere and a black-haired flirt/tease, the only real difference is that it seems to be Marceline who has feelings for PB, at least from what I can see, and Tsubomi's the one with feelings for Yaya.
Huggler: Thank you :3 And to be honest, what was going on in real life wasn't necessarily business as it was a bunch of emotional crap that really wore me and my inner writer down, so I am sorry about the huge break. Well, first off I'd forgotten about that one episode, lol, and second I figure that their personalities are so opposite, that's how they would normally react to each other, but who knows. And yeah, you have to love a cute dom :3
XPPPP: Thanks :3
Obsidian and Cobalt: Lol, I've had the idea for a long time, I only just now got a real feel for the topic while trying to write something ENTIRELY different :P Thanks, I just kinda liked the way the scene was like that :3 Is this soon enough? ;P
Imaspfan: Thanks! I adore Yaya and Tsubomi, they used to be a popular forum pairing but now they've kind of stopped being written, so I took it upon myself to bring them back :3
Shadow Apparation: Thanks :3 And I know, right? The only real difference I can see (other than PB being CANDY and Marceline being a red-drinking vampire :P) is that Marceline seems to be the one with feelings for PB, and Tsubomi's the one with more obvious feelings for Yaya. Well, you'll find out about that first bit soon, and for the second part, Yaya is just a very dominant kind of girl, any kind of male interaction at her school, I imagine, wouldn't sit well with her. There used to be so much of it, but now nobody writes them anymore D: And thanks :3
Hey guys, thanks for so many reviews, I'm updating a bit early in thanks, please keep them coming!
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Chikaru sat at the council table, her chin resting on her intertwined fingers as she observed the meeting in front of her.
As usual, she was sitting back and letting Shion and Miyuki settle things in their less than productive manner.
As usual, Miyuki and Shion were already going for each other's throats.
However, what wasn't so usual was that Shion seemed thoroughly distracted; usually her mind was nowhere but on Spica, but today she seemed like she was doing things almost halfheartedly.
When the meeting ended (early, because for once Shion let Miyuki win an argument with minimal arguing), Chikaru stopped Shion from leaving the council room, much to Shion's (and the now trapped Miyuki's) dismay. "What's wrong, Shi-chan?" she asked, reaching out to touch the Spican's forearm. Shion jerked back, more out of reflex than anything.
"Nothing," she muttered under her breath, attempting to push past Chikaru, who easily blocked her exit. "And don't call me that, Minamoto-san."
Miyuki scoffed from behind her, walking up to the two girls. "I assume Tomori-san just doesn't like the idea of the boys' school being merged with our own," she stated matter-of-factly. Turning to Shion, she continued, "You really are impossibly easy to read."
Grumbling under her breath, the Spican scowled but, uncharacteristically, had no rebuttal, and instead turned her gaze determinedly to the floor. Miyuki's eyebrow raised in surprise, but she shook her head and brushed past Chikaru and out of the council room, choosing not to think about whatever was running through Shion's mind.
"Shi-chan…" Chikaru began once Miyuki had left, reaching out and holding the Spican's chin in her fingertips.
"I've got things to do, Chikaru," Shion muttered, shoving past the Le Rim president more brusquely than Miyuki had, the door slamming shut behind her.
Suddenly bathed in an uncomfortable quiet, Chikaru's small, slightly cheerful smile faded away into a look of hurt that could have melted the heart of any onlooker. Whatever friendship she had with Shion had been ended on the Spican's part for the sake of academics and politics years ago, but Chikaru had never forgotten the hardheaded, stubborn-to-a-fault, but sweet girl she had come to know (and maybe more) growing up, never stopped trying to make Shion remember.
And now it was as if the Spican was openly resentful towards her- indifference was bad enough, but Chikaru had no idea what she'd done to deserve this treatment from the blonde.
She suspected Miyuki's assessment was correct about Shion's attitude to a point- Shion had always been rather prideful and territorial of things she considered to be hers, which, Chikaru assumed, included her role in the Spica student council. It was painfully obvious that Shion felt as though her position in Spica would be threatened, however irrational the thought itself actually was.
But her behavior towards Chikaru in itself was enough to baffle the raven-haired girl- for as long as she had known Shion, even once their friendship fell apart (fell apart, she thinks, but it was more like it just disappeared entirely), the Spican had always been relatively pleasant towards Chikaru.
PGBR
"It's just like you to pull something like this now, isn't it?"
Shion clenched her jaw, her fists following suit. "Leave me alone, Miyuki, I'm sure you have more important things to do than harass me."
"Harass you?" Miyuki asked in a slightly incredulous tone before letting out a small, disbelieving laugh. "I'm hardly harassing you, Tomori-san, I haven't told you anything you're not already thinking."
"You don't know what I'm thinking," Shion ground out, knuckles whitening around the railing of the stairwell.
"I know you well enough to know what you feel for Minamoto-san," Miyuki stated coolly. "You hardly hide it, I'm surprised she, of all people, hasn't picked up on it yet." The blunette paused, staring at Shion as though trying to decipher the stubborn Spican. "It's just like you to pull something like this now, Shion," she repeated. "For years you've treated her with cordial indifference at best, and now you're acting like a petulant child the moment you hear that there is a very real chance she could be taken away from you."
Shion's eyes hardened. "What are you talking about, Rokujou?"
Miyuki rolled her eyes at the Spican's hostility. "You and I both know Chikaru well enough to know that she is extremely resistant to the affections of other girls, other than yourself, obviously," she stated, "But who knows how easy it would be for a man to woo her? I know you, Shion- you need power, and you're threatened by it all at once. Even if another girl were to catch Chikaru's eye, it would be easy enough for you to reclaim her attention, but a man…now that's a different subject entirely, isn't it? Who knows if you're enough to fill the position of a man in her eyes?"
And Miyuki left her like that, eyes wide and unseeing, knuckles white around the metal bannister.
Because who knows you better than your worst enemy?
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Tsubomi still wasn't entirely sure what was wrong with Yaya, which was disconcerting in itself considering how easy it was usually for her to read the brunette's emotions. But Yaya had recovered well, and was almost back to her usual self the next day, as if she'd forgotten about the boys altogether.
Then again, the pinkette wasn't thinking entirely clearly, as Yaya was currently sitting on a bench outside of Spica, placed between herself and Hikari, right arm dangling casually around the back of the bench on Tsubomi's side. It was a minor victory, and really absolutely nothing to be proud of, but after having watched Yaya mourn Hikari for as long as she had, the mere idea that Yaya could favor her presence over the blonde's sent an irrepressible wave of pride through her body.
Oblivious to the fast-paced inner monologue going on beside her, Yaya yawned widely and sunk back between her two favorite girls, a small grin teasing at the corner of her lips as she felt Tsubomi shift, subtly attempting to lean her head against her outstretched arm. Yaya adjusted said arm until it was within Tsubomi's reach, and grinned to herself when the pinkette made herself comfortable against it. Turning to her old best friend, she noticed that Hikari was staring off into space, something she did more and more nowadays.
Probably thinking about Prince Charming, her inner voice muttered, not so much out of spite as out of habit. But for some reason it was starting to hurt less and less every time she caught Hikari watching Amane and her stupid white horse.
"What do you think it'll be like?" Hikari suddenly asked, causing Tsubomi to sit up straight and Yaya to tense, having an idea of what was on the blonde's mind already. "Having boys at the school, I mean."
Yaya slumped down in her seat, already checking out of the conversation, and felt an uncomfortable twinge in the pit of her stomach when Tsubomi seemed to perk up at Hikari's question.
"Well," Tsubomi began in a tell-tale know-it-all tone, "Before I came to Spica, I went to a co-ed school, so I guess it'll just feel kind of nostalgic. But there are pluses to having boys around."
"Like what?" Hikari asked, and Yaya felt a stab of spite towards her best friend for egging Tsubomi's enthusiasm on.
Tsubomi bit her lip. "Well, for starters, some girls find it easier to talk to boys than other girls," she said. "They don't take everything so seriously and I've heard that relationships are much less complicated with boys."
Yaya actually scoffed at this, causing Tsubomi to shoot her a venomous glare. "You're just spouting off stereotypes, midget, I doubt you've ever even had a boyfriend," she stated bluntly, meeting Tsubomi's glare with an unreadable expression.
Tsubomi blinked several times- she had no idea what Yaya's reaction was about, nor would she have expected such a snappish remark from her usually happy-go-lucky sempai. Then she flushed, realizing what Yaya had said. "I'll have you know that I have had a boyfriend before, Yaya-baka," she snapped, even though it was a lie; she had to defend her pride somehow. The brunette's eyes darkened with something Tsubomi couldn't place before Yaya looked away from her, staring petulantly out at nothing in particular. The pinkette rolled her eyes and turned back to Hikari, who was biting her lip, watching the brunette worriedly.
"You have to admit that it would be a change, right, Hikari-sempai?" Tsubomi asked, deliberately ignoring the pouting brunette beside her. Yaya huffed loudly, causing the pinkette to glare her into silence again. "What is your problem, Yaya-baka?" the younger girl asked, finally turning to acknowledge Yaya. "They're not even here yet, you can't possibly hate them already. And even if they were, it's not like Yaya-sempai to hate someone for no reason," Tsubomi said, her tone becoming softer and more confused as she spoke, frowning at Yaya, who stared stubbornly ahead of her.
"I don't see why they have to come here in the first place," the brunette muttered, shifting uncomfortably in her seat. Tsubomi sighed.
"Whatever, Yaya-baka," she replied, "Just try and behave, they'll be here tonight!"
Yaya grumbled under her breath, unable to overlook the way Tsubomi's eyes lit up in excitement, her tone lighter than usual.
"They're just boys," she muttered, causing Hikari to give her a sympathetic smile. The blonde had somewhat caught on to Yaya's plight, and rubbed her arm comfortingly, which served to elicit a very quiet growl from a certain pinkette on the brunette's other side, one that, luckily, Yaya was too preoccupied to catch.
I am sooo sick guys, I can't stop coughing (which is weird for me) and I feel dizzy and like I could pass out any time and I'm not even drugged up. Ugh, this is the FOURTH time I've been sick this winter, and I NEVER get sick.