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“Lights ready?”

“Then Start The Rehearsal!”


RRRIIINNGGGGG!! RIIIIIINNNNNGGG!!

Hm, Lunch, hungry.. Maybe they serve some omelet this time

Perfect. A vacant table just for me

Yeah.. Just for me.


Amelia Watson, your typical nerd loner from 3rd year. Nothing much going around her, everybody knows her, the club-less kid to be at least, she doesn’t intend to join one about it.

She makes her way to the table with the tray on her hands, omelet, some vegetables, and smashed potatoes..

As she eats her meals, she takes a glance over the tables,

Art club. Mostly filled with introverts but other than that Amelia doesn’t have any talent for drawing at all, the most quiet one is the violet haired girl. Wait, are those flaps in her head?


Music club, maybe, they look like a bunch of delinquents who can steal your money right away, but they’re quite nice other than what they look, but the one who scares Amelia away was the pink haired girl that resembles Death, is she really the part of the music club or a whole actual delinquent??


Cooking club or Cuisine, it’s just right behind her, how could she ever tell? They’re the one who gave the recipes in the school cafeteria, and boy how Amelia enjoys it, but she thinks the recipes get crazier because their club president actively proposes ideas of how to cook weird stuff.



And the one she kept looking at,

The Theatre Club, she doesn't really mind about it not holding a grudge about this certain club at all, but she has a hatred for one of their actors. There is something about that white haired girl, just because of a stupid cause when they were kids.


Gawr Gura, she’s wearing a hoodie almost every time, it seems to have some felt spikes on the ridges on the hood and she doesn’t take the it off.. from Amelia’s point of view, weirdly enough she wears gloves and always wore the PE uniform pants, but Theatre Club was allowed in that suitable attire either way

It was because she was teased by her, she’s the main reason why she has insecurities about most of her features, mostly her freckles, but yet here she was hiding it all away to not make that happen once again, and hopefully not to interact with her either way.

She still has her tail sticking to her, honestly in Amelia’s point she never saw it move at all, so she thought it’s just a fake tail.

She sighs as she finishes her empty tray, she doesn't have time to enjoy it, but oh well, she scoffs and leaves.



Now leaving a vacant table.

Gura watches Amelia.


“She left..”

“Oh boy here we go again, well then speak out from your mind”

“Well! Uh, um..”

“Gura the speechless shark to her one and only crush”

“HEY! C’mon dude!”

“Who wouldn’t fall for a beauty like her?!” Gura stood up with her hands expressively extending to the vacant table, her clubmates didn't look amused by this

“Then go for it you coward”

“Yeah! Maybe you wouldn’t know you two will end up together~”

“Right.. Like that’s gonna happen.. She hates me, i think-” Gura melted over her side of the table

“Ah, right”

“Why do you even like her in the first place?”


It made Gura grab the attention of one of her clubmates, she can’t think of anything at least as simple, she started covering her hands to hide her embarrassed face at this point.


“Oi, we can’t tell you from that expression tomato head”

“You’re in love with the infamous school nerd, plus you’re our star actor!”

“Dontcha think your social life will crumble at this point? Big difference man but yet no offense”


She held her hands down and sighed, her face was still red.


“I don’t even care about that at all, i just want to be at least a friend of hers”


All of her clubmates all looked at each other for a brief moment and nodded, and left Gura confused


“We’ll try to help you out, after all we’re kinda out of tea with romance”

“Really!!?”

“Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!”


Gura embraced everyone while in one sitting, they’re squeezed, they forgot how strong their shark actor really is

And Lunch was finally over.

Amelia attentively payed attention on class, it’s just most of her classmates are slackers, she still have piano class in a case after school within 2 hours

There’s no sparks of fun around her, it was just the usual days it could ever pass by, should joining a club spice her daily life as it is right now? Wait no, no, no, that’s just a simple distraction for her

Her head kept drifting around to what she could do, but this is just where she was keeping up, a boring school life, the student council doesn’t even let her there, the vice president probably has a grudge on Amelia, she doesn’t know why


She always has a flame over something, acting. It’s just that, she would never break the detective line in her family, but also maybe the first woman to be one, her uncle gave her that watch after all.

The school bell rang

…


‘Wait, WaIT, WAIT. WHY AM I IN FRONT OF THE THEATRE CLUB.’

It’s like her whole body moved out of spite, has she lost her mind? No not yet, she noticed something in her hands though

It was a club application for theater.

Clearly she has lost it now, Gura was taking a detour to the club and has met up with Amelia, who has a piece of paper in hand? Wait, is that the club application form?

Amelia felt her stomach upset and wanted to tore the paper apart


“WWAAAAIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTT!!!”


This startled her, and there it was they crossed pass, well not really, Gura is sprinting towards her, unfortunately for her she tripped in her shoelace and was dragged by the fast weight over her sliding till Amelia’s point of shoes.


“Well your shoes definitely looks shiny in this view” Gura at least jokes in her situation she was having


She rose up to meet by eye to eye with Amelia, catching her breath for a moment, Amelia looked back at her club application, and was about to tear it up apart, Gura immediately noticed it and grabbed her hand.


“Hey let go!”

“Look missy this is littering, there’s not a single trash can around here aight?

“Then i’ll crumble it and keep it in my pockets”

“First, you can't rip off your application, but you can reconsider instead, the council gets in touch of the papers after all”

“Is not passing an application a joke?”

“Yes, yes it is”

“What”


Amelia furrows her brows over Gura, Gura was smiling awkwardly through her. Silence stood between the two, one minute felt like a hour of staring right at each other


“Well this is awkward”

“You can say that again”

“But in any case, there’s no point in turning back now?”

“Ehhh, can i reconsider other clubs..”

“You can but, please?”


The physics behind this isn’t comprehensible, her tail is wagging, it’s like a cat. Amelia still hated her guts but yet it felt..

“Fine..” She sighs as she slipped the paper


Gura’s face brightened up, a little thought on Amelia’s mind was cute.. Gura clasped both of their hands together, which has made Amelia terribly shocked by her actions.

“Happy to Welcome you to the Club!” Her stupid smile shone brightly

Different..

This is regrettable, why, just why did she agree to this.


“HOLY COW, YOU ACTUALLY GOT HER IN??”

“Props to you Gawr”

“How did you even pull her out”

“The nerd joined our club?”

“Hey aren’t we all nerds but in a different way?”


She’s being handled by unknown clubmates, she looked back at Gura who seems to be sweating as much as she is with this, Amelia gave Gura a glare of “i'm gonna squeeze the hell out of you when i get outta here” And thus Gura looked away totally not guilty for a cause.


“C’mon give her some space people”

“Woah there Sharky, are you saying you wanted her for yourself?”

“You guys will be found in the park, DEAD ” snarky enough but yet they wouldn’t mind not causing trouble with her at all

“ALRIGHT LET'S GET OUTTA THE WAY” and it worked as they panicked and do their own things


What was that all about? But in any case Amelia finally can breathe, the crowded space was too much for her, although she can feel someone walking behind her, there were chills in her spine


“Oh hi!” the girl greeted

“Ah, Mumei!”

“Hey there Goomba!”

“The Secretary!?”

“Who’s this?”

“New clubmate yeah!”

“Ohh! I see, i haven’t visited the box of applicants but yet you introduce her some stuff Gura”

“What Stuff”

“Club things”

“Proceed then”

“Alright so..”


Gura explained thoroughly to Amelia on events and other stuff, Amelia catched upon that they were gonna be a play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Student Council Secretary Nanashi Mumei was actually the club President and the director, the leads were still gonna be determined later on in the meeting.


“Ah i see”

“Now you’ve catched up! Name please”

“Uh, it’s Amelia Watson..”

“Oh? Seems like we’ve encountered detective over here”

“What?” this left Amelia confused, Mumei giggled

“No wonder Kronii’s so worked up with you all the time”

What is she talking about?

“Well then let’s start the meeting shall we?”


A slam on the table was heard across the room, which all gave attention to the club members, including Amelia and Gura, everyone went silent as Mumei was about to announce.


“Our Romeo and Juliet practice rehearsal will start just as we picked our Romeo in our act as well as Juliet”

“Everybody almost has a role, but some are still pre–determined..”

“THROUGH VOTESSS”


The whole club was agreeing to this state, ‘voting I see.. There’s no way I could be part of the lead, maybe being a bush would be nice, Gura would definitely be one of the lead roles, but I wont bother..’

Every single one of them looked at the back except Amelia rummaging through her head, which is where Gura was located, they all have eyes for her, while she’s silently chilling in drinking her strawberry juice box


“What?-”


They turned back at Amelia over the side, she still doesn’t seem to notice all of them looking back at her, the murmurs of her being a bush we’re getting it in her head, and so all of them looked back at Mumei.

Mumei had the same thoughts and pulled out a cheeky smile,


“Vote 'em off people.”


This made Amelia backed up by reality and with Gura coughing up her juice box

Gura as to be the Romeo and Amelia as the Juliet was announced for this play, everyone cheered not even regretting this one vote


“Well now that’s settled, we’ll ask the Art club for props so they’re gonna work with us hopefully”

“Music club is handling it, but they can’t seem to find a pianist..blah bla…”


For Amelia this was a nightmare, and for Gura this was a dream.


—


Another day for this unfortunate Miss Amelia Watson

Classes are making Amelia’s back break, but surely she finished it all in time, lunch is her favorite period even though it’s a break it just gives her alone time, but she was so wrong about it today

As she was seated, a certain annoying familiar presence was known


“Hey there Watson!”


No, not her please.. She was just silent and looked to Gura displeased with this, Gura of course noticed it through her expressions, she could read anyone like a book, except Amelia, she kept on staring at her, waiting for something to happen.


“You can quit staring y’know, people can get a bit uncomfortable”

“A-ah, sorry..”

“No need”


Both was just eating, but not saying a single thing, Gura took a quick glance over Amelia’s tray, she’s almost finished, they didn’t even started at least a normal conversation-


“Say Gura, do you remember anything when you were a kid?”


This immediately got Gura's attention, Amelia initiated it, she thought of it, she probably forgot about it so she was gonna spark it up.


“Well i remember, uh, playing in the mud, swimming along the reefs with some whale friend of mine”

“Wait, hold on, rephrase that last line again”

“Playing in the mud?”

“No no the other one, and why mud”

“Hey mud is cool and swimming along the reefs with some whale friend of mine?”

“...”

“What.”

“...”

“Hey answer at least.”

“I don’t believe your ass”

“HELLO?? I'M A SHARK HERE??”

“You might have sharp teeth and some deranged unreal tail that just robotically moves, i will not believe you swam with a whale at all”

“I- BU- IT’S TRUE”

“THEN WHY THE STUTTERING”

“BECAUSE I'M UTTERLY COMPLETELY SHOCKED YOU JUST CALLED MY TAIL UNREAL AND ROBOTICALLY MOVES??”


The two continued arguing about Gura not being a shark or not, in Gura’s defense she was melting in everything what Amelia just said, and Amelia in the other hand would not believe that this was real and she’s just in her chuuni phase

Lunch period ended and they parted ways, annoyed with each other.

Piano Lessons, delicate sounds being played wrapped around Amelia’s fingers, each press of a note, lingering in with chords to her left, as the right serves the music to it. She’s tired of this, she was at the end of the song as she played it perfectly, with a small improvise.


“Great job Amelia!, I must say you improved drastically so fast like I wouldn't even need to teach you anymore!”


This gave Amelia a little hope to get out of this, her hands has been hurting like hell


“Now then one last play and you can finally get yourself home alright?”


Of course, the small sparks over her eyes were hopeless enough, Amelia sighs and goes on with following through muscle memory as she plays the song repeatedly once again.


…


“So you two argued about you’re a shark or not”

“Well yeah! But I really am a shark, why can’t she believe me?”

“Does being mythical creatures like atlanteans gets heard amongst the crowd around actually learning through a normal school”

“My clubmates and the council know..”

“Exactly”

“But that’s not the point either way”

“How so?”

“Look Calli, how could I ever, like make her like me?”


Calli partially smiled over


“It’s up to you dude, be yourself and so maybe i guess probably bring yourself more up”


Gura looks on the horizon of the sea, the dark sky with the moonlight reflecting, she exhaled


“Yeah, maybe you’re right, thanks for that Calli”

“No worries”

“Hey, you two whatcha tako bout”

“Just Gura’s love life, nothing more”

“Oooh interesting, let me join”

“HEY NOW, YOU TWO”

“She’s in love with the blonde who sits alone on the table”

“Amelia Watson? I only knew about how she joined Gura’s club and was announced to be the Juliet to the play this next 3 months”

“Wait, how'd you get that information??”

“Just a member of Art Club”

“Damn Gura, you pulling out a Watson? Plus she joined your club! This is perfect for you to be her Romeo~”

“Actually i am the Romeo of our play”


Both of them looked at Gura, eyes wide open, Calli got her jaw down while for Ina got her brows up


“I might not be that hopeless?...”

Few days later…

Practice has been starting, Memorization on points and the club has been busier after school, this dress feels a bit itchy.. Does the designing club have problems with the fabric? Amelia’s mind still can’t think straight, this is just a play nothing more, her relationship with Gura was still unknown to her.


“Heya Watson!”

“Gah! Gods.. It’s just you”

“Well aren’t you excited!”

“Not as much that i’d expect”


Gura looked into Amelia’s eyes she felt quite for a downer, but once clasped both of their hands together, she can rush through her emotional support of motivation crashing like the waves in the ocean over the blonde,

Amelia felt slightly hot for a brief moment,


“Let’s do our best alright!” Her smile was brighter than ever,


Amelia felt suddenly warm around her.


Mumei is watching the main practice rehearsal for the two, as she listens to the narrator (One of the club members) in how they would see about this

Romeo(Gura) jests at scars that never felt a wound.

Juliet(Amelia) appears above at a window


Gura looks mesmerized about how Amelia looked upon on top of the tower, her heart was dropping down stronger than the black hole’s gravity

“But, soft! What light through the yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”


Amelia felt a bit flattered, even if it was all a act,

“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,

Who is already sick and pale with grief,

That thou her maid art far more fair than she:

Be not her maid, since she is envious;

Her vestal livery is but sick and green

And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.”


She’s impressive , she thinks.

“It is my lady, O, it is my love!

O, that she knew she were!

She speaks yet she says nothing: what of that?

Her eye discourses; I will answer it.”


Will I now? , Amelia watches down at Gura

“I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks:

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,

Having some business, do entreat her eyes

To twinkle in their spheres till they return.”


Bold for you to say that o’ dear Romeo. Amelia catches herself smiling,

“What if her eyes were there, they in her head?

The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,

As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven

Would through the airy region stream so bright

That birds would sing and think it were not night.”


Amelia felt something in every line Gura had told, like she really meant it for such feelings.

“See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!

O, that I were a glove upon that hand,

That I might touch that cheek!”


Gura didn’t break her lines, that’s the usual for their star, but would Amelia remember hers?


“Ay Me!” Amelia cried


“O, speak again, bright angel! for thou art

As glorious to this night, being o'er my head

As is a winged messenger of heaven

Unto the white-upturned wondering eyes

Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him

When he bestrides the lazy-pacing clouds

And sails upon the bosom of the air.”


The light finally shone over Amelia’s tower, she was ready for this, not too ready but ready, it’s great she has great memory memorization and was able to cover up every single part of the play


“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?

Deny thy father and refuse thy name;

Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,

And I'll no longer be a Capulet.”


“AND BREAK, Amelia you actually did good for the first half of Scene 1!”

“Um, Thanks Director?..” she shouted over the top

“But be more expressive! It’s about pouring it all outta here! Out here may be just an act but somewhat you can feel it burning like it was as real as it could ever be!”


As real I could ever be huh.. Well that’s something i’ve never heard once in a practice


“Gura as usual keep that expressive work outta you, im expecting lotsa stuff im telling ya this sharky!”

“Then so be it Mooms!” Gura gave on a hearty laugh


Amelia looks at Gura, there’s something bothering her alot.

…


“Kapooey! That was a nice practice I say!” Gura stabbed right through a straw in her little strawberry juice box of hers, it’s her favorite flavor.


Amelia’s eyes were shut, as tired she can be today laying down on the grass, the idiot is still beside her sitting, despite all that the way she acted during the scene was quite charming, like she was a prince held to the story, Romeo as she stuck to her part.


“Hey, are you still there?”

“Oh it’s nothing..”


Gura couldn’t think of anything to talk about, should she bring about herself up? Maybe about drinks, the play, or something stupid to talk about?


“I have a dog named Bubba”

“He’s a nice company whenever i’m inside the house, watching tv together, sleeping together snuggling, he’s a big one i say”


How i wished to be that damn dog, Gura looked thoroughly into Amelia, not saying a word


“But there’s always a question in me if you could ever answer it.”

“What is it?”

“Do you remember anything about me?”


Amelia’s eyes fluttered open to meet Gura’s, Gura was nervous, but what did she mean by remembering her? She did remember a shy blonde haired kid in her childho-

She’s remembering it clearly.. Was she the blonde she accidentally teased in 2nd grade, she thought it was compliments that she felt so dumb after knowing in 4th grade, Gura felt heavy for a moment, but she’s here, right besides her looking at her

It’s a late opportunity, but all she could ever do with is try


“Holy Poseidon, I am so sorry..”

“Too late buckaroo” Amelia faced back at the sky

“Y'know i uh, didn’t know what we’re compliments about before..”

“I’m listening”

“Some shitty weirdos in that time told me teasing was good stuff but like in reverse of how i said it to? I think.”

“Do you still remember anything about what you’ve said?..”

“No..but i apologize about it”


Both went silent, Amelia grazing over the cool gust of the wind, the smell of autumn been with, but it felt at least not that lonely as it was before, she enjoys Gura’s company as slow as it gets

Gura struggles on what she should start about, but this silent atmosphere was nice already, she looked at Amelia, her face looked soft..

Pitter, patter, pitter, patter

The rain outside wouldn’t stop, Amelia didn’t bring an umbrella with her, Just my luck. , she sighs as the Teacher was writing on the board teaching about Mathematics, there’s not much going on the clubs right now due to the props


“Miss Watson please answer this one”


Amelia stood out, as she started forwarding right through the board, her mind was filled with focus but also was in with a bit of problem.. The solution was wrong but the answer was correct


“Huh.. This is the first you’ve ever done something wrong”

“Eh? But the answer is right”

“Yes but the solution wouldn’t supposed to be solved like that”

“But anyhow you still solved it right, plus points on recitation, please sit back down and thank you”


“This is the first you’ve ever done something wrong”


RINGGGGGGGG!!!

Lunch was here, Gura was finding Amelia everywhere, finally she saw her in her usual spot


“This is the first you’ve ever done something wrong”


Whistling to getting her food, Gura looks back at the table where Amelia is at, she looks spaced out that she haven’t been starting to eat her lunch,


“This is the first you’ve ever done something wrong”


Gura finally sat right in front of Amelia in the vacant table, she looks more troubled and was sweating


“Watson?”

“This is the first you’ve ever done something wrong”


That didn’t seem to work but she did mumbled something but Gura didn’t heard, she then had a stupid idea but at least hoping this would work


“This is the first you’ve ever done something wro-”


Gura flicked Amelia’s forehead, of course this made Amelia react by the sudden moment, but was brought up by reality again


“Earth to Amelia Watson, you there!?”

“Ouch!”

“Snap outta it! You’re worrying my guts!”


Amelia looked back at her, Gura gave on a sigh and continued to consume her food,


“Thanks though or i would be in stopping at the middle of the road again”

“What do you mean agai-”

“Thanks for the meal~”


Amelia chomped down her meal, and so did Gura, they happily enjoyed lunch together, Amelia wasn’t feeling on the dumps now considering maybe, her first friefnd was Gura all along, she brightened her moments in a bit and never felt so lonely at all

Not until a foot was set on the table, leather black polished boots, Amelia slowly turned to who was it and started sweating

It’s the Pink haired music delinquent..


“Psst.. Gura get your money..” Amelia whispered

“Wha-”

“Sup Bro!”

“Ay Calli!”


Amelia was clearly having a breakdown, Calli? They knew each other, but either way maybe she’s still gonna steal her money so she was about to reach her pockets

“H-h-hi.. P-please dont hurt me.. Here’s 100 bucks..this is all i can provide..”

“Wait hold on i'm not gonna”

“P-please accept it i don't wanna get wrecked i still have a life to live..”


Amelia was stuttering, she wanted to leave but she still had food to eat, Gura and Calli looked at eachother, Gura was about to laugh but Calli was about to throw a tantrum that she doesn’t even wanna be seen like this..


“Amelia she’s not gonna rob you!” Gura wheezed

“Im telling you i'm not, i'm just gonna swoop over here with Gura”


Amelia looked like she was about to cry, Gura was of course worried, and Calli settled herself in beside Gura


“Calli apologize”

“But I did nothing!”

“D o I t”

“I am sorry-”

“Calli right?”

“Yes ma’am don’t worry i don’t cause harm”


Amelia sniffled up a little, maybe she’s nice after all,


“Wow, I can't believe I'm right in front of The Amelia Watson. Gura talks crazy about you!”

“She does?..”


Gura was red as tomato and both can tell


“CALLI”

“Mate i’m just saying like”


Gura immediately stopped her from talking, by covering her mouth in with her hand, Amelia smiled a bit for a small company

“Wow it’s pouring”

“Like they said it’s raining cats and dogs”

“Thank Poseidon I always brought an umbrella with me!”

“Why do you have a umbrella with you as usual”

“Can’t get wet unless were in the beach but i won't bring anyone with me”

“Well what about me?”

“...That..Depends..”


Gura looked at her, Amelia looked back, has she always ever looked that cute?.. Wait what kind of thoughts is this head of mine piling up?? Amelia’s felt blood rushing to her cheeks and looked away

“Anyways i'm off now i'll see you tomorrow!”

“W-wait”


As Gura was about to leave, a hand was grabbed to her sleeve of the jacket


“I don’t have an umbrella with me, can i atleast go with you?”

…

Gura’s entire body was about to explode, they’re together under the umbrella, thoughts pilling up the shark’s head, her tail was wagging furiously, Amelia was noticing about the weather more, it was down right pouring and the umbrella might not take it further


“Hey let’s stay at my place, it’s nearby, you’re almost soaked wet on your left”


The sudden invitation was making Gura process for a bit, and 3..2…1

Amelia grabbed her hand for a detour right at her place, pitter, patter, pitter, patter, they were finally here

Gura closed her umbrella and left it to the porch, Amelia knocked, It’s locked, Gura thought she doesn’t have keys and why the knock, suddenly barking was heard, scattering and sprinting to door, and then a dog opened the door


“Good Boy Bubba!”


Amelia patted the dog’s head he seems to enjoy it, Bubba looked at Gura, he titled his head, she just waved due to this dog is real big, if he was doubled in size he would be as same height as hers


“Come in”


She was removing her shoes, Gura also did the same as well, Yellow walls around.. Bubba follows Amelia around, her house was quite small, Gura removed her hood to the valet stand, just to reveal that she was just swearing a sleeveless shirt


“Take a seat there in the counter, i'll change in a minute and make us a bit of something”


As Amelia walked away to her room upstairs, she was screaming inside of her head. Gura may look small when wearing that hood but she was goddamn hot with the builds in her body, Amelia felt she was shaking while going inside the room, AM I GAY?? OR WHAT??

Bubba and Gura was just staring at each other


“She’s gonna be mine soon, ya hear me?!”

“Woof Woof!”

“Hey! Don’t look at me like that! I have a chance! I guess..”

“Woof..”

“Look here dog, i'm trying, i think”

“Is there an issue with it?”

“Woof woof”

“Hm, should i confess my feelings after the play?”

“Woof”

“I don't know about you, but yeah maybe i should, thanks Bubba for listening to my stupid rambling”

“Woof”

“Im back, what are you guys doing”


Gura looked with Bubba eye to eye, and then whistled, Amelia wasn’t amused by this but headed on to the kitchen


“I’m gonna whiff up a steak alright?”

…


“The futon is ready, and the pillows should be there, luckily tommorows the weekends so you can leave whenever you’d like”

“Thanks Ame”

“Ame?”


Gura slipped her words, shit.. Amelia’s eyes lit up


“That sparked some nick of mine, my uncle always calls me that”

“How long has it been? Doesn’t matter”

“Ame does fits you”

“And i wouldn’t mind it being called by it if it was you anyways” she scoffed as she was tidying her bed up for a moment


There was an awkward tension suddenly filled around the room, both were embarrassed, there were butterflies right through their own stomachs, it was a weird feeling that Amelia had been feeling, and Gura was familiar.


“Okay uh, um, GOODNIGHT”


Amelia flicked the lights off her lamp, the night was quiet until a light of thunder was received outside, Amelia saw the flash but didn’t mind it either way, the sound of the thunder overwhelmed Gura, she wasn’t that great with loud noises, her past experiences wasn’t nice


“A-ame?..”

“Yeah?”

“I’m not really good with loud noises, um”


Amelia knew, she was scared, she reached her hands out


“C’mere you scaredy cat”


Gura silently crawled into the bed, and embraced into Amelia, soft.. , a loud crackle was heard outside again, she hugged Amelia as tight as she could, Amelia patted the shark’s head for comfort, she started humming a little song to Gura

Gura felt fluffy, their situation together in bed, it was nice, facing to each other, they slept into the night silently


The morning arose, the sun was hitting Gura’s eyes, causing her to wake up, only to be met by a sleeping sunshine right beside her, the sudden heat of her cheeks was having her faced with Amelia, she was mesmerized with every features she has, adoring

She wished to cherish this more in the future, perhaps..

A Month passed by

Practice really is like the breeze blowing on ending September, it was now October, how long has she been with Gura? It felt long but yet it was fun, she wasn’t the friendless loner in her school now. She finally arrived at their school, it’s a nice pace of chang-


“AME”

Amelia looked at the direction where she heard that voice, Gura is running into the school gate, and threw herself to Amelia causing both of them to fell

“YOU DUMBASS WHY’D YOU DO THAT”

“SEEING IF YOU COULD CATCH ME”

“WELL YOU’RE HEAVY AS HELL”

“RUDE”

“GET OFF ME STINKY”

“YEAH RIGHT BOZO”


And yet their arguments are getting a bit more and more brutal with one another, that almost everyone thought they were enemies despite being close with each other

Lunch was already ready for everyone but not for Amelia’s she had a extra seatwork in her hands, from the past she’s already wouldn’t mind how long she’d take answering it, but as for now she wanted to do it quicker

The questions were quite short but the answers should be supposedly be long, she takes time on how’d she’d make conclusions and all that other stuff

9 minutes later, a quick yawn and a stretch was caught over her, she’s finally finished, out she went to the classroom she’s in to feast her meal but was met by a shark awaiting for her


“Gura?”

“Oh you’re finally done! I thought I'll wait ages..” her tail reacted a bit slow

“You waited a whole 19 minutes”

“So? I kept myself occupied”

“With what?”

“I don't know just watching you here?”

“What are you a stalker?” Amelia scoffed

“Hey don't stalk dumb blondes like you!”

“So you do stalk anybody” that smirk can’t wipe out of her face

“That concludes anybody and outside here!”


Their banter quickly turned for a chat afterwards as they walk through the hallways

…

Sitting across the desks in the Club room, everyone doing their own thing, till they noticed Gura and Amelia on the left side of the club, and they looked chummy together…

Their position is something feels like something more, sitting in a chair, Amelia’s chin on top of Gura’s as she was hugging her, Gura silently drinks her juice box as she kicks her feet, this felt particularly normal around for Gura now


“Hey i know it’s a month but damn you guys are fast”

“With what?” They both synchronized

“Y’know what nevermind”


As they left, Amelia’s eyes followed one of their clubmates walking away till she looks back at Gura


“Hey”

“Yeah?”

“I wanna visit the music club”

“Hm? Sure”

“Do we have any meetings or rehearsals today?”

“I don’t think so, everyone is checking for the props and effects”

“Mm you smell weirdly fresh today”

“Eh?”


…

They were right in front, Gura slammed the door open, they were met by kinds of instruments, saxophones, oboes, trumpets and flutes, seems like the wind section is over the left, Violin, guitars, basses and a single harp through the right and in front was a piano, maracas? And a drum set

A piano.. But of course there was Calli on the side who’s tuning her scythe looking guitar, she noticed Gura right away due to the sudden behavior of the door slam


“Wassup man”

“Hey Calli!”

“Wanna play some good ol’ tunes with me?”

“Maybe next time, but I brought someone over!”

“Hey there..”

“Amelia?”

“Ah she asked if she were to visit over here, don't know her reason tho”

“If you wanna check out some instruments feel free to try 'em out! The other members just left earlier, i just decided to stay for some solos”


Amelia slipped away, she grasped over the piano, Calli and Gura both looked at each other and shrugged as they looked back at Amelia

Seems like in good conditions..

Amelia slowly sat over the chair provided, she opened up the rim of the piano, keys weren’t yellow, Gura was looking, Cmon, Amelia playing the piano?? Might be a dream maybe she’s just checking it ou-

A note was heard played, she fiddled around some keys around, a twist of chords into a liking to match the little music she was playing about, it was soft to be heard by anyone across the room, she never felt quite lively from playing this piano, it felt more hers to enjoy, she sat.

The hammers hitting over the lines, a lovely tune returned, sparks arose from Gura’s heart-strings feeling pulled around, she was truly astonished it’s like she never wanted to try and leave, she could ever listen to it forever, and it felt more likely

Amelia was playing for her.

The music ended, Amelia stretched herself up, she got one of her eye on look to Gura, her face looks melted, she felt another blood rush over her face again and looked at Calli instead, she was clapping hard that the room was bouncing it off


“You are damn amazing dude! You should totally play the piano in the play!” Calli’s boosted up with her performance, Amelia wonders how Gura reacts

“Well?” She was waiting, Gura knew


She couldn’t find any words over her head, it was all scrambled up like a egg until it was found,


“You are amazing..” Gura blurted it out, her expression was softened

“AH! aH.., I MEAN, You were amazing at playing the piano! Yeah I'm totally saying that and nothing else!” She snapped as she realized what she was been saying and looked somewhere else than facing Amelia


Amelia really felt it in her nerves, it’s like the room’s temperature felt so hot suddenly despite the air conditioner on.. She’s stuttering it’s what she likes it about Gura and all, her mind filled up by such mess up to her

This was better, this was more of a experience that she ever felt real around, the play between those keys and fingers throughout that instrument, it's how the melody flowed in to control her feelings as she drowns in peacefully


“Sure.. sure Calli..” Amelia was looking thoroughly Gura, her words were nothing between her mind, it sure gets onto something whenever everyday they are.

…

The stairs sure are a long way up to the rooftop, but Amelia made it, Gura called her over, she wondered for whatever reasons it is, maybe just a new hangout spot, or talk about some club activities despite there’s none today or something more..

Amelia arrived, she saw Gura fronting over the sky with something in hand, sitting

Footsteps we’re behind Gura, getting closer and closer, she breathes, the sunset was setting off the mood

She sat beside her, she finally knew what it was, it was a ukelele over an unknown chord for it that she doesn’t know, she wondered, will she play something?


“ Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars”


Amelia didn’t expect to her to sing at all

“Let me see what spring is like

On a-Jupiter and Mars”


Her voice was pristine and soft to ever be heard, it was clearer than water

“In other words, hold my hand

In other words, baby, kiss me”


It’s like reeling her in, over the music of them alone.

Amelia leaned her head in over Gura’s shoulder, this gave her shudders from the blonde’s action, but yet continued to play, the sensation of each other's company felt the air as cool, like the whole world was only them alone living in it.

Days passed,

Amelia always wondered what’s underneath Gura’s gloves, is it because of something wrong with it? Should she tease about it? Maybe not that’d be a very bad decision considering Gura a very expressive person

Hmm, thinking about it at all, Amelia’s curiosity grew as everyday went on, lunch, club meetings and their hangouts, she never took off her gloves at all, Gura has recently started to notice Amelia’s action, is there something about her? Yes there is but she doesn’t know


“Hey”

“What”

“You’re bothered with something”

“What nooo”

“Spill the beans nerd”

“Wow the audacity to call me that”

“Clearly you are”

“Ugh, Fine. You’re gloves, what’s even underneath your hands??”


Gura went silent


“Scars? Or something dirty?”


Gura pretended not to listen


“Hey fishbrain, I know you can hear me, at least show me?”


This was unfair, but yet despite she doesn’t know what she’ll think about it


“I can’t..it’s just a feature im not happy to show in the public”

“Well what if it’s just the two of us?”


Gura is thinking this through, her mind felt like cogs working together, a slight blush on her face was received instead


“Still a no” she nervously chuckled


Amelia gazed into her, staring deeply, eye to eye, Gura began to sweat, what is she gonna do now? Amelia stared at her wondering if she ever really forgotten about it, but yet she knew she’ll risk it just for what’s underneath Gura’s gloves


“How about this, I show a little thing I don't like showing to anyone at all and you show yours to me”


Considering, considering.. Is she not showing something? She forgot…


“Jeez alright alright, you get pushy sometimes dontcha?”

“What can i say” A small mischievous smirk sticked Amelia

“It’s both our lost anyways” It’s infectious


Just the two of them, both sitting alone in a park with the soft grass around and falling leaves over the orange trees, no one around, never was.

Amelia started by getting a handkerchief in her pocket, took her glasses off and and so on rubbed her face with it, Gura was confused, why is she doing that? That till struck her when she saw the blonde

As she slowly removed the handkerchief, Sun-kissed freckles were revealed, Amelia without glasses was also quite a sight to see. She glanced  away for a moment and back at Gura, she was embarrassed but is always going to wait for an  answer

Gura felt frozen, how could she ever gonna be met with the blonde if she ever was met up with her like this from the first place, her without the glasses suits her so much and those freckles, what in the seven seas has struck her with Amelia’s freckles, she was really looking at the same blonde clubmate she had at school she’s more beautiful than Gura could’ve ever imagined


“Hurry up Gura.., i'm getting more and more embarrassed the longer you look at me like that” she said silently but yet she heard


Gura felt heat waves rising over her throat even though it was a cold, she looked at her hands for a moment to Amelia’s soft expression, it was driving her crazy

She slowly took one of her gloves off, Amelia inquisitively looked at her hands,, a bit of a dark blue hue was being shown, till bits of rough looking scales were shown, and by the end was little sharp points of claws, Amelia was fascinated


“I know, I know, it's ugly.. It’s  really not that good to look at..”


Amelia suddenly looked confused, ugly? It’s unique…, as Amelia was about to reach out her hand slowly, Gura stayed put on her chest closer, still it left the blonde confused


“Give me your hand to me, i wont do anything bad to it, i promise” She pleaded


It barely budged in but slowly Gura did gave her ungloved hand, this time Amelia beamed, Gura was slowly getting comfortable, as she watches Amelia traces parts of her hands, looking amused by the sight of just her hands

Her hands felt like sandpaper but yet mellow, she dazed for a moment and reached out more to Gura’s arm, till the hand of hers reached Amelia's cheek, both hands in a light feeling making all of this hazy.. Both Amelia’s hands just holding on to one of Gura’s

Maybe her hands really wasn’t a bother at all, and was something that a person she really liked enjoyed with it

…


“Bubba! I'm back home!”


Barking are heard outside of the door even if he was inside, Amelia giggled on the moment as she was opening the door, but she was met by a leap of a very big dog, making them fall at each other, Bubba kept on licking Amelia’s face


“Bubba stop! You’re slobbering me with your saliva!”


He was panting happily, knowing that his owner was back


“Alright stand down and let’s get inside alright?”

“Woof!”


…


Laid back, Bubba was resting, waiting for belly rubs to be exact but there’s nothing much for him to expect as his owner was busy on something, Bubba decided to get up and approached Amelia


“Woof”

“Hm? What’s wrong bud?”

“Woof woof”

“Sorry but i don't understand Dog language”


Bubba looked irritated and growled a bit at Amelia


“Hey now! Don't take that as an offense, I really don't know what you’re talking about!”


He was still looking at Amelia and then off he go, she sighs as she grabs a pillow beside, and Bubba came back but this time with a white blanket and a Blue pillow with different hues, he sat and barked, Amelia was trying to piece everything out starting from corners


“Are you implying Gura?”

“Woof!” His tail starts wagging up

“What about her?”

“Woof…” Bubba glanced into a different direction

“What???”


He sat silently not saying anything at Amelia, it’s really puzzling but despite that a piece was held and put, her eyes lit up


“It’s not that right?”

“Woof!”


She has a dust of red on her face at the moment and slowly squeezes the pillow, she just can’t hide it from her dog, is this what she’s been feelling? Over all this time just for a warm and fluttery feeling for a shark?

The puzzle was still not solved. It's complicated but she thinks she’ll know it once she knows what it is.

Amelia walked round’ with Gura heading over the Gym, Gura almost bashed the door broken with her foot, the door truly has a strong endurance


“Oh Hey you two! Could you guys fix the position of the light over there!” One of the of their clubmate shouted out and pointed the west side of the stage,


The both of them listened and so went on to fix the light.

Amelia was fixing the position to face it through the south-east, Gura was holding the ladder steadily, finished, she goes down the ladder, suddenly she misstepped and causing her to slide off falling

“I'm too young to die!” commonly would be the one people would think off even if they were falling but Amelia was something… she has her poker face on instead with rage piano noises inside her head with a word repeating, “Why”


Suddenly she stopped, is she dead? No, she was in the hands of Gura, with a worried face written all over her, her face was tinted red once again, facing her this way was quite much more cliche


“Ame! Are you okay?!” The shark sounded concerned


Amelia felt like she was inside that one manga panel with those fluttery pink blooming circles around Gura. It felt weirdly nice, Gura suddenly just realized their position right now, she was carrying her in her arms looking right to each other.

But all they could ever think about in their mind is,



“I want to kiss her..”

“Her lips look soft..”



A clap was heard from front that caught the attention of the two, it was Mumei,


“Bravo you guys! You really fit being with each other, that bridal carry looks good for a wedding if that ever happens”


Amelia was bright red and Gura was speechless


“Don't forget to invite me!”


Both were beet red, they were chuckling nervously when they looked back, Gura set Amelia off quickly as she could and the blonde tried to stop herself from stumbling.


“Mumei really is wack isn’t she?” Gura tried to laugh it off

“Yeah!..” Amelia reckons this situation


In the end they were both laughing awkwardly.

…


“WHAT!?” The both shouted in Unison

“Yeah, you guys have to do it”

“Is this really part of the play??” Amelia stuttered

“I mean this is ACT 1 Scene 5 see it for yourself”


Gura and Amelia were in disbelief, they couldn’t do that right? But wouldn’t it also be too good to be true?


“Mumei it’s just can we block it off with something and pretend?”

“I don’t see why not, maybe we’ll let Amelia hold a book”

“So we could just pretend when it’s held up?”

“Yeah! It would be better if it wasn’t..”

“TOO LATE WE’RE GOING WITH AME’S IDEA”

“Oh you gave her a shorter nickname? Should I call you Ame as well?”

…

By down the park, Gura and Amelia looking exhausted sitting in a bench,


“Want water?”

“No thank you i have my juice box”

“You really like that flavor don’tcha”

“What Strawberry is good”


It felt nice again, though a scene was still in their mind, they didn’t seem to bring it up, or neither they even wanted to.


“So um, Gura how’s life?”

“Strange question but pretty good yeah?”

“I see”


The silent awkwardness really had them, Gura wants to keep a conversation out.


“Do you wanna um I don't know, have a night out at my place?”

“What now?”

“Oh a Girl’s night out at my place, Calli would be there and i have another friend i’d like to introduced”

“Hmm, i’ll give it a shot” Amelia got reminded that her only actual friend was Gura but Calli was in another case it’s like a situation of being the “ My friend’s friend ” type of relation


Gura perked up to her answer, her tail starts wagging

She still finds that antic cute from Gura.

Amelia never expected for her to live next to a beach, it was about 3 stories tall and is painted with a bit of a gray-ish sky blue color,


“Where’s your parents?”

“Shouldn’t I ask you too?”


As Amelia was about to say something, she reconsidered it at the last second and just shut her mouth.

Door opened, Gura walked in and Amelia followed in behind, the inside was much nicer, her living room and kitchen close to one another, at the left she could clearly see the refrigerator, there were small metal stickers and a singular plant hanging.

On the left she could see Calli and someone playing mario kart,


“Oh hey Gura!” Calli greeted


There was another character that sped up from behind Calli and won the final lap


“Tis i who took the opportunity”


A smug look was drawn all over the violet haired-girl’s face, Calli was rampaging on her own, Gura chuckled by the sight of her two friends, Amelia wondered how would she would be doing if she never joined at the first place at all


“We got Amelia to join us!’ Gura happily said

“Hm Amelia Watson in the flesh, Gura talks about you alot”

“Why does everyone say that?”


Everybody looks at Gura, then they started to talk telepathically because it’s the logic of every friendship that lasted long, it’s dumb but it works


“She’s oblivious” Ina looks at Calli seeing if she’ll ever agree

“She definitely is”  and thus she does

“Why won't the both of you shut it!” Gura gave the two a intense glare

“Because teasing you is fun” Ina looked thoroughly to her smirking

“What the hell is happening” Amelia thought it for herself

…



Pillows thrown across the bedroom, Gura and Calli were down. Ina was drop dead on the floor, the only one left remaining Amelia standing for victory in winning the fight


“Geez Watson you better take us light! It's like there’s stones in the pillows!”

“INA ARE YOU STILL ALIVE???”

“Calli.. Oh my good friend.. Avenge me” Ina dramatically said it weakly, and closed her eyes pretending to be dead

“You gotta be kidding me”

“DID I KILL INA??”

“Ame no-”

“Amelia let’s have a duel! For I will avenge Ina!”

“I agree, but come and dare to defeat me”


The two fighted, as long as they could, not even a bother for one chance to stand it at all, no one was victorious but yet it was such a fun night.


It was a long quiet night, everyone has already slept except Amelia,

Gura isn't at her bed

Amelia stood up from the cold floor, gave out a small shiver but continued on the way, finding the shark.

She reached the balcony, and there she was, illuminated by the moon itself, the silent roaring sea right beside, Gura was there


“Hey”

“Oh, Hey”

“Still up?”

“Couldn’t sleep”

“Mind if I join?”


Gura gave out a small hum, Amelia rested on the rail as well, silence was filled amongst the two, both have questions and both have thoughts


“Do you like someone?”


...?


The cold sea air blows, Amelia looks at Gura.


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