Chapter 10: SUNNY DAY HONK

notes: I GOT MY VAMP HONK! also slight smut. v purple prosed smut.

White-hot heat. Touches of the sun on her face, her shoulders. Sunbeams warming each limb; a tingling in the fingers, a bite of sunburn along the inner thigh. Each adoring light reflected, the attention taking form in energy and sound. Every nerve was alit in anticipation. She was the moon that climbed the night sky, the sun waiting patiently for her journey upwards. She was nothing at all, nothing but touch. Being touched. A hand followed the curves and crescents, dipping into the darkness.

"Ah… Honoka, I…"

"I've got you right here, Maki," Breath against her core. A liquid heat growing inside her, rising and rising through her stomach, chest; as if she would burst from sensation. She was going to die. She was nothing at all but the tiny sphere that danced under the sun's fingertips. "I love the way you move against me. It's so beautiful, Maki."

Did she know? The overflow that threatened to tumble out in one long howl? She longed to lose herself, to let it all come out. To be nothing. To be handled, maneuvered, a non-entity.

"That's it. Just keep following my fingers." It was a dance. Rising and falling in rhythm. She tried not to think about how she looked, how she sounded. Nico had teased her afterwards, the first time. With trembling thighs she matched the motions of the slow, lazy circles. Orbits around her sunshine, a satellite. Falling into the night sky. The science imagery suddenly crashed the building orgasm to a nasty stop. The meteor. The secrets. Umi. Nico calling her a pillow princess.

"Honoka, I… this is…"

"Are you okay, Maki? We can stop."

"No! Maybe. Yes. I. I really like you and… I…I really like this and…" She opened her eyes. Honoka was ardently staring up at her from the floor. Maki relaxed, no longer hyper-tense. Why was she suddenly a blushing teenager again, all bashful in Nico's car? "I… just… cuddle me, Honoka. Be big spoon."

The rain hadn't stopped since last night. They laid against the bright orange pillows, underneath the A-RISE poster. Rumbling in the distance. For a few minutes they stayed like that, in the cool bedroom. She could feel Honoka's heartbeat, the way her chest rose with each breath. Somehow it wasn't enough. Did Honoka want to hold her? "You… you really like me, right?"

Honoka sat up and looked at Maki. She looked more serious than Maki had ever seen her in her entire life, Love Live! and the past months' shady events included. "Maki, I've… I've liked you since I was sixteen. I… I don't know if I've ever felt this way before. I… it's…. complicated, but… Maki, you're one of the best friends I've ever had. You mean so much to me. I… I think I might be… I really like you a lot, Maki. I'm happy every time I see you. I want to see more of you. I wish I could wake up to you every morning."

"H-Honoka…"

"So yeah, I'd say I like you quite a bit, Maki!" Honoka kissed her full on the mouth. "Don't ever forget that."