I kept my promise (?) and wrote ReinAi! Kinda.
Inspired by Sukoshi's comment in the Reina thread about Reina's room. Hehe.
Enjoy!
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I Don't Get It"Sorry for intruding..."
"I'm home!"
The second voice sounded a lot more confident, dutifully removing her shoes and placing them on the rack before stepping in. Her guest followed along obediently, looking around the place curiously.
"Mom went out shopping with her friends, but she said she'll be back in time to make dinner." Her guest nodded, still peering around the place with avid curiosity.
"Will you be staying for dinner?" No reply. Seems like her guest was spacing out again.
"Hello~" A hand waved around that blank face seemed to do the trick.
"Huh? You were saying?" An innocent blink was followed by an exasperated sigh.
"Ai-chan, why don't you ever pay attention?" The petite figure turned around abruptly, stomping away from the leader. "Reina doesn't like it when you don't listen!"
"Um...I'm sorry..." Takahashi Ai, 22 year old, leader of Morning Musume. Looking exactly like a 15 year old. It couldn't be helped though, she just came off filming. "I was just tired..."
"Huh." Was all the reply she got, as Reina removed her coat and hung it up. "You should take care of yourself." It sounded a lot like a grumble, but Ai smiled anyway, looking around the living room.
"This is the first time I've been to Reina's house in a long time...are those new curtains?" Easily distracted by certain things, Ai drifted over to said curtains, running a hand across the fabric.
"Soft..." Without warning, Reina appeared right at her elbow, a peculiar expression on her face.
"Ai-chan..." She started, then trailed off, as if unable to grasp what exactly to say. Shaking her head, Reina shrugged, a switch within her seeming to shut off with the gesture.
Almost as if someone had changed the setting, Tanaka Reina, super-idol, seemed to morph right back to a normal teenage girl. A tiny, haggard, sleepy-looking girl who seemed almost like a cat.
Ai, as usual, didn't bat an eye. Whether she noticed the change or not, that could certainly be a matter for debate. She merely turned to the curtains again, fingering the fabric.
"Zebra curtains, Reina?" A hint of a smile. A pause.
"...what of it? I like them." Eyes averted, falling back into casual street language without a second thought. Reina huffed slightly, turning away and beginning to walk off.
"Does Ai-chan want to see Reina's room?" The question lacked the abrupt tone the yankii was famous for. It sounded almost gentle, uncertain, even. Ai glanced at Reina's back. The younger girl's shoulders seemed very small without her coat in the way.
"Ok!" The burst of energy seemed to surprise them both, but Ai pushed away any doubt by catching up to Reina and indeed, striding just half a step ahead of her. Reina blinked, caught off guard, but recovered instantly and matched her steps to her suddenly enthusiastic leader.
"It's this way..." The door clicked open, and both girls stopped at the entrance. Reina looked down at her toes, picking at a strand of her hair nervously.
Silence. With every passing nanosecond, Reina felt like she might throw up from the tension.
Then, inexplicably, Ai began to giggle. Softly at first, then chuckling aloud. Reina's head snapped up, eyes narrowed as she stared at her leader. She couldn't decide if the older woman was making fun of her or something, such was the unpredictability of one Takahashi Ai.
"What? What is it?" Reina's eyes looked doubly crossed as she started tapping her foot, arms folded. Ai grinned broadly, stifling her chuckles.
"As I thought, Reina is really very girly after all~" Reina's face colored instantly.
"Huh?!" Ai swept her gaze around Reina's surprisingly neat room again.
"Everything's pink, Reina..." Reina mumbled something under her breath, turning her head away.
"Oh, that...is there a problem?" The last part sounded almost like a threat, the way Reina was saying it. A normal person would have backed off immediately, but Ai merely shook her head and chuckled some more.
"No...just that, not even Sayu's room is anything like that." Ai continued to smirk just a bit as she took a step in. "Maybe Ishikawa-san though..."
Reina sighed as she followed her senpai in, idly removing her accessories and setting them down on the dressing table. Ai seemed almost like a kid in a candy store, looking around everywhere, but never touching anything. Seems like she did know her manners after all.
"Aika said the same thing when she was over the other time..." Reina muttered as she flounced onto her bed, staring at the ceiling for a moment before sitting back upright again.
"Mittsi did? She's a good girl, isn't she?" Ai smiled fondly at the mention of her youngest junior. Reina huffed slightly again, nodding in acquiescence when Ai looked mutely at her for permission to sit down on the bed.
"Feh, I suppose she is." Despite herself, Reina couldn't keep up that gruff tone for long. "She's fun to hang out with. Good kid, that one."
"Reina's being a good senpai to her too." Ai beamed at her, swinging her legs back and forth like a schoolgirl. Reina couldn't help but wonder if acting in Q.E.D was warping the leader's personality entirely.
"I'm happy that you have someone to hang out with at last, Reina." It was more her tone of voice, even more than what she had said, that made the Rokkie turn to her with raised eyebrows. Ai was still smiling peacefully, although her eyes were a bit distant.
"I'm happy for you, Reina. Let's do our best together on stage again, alright? Now that you have someone with you off it too..." Ai was staring into space again.
Reina stared at her. Contemplated if hitting her on the head would work. She wanted to yell:
Pay attention to me, baka! but experience told her that it wouldn't last for long. Not to mention that she wouldn't get away with it at all. No matter how Ai let her get away with things sometimes.
She's easygoing, but I shouldn't push it too much... Reina gripped her sheets tightly, trying to figure out just what her incomprehensible leader meant with those words.
"Why don't you ever get angry with me?" The question slipped out without much thought. Reina froze, biting her tongue as she directed a panicked glance at Ai.
One second passed. Then two. And a third.
Reina couldn't believe it. She just couldn't. She thought Eri was bad, but she sure didn't expect
Ai to be the same!
Asleep. Huh. Eyes closed, mouth half open, a very un-idollike face. Not really something you'd expect from the gorgeous, poised Takahashi on stage. Entirely expected from the occasionally fumbling, awkward Ai-chan off it though.
It was a good thing they were of similar size. Sort of. Ai's weight on her shoulder wasn't entirely uncomfortable, but that angle would be bad for her neck when she woke up. Sensibly, Reina moved Ai to rest on her bed; gently, carefully, as if afraid that she would break.
"You shouldn't overdo it." Reina scolded the sleeping leader as she squatted next to the bed, staring at the peaceful, ordinary face. The face that had never gotten upset with her.
"You get upset with Gaki-san all the time. Why can you show that face to her, and no one else?" Reina sat down on her floor, glaring at the unconscious form on her bed.
"Do our best together. Huh. We always do. No need to repeat it again." Leaning her head against the side of the bed, Reina could feel Ai's breath tickle her hair. In, out. Warm.
"Why can't you just say whatever you want to say?" Reina grumbled, closing her eyes, listening to the even breathing above her. Soon, her own matched it.
~*~*~
When the door clicked open again, all Tanaka-mama saw were two very ordinary girls sleeping, lightly illuminated by rays of a dying sun. She smiled and closed the door.
No need to interrupt a much needed rest, especially not with their hands joined in sleep.
When we wake up, let's do our best together again.====================================================
No particular reason, I just felt like doing fluff. Heh.
-hides in little corner to twiddle thumbs again-
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