A/N: Wrote this for a friend lol because
reasons. 9 w9
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Akane watched as staff buzzed around the room, setting up for the broadcast of SKE's weekly web show, HapiHori.
She was excited, pretty damn excited since she never got to appear before unlike other members.
Even Rena-san got to be on a few times!
So yes, Akane was very excited and looking forward to whatever was I stored. From what she was able to watch from past shows, it definitely would be fun.
The door of the room opened to reveal the usual trio further reminding Akane of what was to come, she could feel her heartbeat increase with anticipation. Airi immediately rushed over in excitement at being able to finally have her good friend on the show, the other joined them and the four ha a small chat before the start of the broadcast.
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"Hey, why don't we do a confession scenario?"
As Kanako's suggestion got a unanimous agreement, Akane could feel herself grow increasingly anxious with each passing second. It wasn't that she hated doing these type of things but that she really didn't know how to properly do them.. and they were really really embarrassing.
Akane pulled through at least, at least with Airi it didn't feel so awkward and with Kanako, it was some way harder but not so bad. She just hoped the heat from her face didn't show too badly, it was bad enough with how she kept stumbling over words but just one more and they could move on!
So why was it as soon as she faced Nakanishi, her heart started beating crazily and the heat from her face increased so much Akane was sure she could pass out.
As she struggled to even formulate words, keeping eye-contact with the other girl grew impossible as she looked anywhere but Nakanishi's (intoxicating) dark brown eyes.
With every once of strength, Akane pushed out the words to end the suffering.
With the segment over, the broadcast moved on normally but Akane couldn't let what happened to her go; why had she reacted that way with Nakanishi?
It was a question that would plague her for the rest of the night and the following day and the next with a extra problem as well.
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What ended up happening was a week of immense teasing at Akane's expense.
She should have expected it, she really should have.
It was unbelievably relentless from the time she entered the theater till she left but even then, she was teased over the other members' blog posts.
It was even worse whenever Nakanishi and her were even in the same room. How the other girl was able to play it off so well was a mystery to the team captain, she either had more patience than Akane or was a saint.
Either way, it was a long week.
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Though the teasing had died down considerably, Akane was still the butt of some jokes though she could live with it as long as she could feel anything but embarrassment whenever with the other members.
After a long practice session and everyone leaving, Akane decides to stay behind. She still needed to clear her head, she really didn't have time to think with all the embarrassment that was preoccupying her mind.
Why had she suddenly reacted that way to Nakanishi? It couldn't be that she suddenly had feelings for her, she would have noticed.. right? Did she develop a crush obliviously on Nakanishi without her knowing, and why did it suddenly become known to her?
This was starting to give her headache.
Well, Akane had always thought that Nakanishi was rather good-looking and sometimes even cute. But that shouldn't be enough to warrant a crush, what else then?
Was it how kind Nakanishi was by helping out staff and other members including herself? Or that whenever Akane caught sight of the other girl smiling, her chest seemed to ache or those times that she would sometimes buy her snacks if she missed lunch?
Or how Nakanishi was anything other than just really wonderful and warm that Akane couldn't help but just gaze on from afar because she was being held back from whatever that was intimidating her from getting close?
Did anyone else notice it, did Nakanishi know?
Way too many questions were rushing around in her brain, Akane was too preoccupied to notice the sound of the door to the practice room opening.
Nakanishi Yuka was going over some schedules with her manager before deciding to leave for home. About to grab things, Yuka realized she had misplaced her jacket and briefly wondered where she left it before remembering it was in the practice room.
What she didn't expect to find was Akane huddled in the middle of the room. She seemed so engrossed in her thoughts that she didn't even notice Yuka open the door or enter the room.
Not wanting to startle the other girl, Yuka moved quietly to where she sat before gently calling out to her.
"Churi?"
Akane jumped slightly before looking over he shoulder to see the person that had been causing her so much distress.
Concern flashed across Yuka's face before she rushed over to Akane, her hands cupping her face and her thumbs wiping away tears she hadn't notice, "Are you okay?"
Akane tried to search for any sort of words in her brain as she took several shaky breaths, "It's.. well, it's like..".
Sensing how distressed the other girl was, Yuka wondered if the week had taken it's toll on Akane. She was already used to teases and jokes since it was practically an everyday occurrence but Akane had been dealt with a sudden barrage so it must have bothered her, right?
"Hey, if it's because of what everyone's been doing, they don't mean any ill-will. Don't be upset, if you want I could speak-"
"N-no, it's not that." Akane interrupted Yuka, trying to not think of how sweet it was of her to go out of her way to make her feel better.
"It's just that.. after HapiHori, I found that maybe.. I d-do like you..."
Definitely not expecting this sudden confession, Yuka remained silent as to what to do next.
It took every bit of courage Akane could find that hadn't disappeared since Yuka made herself known though she really couldn't help the tears that were already running down her face. She immediately buried her face into the other girl's shoulder, hoping to hide from any further embarrassment.
Feeling so useless, all Yuka could do was wrap her arms around the sobbing girl in some form of comfort to hopefully help. Her heart felt so heavy.
Footsteps from down the hall could be heard by Yuka though if Akane noticed she made no notion when Kumi entered the room and paused at the door. Yuka turned towards Kumi and brought up her hand to make a shhhing gesture.
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LOL SO BAD OTL *rolls away*