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23:49 - 2/12/26
incoming call - an ♡
shiho was sure no one would be awake this late, so she picked up the phone and brought it closer to her ear, ans voice coming through the other end.
“shiho?”
she was silent for a moment before responding, “sorry, hi. what's up?”
“I dunno, just wanted to hear your voice.. you don't mind calling for a little bit right?”
shiho smiled to herself, why would she mind? its became their routine the past few weeks, wasting their nights away on call until they couldn't stay awake, then passing notes during detention. she doesn't even know when it started, but shiho felt herself falling for her more and more each day.
“shiho? you there?”
“sorry, just thinking about something.”
“yeah? what's that?”
shiho paused for a moment before whispering,
“you.”
an stiffled back a laugh and leaned her head back against her bedframe, embarrassed,
“shiihooo”
shiho cursed herself for saying that, “sorry that was like- so cringe. I don't even know why I said that im just tired and-”
“shiho calm down… it was…cute. I just didn't expect it from you.”
she sighed in relief, “yeah, you're usually the one saying things like that to be honest..”
“and you like it”
“whatever…”
they continued to talk until they were both too close to falling asleep to keep conversation, choosing to end the call.
01:34 - 2/13/26
call elapsed: 1:45
⋆˚࿔ 14:01 - 2/13/26
shiho walked into the detention room, stumbling past the few people to the back where her and an’s seats were, slumping her bag off her shoulder and sinking into her seat. she focused on the other sitting to her right, who grabbed something out of her bag, offering it to her, a few chocolates that shiho happily took.
she mouthed back a thanks before unwrapping one of the chocolates and eating it. an had grabbed a piece of paper from her notebook and began writing something, then folding it up and scribbling a heart on the top and pushing it over to shiho’s desk.
shiho smiled back at an as she unraveled the note, it read:
' you free tomorrow after school?
neither of us have detention and I thought
maybe I could take you out for dessert..
I wanna see you for your birthday '
shiho she was seeing her bandmates over the weekend and probably would just have dinner with her family as usual, which meant her evening was free for whatever she wanted to do. she picked up her pen and wrote back,
' I should be free after dinner '
' it's a date? '
she paused before writing the last line and shoved it back over her desk, praying her face wasn't literally burning with embarrassment. a minute later she heard the paper being slid back onto her desk, opening it to a short message followed with a heart.
' well yeah, it's valentines. cya tmr ♡ '
holy shit. she's going on a date with an. like, an actual date.
⋆˚࿔ 18:36 - 2/14/26
shiho had rushed upstairs after dinner to get ready for her date, she felt like no amount of time could make her feel prepared.
the door to the bathroom creeped open, “shii-chan?”
“ah- hi Shizuku.”
“sorry to bother you, are you going out with ichika-chan and the others for valentines?”
“haha.. no actually.. you know shiraishi-san right?”
“ohhh an-chan right? how do you two know each other?”
“well we're in detention together and we call sometimes.. I guess things just went from there..”
“awhhh.. you should've told me!! let me help you get ready!!”
“ugh–what?? I can get ready on my own…”
shizuku looked at shiho with the most pleading face, and really, how could she say no?
“...fine. just nothing too fancy okay??”
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shiho was actually grateful for her sisters help, even if her outfit ended up pretty basic. her white dress shirt with a loosely done black tie, paired with a pair of low rise black jeans and a dark blue cardigan that was definitely too big for her. she had finished putting on her eyeliner and grabbed her glasses off the counter and put them on. she checked the time on her phone.
19:49 - 2/14/26
phew. an should be here any minute now.
when shiho walked out to the main room of the house to get her shoes on, her sister surprised her by forcing her into a hug.
“agh– shizuku.. let me go!”
shizuku loosened her grasp on her sister muttering a “sorry…” before backing up.
shiho could see a glint in her sister's eyes and asked “why do you look like you're about to cry..?”
“sorry shii-chan…I'm just so happy for you.. you finally got a girlfriend.”
shihos face flushed, “woah, first off, she's not even my girlfriend yet. this is literally our first date..”
“but you want her to be, no?”
“well obviously.. but what if she doesn't want to be? what if im trying to move too quickly..?”
“an-chan likes you too, I don't think you need to worry so much.. I think your phone calls every night are proof of that…”
“you knew about that??”
shiho hadn't fully processed what shizuku said before a knock at the front door. shit! I still have to grab my stuff!
“shizuku, can you get the door?? I have to grab my stuff.” shizuku nodded as shiho ran to her room, “and don't say anything embarrassing about me!”
shizuku opened the front door, smiling at the girl in front of her. “hi an-chan!”
“hey shizuku! I'm here for shiho…”
she trailed off as she saw shiho walk to the front door. shiho waved at her before sliding on her shoes and stepping outside before shizuku could say much more, waving goodbye to her sister.
“have fun on your date you guys!” she said before closing the door.
as the two walked off, an elbowed shiho's side, “wow, you actually told her?”
shiho rolled her eyes, “well yeah? you know how she is. even if I didn't want to she would've forced it out of me somehow..”
“yeah, sounds like shizuku.”
their laughter drifted off into the night as they walked, a comfortable silence they were both used to. shiho felt the others warm hand brush hers before taking it into her own. when shiho looked over to her, she was facing away to hide the blush creeping onto her face.
an could feel shiho’s gaze on her, “uh, sorry we don't have to hold hands I just tho-”
shiho interrupted her, "It's okay…I want to…”
ans hand tightened around hers, caressing her hand with her thumb as they continued to walk.
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they hadn't been walking very much longer when an told her they were almost there, pointing to the shop.
“you know what you're getting?” an questioned as they were the next to order. “mm…I'm kinda between mint chocolate chip or just vanilla actually…”
“oh, mint chocolate chip for sure. vanilla is sooo boring.”
“what? vanilla isnt boring! what are you even getting?”
“rum raisin. duh.”
shiho held back a laugh “what are you, an old lady? and you were judging me for wanting vanilla…”
“hey! rum raisin is WAY better than vanilla, you haven't even given it a chance.”
shiho sighed, “fine, I guess you're right..” pausing before she offered to order for them.
“oh, and I said I was taking you out so it's on me. here, this should cover it.” an handed her the money before the cashier called for the next in line.
'hi! what can I get you guys?'
shiho stepped up to the counter, “uhm can we just get two cones? one mint chocolate chip and the other rum raisin.”
“sure, lemme go get those for you.”
while the cashier was getting the ice cream an nudged shiho in the side “so you decided to get mint? what about your not-so-boring vanilla?” an giggled to herself.
shiho rolled her eyes, “yeah, yeah..”
the cashier walked back with their ice creams and shiho gave her the cash before grabbing the cones, handing the rum raisin one to an.
they walked over to a nearby bench that overlooked the playground and sat down.
an took a few licks of her ice cream before joking, "I'm almost surprised they didn't just hand you the rum raisin one, y'know, with how much of an old lady flavor it is.”
“are you saying I look like an old lady? that's not a nice thing to say to your date.”
ans face flushed as she panicked to apologize, “wait no! thats not how I meant it at all! i just meant because of your silver hair I-”
shiho raised an eyebrow.
“shiho I swear I was just joking, you look really, really pretty and not at all like an old lady, I’m so so so sorry”
shiho chuckled, “an, I was just kidding too.. I would hope you didn't go around telling anyone they look like an old lady.. I mean, that would be especially bold coming from you..”
an sighed, “you're just saying that because of my ice cream, just try it!”
shiho leaned over to get a lick of ans ice cream, surprisingly it was actually pretty good. maybe she was just being harsh about her ice cream choice..
“so? did you like it? or is it still just an old lady flavor?”
“don't get me wrong, it wasn't that bad, but it's still totally an old lady flavor.”
“ugh.. you're impossible.”
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after enjoying their ice cream and talking for what felt like hours, shiho asked if an wanted to play on the playground. “you want to? wow. so do you think im an old lady still or am i just a little kid to you” an said playfully.
she rolled her eyes as she stood up, “you're still on that? cmon, let's go.”
an smiled, before taking off her jacket and catching up with shiho, who was completely unprepared to what she was wearing under her jacket. once she caught up to shiho she rested her hand on her shoulder before muttering, “sorry. hi.”
shiho turned to look at her, her eyes immediately catching on her outfit, specifically the lacy tank that rode up just high enough for shiho to see a small tattoo on her right hip. and fuck, she was staring, starstruck by the girl in front of her. when she looked up to her face, she was met with a smirk, pulling her out of her trance.
“its not nice to stare, y'know.”
shiho began to apologize when she felt a hand fall on her face and an's breath on the other side of her face. she choked in a breath before she closed the distance, leaving a kiss on shiho's lips before pulling back. an pulled shiho to sit down with her on the side of the playground before brushing a hand through her silver hair, “was that okay?”
“yes. yes it was.”
shiho raised a hand up to an's face, caressing her cheek before she leaned in again. an melted into the kiss, placing her other hand on shiho's shoulder while continuing to brush through her soft hair. an caught herself thinking, god, how did i get this lucky?
shiho pulled back from the kiss, slightly catching her breath before wrapping her arms around her neck and resting her head on her shoulder, hiding her flushed face.
“shiho, you don't have to hide from me yknow..”
shiho groaned but sat up, face still pink and lowered her hands into her lap. they occasionally snuck glances at each other, both hyper-aware of the other's presence. usually, both of them were comfortable in the quiet, basking in each other's presence, but all the adrenaline in shiho's body made her feel restless. she needed to say something. she reached for ans hand, holding it in her own before mumbling, “an, will you be my girlfriend?”
ans smile lit up even more, “you really have to ask after that?” she laughed.
shiho sighed, “I just didn't want to assume…I don't want things getting messy between us…”
an brought her other hand back up to shiho’s cheek, “of course i want to be your girlfriend. god, that's all I've wanted for like, months. I was just too scared I'd ruin things if I asked you out.”
shiho laughed, “well I'm glad you did. I think if I went one more call or detention period without telling you how bad I wanted to kiss you, I would've died.”
“pfft- you're so dramatic.. but honestly same.. I'm glad you feel the same way.”
an rested her forehead against the others, her breath hitching before she took shiho into one more kiss, her hand drifting down to her waist, causing a faint noise to catch in her throat. shiho placed her hand on an’s thigh as she pulled away from the kiss, resting her forehead back onto ans, diverting her eyes from hers for a moment.
“an…”
“haha.. sorry, just making up for all the times i've really wanted to kiss you..”
shiho mentally face palmed, “god you're so cheesey…”
“you love it.”
“yeah, yeah...so what, you've only wanted to kiss me three times?”
“well obviously not. I think we'd be out here all night if I kissed you that many times…”
oh.
an continued sheepishly, “but about that, it's probably getting late.. I should probably take you home soon.”
shiho frowned, “yeahh I guess you're right…”
they both hopped off the playground and walked back to the bench where they had left their stuff. an began to put her jacket back on, leaving it unzipped this time.
“did you make me wait to see your top on purpose or something?” shiho questioned.
“mmm…I don't know what you're talking about…”
shiho let out a soft laugh, “well it looked really good on you, it's a shame you hid it half our date.”
“okay okay, next time I won't cover my top…and for the record, you looked really good tonight too.”
⋆˚࿔
they walked home through the cold night, hand interlocked with each others. the night sky really does seem a lot more beautiful when you're with someone you love.
as they walked up to her door,
an murmured “call me again tonight?”
“yea. talk to you later.”