@kurosawa87: Ah, that’s not quite the case. It’s more like Mayu is jealous and she’s just trying to make Yuki jealous by faking a relationship with Jurina. Neither Jurina nor Mayu are actually interested in each other.
@deviantone: Such kind words, and I made you wait so long
And yeah I try to produce as many surprises as I can, though this kind of fic does really lend itself to huge plot twists
@-gibson-mayulover: I was thinking of having it the other way round but this way seemed like it would be more amusing and I’m sorry for making you wait
@kurogumi: lol you’re right the more I think about it the more ridiculous this idea seems
Still I hope that the fake couple provides you with some sort of entertainment though they might struggle with the loveydovey parts, by that I mean Mayu will struggle with it
@rochilu: Sorry it took so long
But I’m sure Yuki will be jealous from the various antics of Mayu and Jurina.
@ leEwẬy: Yeah, these girls really gotta learn about love, except Jurina she knows too much
and I’m sure that day will come around one day, as for the next time I update well that might be a while
@cisda83: Well it’s Mayu’s own fault for being honest
Luckily for her she has a plan though who knows how it’s going to turn out, really messy and complicated probably.
@geki geki: That’s also quite some comment there geki geki-san! First off your right Yuki is scheming something and yes it is complicated and even I am sometimes a little sure about what’s going to happen, but Jurina isn’t helping Yuki and knows nothing about this plan/trap. I’m also so glad you were willing to wait, though it was quite a while in the end and I’m sorry about that. I also have to disappoint you again and say that every single one of my updates will be from the point of view of Mayu I may do a bonus chapter at some point, like the prologue was Yuki’s POV, but otherwise it will all be Mayu’s POV. Sorry about that
@Wmatsui22: I’m glad that you enjoyed Jurina’s playful jokes
Ah and you liked that scene huh so did I
And yeah I still haven’t revealed much on Rena yet but you’re right she’s pretty shy though she is fairly similar to a certain someone in this, that’s a secret though, thank you for the comment
@shinoki: Yeah that’s the problem with these pairings, maybe one day someone can make a fic where none of them split up… But I digress, at the moment MayuJuri doesn’t really exist properly, Jurina is just helping Mayu out in this really weird plan, and there’s no stopping pimp Jurina
Also what do you mean by your last line? Yuki and Rena are?
@mayuki_daisuki: Haha I guess it has and player Jurina is going to cause more mayhem in this chapter, though it’s kind of all Mayu’s fault
@Elo: Here’s that promised update! And of course Jurina will pretend to date Mayu! She isn’t going to miss a chance to play around
Also thank you for the words of encouragement
@POPCAT: Sorry, I just hate seeing people having to wait for updates but things just aren’t allowing me to focus on the writing. Still thank you for the kind words of encouragement
A/N: Surprise guys! Well not really since it took me forever to get round to this
I know I said that I would wait until the 13th but while I was typing out all the replies to you guys I felt really bad so I decided to go ahead just post this as a way of saying that I'm really really sorry for taking this long and hopefully I'll be faster this time round *fingers crossed* Still I hope that you guys enjoy it and thank you very much for your patience
Chapter 3 “Err, have you just lost it?” Jurina was giving me a puzzled look as she scuffled up her hair. “I thought it was Yuki that you were after? Though I don’t blame you for choosing me but you do realize, I don’t do exclusive deals.” For a moment I was left speechless by the hypnotic melody and Jurina took this chance to slowly sidle up to me and wrap a slithering arm over my shoulder.
“Wait! I don’t mean it like that!” Before Jurina’s lips could get any closer to mine I called out to her and pushed her away from me; leaving her rather confused by my actions.
“But didn’t you just say that you wanted me to be your girlfriend?” Her initially puzzled expression now had a mischievous grin plastered over it. “You’re not nervous are you?”
“O…Of course not!” Attempting to hide my blushing face I averted my gaze to the floor. “I was just thinking that maybe you can help me by just pretending…”
“Pretend? Is there any real reason to?” I was struggling just as much as Jurina to come to terms with my own idea. Would pretending to be Jurina’s girlfriend really make any difference?
“Look this might seem a little crazy but I was thinking that by doing this Yuki would become jealous.” It wasn’t until I saw Jurina’s reaction that I realized quite how silly this idea was, but just as I was about give up Jurina stopped giving me a crazed look and let out a sigh.
“You know what I said I would help you no matter what and I guess I really don’t have anything else going on so…” Sticking out her hand she gave me a strangely reassuring smile. “I guess we’ll be under each other’s care then.” I had to admit that I was a little surprised to receive such a subdued response from her; it wasn’t really like her to be so polite to anyone but I decided to accept her hand anyway.
“Sure that’d be gr—” Before I managed to finish, she yanked on my arm and sent me pirouetting towards her. Placing her free hand around my waist she spun around with me for several seconds before tipping me onto my back.
“We’ll be doing this properly then Mayuyu-chan.” The hairs on the back of my neck all perked up as her intense gaze pierced straight through me, her face was slowly getting closer and closer… “First you have to confess to me.” And with that she released me so that I ploncked down onto the ground.
“Erm Jurina what are you doing out there?” Yuki’s voice carried out from the insides of the apartment.
“Tch, yeah I’ll be there in a sec!” Jurina replied with a shout as she walked toward the door.
“Wait, what do you want me to—”
“Look it’ll have to wait until the morning. So I’ll see you tomorrow yeah?” With a wink she stepped back through the door leaving me to reach out into thin air.
“Great so I guess that’s that then.” Mumbling away to myself I trudged down the stairs onto the street my mind swamped by all the events from the day. From the confession to my silly ideas things just kept getting crazier and crazier leaving me totally drained as I wandered back home.
By the time I arrived at my house the street lights were starting to flicker on in preparation for the dark shift ahead. Upon entering the building I ignored everything surrounding me and drudged upstairs into my room. Flicking on the light I dumped my bag onto the bed and slumped into my chair. Trying to take my mind off of things I took a pencil from my case and began scribbling away at the sheet in front of me. Flashing through the various questions I reached the end of the sheet in no time and went onto the next one. The numbers flickering through my head gradually became slower and started to morph into strange shapes all combining to form a single image. Before I knew it my mind was overcome by the image of Yukirin’s lips leading me to shut my eyes to focus on the beautiful sight as my consciousness drifted away…
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“Urgh, why does my head hurt so much...?” Groaning to myself I dragged my heavy head up from the desk, the flimsy sheet stuck to my face peeling itself off of me and fluttered onto the ground. I rubbed my eyes in an attempt to clear up my drowsy brain.
Suddenly there was a loud tapping sound from behind me. There was an unexpected guest perched on my windowsill knocking on the glass and waving at me.
“Jurina? What the heck are you doing?” Trying to keep my voice hushed so that I didn’t wake anyone up I started waving my hand at her to shoo her away. Jurina just responded by mouthing something to me and pointing at the lock as I stomped across to let her in.
“Hey Mayu, did you have a sweet dream?” She immediately hopped into the room and placed a hand on my shoulder. Argh I swear this girl never seems to slow down. Her face carried a worryingly large grin as she proceeded to answer her own question. “How bout I show just how much you were enjoying it.” In her hand was a phone with an image of my body slumped over the desk, a thin stream of drool dripping down my cheek to form a small puddle beside me.
“What no, get rid of that photo now!” Franticly shouting I snatched at the device resting in her palm, several books falling off the shelf as we bounced around the cramped room. “Dammit Jurina just let me delete—” Suddenly I felt my legs being swept away from me as Jurina pinned me onto my bed and rested a finger on top of my lips.
“Shhh Mayu you’re going to wake your parents up.” Her voice was so hushed that I struggled to hear even though she was so close that I could feel her breath shiver by ear lobe. “And what’s wrong with me having a cute picture of my ‘fake’ girlfriend. I mean that is what you want me to be right?” Slowly nodding my head I glared at the smug face that distanced itself from me. Why did I have to ask for her help?
“So why exactly are you here at this time?” I sat up on my bed irritated at having forgotten about whatever arrangement it was I made with Jurina. Though the real reason I was so ticked off was that I was woken up so much earlier than usual.
“Mayu-chan~ Have you already forgotten?” She hopped beside me and wrapped her arm around my creased, day-old uniform. “We have to plan for our special performance, your confession!” I instinctively shied away at the mention of the final word, the prospect of declaring my false love to Jurina made my face turn scarlet with embarrassment.
“Do I have to do this? I mean can’t we just turn up to school as a couple and say that we’re just going out?” Disinterested by my suggestion Jurina just rolled her eyes and huddled up even closer to me, our cheeks unnecessarily pressed against each other’s.
“Yes, you do.” With her hands clamped tightly on my shoulder she twisted my body round and gazed into my eyes. “I’m going to have you show the school the second greatest confession that they will ever see. That way we can save the greatest confession ever for your true sweetheart.” I averted my gaze right as Jurina pulled off her trademark wink, brushing her arms off me to go and sit back at my desk.
“So what’s this plan then?” Swiveling in the chair I grumbled my vague acceptance to the plan, bracing myself for the ridiculously long explanation that was guaranteed to follow.
“Well it’ll go like this…”
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“Argh, why did she have to take so damn long to explain such a trivial thing?” Dumping my bag beneath my desk I shot an accusing glare at the empty seat beside me. “Something that you could break down simply into four steps all jumbled up into one lengthy confusing drabble.” Mumbling away to myself I noticed the cause of my complaints enter into the classroom sending all the girls in the class into an uncontrolled frenzy.
“Kyaa! Jurina-sama what are you doing here!” They all quickly flocked to the back of the room where Jurina was forcibly navigating her way through the crowd. Even with all the attention around her Jurina was keeping a telling eye on me, silently insisting me to get on with the plan.
I made a slight nodding motion then sent my hand disappearing into my bag quickly sifting through the various textbooks in order to pick out a dainty pink envelope and placed it in front of me on the desk.
“Step one, hand over the letter…” A low murmur escaped from the corner of my mouth as I stood up and edged toward the huge crowd, nervously scrunching up the corners of the letter with every step I took. “A-ano, Jurina-sama…” Before I’d even uttered the first syllable of Jurina’s name countless pairs of knives all pierced through me; the attention of every girl focusing in on the piece of paper that I held in my hand.
“Please accept this!” Upon yelling these words I took another step forward and shoved the letter into Jurina’s not-so-surprised hands. Without even waiting to see the shocked faces around me I brushed by Jurina and rushed out of the class.
“Step two, change of scenery.” With that I began sprinting down the corridor in order to head toward Yuki’s classroom, but within the first set of stairs I was already struggling to breathe. With every stride my lung felt heavier and heavier, desperately puffing to try and take in the few particles of air that I could catch. Why did the idiot designer of the school think that having lots of stairs was a smart idea? More importantly why on earth was two classes from the same year so far apart?
Eventually I reached my destination, teeth gritted together in agony from all the exercise that I was so overwhelmingly unprepared for. With whatever strength I still had I ripped open the window beside me and flung my head over the ledge inhaling as much air as I could manage without my lungs exploding.
“Ahh, thank god for oxygen.” I brought my head back in and slumped down against the wall, sighing in relief as my heart started to return to its normal speed.
“Er, Mayu-san what are you doing here?” Upon hearing this voice my heart began racing at a crazy speed again, forcing my breathing to become even shallower than before. From the corner of my eye I could see the beauty that was the subject of my true affections, leaning over with her head tilted in such a way that her jet black hair all flowed down one side of her head leaving the entire beauty of her face visible to me. Yet my eyes didn’t bother with the magnificent dark pearls that she had replaced her eyes nor did I concentrate on the smooth creamy silk that was there instead of her skin. I was totally absorbed by the plump rose lips resting near the bottom of her perfectly constructed face; my head rapidly being consumed by various perverted ideas and fantasies.
“Hey Mayu what are you… Ah Yukirin you’re here as well.” My view switched to see the girl who would pretend to be my girlfriend spot my true love; Jurina’s face barely able to contain the excitement of knowing exactly what was about to happen. “So you want to explain to me what this is?” Jurina began waving the letter towards me as a very slight grin appeared in the corner of her face.
“Jurina I-I…” I stole one final glance at Yuki before charging straight at Jurina and leaping toward her with my arms wide open. Just as promised she caught me in midair and pulled me in so close that the tips of our noses were resting on each other’s our breaths gently swirling together in the tiny space. A short pause before I muttered beneath my jittery breath.
“Step three...” Pursing my lips together I closed up the gap to Jurina and collided with her lips. A heat wave rushed through my head sparks flying around my mind turning it into a mound of melted mush as I struggled to describe the bizarre sensation that was coursing through my veins. It was beyond my capacity to understand the crazy high that I was experiencing; all logic in the world had been blown out the water by the simple combination of two people’s lips. Just as I got used to the motions of the intimate dance I could sense a more forceful touch pushing against my lips the strange object trying to work its way between my lips and into my mouth. Shocked by the unexpected intrusion I hurriedly pulled away from the kiss and stared at the lips that had just claimed my virgin lips.
It was then that I realized just what it was that I did. The girl that I wanted to share my first kiss was stood at the side of me, her eyes still expanding in disbelief at the scene that had just unfolded in front of her. While everyone else was stuck to the floor unsure of what to do Jurina had already composed herself and was deliberately glazing her tongue over her glistening lips the image being burnt into several mesmerized eyes. She then made a slight gesture with her head urging me to add the finishing touch to the performance that she had choreographed.
“Step four, confess.” I took a pace forward rapidly running through the words in my mind. With my hands clenched into a tight fist I blurted out the phrase that we had rehearsed.
“J-Jurina I love you! Please go out with me!”
TBC