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Ena likes to think she’s grown as a person. She’s somewhat got a handle on her anger issues, and what even is jealousy, it’s practically foreign to her now!
“Meow!” But the artist truly can’t help but stare in pure hatred at the calico cat currently rubbing its stupid furry face against her dearly beloved.
“Awwwww! I love you too, Vivi!” It doesn’t help her own girlfriend actively responds to the affection from said evil cat. Doesn’t An know she’s being brainwashed by that thing?! Ena only frowns more as An continues pampering Vivi with all the love in the world, which should really belong to her, so can you truly blame Ena for feeling jealous over an animal?
“An,” She attempts to keep her voice steady, trying not to let her true feelings and annoyance shine through. “I know you love Vivi a lot, but don’t you think we should go do something else now? We’ve been standing here for thirty minutes now.” She glances at her phone, there’s now less than an hour before the show Ena’s been binging lately goes live, and she needs to watch the episode, otherwise Mizuki will yap their Nightcord session later with massive spoilers, leaving one Shinonome Ena to just shrivel up and die at this point. She glances at WEEKEND GARAGE, which was just a few feet away from them. If she had known Vivi would strike like the dastardly villain she was today, then Ena would’ve just opted to stay in the cafe and draw enough to give her artblock to last the rest of her pathetic lifetime. Her eyes narrow as she meets Vivi’s gray ones, and she swears she can see electric sparks practically crackle between them.
“Me-ow~” Allow Ena to translate, she knows enough fluent cat to know that “meow” actually meant a “fuck you” in car meowchanic language. She only glares more at Vivi, who paws at her face in a cute fashion, eliciting a series of awes and coos from the singer and furthering Ena’s disdain for it by miles.
“That fuckass cat that I hate.” Ena mumbles harshly under her breathe, watching as An lowers Vivi to the floor. The cat jumps onto the pavement, slowly walking over to the brunette and giving her the most evil look and smirk combo imaginable.
“Wha—?” Vivi walks between Ena’s legs, sauntering off down the street and towards an alleyway, and Ena could only accept yet another crushing defeat of this cursed week. The artist stews as An walks up to her, opening her arms out to give the other a hug.
“Aw, someone looks a little angry, how ‘bout a hug—AGH!” Ena responds by whacking An in the head rather harder than intended with a lint roller.
“Don’t need one. And at least get the fur off of you before you try and hug me! I just recently bought these clothes!” An begrudgingly takes the lint roller from the other, rolling at her shirt with a massive frown as Ena feels somewhat guilty. Okay, fine, it was a lie. She just didn’t want the fur of her biggest opp to be all over her when An gives her a hug. She’d rather dive head first with a bunch of weights and a whole bomb strapped to her into the lake in EMPTY SEKAI before any sort of reality would reach that point. An finishes getting the fur off her, checking to make sure she got every single damn piece of fur off as to not cause Ena’s wrath to further bestow her. The singer continues frowning as Ena sighs lightly, walking over and kissing the other cheek.
“I’m sorry, I’m just in a bit of a mood right now. Forgive me?” An chuckles at Ena’s horrendous attempt at puppy eyes, going to rub the back of her neck.
“All is forgiven, my dear sweet Perseus. I’m just sorry I can’t seem to help you with your feelings right now. Is this how Andromeda felt when she was abducted by that sea monster…?” To Miku, not only was Ena stabbed with An’s knife of love, that shit turned a whole 360 degrees into her heart! She rests her head against the blue-haired girl’s shoulder, hiding her smile as she does so. She eyes the glass star pendant shining slightly, the orange hue of the sunset refracting into the pendant and blending the blue hue with brilliant orange streaks.
“You’re really taking good care of this thing, huh?” Ena goes to play with the pendant, holding it between her thumb and index finger as she gently drags it left and right against the string, and An laughs.
“Of course I am, silly! It’s my most precious item after all.” She goes to place her hand on top of Ena’s, lightly squeezing it as she smiles softly. “For a lifetime, remember?” Ena only buries her head more into the other’s shoulder, holding the sleeve of the other’s jacket, and they stay like this for awhile. An quietly hums a melody as she watches the horizon paint itself from orange to a reddish-purple haze.
Eventually, Ena lifts her head up. “New song for your group, I presume?” An shakes her head.
“Nope! It’s actually based off of Vivi’s meows!” Ena does her goddamn best to not frown upon hearing that, attempting to give the singer her best smile yet. “Sometimes she sounds like she’s singing, so I like to base my music off of that! Isn’t that so cool??? I’m literally a genius.” An puffs out her chest in pride as Ena only sighs internally. Her disappointment is immeasurable and the rest of her night is now ruined thanks to that stupid cat. Whatever, it’s fine. Happiness is but a fleeting concept anyways. There’s no one in the world who’s truly happy, right? She feels a tug on her arm as she meets An’s radiant smile, doing her best not to melt like she always does seeing it. “Now, c’mon! I think that show you’ve been watching recently airs in a few minutes, let’s head in before we miss it!” Honestly, Ena could just die happy now, Vivi be damned. As An guides her along, she only wonders just how much the artist truly appreciates the other. An holds the door open for Ena, flipping the sign to ‘Closed’ as they step inside the cafe together.
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“Didya guys see the new episode of Lego Ninja Masters: Dragons Appearing??? It was so good!” Ena smiles smugly, dragging her mouse to the unmute button as she boasts.
“Heh, of course I did! Wouldn’t miss a second of it!”
“Didn’t you miss it last week?”
“Geh, shut it Yuki! No needs that reminder!”
“Now hold up, let her cook.” Ena can already visualize Mizuki’s exaggerated gestures as though they were all meeting in person, and she tries not to audibly sigh as she spins her drawing tablet pen between her fingers. “Yuki is in fact correct. You did miss that one showing last week and wouldn’t even tell us why! I think now’s the perfect time to pursue the truth. You may now speak your case, Ms. Shinonome.” Her pen almost goes flying out of her hand as she attempts some bullshit excuse. She can’t exactly tell Mizuki and Mafuyu of all people that her and An had gone on a little excursion out of town. An had recently been getting into this game called ‘Wikmin Bloom’, where the objective is to collect as many rare looking wikmin as possible via walking. Apparently there’s some rare ones in the forest, and An has been begging to go over there to try and collect the entire set, and so Ena, being the amazing girlfriend she is, decided to tag along, for better or worse. To make a long yuriful story short, they both fell into a lake. It’s a miracle they even managed to get out of that situation, but poor An had lost her phone in the battle against the tides…if one could even call it that.
She taps the head of her pen against her desk, opening her mouth to speak. “I just lost track of time, that’s all.”
“Uh huh. Sure. Whatever you say, Enanan. My gaydar says otherwise though.” She scoffs as Nightcord dings, signifying that their final member has joined at last.
“K! Thank goodness you can save me from these two idiots.”
“Hey, that’s not nice! We were conducting serious business!” She watches as Kanade’s icon flashes green, and her eardrums promptly explode.
“I agree with Amia.” Ena has to throw her headphones across the room, and it unplugs itself from the monitor as the artist does so, leaving Mafuyu’s voice to resound across her room. “You’re hiding something.”
“To Miku herself,” Ena grumbles under her breathe, going to cover her ears. “MAFUYU. WHY ARE YOU ON KANADE’S ACCOUNT?” She quickly spams the lower volume button as the lyricist’s voice horrendously echoes from both the moon and snowflake icon.
“She fell asleep.”
“Okay, but why did you need to join the call on her account?! Couldn’t you have stayed on your own account or at least have muted one?!”
“No.” She hears a thud on Mizuki’s end. Sounds like the MV maker fell off her chair. “I decided to join the call in Kanade’s stead, meaning we have all the members here to start working.”
“Eheh, Yuki.” Mizuki sounds like she’s struggling to stand back up. “I hate to agree with Enanan, but she’s right for once. Could ya please mute an account? I think you managed to destroy even my ossicles.” She watches as the moon icon leaves, and after a few minutes, Mafuyu unmutes.
“There. You two acted like that would’ve killed you.”
“Because it would’ve.” Ena hisses under her breathe. She sighs. “Anyways, since Kanade is asleep, we probably shouldn’t do anything until tomorrow, so let’s just call it a night, okay?”
She can imagine Mizuki’s pout right now. “Aw, alright. We all know Kanade definitely needs that rest anyways.” Mizuki goes to type something in the chat, and Ena swears she can hear a ding from Mafuyu’s end. Are they seriously still trying to figure out what the hell Ena was doing last week? She puts a hand to her head as she hears a similar ding echo back from Mizuki’s end. It only confirms her thoughts that they would never let her live it down if she told them what had happened then. “Anywho, why don’t we meet in SEKAI next time? It’s been awhile since we’ve gone there for group meetings, and I’ve gotta give KAITO another bow!”
“Another?” She doesn’t get a chance to question as Mizuki disconnects with a cheerful good night, with Mafuyu leaving saying a short bye, and she blinks, dragging her mouse to the leave button and exiting Nightcord. She gets up to shut off her monitor as An walks into the room, towel draped over her shoulders as she closes the door.
“Oh, are you already done talking with your group?” The brunette turns to the singer with a smile.
“Yeah, something like that.” She watches fondly as the blue-haired girl goes to wrestle with the wire of the hair dryer, getting her arm tangled in the mess. She walks over to assist the other, taking the hair dryer and blowing An’s hair for her, and An gives an appreciative grin. The singer patiently sits in the stool, kicking her legs a little as she glances around the artist’s room. She spots a familiar plant in the far right of Ena’s desk and smiles wide.
“Hey, ya still have it after all!” Ena makes a face.
“Of course I do? I wouldn’t let it die after you so graciously donated one of your many mint plants to me.” She recalls staring a bit too intently at An’s collection of mint plants one time while she was over at the other’s house, and An had the brilliant idea to give her one, to the artist’s absolute horror.
“…you have a lot of mint plants…I mean, I knew you grew mint, but this was way more than I expected.” An blinks, before smiling.
“Seems I have a tendency to break people’s expectations then. Don’t worry, it’s just a hobby!” Ena doesn’t believe that for a second as An goes to lift a rather smaller mint plant of the bunch, gently caressing the leaves as though it was her child. “I know, I know, but it would be a great opportunity to stay with Ena instead!” PARDON? Ena only blinks as the singer cheerfully hops up to her, mint plant in tow as she presents the plant as though she were presenting a wedding ring. “Take it. It’s rightfully yours now.” What the actually fuck. All she did was stare at the mint plants for THREE SECONDS. The artist, in all her lameness, doesn’t object though as the mint plant is placed into her arms.
“Ah, Ena?” An flinches as the hot air blasts her face instead of her wet hair, and Ena is caught in a moment of reminiscing as she smiles a bit. “Erm, Ena—“ the singer tried to dodge the hot air attacks, but it’s of no use, and she can feel her imaginary health bar practically depleting, and An’s grasping for a lifeline. “ENA!” The artist jumps as An’s spun around, breathing heavily as her hand’s on top of Ena’s own, the dryer switched off.
The singer gives a strained smile. “What ya busy daydreaming about, girlie? I’m literally right here! The woman of your dreams?” Ena only makes a face as she snatches the hair dryer away, mumbling a combination between a shut up and a sorry, though An knew what she meant. The singer spins back around the stool, pulling out her brand new your world phone and staring at her screen intently as Ena curiously glances over, hand ruffling the girl’s galaxy dyed hair.
“A map?” An nods, as she tilts her screen so that the artist can see as well.
“It’s a map of Newark Airport! The one we’ll be arriving at for our trip to New York.” She sifts through her 430 tabs. “Found it. We’re supposed to land in Terminal B, then walk outside to a bus to take us to the air train..then take it to the Newark Penn station…then take that to the New York Penn station… eurgh my head’s gonna explode! Ah, whatever, I think Toya and Kohane have got a handle on the directions. I’m just super excited to try Guy Fieri’s Flavortown restaurant they got there in the airport! That guy seems super cool from what I’ve seen on TV! Plus all the airport wikmin to collect, heh. Hopefully I get the whole set.” Ena smiles, turning off the hairdryer and making sure the singer’s hair is fully dry before unplugging the dryer from the outlet.
“Well I hope you have fun when your trip finally comes around.” She says earnestly, lowering her voice a tad as she speaks once more. “And don’t tell that brat, but Airi and I have got a surprise for him for New Year’s, but you didn’t hear it from me, alright?” An does a salute paired with a ‘yes ma’am!’, and Ena giggles. “Good. Now, what do you want to do for the rest of the night? It’s still a bit too early to go to bed.” Says the girl who’s part of a group that meets at one in the morning, but alright.
An’s eyes shine. “Oh my gosh, can I finally tell you all the lore about this book series I’ve been reading??? It’s super good! Leo Valdez is my oshi fr. Best part is the series takes place in New York too!” She sits next to An on the edge of her bed as An starts yapping. Did the artist expect to stay up so late taking multiple ‘Which Cabin would you belong in?’ quizzes and absolutely raging every single time she got the Ares cabin? Yes, yes she did.
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Ena stares as An is currently shaking her phone with both hands like some madman, and Vivi meows. They’re all walking to a nearby pet store in the city, where An claims she needs to buy more cat toys for Vivi to play with, to the artist’s delight…
“Ugh, come on! I need this stupid 10k step wikmin to hatch now! I can’t wait any longer, damn it!”
“Isn’t that cheating though?” An gives Ena a look, and she refrains from saying more, as Vivi meows in a sassy tone, with the artist glaring at the cat. She does not need this stupid cat’s unnecessary commentary right now.
“C’monc’monc’mon… YES!” An leaps up into the sky with No Doubt as the door has finally been opened. She swipes up on the glowing seedling, and both girls stare at An’s screen. “Please don’t be a dupe, pretty please? I just need one more wikmin from this set and it’ll finally be all done…” the wikmin appears, and An collapses to the ground in defeat, the newly hatched duplicate wikmin dancing on her screen as she makes noises of pure agony. A mother walks by with a child, and the boy looks over to the girls.
“Mommy, is that a ghost?!” The child clutches his mother’s arm closer, and she only stares at the wailing An.
“No sweetie, it’s just some girl crying.” She gives Ena a look as they continue walking past, and Ena only blinks. She kneels down towards the sobbing An, offering her handkerchief.
“An, I promise it’ll be okay. You’ve had plenty of dupes before. I know you were excited to complete the set, but we both know games with any sort of gacha type rate suck.” An looks up, and the artist smiles gently, dabbing away the stray tears. “Besides, we’re here at the pet store.” She goes through her purse, pulling out some yen as she hands it to the singer.
“Eh? Are you sure?” Ena nods firmly.
I was going to blow it all on new clothes and make-up later in the week anyways, so go buy some new toys for Vivi.” An’s face lights up.
“Wow, it’s like Santa came early! I promise I’ll be back in a few minutes!” She hops up, bolting into the store.
“Ah wait! Don’t spend too long staring at the fish section like you always—agh, forget it.” She leans against the wall as Vivi walks near her, stretching before loafing herself into a ball, and Ena only glares.
“You’re such a piece of work, you know that?” Vivi only stares in response. This damn cat. She pulls out her phone, absentmindedly scrolling through her 100,000 plus photos to scrutinize them closely. She’s been neglecting her personal social media account for awhile now, it wouldn’t hurt to spam post some new selfies, would it? After a bit, An finally returns.
“Sorry! I was—“
“Busy staring at the fish section?” An only rubs the back of her neck with a smile. “I don’t think they’re going to talk to you, y’know.”
An pouts. “If that Jackson kid can hear fishes’ thoughts, then why can’t I?!”
“Maybe because you’re not the daughter of Poisedon?” An only grumbles lightly as she sifts through her newly acquired items. She kneels down, tossing the plush rat towards the cat, and it squeaks against the pavement as it bounces.
Ena watches as Vivi pounces on the rat as though it were a new prey for her. She watches in horror as the calico cat managed to rip the damn thing apart like it was nothing in a matter of seconds. You couldn’t even tell that there was evidence of a plushie being there without a Time Machine!
“Meow!” Vivi’s eyes sparkle as both girls could only stare dumbfounded at the animal.
“…”
“…I’ve never seen her do that. Like ever. That was so cool, Vivi!” Ena tries not to noticeably gawk at the singer. Cool was definitely not on the list of words she’d use to describe what she just saw. Scary? Yes. Horrifying? Abso-fucking-lutely. Downright evil. HELL YES. Ena glances at the cat, watching as Vivi’s face contorts from cute to pure, despicable evil as it meets Ena’s gaze. To Hatsune Miku herself, if Ena thought she was screwed then, then she sure is royally screwed now. How is it that this stupid cat managed to still win the affection of An after showing that absolutely violent display?! She attempts to control her seething as Vivi purrs happily at An’s numerous pets and rubs.
“You damn cat, it’s on.” Vivi’s ears twitch, and gray meets brown, as a declaration of war is set into motion.
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[ Ena versus Vivi: a battle for one’s affection! Round I: start! ]
“Meow~” Ena watches as Vivi dangerously closes in on her coffee mug, eyes flickering between her phone screen and that fuckass cat she abhors with all her soul. Seriously? Of all the times, Vivi just had to try something stupid now while An tasked her with the very important role of getting tickets to a music artist she really liked?? She feels her eyes cramping as she rapidly flicks between the ‘get tickets’ button and Vivi’s paw revving up. In this moment, it’s now up to the brunette to masterfully tackle both obstacles in her way at once. It’ll be fine, she can handle this!
*Ding!* Within milliseconds, she presses the blue button, smiling wide as the screen displays a congratulations and that she got the tickets as she should. This really was no big deal! After all, she’s spammed liked her own posts one million times, she’s a master at quick time events now!
*Crash* Oh. Right. Ena slowly gazes up to see Vivi’s paw still suspended in the air, an evil gaze staring back at the artist as the coffee mug that was once on the counter was now shattered on the wooden floor. And so like any normal person, Ena promptly panics.
“OH MY MIKU! Uh, um,” she speeds around the kitchen, searching for rags or anything to help her predicament. Ken and An were due back any minute now, she’s gotta
“Ena?” The artist slowly turns around to see An peering behind Ken’s back, both of the Shiraishi’s holding plastic bags. “Ah! Are you okay?!” The singer rushes over to a dazed Ena, blinking at the shards now on the ground. “You didn’t hurt yourself, did you?!”
“Ah, no. I just—“ she sees Vivi swishing her tail back and forth from the corner of her eye, and she knows for a fact that stupid feline is for sure smirking right now. “…I got the tickets! I got a bit too excited and accidentally knocked over one of your coffee mugs in the process, sorry about that. L-luckily I managed to finish my coffee though, heh. If you want, I could pay for a ne—“ her eyes widen as a finger goes to her lips.
“Speak no more, dear. That’s all I need to know.” An turns away from the artist, getting ready to cheer, but Ken cuts her off.
“Before ya do that,” the blue-haired girl winces. “Why don’t ya clean up this hazard first?” The singer sighs, weakly saying a ‘yes sir’ as she dredges to the supply closet for a broom and dustpan, and Ena turns around to follow, before Ken stops her.
“But shouldn’t I?”
Ken shrugs his shoulders. “Eh, let her do it. ‘sides, I need sum help preparing for dinner later. You’re a far better kitchen helper than my daughter is.” He ruffles Ena’s hair as An pouts.
“I heard that!”
“I know!” An only grumbles unable to respond any further. She feels something rubbing against her side and looks to see Vivi purring.
“Aw, at least someone here appreciates me and my awesomeness.”
“Meow!”
[ Ena: 0 | Vivi : I ]
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[ Ena versus Vivi: a battle for one’s affection! Round II: start! ]
She stares at the bed arrangement. Currently, An is in her bed stomach side down, kicking her legs in the air as she rapidly plays a game on her phone. Ena would ideally like to lay down beside the singer, as she would ideally like to draw, but this stupid cat seems to ideally have other plans. Vivi, having possibly read the artist’s goddamn mind, is laying the flattest she possibly could, stretching out her limbs in ways Ena didn’t even know were possible for a cat. She catches Vivi’s evil gaze and does her best not to notice as she goes to sit at the chair near An’s mint plant stand.
An frowns. “Ena, didn’t you want to lay down next to me while you draw?” Ena gives her girlfriend the best grin of her life.
“It’s fine! I’m more comfortable here! It’s also better for my posture and all that, haha…”
“You’re bending like a shrimp though.”
“Don’t look at me!” She hisses, and the singer obliges, saying nothing else as she goes back to her game. She blinks as she sees a bit more light directed her way and looks up to see An coming back down, having bent the lamp towards Ena’s direction. Goodness, this girl is so considerate it feels like her heart will burst.
“Meow.” As if reminding her of the harsh reality she’s living through right now, Vivi makes a mocking meow. Whatever, this is fine. She can draw here. Not next to An. Unlike Vivi. This is fine. Everything’s fine.
Ena has to suppress the urge to launch her tablet at the conniving feline as the night progresses, being forced to hear the sarcastic meows directed at her with every line she draws.
[ Ena: 0 | Vivi : II ]
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[ Ena versus Vivi: a battle for one’s affection! Round III: start!]
Ena stares at An. “I’m sorry, what?”
An blushes slightly. “I-is that weird to ask or something?” The artist only puts a hand to her mouth, matching An’s blush.
“No! It’s just not really common of you to ask, y’know?”
“Is it really? I mean, there was those times I’ve lifted you up bridal style before, is there really a differ—“
“Don’t remind me!” She quickly goes to sit in the singer’s lap, and they both stare at each other.
An’s face turns a bit redder. “Yeah, um. This is more awkward that I thought. You look taller than me, like, waaayyyy taller now. It bothers me.” She awkwardly wraps her arms around the other’s waist. “And this is a terrible position to cuddle in! Ugh, I’m never taking Mizuki’s ideas ever again.”
“This was Mizuki’s idea?” An only looks away, muttering a ‘I said nothing!’ She giggles a bit. “While I do agree that this is definitely not ideal for cuddling,” she rests an arm on the singer’s head, to the other’s dismay. “At least I can see how much taller I am now! Hah! Your days of being the ‘tall girlfriend in the relationship’ are over now!” The singer only sticks her tongue out.
“In your dreams! And why are you exaggerating our heights so much?! I’m only a few centimeters taller than you max.”
“So you do admit it!”
“Ah!” Ena only laughs as An’s face turns even redder now. What? Ena can also get her own teases in if she wants! She decides to give the blue-haired girl some grace, going to hop off the other’s lap, when all of a sudden, she feels a weight on her legs.
“Wha—“ she looks down to see her mortal nemesis tilting her head innocently and effectively trapping Ena in this spot.
“Meow!” Ena’s face falls as she sees Vivi curl into a ball. This GODDAMN CAT. She does her best to keep her face neutral as An coos.
“Aweeee, Vivi is so cute right now!” She goes to take a picture as Ena could only scream internally.
Well fucking played, cat. Well fucking played. This is just fantastic. If it weren’t for An’s strong arms holding her for all she’s worth, she would’ve pushed this damn cat off already. Ena tries to resist the urge to also take a picture when she realizes Vivi has fallen asleep then and there.
[ Ena: 0 | Vivi : III]
[ Vivi wins! Play again? ]
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Argh, that fuckass cat that I hate! Ena goes to kick multiple pebbles on the ground as she painstakingly makes her way over to WEEKEND GARAGE, grumbling all the while so. How has she managed to always lose to a CAT? She must be cursed at this point! She walks down the familiar street, looking up to see An waiting outside. Well that’s new. Usually An would wait for inside, greeting her with a warm smile and a cheerful hello. She quickens her steps as she finally makes her way over to the other.
“An,” the blue-haired girl jumps in surprise, mustering up a half smile as the artist stares. “I didn’t expect to see you outside. Are you not cold?” She frowns at An’s haphazard attempt at wearing autumn gear. How on Earth did she manage to put her jacket over her scarf? The singer blinks rapidly, taking a small bit of her hair and twirling it between her index finger and thumb.
“Ah, Ena! Um, I didn’t expect to see you so soon…” she avoids the other’s gaze. “I, uh, was just planning to go on a jog!”
Ena raises an eyebrow. “In this weather? It’s gotten a lot colder now! Plus don’t you usually do your jogs in the morning?” She watches as the singer fidgets in place, and her frown only deepens. “An.” She grasps the other’s free hand, looking up to meet the singer’s eyes. “Are you okay? I mean—you don’t have to tell me if you want, but I’m getting the sense something’s bothering you. If that’s the case, then really, you shouldn’t have to hesitate to tell me, y’know.” She gently squeezes the other girl’s hand, and An blushes slightly.
“No—! I…I know that, it’s just, erm…” she puts a hand to her chest. “It went missing.” She says quietly, and Ena blinks.
“It?” She blinks again. “Oh, you mean the pendant?” An only nods solemnly.
“I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to lose it, I swear! Everything was fine. I went to practice with my group. We finished. I came home, and it was just gone! I thought I lost it at home, so I spent a few hours searching every single spot in the cafe as best as I could, but no luck.” She avoids Ena’s gaze. “I was going to go out and find it until you arrived. I know, it’s stupid, but I really treasure that pendant.” She stares at the cracks in the pavement, eyeing the plants poking through the crevices as Ena ponders, lost in thought. As much as she wants to have her fourth round with Vivi, that stupid cat will just have to wait another day. She tries to think of a solution, her ideas narrowing as she trial runs and tests each one.
“Damn, this city is too big. There’s no way we can…” Ena blinks. Right, she read about this recently in ways to force a friendship with cats. “An, can I borrow your scarf?” The singer blinks but complies, as she wrestles the scarf off her person.
“I mean, sure, but what could you possibly do with that—“ she barely has time to finish asking as Ena dashes off, waving with An’s blue scarf in hand.
“I promise I’ll return it to you later!! I’ll be back soon!” An only blinks as she watches the artist seemingly run for her damn life down the street, and she does a small wave.
“Uh—alright. See you soon.”
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Ena wheezes into an alleyway, huffing and puffing with all her might as she leans against the wall. She recalls Vivi turning into this very alleyway before, so this must be her usual spot. She only makes it a few feet the alleyway before she’s stopped by two cats, a black colored and orange colored one.
“Meow?!” << Who are you?! >> Ah shit, here we go. These must be Vivi’s henchcats. She bends down and in what might be the stupidest thing Ena has done so far, she attempts to communicate with the cats.
“Purr.” << Listen, I don’t mean any harm. I just want to find your leader. >>>
“Hisssss!!!!” << As if! Our leader doesn’t accept loser girlfailures! >>
“What the—?! How rude! I am not that at all!” She could almost walk away now but doesn’t. She has to get that pendant back! She tries again and again. Negotiating back and forth with these cats is nothing short of impossible, but through some miracle, she finally gets through…though, she’ll have to figure out when to get 1726 tons of yarn and even more cat kibble. The cats part, letting the artist walk further down to finally meet the one she wanted in the first place.
“Meow?” Vivi licks her paw, bringing to her face as she cleans herself, and Ena tries not to scream at how condescending that meow sounded. She brings the scarf near the calico cat, letting her smell it she speaks.
“Meow?!” Vivi looks up, and Ena nods.
“Yes it’s your stupid yet adorable human you cling onto so much. She lost that star pendant you’ve definitely seen her wearing recently, and while I hate to admit it, I need your help, Vivi. I read that cats are able to find objects and such with just the scent alone, so please,” she bows her body towards the cat. “Help me find An’s pendant! I know it’s a lot asking for a truce like this, but I don’t know who else to turn to right now!” Ena decides to tuck away all her pride and ego for the sake of An.
“Meow!” She looks up to see Vivi looking rather determined for a cat. Seems she understand. She gathers her henchcats and meows a few times, and before Ena could even blink, they take off. She can only hope they bring back the pendant in time…
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The two girls wait anxiously outside WEEKEND GARAGE, with An seemingly more worried than Ena.
“I don’t know, Ena. Maybe they won’t be able to find it. Argh, what if I lose Vivi again?! Will I have to take part in another one of Kamishiro-senpai’s dances for a wedding just to find her?!”
Ena blinks. “What are you talking about? Actually, you know what,” she takes An’s scarf and wraps it tightly over the other’s face, preventing the other from speaking more. “It’s pretty chilly outside. We don’t want you getting sick since you have practice tomorrow with your group.” She crosses her arms, these damn cats better deliver, or she’s going to revoke that damn deal she made!
“MEOW!” They look to see Vivi running towards the duo, pendant dangling from her mouth as she drops it into the singer’s hands.
“Mmphm mmmmpphffmm!!”
“Oh sorry,” Ena hurriedly unwraps the scarf from the singer’s face, the latter looking elated.
“My pendant!! Thanks Vivi!” Ena gently takes the necklace and places it on the other, smiling all the while so.
“There we go, back where it belongs.” Ena goes to walk back to where she was, but An stops her.
“Ah, ah, ah! Not so fast! I haven’t thanked you yet!” In an absurdly swift motion, Ena’s dipped to the ground, An’s arms supporting her as the singer gives her a kiss. She eyes Vivi and is taken aback. Is that damn cat smiling???
Ena decides against thinking about it further as she goes to place her arms around An’s neck, smiling as she goes to deepen the kiss.