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Blinding flashlights, cries, laboured breath, whines and tears from the other umamusume around her falling digging their knees in the turf, and the sound of cheers that wasn’t saying her name, because she just lost another race, she lost her last run
“7th.. huh..” Surius whispered under her ragged breath looking at the board, her blurry vision couldn’t see who got first place, she couldn’t care about that at this moment, her mind started racing when her legs stopped running, reeling around inside her head with the only thing she was thinking of
‘She’s probably disappointed’
the voice in her head spoke, and she immediately tilted her head down, clinching her fists
‘I shouldn’t have asked her to come’
Her eyes closed shut when she felt her headache coming with the thoughts she didn’t want to let out, and her legs were frozen on the ground she’s looking at, the fall breeze moving through the grass and her flushed face wasn’t helping to calm these negative thoughts of what Nakayama Festa, her roommate, her girlfriend, would think of such a tragic loss
Sirius can’t help but wish that Nakayama had already left mid-race and didn’t see—
“Sirius!!”
Her head jerked up with a gasp, and her gaze followed the sound source to see Nakayama Festa sliding out of the crowds and jumping over the fence, the lights of the stadium reflected in her eyes seeing Nakayama running fast towards her before the guards could stop her
“Hey—“
Before she can say anything, Nakayama leaped on her with open arms that soon was around Sirius’s neck, she quickly held the shorter girl and balanced herself, shaking her head to the guards who were chasing after Nakayama earlier, and they let them be
“I can’t believe it..” her attention went back to Nakayama when she whispered with cracked voice, nuzzling against Sirius’s cheek “you were so cool, Sirius,” she was out of breath, as if she was the one who just ran the 2000m “I can’t believe I’m never gonna see you run again…”
Tears has walled up in Sirius’s eyes, she quickly drapes them closed, squeezing her girlfriend into a tight hug as she hides her face in the side of her neck
“Nakayama,” her voice was weak and shaken, but she didn’t care about that “let’s get out of here..”
•••
They stumbled into the waiting room, Nakayama closed the door behind her, she dropped her backpack and Sirius turned back to face her holding her waist, she immediately pinned her against the door, Nakayama quickly held her face when the taller leaned in, pulling her into a long kiss
Her arms draped over Sirius’s shoulders when she broke the kiss first, but she didn’t refuse when Nakayama leaned in for another kiss
Her body started to relax with each long delicate kiss, her hands sliding from Nakayama’s waist to her hips pulling her lower half against her, wanting to feel her body with her own, even if there’s clothes preventing the skin on skin touch just having her warmth as close as possible was enough for now
“Sirius” Nakayama was the first to break the kiss this time, pushing her head back to look at her girlfriend’s face while keeping their bodies attached, smirking when her hands trailed to her backside to pull her even closer
“What do you think you’re doing? We’re still in the waiting room and you have a press conferences in a few hours” she chuckled watching the frown forming on Sirius’s flushed face
“I’m not doing what you think I’m doing!”
“Your hands are all over my ass”
“I just— ugh it’s really not that…”
She closed her eyes in embarrassment while taking her hands off, her ears twitched when Nakayama’s hands slid off her shoulders to her upper arms, smiling fondly at the sight of flustered Sirius Symboli
“Come on, I was just joking, you can touch me as you like” her hands kept going down until she was holding Sirius’s gloved hands, pulling them up to kiss the back of her fingers before holding them close to her chest, keeping her eyes on the other umamusume
“Wanna lay on my lap?” Nakayama bit her lower lip to stop herself from laughing when the other looked at her immediately “of course I want”
They were alone together on the only couch that was there, Nakayama was sitting with the other umamusume laying down and her head resting on Nakayama’s lap, eyes closed, enjoying the way Nakayama is playing with her hair with one hand, the other cupping her face and her thumb caressing her cheek
None of them had said a word since they sat here, the comforting silence was somehow needed, Sirius started to feel more at ease, she slowly began to open her eyes, seeing the smile forming on her girlfriend’s face when their eyes met
“That was so bad” Sirius broke the silence, avoiding looking at Nakayama “i couldn’t even get on the top five”
“Don’t say that” the hand on her cheek turned her face back forcing Sirius to look at her again, and the determination in those violets messed up her steady heartbeats
“You gave it your all, from the starting gate to the way you ran flawlessly, it was great”
“Exactly, everything was perfect” Sirius spoke again, her voice sounded calm but Nakayama can sense how much rigour and frustration she was hiding behind it “i pushed myself to the limit, so why didn’t i win?”
The unshakable eye contact left Nakayama speechless, she hates it, she hates when Sirius talks low on herself, or seeing the pain visible in those crimson eyes, the pad of her thumb softly tracing circles on Sirius’s cheek
“I.. got you a gift…”
“Oh, I deserve one?”
“Idiot, of course you do”
Nakayama felt more at ease seeing the smile forming on Sirius’s lips
“I already got one tho, puppy” she said with a smirk, rolling to lay on her side and rubbing her cheek against Nakayama’s exposed thighs, her fingers playing at the edge of her short jeans “i doubt you got something better than this soft and squishy lap pillow to offer”
Nakayama frowned at the sudden change of mood, but if Sirius is in the mood to tease her that means she’s feeling better
“I guess you don’t want it then” she said, blushing and rolling her eyes, letting the other chuckles at her response
“Come on don’t be like that, what is it?” Asking while still giggling, sitting up to hold Nakayama’s pouty face between her palms and pinching her cheeks softly “tell me” she whispered sticking their forehead together
Nakayama wanted to lean in for a kiss, but if they started kissing now they wouldn’t stop until the time Sirius would leave for the press conference and she wouldn’t get to do what she was practicing for months
So she held back the urge to kiss her
she broke the eye contact, her hand went into her jacket pocket, and her heart bounding as she rolled the small box between her fingers inside the pocket
“Sirius” she started, looking back into Sirius’s eyes when she backed away a little bit, and she gulped at the serious look on Nakayama’s face, she tried to keep her confident smile but she’s already blushing
Her eyes fluttered watching Nakayama’s hand pulled out of her pocket, one leg folded over the couch when she turned her whole body towards Sirius, showing a small red velvet box in her hand
Sirius’s gaze moved to the other hand coming over the box, her eyes squinted when the lid was open and the flickering of the lights reflected over the turquoise stone into her crimsons
“Will you…” her breath hitched when Nakayama stuttered, looking up at her face again but the other avoided meeting her eyes, Sirius scoffed
“Will I what?” Her smile widened when Nakayama frowned as the blush taking over her face, Sirius would tease her about it if she wasn’t blushing just like her “puppy, say the question” she said with a low voice, not teasingly. her hands stayed down on the couch, looking at the ring before looking back at her girlfriend’s flushed face “or I will leave you hanging”
Nakayama sighed trying to cool her head and stop the blush from taking over her face, she got down the floor on one knee before Sirius, holding up the the ring with both hands, she kept her head down until she managed to stop her mind from reeling and messing her up, then she looked up, taking a breath before it gets taken by the tender smile on Sirius’s face
“Will you marry me?” She asked, and her gaze moved to the Sirius’s left hand when she removed the glove off before presenting it to her, Nakayama looked at it for a second before she took it, folding her fingers under Sirius’s palm and her thumb gently pursuing against the back of her bare ring finger to the knuckle, while her other hand takes out the ring from the box to slide it into the finger she just glazed, placing the ring inlaid with gold and turquoise where it belongs, and it fits just right.
Sirius’s other hand left the couch to rest on Nakayama’s cheek, and the other looked up at her, her eyes where shining more than the precious stone on the ring she’s wearing, rosy cheeks and delicate smile, looking down at Nakayama before she leans down to kiss her
Nakayama left the box on the couch, titling her head as her hands pressing against Sirius’s knees to get herself off the floor, letting Sirius hold her waist guiding her to sit on her lap
Her legs folding next to Sirius with her knees deep down on the couch, her hands couldn’t stay in place, moving from Sirius’s chest to her shoulders to her exposed neck, touching her skin up to her cheeks before her fingers cross to the back of her head into her long hair
Sirius wasn’t controlling herself either, one hand was travelling on Nakayama’s waist up to her back, and the other stroking her thigh up and down
Their kiss was loud, whimpering and breathing against each other’s lips, none of them wanted to break it for a second and take some air so they kept gasping to fill their lungs during the moments they’d part lips to change their heads positions
At one point they grew bolder, their tongues danced on a messy rhythm, Nakayama was pinned on the couch with Sirius on top of her, both of them had one leg grinding between the other’s thighs, moaning into each other’s mouths Sirius’s palms pressing over the couch to hold herself from crushing Nakayama with her body, while the other was busy undoing the buttons of Sirius’s racewear shirt
But a knock of the door startled them, pulling away from the kiss with a gasp
“Sirius, we’re starting soon” her trainer’s voice interrupted them, Nakayama quickly took her hands off and turned her head away
“Just.. wait a minute..” Sirius tried to compose herself, but her voice was shaking for her lack of air
The other woman behind the door noticed that, she’s glad she knocked and didn’t barge in
Sirius cursed under her hitched breath while getting off her partner, buttoning up her shirt while looking at the one still lying in her place, one arm draped over her eyes with her mouth wide open catching her breath
She grinned wiping the drool that was all over her mouth and chin from their messy kissing
She took her glove that she removed earlier, smiling looking at the ring shining around her finger before she hides it with her glove, standing up heading to the bags in the corner
“Nakayama” she called, and the other let her arm slide off her face, sitting up watching the other looking for something in her bag “don’t go back to campus” she frowned in confusion when Sirius said that, but she’s too busy catching her breath to question anything
She looked at the other umamusume walking back to her, sitting on the edge of the couch facing Nakayama, grabbing her hand to hold it up and she dropped a key into her palm
“Go to my hotel room” she answered before Nakayama ask, and her face that just started to simmer down the heat started getting red once again when their eyes met “I’ll call the academy, so just wait for me there”
Nakayama gulped, her head is spinning with a lot of questions, but she just nodded
“Sirius?” Her trainer called again from behind the door, she sighed and looked up “coming!” her gaze went back to Nakayama, smiling seeing how she’s still under the influence of their make out, but she wouldn’t tease her about it because her head is still dizzy too…
She leaned closer to pull Nakayama out of her thoughts, locking their eyes for a second before they both close them together along with their lips, but this time it was just a fast, surface sweet kiss
“I’ll see you later” Nakayama finally spoke, her voice was deeper than usual, Sirius’s ears twitched a few times as she pulls away gulping
“Yeah…” she murmured, sighing when her trainer knocked the door a few times before standing up and leaving the room
Nakayama let out a long sigh, listening to the two women arguing outside at the door, it’s actually just Sirius getting scolded for being late, it was amusing hearing her mumbling “alright i get it…” before walking away with her trainer
A dumb smile formed on her flushed face, she leaned down to grab the empty ring box that fell on the ground during their hassling earlier
A shaky giggle left her throat as she mumbles to herself “I did it…”