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Story VI: Impasse Part II (AtsuMina)Atsuko’s eyes turned saucers at the unexpected action and her body turned stiff. Her brain appeared to have undergone shutdown as it couldn’t seem to process what was going on. The kiss lasted for a moment too brief that Atsuko would have thought she imagined it if it weren’t for the burning sensation she felt on her lips and Minami’s bright red face. The dazed Atsuko touched her lips, wondering why in the world Minami had kissed her out of the blue like that.
“I uh… well… You looked unhappy.. So uh… I…. Ermm.. You….” The captain fumbled with her words, arms flailing around animatedly. The taller girl just stared at the shorter one, waiting for her explanation.
“.. Ano.. Yuko said that uh.. kisses can make people happy… so… I uh… I didn’t want to see yo- “ A pair of lips covering her own cut off the captain’s words and their situation was reversed.
This time, it was the captain’s turn to go all stiff and wide eyed. When she felt a pair of arms wrapped themselves around her neck, Minami couldn’t help but wrapped her own around the other girl’s waist too, pulling Atsuko closer. Her eyes fluttered shut and she tried to savor the kiss while it lasted. Once the other female pulled away, Minami opened her eyes to discover a dazed and a very flushed Acchan in her embrace. Atsuko’s lips were still parted and her breath was uneven, chest rising up and down in a slow, tantalizing motion.
Minami found the sight to be somewhat fascinating.
“Beautiful…” Minami breathed out, not realizing that she had spoken her thoughts.
A surge of happiness rushed into Atsuko’s heart. She still couldn’t grasp was what happening but she thank Kami-sama (and Yuko too, she guessed?) for whatever that was possessing Minami to do this because only heaven knows how hard to get a kiss from the shy captain. And now they had kissed twice in a day! Atsuko could have sworn she could hear fireworks going off somewhere. Could this be a sign from above that she should not give up on her love? Atsuko was not sure what fate had planned for them but Atsuko was sure as hell that she was not going to let this chance pass by.
“Minami… won’t you make me happy once more?” Atsuko’s voice was husky and seductive.
Minami, who was staring at Atsuko’s lips for quite a while now diverted her gaze upwards and caught Atsuko’s longing ones. Minami’s breath was caught in her throat. She gulped at the intensity and the hunger in Atsuko’s eyes. The fire in the ace’s eyes was burning Minami’s soul and for reasons unknown, Minami couldn’t look away… or perhaps, she didn’t really want to look away this time. Besides, how can one turn away from such a breathtakingly beautiful view?
As if there was a magnetic pull between the two, the distance between them began to diminish once again and….
“TAKAMINA!!!! What do you think you’re doing with my waifu!”
Minegishi Minami booming voice broke the spell that was casted on Takamina and the shocked captain jumped back a few feet away from the equally surprised ace. Blood pumping, heart racing, Minami felt like a deer in headlights, caught doing something she shouldn’t do.
“What-what on Earth just took place?” That was the only thing that came to her mind.
She looked at Acchan, who looked flustered and then at Mii-chan, who already had her arms around Atsuko possessively. Takamina glowered, she never liked how touchy feely her fellow No3b member with Atsuko (It irritates her, somehow) but she never paid much attention to the nagging feeling all this time. However, the act of skinship vexed her a little bit more than usual that day.
“Acchan, you alright? Did this midget pester you or something?” The ever playful Mii-chan jokingly asked her so called wife.
Poor girl didn’t realize what she just did, what she had interrupted. Atsuko didn’t give out any respond; she just stood there, allowing herself to be embraced. Bewildered that her favourite waifu didn’t reply to her greeting, Mii-chan pulled away a little to get a proper look only to found Atsuko glaring at Takamina as if challenging the captain to take action. Following the older girl’s gaze, Mii-chan was met with a furious looking captain. The young girl could tell that something was off.
“Why do I feel like I’m at fault here?”A realization dawned on Mii-chan. The heavy atmosphere between the short leader and the girl she was hugging made Mii-chan wished she could undo the last few minutes that passed by.
“I walked in at the wrong time, didn’t I? Crap crap crap. What should I do? This is sooooo AWKWARD. Look at those two! Arghhhhh no wonder they always called me the third wheel. Gomen Acchan, Takamina!” Mii-chan panicked inside her head.
Casting nervous look back and forth between the two who seemed to be in a staring contest and slowly releasing her hold on Atsuko, Mii-chan silently prayed for her own well being.
“Hahaha I think I’ll just leave you two alone.. so uh… bye!” Mii-chan slowly tip-toed away from the scene but all of the sudden Atsuko’s hand captured hers, holding her firmly in place.
“Eh???? Acchan? What are you doing?!!” Mii-chan thought, her panic level rising.
“Stay.” Atsuko commanded, her eyes never leaving Takamina. The captain glanced down at the clasped hands and bit her lower lip. Mii-chan gulped.
“What’s with this intense situation??!! I feel like a hostage here.” She cried inside her head.
Mii-chan wanted to leave but Atsuko’s tight grip prevented her from doing so. Talking about the grip, it was starting to hurt as well.
“She’s killing my hand! I’m gonna be a one-handed idol! Kami-sama! Help me! I promise I won’t kiss/grope/harass any girls for… a week? Eh, chotto matte. A week is too long.... So.. Errr… 3 days!” Mii-chan prayed.
As half-assed the prayer sounded, Kami-sama still accepted it anyway it seemed. The staring contest ended as Takamina stomped forward and broke off the hold Atsuko held on Mii-chan by taking Atsuko’s hand into her own and dragged the ace away from the Gachapin lookalike. Mii-chan blinked.
“Woah Takamina. Didn’t know she had that in her.” Mii-chan breathed in relief, glad that she was free from that uncomfortable position.
“Phew~ I made it out alive. Thank you, Kami-sama! And ouch, Acchan sure has a death grip. Must remember not to piss off that girl.” Rubbing her bruised hand, Mii-chan watched in amusement at the scene in front her until the two girls’ back disappeared in the distance.
“Gambaro Acchan! I hope that Taka-midget would finally realize her own feelings.” Minegishi Minami cheered for her fake wife silently with a smile before skipping off to find a new victim, completely forgetting about her earlier promise with the high above.
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Takahashi Minami broke out into a sweat. She had surprised herself when she oh-so gallantly pulled Atsuko away from Mii-chan and now she had no idea where she was heading, what she was supposed to do. Things had gotten out of her control, from a simple act of comforting into….. This! Minami didn’t know what to describe the situation she was in now. Honestly, the captain felt somewhat challenged and Minami was unsure why she had this strange urge to prove something during her little glaring contest with Atsuko a while ago.
She felt that she needed to prove that Atsuko was hers.
Such possessive thought freaked Minami out. Where did that came from? Who was she to make a claim on Atsuko like that? Minami felt downright confused about her own actions and feelings, and it seemed like the main source of her confusion was none other than Acchan. Minami wanted to slap herself for kissing her best friend earlier too, among all the things that she could do. Damn Yuko and her perverted suggestion. Damn all those daily sexual harassments that were starting, if not already, polluted her mind. Damn Acchan for looking so kissable. And damn, that kiss easily was the best kiss Minami ever had.
“Damn the world!” The captain growled in frustration and pulled her hair, hard. She wished nothing more than to disappear at the very moment.
Warm hands stopped the girl from causing further damage to her scalp and two pairs of brown orbs met once more. There it was again, besides the concern over the captain weird behaviour; there was yearning in the ace’s eyes. Takamina felt somewhat guilty and looked away. She took in their surroundings and based on the piles of boxes and random items that were lying around, she recognized the room that they were in as the storage room. Perhaps the captain’s desire for privacy had made her unconsciously led the ace to that secluded room. They need to talk things over.
“I guess this place will do.” Minami thought.
The captain then carefully plan out her choice of words. Though she was still not sure what she was supposed to say, she didn’t want to hurt Acchan. That was the last thing she wanted to do. The ribbon lover hated seeing her dearest friend cry. She hated it even more if she was the reason of Acchan’s tears. After some quick thinking, Minami decided that she should apologize to Atsuko for kissing her and hopefully everything would be forgotten in time. However, before Minami could open her mouth to apologize, Atsuko’s lips crashed onto hers for the third time of the day. Minami couldn’t give a proper respond so she just stood there dumbly. The short haired girl broke the kiss and hugged the dumbfounded captain, burying her face into the other girl’s hair.
“If... you’re going to apologize... Please- stop it. I’m tired of this- us being like this.” Atsuko’s shaky voice tugged on the shorter girl’s heart.
“Acchan...” Minami hugged back.
“What... What do you want me to do?” The captain asked, voice merely above a whisper.
“YOU tell me what to do.” Replied Atsuko.
“EH??”
Atsuko placed her arms on Minami’s shoulders, keeping the captain at arm’s length. Eyes met eyes.
“I love you, Minami.” The ace said solemnly. “And no, I don’t mean the kind of love between friends. I’M IN LOVE WITH YOU. I wanna date you, I wanna marry you, I wanna have sex with you.” Atsuko continued. Minami couldn’t help but blush at the last few words. Damn, Acchan can be so bold sometimes.
“So tell me, Minami... Should I give up this feeling? Should I let you go and move on?”
By the time Atsuko’s words sunk in, the captain felt that her brain exploded from the amount of information taken. Acchan loved her. Maeda Atsuko loved her. For real! Her best friend was in love with her all along and after all these years she had taken Acchan’s love confession lightly, thinking it was Acchan’s idea of playing around. But then again, who could blame the captain? In AKB, the line between joking, fan service and reality was extremely thin that nobody could tell what was real and what was not anymore. For some reason, Minami believed that Atsuko was straight, that Atsuko would never fell for any of the members, including herself. At least, that was what Minami had told her heart.
Now that the truth had come out and it was not what Minami had expected it to be, her mind was blown away. Minami opened her mouth but no words came out, resulting in her making funny fish like faces. But Atsuko wasn’t laughing. Nope, the ace wasn’t laughing at all.
Eyes fixed on the captain, Atsuko was determined to end the impasse that was haunting their relationship. They had to move forward, no matter what. The only question left for Minami to answer was, would Minami choose to walk together with her? Or would they have to walk a different path?
“Ne... Would you give us a chance? Would you give me a chance?”
Minami looked into the pleading brown orbs in front of her. Never before she had seen Acchan looking so desperate, no, never like this. Something in Minami’s heart stirred. The captain contemplated on the request. Should she? The thought of being in relationship with Acchan was exciting yet scary. When it came to her best friend, Minami couldn’t deny that there were indeed some...
attraction. Acchan was a very pretty girl, after all.
There were times where Minami had imagined how it would be like, to be in a forbidden relationship with any of the girls. The endless joke about her being a man did get to her head in some ways, it turned out, and how Acchan kept going on and on about marrying her was not helping either; but it was merely in her fantasy. A fantasy that she occasionally dream of but would never wish it to come true because it would be too complicated if it did.
Apart from the fact that they were both girls, Atsuko was her best friend and that made things far more complex than it already did. Should their relationship didn’t work out in the future, what will become of their friendship? Minami didn’t want to lose one of, if not the best, friend that she could ever have. The way the two of them connected and understood each other was beyond the level of your normal everyday friendship. Before she met Atsuko, Minami thought that such friendship would only exist in doramas. Heck, even now the captain felt that she was in some kind of soap opera where the lead was confessed by the childhood friend. The only difference was, reality was million times harder and harsher. There were no guarantees that they would get their happy ending.
It was time to decide what the next chapter of their story would be. Minami searched deep into the eyes that had been watching her for the past 6 years for an answer, before she made the ultimate decision. Satisfied with what she had found, Minami closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She grabbed the shaky hands on her shoulder and gave them a light squeeze.
“That is somewhat ridiculous for me.” Minami said.
Atsuko tore up at the reply. She felt extremely foolish for having such hope. Maybe she was wrong in interpreting their kiss previously. Maybe Minami didn’t feel the same way as her at all. The ace bit her lower lip and tried to remove her hands but the captain held them firmly in place.
“...But I’ve done too many crazy things in life that ridiculous is normal and I’m a big idiot anyway.. Err I mean a small idiot? Therefore I may not make the wisest choice but.. Ah! Why am I talking nonsense here? Erm... Well... I guess, what I’m trying to say is..”
Atsuko couldn’t believe her ears. Was Minami really?
“...It wouldn’t hurt to try. Us, I mean.” The older girl finished off with a smile.
Atsuko clasped her mouth with her hands as tears of happiness fell freely from her eyes. Suddenly feeling awkward, the blushing Minami rubbed the back of her neck and looked down as if the floor was the most interesting thing in the world.
“So... uh Acchan... This means that you’re my girlfriend now, right?” The captain asked timidly.
The crying girl burst out into a small laughter. Taking her bestfriend-turned-girlfriend’s hand in one hand and wiping her tears with the other, Atsuko smiled her biggest smile ever.
“Hai!” The younger exclaimed happily.
Seeing how happy the other girl was, Minami felt that she had made the right choice. Any trace of doubts that she had earlier dissipated completely. She knew for sure that there would be obstacles in the future and things may not always be easy for the two of them. She also knew that there would be possibility that they might not get the happy ending that they wanted.
But what happy ending?
They are alive and as long as you are alive, there will never be an ending. You just have to keep on living and push on as things come your way. If Minami had to choose how she wanted her life to be, then Takahashi Minami would be more than happy to have Maeda Atsuko by her side, regardless what their relationship was. Minami knew that she would still have Acchan’s friendship even if things go wrong, she could see it in the girl’s eyes. That was why Minami decided to take the plunge.
Having the younger girl as a friend was already a blessing for dear Minami.
But having Acchan as a girlfriend?
Well... Let’s just say that’s a plus.
THE END
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Angsty AtsuMina with Mii-chan as a cameo! Poor Gachapin.
But things turn out well in the end, ne?
Seriously this one turned out to be way longer than I expected but it's good, I guess?
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