A/N: well this one is one of those 'a-day-in-the-life-of...' fics (aka slice of life), and personally i fink its a bit boring but its suppose to give a sort of peaceful life impression on u guys, so hopefuli it does

Voluntary Submission

She knows, and she's using it to manipulate me.

She has found my weakness and she is utilizing it to her own benefit.

On a warm autumn afternoon, the sun had begun its descent into the horizon, casting its light across the land and into my quaint little apartment in Fuuka. Through the unclosed curtain of the balcony's sliding glass doors, it shone through and I was basked in the reflected light of the setting sun.

At that time I was sitting on our two seater couch completely immersed in the small book I held.

With the clinking of keys and the sounds of the lock it opened, a beautiful voice rang through my tranquil atmosphere.

"Hey, Shizuru. I've come to pick you up." The heavenly blue-haired deity announced as she moved from my apartment threshold to the open lounge in which I reside.

I tore my eyes away from the intriguing book to pay attention to my girlfriend that deserved equal if not more attention.

"Ara? Isn't it a bit early to go to Mai's event? We have at least an hour and a half, Natsuki." I mentioned as she sat down on the other end of the couch, less than half a metre away.

"Ah, yeah I thought we could spend a bit of time together before we go…" My Natsuki said adorably, while sporting an almost miss able blush on her cheeks, her eyes averted momentarily to the book in my hand.

"Natsuki, is so sweet, but would you mind if I finish this chapter first?"

"Sure." She said before leaning forward to the coffee table and picking up the motorcycle magazine she brought last time.

We sat in peaceful silence, with only the occasional rustling of paper was heard as we turned the pages of our reading material. As minutes passed the orange sunlight creped from the tips of our toes to the base of our necks, then the silence was broken. Not with words, but with unfamiliar movements.

With only a flick of my eyes that moved away from the words I was reading, I gathered that Natsuki was finished with her magazine and had plopped the article onto the coffee table. I returned to my story hoping to read faster so I wouldn't keep my dear Natsuki waiting. But I was perplexed by a gentle nudging between my free arm closest to Natsuki and my lap on which it laid.

I raised my arm up, without once stopping in my reading and felt one of the small cushions I have on the couch, placed onto my lap and not long after a weight on top. I put my arm back down and my hand instinctively began to stroke the midnight blue hair that it found.

I said the atmosphere was tranquil or peaceful before, but compared to now it was absolute chaos.

I don't think I could feel anymore at ease than right now – sitting comfortably with Natsuki lying next to me, using my lap as her pillow whilst drawing little circles and shapes on my knee. She lay with her face looking away from me, allowing me full access to her luscious hair to which I stroked and toyed with. All the while we sat in the light of the settling sun.

After a few moments, she turned to face up towards me.

"Neh, Shizuru." She said softly.

"Hm?" I hummed in reply, not once taking my sights off my book.

'The faster I finish, the sooner I can give my full attention to my Natsuki.' I thought but my attention was taken when I felt the weight of her head leave my lap and that my arm that laid lazily on top of her, and was playing with her hair, slid off her frame as she pushed herself up.

I turned my gaze to my girlfriend.

She was now sitting, her body twisted so we could look at each other straight in the eyes, her arms slipped around my waist as she dipped her head to the crook of my neck and she murmured:

"Can we not go to karaoke with Mai? Can we just stay in and watch a movie or something?"

She followed her request with nuzzling her face into my neck before looking back up to my face with her irresistible expectant eyes.

My heart melted then and there. From my angle she looked so submissive and vulnerable, her voice was soft and gentle and her eyes sparkled with the love she had for me.

I snapped my book shut and let it slip and fall onto the carpeted floor; I gently wrapped my arms around my girlfriend and gave her a squeeze and a peck on the forehead.

"Whatever Natsuki says." I replied tenderly.

"Shizuru, your book." Natsuki mentioned returning her voice back to her normal, strong and confident tone.

"It doesn't matter, Natsuki."I gave her a quick peck on the nose. "Look, let's watch the sun set." I, then motioned to the half set sun.

Natsuki twisted her body, unwrapping and rewrapping her arms around me, so that she could sit properly beside me while we held each other and watch the golden orb disappear into the horizon.

She knows my weakness and she knows she can manipulate me with it, but if this is how she will use it then I am more than willing to be manipulated.

A/N: originally 'voluntary submission' refers to natsuki's deliberately acting submissive to get out of going to mai's party and escaping an embarrassing night, but then I thought id put it in Shizuru's POV and to me i fink shes smart enuff to pick up on Natsuki's scheme and would just let it be (cos she enjoys it).

So in the end 'Voluntary Submission' refers to both Natsuki and Shizuru in this fic