Another school week started for the happy couple. The tall and short girls walked hand in hand to school as soon as they left Yuri's house. Both girls felt like it was the beginning of a new chapter in their not so common love story.

The couple passed the school gates and where now heading to the main building. "So, how about this, I drop you at your classroom today and you drop me at mine tomorrow and so on, sounds fair enough?", Natsuki asked her girlfriend still holding hands. "That is a good idea, we shall do as you say then, love", Yuri replied with a happy smile. "Of course it is, I'm full of good ideas!", the shorter girl replied with confidence. "Yes, you are, my darling", Yuri giggled and brought herself closer to her girlfriend until their shoulders were touching. Natsuki's face flushed of course.

The couple stood by Yuri's classroom door as they finally released each other's hand. "Well, see you at lunch purple babe", Natsuki said flashing her canines at her lover waving her hand about to turn around and walk away. "W-Wait!", Yuri said nervously. Natsuki tilted her head to ask what was up. "A-Are not you f-forgetting something?", Yuri replied shyly looking to the ground embarrassed. "You're so chessy I swear", the pink haired girl said chuckling and then with one step she stood right in front of her girlfriend, got on her tip toes and gave her a quick peck on the lips. Yuri smiled happy, blushing lightly. "Happy now?", the shorter girl said. "The happiest I have ever been", the purple haired girl replied looking at her lover with sparkling violet eyes.

"You two are so sweet I feel cavities starting to form in my teeth gosh!", a redhead with a side ponytail said as she passed next to the couple to enter the classroom. "Get a room already!", a blondie said playfully as she entered the classroom too. "Morning birds of love!", a girl with slightly curly said passing by as well. "Working hard to get the couple of the year award I see", a girl with black twintails said with a smile as she too entered the classroom. "G-Good morning, everyone", Yuri replied shyly with hard blush on her cheeks. "To think not too long ago they were our sworn enemies, things sure have changed", Natsuki chuckled. "All thanks to you, my heroine", Yuri replied with a loving smile at her girlfriend. "You know what, I'm going to my classroom now before I start stinking like cheese, bye", the feisty girl said and turned around walking away yet unable to hide her blushed cheeks. Yuri giggled and watched her go with a familiar warmth filling her chest.

The literature club kicked as Yuri and Natsuki entered the room. The couple left their stuff in nearby seats and headed to the back to get Natsuki's manga. The girls sat on their usual spot on the floor and prepared to read together. "Umm, n-nobody is coming yet...", Yuri said shyly. "Seriously Yuri?", Natsuki replied with a sigh. "Please? I-I am sorry, you do not have to if you do not want to though" Yuri said with sad puppy eyes. "I'm messing with you sad Godzilla, come here", the pink haired girl said as she grabbed her lovers cheeks between her hands and brought her face closer to hers. Yuri closed her eyes and waited eagerly for Natsuki's lips to press against hers and as soon as she did the purple haired one kissed back as both shared a deep, long and loving kiss, which Yuri even hummed into.

Natsuki's ears had learned to detect nearby footsteps over the time she and Yuri had been together, so she pulled away from the kiss as soon as she heard them. "I love you, my sweet cupcake", Yuri said with love visible in her violet eyes. "I love you too, my cheesy dummy", Natsuki replied with a sweet smile.

Monika and Sayori entered the clubroom immediately. As they greeted their friends both girls went to the front and started chatting.

Shortly after the fifth club member arrived. Erika said hi to all of her clubmates and sat in the middle seat of the row next to the door to read her book.

A few minutes later, Yuri noticed how Monika whispered something to Sayori who, after that, went to the twintailed girl on the other side of the classroom and started chatting with her. Monika then pulled out a notebook and started writting something, which Yuri believed was homework.

The rest of the hour went by as usual, poems, reading and chatting. Monika dismissed everyone and Yuri and Natsuki grabbed their stuff quickly and eagerly left the classroom after saying goodbye to everyone.

Sayori then said bye to the fifth club member and walked over to Monika to go home. "Hey, Erika, you live in Yuri and Natsuki's direction, right?", Monika asked. "Umm well, not exactly, why?", the twintailed girl replied. "Just curious, since you always walked home with Yuri when Natsuki couldn't", the girl with the ponytail said looking directly into Erika's eyes which made the girl nervous for some reason. "L-Let's just not talk about that, okay?", Erika laughed nervously. "Alright, well, Sayori and I go in the opposite direction, if it's convenient for you, you can join us", Monika said rising her finger in her usual club president manner. "It's actually right where I'm going, so... okay, if you don't mind, walking alone it's boring anyway!", the black haired girl replied with a more confident smile. "Yay! Let's go then!", Sayori jumped back to Erika's seat and grabbed her by the arm dragging her along.

The happy couple arrived at Yuri's house faster than they thought. Already aware that Natsuki would stay over the night again, both girls headed upstairs to Yuri's room. Natsuki changed into a pair of small sky blue shorts and a fresh pastel pink t-shirt, while Yuri changed in her bathroom into a pair of black leggings and a long sleeved wine red top.

Now more comfortable, they headed downstairs and prepared the dinner together, or Natsuki did, mostly, Yuri just passed her any ingredient she needed and set the table.

They sat down and enjoyed their food next to each other. Yuri was probably the one who enjoyed it the most, after years of always eating alone in that big house, having someone there to share meaningless moments like these was something she always wanted.

Once done with their dinner, the pink and purple girl went back to the living room. "So what should we do now? I feel like gaming a little bit, we haven't done that in a while", Natsuki said. "Umm, I-I was going to ask if you would let me... You know...", Yuri replied shyly. "Heh, you're a purple pervert", Natsuki said flashing a playful smile to her lover. "I-I am sorry, you do not ha-", the taller girl said but was cut off by the familiar little finger of her girlfriend pressing against her lips. "Oh shush, listen I got a better idea, how about for every round you win I let you give me some love for 10 seconds, and if I win I get to do the same, sounds fun right?", the pink tsundere said smiling sweetly at her lover and then removed her finger from her lips. "It does! I will do my best this time!", Yuri replied with a very happy expression of excitement that made Natsuki's heart flutter and her face blush. "Alright then, prepare that Soul Calibur because my Amy is gonna kick your ass!", Natsuki said throwing a fist to the air, an action that made Yuri giggle happily.

The first round started and Yuri managed to beat Natsuki's Amy with Siegfried. "I-I was just warming up! I haven't played in a long time you should kn-", as soon Natsuki started justifying her defeat, Yuri did not waste another second and grabbed her girlfriends cheeks between her hands and brought their faces closer to plant a long and deep kiss on her lovers lips. Natsuki kissed back and tried to count the 10 seconds Yuri had earned to then pull away from the kiss. "Okay, that's 10, follow the rules or it won't be fun!", the pink haired girl said with her face as red as the fields of punishment. Yuri nodded and smiled satisfied.

Second round kicked in and once again Yuri got the win after close match decided by a low strike. "That's not fair!! Using low strikes in the last moments is a for pussies!!", Natsuki yelled but then accepted her defeat as Yuri grabbed her chin and landed quick and soft kisses around her lips without ever touching these in her 10 seconds. "Now you're being a tease, geez", Natsuki sighed blushing madly. "Maybe", Yuri chuckled and grabbed her controller ready for the next round.

The third round however saw Natsuki getting the victory after successfully landing Amy's ultimate move. "Ha! In yo face!! I don't need low strikes, I win with style!!", Natsuki said pointing a finger to Yuri with one leg on the couch as if she were about to step on it. Yuri simply smiled with an expectant look. "You don't even look defeated, not even bothered", Natsuki said pouting. Yuri's expression didn't change one bit. "Alright then", Natsuki leaned forward resting her hands on Yuri's shoulders to then proceed with a soft and slow kiss on the corner of Yuri's lips, following that she move her lips closer to Yuri's slowly. The taller girl could feel her girlfriends hot breath on her lips which made her even more expectant. Just when Natsuki's lips barely touched Yuri's for a second she pulled away and grabbed her controller again. "10 seconds have passed", the feisty girl said with a toothy smile. "Do not tease me like that please", Yuri said disappointed with puppy eyes. "You started that, two can play this game", Natsuki replied with a wide smirk. Yuri accepted her defeat and grabbed her controller again, sure of her next move.

The fourth round was another Natsuki victory but something was clear for the pink one. "You let me win", Natsuki said pouting again. "I-I did not", Yuri replied nervously looking to the side. "It was plain obvious but okay, I'll let it slide for now", the shorter girl replied and then leaned forward wrapping her arms around her girlfriends neck and pressing her lips against hers for a long and passionate kiss. Yuri of course kissed back and hummed into the kiss with blush rushing to her cheeks. Natsuki then pulled away looking at her girlfriends satisfied smiling face. "Why does it feel like I lost even though I won", the pink tsundere said frowning. Yuri shrugged off. "Alright, listen up, to stop you from taking advantage of the gaps here I'll add another rule. Each match is best 3 rounds out of 5, right? So the winner of the entire match gets to make the loser do anything she wants, no time limit, deal?", Natsuki explained. "Yes!", Yuri replied even more excited, knowing her hours of secret training when Natsuki was not there would finally pay off.

The final round kicked in with Yuri immediately doing a low swing with Siegfrieds long sword, which thanks to its reach got Natsuki's Amy off balance and open for a combo that ended with Siegfrieds ultimate move. Natsuki lost around 60% of her health with that and then she understood Yuri was going for the win.

The shorter girl didn't give up however and started spamming her characters quickest moves which managed to get around 30% of Yuri's health. The taller girl finally shook her girlfriends spam and threw a powerful swing hoping to get another 20%, but Natsuki coutered with a reversal edge starting the rock paper scissors like game.

Yuri and Natsuki both threw a kick which took them to the second and decisive round of the minigame. Yuri went for an horizontal blow hoping Natsuki would try a kick again, however the shorter girl crushed her with a vertical blow that broke Siegfrieds armor and took around 30% of Yuri's health, leaving things even.

Yuri found herself cornered since Natsuki's Amy chased her right after the reversal edge had taken her down. Yuri took some damage but managed to recover and finally saw her chance when Natsuki began charging a powerful blow. Yuri pressed R2 on the controller and the critical edge sequence began.

Natsuki hung her head in defeat after that ultimate took her remaining health and Yuri stood up excited. "I did it!", the purple haired one said excited. "Ugh, I was so close...", Natsuki whined. "So...", Yuri said expectantly. "Ye ye, just tell me what you want me to do already", Natsuki sighed still upset for her loss. Yuri's smile was as wide as the Elysian fields.

Yuri then laid down on the couch and opened her arms waiting for her girlfriend. "You want me to lay on top of you?", Natsuki asked as she stood up with her face flushing. Yuri nodded still a big smile on her face. "What am I? A cat?", Natsuki put her hands on her hips defiantly. Yuri nodded again. "Goddammit Yuri", Natsuki replied and then proceeded to do as her lover wanted.

Yuri wrapped her arms around her girlfriend, careful not to hurt her still healing injuries and Natsuki rested her head right below Yuri's neck, faces very close to each others. Yuri then closed her eyes and stack out her lips slightly waiting for her girlfriend. Natsuki felt the heat of the flames of Hades rushing to her face as she moved a little bit closer to lock her lips with her lovers. Yuri then started to run one of her hands through Natsuki's soft hair and hummed into the long loving kiss.

Natsuki wasn't sure for how long she had been kissing Yuri but assumed it was more than a minute at least and then tried to pull away from the kiss. The purple one however noticed this and used the hand she was using to stroke her lovers hair to stop her and keep her lips pressed against hers. Natsuki's eyed opened for a bit, surprised but quickly gave in and let her girlfriend do as she wanted, letting their kiss last for while longer.

Eventually Yuri broke the kiss and simply rubbed her cheek against her girlfriends while she kept holding her. "So, can we go back to the game now? I still gotta kick your butt", the hotheaded girl said with Yuri's cheek still rubbing against her own. "Just one more minute, please", Yuri replied calmly. "Fine, one minute", the pink haired girl replied.

The couple soon enough went back to their gaming session. Yuri won the next three matches in a row and kept showing affection to her petite girlfriend. Natsuki grew annoyed as she just kept losing but still let her girlfriend have her way. Yuri however was curious about what Natsuki would make her do if she won, so she let her win the final match in a very close battle careful not to let her notice she did so.

Natsuki jumped on top of the couch and pumped her fists into the air. "YEEEES!! TAKE THAT YOU LOW STRIKE CHEATER!!" , she shouted excited. Yuri simply smiled at her again expectantly. "At least act like you're bothered, you make it seem like you won here", Natsuki said frowning. "Ah, sorry", Yuri replied trying to act defeated looking to the ground. "Whatever, you lost anyway because I'm not as pervert as you, ero-dummy", Natsuki smirked. "W-What do you mean?", Yuri asked shyly. "Since this was the last match I'm gonna ask you for something you don't have to do immediately. You're gonna take me to the anime and manga convention that's being held this weekend and you're gonna cosplay with me!", Natsuki said with a triumphant grin.

Yuri had learned defeat.