Despite the odd nature of it, Natsuki told her girlfriend it'd be okay to accept Erika's request. The twintailed girl told Yuri to meet her near the riverside where Erika and her took a stroll the day they hung out.

Yuri told her girlfriend about the day Erika asked her to hang out back when Natsuki was still trapped at home. The hot headed girl felt a little upset but tried to not let it ruin her good mood. She trusted Yuri and she knew her girlfriend would never do anything to hurt her.

The couple finally got themselves comfortable to travel to the land of dreams as Natsuki wrapped her slender arms spooning her lover like that had agreed to. Natsuki nuzzled her face against Yuri's back and gave her a soft kiss on the back of her neck that made the purple haired girl shiver. "Goodnight babe", Natsuki said. "Goodnight love", Yuri replied with a warm smile on her face as she felt the warmth of her smaller girlfriend against her back. They both closed their eyes and fell asleep almost immediately.

The following morning went by as usual. The girls got ready for the day, had breakfast together and spent some time watching TV until it was around noon and they had to go meet the newest club member.

Natsuki and Yuri walked hand in hand to the riverside, they chatted about trivial things until they saw the figure of a black haired girl leaning on the railing, looking at the water flow across the river seemingly deep in thought.

The couple approached her without her noticing them. Yuri spoke to get her attention. "Good afternoon, Erika", the taller girl said with a calm tone. "You're here, hi girls", Erika replied as she turned to face them like she knew they'd been there the whole time. "What did you want to talk about?", Natsuki asked coldly. "Cutting to the chase huh? Well, I don't mind, the sooner we get this over with, the better", the twintailed girl said. "Please forgive her, Erika, she is a little upset because I told her about that time we hung out", Yuri replied with a gentle smile. "Nah, it's okay, I understand, really", Erika replied waving her hand in the air to shrug off the topic. "A-Alright. She does want to thank you for what you did though, if it wasn't for you I would not have known about her problem", Yuri said tugging lightly on her girlfriends arm. "Geez, you sound like my mom", Natsuki said blushing lightly looking away. "No need to tha-", Erika began saying but was interrupted. "Thanks", Natsuki said looking at her with sincerity in her eyes. "No problem", Erika replied with a smile. "Well, let's take a walk, shall we? What I wanna tell you might take a while", the twintailed girl continued. "Okay", the couple replied almost at unison as they started to walk next to Erika.

Erika took a breath and sighed before starting to speak. "I could start by telling you about myself but I told Yuri my story before so if you wanna know about it, you can ask her, I don't mind her telling you, Natsuki. Anyway, that's not too relevant now though, the thing I wanna say first, even though Natsuki noticed it from day one, is that I have a crush on you, Yuri", Erika stopped briefly and looked at the taller girl as she said that last sentence. "W-What? A-Are you-", Yuri began to reply nervously but luckily for her Erika interrupted her to continue as she kept walking. "Don't sweat it, Yuri, I already know I have no chance anyway, which takes me to my next point. You see, Natsuki, I tried to take advantage of your sudden absence and basically everytime I had Yuri free for myself to approach her. Like you already know, I walked her home, I hung out with her, I talked to her in class, and so on. I really believed I could be able to gain her love for myself if I tried. Turns out I was death wrong haha. I realised that the day she missed school and told me she was sick. That day I saw a big chance and went to her house to pay a visit. But one way or another I discovered why did she actually miss school that day. I saw her and you Natsuki, all lovey dovey from one of the windows outside. The look you had in your eyes, Yuri, was something else, something beyond my reach anymore. At that moment I started to realise I never had even the slightest chance, though I still tried to fight against it. I wanted to know what made you so special for her to be so head over heels for you, Natsuki, so I followed you when you left, and then well I witnessed that scene with your dad, so in the end I called Yuri so she could do something about it. She then arrived really fast and without a doubt bravely went into that house and rescued you. It was then that I finally accepted it", Erika said and stopped once again to face the couple. "What you two have is special, is something very few people really accomplish in their whole life even. I realised I would never be able to top that, so here and now I tell you both. I give up", Erika said and then looked at the ground with a sad smile. "E-Erika...", Yuri said but was yet again cut off. "Don't sweat the small stuff, Yuri!", Erika lifted her face with now some tears starting to form her light brown eyes. "I know I brought this to myself for being such a coward. Perhaps if I had had the courage to defend you from my friends back then things would've been different, who knows. Anyways, I'm still happy for you and I want to wish you both the best, I don't say 'be happy' because I know you two already are and will as long as you're together. Don't let anyone ever break that bond you two have and know that you can still count on me!", the twintailed girl said with a smile mixed of sadness and happiness. "Thank you. I know you will soon find happiness too", Yuri replied with a warm smile and then proceeded to hug the black haired girl who simply enjoyed the first and last true embrace she would receive from her crush. Natsuki just watched the two without saying anything knowing Erika needed that.

Eventually they pulled away from the hug and continued their walk. "Sorry for trying to steal your girl Natsuki", Erika said to the shorter girl with a more relaxed smile. "Ye, ye, don't worry, just don't do it again", the pink haired girl said flashing a sweet smile at the girl. "I won't hehe", Erika said giggling. "So, Erika, are you still going to be in the literature club?", Yuri asked. "Yeah, I still enjoy my time there, Sayori and Monika have been really nice to me, so I'll stick around for a while, hope you two don't mind!", Erika replied with a smile. "Fine, just don't touch my manga without my permission", Natsuki said with her usual feisty attitude. "I won't, I won't, besides I only read manga when it has hardcore action between girls, you know what I mean", Erika winked at the couple who blushed equally hard.

The three girls continued chatting for a bit longer as they walked, until Erika told them she didn't want to take anymore of their time and went home feeling somehow relieved. Yuri and Natsuki took the chance to go and eat something at some restaurant nearby.

The couple then returned home aiming to spend the rest of their Sunday in each other's arms before another school week started.

Yuri sat Natsuki on her lap, wrapped her arms gently around her healthy side and started filling her face with quick and loving smooches. Natsuki giggled as she let her girlfriend spoil her knowing this would be an everyday thing from now on.

Kinda short chapter my dudes. I just needed to close that Erika and dadsuki saga lol.

Now what's next for the pink and purple couple? Certainly better times for them are yet to come. By the way, yeah screw it, I'm writting smut soon, but no worries I'll warn you in case you wanna skip that.

Last but not least, my next step now is finally giving Monika and Sayori the spotlight. However I'm still deciding what to do with them. The easy way out would be do some Sayonika but I kinda would like to try something else for them, not sure yet, maybe some new oc's for that or maybe do something with the ones I alredy have, so many options brother. So that might take me a while to decide so if you don't see a new chapter in days is cuz of that, but knowing myself I know I'm probably gonna end up deciding and releasing a chapter tomorrow or the day after ha!