College girl AU (I wanted to explore the idea)
Nagisa walked into her new university dorm, carrying a box overflowing with stuff. Her pigtails were swinging from side to side as she virtually skipped into her new home.
"Be careful Nagisa, make sure you don't drop it." Her mum warned.
"Yeah mum I know." She said.
The Hanazuki family walked down the corridor of Nagisa's new flat. She was going to university to study sport science, a choice her parents agreed with. After her in interest in swimming in high school, they couldn't argue with her dedication or passion.
As they were putting the boxes in her new room, they could hear the voices of several people. The small strawberry blonde girl looked out of the kitchen and saw a tall blue haired girl with short hair.
"Rei make sure that study hard," The girl's father said.
"We're so proud of you Rei." Her mum said.
"I know mum, I have already made a study plan for the next year. You don't need to worry." Rei said.
Rei parents chuckled, they were so proud of their daughter.
Nagisa bounded up to Rei like an excitable puppy, she held out a a hand. "Hi I'm Hanazuki, Nagisa you can call me Nagisa!" she said.
Rei looked down at the smaller girl and adjusted her glasses. She cautiously took Nagisa's hand and shook it. "I'm Ryugazaki Rei. You can call me Rei. I'm room 23."
Nagisa beamed "I'm in 24! That makes us neighbours!"
"I suppose it does." Rei said.
"We'll put your stuff in your room Rei." Rei's mum said.
"Do you want any help? I've already put my stuff away." Nagisa said.
"I think I'll be alright . . . but thanks Hanazuki." Rei said.
"Ok, if you need me, I'll be in the kitchen area." Nagisa said as she walked away. "Oh and called me Nagisa!"
Rei walked her skip away and looked quizzical. She her adjusted her glasses and turned her attention back to moving in.
"She seems nice." Rei's mum commented.
"I can't get distracted by having friends." Rei muttered.
"What did you say Rei?"
" . . . nothing." She said.
Nagisa sat back down and sipped at her drink.
"Who was that?" Nagisa's dad asked.
"Rei Ryugazaki, she's in the room next to me." Nagisa explained.
"I know you'll be fine here. You've already made a friend." Nagisa's mum said.
Nagisa nodded and beamed, "I'll be fine." She said.
Soon Nagisa's parents left, leaving their youngest and only daughter alone at her new university dorms. She sat in her bedroom, carefully putting all of her clothes away in her wardrobe.
"I will ring you later . . . . Yes, I will be fine. You don't need to worry." Rei's voice echoed into the corridor.
Rei waved her parents off and returned to her room with a sigh. She sat on her bed and looked around; she couldn't wait to start studying!
A few weeks passed and Nagisa and Rei saw very little of each other, despite being next to each other and sharing some science lectures. Nagisa lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling. She liked Rei wanted to be friends, but the dark hair girl didn't seem interested. She looked over to her desk, her barely started assignment leering at her like a monster. She sighed, she hated essays so much! But she just couldn't do it! She needed some help. . . Maybe Rei could help? She could get to know her better. She thought to herself where would Rei be? Nagisa knew the answer immediately and packed her back with study materials for the first time since her arrival at university.
Nagisa found Rei in the library, reading a text book. The dark haired girl looked up and saw a pair or pink eyes staring at her, she jumped back and fell of her chair.
"Hanazuki!" Rei said in shock. She stood up and brushed down her clothes.
"Call me Nagisa!" she said.
"Ok, Can I help you Nagisa?" Rei asked as she returned her glasses to her face.
Nagisa thought for a second, Rei wouldn't want to be her friend, she only cared about school. "Would you help me? I'm really struggling with this essay?" Nagisa said.
Rei looked up, why did she look so innocent and cute? Rei faltered and tied her hair back; it had grown so long since she'd started uni. Rei sighed, irritated. "Okay, how can I help?" she asked.
Nagisa squeezed in next to Rei and pulled out her laptop and pulled up a blank word document. "This is what I have so far!" she said with a pained smile.
Rei stared blankly at the screen then looked at Nagisa. She sighed calming her inner despair. She looked at Nagisa, shining pink eyes begging for help. Rei shut the laptop and looked at Nagisa. "Come with me, were heading back." She stated. It wasn't a question.
Nagisa followed Rei, happy that Rei was noticing her. The dark hair girl said nothing as they walked across campus to their shared accommodation space.
Back in Nagisa's room, Rei helped the blonde with her assignment, it took three days. Three days of Rei pushing the blonde to work, three days of growing more and more irritated with her!
Nagisa finally pressed the submit button online and watched the page change 'Submitted' flashed across the screen. A weight felt like it had been lifted from Rei's shoulders, she shouldn't care so much, but she was overjoyed that Nagisa had finished!
Nagisa hugged Rei and Rei instinctively put her arms around the smaller girl. "Thank you!" Nagisa said.
Rei smiled and pulled away. "It was nothing." she said.
"We should celebrate!" Nagisa said. She suddenly crawled onto the floor and pulled out a bottle of vodka and a bottle of coke.
Rei went blue. "I I've ne never drunk before!" she admitted.
"What never?" Nagisa was shocked. "Just try one glass as a celebration!"
They both sat next to each other on Nagisa's bed.
"To finishing your first assignment!" Rei said.
"To helpful friends!" Nagisa said.
They clinked glasses and drank.
A few drinks later and they were slightly drunk.
"Why did you help me Rei?" Nagisa asked, pushing Rei.
"I have no idea Nagisa. You just looked cute, I think didn't want to see you fail, but I don't really know." She said slowly, he was struggling to think of the words to say.
'cute' the word resonated around Nagisa's head. Why did Rei think she was cute? Nagisa zoned out, her mind lost on her own thoughts. She suddenly flopped on her side, the vodka finally hitting her.
"NAGISA!" Rei screamed dramatically.
Nagisa focused back on the room, what was happening? Rei's face was so close to hers, panic in her purple eyes! The blonde went to ask "what?" but she didn't know how to speak anymore and couldn't understand why.
Nagisa woke up and opened her eyes, sunlight was streaming into the room. She remembered that her and Rei had celebrated last night, but couldn't remember much else. She yawned and rolled over to face the other side. She realised that she should check on Rei. She got out of bed and tripped over something, it was Rei.
Why was Rei curled up on her floor? She looked down and saw that Rei had bought her own pillow and duvet into her room, she lay down next to the taller girl and smiled, she looked so peaceful.
Rei opened her eyes and saw Nagisa. "Nagisa?" she asked. "You're okay." She said relived.
Nagisa looked confused as Rei sat up. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" she asked.
Rei put on her glasses and focused on Nagisa. "I was concerned." There was a pause between them, Rei growing uncomfortable, while Nagisa tried to process it "We should get to work." Rei said suddenly changing the subject.
"Work?" Nagisa asked, her mind was still foggy.
"Did you listen to anything I said last night?"
Nagisa looked embarrassed. "I don't remember anything." She admitted.
"Oh. I was saying that I'll make you a study plan and we can help each other out with work." Rei said.
" . . . okay." Nagisa pouted. "Can we have breakfast first?" She asked.
Rei nodded. "A good idea, it's always important to have breakfast!" she said.
. . . . . . . .
Nagisa worked hard with the help of Rei for the next few months, encouraging the smaller girl and in turn Nagisa helped Rei be more confident in herself. They grew closer and closer as their first year at uni progressed.
. . . . . . . . .
There were walking back from the library, Nagisa having completed her final essay of the year, Rei having finished weeks earlier. The sky was filled with stars. Nagisa stopped walking and looked up at them awe struck.
"I've never seen so many stars." She breathed. The blonde was un-aware of anything else around her, only the stars existed.
Rei looked in her pink eyes, filled with stars. She looked so pretty. Nagisa looked at Rei and Rei smiled at her.
"I think we should celebrate Nagisa, it is the final assignment." Rei said. Her voice was dreamlike and all she could think about was Nagisa.
"Lets go out!" Nagisa suggested.
"Go out?" Rei asked. She was hardly interested in going clubbing or socialising with others. Rei looked down at Nagisa's adorable face, she sighed. "fine! . . . fine."
Nagisa ran ahead and Rei followed trying to catch up, Nagisa sure could run when she was excited, even in three inch Lolli heals apparently.
Rei ran into her room and saw Nagisa rustling through her wardrobe, she pulled out a white plain short sleeved shirt and dark blue 3/4 length circle skirt. "Were this!" she said.
"Nagisa, i never wear that . . ." Rei said, she was horror stricken at what Nagisa had done to her perfectly tidy room.
"Why not?" Nagisa stood up. "It will look good on you!"
Rei frowned. "Okay, only if you dress up too. I don't want to be the only one!"
"I always do!" Nagisa said.
the Blonde girl bounded from the room and returned a few minutes later in a yellow shirt with a pink frilly skirt and little black heals and long white frilly socks. "Ta da!" she said with a spin.
Rei put a hand to her forehead as if pushing back a headache. She sighed, Nagisa could be ridiculous sometimes. How Rei loved it!
. . . . . . .
Rei and Nagisa sat in a small cocktail bar located near their accommodation. They ordered a drink each and toasted to finishing their first year of uni, but not before Nagisa updated her social media on the matter.
"Take a selfie with me Rei!"
"If I must."
Three drinks later and Nagisa suggested dancing, there was a club next door and they paid to get in with the other patrons waiting outside. On the dancefloor Nagisa discovered that Rei wasn't too good at dancing, she laughed and fell over accidently knocking into a redhead and her dark haired friend.
The red head turned around revealing a set of pointy teeth. "Hey!" she said angrily.
"Rin calm down." Haru said. The dark haired girl was oddly expressionless, her eyes like the ocean.
"I'm really sorry!" Nagisa said.
Rin narrowed her eyes at the blonde. She tutted and turned away muttering "whatever"
The pair walked toward a girl with green eyes and brownish hair. The brown hair girl laughed and waved them over. Nagisa looked at Rei who shrugged at her, they followed and were introduced to the trio.
"Hi i'm Makoto, this is Haru." Makoto gestured the dark haired girl. "And this is Rin."
Rin grunted at them aggressively.
"Rin is like that," Haru informed them.
"I'm Nagisa and this is Rei, were at uni down the road." She said.
Makoto nodded. "Us too, I'm surprised we haven't seen each other around."
"We don't normally go out," Rei explained embarrassed but he wasn't really sure why
Haru nodded, she'd been virtually dragged out by Rin and Makoto.
Rei and Nagisa stayed with their new friends for an hour or so till rei complained of feeling sick and they left. Nagisa wanted to make sure Rei got back safely.
. . . . . . .
Back at their dorms Nagisa helped Rei onto her bed. Rei lay down and Nagisa laid next to her, both girls laughed.
"Did you have fun Rei?" Nagisa asked.
"In the end i did, i always do when I'm with you." Rei admitted.
Nagisa sat up. "What?" she asked.
Rei looked at her, "I always have fun with you."
Nagisa's eyes searched for something in Rei's face. She turned away from the dark haired girl. "Answer me honestly Rei, do you like me?"
"Of course i like you! you're my -"
Rei's sentence was silenced with kiss from Nagisa.
"Best friend."
"Oh, sorry i didn't . . ." Nagisa flustered. What had she just done, her heart was racing and she could still taste Rei's lips on her own. "I have to go!" she said.
Nagisa looked at her, bright red in the face. She just wanted to forget the embarrassing situation ever happened. She lay in bed unable to sleep. How could she be so stupid thinking Rei could possibly like her! Nagisa cried as she curled up, regret her only emotion.
Rei couldn't sleep, her lips tingled with the taste of something new, something felt wrong, it felt very wrong. Rei cursed inwardly. She had to solve this!
She knocked on Nagisa's door and the door opened the tiniest bit.
"You're my best friend," the door closed, but Rei wedged it her foot and grimaced in pain. Nagisa looked down and opened the door slightly. "But it think there's more to it than that." Rei said. "I can't really explain it."
The door opened fully "Rei i like you! I'm tired of hiding my feelings for you!" Nagisa blurted out, subtly never was her forte.
"I know." Rei said with a smile.
"Rei d do you like me, like that, i mean? Not like friends, like more than friends"
"I like you too Nagisa, I'm always happy when I'm with you." Rei said.
Nagisa pulled Rei into her room and kissed her, she pushed her onto the bed and kept kissing her. With all her strength Rei pushed Nagisa away. "Nagisa, you're drunk, we'll talk about this tomorrow."
Nagisa kept holding onto Rei and pouted "But I want you Rei."
Rei blushed but didn't want it to be like this. She managed to push Nagisa down and get her under the duvet. She pushed a note in her hand. "Meet me here tomorrow."
. . . . . . .
Nagisa woke up, her head banging. She rolled and found a note had been stuffed into her hand.
'12pm, Cafe'
Nagisa recognised Rei's handwriting, but didn't remember planning to meet her, wait were they going on a date? She checked the time, it was 11:30 already, she quickly got dressed in a cute top and a pair of pink shorts. It must be something important!
. . . . . . .
At the cafe Nagisa saw Rei sitting at a table and sat opposite, she showed Rei the note.
"What happened last night?" she asked.
Rei blushed "You don't remember?"
"I think i said something important to you, or i did something . . ." each word was confusing to Nagisa, but she knew something really important had happened.
Rei leaned forward. "You kissed me." she whispered.
Nagisa's eyes went as big as the full moon. "Oh, sorry." she said. Why was she apologising, she liked Rei! It's what she wanted wasn't it?
Rei laughed. "I quite like it." she admitted.
Nagisa beamed micheivsly. "Will you go out with me!" she yelled.
"Shhh, calm down Nagisa. and yes i will!" Rei said. Why was she like this?
The couple hugged and Nagisa planted a kiss on Rei's pink cheeks.
. . . . . . . .
Two years passed and soon the couple were graduating together, Rei with a perfect first and Nagisa just scrapping one. They cheered on each other as they collected their paper and took some photos outside with their families. Both Nagisa and Rei's parents were supportive of them as a couple, something that had concerned Rei more than it did Nagisa.
They took a picture together bright smiles on their faces.
"Oh wait Nagi, i have something for you." Rei said. She'd planned this to perfection.
Nagisa waited while Rei went into her handbag and pulled out a box. Rei got on one knee, carefully; her blue dress was tighter than she was used to wearing.
"Nagisa Hanazuki. I love you so much and I have one question for you. Will you become my wife?" she asked.
Nagisa was awe stricken, she nodded and repeatedly said 'yes' while she wiped her tears away.
Rei placed the simple diamond band on her Fiance's finger and stood up. "Thank you." Rei said. "I was so scared you'd say no."
The couple hugged and Nagisa picked up Rei, to the taller girls surprise, spinning her before kissing her sweetly.
"I love you." Nagisa said "Of course I'd say yes!" she looked at the diamond on her finger and beamed.
They smiled at each other and laughed before kissing again. Rei was so happy that she and Nagisa would be together forever, she was so happy she'd said yes!
