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“So,” An aimed her gun toy at the red spot of the target. “You want us to have a double date at Christmas?” She asked, a little yes can be heard when the bullet hit the center.
“Yeah, you know some kind of romantic shit with our partner?” Mizuki said, leaning their bodies on the arcade machine beside them, clapping their hands when An is hitting her second target.
“And, when are we going to do it? On the 25th? Or after it cus I’m sure that it will be so crowded outside,” An said, placing the gun on the gun place, “And I know for sure that you don’t want to go out when it’s crowded,” looking at Mizuki who is also thinking, getting her prize and put it inside of her bag.
“Do you know any place that is less crowded at Christmas?” Mizuki asked, following where An was going. “I’m pretty sure that many places are crowded on that day, even the park and the city,” she said, “But, I know some places that are less crowded at Christmas,” she said, looking at Mizuki with a wide smile.
“Where is it?” Mizuki asked, looking at An hopefully.
“My heart.”
Mizuki immediately walked faster than An.
~
“And I guess it’s done,” Mizuki said, relaxing their body in the chair, watching their work once more to check for any errors or typos. And once that they didn’t find any errors, they decided to send it to the rest of the nightcord members.
Amia
Send a video
What do you guys think about this?
雪
I think it’s average
K
It’s so good Amia
I like how you can make things sparkling and them interesting
Amia
Thank you guys
@Enanan, you better draw amazing art for this
Enanan
….
I was about to praise you but I decided to delete it
Amia
HWTA
*WHAT
WDYM
Enanan
What?
Why don't you ask yourself?
Amia
Well, I said that I didn't do anything wrong :p
right @K?
K
I will just watch you guys from the side
Amia
Nooo K :((
Well sorry I need to go offline now, I need to go to school later
See you guys !!
K
See you !!
雪
bye
Enanan
???
Does Mizuki go to school?
Amia
Sssttt
~
Going to school of course could be a problem for some people, with difficult subjects, some judgemental friends, bad teachers, bad food, etc.
And that's why you can see or hear that there is someone who is skipping their classes and decided to spend their whole school time on the rooftop.
You probably can guess it right? Well yeah, it's Mizuki.
Closing their eyes to feel the warm wind hitting and dancing on their clothes makes them calm, making them forget about the stares other people give them.
They smile at the feeling, hoping that every time will be like this, having peace in their mind and having a place where they can feel safe outside of their room—feeling that this time is their time and their only pace.
The peace getting interrupted by a slight touch at their forehead, opening their left eyes only to meet Ena staring down at their face, making them want to close their eyes again and enjoy the scenery that they just see at this moment.
“Don’t you dare to close your eyes again, Mizuki,” Ena staring at Mizuki angrily, making Mizuki giggle, “what will you do if I close my eyes? You gonna kiss me?” Mizuki said, giggling when they saw Ena’s face reddening.
“Shut up!! Anyway, what are you doing here? Aren’t you supposed to be in class right now?” Ena said, looking at Mizuki who is fixing their shirt. “I don’t feel like I want to join the class, you know? They just get annoying every day,” Mizuki said, looking at the sky that is getting darker.
They fell into silence, with Mizuki closing their eyes and Ena placing her head on their shoulder, both is listening to the wind breeze and trying to enjoy the time.
“Ena,” Mizuki called, continuing when hearing Ena humming, “Are you free on Christmas?” Ena raise her head, looking at Mizuki questioningly, “An is inviting me to play with her on Christmas, and of course, she will bring Kohane and it will make me feel lonely, so I want to invite you too,” they said, smiling and patting Ena’s head.
“Well if you want me to join you then okay, i will come with you,” Ena said, resting her head on Mizuki's shoulder. "Okay then, i will inform An after this," they said, placing their head and closing their eyes.
~
"Yeah, just place it there, thanks dad," An said, giving a thumbs up to her dad.
She checks the decorations once again, smiling when she feels like it's already perfect, busting her chest in pride.
"An-chan," a soft voice calling her, the voice that makes her heart feel warm everytime that she hears it, and makes her smile.
She turned her head, smiling immediately when she recognized the voice's owner's face.
"What's up, Kohane?" She said, still smiling.
"I just want to ask you about our plan tonight, do we need to help them?" Kohane said, looking at An expectantly.
And thinking for a bit, "I mean, we don't need to help them cus they already look like they are a couple," An said, now hugging Kohane, "why are you so cute???"
Kohane squeaks, but relax after a bit, "Thank you, An-chan," she said, hugging An again.
~
Mizuki look at their wristwatch, they are arrived 20 minutes early at Ena's house, christmas present on their left hand and right hand clutching their scarf.
They don't know why but they feel nervous when they see Ena's house.
Taking a deep breath, they slowly knock on the door, a mischievous smile appears when Ena's brother, Akito, was the one who opened the door.
"Hello lil bro, how are you?" They said, raising one eyebrow. "I'm fine, so you are going to have fun with my sister?" Akito asked, leaning on the door frame.
"Yeah, only at An's place, you won't join us?"
"Nah, I will enjoy christmas at home, beside An said that she want to use the cafe for you and her only so yeah," Akito said, "just take care of my sister okay?"
Mizuki is taken aback by Akito's words, to say the best is that they sure are getting surprised by his words.
"What? you becoming speech-"
"Mizuki !! why didn't you message me that you already arrived-AKITO MOVE YOU ARE SO BIG," Ena rushed to the entrance, making Akito and Mizuki turned to her.
Akito sighs and slowly leaves them both, Mizuki just smiles at them both. When Mizuki look back at Ena, they swear that they got heart attack because of how pretty Ena is.
"Mizuki?"
Damn they can't describe how much beauty Ena can be when she really puts effort into her appearance.
"Earth to Mizuki?"
Mizuki blink twice, staring at Ena with a mischievous smile on her face.
"Hooo Ena dress up for Christmas?? And she doesn't take photos with it??" They said, teasing Ena.
"Shut up, I normally look nice, okay?"
"yes you are"
"No, Enanan always do it when she wants to post something,"
"That i envy of,"
"But it's good for you to look nice for once," Mizuki said, extending her hand for Ena to hold it, "Let's go to the cafe?"
"Yeah, let's go."
~
"MIZUKI !! ENA!! FINALLY YOU GUYS COME!!" An said when she saw two familiar figures from the window.
"Sorry we're late, the snow is getting on the way," Mizuki said. "Hello An, how are you?" Ena asked, smiling at An.
"I'm good, anyway this is Kohane, my girlfriend hm…Kohane this is Ena, if you forgot about her, she is Akito's older sister," An said.
"Oh yeah i knew you, Akito sometimes talks about you," Kohane said, smiling a little and Ena swore that she could say that Kohane is a hamster.
"Oh really? I hope that he says good things about me," Ena giggled.
"Y-yes!! especially about your art," Kohane said, Ena swear that she can see stars sparkle on her eyes.
"O-oh, i didn't know Akito talk about my art, but i'm glad," Ena smiles at the thought of Akito talking about it.
"Then, how about we start the party now?" Kohane said, "even though it's only us and An's father,"
"Well, let's go."
~
It is really a christmas day, with them playing arcade games at the cafe, telling a story about Santa and how it's not a surprise anymore if Kohane still believes that Santa is real…and most of the time, Mizuki is looking at Ena, smiling widely of how proud Ena looks when she talking about her art or how Kohane looks excited after she showed her a picture of her art.
And of course Christmas party won't be perfect without karaoke night, so when An's father said that it's time for the karaoke, An immediately pull Kohane to come with her.
"Come on Kohane!! We need to sing!!"
"A-An wait…"
"Haha An you pulled her too hard!!" Mizuki said, laughing at them, they looked at Ena, shaking her head staring at An and Kohane, Mizuki slowly extended her hand, making Ena look at them.
"Do you want to dance with me?" Mizuki said, smiling when she noticed that Ena get surprised by their request.
But Ena took their hand, Mizuki slowly brought them to the dance floor with their left hand on Ena's waist holding her closer, their right hand holding her left hand, smiling softly when they feel her squeeze their arm slowly.
Ena slowly closed her eyes, placing her right hand on Mizuki's shoulder, letting them lead the dance. She felt as if she is in wonderland, every steps feels lighter than the feather and that the warm of Mizuki's hand on her waist feels warmer than the kotatsu.
Ena sometimes questions their relationship, they are close, really close that many people think that they're dating. and what makes it hard is how Mizuki's eyes always soften when they make eye contact with her.
How soft Mizuki's voice is when they call Ena.
How they always text her when she's in a bad mood.
How they are making the other's feel their priority.
How when they can spend Christmas alone with An or probably with their others friends, they choose to invite Ena and letting them spend the Christmas together.
But Ena once again reminds herself that it's probably just a friendship, and no more.
A careful touch on her cheeks bring her back to the world, a worrying stare from Mizuki was the one who meet her first.
"Ena?"
That voice, the voice that she fell in love with.
"What happened? Do you want to talk about it?"
That stare, the worried stare that she strangely found warm inside of it.
"I will listen to your problem,"
That voice, that showed their care to others feeling.
"Mizuki…" Ena softly exhales, thinking for the consequences of her next words.
"I love you," Ena immediately looks down, avoiding Mizuki stares cus she knows that she just ruined their friendships.
Her feeling getting worse when the music suddenly stopped and that they're no longer dancing.
A hand bring her face into facing Mizuki, Ena expected to see a apologize face but instead…
A kiss greeted her, making fireworks in her stomach, her hands went up to Mizuki's shoulder, smiling when she felt Mizuki bringing her close to her waist.
After what it felt like a couple of minutes, they break apart, staring lovingly at each other. Mizuki bringing their forehead together, smiling at it.
"You don't know how much i want to hear that word from you," Mizuki said, earn a giggle from Ena.
"Well, we're the same then," Ena said, bringing her hands to cup Mizuki's face.
"So Ena, do you want to be my girlfriend?" Mizuki said, holding one of Ena's hand, kissing it slowly and lovingly.
"Yes Mizuki," Ena answered and close their distance to have a kiss again, making her heartbeat go crazy.
Mizuki swear that it's the second time they got a heart attack and honestly they don't mind it, instead, they love it because it was because of Ena.
Ena…the girl that they love ever since they lay their eyes on Ena at their first official N25 offline meeting.
Ena…the girl that gives her the courage to keep becoming themselves.
Ena…the girl that she loves and BECOMING their girlfriend right now.
Ena-
"MIZUKI YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE ONE THAT CONFESSED-"
"SHUT UP AN!!!"