MINAKO
Many would say that orange was not a flattering color for anyone. It was a garish color, difficult to pair, and often failed to compliment a person's best features.
Minako, however, took that as a personal challenge. Orange was her color, and she looked damned good in it.
Sure, there was a distinct possibility that at any given moment she could end up looking like the poster child for Spirit Halloween, but she was willing to take that risk.
The orange top she'd changed into after practice wasn't necessarily her cutest shirt, nor her flashiest, but it let her body do the talking, and Minako considered herself exceptional at conversation. Especially after a morning of drills and conditioning.
Her body was deliciously sore from finally being able to hit the court, even if most of their day had been conditioning and basic skill assessment. She'd hardly touched a volleyball, but just the energy in the air had her feeling hyped.
She'd also barely thought about her hot roommate all morning. Definitely hadn't thought about getting her hands in that perfect dark head of hair. Absolutely hadn't thought during her rollout how much she'd like Rei to roll her out.
That soreness would reward her in spades. Her arms looked especially toned and the abs she couldn't quite define were making a decent showing today.
She'd known she wouldn't get much of a chance to make up her face after showering, so she'd grabbed the bare essentials and gambled on her post-shower sex appeal.
Satisfied with the overall result, she'd pulled on a pair of what others might describe as 'converse on steroids' and strutted out to meet the rest of the team. They were really just aggressive platform converse, but she supposed the overall effect could be intimidating.
What mattered to Minako was that they were probably just enough to give her an edge over Rei. She licked her lips at the thought of being able to look down at her, even if it was just the slightest bit. Even if they were basically the same height if Minako wore platforms.
She could already picture the way the other woman's eyes would light up with the challenge, how they'd blaze right through her, devouring her.
Natsuna gave her an appreciative once over when she reached the top of the stairs of the training facility.
"I know I said to look hot, V, but you're breaking record temperatures," she said, looping an arm casually through Minako's.
Minako smirked as she was led toward the exit, the rest of the team following along.
The walk uptown was quite literally uphill, and Minako swore she'd be homicidal if she sweated off all the relief her shower had brought. Heaven forbid she feel clean for more than ten minutes.
Fortunately, it was a direct walk to Main Street Bar from the training facility, and the hulking air vents at the side entrance provided just enough wind (for it was wrong to call it cold air) to stop her from truly breaking a sweat.
The passably cute bouncer eyed her up and down in a deeply unnecessary way that she usually would have reciprocated with at least a wink, but Minako already had tunnel vision.
Natsuna had gone in first, and as her own eyes adjusted to the dim lighting indoors, Minako saw a brawny girl with pink hair waving Natsuna over.
Scanning the people past her, Minako finally found what she was looking for. And holy fuck was she hot.
So far, Minako hadn't gotten much of an idea for Rei's fashion taste, or if she even had one. Boy did she.
Minako was a slut for a good sweater vest moment, but by the gods she was even more of a slut for Rei in a sweater vest moment. If they weren't literally the same height, Minako would climb that girl like a tree.
Rei seemed agitated, she was glancing around the room like a cornered animal. How like her.
Minako giggled and started making her way through the crowd.
People parted ways for her, she paid them no mind.
Rei still hadn't noticed her, which left Minako the perfect opportunity to slide a hand around her waist and absolutely disregard whatever sense of personal space Rei might have.
She delighted in the way Rei's entire body tensed up, but made no attempt to create distance between them once she realized it was Minako. Her jaw tightened in a way that made her already sharp jawline somehow even hotter and Minako thought she might lose it right then and there.
Minako took the chance to really look at her, the way her trousers comfortably hugged her thighs and hung loosely, but cleanly the rest of the way down. Minako thought she had good legs, but Rei's screamed strength in a way that hers did not. The thought of kissing her way up those legs had her head spinning.
Of course, she absolutely noticed the way Rei's eyes raked over her in return, and the rush of satisfaction that her outfit was definitely having its intended effect. The only thing that saved Rei from even more teasing was the pink haired woman's whistle. Violet, apparently.
As the two captains explained the competition, Minako fought hard to prevent a gleeful smile from breaking out across her face. The veterans all looked delightfully evil about what was in store for them, and Minako didn't need them thinking she was some kind of masochistic freak.
Well, truthfully, a little pain did bring her great pleasure, but that was not something she was in the business of advertising in the current moment to anyone but the woman who had gone stock still in her arms.
Minako could practically see the dread wafting off of her. Oh this was going to be a fun, fun afternoon.
"Hino," and suddenly, all eyes were on them, "It seems you've already decided on a partner." Violet's eyes flashed evilly.
Beside her, Rei's jaw was tight and her eyes burned furiously. Minako couldn't help but feel that her time would be better used looking at Minako that heatedly.
Grinning, she gave Rei's side a gentle squeeze. "You heard her, partner," she said, emphasizing the word 'partner' and pushing her forward.
Rei shot her a glare, but approached the captains anyway.
Vi set her drink and the stack of ribbons on the table and held up a red one to both of them. "Hands, please," she said, grinning viciously.
Minako held up her left hand and Rei mirrored the gesture with her right. Vi quickly looped the ribbon around their wrists a few times before securing the knot.
"Tied up already and we haven't even had our first date yet," Minako winked at Rei.
Rei dropped their hands and twisted her wrist, as if to confirm that she truly couldn't escape from Minako and frowned.
Before they could shuffle to the side, a member of the soccer team was already shoving shot glasses into their hands. "Bottoms up, rookies," she said, laughing.
Rei scowled as she took the glass, which only earned her more chuckles from the soccer team.
Minako smiled and angled her body to face her more. "I hope you're ready to lose, Hino," she said, liking the way Rei's last name flowed off her tongue.
Rei narrowed her eyes at her in turn.
Minako raised the shot glass and leaned into her. "I'm happy to turn it into a body shot, if you'd prefer," she said with a smirk.
"Shut up and drink," Rei's voice was a low growl and it only turned her on more.
Minako tapped her glass to Rei's and tossed back its contents. She tried not to wince at the sour taste of lemon and vodka that hit her all at once. At least they'd started out lightly.
More of their teammates were getting paired up and tied together, but it didn't stop beers from being pushed into their hands as soon as they'd set their shot glasses on the bar.
They stood in front of the bar in awkward silence, unsure of what exactly they were meant to do now that they'd been tied together.
Minako considered wading towards the dance pit, but she figured she'd have to finish a few more drinks before she could convince Rei it was a good idea. Besides, she'd yet to hear an absolute bop that could get her feet moving.
Rei was making painful attempts to avoid looking at her. In fact, she looked like she'd rather be anywhere but inside this bar.
Minako almost pitied her. Almost. She had a game to win.
Rei might be hot, but she was still the competition right now. Minako could focus on getting into her pants after she won. Though, she was an excellent multitasker.
"Since we're going to be tied together until you surrender to me, we might as well continue getting to know one another," Minako said, tugging Rei closer to one of the railings overlooking the dance pit.
She figured it would be better to stand next to each other than sit across one of the hightop tables with their hands tied together. Selfishly, she would take any excuse to press herself up against Rei in the most suggestive way possible.
Rei sighed, leaned her back against the railing and downed her beer. "What do you want to know?" she asked, glaring distastefully at the empty cup.
Minako had to rush to finish her own. The cheap beer on draft tasted like lukewarm garbage and she wanted to gag. She shuddered at the thought of having to drink those all night.
As soon as she finished her own drink, one of her teammates swooped in and handed them more beers.
Minako scanned the crowd and saw that most of the soccer and volleyball players had drinks in their hands and damn near stalking the pairs of rookies, waiting for a chance to swoop in and hand them more drinks. A few of them, Minako noted, were carrying cups of water. How considerate of them.
She snapped back to her tasks at hand. What did she want to know about Rei? A sly grin spread across her lips.
The alcohol hadn't hit her yet, but Minako hardly needed liquid courage to bring her A Game. Honestly, Minako hardly needed to be at her best to get someone to sleep with her, but Rei in particular, seemed like a particularly difficult challenge.
Sure, Minako could cut the sexual tension between them with a knife, but that didn't mean Rei was any closer to acting on it. She figured that with the current state of things, the most she could count on was for them to messily makeout and never talk about it again.
Minako was a firm believer in kissing the homies, but specifically with this one, she had grander goals. Chiefly, ending her evening face down in Rei's pillows, begging for Rei to fuck her already.
Rei was eyeing her warily.
"Well, first of all, what's your type?" Minako kept her voice light, but flirty. She had all night to seduce her.
"Really, that's what you want to know," Rei deadpanned, lips pressing together in a thin line.
Minako wanted to kiss her senseless.
"You have a point, I already know I'm your type," she said, hiding her smirk behind a sip of her drink.
Rei arched an eyebrow at her. "What would make you think that?" she asked, rather coldly, if Minako was being honest.
Minako shrugged lazily. The simplest answer was that she was everybody's type. She was hot, she was blonde, and she oozed chemistry. Who wouldn't want her?
"Are you saying I'm not?" she leaned into Rei, looking slowly from her lips to her eyes and back again.
Rei's jaw flexed again in that way that made Minako's gut twist with desire.
When Rei didn't respond, Minako smirked. "Exactly."
A/N: Been really into the song "Into Your Room" by Holly Humberstone ft. MUNA lately. I think it's a pretty fitting Reinako song just based off vibes.
Sorry if this chapter felt like it was a little too repetitive after the last one, but I felt like Minako's perspective of the setup would also be fun.
Also, just as a reminder, more chapters have already been posted to AO3, which is where I upload first. I've just been posting here when I have the time to upload things! As of July 22, there are 16 chapters up on AO3. Username over there is Redb0w (the only difference on AO3 is that it's a zero instead of an O).