@kahem: Isn't she?
I just love making her act that way, especially when she was kicked by Sae in the earlier chapter! I could even imagine the scene right before my eyes!
@KojiYuu44: YAY~!
A new reader! Thank you so much! I'm glad that you found it interesting.
The Day I ConfessPart ThreeDays have passed, and only three days remain until Airin confess her feelings. Mizuki kept growing more and more impatient as the days gone by, considering how much trouble she had to go through and only to end up watching Airin foil her plans accidentally or something.
Her anxiety grew as she stared at how Airin acted around Rena, to the point that she had teeth marks on her arms for two days after seeing the older girl fail in the simplest of ways. And simplest of ways included the way she would walk towards the raven-haired.
"So frustrating!"
"At this rate, you'll definitely lose." Nakanishi Yuka told her whilst munching on a melon pan.
Mizuki looked up from the table with narrowed eyes sending daggers at the short-haired and started grumbling. "You should be helping me, you know."
Nakanishi merely shrugged her shoulders in response, seeming unfazed by the narrowing of eyes that she was receiving from the black-haired. She continued to eat on the remaining melon pan in her hand until Airin came into the scene and took her attention.
"Mizuki," she started, sipping her hot drink as she watched Airin fail once more in trying to ask Rena out for break time. "Why did you even make that bet with Jurina?"
The black-haired only sighed, lightly smacking and laying her forehead on the surface of her table, resulting in her written papers of reports to get crumpled. She let out another sigh, before answering the girl's question with a muffled voice.
"Jurina's not doing anything."
"So?"
"I'm giving her a push." Mizuki stated in a matter-of-fact voice, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
That caused the short-haired to sigh as she shook her head, before staring down at the troubled girl as she stood up. Giving a light smack on the back of Mizuki's head, she started muttering to herself about how she just had to be involved in such a silly bet.
"Well, give me a reason why I should help you." she said, sighing as she sat back down.
"Well, I really need Jurina to lose." Mizuki tapped on her chin for a few seconds, pondering to herself for another reason before looking at the short-haired with a cheeky smile. "And you would rather die than to be seen in a loli dress."
"I could have just helped you by giving some suggestions." Nakanishi muttered under her breath. "Now if you lose, I have to wear those loli dresses for a week."
"A day, actually." Mizuki corrected, making the girl sitting before her, give a sigh of relief as she continued. "Jurina's feeling confident that she would win, so she decided to turn it back to a day."
"Somehow doesn't make any sense, but doesn't matter." the short-haired smiled to herself. "At least the punishment has been lessened."
Sighing probably for the nth time that day, Nakanishi started to have a certain feeling called Regret. She should have still kept away from Jurina and Mizuki two days ago, but due to the unneccessary timing of her curiousity, she ended up ignoring the ringing of the bells inside her head.
Which resulted in her getting into this situation.Why didn't she stay away from those two? In fact, why did she decide to go near them despite noticing the atmosphere that the two were enveloped in? If only she had known that she would end up getting involved in such a bet, she would probably have stayed at home that day instead,
"You do know that you're fighting a losing battle?" she asked the long-haired, crossing her arms across her chest as she let out another sigh.
Mizuki nodded, making the short-haired drop her head in exasperation. Her head snapped back up when she suddenly hears a familiar strawberry voice echoing throughout the hallways. Nakanishi's eyes widened in realization, and she instantly turned her head to the direction where the voice of a certain Hiramatsu Kanako came walking in.
"Kana!" Nakanishi cried, springing as fast as she could to the girl.
Giving a hum in question, Kanakana could only let out a surprised squeak as soon as she was suddenly reeled away to a corner. Mizuki started another sighing session after watching the two girls with a questioning gaze, thinking that the short-haired would only start her rant about being involved in the bet.
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"That's why, I really need your help!" Nakanishi cried, clapping her hands together as she bowed at the younger girl.
The strawberry voiced girl merely bit the insides of her cheek, tapping a finger on her chin as she began to hum out a familiar song that she had come to learn that day. Placing both of her hands on each side of the older girl, she then gave a beaming smile.
"You'll do anything?" she asked in her sweetest voice, trying to look as innocent as ever despite the cunning and willy plan that she had in her mind.
Desperate not to lose the bet and wear loli dresses, the short-haired ignored the ringing of the bells once again and grabbed the younger girl's hands, completely unaware to Kanakana's 'innocent' smile and...
...Devilish plans."I'll do anything!" she cried, nodding her head frantically as if her life was on the line. "So, please help me!"
Kanakana gave a thumbs-up and gave her a pat on the shoulder, "Okay~"
She then walked off, leaving the older girl to wonder about what she has under her sleeves to help her and Mizuki win the bet, only to have realization hit her. Eyes widening, she then found herself worrying about a new profound horror.
"I hope that girl doesn't make me do anything crazy." she muttered to herself, shivering as she remembered the last time she had to ask for a favour.
Let's just say that it wasn't a really nice experience for the older girl.~^o^~^o^~^o^~
Night came and everyone got ready to go back to their warm and comfy abodes, all except for one. Sitting by the cafe located inside the office, Kanakana sipped her hot chocolate and hummed, showing how she found the drink delicious.
Sitting across the table in front of her was none other than Nakanishi, who held a soda can in hand. She would turn her head from side to side every now and then, anxious and worried whether their plan would go off quite well.
Just then, a familiar voice that the two could depict as coming from a certain raven named, Matsui Rena, was heard, making the girl to stop breathing. "Well, Akimoto-san said we need to change a few more in the model, maybe tweak it here and there."
"I'm fine with whatever you think, Rena-san." Airin said.
The two girls looked at each other and made a face, shivering on their seats as they felt their hair rising from the overly-sweet voice that Airin spoke in. The same type of voice of a girl that was completely head over heels in love.
"Airin makes me want to punch something." Nakanishi muttered to the girl sitting across her, clenching her hands tightly.
Kanakana merely laughed and gave a pat on the clenched fist. "She actually makes me cringe."
"Same here." Nakanishi sighed. "We should really make her confess."
"Just go along with the flow, alright?" the younger girl whispered, reminding the short-haired of what they were supposed to do.
Letting out a sigh, Nakanishi nodded a second later and leaned against her seat, trying to look like nothing was amiss. She began to sip her drink, though the way her eyes kept on diverting from place to place was kind of giving it away.
The younger girl could only let out a small chuckle as she watched Nakanishi act like an amateur when it comes to this kind of things. Knowing that, Kanakana couldn't help but worry. Despite the anxiety she was starting to feel, she smiled assuringly at the older girl and placed a hand on hers, hoping that it would somehow loosen her up.
She let out a relieved sigh to herself when Nakanishi smiled back at her, and gave a curt nod in return. Leaning against her seat, she then began to count down the time it would take for Rena and Airin to come by their table.
Fortunately for her, it didn't take that long to pretend that she was actually drinking the empty cup's contents. The two girls managed to reach a meter away from their table within ten seconds, signalling Kanakana to place down the cup she was 'drinking' from.
Turning her head to the direction of the two, she gave a friendly wave to the two girls with a huge smile on her face, receiving a wave in return. Just as they had expected, Rena and Airin made their way to where she and Nakanishi sat.
"You guys aren't going home yet?" Airin asked the two.
Nakanishi awkwardly nodded her head. "Y-yeah."
"Are you feeling alright?" Rena inquired, looking concerned at the girl who was starting to fumble with her fingers.
Nakanishi only nodded, not wanting to ruin their plan because of the way she might stutter if she were to ever open her mouth. Kanakana, sensing how the older girl was trying to look how she normally was, cleared her throat to try and divert the attention to her.
"Airin, can I talk to you?" she asked. "It's something quite important."
"Important?" the older girl asked, turning to Rena who only gave a smile in return.
Kanakana nodded her head and kicked the girl sitting across her twice, motioning for her to stand up and go on with their plans. When Nakanishi did, the strawberry-voiced flashed a beaming smile to Rena and grabbed Airin's wrist.
"This might take a while, Rena-chan." she said, hoping that the older girl would take the hint.
Giving a pat on Airin's shoulder, Rena smiled. "I'll be going ahead, Airin."
"Eh?" Airin eyes diverted from Rena to Kanakana, as if wanting to ask the younger girl to let whatever discussion they were going to talk about, be postponed for the next day. "But it's so late right now."
"What if something bad happens to you, Rena-san?" she started, turning to the strawberry-voiced and staring at her with pleading eyes.
Unfortunately for her, the younger girl wasn't willing to let her go. She only tightened the hold she had on the black-haired even more, and gave a discreet nod to Nakanishi. Everthing at the moment was going exactly as they had planned, and now it was up to Nakanishi to finish Phase One.
"I can send Rena-chan home." Nakanishi offered as she took out her car keys, showing them that charming smile that can make any girl in the building to fall on their knees. "After all, I do have a car."
"Well, that's solved then!" Kanakana beamed at them, clasping her hands together before turning her gaze back to Airin, who now had nothing to worry about since one of her good friends would be sending the girl she loves back home.
Airin gave a small smile and a wave to raven, slightly disappointed that she wouldn't be able to go home with her. "I'll see you at home then, Rena-san."
"Let her go as soon as you finish talking, okay?" the raven said to Kanakana. "It's getting quite late."
Bidding them farewell, Nakanishi and Rena began to walk out of the building and headed for the car park, leaving Airin along with the younger girl. Kanakana motioned for the black-haired to sit down, and started taking out several papers as well as a few pens.
"Did you even pay any attention in the meeting?"Airin asked, sighing as the younger girl started bombarding her with questions.
An Hour Later"Thank you so much, Airin!" Kanakana beamed as she began placing every note she has taken out, back into her bag.
The said girl gave a smile as she stood up whilst waiting for the younger girl to finish putting her things back into the small folder, that somehow seemed a bit too small for the amount of papers. Once she was finished, the two of them walked out of the building.
Walking to where Airin's car was parked, they got in right before the drops of rain could touch them. The older girl started the engine and began to drive, soon reaching the city within a minute or two with careful and focused driving.
As Airin drove by a corner, Kanakana sent a message to Nakanishi and waited for a reply, asking if she was able to do her part of the mission. Not wanting to let any suspicion arose due to her sudden silence, Kankana turned to the older girl and asked a question.
“What do you think of Nakanishi, Airin?"
Glancing at her whilst making sure that they don't get into a car crash, Airin raised a brow. "What do you mean?"
"I meant, what do you think of her..." the younger girl's voice trailed off, making Airin raise her other brow in question.
When Kanakana didn't continue on, the older girl continued to stare at her. "Her...?"
"As a girlfriend."
"What?"
Repeating the question, Kanakana sighed. "What do you think of Nakanishi as a girlfriend?"
"A girlfriend?" Airin hummed, tapping her fingers on the wheel as she started thinking. "Hmm..."
As she continued pondering off to herself, the questioner on the other hand was paying her little attention. She was slightly concentrating on the device that she had in her hand, worried and wondering about what was currently happening since she has yet to receive any reply in return.
"What is she doing?" the younger girl thought to herself as she bit the inner side of her cheek.
"Why isn't she replying back?"She sighed and placed her phone back to the pocket of her bag, before turning her attention to the girl driving beside her. It was quite fortunate for her that she was able to re-compose her expression right before the older girl turned to her, finally figuring out what her answer would be.
"It seems that she might be the 'pants' in the relationship." she started.
"I mean, she prefers to be dominant and such." Airin furrowed her eyebrows together as she let out a hum. "Okay...I'm not really sure, but the way she normally acts make her seem like she'd be the 'man', so I guess that she can be? She also seems to be a sadist."
Kanakana smirked and muttered to herself. "More like a masochist."
"Huh?" Airin raised a brow and glanced at her after turning the car by a corner. "Did you say something?"
Flashing an innocent smile, the younger girl shook her head. "Nothing."
"Anyway, what's with the sudden question?"Airin asked.
The strawberry-voiced only smiled at her and shook her head. "Just curious."
"Curious?" Airin repeated, keeping her eyes straight on the road as she slowly drove the car to the front of the younger girl's apartment. "Wait, don't tell me...."
Stopping the car almost in a halt, she then stared at Kanakana with a completely surprised expression written all over her face. "You like Nakanishi?!"
"Eh?"
"YOU LIKE NAKANISHI?!" Airin repeated once more, this time in a loud voice.
For a few mere seconds, the strawberry-voiced stared at her with a blank expression. However, being unable to keep in the laughter that she was trying to keep in, she ended up bursting into a fit of laughter.
"What made you think of that?" she asked whilst wiping a drop of tear from her eye.
"W-well... you actually asked me such a question." Airin said as she looked away, embarrassed. "S-so, I..."
The younger girl only continued to chuckle to herself, halting a second later when her phone started vibrating from the inside of her bag. Taking the phone out of her bag, she pressed a button on the keypad and stared at it.
“Is there something wrong?” Airin asked the younger girl, whose face seemed to have started frowning as time passes them by.
Letting out an exasperated sigh, Kanakana stared at her. “It seems that I don’t have any place to stay for the night.”
“Why?”
Kanakana pouted as she placed the phone back into her bag. “Mizuki hasn’t given me the keys for the apartment, and now she's telling me that she’s currently in Tokyo with Kuumin and Non.”
"Well, that's a far place from here." she said, looking at the younger girl with a concerned look on her face.
Humming out loud in a thought, she then gave a small smile to Kanakana. "Why don't you go and stay at my place until Mizuki returns?"
"Really?" Kanakana asked, almost with tears of happiness in her eyes. "You would really let me stay with you?"
Airin nodded her head in reply and gave a pat on the younger girl's head, unable to notice the smirk that has appeared on the girl's face a second later. She was completely unaware of the fact that it was just a lie to get the plan going on perfectly, taking the bait that Kanakana has given to her.
“Thank you so much, Airin!” the younger girl beamed at her, before enveloping her into a tight hug.
The older girl only continued to smile and started the engine, eager to return back to where the apple of her eye was currently staying. Unbeknownst to her, a scene in the house was waiting for the two of them to arrive.
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“Sorry for the intrusion.” Kanakana uttered loudly as she walked into the apartment.
Taking off her pair of shoes, she then placed them next to Airin’s own pair and entered the living room. She followed the older girl, who led the way to the guest room with almost a perverted grin on her face as the mere thought of being able to stay in the same room as a certain raven-haired, came to mind.
“I hope that you won’t feel uncomfortable.” Airin said to the younger girl beside her as she opened the door of the guest room. "Just think of this room as your own."
The strawberry-voiced nodded her head in reply before throwing her handbag onto the bed and plopping herself right beside it, earning a smile to appear on the older girl's facial features. Just then, she remembered what she was excited to go home for and walked out of the guest room.
Kanakana quickly sat up and followed her like a duckling to its mother goose, all eager to see the surprise that she and Nakanishi had prepared for her. The girl in front of her only walked to the room where a certain raven was probably sleeping in, missing to see the smirk that the strawberry-voiced had.
“Do you want something?” Airin asked as she stopped by the door, the moment she noticed how the younger girl seemed to have been following her.
Kanakana gave a smile to her. “I just want to see what your room looks like.”
Airin gave a shrug and turned the knob of the door, entering through it and walking further inside after the younger girl behind her came in. The room was extremely dark due to the opaque curtains, making Airin switch on the lights and quickly dimming it.
That proved to be a mistake though because the moment that the girl switched it on, she was greeted by a sight of Rena and Nakanishi lying on the same bed. They were facing each other, with arms hugging the other girl closer to them.
"Airin?" Kanakana spoke the girl's name, noticing that she seemed to be frozen right on the spot.
When the older girl didn't utter a word, the strawberry-voiced walked up to her side and gently nudged her. That caused Airin to snap out of her trance, and turn to the girl beside her. When she did, Kanakana noted the forming of a look of pained expression written on her face.
"Hey," she placed a hand on the girl's shoulder, who has turned her body around to face her in order to prevent herself from seeing the scene on the bed once more. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." Airin apathetically smiled, before walking out of the room.
Kanakana took a glance at the two sleeping girls and sighed as she walked out of the room with her arms crossed. "Sorry, Airin."
"But this is for your own good."To Be Continued on Part IV...A/N: Finally posted this update,. Unfortunately, this isn't the last part. I guess that I'll have to end the fic in the next part then, eh? I just wanted to post this one since I haven't updated for a long time for this supposed-to-be-one-shot.