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Lumine’s hands gripped the ceramic sides of the sink, grinning at herself in the mirror. Her heart was beating erratically, eyes bright with excitement. Hand reaching towards the silver locket lying on her chest, she closed her eyes and whispered, “We’re here Aethie, we’re gonna be watching her live for the first time.
Suddenly the bathroom door slammed open, the noise startling the girl as an oddly familiar brown and red figure flew past her and into one of the bathroom stalls. Soft sobs could be heard from behind the door and Lumine being the empathetic person she is, gently knocked on the stall door.
“Are you- are you okay in there?” She spoke quietly, not wanting to startle the person inside.
Sniffles could be heard as they cleared their throat, “Yes um, I’m fine,” Came the clear voice of a girl, her voice wavering in tone. “I’m just participating in today’s competition and I don’t know why but I decided to wear white shorts and I got my period and-”
“Hey hey, calm down and take a few deep breaths. I’m just gonna assume you leaked and you probably need a pad or tampon and maybe a change of shorts?” Lumine asked calmly, her hand already reaching into the duffle bag hanging on her shoulder.
“Y-yeah, yeah. Err a tampon would be great but I don’t know where I’d get any shorts..”
Lumine smiled to herself while passing a tampon package under the stall door, “Well it’s a good thing you ran into me, my friends always tell me I’m overprepared, but you never know when you could need something.”
The girl inside giggled, taking the tampon while Lumine searched in her bag for a pair of shorts. “I’m not sure if these’ll fit you but I do have a pair of denim shorts if you wanna try them out.”
“Anything is fine honestly, beggars can’t be choosers and I think I’m already imposing on you.”
Lumine smiled and passed the shorts over the top of the door, “You’re not imposing at all, I offered to help.”
“And you’re a great help, I am so glad I ran into you, I don’t know what I would’ve done,” she said, “Today’s competition is really important to me and my competitors were already looking down on me for being a girl, can’t have them judging me for my bloody pants now, can I?”
Lumine groaned, rolling her eyes. “Who cares if you’re a girl, if you could even get into this competition you’re definitely a great skater. Fuck them.” They both laughed, Lumine’s excitement slowing to a light buzz and the girl’s nerves from before fading.
The sound of a zipper and the toilet flushing made Lumine step away from the door, knowing whoever was inside would be coming out soon. “All right, all finished. I’m coming out!” The girl exclaimed brightly.
The lock on the door clanged as the door swung open, golden eyes meeting each other. Both girls gasped.
“You’re gorgeous-”
“You’re Outrider Amber-” two voices blurted out at the same time, eyes going wide and jaws falling open. Lumine’s face turned a bright shade of red, rivaling even that of the wheels on Amber’s longboard. An awkward silence filled the room as Amber realized what she had said and her hands flew to her mouth. Stuttering a small “excuse me-” the two girls shuffled around each other as the brunette made her way to the sink.
Lumine laughed awkwardly rubbing her hands together, “The shorts look like they fit well,” she said, attempting to make small talk.
Amber stood up and grinned at the blonde through the mirror, “They sure do, thanks a lot for this whole ordeal by the way.” Shaking extra water droplets off her hands, she grabbed a paper towel and wiped her hands dry. “So much for a great first impression, huh?”
The two girls laughed, the awkward tension slowly dissipating. The blonde blinked and held out her hand. “I love how we had a whole conversation and I didn’t even introduce myself. I’m gay and you’re a fan. I mean I’m a fan and you’re Lumine!” Face growing hotter and hotter as she continued to stumble over her words, amusement building on Amber’s face as she tried to hide her smile.
Interrupting her, she said, “Well gay, my name is now Lumine and you’re adorable.”
A few seconds of silence and the girls burst into laughter. Lumine wiped at imaginary tears and snorted, sending the pair into another fit of laughter. The ringing of a phone interrupted the moment, Amber’s eyes flying wide open as she fumbled with her things, pulling a phone with a red rabbit phone case out and putting it up to her ear, mouthing the words oh shit.
“Hel-hello?” She weakly said, breathless from the fit of laughter. Lumine couldn’t hear whatever the person on the phone was saying, but she could tell her time with Amber was being cut short as the girl frantically checked the watch sitting on her wrist and a worried look was cast upon her face. “Yes Jean, I’m so sorry I had a wardrobe malfunction- Yes, yes I’ll be right there- Okay, bye,” she said, hanging up the phone.
Throwing a look of regret towards Lumine she began to quickly mumble words of apology and thanks, throwing her soiled clothes into a small backpack. “U-uh, I am so sorry I have to go apparently I was supposed to be meeting the people at the place like 5 minutes ago and-” The words tumbling out of her mouth, stress quickly building on her soft features.
Lumine grinned and stepped out of the way, “Don’t worry about it, I can’t be keeping my favorite skater stuck in the bathroom with me.”
The ‘favorite skater’ part seemed to cheer Amber up as she pulled out her phone again. “As much as I’d love to stay locked up in a bathroom with you I sadly can’t but I would love to have your phone number.”
The girls blinked and Amber choked, realizing what she had said.
“Your number so I can return the shorts and maybe buy you a coffee sometime or something, nothing strange!! And like I didn’t mean locked in the bathroom in a weird way-” The panic on her features made Lumine laugh as she gently took the phone out of the rambling girl’s hands, quickly typing out her number and naming her contact “Bathroom Girl (Gay)” and shoving the phone back into her hands before she could see what she wrote.
Amber stuttered out words of thanks as she shoved her phone back into the bag and stood there awkwardly for a moment, before remembering she had somewhere to be and yelling out yet another apology before flying out of the bathroom, the door swinging shut as Lumine picked up her duffel bag, wondering if that really happened.