Chapter Text
red lights hazed over the back of the girl's head, dyeing her normally chestnut hair a delicate shade of crimson in the night as she cowered over a toilet bowl in the bathroom of some club. this girl was drunk, as was obvious by her current position, but the reason, not so.
she retched into the already full bowl once again, and a different girl entered the bathroom. the red lights reflected upon this girl's face too, but this time complimenting the shades and shape of her face. the scene that led before her quickly reflected in the dark black of her almond shaped eyes, not giving her much time to think about how to react.
however, there was no need for this. the girl squatted on the floor quickly turned her head around to face whoever had come in; her blurred eyes not being able to adjust to the change of scenery in front of her. rubbing her lips with her blouse sleeve, she blinked a few times before her eyes went wide in shock from seeing the figure standing right in front of her. she looked at her own hand before she changed her eyes to look at the legs, torso, and then eventually head of the confused, older, girl before her.
quickly her look of shock turned into drunk elatedness, tears in her eyes as she jumped up from her position on the floor, nearly falling over in the process.
and then, finally, her hoarse, husky, drunk voice called out;
"ma-mastuoka senpai!? is, is that you?" she stuttered, clutching at the taller girl's arm.
the girl who's named she had asked, was in fact called matsuoka. matsuoka yuuki.
matsuoka was obviously confused at everything that had just happened in the few seconds she had been in that club's bathroom. unfortunately, one of her traits, whether good or not, was to help others when they were in need, and so, whether fate had decided it or not, the good hearted girl then and there decided to take the drunk one home - she needed help, whether she liked it or not.
she grabbed back onto the shorter girls arm, her right hand moving it's way to her waist as she struggled to help the girl to stand up. with this, she gave a reply;
"yes, it's me, mastuoka. but, how did you know? and, why are you calling me senpai?"
before she had time to answer, the other collapsed in her arms, passed out from all the alcohol intake.
"hah... what am i going to do with you? showing up out of nowhere, calling my name and then fainting right in my arms? i guess it can't be helped though" matsuoka thought out loud as she hoisted the other girl up and out of the club's bathroom, and then straight out of the club.
the walk back to matsuoka's house was not far from the club, and as it was the dead of night, it was easy to move the passed out girl back to where she lived. the night air was cool, and refreshed both of the girls to the point where the other woke up, although still highly intoxicated.
once arriving at the older girl's apartment, she lay down the other girl on her bed while she went to change clothes and take a shower. in this time, the other stirred, and clumsily found her way to the bathroom where matsuoka was having her shower and proceeded to throw up again.
she quickly finished her shower and helped the other girl clear up the mess of vomit that was half in the toilet bowl. by now, matsuoka was fully exhausted and ready to go to sleep, but a certain drunk stranger was going to keep her up all night.
after a few attempts at trying to brush the younger's teeth, matsuoka gave up and went to fetch a glass of water.
she returned, and sat down on the bed where the other was laying o her back, almost passed out again. she poked her on the back and tried to get her attention,
"hey, drink this water, uhh, wait, what did you say your name was again? or did you not?"
the girl laying on the bed sat up surprisingly fast and faced to turn the other. this was the first time that matsuoka had seen her face so clearly, albeit in the artificial glow of the ceiling light.
she had a small, slightly chubby face with round cheeks that were now stained red from the alcohol, and soft-looking pink lips, which, in matsuoka's mind, seemed almost too perfect.
her eyes, half closed, were, as matsuoka could only just tell, and enchanting shade of almost-black-but-not-too-dark-that-you-can-still-see-the-pupil brown, which suited her small, mouse-like eyes.
the younger opened her mouth and replied,
"i didn't. silly of me, right. i mean, i-i thought you'd remember me like i remembered you, but that's s-silly of me to think that. if i say my name, i think you'll remember though."
she snaked closer and closer to the elder's face, getting so close that matsuoka could feel her warm breath on her own.
and then, she kissed her.
turning away and taking the glass of water from matsuoka's hand, she then gave a definite answer:
"i'm takano momoe. remember now?"
and then, she proceeded to fall asleep.