Another late summer morning arose and the purple girl woke up with nothing but an strange determination in her heart. Yuri took her usual morning shower, got dressed and brushed her hair thoroughly, somehow she felt it was something necessary now and not just routine.

Yuri spent the previous night thinking of how to prolong the time limit set by her temporary girlfriend, she was set on making this pretended relationship last at least a bit longer.

The shy girl of the violet eyes took a deep breath as she walked, heading to school and about to reach the spot where Natsuki would be waiting for her. She smiled shyly and waved her hand as she finally saw the pink girl in the distance, who already had spotted her as well, smiling sweetly and waving her hand high up in the air.

"G-Good morning", Yuri said politely, finding herself feeling a bit nervous at the smiley face of the shorter girl. "Morning my purple dummy", Natsuki replied with an ever sweeter smile as she grabbed Yuri's hands between her own and looked at her in the eye.

"I-I... Ummm...", Yuri stuttered having trouble to spit out what she had prepared to say. "Oh? What's up? Something on your mind?", Natsuki asked rubbing Yuri's hand the her thumbs, causing the taller girl's heart to beat like a time ticking bomb ready to explode at any second, but nonetheless the tingly and funny feeling in her chest and stomach still there.

"Y-You... ty...", Yuri mumbled something no one but her own head would be able to figure out. "Ok... It seems you're having trouble, don't push yourself, okay? Come on, relax, breath in, breath out", Natsuki said moving Yuri's hand up and down as she took a deep breath as an example.

"You can talk while we walk, let's go", Natsuki smiled adorably and let go of one of the taller girl's hands, to then start walking hand in hand as usual. Yuri simply nodded and tried to calm her troubled heart as they walked, feeling Natsuki's hand gently squeeze her own, like she was telling her 'Don't worry, I'm here for you'.

"W-What do you l-like about me? I-I mean hypothetically speaking if yo-", Yuri started asking at last after a few minutes, quickly trying to not make her question sound too weird, but soon interrupted. "A lot of things, I like that you're so polite, so gentle, I like how you're really smart and gracious, I like the way you speak, the way you walk, the way you are", Natsuki didn't hesitate to reply, looking at the ground as she spoke loud enough only for Yuri to listen, trying to hide her light blush from everyone around.

"I-I really like how beautiful you are, you know I even used to be a bit jealous you were so pretty compared to me but then-", Natsuki started saying smiling awkwardly and blushing harder. "D-Do you really mean that?", Yuri interrupted her and asked shyly.

"Of course you Kaiju Dummy! Everything I just said!", Natsuki exclaimed pulling gently of Yuri's hand. "N-No one else t-thinks I'm pretty...", Yuri replied sadly looking at ground.

"Well they're pretty dumb! Or just freaking blind!", Natsuki huffed cutely as she wrapped both arms around her temporary girlfriend's arm and walked clinged to her, causing the taller one to blush madly. "T-Thank you", Yuri said with a small smile, feeling that ever so welcomed warmth inside her chest again.

"You could say I'm pretty too...", Natsuki muttered almost to herself in a barely audible voice that didn't escape Yuri's sharp ear. "Y-You are pretty", Yuri said finally gathering the courage she needed.

Natsuki's face immediately illuminated like a football stadium at night, her cheeks a dark shade of red and her heart throbbing like crazy at those 3 simply words that came out of her long time crush.

"Thanks dummy", Natsuki replied with a soft and yet happy voice, nuzzling her face against Yuri's shoulder a bit as they walked to hide her dark blush. Yuri started following her heart and simply placed her free hand on top of one of Natsuki's hand who was still clinged to her arm, leaving it there for the rest of the way.

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"Alright! We done!", Natsuki exclaimed, flashing her classic fang as she shoved the last bite of Yuri's food into the purple one's mouth and then shoved the rest of her own sandwich into her own mouth.

"Let's see, we still have 10 minutes, wanna read or something?", Natsuki asked after both finished eating. "I-I didn't bring my book", Yuri replied looking a bit nervous.

"Oh well, we can always go read to your classroom and-?!", Natsuki started saying when she suddenly felt a pair of hands gently grabbing her by the shoulders. "W-What are you-", Natsuki tried to say but her nervousness and surprise ate the rest of her words.

"L-Let's just relax for a bit, i-is that okay?", Yuri said nervous as she pulled Natsuki down, gently placing the pink haired head of hers on her lap. "O-Okay", Natsuki gulped quietly, her face already blushing a light shade of red and her heart begining to race like a formula 1 car.

"Holy heck the view is amazing from here... I'd better turn my head to the side before I die", Natsuki thought as she had a brief look of Yuri's chest which made it a bit difficult to see her face well.

Natsuki then felt Yuri's finger tenderly running across her hair, which did the exact opposite of getting her relaxed, feeling her heart exploding out of her chest at any moment.

Yuri on the other hand was starting to lose herself in the sight down her eyes and the incredibly soft feeling on her fingers as she kept caressing her girl's pink hair. The purple one noticed how pretty her skin was, giving in to the temptation of feeling it against her fingertips.

Natsuki's body tensed for a second as she felt Yuri's fingertips gently rubbing her cheek and down her jawline, until she stopped on her chin and gently grabbed it between her fingers making Natsuki turn her head back to how it was seconds ago.

Natsuki then noticed Yuri's violet eyes sparkling, looking at her but at the same time not, as if she was lost in some sort of trance, just running her 10 fingers all over her face.

"She's so incredibly cute, her face features, her cheeks, her lips, her eyes, Everything is like it's perfectly placed to create this adorable piece of art... Ah... I could just do thi-?!", Yuri was lost in her thoughts when all of sudden something broke her out of the self casted spell she was under as she felt a hand grabbing one of her hands and gently guided it to a soft pair of something the pressed against her palm.

Natsuki closed her eyes and again, pressed her lips against Yuri's palm, over and over again, making drowned chu~ sounds everytime she did so.

Yuri's face flushed like the fire of Olympus but remained still, just letting Natsuki continue. Little by little the purple girl calmed down and ran her free hand across Natsuki's hair again as she had started to enjoy that soft and gentle pair of lips caressing her palm.

And so they continued, until the bell rang and the time for lunch break was over.

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BAM!!

A huge and loud sound of wood hitting concrete echoed throughout the clubroom, making the pink and purple couple jump on their seats startled but still leaning on each other as they were reading like the previous day.

"OH. MY. GOD! I wasn't hallucinating after all!! Kyaaaaaah!!!", The red bow girl shouted after slamming the door open and look at the pink and purple girls still close to each other.

Sayori immediately ran to the center of the classroom where they were sitting and pulled out varios magazines from out of nowhere slamming them onto the couple's desk.

Natsuki then saw it, the cover of the first magazine like book there featured a pretty woman in a white dress.

"Okay, let's start with the wedding dresses, here let me show yo- ouch!", Sayori started rambling excited only for her to be greeted with a hard wedding dress catalog strike on the top of her head.

"Sorry... Guys! She... Really can run... Fast when she... Is excited...", Monika said between pants as she appeared at the club door. "Could you please?", Natsuki huffed with crossed arms as she tilted her head to point at Sayori who was still rubbing her head.

"Right... Sayori, come here I brought a box of cookies", Monika said as she pulled out a box of chocolate chip cookies out of her bag and waved it before Sayori. The red bow girl's blue eyes immediately lit up with a big smile as she ran towards Monika and snatched the box of her hands.

"Well, that should keep her busy for the rest of the hour, you two just continue, we can talk about it when you're ready", Monika sighed and smile awkwardly.

Natsuki simply grabbed the catalogs and hid them inside the closet to then return to her reading with Yuri, glad this didn't get out of control.

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The rest of the club time and the way home went by without major incidents, Natsuki and Yuri simply enjoyed each other's company and made small conversations about their day every now and then.

Finally arriving at Yuri's house again, feeling as if she had been doing this for years despite this being just the third time, Natsuki took off her shoes and put her backpack near the entrance, to then head to the living room.

The pink girl let herself fall on the black wide leather couch making a plop like sound, tapping the empty side next to her and smiling sweetly at the taller girl who simply smiled back and sat down next to her.

"The usual treatment right?", Natsuki asked as she opened her arms inviting the shy girl. Yuri didn't reply and instead of letting herself get embraced in the smaller girl's arms, she opened hers and closed the hug, pulling Natsuki against her.

Natsuki was a bit surprised but quickly gave in to the embrace, hugging Yuri back and closing her eyes as that ever so intoxicating lavender fragrance enter her nose.

Yuri hugged Natsuki tight and closed her eyes as well, but fear was already starting to invade her heart a bit. She knew today could be the day this would be over, at any second Natsuki could just end their little pretend game and her life would be again surrounded by gloom and loneliness.

The purple one buried her face on Natsuki's shoulder, letting the strawberry smell of her perfume tell her she was still there as she too enjoyed Natsuki's arms tenderly embracing her and rubbing her back with care.

Yuri's body however started to react to her subconscious thoughts and fears, slightly starting to tremble and a her violet eyes burning a bit to then release tear after tear as she started sobbing quietly.

Natsuki immediately noticed this and broke the hug, grabbing Yuri by the shoulders worried sick as the tears streaming down her face confirmed what she felt.

"Yuri?! What's wrong? Why are you crying??", Natsuki asked concerned as she gently squeezed her temporary girlfriend's shoulders. "I-I... Y-You... It's been t-two days...", Yuri stuttered between sobs as she tried to form a coherent sentence.

"Ahhhh! R-Right... Listen... Ummm", Natsuki said now having trouble to think of an excuse. "Y-You are not that bad so...", Natsuki started saying but immediately noticed the look on Yuri's face half offended half sad at her words.

"I-I mean! You actually are a nice girlfriend, like... I-I have to admit two days ain't enough to get to know someone that well so I guess... We need to continue this game for a bit longer... Yeah that!", Natsuki said desperately trying to find the right words.

"H-How long...?", Yuri asked sniffing quietly still watery violet eyes. "W-Who cares! It could be a week or two I don't know!", Natsuki said feisty as ever, crossing her arms and looking away embarrassed.

"S-So you're not going to dump me today?", Yuri asked still a bit scared. "No! Didn't you hear me or what?!", Natsuki asked with her face fully flushed, which finally made Yuri start chuckling quietly and the tears on her beautiful eyes finally stop.

Natsuki found herself captivated by the beautiful sound of Yuri's giggles, feeling the butterflies in her stomach go wild as she too inevitably started chuckling, soon the chuckles and giggles turned into laughs that filled the once lonely big house of the shy bookworm.

"What's so funny!", Natsuki asked between laughs as she pinched Yuri's cheek playfully. "I-I don't know!", Yuri replied still laughing.

"I'm gonna give you something to laugh about you big-?", Natsuki said as she inadvertently grabbed Yuri by her forearms gripping them a bit tight to prevent her from escape but this caused Yuri to immediately stop laughing and wince in pain.

Quickly, Yuri's previous happy expression turned into one Natsuki couldn't quite read. There was fear, shock, hesitation and sadness there, but no really good feeling could be seen.

"S-Sorry", Natsuki said as she let go of Yuri's arms and lowered her gaze ashamed. "I-It's okay", Yuri replied nervous as she unconsciously pulled down her right sleeve even though it wasn't rolled up, something Natsuki caught just in time with her magenta eyes.

"W-What happened to you there?", Natsuki asked suddenly making Yuri's expression turn into one of pure nervousness. "I-I... Have a b-bruise...", Yuri replied as her mind worked like a maniac to find a good excuse.

"How did you get the bruise?", Natsuki quickly asked. "I-I... Well... I fell the other d-day and..?! N-Natsuki?!", Yuri tried to say but immediately exclaimed surprised and scared as she felt a pair of hands grabbing her wrist and pulling her arm.

Natsuki just gave Yuri a serious and yet pleading look as she quietly started rolling up her sleeve. Yuri froze, unsure of what to do, however it was too late now as Natsuki was setting her magenta eyes on the various scars across her forearm.

"H-How long you've been doing this?", Natsuki asked a bit nervous. "N-Natsuki I swear i-it isn't what you-", Yuri finally replied desperately trying to turn the tides.

"You cut yourself, don't lie to me", Natsuki replied with unexpected seriousness, making Yuri slightly open her mouth in disbelief at how easy her darkest secret was discovered by her once sworn enemy.

"Y-You really are gonna dump me now, aren't you?", Yuri asked with a cracked voice as tears started forming on her violet eyes once again. "What? No!", Natsuki quickly replied still holding Yuri's hand between her own, squeezing it reassuringly.

"Y-You surely think I'm disgus-", Yuri tried to continue her self hate but was quickly silenced by a small finger pressing against her lips. "Do you ever listen? I'm not leaving yet! Geez...", Natsuki sighed as she pinched Yuri's nose playfully, confusing the taller girl greatly.

"Look, whatever the reason you are doing this is, I'll be here for you when you're ready to talk about it, I understand it's difficult so don't feel pressured. As the amazing girlfriend I am, it's my duty to support my girlfriend in the good and bad and help you get through any hard time you may be going through", Natsuki said looking at Yuri in the eye as she spoke.

Natsuki then sealed the deal by pulling Yuri's scarred arm closer to her face and kissing it softly, making Yuri's purple eyes go wide open and her heart throb uncontrollably.

Yuri's tears stopped and once again followed what her heart truly felt like doing.

The purple haired girl said no more and gently grabbed Natsuki's face between her hands keeping it still as she pressed her lips against the soft and tender lips of the pink haired one she had been dying to taste since earlier that day during lunch when her fingers traveled all over Natsuki's cute face.

Natsuki's eyes shot open for a second, caught by the surprisingly bold move of the taller girl, but quickly gave in and closed them again, kissing Yuri back for what it lasted an eternity in her mind.

With a quiet phew like sound, Yuri broke the kiss and stared at Natsuki's flushed and pleading face with an aroused look of her own, both their faces just an inch away from each other.

Natsuki felt her heart beating out of her chest and her body growing hotter and hotter, a warm feeling inside her chest and goosebumps all over her body as she immediately pressed her lips against Yuri's softly and kissed her mouth repeatedly.

The pink girl couldn't get enough of the taste she had dreamed of for so long, just kissing Yuri over and over again slowly pushing her down the couch.

And so couldn't Yuri, her first ever kiss felt thousands of times better than she ever expected. Moreover, the pink girl's lips were so soft and sweet she believed no other could even compare.

Yuri let Natsuki lay on top of her as both almost desperately craved each other's lips with every kiss. There was no lust there however, no tongues and no moans, just two girls caressing each others lips with their own until their hearts were satisfied for the moment.

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After almost ten minutes of uninterrupted kisses, Natsuki and Yuri finally and silently agreeing to stop and sat back up.

An uncomfortable but thankfully brief silence, Yuri was the first to speak.

"I-I... S-Sor-", Yuri tried her ancient apologizing technique but was quickly cut off. "Oh shush, kissing is part of a relationship stop your apologising big tits this instant", Natsuki sighed with crossed arms.

Yuri simply smiled with that now more present warmth in her chest, quietly leaning onto the pink girl who soon understood what she wanted.

Natsuki applied the usual treatment at last and embraced the purple girl in her arms, soothingly running her hands across her long hair and back.

"C-Can I ask you a question?", Yuri said after a few minutes of silent and soothing embrace. "Sure", Natsuki replied with a tender tone.

"H-How did you figure it out s-so easily?", Yuri asked shyly burying herself in Natsuki's embrace as she was trying to protect herself from something. "Ah... You mean the cuts right? Well it's actually a funny story", Natsuki said recalling a few strange events in her head.

"C-Can I hear it?", Yuri asked curious. "Yeah, sure. It happened around 3 weeks ago, I was coming back from the convenience store after my dad sent me to get some things for him, there leaning on the wall at the entrance of a dark alley, was this weird dude", Natsuki started telling.

"Weird?", Yuri asked curious. "Yeah, he was all dressed in black despite the burning heat of the summer, black pants, black shirt and a black long coat like thing, like the one those old fashioned school uniforms for boys use, I think it's called Gakuran, he was wearing black round shaped sunglasses and a black face mask that covered his nose and mouth, and finally this black top hat", Natsuki described.

"C-Certainly an strange outfit", Yuri said. "Yeah, he simply said "psst! Girl, here, I want to give you this", as he pulled out a thin book out of his Gakuran and reached it to me the moment I turned my gaze to look at him when he spoke. I quickly replied "sorry, I've got no money on me right now and tried to keep walking but he somehow stopped me by just saying "hey"", Natsuki explained.

"Then he said "it's free, I'm just trying to promote the habit of reading, not many people care about it as of late", I don't know why but I guess I must have thought "screw it, it's free" and accepted his book, he then simply tilted his hat politely and turned around walking into the dark alley", Natsuki narrated.

"A-And what was the book about?", Yuri asked. "That's where it gets ironic, it was a book about cutting problems and how to deal with them. At first I didn't want to read it but since I can't have my manga at home and during the summer it gets pretty boring eventually I ended up reading it", Natsuki finished her story at last.

"So that's why you know so much about it", Yuri said as everything finally made sense. "Yeah, who would've thought it'd come in handy some day, right?", Natsuki replied grinning.

"Certainly", Yuri replied giggling. "By the way, I read there that you may just feel the urge of doing that for whatever your reasons are, so a good way to avoid it is suppress that urge with something else", Natsuki said.

"Something else?", Yuri asked curious. "Yeah, some people try to suppress the urge by doing things like hobbies, exercise, meditation or stuff like that, others reach out to someone to talk or something to deviate their attention from that, so... If you ever feel like doing that, please call me or text me and I'll do everything I can to help, okay?", Natsuki said as she grabbed Yuri's shoulders and made her look at her.

The sincerity and care in the magenta eyes of the pink girl did nothing but bring a genuine smile to Yuri's face as she nodded and gave Natsuki a quick peck on her lips to seal the deal.

"O-Okay, good, you better do it!", Natsuki said feisty as ever looking away embarrassed. "I promise", Yuri replied and lost herself in the embrace of Natsuki again while it lasted.

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Later that night, despite her day turning quite good for her, the purple one was having trouble falling asleep.

And it was due to the urge kicking in now of all times.

Yuri hesitated a bit as she grabbed her phone, but quickly made up her mind as she remembered her promise to Natsuki.

Yuri took a deep breath as she tapped the call option on Natsuki's contact and moved the phone to her ear nervously.

After a few ring tones, the call was finally picked up, the first thing she heard was an adorable mumbling that lead to a "Hello?" of the sleepy pink girl.

"H-Hi, I'm so sorry for waking you up", Yuri said starting to feel guilty. "It's good, I wasn't *yaaaaawn* sleeping", Natsuki replied.

"I-It does sound like you w-were", Yuri replied giggling. "My ovaries I wasn't. Now, what's up?", Natsuki replied feisty and sleepy.

"I-I am ummm feeling that u-urge right now", Yuri replied nervous. "Oh. Okay, ummm let's talk then, don't think about it, just focus on me okay?", Natsuki said attentively and now well awake.

"O-Okay", Yuri replied. "So... Umm, what are you gonna do tomorrow Saturday?", Natsuki asked. "Not much, m-maybe read something or do some cleaning", Yuri replied.

"Partying hard I see", Natsuki chuckled. "D-Don't make fun of my boringness", Yuri replied giggling as well.

"I'm not! I admire your purple spirit, even I couldn't take that much wildness!", Natsuki replied playfully. "You're funny", Yuri giggled adorably which almost made Natsuki drop her phone from the racing heart that caused her.

"Not like I'm trying to make you laugh or anything!", Natsuki replied feisty but jokingly. "I wish you would come over this weekend", Yuri suddenly spoke her thoughts out loud.

"I-I'm so sorry! I-I didn't-", Yuri immediately realized her words and used the apologize. "Okay... Well, I can't tomorrow cause my dad has me under slavery contract to clean the house tomorrow, but if I'm done with everything by the end of the day, I could go on Sunday hopefully", Natsuki cut her off and explained.

"R-Really?", Yuri asked unconsciously fidgeting with her hair using her Free hand. "Yeah! Wait, even better! As the awesome girlfriend I am it's my duty to take you on a date! So get your purple ass ready for Sunday!", Natsuki exclaimed excited as the idea came to her mind.

"A-A date you say?", Yuri asked with sparkly violet eyes. "Yeah you deaf apologizer! You better think of anything good to do or nice places to go too meanwhile, focus your worrying mind on that, got it?", Natsuki replied.

"Alright", Yuri replied smiling as the more present than ever warmth invaded her chest. "Good", Natsuki said.

"Natsuki, I love you", Yuri once again let her heart speak for her, this time not even bothering an apology as it feel just right to say. On the other side of the phone a sudden bonk like sound and a drowned squeak were heard, making Yuri's eyes widen surprised but immediately giggled.

"Ou... I-I love you too, dummy", Natsuki finally replied with her chest filled with nothing but love after listening those words she had yearned for so long. "C-Could you say it again?", Yuri suddenly asked with a soft voice.

"I love you too, purple giant", Natsuki said finding it surprisingly easy this time. "A-Again please?", Yuri asked softly.

"I love you too, cheesy apologizer", Natsuki said now smiling like a fool, her face blushing hard and her stomach filled with butterflies. "O-One more time please?", Yuri asked pleadingly.

"I love you too, Yuri", Natsuki replied sincerely, speaking with the heart.

And so they continued, back and forth professing each other's love until the purple one finally fell asleep and the urge was nowhere to be found anymore for now.