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Click!
Saki shuts the bathroom door after herself, turning to face Ichika’s room and enter. She had just excused herself in the middle of a movie they were watching - the name? She couldn't tell you - but being around Ichika was worth the bore.
The guitarist means the whole world to her, and she is completely unaware.
Taking a deep breath, she pushes the door open and quickly slips onto the bed where Ichika was sitting as if she had never left the room at all. The movie unfortunately is still going, and bored, Saki glances at the rest of her room. Not much of interest apart from an abundant amount of cacti.
Ichika takes notice of Saki’s quite obvious disinterest quickly. “Saki, would you like to do something else?” She proposes, turning to face the girl beside her. Saki’s eyes light up with the idea, and she frantically nods. Might’ve come across as rude, but she’s too lovestruck to think normally.
Yawning, Saki replies; “You know, I’m a bit sleepy…”
“Really? Well, you can rest here if you’d like. Honestly, I’m pretty tired too.” Unbothered, Ichika replies. She shuffles down her bed until she’s laid down comfortably, and taps her hand on her shoulder signalling to Saki.
Mentally, Saki freaks out. That worked, strangely well too. Mumbling an ‘alright’, she takes out her pigtails and adjusts herself so that her body is flush against Ichika’s.
Sighing, she tucks a lock of Ichika’s hair behind her ear, freeing space for herself to nestle her head on the guitarist’s neck. Ichika sharply inhales at the weight on her shoulder, small strands of hair swaying lower down to blanket her chest. The feeling slowly grows more comfortable, as Ichika brushes a hand through Saki’s hair.
For Saki having her hair up all the time, it’s strange that the sight of it now spread across Ichika’s body doesn’t seem that unfamiliar. Maybe it’s the fact she’s distracted by her heart pounding out of her chest, or maybe she’d unknowingly hoped for a moment like this to come and it had been granted.
“Icchan, can you breathe in…?” Saki unexpectedly calls out, peeking up at Ichika’s dusted red face. Without any hesitation, Ichika deeply inhales and exhales, moving her head to look back at Saki. “Why?” She asks, a bit lost.
“I thought you were having a heart attack, Iccha~n!” The smaller girl places her hands on the other’s shoulders, wearing the same worried face as before. “Your heart’s beating too fast!” She sounds like a concerned doctor, but after a few seconds of calming down she continues; “But it's beautiful. I think Shiho-chan and Hona-chan would like it if it was the beat of one of our songs!” She continues, crawling back down to rest her ear on Ichika’s chest, amplifying the sound of each thump.
“Saki,” Ichika fondly breathes out, a gentle smile driving up her face. “Is it beating any faster?”
Enthralled with the small but powerful beats of the other girl’s heart, Saki turns up to her with a nod of surprise. She lowers down to listen to it, and she can just barely hear the fact the fast pace came back as she did. Her face morphs into one of surprise; “How did you do that?”
Ichika turns to face the TV again, Saki’s face on her side. “I got… scared.” She shortly pauses between words.
Saki returns Ichika’s gaze of love with a shocked one, her lips forming a frown. “Why would you get scared?” She just barely manages to say without stuttering.
“I guess I was just afraid that if I told you why, you’d respond badly…?” Ichika’s eyes widened at the possibility of her about to confess, but she's in too deep anyway; "I really like you, Saki." She never really planned to say it now, but with Saki intently looking up at her focusing on every word she was saying, it’s hard not to tell her.
Saki gasps, climbing over Ichika so that she’s back to facing her. “Of course I wouldn’t! Icchan, you mean everything to me!” She places her hands on Ichika’s cheeks, feeling the warmth and realising her own in the same area. “And, I really like you too, I thought you could tell!” She pouts, feigning offence.
Ichika’s frozen self immediately melted thanks to Saki’s explosion of love. She giggles with the girl on her, clearly telling that it was the keyboardist’s way of breaking the tension. “I can't believe you, Saki. But, can I…?” Ichika thumbs Saki’s cheek, inching slightly closer to her face.
The keyboardist frantically nods, and slowly leans in to kiss her. It lasts only for a moment, but seeing each other right after it was worth the short time.
"You're amazing, Icchan! Can we write a song about this?”
“…Sure.”