"You know what I just realised?" Kyoko pondered aloud.

Yui glanced at her, but didn't respond otherwise. Her mind was mostly occupied by what happened yesterday, so she didn't even bother with an answer as she turned back to her notes.

"Nanoha is totally a pedophile."

...Now that got Yui's attention. "What?"

"Nanoha." Kyoko repeated. "She's totally a pedophile."

Yui paused, swivelling in her desk chair to face Kyoko, who was lying on her bed. "Nanoha? From Magical Lyrical Nanoha?"

"Uh huh." Kyoko smiled, glad she finally had Yui's attention.

Yui thought about it for a moment, before she shook her head. "How? She never makes advances on any kids that I remember."

"She totally does." Kyoko grinned triumphantly.

"Some gross doujinshi where she sleeps with Vivio does not count as canon."

"No, I'm talking about Fate."

Yui paused. "Fate's not a child though, she's the same age as Nanoha."

"Ah, but that's where you're wrong." Kyoko waggled a finger. "Fate's a clone, right? She's actually only, like, two or three years old in the first series, but because she's a clone and has the memories of her dead sister, you think she's eight or nine like Nanoha."

Yui thought about it. "That's true… but it still doesn't necessarily mean Nanoha slept with someone under age."

"Alright, so Fate's like six or seven years younger than Nanoha, right? And let's assume they didn't do it until they were sixteen, that would make Fate actually nine years old."

Yui frowned. "What about if they waited till they were twenty? The legal age is thirteen in Japan."

"But they weren't in Japan when they were twenty. They were on Midchilda, and most countries have the age of consent around sixteen, right?"

Yui shrugged. "I guess."

"So Fate would still be underage by their standards."

Yui frowned. "But that wouldn't matter would it? Fate has the body and mind of someone of consenting age."

Kyoko shook her head. "A prosecutor would just say that'd make a dangerous legal precedent, where anyone could abduct a mature looking girl, insert her head with the memories of someone older than her, and bam! Legal pedophillia."

Despite herself, Yui couldn't help but shake her head at the idea. "Well, it was never confirmed that Nanoha and Fate were together, so-"

The blonde just blew a derisive raspberry. "As if. There's no way Takamachi wasn't, you know, 'testaing her rossa'. I mean, have you seen the way she's drawn in Strikers? Who could sleep in the same bed as that and not do it?"

The shorter haired girl, shrugged. "I could."

"You don't count," Kyoko waved her off.

Yui raised an eyebrow. "Why don't I count?"

"Because you're wierd and all… not-sexual."

"...What do you mean by that?"

"I mean Chinatsu was throwing herself at you from the moment she met you, and never once did you even consider tapping that!" Kyoko pouted. "If she wasn't gonna do it with me, the least you could have done was tell me what it was like!"

Rolling her eyes, Yui turned around to face her notebook again. "If I slept with Chinatsu, you only would have gotten jealous."

"As if I would be so petty."

Yui considered herself an expert when it came to giving people flat looks, and in her head she rated the one she directed at Kyoko a 6.0 out of 10.

Sadly, the blonde never really seemed to appreciate how masterful her best friend was at her chosen art form. "What's with you anyway? You're really pretty, but even Akari gets more action than you do."

"I think it's perfectly acceptable for me not to literally throw myself at any girl who's so much as kinda cute." Yui answered coolly, her back turned.

"But it's booooooring." Kyoko whined. "Come on! We're in highschool now, hormones going crazy, body's finally blooming, and best of all, this is the time of experimentation in many an innocent young girl's life! We're from Nanamori, Yui! Nanamori. We've already been there, we're experienced veterans of the art! It'd be so easy to stroll in and just clean up. We could have like, two, no, three girls on each arm if we wanted!"

Yui briefly considered giving Kyoko another flat look, but decided against it because she was concerned it might be so perfect that it might cause reality to inverse itself, thusly imploding and destroying everything that ever was or will be. "Do you even hear yourself?"

There was a brief pause, before the bow wearing girl asked, "So… do you want to try it?"

"Do I wanna try turning the entire school into my harem?" Yui rolled her eyes and scribbled something down. "Absolutely. I cannot wait to start."

"Bah, you're no fun." Another moment's quiet. "Wanna try something else then?"

"Whatever it is, no."

"No, I'm really asking… Do you want to, you know, experiment a little?"

Yui paused in her scribbling, before turning her seat back around to see if Kyoko was seriously asking that. She was surprised to find the blonde had moved from the bed and standing in front of her, observing the black haired girl the same way she observed other girls.

"...You're really pretty." She murmured, reaching forwards to touch Yui's face.

Getting over her initial surprise, Yui grabbed the other girl's hand before its fingers brushed her face. "What do you think you're doing?"

Kyoko shrugged. "Sorry I… I've just never really done anything like that with someone before, you know? I want to find out what it's like."

Sighing, Yui let go of her hand. "Look, if you're really serious about all this teen-love junk, just ask someone to be your girlfriend."

The shorter girl frowned, before a flash of inspiration appeared in her eyes and she said, "Okay. Wanna be my girlfrie-"

"Absolutely not."

Kyoko pouted and scuffed her foot. "Why aren't there any cute girls who are interested in me?"

"..." Yui took a calming breath, forcing down the urge to scream, Ayano! Ask out Ayano! at the top of her lungs. Now is the time to try and calmly direct Kyoko towards the answer, not bludgeon her with it. "Well, first of all, who would you like to go out with."

Kyoko shrugged. "I dunno, someone pretty I guess."

Yui nodded. An answer as poorly thought out as any she had come to expect. "Then who are the pretty girls in our year?"

"Hm… there's that girl with the blue hair who's on the softball team."

"She's already got a boyfriend," Yui lied. "Anyone else?"

"That foreign girl in class C is super cute."

Yui winced. "I think she's pretty rich, and out of your league."

"Hm…" Kyoko frowned. "This is trickier than I thought."

"...You know who's actually pretty?" Yui prompted after a moment.

Kyoko's eyes widened in surprise, looking towards her best friend in glee. "You actually noticed someone?"

The raven haired girl winced. "No, I was just saying she's pretty-"

"Who is it?" Kyoko continued excitedly. "Do you have a crush on her? Do I know her? Is she from Nanamori?"

Sighing and giving up, Yui turned around to face her desk.

"...Is it Ayano?"

Her back stiffened.

"Aww… that's so cute!" The blonde giggled. "And I think she has a crush on you."

...How on earth could she think that? "...How on earth could you think that?"

"I dunno." She shrugged happily.

At the moment, Yui had a premonition. A scary one. One were Kyoko, operating under the impression Yui had eyes for Ayano, decided to be a good friend and not ask out the tsundere. So Ayano would spend days and weeks wondering over why she was suddenly being pushed towards Yui, all the while concerns built as romantic interests conflicted, creating an unending stream of awkward situations, unresolved sexual tension, and circulating rumors. This would go on until Ayano finally worked up the courage to confess to Kyoko, who would turn her down for the sake of sparing Yui's imagined feelings. The result would be a painful, heart-wrenching stalemate until someone discovered that the other was moving away, or a similar outside influence forced an act of desperation that finally cleared the air once and for all.

No. I am NOT going to be part of that.

After a moment of pinching the bridge of her nose, Yui stood up and grabbed Kyoko by the shoulders, staring straight into her eyes. "I need you to understand this implicitly. I have never had any interest in Ayano, or anyone else in my entire life. More than that, I know with absolute certainty that Ayano doesn't have a crush on me."

"Uh… okay?" Kyoko winced. "You're uh, holding me kinda hard…"

"Listen. To me." Yui hissed. "I have no interest in anyone, and Ayano has had a crush on you since the first year of middle school."

"...Really?" Kyoko looked confused, before a pained look came over her face as Yui's grip tightened again.

"Yes. Really." She took a calming breath, before letting go of her friend and sitting back down. She added, "Everyone knows. She's terrible at hiding it."

"...That can't be true."

At that moment, entirely by coincidence, the pen in Yui's hand snapped. "Just ask her out, already."

"...Are you sure that's a good idea?" Kyoko said after a moment.

Turning in her chair, Yui listed the relevent factors on her fingers. "She's pretty, and she's interested in you. She meets both your qualifications."

"...Does she really have a crush on me?" Kyoko frowned. "I think I would have noticed."

After a moment Yui said, "But you agree she's pretty?"

The blonde nodded after a moment. "Yeah, I hadn't noticed before but you're right. She's actually super hot."

"And she's from Nanamori, right? Which means chances are she likes other girls, right?"

"That's true…" Kyoko considered for a moment.

"So, it would be good idea for you to ask her out, right?" The taller girl prodded.

"...Are you sure you don't have a crush-"

"Yes. I'm sure."

After a few moments, Kyoko smiled and happily took out her phone. "Alright, I guess I'll see if she's interested."

Thank god. Yui turned around to face her desk, once more, while Kyoko dug out her phone.

Ayano was studying at home when her phone buzzed. Taking it out of her pocket and checking the screen, she was vaguely surprised to see a text from Kyoko there. A large part of her instantly went into panic mode, afraid that the blonde had noticed her strange behaviour from the other day and was now confronting her about it. On the other hand, some small part of her was super hyped about getting a text from Kyoko.

Summoning up all her courage and excitement with a nervous gulp, Ayano tapped the screen to open it.

where r u now?

Oh. Well that was innocent enough.

Kinda disappointing actually.

Kyoko was probably going to invite Ayano to something she and Yui had probably cooked up. Another day at the beach would be fun, right? Or maybe hanging out to study? She's not going to rope me into another one of those anime conventions, is she?

With just a touch of trepidation, Ayano replied simply, at home. y?

cool. do u wanna go out?

Ayano froze. She stared at the screen for almost ten minutes, not fully understanding what she just read. Did… did Kyoko just ask her out on a date? Blushing she shook her head, and said to herself, "Oh, Kyoko must mean as friends. I can read way too far into things sometimes."

Thus she answered, sure. can i invite chitose?

wow lol ;) I didn't know u 2 were like that. im cool 2 share

"...Like what?" Ayano said after a moment. "Good friends? Yes, Chitose and I are very good friends. What does she mean by 'share'?"

how do u wanna share her? The purplette asked.

wow, ur fast. um, im not experienced, wot do u suggest?

"What is she talking about?" Ayano frowned. "Isn't she friends with Yui?"

wot about yui?

It was a few minutes before Kyoko answered. um. im ok with that, but i dont think yui will be. let me ask.

A few short seconds later, Ayano's phone rang. The screen told her it was Yui ringing, so she answered. "Hello?"

"Hey Ayano, it's Yui." She sounded even more exasperated than usual. "Just checking to be sure, but are you propositioning me and Kyoko for casual sex?"

"What?!" Ayano shrieked, the phone falling out of her hands. Fumbling to grab it, she bounced it from one hand palm to the other before finally catching it between her knees. She held it back up to her ears and squeaked, "What made you think that?!"

"I thought that was the case." Ayano could practically hear the eyes rolling in Yui's sockets. "I'm gonna put Kyoko on, just give me a moment to write some cue-cards or something."

"Cue cards? Wha-" Whatever she was about to say was cut off by the sound of discussion and movement as the phone was transferred to someone else.

"Hi Ayano." A familiar voice answered after a moment.

"T-t-toshino Kyoko," Ayano stuttered with another furious blush. "D-d-did you really think I was… was…" Oh god, she couldn't even finish that sentence.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Yui wants me to tell you I'm an idiot, but that doesn't make sense because I'm a genius and-"

"What did you actually want?" She cut across Kyoko, covering her eyes and eternally grateful that no one could see her blush.

"Well, I wanted to ask if you wanted to go on a date."

"..."

"...Hello? Are you still there?"

"I'm sorry, I think I just misheard you." Ayano said after a moment. "Could you repeat that?"

"Uh… do you wanna go on a date?"

"Like… a friends date?"

"No. I mean like a girlfriend's date."

"...You mean that as girls who are friends, right?"

"...No?" Kyoko sounded confused now. "I mean romantically. As in, kissing, holding hands, we go out to dinner or see a movie or something like that? You know, like… girlfriends?"

"...You're at Yui's place right now, aren't you?"

"Yeah? But listen, I don't think you understand-"

The line cut as someone on the other end hung up. After a few minutes, Kyoko couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed. She was really starting to warm up to the idea of dating Ayano. The former President was cute, funny, and really pretty now that she thought about it. And smart too, though obviously not as smart as Kyoko herself, but who was, right? That shouldn't be held against her.

She tried ringing her again, but all she got was Ayano's answering machine. Frowning to herself, she pocketed her phone and fell down onto Yui's bed.

"How'd it go?" Yui asked over her shoulder.

"...She hung up on me."

"Really?" Yui sounded surprised.

"Yeah." Kyoko rolled onto her side, frowning. "She's… she's still going to let me be friends with her, right?"

Yui was silent, before replying, "Are you okay?"

The blonde answered with a shrug. "It's not like a had a crush on her, it's just… once you pointed it out it seemed like a really cool idea, you know?" She glanced at Yui, who was in her pokerface mode. Grimacing, Kyoko looked away. She didn't feel like talking to her is she was just gonna sit there and act vaguely annoyed like she always did…

After a few moments awkward silence, the sound of pen on paper started back up as Yui resumed her study. "I'm sorry."

Kyoko didn't answer at first. "I guess I'm just really disappointed."

"I guess."

"You said she had a crush on me for a long time, right?"

"Mmhm."

"...Maybe I waited too long, and now she just hates me? She was acting really weird yesterday and..."

There was a sigh, before Kyoko heard the sound of a pen being dropped. A moment later, Yui was standing above her. "Come on," she knocked her head towards the door. "Let's go get some ice cream or something. It's supposed to be good for heartbreak, right?"

Kyoko pouted playfully as she sat up. "You're paying, right?"

The taller girl snorted.

"Aw come on, my poor old heart was torn in two because of your advice."

"That a fact?" Yui helped Kyoko to her feet. "I guess some meager recompense might be owed." She shrugged after a moment. "As long as you don't splurge and get something more expensive, sure."

"Free food!" Kyoko cheered, slipping on her shoes to go outside.

"I can see how devastated you are."

"Too late, no take backs!" Kyoko threw open the apartment door, and was just about to step out when Ayano charged up the stairs to their floor.

The blonde didn't even get the time to blink in confusion before she was thrown against a wall and her lips were forced apart by Ayano's. For a moment, it was all she could do to stand there with her eyes wide with shock and stare at the other girl, whose eyes were closed as she flushed from running. Eventually a coherent thought finally formed itself.

I am okay with this.

Eventually, Ayano broke it off, panting heavily. She stared at Kyoko, her face pink after running all the way from her own place, and blushing with embarrassment at her actions. Then her jaw set in determination, and Kyoko was pushed against the wall again, with a finger pointed warningly in her face.

"We're girlfriends now, got it?" Ayano said firmly, still beet red.

Kyoko nodded enthusiastically.

Ayano continued. "That means we're mutually exclusive now too, right?"

Another nod. "O-okay."

"You didn't kiss anyone, or date anyone that's not me! And you don't get overly cozy with them either! Hugs are okay, but no touching them anywhere that's not strictly appropriate, and my hand is the only one you can hold, unless they're a small child. Got it?"

"S-sure."

"And we're dating now, so we're seeing a movie tonight. You can pick."

"...I am okay with this."

"Good." Ayano smiled at her briefly, before throwing herself into another kiss, which Kyoko was happy to respond to.

Yui stood there, watching the two of them for a moment before rolling her eyes. "Not heartbroken anymore I take it?"

Her only response was an enthusiastic thumb up from a distracted Kyoko.

Smirking to herself, Yui pulled the door shut and left them to their business.

AN: Okay, so none of the main plot really happened this chapter, but I wanted to get Kyoko and Ayano's relationship kick started this chapter to make room for Yui in the next few chapters.

Remember, with Kyoko and Ayano I'm aiming for terrible but kinda sweet with their relationship. Let me know if the comedy parts of the story are working, because I'm kinda worried that it's not very funny so far.

Also, some people might say Ayano was acting OOC to which I'd reply… eh. Probably. But I don't think that's very important really, because to be honest none of the characters in the show actually get flushed out with a lot of depth. There are hints here and there, but nothing confirmatory really. In my mind, it's easily plausible that Ayano's been bottling up her feelings for Kyoko for so long that occasionally they'd overcome her shyness and make her do something she wouldn't usually do. Plus, I think it's cute.

See you next update.