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Nemuri opened her eyes to Ryuko carrying some things into the house. “What are you doing, sweetheart?” Nemuri stretched her arms and body. I took a nap on the couch without meaning to. The taller woman thought as she took a box from Ryuko’s hands, wanting to be nosy. She saw a few nice-sized pumpkins when she glanced into the box. “You are excited about Halloween coming up,” the woman didn’t mind as they deserved to relax after working longer shifts than usual. “Did you already stocked up on candy?” Nemuri heard Ryuko squeak and when she looked at her girlfriend, the blonde-haired woman was enjoying some candy corn after she had put the other candy away.
Nemuri grinned and set the box on the countertop. “Can you set out the carving kit we’ve brought recently?” Ryuko placed the kit on the table and she pulled out a pumpkin, knowing Nemuri was getting ready to carve something into the pumpkin. Ryuko wanted to watch her but the older woman didn’t want Ryuko to ruin the surprise. “I will let you know when it’s ready,” Nemuri promised and even though Ryuko couldn’t watch the carving get made, Nemuri never said she couldn’t watch her.
Ryuko held the carving tools while staring at Nemuri’s face. I want to kiss her. The younger woman thought, wanting to kiss Nemuri’s determined face. The older woman continued to cut into the pumpkin as she hummed, wanting the carving to be perfect. Even though Nemuri knew Ryuko wasn’t looking, she wanted to make sure that the surprise wouldn’t be ruined. When the blonde-haired woman dropped her eyes, Nemuri quickly scanned Ryuko’s face, wanting the carving to be perfect. Ryuko blinked and she looked up but Nemuri was working on the carving once again.
Once she pulled back from the pumpkin, Nemuri knew one more step was left. “Hand me the goop scoop please,” she said and Ryuko pushed the tool into her hand. Nemuri giggled as she started to scoop up all of the pumpkin guts, wanting the carving to look awesome. After a few minutes of simply watching Nemuri scoop all of the remaining pumpkin guts, Ryuko noticed when Nemuri backed away from the pumpkin, a relieved grin on her face.
“Are you finished?” Ryuko was getting excited and Nemuri couldn’t help but roll her eyes lovingly. She opened her arms wide and even though she smelled nothing but pumpkins, Ryuko was giddy to cuddle with the older woman. Nemuri gently pointed her direction to the carving and the younger woman’s eyes widened in shock.
“It’s me…” She said. Nemuri felt heat creeping up her neck and cheeks when Ryuko’s cheeks started to redden.
“Y-yeah, it is you. I wanted the perfect carving and w-well, you are perfect,” Nemuri thought she would have been shameless but she guessed it was fine she was flustered about it. Ryuko’s cheeks were redder than usual and that was what she had wanted to happen in the first place. “Later on, we can make more pumpkin carvings,” Nemuri offered and Ryuko smiled at the words.
“That sounds like fun,” she smiled up at Nemuri. Nemuri kissed the tip of Ryuko’s nose.