Maid Moe Mugi
Two
Things were humming along nicely at Maid Latte, the maid cafe that Mugi had recently joined. The men and women coming there developed favorites among the maids, and Mugi had found her own niche as a 'ojou' maid. The role was that of a high class woman forced by circumstance to serve, bringing a added degree of dignity and reserve to the normal maid's activities. The young men, not to mention a few women, ate it up and Mugi was developing a regular client list.
"Mugi!" Yui Hirasawa waved cheerfully, her short brown hair falling around the cute girl's face as she walked up to the door.
"Yui," Mugi smiled warmly at her. She bowed in the doorway, "Welcome home, master!"
Yui blushed sweetly, looking flustered as she answered, "Thank you."
"Come on," Mugi smiled, "I'll take you to a table."
Yui looked around her wide eyed as she took in the busy cafe. From Mio's descriptions she had some idea what to expect, but Mio hadn't been able to convey the pure level of cute the staff managed. The sweet, frilly lace on the maid uniforms looked adorable, as did the old fashioned stockings and gloves they wore. Maybe it was Sawa-sense's influence but she could easily imagine wearing one of the costumes herself.
'They're kind of sexy, too,' Yui admitted as one of the more busty girls swept by, her blouse cut low enough to show cleavage.
"Here we go," Mugi smiled as she lead her to a table over to the side, lit by the sunlight from the window nearby. She handed Yui a menu as she warmly asked, "What would you like to drink?"
"Just some tea," Yui decided, feeling a bit amused to have Mugi serving her like this. It was a bit like teatime at the club, but different too. She could feel the eyes of male and female customers on them, not that she minded, as well as a few of the maids too.
"Mugi!" one of the waitresses hissed softly as Mugi went into the kitchen, "Who is that girl? She's adorable!"
Mugi chuckled at Subaru, looking over at her glasses wearing coworker. "She's a classmate," she told her, "and we're in a club together."
"Wow," Subaru shook her head, "the same club as Mio?" Mio had come in earlier that week and had drawn the eye of many of the staff. Unluckily Shinobu had gotten first dibs on Mio and seemed intent on ensnaring the young woman in a seductive web.
"Hmm," Mugi nodded. "We're all part of the light music club," she explained, "both Yui and Mio are our guitarists."
Subaru paused as she tried to imagine the girl with a guitar and grinned. "I bet she'd adorable on stage," she mused, her long green hair flowing over her shoulders.
"Especially in the costumes our teacher gets us to wear," Mugi agreed. She noticed the interested twinkle in her friend's eye and smiled as she offered, "I'm going on break to chat with Yui a bit. Do you want to take over?"
"Could I?' Subaru asked eagerly.
"Sure," Mugi agreed, carrying the tray for tea out to the table, Subaru following her closely in her more old fashioned style outfit.
"Hi there," Subaru smiled warmly at Yui as Mugi sat down beside her, "Mugi's taking her break, so I'll be serving you, mistress."
"Subaru," Mugi smiled slightly, "meet Yui."
Yui gave one of her sweet, innocent smiles as she said, "Nice to meet you!"
"What can I get you?' Subaru asked, her glasses glinting as she smiled.
"Could we get some of those tea cakes too?" Yui asked excitedly.
"It'll be just a moment," Subaru agreed, soon returning with them before moving off to serve her other regular customers.
Mugi smiled as they talked, leaning forward a bit as she chatted with Yui. Yui herself was warm and happy as she talked, occasionally waving a hand excitedly as they chatted. Subaru found both girls adorable, honestly, but she thought Yui might be more her type. Mugi was more reserved, she had noticed, while Yui seemed more outgoing and cute.
"Subaru," one of the male customers asked as she finished serving him, "could you show me that dance from last time?"
Subaru grit her teeth a moment but smiled warmly. One of the things they did working in a maid bar was develop talents they could demonstrate. Mugi was a ojou, Misaki was a tsundere and she had fallen back on dance classes. It wasn't much of a talent, but it was something.
Gracefully Subaru did two sidesteps and a turn, her skirt twirling around her. She slid back gracefully as she stood up straight, then turned as pulled a imaginary partner in towards her. It was a variation on ballroom dancing, of all things, but the customers liked it. She imagined a dance partner as she moved gracefully through the steps, the cafe growing silent as they watched.
"That's incredible," Yui breathed out, eyes wide.
"Isn't it," Mugi warmly agreed. She smiled slightly as she added, "She's even better with a partner, though."
"Really?" Yui looked at her, "maybe you two could dance."
Mugi blushed, "I have two left feet."
Subaru's skirt swirled around her as she returned to Mugi and Yui's table, blushing faintly. It was nice to dance, even if it was a bit embarrassing. "Can I get you a refill?" she asked the two girls politely.
"You're a wonderful dancer," Yui gushed excitedly.
"Thanks," Subaru smiled. A sudden thought occurred to her as she looked at Yui, "Would you like to try it?"
Before Yui could protest or decline Mugi gave her a gentle push, "Why not? It could be fun."
"Well, why not?" Yui got up, taking Subaru's hand as Subaru smiled charmingly.
Mugi jumped up, "Excuse me." A few seconds later she was there with the MP3 player from the back, grinning as she said, "Subaru, any requests?"
Subaru looked thoughtful, "Utena?"
"Oooh, I know the one!" Mugi exclaimed, flipping through files then hitting play.
A piano began to play as Subaru pulled Yui close, then swung out as they heard, "This rose is our destiny..."
Fangirls sighed happily as the two girls danced and swirled to 'Toki ni ai wa' from the Utena movie, Subaru smiling down at Yui as she girl followed her. Yui was a bit clumsy but Subaru compensated, both of them twirling around the hastily cleared area in the cafe. As the song flowed to a close Subaru dipped Yui, nearly kissing her before deciding to just stand then up again.
"Whoo-hoo!" Mugi cheered happily as the crowd applauded.
"Wow, that was..." Yui trailed off, grinning as Subaru walked her back to the seat.
"I enjoyed that too," Subaru agreed.
Mugi sighed dreamily, watching the two together. She could SO easily imagine them in costume, dancing together in the roses... With a start she shook her head as Yui looked at her questioningly. "Sorry," she laughed, "I spaced out there again."
"And I can probably guess why," Subaru noted mildly.
Mugi laughed even as Yui looked curious. Deciding not to ask she looked up at Subaru, "That was really fun, miss. I'd love to do it again."
"Come by again," Subaru smiled, noting several people were signaling for her, "I'd love to, too." Apologetically she added, "Now, excuse me."
Mugi smiled as she drank her tea, the buzz of conversation filling the cafe again. "So," she asked after a moment, "what do you think of the cafe?"
"It's fun!" Yui agreed. She hesitated, a blush coloring her cheeks, "Uhm, Mugi?"
"Yes?" Mugi had a tea cake.
"Does Subaru, uhm, like girls the way you do?" Yui asked shyly.
Mugi gave her a serious look, "Yui, rainbows are straighter than Subaru."
"Eh?" Yui blinked.
"Never mind," Mugi waved to off, "obscure joke."
Yui looked at her oddly, "Oh."
Sighing Mugi told her, "Yes, Subaru likes girls the same way I do. Why?"
Yui blushed a bit brighter, looking down as she muttered, "Do you think she might, uhm, like me?"
Once again Mugi was struck by the general cluelessness of her band mates. "Why don't you ask her?" she suggested gently, "and find out?"
"Roger!" Yui nodded. She jumped to her feat, "Hey, Subaru!"
"Don't shout it!" Mugi yelped, dragging her back down to her seat as Subaru trotted over.
"Yes?" Subaru asked politely.
Eagerly Yui asked, "Subaru, do you like girls?"
You could have heard a pin drop as all conversations crashed to a halt and everyone looked at them. Subaru herself looked a bit startled but recovered quickly, "Yes."
"Would you like to go out with me?" Yui followed up innocently as everyone was shocked by her boldness.
"I'd love to," Subaru grinned, glad this girl wasn't as shy as Mio.
End. (Maybe)
Notes: Did not plan on making the maid cafe yuri central, it just kinda happened that way. This has sat on my HD a few weeks in incomplete form, and may yet be revised. I'm not sure if Yui is really in character, though she amuses me in hyperactive mode.