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The first time it happened, Raana had just been messing around. It was after practice one day when she tugged on Taki’s sleeve.
Taki arched one brow up as she looked over. “I didn’t bring any candy today. You’ll have to ask someone else.”
She turned to leave again, but Raana tugged on her sleeve more insistently.
“I already told you—“
Raana smirked. “Not hungry.” She shuffled a little closer to Taki. “Kiss.”
Taki’s face flushed a pretty shade of pink. Raana chuckled to herself. Obviously, Taki wouldn’t kiss her. It was clearly meant as a joke. Taki wasn’t so gullible that she’d fall for something like—
Raana blinked when she felt a soft pressure on her lips. All too soon, Taki pulled away, her face lit up in a bright red blush. Raana licked her lips. The faint taste of lip balm was left as the only proof that anything had happened.
Taki cleared her throat a little and refused to look in Raana’s direction.
Raana smirked again. “Interesting…”
She figured it was probably a fluke. Taki wouldn’t be so dumb to fall for her tricks again. A few days later, Raana set her sights on another bandmate.
Anon tended to be the most open to new ideas. It wasn’t too much of a stretch to think she’d accept this. So, after practice one day, Raana slid up to her.
Anon flashed a smile. The little pointed fang she had was on full display. “Wanna go get a drink?”
Raana nodded. She followed Anon out of the room and down to the vending machine.
"What do you want? Matcha?"
The promise of matcha was almost enough for Raana to forget her plan.
Raana shook her head. "Kiss."
Anon made a surprised noise that drew a few eyes in their direction. She laughed nervously. "You can't just ask people for a kiss!"
"Why?"
"Because…" Anon scratched the back of her head. "Because kissing is something you do when you're in a relationship!"
Raana tilted her head. "Ricky said it was fine."
Anon blinked. "She did?"
Maybe not in those words, but Taki didn't put up much of a fight. Actually, she didn't fight at all. That's what made Raana so curious. Would everyone else in the band do the same? She wanted to see how they would react.
Raana nodded.
"Huh…" Anon considered this.
Raana waited. She rocked back and forth on her feet, watching Anon curiously. Would she give in like Taki or would she put up a fight?
"I guess if Ricky says it's fine…" Anon shrugged. She leaned down a little to kiss Raana.
There was a gloss on Anon's lips that left a residue on Raana's mouth. Her tongue darted out to taste it.
"Strawberry," Raana said.
Anon laughed nervously. "Yeah, it's a new lip gloss I'm trying. Do you want to try some?"
Raana tilted her head.
"Oh," Anon flushed. "I guess you already have some."
When they returned to the practice room, Taki was giving Raana a suspicious look. Raana flashed a mischievous smile.
"Anon tastes like strawberry," Raana said.
Taki's eyes widened. She looked between Raana and Anon.
It didn't seem like anyone else heard them. Good. That meant Raana still had the power of surprise on her hands.
Raana's next target was obvious.
"Tomori."
Tomori jumped a little. She turned around. "Oh." She breathed out a sigh of relief. "What is it?"
"Kiss?"
Tomori's face flushed. "What?!" She looked away. "I don't think…" Tomori shook her head, her mouth firmly shut.
"Anon and Ricky say it's fine."
Tomori's brows furrowed in confusion, which was almost enough to fight off her embarrassment at Raana's sudden request. "What do you mean?"
Raana shrugged. "It's fine."
"I— I've never kissed anyone before," Tomori said quietly.
"It's fine ," Raana repeated.
Tomori glanced up at Raana's face before looking away again. Slowly, she shuffled closer. "Okay," she breathed.
Raana took Tomori's hands in hers and leaned in. Tomori let out a little squeak of surprise. Taki had tasted like lip balm, Anon had tasted like strawberry lip gloss. Tomori, on the other hand, tasted like nothing. Her lips were a little chapped, though.
Tomori's face was bright red as she scurried away soon after.
It was then that Raana noticed that there was another person in the room. Soyo stood in the corner, carefully putting her bass away. She'd seen everything, then. Well, that was fine.
Raana walked over to her. She flashed a smile. "Kiss?"
Soyo shook her head in fond amusement. "Should I be offended that I was your last choice?"
Raana shrugged. She looked down at her boots and kicked at the floor a little. Soyo was the least likely to give in to Raana's request. Taki, Anon, and Tomori were pretty easy to convince. But Soyo? Raana wasn't even planning on asking her.
Soyo leaned down. As the tallest in the group, she had a ways to go before she was on Raana's level. When she was, though, she pressed a kiss to Raana's cheek.
Raana pouted. "No."
Soyo smirked in clear amusement. "No?"
"Want a real kiss." Raana stood up on her toes, but she still couldn't reach. She frowned.
"Fine, but… let's keep this between us, hm?" Soyo's lips were shockingly soft as she kissed Raana. She gave the slightest hint of a smile when she pulled back. "So? Do you want to tell me why you're kissing everyone in the band?"
Raana hummed. She'd already made up her mind after her kiss with Taki. "Feels good."
That was all there was to it. Raana knew what she liked and what she didn't. She liked kissing her bandmates.
Soyo laughed. Not her proper, dainty giggles she used to do. A real laugh. The sound had Raana smiling. "That's simple enough."
"Can we do it again?"
Soyo paused. She seemed to think this over, her mouth pressed into a thin line.
“Ricky says it’s fine. Anon and Tomori, too.”
“Well, I suppose if everyone else is fine with it… I don’t mind.”
Raana grinned. She tugged on Soyo’s arm. “Again.”
Soyo shook her head before leaning down and giving into Raana’s demands.
It was a few days later that everyone fully realized the shift in their dynamic.
Raana tugged on Taki’s sleeve. “Hey.”
Without responding, Taki leaned down and planted a kiss on Raana’s forehead. “I’m busy. Go bug someone else.”
With a sly smile, Raana walked toward the other three girls clustered around the center of the room.
Anon greeted her with a big hug. “That guitar section was so cool!” She kissed Raana on the cheek. “Can you teach me how to do that?”
Raana shrugged. "Maybe." She wasn’t much of a teacher, but she could make an attempt if given the right incentive.
Soyo tugged Raana out of Anon’s grasp. “Your hair is so messy…” She picked a leaf out of Raana’s hair before kissing her on the temple. “Honestly, how do you even let it get like this?”
Tomori dug into the pocket of her shirt. “Ah! I meant to give this to you earlier!” She pulled out a rock and held it out. “It’s shaped sort of like a cat, see?”
Raana leaned forward and kissed her.
That was what finally broke the spell. The four girls looked around the room at each other in stunned silence.
Raana tilted her head.
“Raana,” Taki said in a barely contained voice. “What’s this all about?”
“Yeah!” Anon chimed in. “You said Ricky was fine with it, but you didn’t say anything about Tomorin or Soyorin!”
“Um!” Tomori started. “I don’t mind really, but I didn’t think this would be a regular thing…”
Soyo gave an unimpressed look as she crossed her arms. “I think you have some explaining to do to everyone else.”
Raana looked at the confused and annoyed looks being given to her. Then, she gave a little smile and shrugged. “Feels good.”
Taki shook her head. “You’re ridiculous.”
Anon grinned. “Come on, Ricky! You can’t say you didn’t like it!”
Taki looked very pointedly at the ground, but she was flushed all the way up to her ears.
“Ricky says it’s fine,” Raana said for what must have been the tenth time by now.
“I did not!”
“Is this… really okay?” Tomori asked quietly.
Soyo sighed. She put a hand on Tomori’s shoulder and turned her. Then, she leaned in and pecked a kiss on Tomori’s cheek.
Tomori jumped in surprise. She stared, wide-eyed at Soyo.
Soyo cleared her throat. Her cheeks were stained a faint pink, despite her bold actions. "I think it'd be for the best if we keep this all between us five."
Anon slid up next to her. "Aww! Soyorin, you want to make this exclusive? How romantic!"
Soyo glared. “Don’t get the wrong idea. I just think it’d be hard to explain to anyone else.”
“Tomorin, Ricky,” Anon called. The other two girls looked up at her. “What do you think?”
Raana tugged on Taki’s sleeve. “You want to kiss Tomori.”
Taki looked like she was going to combust. "I—!"
Tomori, on the other hand, was surprisingly holding it together. "...I'm alright with it."
"Ricky?" Raana asked, tugging on Taki's sleeve again.
She covered her face with her hands for a moment. Finally, Taki mumbled out a quiet "fine."
Raana grinned. With everyone on board, she could happily enjoy kissing her bandmates.