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A loud crack irrupted from the can as Shinobu popped it open; she slugged it back in one go, tossed the empty container in a nearby bin, then let out a satisfied sigh. “Just a little more and I’ll have another banger done!” Shinobu declared as she returned her focus to the screen.
She could hear what sounded like a series of loud bangs and shuffles of someone moving outside her room; the noise even passed her noise-canceling headphones to create a mild irritation for Shinobu. She scoffed, Is that Grandpa? Geez... He’s never this loud and annoying...
Her curiosity was soon answered, though in a way that would only anger her further, as her door was swung open. “Heeeey, Shiiinooo~!” Nagisa called louder than any technology could suppress. Shinobu try to ignore her, though she knew this would be in vain, and was quickly proven right; Nagisa skipped up and draped her boy over Shinobu’s back, resting her chin on Shinobu’s head, “You know you can’t resist me, Shino! You love me too much~!”
Shinobu huffed out a deep, frustrated exhale. She relented enough to shift her headphones to uncover one of her ears, but refused to stop focusing on her song, “What is it, Nagi? Why are you here?”
“Do ya gotta act so cold when it’s just the two of us?” Nagisa teased, lightly poking Shinobu’s cheek, “There’s nobody here to fool, ya know? I know you love it when I come over~!”
Shinobu swatted Nagisa’s hand away, “Yeah, no! What I love, is peace and quiet, so I can focus on my mixing and if there were two things that can never be in the same place as you, it’s ‘peace’ and ‘quiet’!”
“Such a grump!” Nagisa whined; she plopped herself back on Shinobu’s bed, “And I even brought you a gift... one that I know you’d love too... never mind I guess~!”
Shinobu glanced over to Nagisa out of the corner of her eye; trying to appear she still wasn’t paying much attention. The blonde sat there, bare legs poking out from her shorts and crossed over in front of her, one of her feet bobbing lightly as she awaited Shinobu’s attention; it was also only now that Shinobu noticed Nagisa had been using one of her hands to hide something behind her back; whatever ‘gift’ she had planned. Shinobu’s gaze returned to her screen, she scrutinized the work in front of her; how much more really needed to be done? How much time would it take? Was it something she had to finish right now? She asked herself these questions as she mulled over what it was she wanted to do. As much as Shinobu loved her music, and could happily work on it all day, she couldn’t lie to herself; she wanted to spend some time with Nagisa.
She slipped her headphones off, left them on her desk, and turned her attention fully on Nagisa, “Ok, what is it?”
“Oh? Wanna talk to me now, do ya?” Nagisa huffed, feigning irritation, “Just wanna get something out of it, didn’t even greet me with a warm hug or kiss or nothin’!”
“What the hell are you on about?” Shinobu sighed, “Hurry up and get to whatever you’re here for before I change my mind.” Even though Shinobu wanted to hang out with Nagisa, she couldn’t make it easy for either of them; or admit it.
“Alright, alright!” Nagisa relented, her expression returning to it’s usual goofy smile, “Ok, I’m sure you’re gonna love this! Here ya go!” She brought her other hand forward, revealing what she had been hiding; the item baffled Shinobu, it appeared to be a small, soft plushie version of Nagisa herself. “It’s me!” Nagisa exclaimed.
“Uh... yeah, I can see that...” Shinobu muttered, “Why do have a plushie of yourself exactly?”
“Oh! You know how RONDO's startin’ to break into the overseas scene? Well, this company approached us with this deal to start makin’ and sellin’ a bunch of new merch of the band! And one of the things we got done were these cute plushies!” Nagisa explained enthusiastically, “We each got to grab one of our own too! Tsubaki was so red when her girlfriend took hers! Haha! It was awesome!” After a short laugh, Nagisa thrusted the small copy at Shinobu, “So, of course, I wanted to give mine to you! I figured you’d appreciate it~! Heh heh~!”
“Eh? Why would I want it?” Shinobu blurted.
“Oh, you know~ Say it’s late at night and you start thinkin’ ‘I sure wish Nagi was here to cuddle~’,” She laid back on Shinobu’s bed, holding the mini-Nagisa closely to demonstrate, “You can squeeze this little girl here and think of me!”
Shinobu’s face grew beet red, “W-Why the hell would I do any of that!?” She barked; Shinobu was sure she had never told anyone how she would sometimes pretend her pillow was Nagisa when she got lonely, so the fact that Nagisa was speaking about it and presenting her with something that was almost too perfect for her, somehow made it all more troubling than anything else.
“Well~ Hehe~ You certainly seemed to like the poster I gave ya!” Nagisa said coyly.
She was referring to the last gift she had given Shinobu; ALTER EGO had made some posters of the RONDO girls for advertising an event, just like today, Nagisa had decided Shinobu would appreciate the one that display Nagisa herself for the image. Shinobu looked over at the poster in question; she was almost a bit jealous at how cool Nagisa looked in it. Her messy hair, her dynamic pose, not to mention her smug, inviting lips.
Shinobu shook her head free of the distracting thoughts, and returned back to main nuisance herself, “I hung it up. So what?”
“Heh, I was just thinking about how... worn it looks already...” Nagisa pointed to her lips, which she puckered a bit to emphasize, “Mainly around here~!”
Shinobu gasped, fear overtook her as she worried her secret had been discovered; Nagisa would joke every now and then about Shinobu having a crush on her when they were young, or how nice it would be if they could get married, or something along those lines but Nagisa had never seemed to have caught onto Shinobu’s true feelings. “I... I don’t know what you’re talking about...”
Nagisa snickered, “No need to play dumb! Honestly... I actually like thinking about you doing it...”
“H-Huh?” Shinobu was caught off-guard by the sudden change in Nagisa’s tone; she sounded almost sincere, though Shinobu wouldn’t believe it, “W-Why...?”
“Hmmm...” Nagisa hummed, gazing thoughtfully at the plush of herself, “Maybe... it makes me feel a little less guilty for thinkin’ the same thing...” A flash of mischief shined in her eyes as they met Shinobu’s; she quickly threw the plushie at Shinobu, who fumbled with her catch, before standing up off the bed, “Alright! I gave the gift, so I’ll just get out of your hair then!”
“Woah! Hey! Hold on!” Shinobu shot up too, coming between Nagisa and the door, “You can’t leave after saying something like that! Like... did you mean...?”
“Haha! It's nothing!” Nagisa laughed nervously, “You just enjoy the gift however you like!”
“Geez, Nagi...” Shinobu groaned; she turned away from Nagisa, holding the plush to her chest, “You can never be serious! It’s so... annoying!”
“Well, what do ya want me to say!?” Nagisa whined, “Of course there’s plenty I want to say... and do... but I can’t! That’s why I love these little visits of mine, it’s... all I can have of you...” She looked away sadly, “But you know... even if I this is all I can do... I do... love you, Shino!”
Shinobu scoffed, “I hate people who are all talk!”
“Huh!? What, you want me to just...?” Nagisa hesitated, her words catching in her throat; Shinobu’s side-eyed glare was fierce, yet daring, “... I want to kiss you myself... but you know that type of thing is technically illegal, right?”
Shinobu shrugged, “So’s pirating games. I do that shit all the time!”
“Oh come on!” Nagisa moaned, “This is so not the same thing!”
“You either go for something you want, or you don’t...” Shinobu said simply, “You know, one of the things I always liked about you was how fearless you seemed... maybe I was wrong~” She sighed. Shinobu raised the Nagisa plushie up, “Guess I really am gonna have to kiss this thing. It’s got more guts than you, I guess...”
Nagisa watched intently, focusing on Shinobu’s lips, as they slowly approached the plush’s face and pressed against it lightly.
Shinobu glared back at Nagisa shortly after, “What are you still doing here? Weren’t you leaving?”
Nagisa’s hands shook as she clench them tightly; all her pent up feeling bubbling to the surface, as hard as she fought to resist it, until it was finally too much. “Alright! Fine!” Nagisa yelled; in a moment she was back across the room and smacked the plushie out of Shinobu’s grasp. Before the younger girl had a chance to object, Nagisa hands were already gently holding either side of Shinobu’s face, “Time for the real thing, Baby!” Nagisa dove in, all her inhibitions cast aside, and she pursued what she had long since fantasized about.
Shinobu was quick to return the gesture, and just as eager for it to continue, as her fingers swiftly found their way to Nagisa’s hair; gripping the girl and holding her closely.
When the girls separated, Nagisa tried to catch her breath quickly, and force a smirk up to try and appear confident, “H-How... How’d ya like that...?”
Shinobu thought for a moment then returned a cheeky smile to Nagisa, “I think the plushie was a better kisser!”
“Wha-!?”
Shinobu closed the distance between them again, though this time to rest her head on Nagisa’s shoulder; she looped her hands around Nagisa’s waist, gripping the back of her shirt, “But... you know...” Shinobu mumbled into Nagisa, “I guess I’m happier kissing the real you...”
“Aww~ My cute little Shino~” Nagisa teased. She suddenly grabbed Shinobu and lifted her up; making her let out an adorable squeak in surprise. Nagisa carried Shinobu over to her bed and tossed her down on it; jumping down on the bed with her to keep a tight grip around Shinobu, “Don’t you worry, Shino! I’ll make sure my cute little girlfriend doesn’t have any more lonely nights~!”
“G-Girlfriend!?” Shinobu shrieked, “Getting ahead of yourself there, aren’t ya?”
“Aww! I’ve just waited so long for this, ya know?” Nagisa admitted, a hint of tenderness was present in her overly excited voice, “Never thought you’d seriously want this too either!”
“Well... I guess I can understand that...” Shinobu relented. She snuggled closer into Nagisa’s chest; Shinobu supposed there was nothing wrong with letting herself enjoy this moment, she had been dreaming about it for some time after all.
“Yeah! Plus I can’t wait to show you off to all our friends too!” Nagisa laughed.
“Show me o-!? Are you insane!?” Shinobu yelled; Nagisa just continued to laugh, a sure sign that this relationship would be bringing her a lot of embarrassing moments, though she knew that was a given ever since she fell in love with the eccentric blonde. “I wonder if Plushie Nagisa would be interested in going out instead... she seems less annoying...”
Raising her head, hoping to be able to revel in Nagisa’s reaction, Shinobu was instead met with an adorable pout, “Oh great, now I have to put up with you making annoyingly cute expressions like that, huh?”
“You think I’m cute, eh~?”
“Shut up, Nagi...”