KISSES

"Nagisa, I'll go buy everything for dinner, do you need anything?" Rie, Nagisa's mother, asked. She peeked into her daughter's room, who was with Yukishiro Honoka.

"We're fine mom, thank you," Nagisa replied immediately and looked at Honoka. "Or do you want something?"

"No, I'm fine, thank you, Mrs. Misumi."

"You can call me Rie, I've told you," the woman replied with a smile, she looked at Nagisa. "I'll pick up your brother at the gym."

"Okay. Be careful, mom."

The woman said goodbye, leaving the girls alone in the house. Nagisa and Honoka were doing their homework while having a movie in the background, a samurai movie, of course.

"Thank you for studying with me, Honoka, and thank you for coming," Nagisa thanked. "Mom wanted to make sure that I really am studying."

Honoka laughed softly. "I'll help you as much as possible. You've been doing well Nagisa. Good job."

"Thank you."

"We almost finished today's homework, you shouldn't push yourself too hard or you'll get stressed, these days we'll work on the topics that will come up in the tests, okay?"

"OK!"

Twenty minutes later the two girls finished their homework, Nagisa celebrated by raising her arms, Honoka just smiled. They could enjoy the rest of the afternoon until dinner, after which Honoka would return home. They kept watching the movie and a scene at the end made Nagisa aroused her curiosity. Honoka was still sitting on the floor next to the bed, Nagisa decided to lie face down on her bed with her face resting on her hands, close to her friend.

"Hey, Honoka..."

"Huh?"

What they were watching was a kiss scene between the brave hero and a grateful lady.

Nagisa cleared her throat. "Do you remember that you told me that you already had a girlfriend?" She asked and her friend nodded. "Did you kiss her?"

Honoka smiled. "Yes, I've kissed her. In fact, when we decided to break up, we ended it all with a kiss."

Nagisa also smiled. "And how does it feel?" Of course, she wouldn't directly say that she hadn't kissed someone yet.

"I think these are the kind of experiences you only understand when you deal with them yourself," Honoka said as she leaned back on the bed. "I can tell you that it's a warm and soft feeling, but there are many things that are warm and soft, like a hug for example. And you and I have hugged many times."

Nagisa grunted. "You're right. And I guess to know what a kiss feels like, I have to kiss someone, and for that I need a boyfriend," she wailed. Despite her being quite popular, despite her having already received a couple of love confessions from boys, she still didn't know a boy who would warm her heart.

Of course, trying something with Fujimura Shougo was out of the question. Poor Nagisa suffered a short circuit whenever she was near him. She admitted that it was nicer to admire him from afar.

Honoka swallowed hard and began to play her fingers with each other. The girl sighed deeply and decided to try her luck. "You don't need to have a boyfriend... Ah, I mean, the idea of kissing someone you like is nice, but if you just want to know what it's like to kiss someone to satisfy your curiosity, then..." She blushed.

Nagisa looked at her friend and noticed that she was red up to her ears. "Then… What?"

"Do you want to try it with me? Kissing..." Honoka quickly decided to clarify. "Just to try, only if you want to practice without being forced to feel something else."

"I…" Nagisa was so red that her face burned.

"You like boys, so if I kiss you it wouldn't count." Honoka squeezed her skirt. "I can't believe it," she sighed deeply. "Sorry, forget it, I just─"

"Let's try it."

"Huh?"

"The kissing thing… Let's try it", Nagisa sighed too. "I don't mind if it's with you, you're my friend."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

Honoka was too eager to take that chance, so she didn't wait another second. She just turned around enough to face Nagisa, hold her cheek and smile sweetly at her. Without saying anything, Honoka kissed Nagisa. She had already dreamed more than once that she tasted Nagisa's lips. She could finally feel those lips on hers and the sensation was a thousand times better.

For her part, Nagisa was surprised. And she was immediately caught up in the warmth and softness of Honoka's lips. The kiss was brief and they only separated a few millimeters. Nagisa couldn't help but search for one more kiss.

Warm and soft, indeed…