A short NMB story based loosely on the Niji no Tsukurikata music video from the Amagami Hime single. Hope you enjoy.
Back HomePairing: Ota Yuuri x Sutou Ririka (NMB48)
Ota Yuuri lurched forward on her school desk. She looked over to the clock in the classroom and calculated it had been two minutes since she last looked at the clock. Usually the ideal student, Yuuri was having a particular difficult time paying to the teacher’s lecture about philosophy. All the teacher’s rambling about German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche did was remind Yuuri of the girl she would finally be reunited with later that day. Sutou Ririka, her girlfriend. Nicknamed Riripon, she had been away on a short student exchange program in America for the past month and today was the day she would be returning home.
Riripon would have loved this lecture, Yuuri thought, holding back a smile. Riripon was really into philosophy, just one of the strange intricacies that attracted Yuuri to her. Riripon was different than any other person Yuuri knew.
Yuuri looked over to her classmates to try to distract herself from her thoughts. To her immediate left was one of her good friends, Shibuya Nagisa. She was trying her best to pay attention to the class and Yuuri could easily see Nagisa's trademark smile and positivity radiating the room. Behind Nagisa was her own girlfriend, Yabushita Shu. In contrast to Nagisa paying attention to class, Shu was fast asleep, using Nagisa's body to block the teacher from noticing. Yuuri couldn't help but smile at the sleeping girl.
Yuuri returned her focus to the front of the class and saw the student in front of her had dropped her pencil. Yuuri picked it up and tapped the girl on the shoulder.
"Kokoro, you dropped your pencil. Here you go."
The girl, Naiki Kokoro, fixed her glasses and turned around to face Yuuri. Kokoro was Yuuri's next door neighbor and they had been childhood friends since as far back as she could remember. Kokoro smiled at Yuuri and said, "Thank you, Yuuri." Kokoro turned back to the front of the class to pay attention to the lecture again.
As expected from the smartest girl in the class, Yuuri thought, once again with a smile.
The sound of the school bell signaling the end of the school day snapped Yuuri's attention back to the front. After the students stood and bowed, the teacher left the room and the students started to gather their belongings and get ready to head home. Yuuri, however, went over to the closet in the room to gather a broom for herself and Kokoro. The two girls had cleaning duty and Yuuri wanted to complete the cleaning as quickly as possible to make sure she was in time to see Riripon.
As the two girls started cleaning the classroom, Yuuri and Kokoro heard familiar voices speak to them.
"Man, it sucks that you two have cleaning duty today," said Shu.
Nagisa butted in, "Especially on the day of your lover's return, Yuuri."
Yuuri rolled her eyes at her friends' comments. Kokoro giggled at Yuuri's reaction and said to NagiShu, "We could finish even faster if two help us out."
Shu shook her head, with her hands in an apologetic praying position. "Sorry, the convenience store is giving out free ice cream today only. Me and Nagi have got to take advantage of this chance."
Yuuri facepalmed at the response and Kokoro burst out laughing at the reaction. Kokoro replied, "I see. Have fun, you two."
Both Nagisa and Shu nodded and left the two girls to finish cleaning the room. Thanks to their intelligent planning, they finished the cleaning very quickly. The two girls finished the cleaning and walked over to their bikes.
"Thanks for helping me with the cleaning, Kokoro."
"No problem, Yuuri. You heading home now?"
"Nope, I have someone I need to see," said Yuuri, with a huge grin on her face.
Kokoro simply nodded and went ahead. Before she left the school, Kokoro turned to Yuuri and with a smile, said, "By the way, tell Riripon I said hello."
After Kokoro left, Yuuri looked over at her watch and got on her bike to head towards the train station.
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"Another book complete."
Riripon put the book back into her bag. She had just finished her third philosophy book on the train ride home and Riripon could tell from her window seat that the next train stop would be her stop.
Riripon thought back on her past month in America and all the fun times she had. She had gotten to see the landwarks in Washington D.C. She had been able to visit New York City and see Times Square. And she gotten to see the majestic view of Niagara Falls.
Can't wait to tell Yuuri about it all, thought Riripon.
The train conductor announced that the train was about to board the platform of the next stop. Riripon gathered her belongings and started heading to the train exit.
After the train finally stopped, Riripon exited the train and looked around at the empty platform. Riripon sighed at the sight of no one on the train platform.
I thought Yuuri would be here to welcome me, Riripon thought dejectedly.
All of a sudden, Riripon's eyesight went blank and a familar voice whispered into her ear.
"Guess who?"
Riripon smiled and enthusiastically said, "Yuuri!"
Yuuri released her hand from Riripon's eyes and the two girls hugged at their reunion.
"I missed you so much," said both girls at the same time, eliciting a huge alugh from both of them. As they were laughing, Yuuri moved in front of to Riripon and closed her eyes, motioning for Rirpon to kiss her. Riripon, sensing the moment, closed her eyes and prepared to kiss her girlfriend.
The expectation of sensation from Yuuri's lips, however, was replaced with the sensation of water falling on their heads. Confused, the two girls opened their eyes and saw the culprits of the water on their heads. Water ballons thrown by Nagisa and Shu.
Shu said, "Hey, you two lovebirds! Kokoro said she baked a cheesecake for Riripon's return home. Better get home first before we eat it all."
Yuuri stomped her foot to the ground as Nagisa and Shu ran away towards Yuuri's home.
"Feels good to be back," said Riripon, with a smile.
"Yeah." Yuuri kissed Riripon on the cheek. She then held Riripon's hand and said, "Let's go pay those two back."
And Yuuriripon ran after Nagishu determined to get their revenge on the two.