A/N: Wow! It's kind of pathetic how long it took me to release this. As I mentioned in my other story I've been going through a busy part of my life, so I haven't had much opportunity to write lately. Anyways, unlike my other story, I don't really have anything planned ahead for this story and have just been making it up as I type. It makes it a little bit harder to write, but also makes for a lot more of a compulsive story, which is hopefully a good thing.

Sakurako sat there staring at the page. In love with me? That must be a typo. It has to be. No way it could be anything else, Sakurako thought as she silently tried to convince herself. She must mean she loves me. As in she realizes how great Sakurako-sama really is. Yeah that's it...

Sakurako was still frozen on the toilet seat. Her heart was beating so fast and her mouth felt completely dry. Realizing how long she was taking once again, Sakurako found a place to hide the book under the sink and then returned to Himawari's room.

Himawari was sitting at the kotatsu, finishing some homework. Sakurako sat in her spot with her book open. About a minute passed until Himawari spoke up. "Do you need something?"

"What?" Sakurako replied.

"Why are you just staring at me like that? It's kind of creepy..."

"What?" Sakurako repeated stupidly.

Himawari frowned. "You've been acting really weird for a while. And you're face is really red. Are you getting sick?" Himawari leaned over the table and touched their foreheads together.

Sakurako, barely aware of the situation, recoiled at the touch.

"Are you feeling okay? Do you want to take a rest?" Himawari questioned, concerned.

Sakurako, her voice failing the first time, managed to squeak out a "Sure, maybe just a quick one." Her voice sounded weak and soft, not at all like her normal, harsh voice.

"Come on, lie down." Himawari offered as she lifted the blanket to her bed. Sakurako crawled under the covers and curled her legs up to her chest. "You just sleep and try to get better. I'll wake you up when dinner is ready, alright?"

"Okay, thanks" Sakurako whispered. Himawari left the room and Sakurako started to squirm under the covers. What's wrong with me!? She screamed inside her head. I'm getting too excited about Himawari realizing my greatness. Sakurako tried to convince herself once again. I just need to calm down. Sakurako took a deep breath and noticed that the bed smelled like Himawari. Sakurako took another whiff. She found the smell to her liking. It was sweet and fruity. Sakurako decided she could just sniff this bed all day. Ah! What the heck! Isn't that what perverts do? Sakurako panicked. Why is going to sleep so hard? Sakurako whined in her thoughts. But as she lay there, Sakurako discovered that she really was tired and soon drifted off to sleep.

The next day the usual group of four girls were chatting as usual. The conversation was going down the usual topics and nothing out of the ordinary was being discussed. That is until Akari brought up high-schools again and Chinatsu started rambling on about Yui.

"Ahh, finally we will be together at last. Not as children, but as young adults. And this time Yui-senpai will finally be able to accept my love." Chinatsu squealed.

"How do you know she hasn't already found someone else. As I seem to recall you two haven't been in touch lately. Perhaps she already has a boyfriend." Akari interjected with a bit more of a sharper tone than usual.

"What? There's no way! Yui could never forsake our love!" Chinatsu whined.

"Yui this! Yui that! It's all you ever talk about!" Akari stated. "She's probably already forgotten about you already, so why do you keep gushing on and on about her? It gets annoying..." Akari said with a far more bitter tone than what was in character for her.

"What? Why are you getting so riled up anyway? Do you have a problem with it or something?" Chinatsu defended herself. Himawari looked back and forth between the girls, bewildered, as she had never seen them fight like this before.

"Yeah, I do. Weren't you listening to what I was just saying, or are you too busy pathetically swooning over Yui to listen properly?"

"Hey hold on a minu-" Himawari tried to interrupt, but was swiftly cut-off.

"I can't stand being here any longer" Akari said as she stood up and left.

"What's her problem?" Chinatsu complained.

"I'll go check on her... You two just stay here and finish your lunch." Himawari ordered. Truthfully Himawari was interested to know what set Akari off like that. It was the only time Himawari could recall when Akari hadn't acted kind or cheerful towards other people. It was bizarre and Himawari thought that there must be a reason.

"Don't even waste your time with her!" Chinatsu shouted, still angry, as Himawari left the room to follow the red head.

This left Sakurako and Chinatsu alone together to finish their lunch. Sakurako would consider Chinatsu her friend, but the truth was they didn't really associate alone together very much. In fact, Sakurako felt she was closer to Akari than to Chinatsu.

It was quite awkward and Sakurako struggled to grasp a conversational topic. Feeling she was grabbing at straws, Sakurako decided to test her luck with a somewhat personal question.

"Say Chinatsu-chan, would you ever sniff Yui's bed? You know, just out of curiosity or something?" As soon as she had spoken the sentence Sakurako regretted it. That sounded so weird! What was I thinking?

Luckily Chinatsu wasn't fazed by such things. "You make it sound like I haven't already..." she answered slyly.

Sakurako started to blush slightly. "H-how did it feel?"

"Hmm... Kind of like I was being embraced by her. It felt good." Chinatsu replied as she looked up as though staring into her brain to recall her memories.

"I see" Sakurako mulled, still with a slight blush on her face. "So when I sniff a bed-"

"When you what?" A voice from above Sakurako pervaded. Sakurako turned a deep shade of crimson.

"Wait Himawari it's not what you think!" Sakurako shouted.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"So? Did you find out what her problem was or not?" Chinatsu asked.

"Yeah don't worry about it. Just give her some time" Himawari replied.

"What do you mean?" Sakurako persisted. "What's wrong?"

"I said don't worry about it." Himawari blew Sakurako off. Normally Sakurako would have continued to bug Himawari more but now she had an ace up her sleeve.

The next day Sakurako had invited herself over to Himawari's house again in anticipation of learning Akari's secret. Sakurako eagerly flipped the book open and began to read.

February 19th

Today I learned two shocking secrets. One about Akari and Chinatsu and one about Sakurako. I was really surprised. Akari and Chinatsu are a lot less innocent than they look. Also I think I'm going to talk to Sakurako tomorrow. Maybe I can stop her before her addiction gets any worse.

What the heck! There's practically nothing written down! And what is she talking about? I'm not addicted to anything! Sakurako slammed the book shut, frustrated with the contents. Sakurako stormed out of the bathroom and into Himawari's room grumpily.

"Whoa, what's your problem all of the sudden?" Himawari asked.

"I don't have one" Sakurako replied. Himawari sat there for a moment.

"Did you have a hard time on the toi-"

"That's definitely not it!" Sakurako yelled as she started to grope Himawari's chest. "It's these giant boobs and your fault anyways!"

"What? How can you blame everything on my breasts!?" Himawari squealed as she was molested by her friend.

"Maybe I wouldn't have to if you would just tell me what made Akari so angry!" Sakurako yelled.

"That's none of your business!" Himawari yelled trying to pry the other girl off of her. "If you really want to know then just ask her! After all, she told me." Sakurako slowly realized that Himawari's words made some sense and relented on her chest.

Seeing as Sakurako had finally calmed down, Himawari decided it was a good time to bring up an important matter. "Hey Sakurako..." she began.

"What is it?" Sakurako gave a sharp reply.

"There was something you said yesterday at school. I wanted to talk about it with you in private... It's just that I'm worried about you and your addiction to sniffing beds."

"WHAT?!" Sakurako yelled in surprise, as her face became completely red.

"Yes," Himawari continued, very seriously. "I heard you talking about it with Chinatsu-chan. I don't know what she said to you, but I don't want you to think it's okay to be a pervert like her.

"Just a second!" Sakurako protested.

"I want to help you overcome your addiction and I hope I can convince you that it's the right choice." Himawari said ignoring Sakurako. "I think for now we should try to improve with baby steps, so that's why..."

"Himawari!" Sakurako shouted, trying to get her attention.

Himawari, still ignoring Sakurako, adorned a deep blush on her face. "That's why, for now, if you feel like you can't resist an urge, I want you to promise to only use my bed, alright?" Sakurako hit her on the head and exited the room, leaving a smoking Himawari on the floor behind her.

When she got home Nadeshiko asked her if she had fun at Hima-ko's house.

"Hell no!" Sakurako yelled as she stormed into her room. For such a smart booby monster, Himawari can be pretty stupid, Sakurako moped as she flopped onto her bed. She had given some good advice though. Sakurako was still curious as to what had set off Akari the day before and Himawari's strategy of asking her directly seemed like it was worth trying.

Sakurako turned on her bed, thinking of the other matter on hand. Himawari thinks I'm a pervert now. It's all Chinatsu-chan's fault! How can I prove I'm innocent to her? Sakurako sat up as she wondered why she even cared in the first place. She hated Himawari and Himawari hated her, so it would be normal for them to call each other perverts, right?

Sakurako's brain started to overheat, so she left her room and went to the fridge to find something cool to eat. On her way to the kitchen she met Megumi who happened to be walking the opposite direction to Nadeshiko's room.

"Oh! Hello Sakurako. I heard you went over to Himawari's house today; did you have fun?" She asked as she tried to make small talk.

"Hell no," Sakurako repeated. She gave Megumi a skeptical look. "Are you sleeping over again?" Ever since the two girls had graduated and started going to a local college, Megumi had become much more present in the Ohmuro household.

"Yes, I am." She replied.

"Where do you sleep anyways? It's not like we have a spare futon or anything like that..."

"Actually," Megumi checked behind her shoulder and leaned down towards the younger girl with a serious look on her face, "Your sister is incredibly sadistic and makes me sleep under her bed. She only lets me out when she wants to be entertained. If I do a good enough job, and if I'm lucky, she'll allow me to eat." Sakurako shivered.

"What kind of lies are you trying to tell my sister?" Nadeshiko yelled down the hall, as she leaned out from her doorway. "Keep that up and you really will be sleeping on the floor, never mind eating."

Megumi's eyes widened in surprise as she turned and started laughing. "I was only kidding!" she called as she rushed off to Nadeshiko. Sakurako was confused. Shouldn't eating be a higher priority than sleeping on a bed? Speaking of which, she never found out where Megumi was sleeping after all.

Sakurako reeled back to her room from a trip which had confused her greatly, despite it being intended for the opposite effect. Sakurako decided to try and fall asleep as quickly as possible so that she could forget all these confusing subjects as quickly and get to asking Akari about the other day's incident.

It was lunch time and Sakurako still hadn't the opportunity to ask Akari about her outburst. It appeared as though Chinatsu had not learned her lesson, as she was currently raving about Yui. This time however, it was about her meet-up, or as she called it, her date with Yui. Sakurako kept glancing towards Akari, half expecting her to flip a table, but Akari had her usual smile on which could lead a person to believe that world peace had been achieved.

The longer Chinatsu rambled, the more impatient Sakurako became. She started debating whether or not she should just ask Akari in front of everyone, when suddenly Akari announced she had to go the washroom.

"I'll go with you!" Sakurako shouted in excitement. She got up to accompany Akari. She met eyes with Himawari for a moment and somehow knew that Himawari could tell what Sakurako was doing. The two girls made their way to the washroom. Once they entered, Sakurako decided to spring the question.

"We're close, right Akari-chan?"

"Hm? Of course! Why would you ask that? Sakurako-chan is a dear friend to me!" she answered cheerfully as she grabbed Sakurako's hand.

"I was just wondering... What happened the other day, when you and Chinatsu-chan had that fight?" Akari stayed silent for a moment and although she still had a smile on her face, it seemed to lose some of its brightness.

"You've never kissed anyone before, have you?" Akari asked softly.

"What?" Sakurako asked, stunned at the change in topic, and too embarrassed to put up a facade.

"You're really innocent, even though you act so haughty." Akari analyzed as she turned to face Sakurako. Sakurako was picking up weird vibes from her friend. 'Who are you and what have you done with Akarin?' her consciousness screamed.

"You're getting kind of close..." Sakurako mentioned feebly, as she noticed Akari's body slowly drifting towards her own.

"It's okay," Akari started to whisper as the smile dropped from her face. "I can show you lots of things." Sakurako's heart started pounding against her chest rapidly. The two girl's bodies pressed against each other. Sakurako could feel her mind start to slip and started to feel disoriented as the smell of Akari started to entice her.

"Just close your eyes." Akari hummed. Sakurako found that the notion was quite appealing, as her body started to act by itself.

A/N: Muwahahaha! Cliffhangers are always fun and evil. What is going to happen next? Cause I seriously don't know lol! I have a few ideas, but... I guess I'll just have to mull it over.