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A/N: Thanks for the reviews! :D and I know the story might be confusing at times but when I say Minako, it means Rei inside Minako's body and vice versa… For those who subscribed and reviewed this story, jedicaro, DaPyro's Love, MinaRayeFan, MKW and sailor-ice and TPOLAAPOC… thanks a lot! I really appreciate it! :D
Minako entered the grocery store and it took her a few minutes before spotting the Aino's and Rei huddled up near the vegetable section of the store.
'Why are the Aino's hugging Mina? And is she crying?' Minako thought as she walked towards the group. Mrs. Aino saw her and gestured for her to walk faster and she did. When Minako was near enough, Mr. Aino pulled her towards the group hug.
'What in Kami's name is going on? Too much mushiness… makes me… itch a little…' Minako was fighting the urge to scratch herself and Rei saw this and chuckled. Finally after a few more seconds, the Aino's let go of the two girls.
"What was that for?" Minako inquired at the two adults as Rei was pushed by Mrs. Aino to move closer to the blonde. The blonde was scratching something on her arms and at the back of her neck. The miko saw this and took the free hand of the blonde and interlaced her fingers with the latter. Minako immediately stopped scratching and they both blushed.
"Oh nothing," Mr. Aino winked at Minako.
Mrs. Aino moved closer to Minako and whispered, "We already talked to her. It's your turn to make a move, my little princess. Just want to let you know that whatever the outcome is with you and your lovely miko over here… we will support you because we love you…"
Minako's blush turned a darker shade of red. Rei chuckled and squeezed the blonde's hand a little.
"Shall we get moving? I'm planning on having Sukiyaki for dinner…" Mrs. Aino started moving on pushing the cart as she goes. Mr. Aino followed and winked at the two girls.
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"Hey girls… What are your plans tomorrow?" Mr. Aino asked the two girls while getting the dirty dishes on the table.
"I haven't thought about it, M… dad. I was thinking maybe I could help out at the shrine since Gra… Rei's grandfather is still in Kyoto," answered Minako.
"Maybe after checking up on the shrine, we could meet our friends and just hang out," followed Rei.
"Oh. Okay," replied the adult.
"Were you planning something?" Minako asked as she wiped the table.
"Actually your mom and I were planning to go around Tokyo tomorrow and maybe the day after that too. Is that ok with you?" Mr. Aino went beside Minako as he said this.
Minako looked at Rei and the miko just nodded. "It's okay. I have Rei to keep me company anyway," Minako blushed as she realized she blurted out what she thought instead of 'It's okay since you've been away for too long.'
Mr. Aino saw the reaction of her daughter and whispered, "That's the spirit my dear! Go and get her!" Minako then slugged the arm of Mr. Aino, earning her a laugh instead of anger.
"We're planning to leave before dawn so both of you shouldn't get up. We'll just leave a note at the fridge," Mr. Aino then went to kitchen to hand the dirty dishes to his wife.
"We'll finish up the cleaning. Both of you should go to bed. But wash up first, okay?" Mrs. Aino shouted at the kitchen.
"Yes ma'am!" both of the girls shouted and went to Minako's room.
Minako was kneeling as she tries to find some clothes on Rei's duffle bag to wear for the night as Rei was sitting on the edge of the bed. After a minute, Minako found a white shirt, a short shorts and some underwear for her to wear. She then sat beside Rei and laid her head to the miko's shoulders.
Rei grinned and devil horns seemed to pop out of her head and thought, 'I think it's time to make a move!'
"You know Rei, I'm getting used to taking baths in this body…" she then turned to Minako and took the blonde's chin and pulled it towards her, their faces only centimeters apart. "You really do have a sexy body, my Reiko… I especially like your abs… I didn't know you had such a sculptured stomach…" she continued seductively.
Minako stood up from where she sat, her body froze while gripping the clothes. "I think… I'll take… my… bath… tomorrow…" she stuttered as she fought the nose bleed as she couldn't help but think about Minako's body. 'I can't think about these things right now!'
Rei also stood up and hugged Minako on her back and continued, "Why all flustered my beautiful miko? Are you enjoying taking a bath in my body too?" The miko was now playing with hems of the shirt of Minako as her grin becomes wider. One hand of the miko slipped inside and touched the blonde's stomach.
Minako looked petrified when Rei touched her abdomen. The miko suddenly felt suddenly nervous.
"Rei? Hey Rei! I was just joking…" Rei turned to see the frozen blonde and panicked. Minako looked petrified and blood was slowly dripping from the blonde's nose. 'Maybe my tactic was a bit harsh… Shit! What do I do now?' Rei thought as she tried to get her hanky on one of her pockets to wipe the blood.
After several minutes, the miko thought, 'Maybe I should call someone… She's not moving at all and her nose is still bleeding!' Rei panicked as she tried to eye where her phone was while still wiping the blood from the blonde's nose. 'I can't call Haruka, she'll just tease me and I won't be able to talk seriously with Michiru while Haruka is annoying her. Can't call Usa either. Ami? Nah… she'll just blush away the whole conversation! Fuck this, I'm going to call Mako!' she thought as she grabbed the phone from the desk.
"Moshi Moshi. Kino Mako…"
"MAAAKOOOO!"
"Wha… Mina? Why are you shouting?"
"Rei… is…"
"Rei is what? Mina? Is there something wrong?"
"…"
"Hey Mina! You're making me nervous! What's wrong?"
"Ano… I kind of joked around and now she's… petrified! She had not moved in her place for 15 minutes! What do I do?"
"First of all, what did you do to her?"
"Umm… I kind of said that I'm… getting used to bathing in her body and I… told her in a… seductive way?"
A small thud was heard from the other line and boisterous laughter after.
"Mako! I'm not joking! Rei… is petrified! Her nose still bleeding!" Rei's voice was now high pitched.
"Rei is everything alright in there? Did you shout?" Mr. Aino said as she knocked on Minako's bedroom door.
"Everything is alright, Da… Mr. Aino! We were just joking around! He-he…" The miko answered nervously. She tried to lean on the door so that Mr. Aino would have a hard time opening it if he tried.
"Oh okay then. Play nice my little kitties," Mr. Aino teased then left for the living room.
"Hey Mako! Are you still there? MAKO!"
Makoto was still laughing, after a moment she answered, "Yeah yeah, I'm still here. So what do you want me to do?"
"I don't know! That's why I called you!"
"Why me? Why didn't you call Haruka? She's better with this kind of stuff! And why didn't you call the others?"
"Haruka would just tease me and won't help in the process, Michiru would not be able to talk to me seriously while Haruka teases me in the background, Ami will just blush away the conversation and Usa… well you know Usa… She would just shout, 'Kawaiii'!" Rei sighed.
Makoto thought for a moment and said, "Well that's true." A small ruckus was heard from the other line. "Could you wait for one sec?" said Makoto then it seemed that she covered her phone and two incoherent voices were heard on the other line.
"Are you with someone, Mako?"
"…"
"MAKO!"
"What? Aaaa… No?"
"Then give your full attention to me! I need your help!"
"Well you're the one to blame here! Wait… I think I have a solution…"
"What?"
"Have you tried kissing her to get her out of the trance?"
Rei almost dropped the phone and said, "NO! Why would I even think of that right now?"
"Just try it! It always works on A… OUCH! (A small ruckus was heard on the background) Just kiss her!"
"Works on who?" Rei raised an eyebrow. The sounds from the other line seemed like Makoto was struggling on holding her own phone.
"Just kiss her! Never mind what I said!" Makoto's voice sounded nervous.
"Oh no no Mako! You won't get away that easily!" Rei said with an evil laugh.
"I have to go! Just kiss her, okay? Bye!"
"MAKO!" Rei gripped her phone then threw on the pile of clothes on the corner. "She won't get away with this tomorrow!" She then looked at Minako who still frozen on the spot, she noticed something and said, "At least the nose bleed had stopped." She then wiped the retaining blood on Minako's nose.
'Oh shit oh shit… Just try Mina! Just fucking try! You've got nothing to lose!' the miko thought as she leaned closer to the blonde. She then cupped both of hands to the face of Minako, closed her eyes and kissed her. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes and stepped away from the blonde.
"Mi…na?" Minako said as she slowly got out of the trance.
'Wow! It worked! Thank Kami!' thought Rei as she felt a sudden rush of heat on her face.
"Rei? I was just joking… I'm really sorry about what I said earlier…" Rei then hugged the blonde and nuzzled on the blonde's neck.
"Did you… just kiss me?" asked the blonde as she hugged back.
"Yes… Mako said… it would work… I didn't know what to do… because you froze and… I called her for help…" Rei said as she gripped Minako's shirt tighter and continued, "I'm sorry… about teasing you…"
"Oh," was all the blonde responded. She then stepped back, looked at Rei then hurriedly went to the bathroom to take a bath.
'I hope she's not angry with me…' Rei thought as she touched her lips and watched Minako go to the bathroom.
After an hour and a half, Minako got out of the bathroom fully clothed and was in deep thought. She then gestured to Rei that it was her turn to take a bath. The miko stood up from the bed and tried to talk to the blonde as the latter was still drying her hair with a towel. "Ummm… Rei… about what happened earlier…" the miko said.
Minako didn't respond immediately so Rei then turned to the bathroom to take a bath. The miko felt like bursting into tears until finally before she could enter the bathroom, Minako responded, "Let's talk about it after you wash up, okay?" She saw the blonde was gripping the towel and her hands looked like they were shaking.
"Okay," was the nervous reply of the miko, she then went to the bathroom and closed the door.
After an hour, Rei got out of the bathroom, also fully clothed as she noticed that blonde was already lying under the sheets of the bed and was reading some old manga. The miko then dried her hair with a hair dryer, combed it and laid beside the miko as she looked at her nervously.
"Umm… Rei?" the miko said as she tucked away some hair on the blonde's ear.
"Yes?" was all Minako said as she continued reading the manga.
"About earlier…"
"What about it?" the blonde's eyes were still at the manga.
"I didn't mean to…"
"So you didn't mean kissing me earlier? It didn't mean anything to you?" Minako put down the manga, moved to her side so she was facing the blonde.
"It's not that… It's just…" Rei couldn't continue what she was about to say, she was panicking and her thoughts were becoming incoherent.
"It's not what, Mina?" Minako then took Rei's chin by her left thumb and index finger and pulled it so that their faces were an inch apart. "You didn't mean this…" the blonde then closed the gap between them and kissed the miko. Rei was shocked for about 3 seconds and then she kissed back. After a minute, they had to part to breathe and Rei saw Minako smiling contentedly. The miko blushed a few shades of red and the blonde couldn't help but nervously laugh a bit.
Rei then composed herself thought 'Wow! I never thought she would make the first move seriously! Well here goes nothing…' and said, "About your question earlier…" Rei then took pulled Minako closer to her and kissed her passionately. It lasted longer that the first one and it ended as Rei playfully bit the lower lip of Minako before pulling away and said, "Does that answer your question if I meant it?" She then smiled seductively at the blonde.
"Hmmm… No. Please try to prove it again. I didn't quite get the point last time," responded Minako as she winked and smiled at the miko. Rei complied and it took several minutes before they stopped. Minako grinned as Rei hugged her.
"I didn't think I would pull that off," Minako said as she snickered.
"Pull what off?" Rei asked inquisitively.
"Make the first move and kiss you like that. I thought a lot about it when I was in the shower and I was so nervous when I got off the bathroom that's why I didn't want to talk about it that time. I even meditated when you were in the shower…" Minako then kissed the forehead of Rei.
"So are you finally confessing that you like me too? Do you really like me that way?" Rei looked at the blonde while pouting.
"No," Minako said flatly. Rei was shocked and was almost in tears when she added, "But I LOVE you that way, Mina."
"Ow!" the blonde shouted as she was slugged by Rei on her right arm.
Rei sighed and responded, "I love you too, Rei," as she kissed the cheek of the blonde.
"HA! I just kissed Aino Minako! And now she's my girlfriend! Beat that suckers!" Minako whisper shouted as she punched something invisible in the air.
After a moment of silence, "So are you going to tell me what happened the other day? Why you were late?" inquired the miko as she circled her fingers on the blonde's collar bone.
Minako then told her everything that happened that day with Senator Hino as Rei told everything what her parents revealed to her when they were grocery shopping.
"So that's why…" Minako trailed off as she smiled and kissed Rei. "I guess we both have our parent's blessing then!" Minako exclaimed.
Rei giggled. She then positioned herself on top of the blonde, looked at her lovingly and then kissed her. After kissing and playing for dominance for a while, Rei fell asleep on top of Minako as the latter embraced her as she fell asleep also.