October 28th 2017

Underestimating the power of physical fatigue and tiredness had been a common issue for the purple girl who until little ago, hadn't really experienced those fully.

The moment she closed her eyes that same night and with her pink lover in her arms, she immediately passed out and lost herself in dreams she couldn't remember 5 seconds after she woke up.

She never considered herself a heavy sleeper but the last couple of days, she certainly had trouble getting out of bed, let alone waking up as her body requested her to provide it with more rest. Not being close to 6 hours of sleep yet, Yuri's body still needed a couple more hours to restore all that energy she had used the previous day.

However, as much as her body wanted this, not even noticing how much more room there was on that bed for her to stretch now that her arms were empty, Yuri eventually was forced back to the land of the living.

"YURI!!", at the sound of that high pitched yet always sweet for her ears voice, the purple girl's body jumped startled and began rolling over aimlessly, causing her to fall off the bed with a dim yet cute, "kyah!".

"Pfft hahahahahah! My gosh you big titty dummy... Hahahah... Pfft hahahahahahah!", it was now the pink haired girl who couldn't control her laugh at the expense of her girlfriend wrapped up in blankets like a taco with only her head and one foot out on the floor.

"Nat... suki...mmm", Yuri mumbled and fell asleep again there. "Huh? Hey! I told you to wake up! We gotta hurry if we wanna see the sunrise you idiot!", Natsuki got feisty again as she began unrolling her girlfriend out of the blankets. "Eh? Ah!", Yuri then woke up to the realization of what was in store for her that day, trying to get up quickly while Natsuki did that, causing herself to fall and wrap entangle around the blankets again.

"For Buddha's sake...", Natsuki sighed but chuckled anyway. "You try to get out of there, I'll help you look for some clothes", Natsuki gave up on that and headed for Yuri's drawers and closet.

Eventually, Yuri's senses fully got to work, allowing herself out of the blankets and back to her feet. She picked up the blankets and quickly did her bed while Natsuki rummaged through her clothes in the closet, rubbing her eyes every now and then to not get sleepy again.

"I found you something, thank me later because you'll look hot with these!", Natsuki exclaimed proud as she came back with a pair of black leggings and a black tank top in hand. Yuri looked at her and finally opened her eyes fully for two reasons.

One was Natsuki's outfit, which consisted of a white skinny t-shirt that perfectly adjusted to her nicely shaped torso and made her small chest stand out beautifully but what got Yuri's wild imagination to work was her pair of skinny red shorts similar to those she had seen her wearing at the gym but now seeing them from up close, not only she could see her slightly toned and thicker bare legs but she was well aware that at some point, she would be able to see Natsuki's nice butt nice and tightly contained by those shorts.

However, reason number 2 unfortunately ruined her impure thoughts as she realized Natsuki was suggesting her to wear a tank top, a sleeveless tank top.

"I-I... Thank you, darling...", Yuri replied nervous as she took the clothes from her. Natsuki grinned proud. "What do I do...? I don't want her to think I don't like the clothes she chose for me but at the same I can't show her that... Not yet... Hopefully not never...", Yuri then felt the chilly autumn wind in the room entering through the door Natsuki left open and mentally sighed relieved.

"I-I'll go change then, by the way... Y-You look hot- I MEAN! Y-You look nice! Yes, nice hehe...", Yuri's state of relief was dangerous as she tended to forget to think her words better, causing her to sometimes speak her mind. "Heh... Do I?", Natsuki smirked but still blushed lightly, thankfully it was nothing compared to Yuri's red face now that she realized her mistake.

Yuri tried to escape but Natsuki caught her hand in time to then block her way. The pink girl's smile went from smirking to a soft smile, her heart and soul felt somehow happier by the second as she realized better that Yuri's first choice of words for her were hot and then nice instead of cute. She felt proud of herself and glad to have a girlfriend that looked at her.

"It's not like I like it that you call me that but... I don't mind either... S-So you can call me that... Just not in front of others because that would be embarrassing haha...", Natsuki said and then, gently guided Yuri's free hand to her waist.

Yuri's crimson mask was still there but her body had begun to relax and arouse as she felt Natsuki's body, shyly running her hand and fingertips down to her hips and wondering if she could go a bit further.

"But anyways! Forget that shit and get ready! Hurry up!", Natsuki, a bit aroused too, quickly got back to her senses and gently slapped Yuri's hand off her body to then push her into the bathroom, playfully spanking her butt in the process, making the purple girl squeak cutely. "I'll wait for you downstairs, I'll have everything ready so we can leave when you're done there", Natsuki added and headed out of the room while Yuri closed the bathroom's door.

The pink girl couldn't help but look at her hand and think the exact same thing her girlfriend was thinking in there touching her rear a bit and that was one thing and one thing only, "that felt nice...".

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Everything went back to normal eventually. The pink and purple girls calmed their wild thoughts down and continued with their schedule.

When Yuri went downstairs, Natsuki was already at the door wearing her hoodie, her backpack and surprisingly for Yuri, she had found that old picnic basket her parents and her used just once long ago, bringing her back good memories and a better idea of what she had in store for her.

With the chilly late night wind of autumn caressing their faces and messing their hair a bit, both girls left the house when the uber driver honked to announce their arrival. Yuri was amused at how late at night these people worked.

Natsuki and Yuri felt a bit awkward to chat with the driver in front of them listening so they remained silent for a bit just looking through the car window.
Soon, Natsuki noticed Yuri dozing off as the purple girl had yet to accustom her body to less hours of sleep so she decided that if they were not going to speak much, at least she wanted to feel her girlfriend closer.

Natsuki poked her shoulder to get attention and when Yuri looked at her, she gave her a sweet smile and a light blush while patting her lap for Yuri to get the message. Yuri took 3 seconds to process it and blushed madly, nervously looking around like there were thousands of people looking at her.

Natsuki rolled her eyes and grabbed her head, feeling Yuri a bit tense at first but gradually giving in as she guided her head to her lap. Once Yuri's cheeks felt the skin of Natsuki's legs, the purple girl's body became stiff as a rock and hot as the hellfire but Natsuki's hand running through her hair soon relaxed her again.

Yuri's heart kept pounding for a couple more minutes but her still fatigued body eventually gave in to Natsuki's touch and got her to close her eyes to finally sleep the rest of the way.

The second time Yuri was waken up that day at least was much better than the first as Natsuki gently shook her and pinched her cheek playfully to let her know they had arrived to their destination.

Yuri sat up, rubbed her eyes and looked outside the window only to see countless tiny little lights that once they got out of the car came together to create a sea of stars as the starry sky above looked at itself in the mirror of water below.

The stars created an even greater sparkle in the violet eyes of the purple girl who found herself speechless at such dreamy sight. She quickly looked around only to see a big red arch over her head that crossed the whole bridge they had parked, ending at the entrance of a dark forest barely illuminated by a couple of light posts at the other side.

Yuri walked towards the guardrail to make sure she wasn't hallucinating, looking at the water below, seeing how the starts in the sky seemed to be crossing that river. Natsuki giggled at her cute girlfriend and at how easy it was to impress her sometimes and just walked to go and stand next to her, wrapping her arm around her waist and resting her head on her shoulder.

Yuri immediately felt that familiar warmth and that familiar strawberry perfume, which brought her back to reality as she glanced at her pink girlfriend by her side. She couldn't do anything else but let out a soft smile, wrapping her arm around her shoulder and resting her head on hers while both quietly watched the river of stars before them.

Both girls found themselves amused at how relative time could be sometimes. They didn't know for how long they had been like that but they eventually noticed the stars fading little by little and the water gradually turning orange as the sun finally began to rise, coming out little by little from behind a pair of mountains in the distance where it had gone to hide.

"See? I keep my promises~", Natsuki said. "It's so beautiful...", Yuri said, feeling that warmth inside her chest could make the sun rising before them pale in comparison.

"It sure is...", Natsuki replied, wrapping her arm a bit tighter around her girl's waist. "But you know... I can keep my promises too", Yuri said while she rubbed Natsuki's shoulder.

"Heh, is that so?", Natsuki replied. "So...", Yuri paused. She let go of Natsuki's shoulder only to then grab her hands between hers, making her turn to the side to be face to face with her.

"Natsuki, here, before the sun can fully rise, I, Yuri, promise to love you for the rest of my life... No... I know we can go beyond. Thus, I promise to love you forever and more, beyond the infinity, beyond time, beyond endless worlds... My heart will always belong to you and I hope you can entrust your heart to me as well", Yuri spoke, no stutters, no hesitation, it all had come from the heart and her honest desire to love that pink girl before her through infinity and beyond.

"Starting the day with cheese huh? Okay... Since I'm not that good at replying to cheesy stuff with more cheesy stuff, I'll just say: me too and here, it's all yours now", Natsuki form a heart with her hands on her chest as if she was taking her own heart from there to then offer it to her purple girl in front of her.

Yuri smiled warmly, her violet eyes almost watered but she controlled herself in time as she did the same with her hands. Both hearts made with their hands touched each other, creating a heart shaped tunnel through which both girl's love travelled to reach the other.

They didn't say a word. They calmly intertwined fingers with both hands and pull themselves closer. Natsuki got on her tip toes a bit and Yuri leaned down a bit for their lips to meet and finally seal the deal as the sun had finally risen above their heads.

"By the way...", Natsuki softly said as their lips slowly pulled away. "Mm?", Yuri replied, her eyes still closed to focus on that ever so sweet taste Natsuki's lips left on hers.

"You really have like... A catalog of cheesy stuff to say for any situation, don't you?", Natsuki asked, making Yuri snort and giggle. "Maybe?", Yuri replied.

"Dummy", Natsuki said and grabbed Yuri's face between her hands, pulling her head down so they could press their foreheads together while gently rubbing her cheeks with her thumb. "I'm you-", Yuri was about to say.

"You're my dummy, yeah I know, I know... I'm starting to learn some of your cheesy phrases", Natsuki chuckled and so did Yuri, until the purple one's eye noticed something by the corner of her eye, glancing then to the side and finally get stiff as a rock again.

"N-N-Natsuki the driver is still here!", Yuri said now nervous, panicked and slightly scared. "Yeah, so?", Natsuki asked.

"Eh? I-I mean, why is he still here??", Yuri asked as she pulled away from Natsuki to furiously fidget with her hair. "Ah, that. Since it was still dark when we arrived, I didn't want to stay like completely alone here in the dark creepy forest, I wanted the car to be there so we could escape if anything creepy came out of those trees, you know, like a creepy clown, a freak with hockey mask or some weirdo with spider eyes...", Natsuki explained, smiling more awkward the clearer her reasoning became.

"Pfft hehe...", Yuri couldn't help but laugh as she remembered that despite her tough facade and abilities for combat, Natsuki was still weak to "creepy" stuff like the dark, horror movies and such, making it apparently too easy for her to suggestion herself, which Yuri always found quite cute of her.

"Don't laugh!", Natsuki exclaimed feisty and tried to grab Yuri but the taller girl dodge her and kept giggling. Natsuki growled but surprisingly, she gave up quite quick, sighing a bit annoyed. "Don't be upset, love, I think it was smart of you", Yuri replied in all honesty.

"Duh, of course it was! Besides... With this driver on our side, I'm sure some creepy ass monster wouldn't be a problem~", Natsuki grinned as she approached the car and knocked on the drivers window, which then began pulling down to reveal a familiar face.

"Yo! What up purple girl!", a boy of thick neck and shaved head exclaimed, flashing the friendliest grin as he gentlemanly tilted his driver's cap. "I don't know if you remember Gozo, he's the president of the wrestling club, you know, the one Gen is in. He's not really an Uber driver but he has a car so I asked him to do this little favor for us", Natsuki explained.

"Y-Yes, I think remember him... G-Good morning, Gozo-san...", Yuri replied a bit nervous. She had to fake barely recognizing him despite him recently helping her and Kiyomi in their quest to look at their loved ones work out and consequentially, learn about Natsuki's great efforts.

"Morning", Gozo kept grinning, he winked at her to let her know their secret was safe with him. Yuri somehow got the message but still, she wondered why she hadn't realized it was him earlier when they got on the car. She thought it was probably because of both her sleepy and awkward state.

"Lights are on so you can go now, Goz, thanks buh-bye!", Natsuki said sounding more anxious to then hurry and get her stuff out of the car. "Hahaha, alrighty. I'll come pick you up at 3 like you told me, I'll wait for you in this same spot", Gozo said and with that, he waved his big hand goodbye and finally drove away from the scene.

"Okay... Shall we go then?", Yuri asked and offered her hand for Natsuki to take. "Nah, not yet", Natsuki replied but took her girlfriend's hand anyway, guiding her back to the guardrail where both leant on while holding hands.

"Ummm... I don't mind staying like this but what are we waiting for exactly?", Yuri asked curious. "Just wait and you'll see", Natsuki replied. Yuri noticed her eyes were focused on the road Gozo drove away through moments ago, specifically on the turn that made him disappear from their sight.

Just like she said, Yuri certainly didn't mind staying like that, holding hands with her girlfriend while both looked at the nice forest landscape with the sound of the water from the river below flowing as their background music but eventually, she had to ask the question once she realized.

"Love?", Yuri said. "Mm?", the pink girl replied. "Where are we?", Yuri asked a bit nervous. "Yadoriki forest in Matsuda", Natsuki calmly replied. Yuri noticed she was tilting her head to the sides while waiting and of course found it cute.

"Ohhh, I see...", Yuri replied. "If you hadn't slept all the way here you would've noticed", Natsuki chuckled.

"S-Sorry", Yuri smiled awkwardly. "No apologies today purple gay. Ah! There they are!", Natsuki then excitedly pointed at that turn. Yuri looked and quickly recognized the thing. A taxi.

In less than 30 seconds, the taxi reached the spot both were waiting at, stopping right in front of them. The driver's window was open and Yuri saw a man in his 40s with short hair, which she didn't recognize, however once the backdoor opened, two familiar faces caught her by surprise.

"Greetings and salutations pink and purple couple!", exclaimed with that signature grin of hers a girl that never took off her beanie hat. "Good morning", and with those delicate manners of hers, also spoke a girl of black hair and bow headband that accompanied her.

"Jasmine-san, Kanae-san... G-Good morning", Yuri still a bit surprised quickly bowed and greeted politely. "Glad to see you're punctual, Jazz. Unfortunately, I can't say that about the others..." Natsuki sighed.

"Others?", Yuri asked curious. "Yep, today's date won't be any normal date. I did some thinking and came up with this cool idea! See any pattern here?", Natsuki asked smiling excited.

"P-Pattern...?", Yuri asked confused, constantly glancing at the beanie hat and bow headband couple and her own girlfriend, trying to find that supposed pattern. Jasmine and Kanae already knew so they locked hands to give Yuri a hint, unfortunately, the purple girl didn't get it.

"You may be a genius for school but you're really slow for other stuff", Natsuki giggled. "E-Eh...", Yuri didn't know what to say. Natsuki had a point.

"What are they?", Natsuki pointed at both. "Umm... What... M-Martial artists?", Yuri asked unsure.

"No! Well, yes but what else??", Natsuki was growing impatient. "Ummm... G-Girls?", Yuri asked even more unsure.

"Ugh... Girlfriends Yuri! Girlfriends! A couple! Two people in love! And what are we??", Natsuki asked feisty. "G-Girlfriends...", Yuri replied a bit awkward.

"Exactly! That's the point. Today I planned this date to be a couple fatal 4 way!", Natsuki exclaimed proud, hands on hips and all. "A what...?", Yuri tilted her head confused.

"Fatal 4 way of couples! 4 couples at the same time hanging out and having fun!", Natsuki exclaimed. "Ohhhh! So it's you and me, Jasmine-san and Kanae-san... Then I guess... Sayori and Ryona will join too, right?", Yuri asked.

"Indeed", Natsuki smiled with crossed arms. "So like official couples only... Wait... Then who's the fourth couple?", Yuri asked as confusion became her epitaph, trying to recap all of her friends who were dating someone but couldn't quite think of anyone aside from the already mentioned bubbly and tough girls.

"I think they're here", Natsuki pointed at the turn on the road where another taxi had appeared. "Unless those are Sayori and Ryona", Jasmine added. "Nah, knowing Sayori's tardy nature, they'll be last", Natsuki confidently replied.

Soon, another yellow cab stopped in front of them and this time, both back doors opened. The one in front of them revealed a very familiar face, a brunette of a long ponytail tied up with a white ribbon and on the other side of the car, the first thing they noticed was that white like snow hair with those two hair buns.

"E-Eh? Monika and Mayu?", Yuri mumbled to herself extremely confused. "Okay everyone! Good morning~", Monika cheerfully said while Mayu all serious as usual walked around the car and next to her just waving her hand a bit shy.

"Morning~", everyone replied in unison. Natsuki then noticed her girlfriend's puzzled pretty face, chuckled to herself and drag her a bit far from the others who just continued chatting. "I see your confusion, purple bud", Natsuki said grinning.

"S-So they're dating now?", Yuri asked in whispers. "Not really but like come on... The only two things those two are missing to be an official couple is a kiss and call each other babe", Natsuki giggled. Yuri couldn't argue anything against her girlfriend's flawless logic there.

"Who knows, maybe something like this is what they need? Like look at the other couples and realize "why aren't we like that yet?", then with this nice atmosphere here and stuff they'll already have a great place to confess each other's feelings or have their first kiss, who knows", Natsuki explained confident with crossed arms.

"Sounds like you were planning this for a while", Yuri giggled. "That's the funny part, I only thought of this yesterday after we learned about Sayori and Ryona's relationship, pretty impressive if you ask me", Natsuki said proud as a peacock, hands on hips and all.

"Very impressive hehe", Yuri kissed her cheek. Surprisingly, Natsuki didn't protest or scold her for having no shame, she kept smiling proud. "It's really nice of you though, trying to help them get together. Specially seeing how obvious they're about the other", Yuri commented.

"Yeah, besides the more couples there are the less awkward it is to do our thing during club time or when we hang out", Natsuki pointed out cleverly. "So that was your other motive hehe", Yuri chuckled at how cute Natsuki was being.

Yuri kept reaffirming Natsuki was precious to her. She was someone she simply couldn't help but love more and more each second that passed. Even if she didn't mention it directly or showed it to others or to herself even, Natsuki always tried to do nice things for her.

Yuri was sure Natsuki knew how much she liked to give and be given love and her trying to find ways to make it easier for them to do that, despite never being easy for her to be honest about her feelings in public, was something that only made the purple girl fall in love with her even more.

Natsuki was everything to her, she wanted to hug her, kiss her, spoil her, praise her, make her happy and most importantly, she wanted to protect her so nothing could ever take her away from her.

It is then that Yuri remembered something, or rather someone.

There was one person responsible for her realization.
Yuri knew that if it hadn't been for her, she wouldn't have seen the great effort and struggle her girlfriend was going through in order to be able to protect her and consequentially, she wouldn't have found the determination she needed for that reciprocal love she wanted to profess.

Luckily for some, unluckily for others maybe, Yuri was a very grateful person. Seeing Monika and Mayu connected all the dots to come up with an idea she had been looking for to help her friend with her own problems and now it was the perfect chance.

"Natsuki, can I ask you something?", Yuri asked a bit shy. "What?", Natsuki replied curious. "W-Would it be okay if... If we invite two more people to join us today??", Yuri asked while fidgeting with her long strand of purple hair.

"Two more? Who? Wait, is there any other couple I don't know of??", Natsuki asked awfully excited. "N-Not exactly... It's Kiyomi and Gensai", Yuri replied.

"Gen and... Ohhhhh!", luckily, Natsuki was being quick to connect the dots. "Y-Yes... You've seen the issues between them recently and that time I was talking to Kiyomi, I couldn't say or do anything to help her with that when she told me about her problems... In fact... I usually can't say or do anything to help anyone... S-So at least this time that I got an idea for that, I'd like to use it to help someone", Yuri explained a bit sad. That last part was actually true or at least it was for her.

"Okay then, I'll help you help them", Natsuki grinned and head patted Yuri's head gently, making the purple girl blush happy. "Thank you, love", Yuri replied with a loving smile.

"You call Kiyomi and tell her whatever you need to tell her so she can come, I'll call Gen and lure him here, I think if I told him about Kiyomi he'd refuse, so I'll use something else", Natsuki said and Yuri couldn't agree more.

And so they did, Yuri quickly got Kiyomi to get out of bed, take a shower, dress herself up nicely and get on the fastest train possible to get there while Natsuki lured Gensai with the excuse of her and Yuri needing someone watching their back during their romantic date in the forest so no one could ruin it for them.

Sayori and Ryona arrived a bit late as usual but as cheerful as ever, the bubbly girl quickly got everyone engaged in a happy conversation while they waited for the two people invited in the last moment.

Kiyomi got there in about an hour after Yuri called her. For the little amount of time she took, Kiyomi had certainly dressed well for the occasion. She was wearing a stripped black and white blouse and a black skirt that went half her thighs but not only that, they all also noticed something very particular about her that day.

"I see you changed your hairstyle, Kiyomi-chan! Looks quite cool!", Monika said smiley. "And a bit weird too, in the good sense of the word of course haha...", Natsuki said.

Instead of her usual small ponytail popping out on the back of her head, Kiyomi had now two twirls of hair like horns, adorned with a little red bows while the rest of her hair was down as usual.

"Thanks hehe~ This is actually the hairstyle of a certain character in one of Gensai-san's favorite mangas! I'm hoping he likes it~", Kiyomi was certainly full of enthusiasm that morning. "He better does or I'll have to kick his ass", Natsuki grinned.

Yuri was about to say something but as perceptive as she was, waiting until no one had something to say, she noticed something that disturbed her a little for some reason.
Jasmine looked troubled.

Of course Yuri didn't dare to ask her what was wrong but it was clear something was. She saw her constantly looking over her shoulder, as if someone could appear behind them at any moment or perhaps as if someone was watching them.

Soon, she was able to put on a casual smile again after her black haired girlfriend whispered something on her ear and Jasmine whispered something back. The lively talk continued for around half an hour more until one more taxi finally parked a few feet away from them.
A school cap boy got out from it.

The perceptive purple girl would remember it all very well for days.
As soon as Gensai got out of the car, he put on that crooked teeth super friendly smile, looking at his friends but then it all changed.

When he began walking towards them, that smile faded away almost immediately. His expression overall changed, it looked serious and for a second Yuri saw him gritting his teeth to then see Jasmine calmly gripping his shoulder, which made him put on a more casual but quite forced smile.

Seeing him gripping his fist so hard the veins on his hand were popping out let Yuri know there was something wrong, extremely wrong and to make it worse, she somehow understood she had made a mistake that day.

The group then crossed the bridge and headed into the forest, most of them were all happy and excited but there was 3 people there now unable to enjoy the moment fully.

Yuri who couldn't help but feel nervous about the implications of her apparent mistake.

Jasmine who seemed to know what was wrong and continuously kept an eye on the school cap boy, like a bailiff escorting a prisoner who was just sentenced to death in court.

And finally the school cap boy himself. Despite Kiyomi's best efforts to approach him, he continuously dodged her attempts and kept talking to others to avoid seeing her eye to eye even.

Eventually, they reached an open area where Natsuki quickly laid her classic red and white square patterned picnic blanket for all to sit down.
As expected, every couple sat together and that time, Gensai couldn't avoid the orange haired girl anymore as she sat down next to him still not willing to give up.

While Natsuki and Sayori took everything out the basket, Yuri observed her two friends of concern, she saw Kiyomi trying to talk to him but Gensai kept giving her short answers, obviously not wanting to follow the conversation.

"Kyah!", Yuri squeaked and jumped startled. She was caught off guard as her girlfriend's finger poked her side to get her attention, surprising her greatly. "Finally, I called your name like 10 times so don't blame me for that", Natsuki sighed.

"It was 5 times actually", Sayori added with a giggle. "S-Sorry, I spaced out", Yuri smiled awkwardly while blushing deeply as the rest of her friends had seen that embarrassing reaction of hers.

"Alright! Before we get to- Sayori, no! Shoo!", Natsuki began her announcement but quickly caught the bubbly girl red-handed, trying to poke the chocolate cake Natsuki had made for the occasion, quickly slapping her hand. Sayori simply pouted sad. Ryona smiled and messed her hair to comfort her.

"As I was saying, before we get to the food, I just wanna thank everyone for coming today. The idea of this little reunion was to have a space for couples to come and have a good time. I didn't want to invite our other friends who are still not dating someone because I didn't want to create an awkward atmosphere for them", Natsuki explained.

"Then why did you invite us?", Mayu asked with crossed arms. "Because~ you know~", Monika replied in Natsuki's place, poking Mayu's hair buns and smiling sweetly at her.

"Stop that!", Mayu slapped her finger off while blushing lightly making the others chuckle at the student council president's naiveness.
Yuri thought Gensai would ask the same question but to her surprise, he remained quiet yet still smiling.
A smile that greatly perturbed her.

"Ah! I remember in that manga you showed me when you first joined the club, how was it called... Ah, yes! perfect girls!", Sayori got all excited as she remembered a key fact. "Parfait girls", Natsuki corrected her unimpressed.

"Yeah, that! I remember there was this part were all the girls baked something each and then gathered to have a picnic with their respective lovers! This reunion kinda reminds me of that!", Sayori said excited. "Ahaha... Yeah, now that you mention it, it's quite a fun coincidence...", Natsuki replied a bit nervous.

"Anyways! Once we're done eating, we'll play some games that require teams of two and then-", Natsuki tried to continue. "Ah! The parfait girls also played some-", Sayori pointed out but Natsuki was quick to assert her dominance.

"Shut your mouth Sayori!", Natsuki shouted now getting redder. "Ah, I see it now... So you wanted to like, have your own version of that event that happened in your favorite manga! Gotta say that's actually really cute of you, Natsuki", Monika giggled.

"Who the fuck are you calling cute?!", Natsuki tried to jump on her but Yuri and Ryona quickly held her back. "Hahaha, relax Nats. There's nothing wrong about inviting your friends to relive an event you considered nice. I've invited Kanae to do stuff I've read in books or watched in certain shows because I thought it'd be nice to live something like that with her", Jasmine explained.

"Eh? You did?", Kanae asked confused. "Yep, you just haven't noticed because you haven't watched those shows or read those books", Jasmine grinned.

"Now I'm curious to know what those were...", Kanae said. "I'll tell you about them later. Anyways, my point is that we think it's something really nice of you that you wanna do that with your friends", Jasmine said.

"Yeah and sorry for using the C word, sometimes it slips off my tongue haha...", Monika smiled. "Tch... I-It's not like I did it for any of you or anything!", Natsuki exclaimed to assert dominance once again.

"We know!", Everyone replied in unison. "Let's just get to eat then!", Natsuki replied smiling confident again as her cooking and baking skills were about to be displayed.

As expected, Sayori was quick to stuff her mouth with all the different varieties of desserts Natsuki had made, almost choking herself if it wasn't for Mayu there who knew how to do abdominal thrusts and other first aid techniques.

Soon, then food vanished into eternity and into that black hole the bubbly girl had as stomach. Getting great praises from everyone for the delicious food provided, Natsuki looked like a pink peacock and then it was time to finally begin the couple games.

"While we wait for Sayori to digest all the food she devoured so we can get physical, let's start with the first game of the day!", Natsuki announced. "Ehehe... I've reached the Nirvana of delicious food~", Sayori mumbled while resting on her girlfriend's lap, rubbing her belly.

"...anyways, the first game is one I like to call: "how much do you know your bae?", for this we will ask all sorts of things about each other but the respective companion of each person will have to answer, if they know, they'll get a point, if they can't answer correctly, they'll lose a point. The first couple to get 5 points wins. Got it?", Natsuki asked awfully excited. Everyone seemed convinced to be able to do well on this.

"Then I'll start! Let's see... Monika! What's Mayu's favorite color?", Natsuki asked. "That's an easy one, emerald green", Monika replied full of confidence. "C-Correct...", Mayu mumbled, looking away quite red.

"Point for you two then, now you ask someone else you want", Natsuki said. "Mmmmm... Yuri, what's Natsuki's favorite thing about you?", Monika asked even though she already knew the answer.

"A-about me? Umm... Ummmmmm...", Yuri was caught off guard at first. There were many things Natsuki had told her that she loved about her but the more she thought of it the redder she got as she realized which one was the one she mentioned the most. "M-My...c-chest?", Yuri replied and instantly regretted it as Monika smirked greatly.

"I hate you", Natsuki the pink tomato replied feisty to the brunette but of course, she couldn't deny it since she didn't want to lose that fairly earned point. "Point for you~", Monika said melodically.

"Whatever, now you ask someone Yuri", Natsuki huffed while trying to regain her cool. "Okay... Ummm...", Yuri then thought about asking Kiyomi something about the school cap boy but that odd look in his face made her think twice about it.

"R-Ryona, what's Sayori's favorite book?", Yuri improvised quickly. "It's not just one, they're the 4 essential Minecraft handbooks", Ryona replied surprisingly fast.

"Veeeery correct! I'm glad you remember that~", Sayori said reaching Ryona's cheeks with her hands while looking up at her from her lap. "I remember everything about you", Ryona said with a sweet smile.
Love was in the air.

"And here I thought Yuri would be the first person to get cheesy today... Whatever, point for you. Now ask someone else, Ryona", Natsuki sighed with a smile. "A-Ah, right...", Ryona blushed deep. She sometimes forgot there was still a world outside of her bubbly girl.

"...Mayu, what's Monika's favorite music?", Ryona asked. "Her favorite... I think it was... Ballads although she does listen to livelier music too", Mayu replied a bit doubtful.

"Mayu knows me well~", Monika said happy. "Eh? I do?", Mayu said a bit surprised.

"Dammit, those two are getting ahead...", Natsuki growled. "It's my turn then... Jasmine, what's Kanae's favorite movie?", Mayu asked.

"Karate kid, next question?", Jasmine quickly replied with crossed arms and a big confident grin. Kanae just shrugged with a smile. "Dammit why's no one failing?", Natsuki muttered feisty.

"Nats! What's Yuri's favorite part of your body?", Jasmine asked with a smirk. "J-Jasmine!", Kanae exclaimed in disbelief, tugging on her girlfriend's hand to possibly try to make her see what she had done.

"Sorry baby, this is a competition and I gotta make sure we win", the beanie hat girl replied. "Heh... I guess you have a point...", Noroe replied as she too was quite competitive.

"Dammit...", Natsuki grunted and glanced at her girl who now furiously fidgeted with her hair and blushed hard. "I guess I can try...", Natsuki mumbled.

"M-My legs?", Natsuki asked, looking away and blushing just as hard. Yuri, to her relief and not so much, nodded, hiding her face behind her hair. "Ha! Point for us!", Natsuki quickly exclaimed to dismiss the topic.

"Shut, well, next time...", Jasmine sighed. "He-He-He-He...", Natsuki laughed with malice as her turn for payback had come.

"Dammit...", Jasmine began sweating nervous. "Kanae!", The pink girl exclaimed awfully excited. "Y-yes?", the black haired girl replied nervous.

"What's Jazz greatest kink?", Natsuki asked grinning widely. "H-Her what??? Ummmmmm... Emmmm... I-I...", Kanae had begun sweating as well, glancing at her girlfriend who was stiff as a rock glaring at Natsuki like she was about to explode.

"Why are they so tense? What's a kink?", Sayori asked her girlfriend. "Beats me...", Ryona replied confused as well.

In the end, the answer would remain a mystery as Kanae, whether she knew or not, she didn't dare to answer the question like Natsuki expected, simply limiting herself to deny with her head.

"Ha! Back to zero Jazz!!", Natsuki stood up victorious while pointing at the beanie hat girl. "Tch...", Jasmine simply replied.

"A-Anywho... Let's just resume the game...", Kanae tried her best to reduce the tension in the air while looking at her friends for someone yet to be questioned. "Kiyomi-chan", Kanae finally chose someone. The orange haired girl quickly nodded, ready for this moment.

"Fictional character Gensai-san looks up to?", Kanae asked. "Ah! I know that! Mainly Togashi Genji from Otokojuku and pretty much the entire cast there!", Kiyomi replied confident.

"She's right", Gensai simply replied. No smile whatsoever. "Point for Kiyomi and Gen then! Now as-", Natsuki was suddenly cut off.

"Before that, I want to ask Kiyomi something", Gensai said serious. "Yes?", The glasses girl replied with smile.

"How did you know the answer to that last question?", Gensai asked and it was then that Kiyomi realized her mistake, unconsciously gulping, feeling her body temperature decreasing in milliseconds and her hands lightly shaking.

Being near her now bestie of purple hair (or at least she was considering her that as of late), made Kiyomi forget she was in fact living two different lives, being two different people in the eyes of others aside from her.

At that moment when Kanae asked her that question, all she wanted was to impress her crush and hope he'd praise her and seeing as the answer came to her almost immediately, she didn't stop to think about it better as the implications were a bit more complex.

As Ryou, Gensai had always been a good friend to her, constantly dragging her around to do stuff he liked such as going to the arcade and play fighting games, watching some wrestling, MMA or other combat sports in his cellphone, going to eat all sorts of junk food or in this case, showing him his favorite mangas, which could either be full of girls loving girls or full of manly men beating the hell out of each other.

The problem was that as Kiyomi, both her and Gensai acted differently towards the other. Kiyomi could be actually herself, the girl she always felt like on the inside, getting clingy with him, flirty and more delicate, unlike Ryou who was more of a slightly shy boy who could easily adapt to others.

Gensai in that case tended to be a bit more careful with his manners and way less "boyish" to put it some way. Surely he was always friendly and cheerful but he was more gentlemanly, doing things as letting her go first, letting her get that only empty seat in the train, escorting her to wherever she had to go when it was already dark and such.

The problem was that he also tended to be less open about his hobbies and likings and she could easily guess why as Gensai's hobbies and likings were not to fitting of showing them to a delicate girl like her, even gross to some girls (but of course, not to her).

It was because of this that Kiyomi was never shown what Gensai's favorite manga was and even if she tried to use the excuse she heard him mention it to someone else as Gensai at least did mention that to people like Natsuki or Jasmine, going as far as knowing who his favorite character is, was something only three people actually knew.

One was his mother who knew almost everything there was to know about him.

The second person wasn't there anymore to tell it to anyone.

And the third person was none other than Ryou himself as he had become one of Gensai's closests friends as of late due to his kind nature and great ability to listen and not judge anything people shared with him.

"I-I... Y-You know... You...", Kiyomi stuttered awfully nervous. The air felt heavier and the tension in it could be cut with a knife. "Gen, chill out", Jasmine suddenly said, almost sounding like she scolded a child.

"Yeah, chill out Gen, what's with you today? We're trying to have fun here", Natsuki asked with crossed arms and twitching her mouth. She too had begun noticing her friend's odd behavior and it was starting to concern her.

"Sorry!", Gensai to everyone surprise, quickly got on both knees and bowed his head greatly, almost headbutting the ground. "I don't know what happened to me haha, I guess being up this early on Saturday gets me a bit moody", he grinned and said as he raised his head.

A grin that convinced everyone but Yuri and Jasmine.

"It's cool, I guess it's kinda my fault for making you come", Natsuki smiled awkwardly. "No, no, no! It's totally not! I'm honored I was invited to witness some live Natsuri- Ouch!", Gensai said happy but was quickly shut up by a empty plate Natsuki threw to his face.

"That's more like it!", Natsuki chuckled which finally got their lively mood back as the rest of the girls laughed with her. "Your turn to ask Kiyomi!", Natsuki said.

With that, the game was resumed and it continued without issues until eventually the couple of Sayori and Ryona reached 5 points first, leaving the score after them as Natsuki and Yuri with 4, Monika and Mayu tied with Jasmine and Kanae getting 3 and last Kiyomi and Gensai with two due to the school cap boy not knowing much about Kiyomi due to her own secretive nature.

Then it was time for the second game.

"Alright you dummies of love! Next is something we will definitely kick your ass on as it's time to get physical! Follow me!", the fired up pink girl raised her arm, put on her backpack, turned around and walked back to where they had come from while the rest of her friends just followed her, leaving the picnic stuff behind.

Around halfway through, she took a deviation as she turned to the right and finally, amidst some slender trees, their next stage for battle was set.
To everyone's worst expectations, Natsuki then pulled out a certain object out of her backpack.

"Okay everyone!", Natsuki said raising her finger. "Hey!", Monika protested offended but the pink girl didn't care

"As you can guess by this rope I'm holding, we will now play the infamous Tug-of-war game! For this, we will make teams of two couples first, the rules of the game aside from that are the same henceforth, the first two couples that fall into the mud lose, however...", Natsuki paused and while the other's worriedly looked at the mud puddle in the middle, she glanced at one particular person.

"Since we got an unexpected participant today in Gen and due to him having the clear advantage in strength... We will have to add a special rule in order for him and Kiyomi to participate and try to eliminate them from the contest at the same time so it can be fair for everyone else...", Natsuki said deep in thought.

"So! The first round will be everyone vs Gensai and Kiyomi!", Natsuki exclaimed. "E-Eh?!", Kiyomi exclaimed nervous and scared in response.

"I-I get it Gens is strong but isn't that a bit unfair?", Sayori asked concerned. "Nah, you haven't seen him do what we've seen him do, right Jazz?", Natsuki asked. "I hate to admit it but Nats is right here, this is the only way it can be fair for everyone", Jasmine replied.

"I don't mind either", Gensai said grinning happy while rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck, already at the other side of the puddle. "You'll fall fool!", Natsuki exclaimed fired up and threw the rope at him.

"Alright, we need a good formation for this, we need the strongest of us as an anchor in the back and the two that follow her in the front, the rest will do well in the middle so...", Monika quickly strategized as the leader she was.

"You seem to know what you're doing so keep talking", Natsuki replied. "Yeah, I used to play this a lot with my friends when I was little haha... Anyways, Jazzy, we need you as our anchor", Monika commanded.

"Good choice", Natsuki agreed as the beanie hat girl nodded and got in position, Ryona and Natsuki, you two go to the front, Mayu, myself, Yuri and Kanae will follow in that order", Monika commanded again.

"Alright!", Natsuki and Sayori exclaimed excited while the rest got serious and some a bit concerned of maybe getting dirty. "Okay everyone! Brace yourselves for war and follow my lead!", Monika announced and the group shouted a yes in unison.

"A-Are you sure about this, Togashi-kun?", Kiyomi asked nervous. Gensai simply nodded without looking at her. Kiyomi sighed and got a good hold of the rope behind the now imposing school cap boy.

"Ready?! Set... Go!!", Monika finally declared the start of war and with a great battle cry, the girls began with a quick tug at the exact same time to surprise the school cap one, going for a quick finish, however Gensai's feet just slid a couple of inches forward as he quickly tensed his body and pulled the rope back.

The girls almost got caught by surprise but Jasmine in the back managed to neutralize the inertia Gensai's pull created, getting everyone back to ground zero.

Gensai grinned and slowly began pulling the rope towards himself while the girls began feeling their bodies moving against their will, nervously glancing at their feet slowly sliding forward.

"Now's the time to use this... Ryona! Are you gonna allow Sayori to fall into the dirty mud?! She could even get hurt!", Monika still had some aces up her sleeve. As expected, the tough girl quickly realized that and gritted her teeth, suddenly putting an end to Gensai's pull as she used all her strength to stop and tug violently on the rope, finally surprising the school cap boy.

"Crap!", Gensai exclaimed as he stumbled forward while the orange haired girl also pulled by the inertia, bumped onto his back.
However, he wasn't done yet as his body, even though it had ended in an awkward and difficult to stand position, looking like a frog about to leap, the girls couldn't continue pulling him further.

"We're almost there girls! I trust you know what to do now!", Monika exclaimed fired up. "Yeah!", The girls had it clear. The only thing left to do was stop pulling so Gensai ended up knocking himself off balance by his own tugging power so they could finally pull his body into the mud.

"S-Sorry! I'm so sorry!", Kiyomi exclaimed concerned after being knocked down by the bump onto Gensai's wall like back, quickly getting up and grabbing the rope again to help but just as she did, Gensai fell on his rear as the girls strategy worked.

Now on the ground without a good base to counter, Gensai somehow tried to make himself heavier by digging his elbows and feet into the ground but the combined strength of the girls still kept slowly pulling his body further into defeat.

"I won't let you fall! I-I can... Too...!", Kiyomi did her best to stop the pull, but she too ended up being dragged further into defeat, however, it was at that time that a last minute idea came to her.

This stage, this scenario was not too different from those in Gensai's favorite manga, an while certain death didn't await them in that mud puddle, they still had that thing Gensai always found inspiration in to get back up and fight.

"W-We... We won't fall! We'll show you our spirit of Yamato! This... Is the power... Of a maiden of Yamato!!", Kiyomi knew her strength wouldn't be enough, all she had left were those words that she hoped could reach Gensai's soul.

...

"Fuck...", even the strongest anchor had seen their fate coming. "What the-?!", Natsuki exclaimed as their pulling came to an end.

In an instant, the seemingly defeated and wounded dog they for a moment felt like they were pulling, stood up and sent chills down their spine as the beast before their eyes for a second, looked like a dog indeed, but one gigantic and three headed, gatekeeping the underworld.

What happened next was only understood by the beanie hat girl who could only manage to save her girlfriend luckily in front of her, letting go of the rope and grabbing her by the waist to prevent her from falling into the mud, however, as unfortunate as sacrifices were, the rope ended up entangling around her ankle and dragging her into the puddle along with the other girls.

Kanae as the only survivor to put it one way was able to witness the strange scene. As she shook her head and got up to go help her friends she also glanced at the other side of the puddle where that now slightly frightening man stood.

Despite her girlfriend little by little putting her up to date with the issue they were facing, she still was missing on a lot of the details and one was that boy named Gensai.

Even though he always seemed like a nice person to her, there was something she couldn't help but feel odd about him and she was sure now that Kiyomi too noticed and that was that he always seemed like he was hiding something behind that cheerful attitude of him.

She was sure Jasmine knew what that was and as she saw him there, with his head low and his arms extremely tensed with some veins popping out on his skin, seeing his chest slowly expending and contracting from presumably inhaling and exhaling to calm down, only made the bow headband girl concerned to know what that was.

Before she could move, she saw Kiyomi trying to talk to him, smiling happy probably because they won somehow but Gensai quickly got away from her before she could tap his shoulder and hurried to help the girls in the mud with that now strange crooked teeth smile.

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After going to wash their arms, legs, face and hair on a river nearby Natsuki guided them to, the girls took a much needed rest as that last game made them use a lot of their strength before the next one came.

"So Sayori and Ryona got one victory, then Gen and Kiyomi... But it doesn't matter because the victory will be ours in the end!", Natsuki exclaimed fired up now that she had regained her fighting spirit and stamina, getting up in one jump.

"Just, try not to come up with more games where I have to ruin my best pair of shorts...", Monika sighed. "Don't be a baby, simpika. Anyways, for our next contest we will play scavenger hunt! The rules here are simple, each couple will have to go into the forest and find the following items: 1; a rock the size of Sayori's head, 2; a purple leaf, 3; a ribbon or the closest thing to a ribbon, you would have to wear it on your hair to prove it works and finally... A pink object that doesn't belong to nature! That means, no flowers, no fruits, no leafs and such", Natsuki explained.

"You count as a pink object?", Jasmine raised her hand and asked grinning. "No I don't you idiot!", Natsuki replied feisty as the others laughed.

"Anyways, we'll meet here once you get the objects, once you give up because you couldn't find them or once two hours have passed, that's the time limit by the way. First couple to get everything wins. Ready? Set... Go!!", Natsuki exclaimed and quickly grabbed Yuri's hand dragging her into the forest.

...

"I guess she really wants some time alone with Yuri", Jasmine giggled. "Well, some time alone won't hurt is either~", Monika replied.

"Let's get Sayori's head measures", Mayu, the focused girl, said serious as she approached the bubbly girl and began touching her head. "Ehehehe its feels nice!", Sayori said happy.

"Or we could focus on finding those things...", Monika sighed disappointed. "Seems Miss Mayo likes to compete", Gensai said grinning.

"Yeah... Well, let's all get Sayori's head measures before we scatter around this place", Monika said and the girls agreed, all approaching Sayori to touch her head and try to memorize its size while the bubbly girl simply giggled happy, feeling like a puppy everyone wanted to pet.

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"Naaatsuukiii! WaaAait!", Yuri said while trying to keep up with her excited girl. She was feeling nice though, her breathing wasn't getting heavier or irregular, she was proud of her new physical condition. "Here!", Natsuki exclaimed finally stopping after God knows how many feet away from their friends.

"Look, a Yuri leaf! ...get it for us", Natsuki said after carefully analyzing the situation and see her height wouldn't help her this time as both girls now stood before a tree that easily stood out from the rest due to its stunning foliage of orange and red-ish leafs but amidst all those colors, a lonely dark purple leaf still remained.

Yuri found herself a bit hypnotized by the peculiar tree, almost in autopilot she walked next to her girlfriend and easily reached out for that leaf standing on her tip toes a bit, to then thoroughly analyze it with her violet eyes until Natsuki finally snatched it from her hands.

"Cool, isn't it?", Natsuki grinned as she waved the leaf at her. "Eh? Ah, yes, it's very pretty... And this tree...", Yuri was about to ask how did Natsuki know of this tree hidden amidst the wide forest but the pink one already had an explanation for it ready.

"It's a cherry plum tree... I... We... planted it years ago here...", Natsuki's voice suddenly got softer and most strangely, more nostalgic in an instant. "We...?", Yuri asked curious but before answering that, Natsuki got closer to her, shyly holding Yuri's hand which of course warmed the purple girl's heart.

"My dad, me and... My mom", Natsuki smiled sad but Yuri wouldn't leave her feel alone, quickly beginning to rub the back of her hand with her thumb. "When I was little, we came to this same forest during summer break. We had a picnic too and they walked me around the forest, taking me to see the river, the flowers and such and at that time, there was this person near the entrance selling little trees you could either take home or plant here, so my mom bought one and before we left, she took me here and told me this tree will grow up as much as me in the future and that it'd look like me too hehe", Natsuki couldn't help but chuckled at that distant but still happy memory.

"Pink flowers bloom from this tree in spring and as you can see, the leafs that accompanied them are purple... Isn't that a bit ironic now?", Natsuki giggled. "Ironic? Oh. Hehe I guess it is...", Yuri took a bit to get it but she did, finding it romantically ironic that nature could combine hers and Natsuki's iconic colors in one tree.

"Mama... Promised we will come visit this tree in the future... Too bad she couldn't stick to her word...", Natsuki again looked down, her eyes looked watery but not for long as Yuri pulled her closer for a comforting hug. "Maybe she didn't but you did, the promise was to this tree too so I suppose Mr. Cherry plum is happy to see you again", Yuri said.

"I guess you have a point", Natsuki chuckled. "Though, he doesn't look like me now", Natsuki pouted with hands on hips.

"Hehe, it doesn't. It kinda looks more like Kiyomi-chan", Yuri chuckled. "Yeah haha. Whatever, Mr. Cherry, look, now I brought my girlfriend who should make us look more like you but shame on you that you decided to change colors", Natsuki huffed.

"It's not his fault, autumn is the one to blame", Yuri giggled. "Well then, we'll come back in a few months. You better look like us by then", Natsuki scolded the tree making Yuri laugh cutely, which Natsuki enjoyed from the bottom of her heart, not even aware her brief moment of sadness even happened as she was simply happy to share a laugh with her beloved purple girl.

"Okay, we got one item, 3 more left to go!", Natsuki said proudly raising the leaf. "We should get going then...-?", Yuri began turning around but the pink girl had other plans.

Yuri felt that small hand holding hers but this time, it pulled her back, forcing her to turn around which got her to meet those now sparkly magenta eyes briefly before her body was gently guided by her waist onto that cherry plum tree, where Natsuki finally gave her a long passionate kiss under the now red-ish foliage of it.

"I love you", to Yuri's surprise, Natsuki whispered those words to her first as they broke the kiss, feeling her warm breath on her mouth. "I love you too", Yuri replied with a smile, to which Natsuki replied with another soft yet long kiss that Yuri begged could never end.

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Eventually, the rest of the couples scattered around the forest in different directions but one person in particular didn't seem to keen on the idea, let alone what it could imply.

Leading the way was the school cap boy, unusually quiet if seen through the eyes of most people but to the girl walking behind him, it was starting to become normal, however, she still had some fight left in her.

"T-Togashi-kun!", Kiyomi exclaimed as she jumped next to him trying to keep up with him so at least it didn't look like she was following him against his will. Gensai didn't say anything and maintained that strange look on his face.

"What do you think would be easier to find?", Kiyomi asked smiley, trying to make some conversation. Gensai didn't reply. "I-I think the rock the size of Sayori-chan's head would be the easiest... Although the ribbon thing could be like... If we find one of those plants with long leafs...", Kiyomi kept talking casually although inside of her both sorrow and anxiety kept growing.

...

Gensai kept walking and walking, the further they got from their picnic spot, the further it seemed to Kiyomi she got from his heart but to stay true to the Yamato spirit Gensai taught her other version of herself, she wouldn't give up yet.

"What do you say if we do this more interesting?? We could like... Like... Ah right! We could do a forward march!", Kiyomi exclaimed happy.
Gensai gripped his fist.

"We can keep going straight forward! No matter the obstacle, whether it's a tree, a river or a big rock, we will try to overcome it!", Kiyomi said enthusiastically.
Gensai's nails began digging into his palm.

"...Ummm ah! Also, you wanna see this funny dance I saw the other day? I was thinking of using it to distract the other girls during the contests hehe it was like this...", Kiyomi rushed a bit to get head and stand in Gensai's way, ready to do that strange yet funny dance.

With the veins of his arms popping up, his teeth gritting so hard they could shatter in pieces at any moment and his blood boiling inside of him, Gensai had had enough.

"Shut the fuck up", Gensai stopped walking. "E-Eh?", Kiyomi asked, immediately stricken by a mix of fear, sorrow and confusion.

"Just... Cut the crap already", Gensai was shaking from the anger he was containing. "I-I don't... T-Togashi-kun... I'm sorry if I... I just... Wanted to...", Kiyomi didn't know what to say or how to excuse herself, after all, all she was trying to do was get along with him like they used to.

"You could never...", Gensai muttered angry, his head a bit low, the cap hiding his look, making it seem in Kiyomi's eyes like a window to the darkness he stored inside of him. "T-Togashi-kun, I... I...", Kiyomi then used her last resource.

Not knowing what to say anymore, all the dark orange haired girl had left were her actions. She rushed to close the distance between them and wrapped her arms around him.
Kiyomi could feel his body extremely tensed, it was almost like hugging a statue.

Kiyomi then shyly pulled away from him, placed her hands on his shoulders and did her best to look at him in the eye, despite knowing she would probably meet an enraged look, rubbing her lips together as she did.

However, what she met was something ever more confusing and all the more frightening to an extent.
It was wide, devious smile of crooked teeth and a pair of black eyes that weren't looking at her.

"You would never be a maiden of Yamato to me. Now leave, go look somewhere else", those words coldly spoken, pierced through Kiyomi's heart like a spear. The glasses girl didn't say any more, she hung her head in shame and kept walking like that until she disappeared into the forest.

...

"Come on out", Gensai said, now standing alone in the middle of the forest or so it seemed.

Kiyomi hadn't noticed, much less heard what had made Gensai smile. It was the single noise of a branch breaking, one that finally confirmed Gensai's suspicions who amidst all the peculiar events that day, had noticed an uninvited presence nearby, constantly feeling a pair of eyes on his back.

From one of the trees around him, after its thick foliage shook a bit, creating a classic rustling like noise, a figure emerged, landing smoothly under its shadow.

There it stood once again wearing his classic black school uniform and that sick looking demon t-shirt under his blazer, the strange masked man of red crest, hands in pockets and that ever so cool and collected aura of his.

"I see you're not as naive now", he said with that deep and distorted voice.
Gensai didn't reply.