That one night was about all Mai could take, so when the morning dawned, she quickly dressed herself and prepared herself to head to the Infirmary and check on Makoto- she outta be good to go by now, right?

Beastkins heal fast. But then…

Mai was trying not to think about the events of last night… she failed, miserably, sighing in dismay. That girl was going to drive her nuts, that was for sure, if she didn´t do something about it.

Even when she woke up earlier, seeing Noel`s hair spike into all directions and drool leaking out of her mouth- the sight of that was breathtaking to her and her heart melted in an instant. Something that has happened before when looking at Noel, because that girl just managed to look naturally adoreable. Its never been this bad though, Mai looked over at her gracious movements when she stretched, came out of bed and….

"Mai!" Noel complained. "I can`t get dressed if you´re… watching me!"

Oh. Right. Grinning stupidly, Mai turned around and instantly recalled last night- how every touch made her tingle, how her breath tickled her skin… damnit, she was going nuts already.

Finally, Noel was fully dressed and they could both head out, straight to the infirmary.

"WHAAAA?!" Noel and Mai squealed out in unison. "A whole week?!"

"Yeah." Makoto answered in a hoarse voice, still having trouble to breath. "Beastkins heal fast, but we´re not superman." She didn`t say anything else, as a coughing fit came up instead, bringing Tsubaki to quickly rush to her side and help.

A whole week, it rang in Mai`s head. Seven days, including today… part of Mai wanted to scream out dramatically… after seven days of this she was surely insane. Another part wanted to strangle Makoto for being so reckless, and a third part wanted to thank her, then strangle her to prolong her illness, and with that her time with Noel, even further.

"Mai, that's…" Noel started, looking a bit insecure, but the blue haired girl was running on autopilot at this point and took her hand, forcing her to stop.

"Noel, please stay in my room for the rest of the week." She babbled out without thinking about it, and a second later a firey red blush came up on her cheeks, forcing Makoto to laugh in a painful manner.

"Eh..? Eeeeehhh?" The blonde blinked, staring at her. "You… you want me to..? I thought you hated it…" "No, that.. that totally changed last night. I like it." Mai admitted, getting even redder.

Tsubaki and Caljun stared at the two, unsure what to think of this situation, while Makoto, knowingly, grinned wide and coughed up a giggle.

Clueless about everything, Noel shrugged. "Well.. okay, sure. If you want me to, i`ll stay with you."

As nightfall came, Mai came into her room later than expected- Emma`s lessons really dragged on today, far longer than needed, and Noel had already arrived before her... Coming into the room without knocking, the blonde girl was in the middle of changing- her skirt already on the ground, she was half bent over to pick up her pyamas from the ground... causing Mai´s nose to explode into bloodshed as she was greeted with a full frontal view of Noel´s firm, round, panty clad buttcheeks, the little buldge of her crotch in plain sight as well, close enough to touch.

"Guh...!" Was all she could utter, rapidly closing the door behind her with her nose covered. As Noel turned around, her face in a state of shock- but then she relaxed with a smile."Oh, its just you... whats wrong?"

"Nothing." Mai said with her nose firmly closed. A single sweatdrop pearled down her head. What the hell would she have done if it was Jin instead?! She couldn´t believe this woman."Its just that the door wasn´t locked and the first thing i saw was your half naked butt." That caused Noel to blink and again, turn beet red, but it looked healthlier this time. "Well, thank god it was just you.."

Mai quickly placed a hand on her shoulder and sighed. "Nevermind it, Noel."

She let go of the girl fairly quickly, not wanting to risk getting even more turned on before the night started, and instead locked the door in case someone else DID come to their room.

Mai kicked off her shoes and sat down on the bed, continuing to watch Noel. "Don´t worry about me.. Just keep changing."

The blonde blinked. "O...kay?" Sure enough, Noel pulled her top off and over her head, exposing her firm stomatch and well trained back, as well as the small, but perky and certainly enjoyable hills that were covered by a white bra. Just when Mai thought the show was getting good, she tossed it into a laundry basket and was about to put her pyjama pants on, as Mai´s hand shot out and took her wrist, stopping her.

That simply wouldn´t do... not today. Not when the door was locked and everyone else was already asleep... She stood up, walking over to Noel and tugging the pants out of her hand.

"Huh...?! Mai, what..." Noel stuttered, blinking repeatedly. "I... i need those.."

Hormones taking over, Mai pulled her into a hug from behind. "Not today you don´t." Her voice was more like a breath, nearly hoarse from repressing it so much. "Do you even know what you did to me, last night?" The blonde girl shook her head, Mai´s hand on her stomatch told her about the breaths getting irregular, the heartrate increasing rapidly...

"You made me come. You made me climax.. just from a few little strokes. I couldn´t stop thinking about it...!" This was it, the magic point where the girl just exploded into red embarressment.

"Wh...what?! I... i didn´t... i didn´t mean..."

A finger touched her lips, sending a shock down her spine.

"Shh. Its okay. I didn´t mind... but... i think.. i think i need more of this." Mai´s voice almost didn´t come out anymore, just the sheer thought she was talking like this to Noel was madness. "Please, i... i don´t know if we should do this..."

The two girls blinked as they said that at the same time. Looking down, slowly, small smiles appeared on their lips.

"...You... you like me, don´t you..." Mai concluded, quietly.

For a while, Noel said nothing, but a faint nod was the answer. "Everyone hates my food... so many people nag me because i´m small and stupid... and even Makoto is playing me for a fool, but.. but you... you´re such a nice friend, and you love my cooking, its... how.. how can i not... like you like this..?" She squeaked out the last part of the sentence and was about to burst into tears, when Mai´s lips crushed onto hers, sealing her distress behind a wall of bliss. Mai could feel all of her thoughts, all of her desires due to her ability, something she simply couldn`t repress- but at times like this, it was a good, reassuring thing to know how she felt. How long she`d felt that way... it seemed like it wasn´t something that just started yesterday. She could imagine it was something shared among the others, but Mai only wanted her... as her lips parted with Noel to catch a breather, the blonde girl turned tomato red.

"Wha... I... Mai.. what... we..." Noel stuttered, stumbling backwards to sit on the bed with wide eyes that stared at her friend. "We can`t just..."

"Shh." Mai replied, kneeling down to face her. "Its okay. We don´t need to tell the others about this... it`ll be our secret." A smile curled her lips, and after a short while, Noel`s face was also adorned with one again.

"O..okay.. But, but I gotta warn you, Makoto is really good at figuring secrets out..."

Mai groaned a little. "I think she knows it already... that face of hers earlier told the whole story."

Instead of letting this continue further though, she smiled widely and gently took hold of Noel`s wrists, pushing her down onto the bed, her feet still planted on the ground as she kissed her deeply and carefully.

She could feel the girl`s breath quicken, her skin heating up as Mai´s fingers began to wander over her arms and shoulders, her toned belly, her thighs...

The blue haired girl touched her everywhere with her lips, following the trail of her fingers and inhaling the scent of the girl underneath her with each taste, one that made her super taste go wild.

Desire. Need. Lust, unknown until now. Those were the things she tasted when licking over Noel`s skin, as it was growing hot and sweaty- a gasp, a pant heard every so often.

Playfully, Mai decided to trace her tattoo with the tip of her tongue, causing her to squeal out a little-

"Noel... I´ll.. i`ll take it off, okay..?" She asked, a bit breathless as she finally had her hands above the girl´s bra.

…

No answer.

"Noel...?"

The blonde girl had her eyes closed for some time, but it couldn`t be-

She rolled over, quietly breathing while muttering something unaudiable.

"..."

Her left eyebrow twitching, Mai´s mouth was left open in silent frustration. So close... so close, and she just falls asleep..?!

...that was so like her.

Sighing once, deep and with all her might, Mai decided to call it a night, carefully pushing Noel all the way onto the bed before she changed into her pyjamas herself, lying down next to her.

"Good night, Noel." She whispered before turning off the lights.