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There’s a small sound coming from the room, one of a book, its pages being flipped. Junna Hoshimi taps her foot to a beat that only they know of. She skims over the lines, it’s information she already knows, and sighs.
“Junna-chan?”
Junna turns, their roommate Nana Daiba has entered.
“Hmm?”
“Are you free right now?”
Junna closes the book.
“Sure, what’s up?”, they say, turning to look at Nana.
Nana seems a bit nervous, his face is a bit red.
“Can we cuddle?”
Junna’s train of thought hits the brakes right there.
“Cuddle?”
“Cuddle.”, Nana repeats.
Junna’s mouth slowly opens but then closes. Their face slowly heats up.
Cuddling? He wants to cuddle?
Junna looks at Nana and then turns around.
Isn’t cuddling something–
She looks at Nana again, the latter blinking in confusion.
Really, really intimate?
“Junna-chan?”
They freeze up and whip their head around.
“A-actually, I’d love to cuddle with you, Nana.”
He smiles brightly, figuratively blinding the purple-haired, and gestures to Junna’s bed.
Junna gets up from the chair and walks over to her bed. She sits down slowly. They inhale sharply when she feels Nana sit down behind her and pull her towards them. Nana wraps their arms around Junna’s stomach and Junna adjusts accordingly trying to find a way for both of them to be comfortable. Though, Junna figures it's quite hard trying to relax around her crush.
“Say, Nana,” she tries to make casual conversation, “are you wearing a binder?”
How is this the first question that comes out of her mouth?
Nana blinks, “Y-yeah. I am. Are you wearing a binder, Junna-chan?”
“I am.”
Nana giggles making Junna’s heart soar, “That means that we’re binder buddies!”
“That we are.”
Junna’s blush spreads to her ears. Junna’s hands move to Nana’s. He responds by resting his chin on her shoulder softly.
“N-nana?”
“You’re warm, Junna-chan.”
Junna’s heart started beating faster.
“I’m warm?” they shot back, “You’re warmer. ‘Hot Banana’ remember?”
“I can assure you, Junna-chan. You are warmer. Warm just like the sun.”
“Nana, the temperature of the sun is around 15 million degrees celsius. Wouldn’t that make me unbearably hot– Oh.”
A few minutes passed in silence since neither knew what to say.
“I do think you’re hot though, Junna-chan.”
“Come again?”
“I think you’re hot.”
Junna spent a few seconds trying to calm herself down.
“I think you’re hot too, Nana.”
Nana’s grin widened and he squeezed her tighter with a small chuckle.
“Really?”
“Yep.”
“Are you trying to ask me out, Junna-chan?”, he whispered into her ear.
Junna’s heart pounded, “What’s with that question– you know what, yes. Is it working?”
Nana gently took one of his hands and tilted Junna's face toward him.
"You want to find out?"
Their faces were now just inches apart, and the room seemed to fade away, leaving only the soft glow of the bedside lamp. Junna's heart raced, and she could hear the rhythm of Nana's breath syncing with her own. The air was charged with an undeniable tension.
Junna gulps and her cheeks flush deeper. The smile on her face now a smirk.
“Why so cryptic, Daiba Nana?”, they ask softly before getting pulled into a kiss.
“Maybe I just like teasing you, Hoshimi Junna.”, he said, pulling away.
“If that’s the case,” Junna flipped their position so that she was facing Nana, “maybe you can tease me more?”
Nana blinked and then started laughing.
“N-nana! I was being serious!!”
“I’m sorry Junna-chan. I’m just so happy.”
Junna pressed their foreheads together, “I’m happy too.”