Chapter 7

Sleepover at Yui's

Yui is in her apartment, playing her games as usual when she hears her doorbell ringing. She picks up her remote and looks at the screen to see who it is.

"Oh, it's you, Kyouko," she says. "What do you want this time?"

The energetic blonde gives her trademark grin. "I got you a present, Yui~!"

"What is it?"

Kyouko pulls someone toward her and wraps her arm around her while giving a thumbs up. "I brought Matsumoto-san with me for tonight!"

Rise blushes from Kyouko's enthusiasm while Yui is shocked from what the blonde is telling her. She lets both of them inside the room and as Yui closes the door behind her, Rise takes the chance to look around. Her apartment looks very tidy and the air smells fresh. She's never been into someone else's apartment before other than Nana's. She then looks over at Yui and Kyouko who are having a conversation.

"So tell me why you brought Matsumoto-san here?" Yui inquires.

"I convinced her to sleepover at your place since you two haven't spent any time together at all," Kyouko explains. "I thought it might be fun for the two of you to get to know each other better."

The short dark haired girl turns towards the quiet girl and then back at the blonde. "Well, she can stay for one night…"

"Yaaaay~!" Kyouko cheers as she pulls Rise over to give her and Yui a big hug. "You two will have a great time together~! Well, I must be going! Off to Chinatsu-chan's house~!"

"Wait, you're not staying?" Yui asks.

"I told you, you and Matsumoto-san are spending quality time together," Kyouko says. "Besides, she and I got to have fun together by having some rum raisin~!" She gives her a thumbs up again. "So, I'm giving you a chance to spend time with Matsumoto-san. Have fun, you two~!" With that, she dashes off and closes the door behind her.

There is silence for a minute as the two exchange looks. Yui smiles nervously as she walks over towards the quiet girl.

"W-well, what do you want to do?" she asks.

Rise's eyes dart directly towards the game console and a screen that's showing a pause section on the television. Yui looks at the quiet girl's direction and smiles.

"Oh, you want to try this?" she asks. "I've been playing this RPG game for a while now. I'll show you how to play and then you can try afterwards."

Rise nods with a smile as she and Yui sit down on their knees and Yui takes the control and starts explaining the rules and showing her how to move around in the game. Rise listens to everything Yui is telling her and after about 10 minutes of playing, Yui hands her the control. Rise starts playing and her eyes are immediately glued to the screen. Yui smiles at Rise being a quick learner and watches her play for at least a couple hours straight.

It's about 6:00 when Yui stands up to stretch out her arms. "Mm~! I think it's about time to start making dinner. What do you feel like eating?"

Rise whispers.

"Beef Curry sounds fine with me. Wanna help me make some?"

The quiet girl smiles as she stands up, stretches out her arms and then grabs an apron while tying her hair in a pony-tail. The two get right to work in the kitchen, getting the materials and food to cook. Rise gets started on the rice while Yui cooks the beef. It takes about 20-25 minutes to cook everything and prepare the meal before serving it. The two sit on the table across from each other and eat. Rise takes a bite of the beef curry and smiles at the wonderful taste. She's had curry before, mostly from Nana when eating lunch with her, but had never eaten a home cooked beef curry. It's so delicious that Rise eats it within minutes. Yui giggles at the quiet girl's enjoyment and stands up to serve herself a second helping. Rise does the same. As the two sit back down to eat, Yui looks at the student council president and back down at her curry. She automatically takes a piece of it and holds out her fork to the raven-haired girl while putting her other hand on the bottom to keep it from dripping on the table.

"Matsumoto-san," she calls.

Rise looks up and gapes at Yui trying to do an indirect kiss. The short haired girl blushes for a bit.

"I know we're eating the same thing," she says. "But…I just want to because I felt like it."

The raven-haired girl smiles and accepts the offer. She then picks up her own piece of curry and returns the favor. Yui blushes as she hesitates for a bit before eating it. Rise giggles and continues to eat her dinner. Yui smiles after swallowing it. Dinner goes on for another 10 minutes before they finish and they help each other wash the dishes.

**An Hour Later**

"The bath is ready, Matsumoto-san," Yui calls as she wipes her hair with a towel.

Rise nods as she stands up, walks over towards the bathroom and closes the door behind her. She gets undressed and climbs in the warm tub. She relaxes after a few seconds of being in there and looks up at the ceiling. So far, she really enjoyed spending time with Yui at her apartment. They played video games together, helped each other with dinner and ate together. And the best part is coming soon: sleeping together. She smiles and closes her eyes while relaxing in the bath for about 10 minutes before getting out of the tub.

She gets dressed in Yui's pajamas that the short haired girl offered and walks over toward the futon Yui had placed for the student council president as well. As she gets in the covers, Yui walks toward the switch.

"I'm turning off the lights now," she says.

Rise nods as the lights go off and Yui climbs in her futon next to Rise's. However, the short haired girl just stares at the ceiling and finds it hard to get to sleep. Why is that? Is it because Rise is here? Or is it something else? She sighs softly as she tries to go to sleep when she feels her bed shift a bit. She turns around to see Rise close to her, which makes her jump a bit.

"Wh-what are you doing here, Matsumoto-san?" she asks. "Shouldn't be in your own futon?"

Rise shakes her head and whispers.

"You wanted to get more comfortable? Well…that's fine, if you want to…" Before Yui could finish her sentence, she feels some lips touch her cheek, making her blush furiously.

"Wh-wh-what was that for!?" the short haired girl stutters as she touches her cheek.

Rise just smiles and whispers a "Thank You". She then snuggles closer to the short haired girl, closes her eyes and falls asleep shortly after. Yui's shocked expression turns into a gentle smile and wraps her arm around the quiet girl. All in all, this sleepover turned out very well and the two had a great time together for one night. Yui is happy that Rise stayed over. She leans in and gently kisses the quiet girl's forehead.

"Thank you…for staying over for the night," she whispers. "I had fun."

A/N: Normally, the other characters would have a hard time understanding Rise's quiet whispers, but I made them understand since I would have to find other ways for Rise to communicate, which isn't that difficult, but I still want those characters to interact.

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