September 30th 2017

"That must be her", said the blond gyaru of tanned skin who was taking a bunch of pages from the printer the brunette of the white ribbon had sent from her laptop and bringing them to the wide table behind the counter. "I'll go", Monika said as she put her laptop aside, stood from the couch and went to answer the door bell call.

"What up my dude!", the messy ponytail girl of two colored eyes exclaimed once the door was opened and revealed her presence there. "23 minutes late but okay, we survived", Monika joked as she moved aside to let her in.

"Wait, let me just get... Nnngh!! Come on!", Emerson struggled as she began pulling something off screen next to her making Monika tilt her head confused. "Nnnnngggghh! There!", Emerson groaned until finally, she dragged her companion to the front door as well.

Monika's emerald green eyes immediately went wide open while a light blush crept to her face and her heart pounded faster for a few seconds as she saw a girl wearing a black long sleeved fancy dress down to her knees and ballet dancer like white shoes that matched her hair the same color with those two buns on each side as usual.

"Surprise! The reason of my delay haha... I had to go pick her up at the station then I maaaaay had got lost a bit but hey! We're here now!", Emerson awkwardly explained while the white haired girl next to her limited herself to blush with crossed arms and that ever so grumpy expression while she looked to the side.

"G-Good morning Mayu", Monika quickly smacked herself mentally and put on her sweetest smile to greet her unexpected guest, however she wouldn't reply as she just nudged her elbow on Emerson's shoulder while closing her eyes frowning.

"Ah right haha... Please sign this", Emerson awkwardly smiled as she pulled out a sheet from her bag and handed it to Monika along with a pen to do so. "What's this?", Monika asked confused.

"You see, I managed to convince Mayu to come here yesterday but she accepted under certain conditions, as that contract states. 1, Mayu will not and can't be forced to talk to you. 2, Mayu may give us a hand since she's here with our stuff for the festival but she won't take direct orders from you. 3, you're not allowed to use wrestling gags in front of her. Please sign if you agree or else she'll go home at once", Emerson explained and made a praying motion as she finished.

Monika took a moment to look at Mayu who simply gave her the cold shoulder again looking away. "Alright...", Monika sighed in defeat and signed the contract but still she had a small hope this would lead to something good eventually.

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A few miles away, in the same town there was a big modern house anyone would like to live in, except of course for the one who actually did. A purple haired girl with no companion other than the sound of her own heart beating faster and faster as this was about to change today.

"No...", mumbled the purple girl twitching her mouth as she undid her hair for the tenth time now as the ponytail she had tied it into, similar to one of her friends, didn't quite convince her either.

Low twintails, a bun, down but bangs brushed back, side ponytail and many more were the ones she tried one after the other, even repeating some in the process but in the end, none seemed to be enough.

Yuri wanted to look good, or at least the best she could that day.

The reason was simple, in her mind she thought, "maybe she'll notice and compliment me...".

However, no matter how many hairstyles she tried, none of them really made her think better of herself.

At the same time, Yuri didn't want to go out of her way too much either, she knew that'd only make her look desperate maybe and the last thing she wanted that day was for her to have a bad opinion of her.

Ding Dong!

But in the end, all of her worries were forced to be put aside as the door bell rang way earlier than she expected, making her jump on the spot and quickly brush her hair the way it always was to then check her outfit she couldn't get to change. A purple haired girl wearing a pair of black leggings and a beige turtle neck sweater was all she saw in the mirror, sighing as she thought this wouldn't be nearly enough to impress her.

Yuri then rushed downstairs and running her hands through her hair one last time before opening the door before her, she took one deep breath and moved her hand to the knob, slowly turning it to the left to finally unveil the one on the other side.

"Oh my goodness...", were the only words the purple girl was able to string together in her mind as she looked at the pink haired girl standing there before her.

Her outfit was somehow what Yuri expected, a white t-shirt with the figure of a cute cat on the left side of the chest area along with a pink frilly short skirt that was the key for Yuri's internal homosexual struggle.

While combining her natural charm with the outfit became the definition of cute for her, Yuri couldn't help but notice something she certainly didn't expect as it was naked before her very eyes:

Those legs.

Yuri had already learned to appreciate Natsuki's petite figure to a point it's better not to recall right now. But now to her surprise, that seemed to be going through some sort of change as seeing Natsuki's thicker and slightly toned legs under that short pink skirt only did so much for her already chaotic hormones.

"I SAID! HELLO!", Natsuki now practically yelling finally broke Yuri out her homosexual train of thought as she flinched a bit startled with of course, a deep blush on her face as she replied, "E-Eh? Ah! H-Hello, Natsuki".

"Is something wrong?", Natsuki asked concerned. "E-Eh? W-Why do you ask that?", Yuri asked nervous.

"Well... First, you're fidgeting your hair too much, second you're hiding your face a lot behind it, third, you haven't invited me inside yet", Natsuki said while tapping the ground with her foot and crossing arms.

"I-I'm so sorry!!", Yuri panicked as she realized her obvious awkwardness to then move aside and say, "p-please come in".

"Okay~ thanks~", Natsuki said as she walked into the house with style. "Were Natsuki's legs always this.... Sexy?", lastly Yuri thought as she stole one more glance from behind as Natsuki walked in to then shake her head, take a quick breath and close the door again.

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"Holy shit your house is even fancier from inside!", Natsuki sais as she jumped onto the large jet black leather couch, landing on her stomach then kicking her legs back and forth which only got the purple girl's homosexual thoughts worse.

"Oh my god, oh my god...", Yuri quickly hid her tomato face behind her hair as she saw the femoral muscle of Natsuki's legs tensing and forming nicely as she moved her legs like that also noticing would her skirt be a couple inches shorter, she would be able to see her panties.

"H-Have you eaten lunch already? N-No? I-I'll go make you something!", Yuri quickly rambled as she ran to the kitchen to cool herself down. "I'll help!", Natsuki shouted as she jumped up from the couch.

"N-No! I-I mean you're my guest so please just sit there, I-I left what I have from our drama in that table so please give it a read!", Yuri quickly spoke between stutters. "Oh, alright", Natsuki quickly complied as she noticed a couple of sheets neatly piled up on the table next to her.

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After going through a rigorous Zen training regimen to suppress her chaotically wrong thoughts, the purple girl finally returned to the living room with a plate of rice balls for her pink guest and a glass of iced tea.

"H-Here you go, Natsuki", Yuri said sitting a good distance from her but still on the same couch while putting the plate on the table before them. "About time!", Natsuki grinned happy as she grabbed the first rice ball and began eating it with one hand while she put the sheets aside.

"S-So what do you think?", Yuri asked nervous. "Not bad, not better than me, but your cooking is still good", Natsuki said enjoying her food.

"I-I mean the drama...", Yuri stuttered flattered as her flushed face showed while begining to furiously run her fingers through a prominent strand of purple hair. "That means I could make a good wife hehe~ ...Abholos - devourer in the mist, Alala - Herald of S'glhuo, Ammutseba - devourer of stars, Amon-Gorloth - Creator of the Nile and Universe's equilibrium...", Yuri quickly refocused her impure thoughts as she began listing the names of lovecraft deities knows as the Great Old Ones.

"A-Ah... Right hehe... Umm I-I think you're doing great like... Your fancy writing and all of that really suits the style of what we're playing here...", Natsuki explained lowering her voice embarrassed while looking off to the side.

"Thank you", Yuri smiled warm, happy to hear Natsuki speaking so well of her work. "Anyways, now I think we should decide who's playing who", Natsuki said.

"R-Right, ummm...", Yuri said deep in thought closing her eyes. "It's a difficult choice tho because in appearance you look more like Simone since she's taller, with dark long hair and all of that, but your personality and manners fit Resine way better since she's shy and graceful...", Natsuki said deep in thought as well.

"I-In your case it's also a dilemma since you have hair of a lighter color and more girly looks like Resine, but in contrast, your personality fits more for Simone who's rebellious, bold and straight forward...", Yuri replied.

"Hmmm stupid dilemmas... So we have to choose if we go based on looks or personality...", Natsuki sighed and then they looked at each other in the eye serious, no need to say a word as both understood what the other was thinking as they smiled and nodded while they counted, "1, 2, 3! Personality".

"Well then you'll be Resine and I'll be Simone", Natsuki smiled satisfied. "W-What should we go do about the outfits though?", Yuri asked.

"Ah, there's no problem there, I asked Monika and she told me to perform our drama in our school uniform. She said since there's already a drama club at school we shouldn't go out of our way too much to not seem like we're trying to compete against them, just do quick example of how literature works on that matter", Natsuki explained.

"I'm relieved then, I-I really didn't want to have to wear a dress in front of everyone", Yuri smiled awkwardly. "Well Simone's outfits were cool so for me is a bit of a shame haha", Natsuki replied.

"W-We could still do our hair like them to match at least on that part", Yuri suggested. "You're right! Remind me to send Haru pics of those two so she knows in advance what we'll need", Natsuki grinned happy.

"Okay", Yuri replied with a smile of her own. "Well, shall we practice our dialogues a bit? Let's see how we do", Natsuki suggested and Yuri nodded with a warm smile knowing it wouldn't be a problem to do something like this with the girl she trusted the most.

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"How many more pamphlets do we have to fold? We've been doing this for ages!", Emerson whined and grunted as she put a pamphlet on her forehead while leaning back on her chair. "It's just been 3 hours, relax", Monika giggled.

"Maybe if someone hadn't spilled her apple juice over the bunch we already had done we would've finished long ago", Mayu said grumpy as ever while she helped as well. "How many times do I have to say I'm sorryyyyy", Emerson whined ashamed as she shook Mayu's shoulders dramatically.

"Stop doing that!", Mayu scolded her in no time, smacking her head with a rolled sheet yet to be turned into pamphlet. "Why do you always resort to violence dude!", Emerson protested upset.

Giggling as she watched the interaction between those two, Monika couldn't help but take this chance to glance at the white haired girl while one thought appeared in her mind before she knew, "She's cute when she's angry".

"I have to agree with Emy too, Moni, we need a break it's past noon so it's safe to assume we're all hungry now", Haru said. "Alright then, go to the living room while I make some food for you", the white ribbon girl said.

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Eventually, Monika came back with a plate full of sandwiches, but not any kind of sandwiches.

"Nngh... Hey! Someone stole the meat from my sandwich!", Emerson protested after a few bites to her sandwich. "Not just yours, mine too...", Haru added confusedly looking at her sandwich.

"What about yours Mayu?", Emerson asked. "Gone too", she simply replied but still continued to eat hers.

"Well, at least someone has good taste~", Monika smiled happy seeing the white haired one eating the simple yet made with love meal she made for them. Mayu quickly blushed but kept eating while looking away offended.

"It's a shame I can't talk to her but still I wonder why she came... Surely Emerson played a big part on that but still, she accepted coming over to my house to help with something she definitely didn't have to help with. So maybe there's hope! This may be her way of giving me one more chance... Hmmm but what can I do if she won't talk to me... Wait! The contract said she won't talk to me but it doesn't say I can't talk to her!", Monika took her time to reflect on the matter at hands while they eat, ignoring Emerson's complains about having to eat a salad sandwich.

"Mayu, I know you are not obliged to talk to me and everything so please just listen to me", Monika spoke to everyone's surprise, however as she saw Mayu's golden eyes set on her with that cute frowning expression, yet she could see a new light in them, she began to feel strangely nervous.

"Umm I-I... Well...", Monika tried to speak but now she was finding hard to string together a few words as Mayu's expectant yet upset glare was fixated on her, so to try and make it easier to continue, she thought, "Don't be so nervous, Monika! Try to imagine her in her underwear...".

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"Oh no, she's hot!", Monika immediately blushed as her imagination ran wild, pretty much getting a picture very close to reality as she imagined Mayu's perfectly athletic figure and particularly slightly toned abs very well, making everything even harder for her.

"I-I... I want to apologize!!", Monika finally shouted which greatly reduced her embarrassment and from there everything became easier by the second as she saw Mayu's reaction, seeing her lightly blushing and finally drifting her eyes to the side still frowning.

"So you can see how serious I am about this, I'm saying it in front of our friends so they see I have no shame in admitting I was wrong about you. So Mayu, I'm sorry for the way I treated you last week, I was a bit angry from how you always came to make fun of us and you putting us in that predicament of having to find new members, but now I see at the end of the day that just made our little club became bigger like I hoped it could be some day", Monika spoke with a sweet smile.

"I've been thinking that may have been your way of helping me to get out of that comfort zone I was in and do something to make my special club grow and be better like I wanted. Then you went out of your way to celebrate my birthday when no one else remembered and even if I still don't understand why you did all of that, I now see you didn't have bad intentions towards me at all, I really appreciate it and hope we can get along now", Monika finished as she looked at Mayu who stole a few glances at her while looking a bit less upset and her blush growing bit by bit.

Mayu then sighed, tapped Emerson's shoulder and indicated her to come closer to whisper something in her ear. "Mmhmm... Okay... Yeah... Uh... Eesh...", Emerson mumbled various things as gradually a concerned expression appeared on her face.

"Ahem! Mayu says first of all, this isn't a direct answer for you and she just allowed me to mention her thoughts on what she heard from some annoying mosquito nearby", the messy ponytail girl began as she cleared her throat and raised her finger.

"Mayu said although she appreciates when someone admits their mistakes, she still feels offended because they omitted some of the things they did to make themselves look less bad, so she can't fully accept any apology under those circumstances", Emerson clearly explained.

"Ehhh?? Why did I omit? I already said I'm sorry for treating you rudely and for thinking bad of you! What else did I do wrong?", Monika asked concerned with pouty face. "D-Do you really want to know? Like try to think about it yourself dude, it may not be pretty if I say it... ", Emerson replied smiling awkwardly while scratching her cheek.

"I'll take it, just say it please!", Monika slammed her hands against the table and leaned forward determined. "Okay... She said you omitted the part where you completely ignored her for some random dull boy, not once but twice which makes you look bad because you... Well... You'd look like a... Are you sure you want to hear this?", Emerson asked one more time.

"Say it!", Monika nodded determined. "Well... She... She called you... Uhhh... She called you a simp", Emerson sighed.

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"Hey! I'm not a simp!", Monika stood up blushing hard and offended. "Mm? ...uhuu... Gotcha...", Emerson mumbled after Mayu indicated her to come closer to whisper something to her again.

"Mayu says the actions of someone who ignores the person she was talking to just because some dull more less good looking boy comes and smiles at her are clearly those of a big simp, specially when that person was making an effort to tell you something she wouldn't tell to any person", Emerson explained.

"Ugh...", Monika immediately felt bad as she recalled, but even more as she saw the white haired girl looking upset again while crossing arms and looking at the floor. "Okay... You're right... I-I... I'm sorry for ignoring you there... And for... Fffffor! For acting like a simp!", Monika blushed hard but finally and after an inhuman effort, she apologized and admitted.

"Haahh...", Mayu sighed but at last, a dim smile appeared on her face as she stood up, looked at Monika in the eye and extended her hand for her. "Eh?", Monika replied a bit confused still.

"I accept you apology", Mayu said looking off to the side blushing lightly. "Yay!", Monika, in one second, smiled bright and wide to then take Mayu's hand and pull her in for a hug that caught the white haired one by surprise as she felt the heat rising through her entire body until her head was almost in flames.

As Monika maintained the hug for a couple of seconds, she could feel Mayu really tense but warm overall and since neither of them said a word, she soon let her go but not before one single thought crossed their minds almost at the same time, "she smells nice...".

"Wooooo!", Emerson celebrated as she ripped the contract into shreds. "About time you made up~", Haru giggled making both blush and look to the floor embarrassed.

"A-Anyway, let's get back to work, we can talk meanwhile", Monika said trying to look collected again. "Alrighty~", Haru said and everyone followed after her.

"Hey Mayu~ yesterday when we went to the karaoke Monika, I don't know if intentionally or not, but she sang ♪a little bit of Mayu i-!", Haru began telling the story of the previous day but before she could go any further, the literature club president tackled her onto the floor and covered her mouth with her hands.

"Emerson! Bring the tape!", Monika commanded while blushing hard. "Gladly!!", Emerson happily complied and while they worked together to silence the blond gyaru, Mayu simply watched both confused and concerned.

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"Okay! Seems we got everything we need, ready or not purple bud, here we go!", Natsuki exclaimed excited. "I-I apologize in advance if I mess up", Yuri said nervous.

"Cupcakes are really easy to make, you'll see, just follow my lead!", Natsuki exclaimed proud with hands on her hips. "First grab your bowl and start creaming the butter, sugar and vanilla extract together, like this", Natsuki started, showing Yuri how it's done.

"L-Like this?", Yuri asked trying her best to imitate what she was doing. "Yeah, you're doing good, keep it up", Natsuki said with a smile.

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"Okay, next you add the eggs and flour like this, careful", Natsuki indicated. "O-Okay...", Yuri complied.

"Good, now just beat everything together until the mix is smooth, watch", Natsuki said and showed her friend how's done, soon enough the perfectly smooth mix could be seen as she grabbed some with the spoon and let it fall in.

"Alright, I think I can do it", Yuri said determined and kept doing everything the best she could so her mix looked like her friend's. "Careful! Don't over mix it or the texture of the cupcake may end up like you!", Natsuki adverted as Yuri had started beating the mix too fast.

"I'm sorry! ...what do you mean like me?", Yuri quickly apologized and then asked as she realized. "Too dense", Natsuki snorted not able to contain herself any longer.

Yuri pouted at first but she knew already Natsuki didn't mean anything bad so eventually she just gave up to her cute giggles and giggled along herself.

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"Not bad, not bad, now let's fill up the cupcake cases", bring your mix over here", Natsuki indicated as she moved around the table to where the tray with cases was, using a spoon both did that in no time.

"Now let's just put them in the oven, 20 minutes should do", Natsuki indicated and Yuri carefully followed. "There! You got everything so far?", Natsuki asked.

"I-I think so, i-it was easier than I expected", Yuri replied with a satisfied smile. "Well you had an expert baker as your teacher so of course!", Natsuki said proud like a peacock with her hands on her hips, smug smile and closed eyes.

Yuri immediately giggled at the cute sight but then a wild idea came to her mind as her good mood was starting to get to her. The purple girl then discreetly moved to the side, closer to one of the bowls that had some mixture left, wiped some with her index finger and finally, smeared some of that on Natsuki's nose while she was posing proud.

Natsuki immediately opened her eyes as the smile on her face vanished and to Yuri's delight, she crossed her eyes to look at the yellowish thing on the tip of her nose, making her look cuter than Yuri ever thought.

"You...", Natsuki half closed her eyes and frowned while she slowly drifted them towards the purple girl who had the back of her hand on her mouth to hide her smile about to burst into laughter.

"Get back here!", Natsuki shouted outraged as she quickly grabbed some of the left over mixture with her index finger and chased after the purple girl who immediately started running away.

"Pfft hahaha! Hehehe!", Yuri couldn't control herself anymore and began laughing while she ran for her life around the first floor of her house with the feisty pink one behind, who if it wasn't because she was too set on getting back at her, would've thought that laugh was the most adorable thing she would ever hear in her life.

"I'm gonna get you, big boobed Godzilla!!", Natsuki shouted feisty as ever until she finally got closer to the running purple girl, soon she managed to chase her back to the kitchen where she deceived her when Yuri tried to go around the table, cornering her at last.

"You have nowhere to run! Haauh!", Natsuki jumped and as if she wanted to cut Yuri's head in half, she drew a perfectly straight vertical line of cupcake mixture along half of her face.

"Pfft hehehe!", however Yuri only maintained her surprised and a bit of scared face for so long to then burst into laughter again, this time striking both Natsuki's pride and heart as her heart skipped a beat at that cute sound while at the same time she felt defeated somehow.

"Y-You're not supposed to laugh you purple idiot!", Natsuki blushing hard exclaimed as she walked over to Yuri ready to strike again but the purple girl tried to counter as she wiped some of the mixture on her face and aimed at Natsuki again.

However, the pink girl caught her hand in time and then the other as Yuri tried to do the same with it, finally pinning her against the wall, completely unintentional of course.

While Yuri kept laughing, Natsuki's offended expression soon turned into one similar to hers as she too started laughing at the silly thing they were doing right now, however it didn't take long for one of them to come back to earth.

"Her laugh is as cute as one would expect, seeing it from this up close I... Wait a minute...", Yuri thought as she realized how close Natsuki was to her, their bodies mere inches away from brushing against the other, the sight of her pink glossy soft looking lips so easy to see now, her always sweet strawberry like perfume scent still there even after the baking process entering her nostrils, but above that, the gentle yet firm grip on her hands as she felt the soft small hands of Natsuki realizing she was pinning her against the wall.

"N-Natsuki...", Yuri mumbled as her face heated up above the temperature of the sun, turning into a great ball of fire while her heart began to race, her body felt all tingly and her mind started to go blurry. "Mm? ...!!", Natsuki simply mumbled in response as she gradually stopped laughing to then realize this fact herself as her face too flushed like hell, quickly letting go of her friend.

Both turned to the side to hide their already obvious embarrassment as Yuri began furiously fidgeting with her hair while Natsuki simply rubbed her arm and looked at the floor, both of course blushing like hell.

"L-Let's just go and clean the mess while the cupcakes are done, we still have 13 minutes left", Natsuki finally broke the awkward silence after glancing at the dirty table they used to bake finding the perfect excuse there. Yuri simply nodded and followed after her.

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Eventually, as both quietly cleaned the mess they had made, the awkward tension between them decreased and by the time they pulled the trays of cupcakes out of the oven, everything had gone back to normal for the most part.

"Okay, there don't seem to be any issues with these so let's start decorating them!", Natsuki said satisfied. "From here you just let your creativity flow, you can use the frosting like a pen basically so you just draw anything on them and with the different colors we have you can do something like... This!", Natsuki explained as she began setting the example grabbing a red and orange ones to draw a face like this:
●﹏☉ adding a short orange hair and a red bow for Yuri to see the lengths of this.

"Pretty accurate", Yuri giggled as she saw the funny way Natsuki portrayed
Sayori on a cupcake. "See, now you try!", Natsuki said proud.

"A-Alright...", Yuri said a bit nervous but still confident in her artistic traits, she looked at the different colors of frosting they had, finally deciding to grab a couple of purple and pink ones to draw two faces one with each color on it like this: (･ω･)つ⊂(･ω･).

"H-How is it?", Yuri asked shy. "Let me see...!!", Natsuki replied as Yuri moved aside for her to see her work, which transformed Natsuki's proud and relaxed smile into one that forced itself to be there as she only wanted to scream how precious Yuri was while her face blushed hard.

"N-Not half bad!", Natsuki quickly exclaimed trying to keep her cool as she looked away with crossed arms and awkward smile. "Thank you~", Yuri replied smiling sweetly and happy to hear Natsuki's praise.

"Anyways, now that you got the grasp of it, let's decorate them with literature related stuff like we agreed earlier", Natsuki quickly spoke as she calmed down. "I-I'll write some book recommendations on them!", Yuri said excited.

"I'll draw some books of different kinds then!", Natsuki replied and after that, only their creative spirit was in charge.

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"A-Are you sure you don't want to write anything on them?", Yuri asked. "Nah, your handwriting is much better than mine and I can't draw that well anyway", Natsuki admitted while pouting and looking away.

"But you draw on the cupcakes?", Yuri asked confused. "Those are really simple drawings, anyone could do them really, but drawing on a bigger scale it's just not for me", Natsuki said frowning with crossed arms.

"B-But don't forget my writing and baking abilities are still superior!", Natsuki quickly asserted dominance making Yuri giggle but still feeling a bit bad for her. However, she soon got an idea.

"I-I had planned drawing some things on sheets of different colors, then trim those figures and use them to create patterns and frames for the banners that stand out better, i-if you want you could help me trim those and then we can set the patterns and frames at the end", Yuri explained her idea, knowing well how Natsuki may be feeling, so that way she'd not feel useless.

"T-That I can do...", Natsuki muttered a bit flustered of seeing Yuri wanting and valuing her help some way. "Perfect then! I'll draw them quickly", Yuri said happy.

Then in a matter of minutes, Yuri finished around 20 sheets of fancy patterns, asking Natsuki from time to time if there was anything she thought could improve or change.

After that, Yuri wanted to move the table of the living room which brought Natsuki to offer herself for that, showing off her strength as she easily lifted it with both arms and put it somewhere else, while Yuri watched her and controlled her hormones the best she could.

Having the floor between the couches all for herself to work now, Yuri extended the materials for her banners there and sat on the floor to work on them while Natsuki remained on the couch as she began trimming the figures Yuri drew off the paper sheets with the scissors.

And this, would be the return of Yuri's impure thoughts.

While Yuri focused on the banners at first, she eventually had to take a little break to rest her back, leaning back on the lower part of the couch still sitting on the floor and when she did this, she noticed Natsuki was right next to her, or rather, those legs.

"G-Gleeth - the blind God of the moon, Gloon - the corrupter of flesh, master of the temple, Gobogeg - the twice-invoked, God of the red flux, Gog-hoor - eater of the insane...", Yuri continued to recite in her mind those great old ones after she, noticing Natsuki was too focused on her work, stole a quick glance at Natsuki's legs next to her, having them so close she was able to see, aside the thickness there, her white smooth like silk skin that only made her want to touch it herself, convinced it'd be softest thing she could ever feel.

But Yuri wouldn't have a breather to desist of her impure thoughts that day.

"Lexur'iga-serr'roth - he who devours all in the dark! L-Lythalia - the forest goddess! Mappo's dragon - H-H-Harbinger of doom! Mmmm-m-mbasui G-G-Gwuandu - T-the river a-a-aaabomination! Oh Nyarlathotep give me strength!!", Yuri was now as tense and stiff as a tree to control herself from moving anymore now that she had seen how Natsuki crossed her legs, which gave her a way better glance at those slightly toned muscles of hers, looking even thicker and much more sexier like that.

But in the end, the battle of Yuri vs her own chaotically impure thoughts had one decisive winner.

"May the Great Old Ones bless frilly short skirts!", Yuri, now burning with the fire of Olympus as her madly blushing face showed, exclaimed in her mind as she finally turned her head 90 degrees to the side and gave it a good look at Natsuki's sexy legs, making sure to engrave every single detail of that heavenly image into her mind as she fully basked in their glory.

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"Yuri?! Are you okay?!", Natsuki, after seconds that thankfully for the purple girl felt like years, finally took a little break and as she looked at her purple friend, the blood coming out of her nose immediately triggered an alarm in her.

"P-Perfectly!", Yuri replied as she quickly turned her head to the front and tried to look collected. "Your nose is bleeding you idiot!", Natsuki replied concerned.

"It must be the heat", Yuri replied no problem and then stood up. "I'll go clean myself in the bathroom, I'll be right back", she said and did just that.

After that, Yuri focused on finishing the banners without any other break, withstanding the pain in her back to make sure that wouldn't happen again.

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"Well, it's still a bit early so why not", Natsuki shrugged grinning cutely. "I-I'm glad, what do you want to do now?", Yuri asked, now cupcakes and banners done, she had asked Natsuki if she would like to stay a bit longer since it was roughly past 4 pm now.

"Mmmm how about we watch some movies?", Natsuki suggested. "I agree to that. I-I promise I won't put anything horror themed", Yuri said fidgeting with her hair a bit.

"I never said anything about wanting or not an specific genre...", Natsuki said as she looked away and crossed her arms classic tsundere style. "Natsuki...", but despite her self doubts before replying that, for the pink girl seeing the smile on Yuri's face while he looked at her with those sparkly violet eyes was more than enough of a reward.

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After Yuri decided to spare Natsuki's life for the first movie, choosing one of comedy where both laughed their asses off, the purple girl was finally ready to go for the main course as she scrolled through Netflix's catalog until she found one she had been wanting to watch for a while now.

Both girls were sitting right at each end of the large couch, which left a good distance where at least 2 or 3 more people would fit in between them.

The movie in question was called "The Witch" and while it wasn't based in jump scares and all that shit as Natsuki called it and that made her hate horror, the movie was able to create an unsettling and disturbing atmosphere that made her think something would jump out of the screen at any moment.

Due to this line of thinking, Natsuki's instincts made her move closer and closer to her purple friend on the other side quietly and attentively watching the movie, until by halfway through, she was right next to her.

Natsuki had been clutching a pillow against her chest the entire time while curling up like a ball having her feet on the couch with her knees up to her chin, gradually her body began trembling.

The pink girl soon realized she was right next to her beautiful purple haired crush who had that calm and ever so captivating look on her face while she enjoyed the movie herself.

"It's her fault anyway", Natsuki said to herself in her head and to help herself calm down, she discreetly leaned her body against Yuri's her arms touching now which soon greatly relaxed her tensed and trembling body as she felt Yuri's warmth sharing with hers.

Fortunately or unfortunately for her, Yuri never realized this and by the time the movie was about to end, Natsuki quickly and discreetly moved away from her, internally smiling she was able to have Yuri so close to her like that for a while.

"Finally it's over...", Natsuki sighed relieved now sitting on the middle of the couch. "I-I think it was interesting, don't you think?", Yuri asked shyly as she glanced at her a few times.

"Can't say it wasn't but it was also very tiresome!", Natsuki huffed. "W-Why do you say that?", Yuri asked giggling.

"Because it had this really tense atmosphere but they never really scared you", Natsuki sighed. "That's one of the many great qualities of horror, if it's done well it can scare you and disturbe you without blatantly doing it", Yuri rambled passionately.

"I wasn't scared!", Natsuki asserted dominance at once. "I didn't say you were", Yuri giggled cutely.

"Nnngh...", Natsuki grunted not knowing what to say. "S-Should we watch another one?", Yuri asked expectantly.

"Let me see... 7:30! Frick, sorry but I have to go home now...", Natsuki twitched her mouth and sounded disappointed. "Oh sorry... I forgot you live far for a moment..." Yuri ran her fingers through a strand of purple hair a bit sad.

"Yeah that... Anyways, do you mind if I leave the cupcakes here? I promise I'll do my best to come here Monday morning to help you carry them to school", Natsuki pleaded. "Sure, y-you don't have to though, I can use an uber or a taxi", Yuri smiled.

"I still want to help!", Natsuki huffed offended and feisty like a good tsundere. "O-Okay, I'll wait for you then", Yuri chuckled.

"Well, time to go now...", Natsuki sighed and turned to the door while Yuri sadly followed her there.

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"See you on Monday then... T-Thanks I guess...", Natsuki said blushing lightly as she looked away frowning, now both at the front door. "T-Thank you for coming over, i-it was fun", Yuri mumbled shyly while blushing and furiously fidgeting with her hair.

"Bye bye", Natsuki then waved her hand and finally turned around and began to walk out. "N-Natsuki!", however, Yuri gathered the courage in time to speak her heart.

"What?", Natsuki turned around halfway through the front of Yuri's house heading to the small iron door that lead to the street. "Y-Y-You are welcome to come over anytime you want!", Yuri exclaimed at once to then quickly turn around and shut herself inside the house.

Natsuki simply smiled and blushed, feeling that nice warmth in her chest as she heard Yuri say that, wondering if she could bring herself to take on Yuri's offer sometime.

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"Wooooo! We're finally done!", the messy ponytail girl celebrated as she spun around on her chair throwing her hands in the air. "I didn't expect writing a story would be this entertaining I admit", Mayu added.

"Thanks again for sharing your thoughts and ideas with us~", Monika smiled sweetly at the white haired girl while resting her cheeks on her hands. "Yep, it really helped us out giving it a good direction to our story, hey it's not wrong to say this is your story too", Emerson grinned patting Mayu's back.

"I prefer you don't mention my name when you present this story", Mayu sighed a bit troubled. "Okay~ but if you change your mind just let us know", Monika wouldn't cease smiling sweetly at her.

"I guess we should get going now dude, it's got quite late", Emerson said. "Right...", Mayu looked a bit disappointed.

"Let me just use the restroom real quick and we'll go home, be right back!", Emerson said and in one second dashed to the bathroom making a zoom like sound as she did.

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"What?", Mayu asked nervous as she tried to ignore the fact the emerald green eyes of the literature club president were fixated on her while she hummed quietly with that sweet smile, but downright couldn't.

"Nothing~ I'm just glad we're friends now~", Monika replied happy. "I-I see...", Mayu blushed hard and looked away to hide that.

"I-If you still want to know about Adam Cole or any of that wrestling stuff you can ask anytime", Mayu suddenly said. "I want to know now~", Monika happily replied.

"Anytime but now! I-I mean I'm about to go home you know...", Mayu replied nervous. "You're welcome to stay all the time you want I don't mind", Monika replied smiling sweetly.

"E-Eh?!", Mayu exclaimed face flushed as hell. "I'm back! Let's go Mayu", however the messy ponytail girl suddenly jumped back into the scene to then immediately head to the exit.

"Next time then~", Monika simply shrugged and smiled cutely at the white haired girl who just stood up and followed her cheerful friend to avoid getting more flustered.

"See you on Monday girls!", Monika waved her hand from her front door as she watched both friends go. "Okay then...", Monika sighed relaxed to then go back into her apartment and head to the locked door that lead to a guest room she also used to store stuff she didn't use.

"Alright Haru, you're free now!", Monika said as she removed the tape off Haru's mouth and began untying her hands and feet. "I swear I won't mess with you ever again", Haru replied scared.

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"I'm home, papa...", Natsuki said nervous as every time she had to walk past her father's couch to go to her room. "You're late", the pink haired man grunted annoyed as he calmly stood up.

"I'm sorry, sir, it won't happen again...", Natsuki replied a bit scared to then try and head to her room at once. "Where do you think you're going?! Get your ass back here!", her father yeller angry.

"I'm sorry, papa", Natsuki replied nervous and her head low in shame. "You always say it won't happen again but you keep doing it everyday, I'm getting tired of you making a fool out of me!", the skinny man yelled as he threw his empty beer can to the wall behind her making the small girl flinch.

"Calm down, calm down, just don't say anything that makes him angrier, just tell him what he wants to hear and he won't do that again, we've avoided going there for a long time now, we can keep that up", Natsuki thought and said to herself to help herself maintain the calm while her father continued to yell at her.

"You're so fucking useless, at least your mother could take care of the house but you can't even do that, all you do is avoid your responsibilities wasting your time at school, I know your notes are always low because of that, you're dumb, lazy... I bet you don't even have friends! If you do they just feel pity for that pathetic cute little child you are...", the pink haired man continued throwing all kind of insults at her but this time, a word Natsuki couldn't just let go unscathed escaped his mouth.

"I'm not cute!", by pure instinct alone Natsuki yelled back, her self esteem already scattered all over the floor like every time she just stood there to withstand her father yelling insults at her that she gradually had begun to believe were true about herself, the accumulated sorrow and stress being the main fuel for her to answer like that.

"Did you just talk back to me?!", the skinny man stopped his rambling in disbelief but soon, his surprise turned into rage as he raised his hand and yelled, "You stupid brat I'll teach you some respect!".

...

However, his surprise came back to haunt him once again as he felt his arm abruptly stopping in mid air by a force he took a few seconds to assimilate.

"N-No... Not this time", Natsuki mumbled nervous but little by little a newly found bravery began to take over her as she found herself in disbelief at the fact she just stopped the hand of the man that various times before had caused way more than psychological pain to her.

"You... You fucking brat!", Her father finally regained his senses and yelled ten times angrier as he had known for the first time how it felt to not be the one in control, raising his other hand made into a fist this time and aim it at his daughter.

However, the pink girl quickly let go of his hand and dodged that punch ducking underneath and getting behind him, which only made the pink haired man angrier as he turned around seeing red and ready to go at her.

What both didn't expect was that the pink haired one would dodge each and everyone of his furious attempts to hurt her again, almost naturally.

And soon, the exchange came to an abrupt end as the pink haired man tripped over the empty can he threw moments ago to scare his daughter, which caused him to fall nastily, his forehead bouncing awkwardly onto the floor.

"Papa! Are you alright?!", Natsuki's bravery in an instant died down only to be replaced by worry as she saw her father's nasty looking fall, quickly kneeling next to him to try and help him.

"Get off me!", but the pink haired man quickly slapped her hand away and slowly reincorporated himself. "I-I'm sorry, papa, I didn't mean to-", Natsuki mumbled nervous as her kind heart still couldn't get over the fact she caused pain to the man that at the end of the day, was still her family.

"Your keys", the pink haired man simply said serious cutting her off as he extended his hand. "E-Eh?", Natsuki replied confused.

"You think you're so tough now, huh? Let's see if you really can take care of yourself without leeching off me, you ungrateful brat", the pink haired man said painfully serious, not even yelling which disturbed the pink girl greatly.

"I-I'm sorry papa, I really didn't want to-", Natsuki tried to say as she hesitantly pulled out her keys from her purse. "Get out of my house, I don't want to see you around for the rest of the night, come back when you're... You're... Ready to apologize... Ghhh...", the pink haired man continued his serious speech but if this wasn't odd enough, he began struggling to continue to the point he began grabbing his forehead and growled.

"Papa? Are you-!", Natsuki grew worried and once again tried to get close to him. "GET OUT!!", but just like that, he once again became the man she unfortunately had got used to as he furiously yelled turning red.

Natsuki flinched but quickly obeyed as she turned around and exited her apartment at once.

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"Mmmmnngh! No!", Yuri exclaimed after a hard fought struggle. "I have to focus on finishing our drama first, then when I'm done... I'll give myself this reward hehe~", Yuri said to herself as she put back the pink pen inside her desk drawer to then take a deep breath to calm herself down.

"Natsuki is so pretty, so cute, so nice, so attractive... So sexy... Her legs were so... ", Yuri lost focus again as she put her hands on her chest, closed her eyes and delighted herself with that image from earlier.

"Sheb-Teth - devourer of souls, Shista - God of fidelity, Sho-gath - The God in the box... Phew... I must get to work....", Yuri sighed successfully refocused her impure thoughts to then sit at her desk and resume her work.

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It was around 9 pm, around an hour had passed since Yuri continued her work, now fully focused on that, however all of sudden the sound of the door bell brought her back to earth.

"Who in the world?", Yuri mumbled starting to feel nervous as she stood up and headed downstairs.

But in the end all of those worries and fears went to hell the second she peeked through the tiny hole on the door and saw the person at the other side, opening it in less than one second afterwards.

"N-Natsuki?!", Yuri exclaimed surprised as the pink girl awkwardly stood there looking to the side, twitching her mouth. "Hey...", the pink girl replied.

"I- you- what- how- why-", the purple one struggled to find the words but soon Natsuki simply raised her hand to indicate her to stop. "Relax, it's very simple but kinda embarrassing... You see... It turns out halfway when I was going back home, I noticed I forgot my keys at home and since my dad isn't there right now due to him being out for a business trip... Well... I kinda can't enter my apartment now so...", Natsuki awkwardly explained with crossed arms, unable to look at her friend and crush in the eye.

"Oh... I-I see... Ummm...", Yuri was taken out by surprise not knowing very well what to say but when she noticed Natsuki giving her one quick yet decisive glance, that clearly pleaded for help, she understood what she had to do.

"Please come in", Yuri quickly said as she moved aside. "Thanks", Natsuki mumbled and shyly made her way into the house.

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"Okay ummm d-do you want something to eat? It's past dinner time so...", Yuri said nervous. "No, no, I'm not hungry right now don't worry...", Natsuki faked a smile.

"What were you up to?", Natsuki then asked to try and lighten the mood. "I-I was finishing our drama so I could send it to you soon so you could have plenty of time to study your dialogues", Yuri replied.

"Then keep doing that, I'll just be here watching TV or something, is that okay? I won't be a bother I promise", Natsuki said looking awfully anxious even for Yuri to notice it. "Okay but umm are you okay? You look a bit... Worried?", Yuri said concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine, I'm fine, it's just this situation is really embarrassing for me, I'd really appreciate it if we ignore that", Natsuki replied. "Alright... Sorry, ummm I-I'll be upstairs working in my room, feel yourself at home and if you need anything just let me know, okay?", Yuri said putting on her best smile.

"Thanks Yuri I really appreciate it", Natsuki replied with still that unconvincing smile that Yuri forced herself to buy as she simply excused herself and went back upstairs.

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Natsuki then sat on the couch, turned on the TV and just left some random show play while she boarded her train of thought to asses the situation that brought her to this point.

"What was that about? Papa started acting really weird... Knowing him, that fall would've just made him angrier and go at me with all he had but he just kicked me out? Apparently not permanently for the way he said it but still... That was really strange...", Natsuki thought.

As time passed and she just kept going around it in circles, Natsuki decided it was best to stop thinking about her father's situation for now and leave it for the next day hoping somehow things would go back to normal or something.

Then, consequentially her mind drifted to the place she was at now and particularly at the person that had made it possible.

"If someone had told me one month ago that I'd be staying the night over at Yuri's house some random Saturday, I would've called a mental health institution and tell then to come get that delusional motherfucker, yet here I am!", Natsuki sighed and leaned back on the comfy couch, glancing around Yuri's fancy house.

"Yuri is always so kind... One of the many reasons I have a big fat crush on her~ her kindness, her politeness, her gracefulness, her smartness, her everything really~ come to think of it, we really had fun today and we had some... Interesting moments too", Natsuki thought as she recalled the cupcakes situation and the movies one as well.

"I'm happy the way our friendship has been evolving, but I really can't wait for the day things get to the next level... If that even happens of course haha... I have to be patient and careful, her heart is like a beautiful delicate flower one has to take care of for it to be able to let yours bloom next to hers... Or at least that's how I perceive it", Natsuki thought and sighed dreamy, a smile soon appeared on her face.

"May as well make the most of this chance...", Natsuki smiled wider as she glanced at the kitchen to her right and finally decided her next step.

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"I wonder what's really bothering Natsuki... She looked like she had seen a ghost... Ugh... Focus, Yuri, focus... We need to get this done, if I hurry I can have an excuse to talk to her, maybe she'll praise me again hehe... Ah! Why is my head such a mess now!", Yuri on the other half, struggled with her own thoughts as well, not able to fully focus on her work, she continuously drifted her attention to the pink girl downstairs who to her, still felt unreal to have there.

"Yo... Can I come in?", then all of sudden, that sweet voice she had come to yearn reached the purple haired girl's ears, almost making her fall off her chair. "Y-Yes, come in!", Yuri clumsily replied as she regained her balance by holding onto the desk.

At that moment, Yuri's heart seemed to stop for a moment to then work again at an insane pace as her violet eyes sparkled and her body felt like even the lightest breeze would tickle her to death.

Carefully pushing the door of her room, entered a pink haired girl wearing a white apron over her already cute outfit while she carried a tray with what seemed to be cupcakes and a cup of some hot drink.

"I-I thought you'd be hungry, I-I mean I got hungry after a while! So I made myself some snacks and there were some leftovers so I thought you may want to eat some instead of having to throw them away or something...", Natsuki quickly spoke while her face got redder with every word.

"B-But if you don't wanna I'll just throw them away", Natsuki looked away as she added. "I-I actually hadn't eaten anything since those bowls of ramen we ate while watching movies..." Yuri replied with an anxious smile.

"Then just eat these!", Natsuki quickly approached her and put the tray on her desk, to then Cross her arms and look away. "T-Thank-!", Yuri was about to express her gratitude but once again, Natsuki managed to leave her wordless.

There in the tray, accompanied by a hot cup of chocolate, there was 4 cupcakes pretty much the same as those they baked earlier, with one crucial difference on them. Each one had written with purple frosting the following words: DO - YOUR - BEST - :3

"Are you gonna eat them or not?!", Natsuki asked impatiently. "Ah, yes! S-Sorry it's just these look really d-delicious", Yuri smiled flustered.

"A-And they are", Yuri said after taking the first bite, always impressed by how good Natsuki's cupcakes are. "O-Of course they are duh! Anyways, you keep doing your stuff I'll go back to watch TV or something", Natsuki who burned with the flames of Hades, quickly turned around after asserting dominance, exited the room and closed the door behind her.

Then, both Yuri, who had just been brought a lovely meal while she worked by the person she loved, and Natsuki who had made with love a meal for the person she loved to help her work be a at least a bit more enjoyable, only had one thought in mind that night.

"It feels as if we were a married couple now...".

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A/N: Greetings and salutations awesome brothers! 💪🏿

Two things real quick, first I apologise for the extremely long chapters lately, I know they may be tiresome to read but I had a lot of ideas in mind haha, I promise I'll try to reduce their length to the previous one of around 4000 words.

Second, continuing with character showcase, here we have the student council president herself, good old definitely not a tsundere, Mayu Tsurugi:

As always thanks very much if you still read this shit and stay beautiful 🤙🏿

That is all!!