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Ena and Mizuki were standing in the corridor, talking about the after-festival, MVs, things like that, when they saw someone come out of the classroom, looking panicked.
“Ah, Akiyama!” the student said, getting Mizuki’s attention.
“What’s up? Why the sudden hurry?” Mizuki asked.
“The classroom divider fell, someone got a bit injured! But when I went to look for the nurse, they weren't there..” the classmate responded.
“Oh no! I can help you look for the nurse if you need.”
“That would be nice..”
“Mizuki, should I go too?” Ena asked. She didn’t want to have to wait on the rooftop alone, so she might as well ask.
Mizuki hesitated for a moment.
“..Yeah, it’d be best if you came with us too! The more people we have looking, the faster we could get help for the injured student,” they replied with a smile. Ena loved seeing Mizuki smile.
“Okay, let’s split up then!” the classmate exclaimed, and the three went to go look for the nurse.
Eventually, Mizuki had found the nurse, they were outside helping another student with an injury, and told them about what had happened in the classroom, and they were on their way back.
“Thank you, Akiyama. Oh and..” the classmate started.
“Shinonome,” Ena replied. It would make sense the classmate didn’t know her name, she was in a different class, but also took the evening course.
“Okay. Akiyama and Shinonome,” the classmate smiled.
“You’re welcome!!” Mizuki waved as they and Ena started walking away.
Suddenly, there was a feeling of tension in the air, and Ena almost forgot why.
That is, until Mizuki reminded her.
“Okay.. so remember how I said I was gonna talk to you about something.. y’know.. my secret,” they said hesitantly with a sigh and nervous smile.
“Oh, yeah. You said you were going to tell me on the rooftop after the festival..”
“Yep! And here we are! After you m’lady,” Mizuki said jokingly, doing a little formal curtsey to Ena at the bottom of the stairs.
“Mizuki! I thought we were having a serious conversation here, and you’re joking around..” Ena scoffed at Mizuki as she started up the stairs, but there was no heat behind her words. It always put Ena off a little bit, that Mizuki could still be joking around, even if they were upset about something, they would always try to hide it..
As Ena’s walking up the stairs, she thinks to herself: What could Mizuki possibly be telling her? They’ve waited so long to tell Ena, and she couldn’t help but speculate a little. She silently prays Mizuki isn’t going to say something crazy, like they’re a wanted criminal or something..
She really hopes it isn’t that, because well-
Ena has something she’d like to tell Mizuki too. That she’s hopelessly in love with them.
Okay. Maybe that’s not the way to word it. It’s just that ever since the mystery tour years back, Ena has been getting butterflies. Fluttering whenever she's around Mizuki. And while she pretends to hate Mizuki’s teasing and their goofy little remarks, while they’re a little annoying sometimes, Ena finds them cute. Finds them just so.. Mizuki. Not just the teasing, but the genuine stuff too. The way Mizuki is so passionate about fashion, how they get excited over the new seasonal accessory displays, how they always drag Ena to different cafes and places, she loves all of that. So she’s been waiting for them to tell her their secret, because she really cares about them. She wants to be that person that Mizuki could one day trust.
And well.. that day is here.
Shortly after, they’re on the rooftop. Mizuki closes the door behind them, and Ena prepares herself for whatever would happen next.
“Ena, I think that.. I should warn you first. What I’m going to tell you is something that well- you might not agree with. You’re allowed to feel any way you want about what I’m going to tell you. But this is something really important to me. And while I trust you, there’s just um, a chance you won’t wanna be friends with me anymore,” Mizuki says. Ena can hear the hesitation in their voice.
“Mizuki, I’m sure nothing you could ever tell me could make me want to stop being friends with you.” Ena smiled as she put her hand on Mizuki’s shoulder.
Mizuki took a deep breath.
“Okay.. so.
..
[insert whatever you think Mizuki’s secret is here LMAO. people have different interpretations and that’s okay!!^^]”
Mizuki sighed again. Then blinked. Then turned their head away.
Turned their head away, eyes watering.
And that hurt Ena. Because Mizuki just expected Ena to be mad at them, because that’s what they’ve been used to.
But that’s not how she was going to react. Of course not. Was she a bit surprised? Well, yes. But not really in a bad way. Just- surprised. But she was also proud of them for being able to tell her something so important to them.
But she didn’t really have the words for that. So she just hugged them.
“Mizuki..” Ena said after a few seconds of silence, in her sincere voice, the soft-spoken tone she usually uses when talking with Mizuki on Nightcord, when it’s just them 2 on the group call.
“..Yeah?” Mizuki replied, eyes still watering as they pulled away from Ena’s embrace.
Ena pressed the two’s foreheads together, placing her arms over their shoulders, clasping her hands on their back.
“Mizuki. You’re my best friend. This won’t change how I feel about you, ever. Regardless of how you identify, or how you dress, you’re still my Mizu- I mean.. Our Mizuki. Nightcord at 25:00’s MV editor and fashion expert.”
Ena smiled, pulling their foreheads apart- Ena’s arms still around their shoulders.
“Y’know.. This might be a bad time.. But I might have something to tell you too.”
Ena. What are you saying Ena.
“Yeah? You might as well since we’re acting like some married couple right now,” Mizuki replied with a laugh.
“So the thing is…”
Ena. WOAH, hey Ena!! This is your subconscious, telling you this is a bad idea!! <3
“I think you’re. Um. Really pretty, and funny, and talented. And..”
Ena….
“Aw, Enaemon, you flatter me haha~ But no, really.. What are you trying to s-”
“I’m hopelessly in love with you.”
Ah, shit. I thought we weren’t going to say that, Brain Ena.
“Wha-”
“Woah. I’m sorry, that was so out-of-pocket. Maybe just.. Pretend I didn’t say that?-”
“Well.. funny you say that.. ‘Cause I kinda am “Hopelessly in Love with You’ too!’” they laughed.
Oh.
It’s at this moment, Ena realizes that her arms are still around their shoulders.
And it’s at this moment that she also realizes that, her and Mizuki’s faces are really, really close to each other.
So she does the only thing that any other pathetic lesbian would do in this situation. Kisses them.
Those butterflies in her stomach are really fluttering right now. But in a nice way, she thinks. Mizuki’s lips feel nice on Ena’s, she can taste their cherry chapstick.
Just a sweet, gentle, kiss. And they linger there for a bit before Ena pulls away.
“I’m sorry about that. Really, I should’ve asked, and-”
Mizuki lets out a little laugh. “If I didn’t want to kiss you I wouldn’t have waited for you to pull away Ena.”
“Oh. Yeah. I did not know you were waiting for me actually, I was waiting for you to pull away!! How silly goofy of me, my goodness-” Ena replied, flustered, not making eye contact.
When Ena looks back at Mizuki, they’re looking at her, smiling. But not their usual teasing one. This smile was one of their genuine ones, the ones that Ena loved seeing on Mizuki’s face.
“Y’know.. Remember when you said that thing.. When we were having that heartfelt talk??” Mizuki asks, playing with a strand of Ena’s hair.
“What thing? Oh, like when I was complimenting you?”
“Haha, no. Before that.”
“Oh. Well then, no. I guess I don’t remember ‘when I said that thing y’know’ Mizuki.”
“You said that I was ‘your Mizu’.”
Oh, yeah. She did (albeit, by accident) say that.
“I like the sound of that. And you’ll be ‘my Enaemon’, hehe.”
“Okay. I like the sound of that too, I suppose,” she replied with a smile.