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Enna and Mika looked at the pile of boxes in the middle of the new apartment that Mika just moved into. It was supposed to be a quick job of unboxing her new supplies and housewarming gifts from her friends, but somehow the number of boxes betrayed that expectation.
"Mika, you wanna tell me how your 'small supply shopping' turned into this Tower of Babel?" asked Enna in a tired voice.
Mika tried to answer, "Listen, I was only planning to buy some essentials, and it just happens that buying in bulk is a lot cheaper. So naturally-"
"Alright I've heard enough, basically your broke mindset has summoned these boxes that's perfectly in the way of our housewarming hangout," Enna quickly summarized Mika's attempt of an excuse.
"yes." answered Mika in a small voice.
"And you didn't invite anyone else to help out?" asked Enna again in a slightly more tired voice.
"Because you're my only bestie that happens to be free right now???" Mika answered with a sickening cutesy voice.
"I'm actually leaving."
"I'M SORRYYYYYYYYYYY I WAS JOKIIIIIING" Mika pleaded, desperately preventing Enna from leaving.
"Fine, let's just deal with all this so we can actually hang out," Enna gave in quickly.
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The towering boxes had successfully been reduced to a regular sized pile of boxes after 2 grueling hours. Enna took the items out of the boxes while Mika moved the items to wherever they're supposed to go. After a while, Enna tried to take another sip from her bottle of water only to notice that it's empty.
Enna shouted at the room that Mika is in, "Mika, can you toss me another water bottle?"
"We ran out." Mika yelled back from the other room
"What do you mean 'we ran out'? How do you just run out of water?" Enna answered in surprise.
"Ok actually I already bought some water, and it just happens to be delivered alongside all these boxes. Sooooo, all we gotta do is find it, right?" Mika explained it in a way that makes it simpler than the reality.
"You're actually kidding, I will die of thirst before we could unbox the water, Mika." Enna complained to Mika.
"I believe in your water finding ability, Enna."
"Just so you know, If I find a box of knives, I'll stab you with it," said Enna as she unboxed another box.
The box contained a nice-looking tea set, alongside a bottled tea that can be found in a convenience store. Enna raised her eyebrows at the odd pairing, but she didn't complain at the chance to quench her thirst.
"Mikaaa, I'm drinking this bottle of tea that I found, alright?" asked Enna as she opened the bottle before hearing an answer.
"Alright, no problem!" answered Mika, unaware that Enna had already claimed it for herself.
Enna took a few gulps of the bottled tea, before spitting it back out in disgust. Whatever she just drank, it definitely wasn't tea. She checked the box to see what it was, only to find out that it was a gift from Oliver.
"Jesus christ Mika, did Oliver try to prank you or something? I'll beat his ass up next time we meet..." Enna started cursing Oliver before her words trailed off, she was feeling light-headed from whatever she just drank.
Mika got out to check on Enna, wondering what was going on, "What's wrong Enna, did the tea go bad or something?"
Enna looked at Mika to explain, but she started feeling odd. Her heart started to race when she looked at her, and she felt her face heat up at a rapid pace. 'What the hell?? Since when did Mika seems so... attractive? Wait, what did I just???' Enna's mind raced against her own will, filling it with thoughts that would kill her from embarrassment.
"Oh my god, are you alright Enna? You're like, super red right now. Was it alcohol that you just drank?" Mika's face is filled with concern, as she held Enna's forehead. "Wow yeah, you're warming up right now. Hold on, let me grab some water for you."
Mika returned to the room she was in and came back with a half-empty water bottle in her hand. She quickly attempted to make an excuse about the water that she had, "Okay, so I might've had a liiiiitle bit of water on me, but I already drunk it so it was technically already mine so that means there WAS no water left, but you know since this is like an emergency, let's just let it slide, okay?"
However, her excuse was the last thing on Enna's mind at the moment.
'A-An indirect kiss? So casually??? Was she actually into me all this time? I never knew she was this good at flirting, what the hell? Should we get married now?' Wedding bells had already rung inside her head. Her hand shakingly reached for Mika's water bottle, before she managed to push Mika off.
"Hey, what the hell? Are you actually angry? Look, I'm sorry, okay? Just let me help you out, geez," Mika was surprised, but she tried to help Enna again.
"N-No, just- stay there!" Enna stammered out, she quickly tried to gain control of her thoughts. 'Okay, this is definitely not normal, I have to do something to stop this. No way in hell I actually thought of Mika like... that!'
'What if I imagine her wearing something stupid, something unattractive? Yeah, like a rat costume, or- or a garbage bag, yeah!' She felt it working, her rapid heartbeat started slowing down, and her mind calming down.
'Just keep it going! Mika in a clown outfit! Mika in ugly pajamas! Mika in...'
A certain spicy photo of Mika popped into Enna's mind.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!" Enna started rolling around on the floor in embarrassment.
"Enna, you're definitely drunk, alright? Just drink some water right now!" Mika held Enna tight and shoved the water bottle into her mouth.
Gulp.
"A-A-A-A-A-AAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" Enna's mind went into meltdown, and with her last bit of sanity, Enna did the only thing she could think of to get away from this situation.
Enna performed a clean body shot to Mika's stomach.
"WHYYYYYYY?!?!?!?! WHAT DID I DOOOOOOO!?!?!?" Now Mika started rolling around on the floor in pain. Enna quickly ran into the bathroom and locked the door.
'I've done it now, what do I do if Mika hates me now? What if she never wants to see me again for the rest of my life? Maybe I can stalk her?' Enna's mind went on a journey that would put her behind bars for several minutes inside the bathroom, as Mika still rolled around on the ground.
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After a long explanation from Enna, Mika called in Oliver for an explanation.
"Yeah, seems like one of my genmates slipped something weird into my package. I'll see if I can get him to make an antidote or something," Oliver explained in an apologetic manner. Someone else's voice can be heard behind him, "Can't believe the love potion actually worked though, could it be that I'm a once-in-a-lifetime genius-GYAAAAAAAAH OKAY OKAY I'LL DO IT"
"Just keep an eye out on Enna, okay? I'll give it to you as soon as you can, shouldn't take more than a day for it to be done." Oliver continued as if nothing had happened, only for the other person to complain, "One day?! The antidote for my perfect miracle love potion will take longer than that-AAAAAAAAAAGH OKAY I'LL GET IT DONE IN A DAY"
"O-Okay, I'll take care of her. Bye for now!" Mika turned off the call, slightly scared about how angry Oliver must be.
She grabbed the "love potion" bottle in her hand as she stood in front of the locked bathroom door, "So you drank this and started having some lovey dovey thoughts? About me?"
"Yes, now shut up about it." Enna angrily replied from inside the bathroom.
Mika smugly smirked, "Did your heart race like crazy when you think about me? What if you started imagining us... kissing?"
The bathroom went silent for a moment, before a reply came out weakly, "...Mika this is NOT helping my situation right now, I'll make sure that you pay when I'm back to normal."
"Hahaha alright alright I'll stop, let me find the water so you can actually get a drink," Mika laughed off Enna's threat and went off to find the water bottles. But for a moment, she took another look at the bottle in her hand.
"Okay but what if I also drink this tho? I'm kinda curious actually?"
"MIKA MELATIKA DON'T YOU DARE"
Author's Notes:
Reading this again takes me back, I kinda cooked with this one not gonna lie.
When I was trying to think of a story to write for Mika's fanfic submission, I naturally thought of making something that would be funny to be read on stream. I decided on an Enna x Mika story that would focus more on being funny rather than romantic, like a romcom. I'm not very good at writing romance stuff, so making the story lean more toward comedy stuff worked for me. The love potion plot just happened to come into mind, and everything else just came together in writing. There were times when I though, "Isn't this line kind of cringe?", but the thought of Mika having to read that cringy line on stream convinced me to go even further (lol). Interactions between Enna and Mika were always funny to watch on stream, so I was glad I could capture that.
I unfortunately missed the fanfic reading part of the stream, so I had to watch it through the VOD. Seeing everyone enjoying it was still unbelievable to me now, it really made me glad that I decided to go for it. I went ahead and clipped that part of the stream, and I hope you can also enjoy the moment that made me start writing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee96j5a56z4
For some things that might need some explaining in the story:
What photo was Enna thinking of?
During a drinking stream with Enna and Mika, Mika decided to talk about her owning a lingerie and how she'd take selfies of herself wearing it for fun. Naturally, Enna asked for it (and received it). The photo received raving reviews from Enna.
Who's the person that made the love potion at the end?
It was Leos Vincent, a genmate of Oliver Evans! Story-wise I need some kind of a mad scientist that would make the love potion in the first place, and Leos is also one of my personal favorites in Niji JP, so I decided to add him in the story. The image of him causing trouble and getting told by Oliver really fits him.