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Today had gone about like most other days where Mizuki had invited Mafuyu out. A nice lunch at the usual cozy diner, some relaxed window shopping, with the occasional detour when the pinkette saw a particularly eye-catching outfit or simply something cute through the glass; before finally winding down the day at the park. The crunch of yellow and orange autumn leaves trailing the two all the way to the park bench they’d eventually find themselves at. But as nice as the day had been so far, Mizuki felt like doing an extra something before it ended.
“You know what day it is today, Mafuyu?” They asked their purple haired girlfriend with a smile on their face, and a hint of excitement shining clearly in their pale pink eyes.
“November 11, Friday. Why?” But of course, Mafuyu answered as matter of factly as she always did. This got a chuckle out of Mizuki, as one of their hands briefly disappeared into a shopping bag.
“Pffft, I meant like, do you know today’s Pocky day?”
“Pocky day? Ah, yeah. I heard something about that from a classmate earlier today, why?”
“Well… There’s this thing called the ‘Pocky Game’ and I was thinking-”
Mizuki slowly pulled out a box of Pocky from the shopping bag. Holding out the bright red pack of biscuit sticks slightly toward Mafuyu, as their smile seemed to widen a tiny bit more.
“-do you maybe want to try it with me?”
The silence from Mafuyu that followed felt tense. Though Mizuki didn't let it show, they were nervous enough asking for something like this from their girlfriend. But the fact it felt like ages had passed while they waited for an answer, made the pinkette want to maybe backpedal a bit..
But before they could sputter out a word of apology or whatever else, the creaking of the wooden bench broke the silence as Mafuyu shifted in place to properly face her partner. The awkwardness further pushed aside with the lyricist's flat voice.
“Sure, I don’t mind.”
“O-Oh, great! Let me just…”
Mizuki could feel themselves breathe a sigh of relief as they tore open the cardboard and packaging. Carefully taking one of the many sticks of Pocky inside and placing it in their mouth.
“Alright, the rules are simple. I take one end and you have the other. We eat our way to the middle, and whoever backs off first loses. Got it?”
With all that explained, Mizuki pointed the chocolate covered end toward Mafuyu. Who, with a slight nod and an echoed “Got it.” took the other end in her lips. Her blueish-purple eyes staring back at Mizuki, waiting for whatever counted as the go signal for something as goofy as this.
So, not wanting this to be any more awkward than it already was, Mizuki reluctantly took the first bite. Prompting Mafuyu to take a bite of her own, which seemed to help the pinkette relax a bit, as they followed up a little quicker with another bit of biscuit disappearing on their end. Little by little, the stick shrank more and more and more, till only barely half of the stick was all that sat between the two.
And that was the plan, right? Play the Pocky game with Mafuyu and maybe get a cheeky kiss in, or somehow manage to coax one out from Mafuyu instead. So why was it they were getting cold feet now!? Why did their ears and face burn red hot, when all they had to do was lean in and… And…!
The pinkette found themselves pulled out of their thoughts with a slightly startled “Ah-” and a stiff finger poking their cheek. Mafuyu’s night sky-like eyes staring back at Mizuki almost… Impatiently? And sure enough, one stiff finger poking into Mizuki’s cheek slowly turned into a gentle hand lightly cupping their face. Then, Mafuyu leaned in and gave her partner a kiss.
When the two pulled away from one another, the first thing that left Mafuyu’s lips was “I guess I won.” This would have made Mizuki break out into a bit of laughter if their whole face didn’t feel so numb yet so tingly at the same time. But it was what their girlfriend said next that made their heart jump in their chest.
“Can we play another round?”