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3AM, Ena lays in her bed, staring at the ceiling as the clock softly ticks on.
“I can't sleep, but.. Why? I mean, normally I don't fall asleep until at least midnight.. But something about today feels different..” Ena whispers quietly to herself, desperately searching the corners of her mind, trying to find what's preventing her from finally drifting off.
Eventually her mind somehow drifts off to thinking of Mafuyu..
“EH??” The brown haired girl suddenly jolts up at the sudden thought of her purple haired friend, a soft red blush dusting her cheeks.
She lifts her hand slowly up to her now warm and red cheeks, eyes widened.
“Why would I possibly be thinking of HER of all people..She's not.. Cute or anything..! It's normal right.. Just completely normal, platonic thoughts!”
The troubled girl moves her hands, now completely covering her now blushing face, Now in deep thought of how someone like her even popped into her mind at her most frantic moments.
“ Why.. why can't I get her out of my head..?”
Ena gets up and off her bed, switching from aimlessly staring at the ceiling to wandering around her room in circles, yet no matter how hard she tried, her efforts were all for nothing. That girl was stuck in her head.
However, a voice suddenly snaps the brown haired girl out her thoughts.
“ ENA! GO TO SLEEP!!”
Oh. OH. That was Ena’s brother, Akito Shinonome, He's quite obviously gay and dating one of his group mates, Toya Aoyagi, But they haven't had the talk yet.
“SHUT UP AKITO! YOU GO TO SLEEP FIRST!”
Silence. Well at least it worked..?
Ena plops into her bed, luckily, without a single thought in her mind. And she finally falls asleep. Little did she know, Another girl was having the exact same thoughts as her.
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Mafuyu was sitting at her desk, brain in deep thought, she needed inspiration, it's not often she hits a writer's block. She thinks of all her group mates in turn, her thoughts eventually reaching Ena, Perhaps.. Just perhaps she could get inspiration from her.
“Why.. Why does my chest feel so… warm at the thought of Ena? It's different. Not like the warmth I feel from Kanades songs.. My heart starts beating faster, and my cheeks heat up.. Why is that..?”
Could Ena possibly be how the purple haired girl discovers her true feelings?
“I should.. Get to sleep.. Mother won't be happy if I stay up too late. I can hopefully go to SEKAI for inspiration tomorrow.”
Slowly, Mafuyu gets up from her desk, gently tucking in the chair to avoid making any noise. She then gets in her bed, drifting off to the thoughts of her brown haired friend.
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Morning, a dread for any student, luckily, Ena takes night classes, allowing her to sleep in, most of the time she doesn't, but today was a different story.
“IT'S 1PM ALREADY??” Ena yells, Now the whole neighbourhood probably knows that she's woken up.
“I actually can't believe AKITO decided not to bother waking me up. RIGHT! THAT'S IT! I'M STEALING HIS SPARE PANCAKES!”
Ena gets up to carry out her previous sentence, she walks down the stairs carefully, sneaking around as if this was some sort of spy mission, despite the fact that literally no one was home.
“Hehe.. mission successful!” The brown haired girl says proudly, a devious smirk coating her face. She giggles happily as she hops up the stairs, stolen pancakes in hand, casting aside her previous mission to be as sneaky as possible.
When she finally reaches her room, she places her plate down near her drawing tablet, sitting down while she's at it.
“Hmm.. I need to finish off the art for our latest song.. Yet I can't think of anything. Have I seriously hit an artist's block? RIGHT NOW OF ALL TIMES??”
Ena sighs, a long and disappointed sigh. She rests her head on her desk, desperately looking for even an ounce of motivation.
“Mafuyu would know what to do right now.. She always knows what to do.. Ugh.. I wish she was here with me right now..”
It takes the girl a split second to come to a realisation that she just thought of that girl AGAIN. Ena violently spits out a mouthful of Akito’s stolen pancakes, causing it to shoot out the window, most likely hitting the head of a random stranger who just happened to be passing by.
The brown haired girl's face begins to warm at the thought of the purple haired girl..
“AGHHH WHY DO I FEEL THIS WAY!!”
She slams her hands on her desk, causing the neatly stacked pancakes to wobble slightly.
“Jeez.. i can't even think about her anymore without feeling like my cheeks and heart are on fire.. Is she.. IS MAFUYU MAKING ME HAVE A FUCKING HEART ATTACK???”
The panicked girl's thoughts suddenly get interrupted by a door opening. Oh. OH. AKITOS HOME ALREADY??
The girl's eyes darted towards the clock on her desk. Yep. she had really been having gay thoughts for almost two hours. Ena sighs as she slowly gets up, physically preparing herself for what shenanigans Akito has decided to bring home this time.
Suddenly, her door bursts open. It's Akito. Just the person she was preparing herself for..
“ENA! IT'S AN EMERGENCY! MY PANCAKES HAVE GONE MISSING- Wait… ENA. ARE THOSE MY.. MY PANCAKES? YOU ACTUAL BITCH. HOW COULD YOU!”
Akito then storms out of the room, leaving the now cold pancakes at Enas desk.
“You could have at least taken the plate with you!”
A slightly muffled “SHUT UP!” comes from behind her closed door. Ena sighs. She should probably go out and get Akito some new pancakes. She may be rude at times, but she's not completely heartless
The brown haired girl then proceeds to get dressed, grabs her purse and phone, ready to go on a small shopping spree, if you can even call it that.
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Ena slowly climbs the stairs, slowly reaching Akitos room, a part of her felt oddly.. Nervous..? Yet She had absolutely no clue why. When The girl finally reaches her brother's room, she gently opens the door…
“Hey Akito, I felt kinda bad for stealing your pancakes earlier so I bought you… Some.. More…”
There it was. The absolutely dreadful sight stood in front of Ena. Something that would haunt her forever.
Akito had Toya pinned to the bed, AND THEY WERE FUCKING MAKING OUT.
“HOLY SHIT. I FUCKING KNEW IT.” Ena audibly gasps at the two homosexuals in front of her.
“S-shinonome..? I-it's not what it looks like..! We swear!” Toya barely chokes out the words through his embarrassment.
Akito stays dead silent. Perhaps from being flustered? Or from being caught while making out? Both options were basically the same. So Ena just picked both.
“Come on, I literally just caught you two making out. You don't have to hide that you're incredibly gay for eachother, just.. Please don't make out when I'm home. Anyway.. I’ll just leave these here.”
Ena plops the bag of goods near the door, before leaving and shutting it behind her, leaving the couple in total, complete, awkward silence.
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Mafuyu was still stuck. Her writer's block hadn't gone away overnight, which was to be expected.
So, A logical solution for anyone who has another world in their phone created from their feelings, is to go there for inspiration!
The familiar white light washed over the purple haired girl as she clicked the play button on ‘Composing The Future’ Sending Mafuyu straight to the world known as Empty SEKAI.
As she opened her eyes, she saw a head of white hair, near where she stood.
Kanade.
The ghostly girl turned her head to check out the new arrival, her expression changed to one of questioning.
“Mafuyu…? What are you doing here?” The white haired girl asked.
“I'm suffering from writer's block. Is it okay for you to help me? If you're busy I can ask Mizuki or Ena instead.” Mafuyu replied.
“Oh.. it's rare for you to hit writer's block… I suppose I have some time.”
“Thank you, Kanade..”
Kanade leads Mafuyu to a seemingly more comfortable area, And sits down, the purple haired does the same.
“Is there anything in particular you're struggling with…?” The almost angelic-looking girl starts.
“No, not that I'm aware of.. But I have been feeling strange recently, could that have something to do with it..?”
“Strange? What do you mean by that..?” She replies, a curious look washing over her face.
“Lately, Whenever I think of Ena, this fuzzy and warm feeling starts bubbling up in my chest.. My heartbeat also quickens, and my cheeks feel like they're on fire.”
“Oh.. I understand now..” Kanade lets out a small, gentle laugh before continuing.
“Mafuyu, You're in love with Ena.”
“In… love..? But.. is it really okay for me to love her?”
“Of course, Your feelings are completely valid, perhaps.. This could help you get closer to discovering who you really are, and I'll be here with you every step of the way.”
“My true self..”
“Mafuyu, please dont bottle these feelings up, expecting them to go away.. Confess whenever you're ready, but don't seal these feelings away, they're important, and should be cherished.”
“She doesn't feel the same way, Kanade. It's obvious she's dating Mizuki.”
Kanade lets out a sigh.
“I was hoping to wait slightly longer before saying this, but I suppose I have no choice, I hope Mizuki understands.”
“Huh…?”
Kanade softly picks up Mafuyu's hands, holding them gently in her own, looking at Mafuyu warmly.
“Mafuyu, Ena couldn't possibly be dating Mizuki… Because, I'm dating Mizuki.”
“You… Are?”
“Mhm, trust me here, I felt exactly how you feel now when I talked to the Vocaloids about my feelings. I was certain Mizuki would never feel the same, but the day Mizuki confessed, All my doubts disappeared.”
“Oh.. I see, I… I will confess to Ena.. But I want to wait a bit before that..”
“Alright, take your time.”
“Thank you, Kanade.”
Kanade looked at Mafuyu with a warm smile before the purple haired girl returned to her home.
Suddenly, all peace and contentment Mafuyu had felt disappeared, as her mother came bursting through her door.
“Mafuyu! MAFUYU!”
The woman Mafuyu called her mother ran up to the confused girl, embracing her in a quick hug.
“Where were you, Mafuyu?! Gosh, I was worried sick!”
“But, Mother.. I thought it was only 11pm..”
“No it isn't, Mafuyu! It was 11pm when I came to wish you goodnight, only to find you were gone. It's 1am now!”
A slight hint of fear covered Mafuyu's face.
“So.. my suspicions were correct. I can't.. I can't believe you!”
“Mother.. What are you talking about…?”
“I can't believe it.. After all I've done for you.. YOU WOULD SNEAK OUT?? Probably to hang out with those… ‘friends’ of yours…”
“I didn't sneak out! I swear!”
“Then where were you?!” ‘tears’ started streaming down the woman's face.
“I.. Mother.. Please don't cry!”
Her mother continued crying false tears, as Mafuyu panicked.
Mother.. She only wants the best for me.. I'm so selfish.
“I'm sorry! I'm sorry!” The panicked purple haired girl pleaded, her mother not accepting any of it.
“If you're really sorry, give me your phone. So you can never contact those ‘friends’ of yours again. They are bad influences on you.”
Her mothers expression changed to a serious one, tear marks near her eyes.
“But.. i..”
“You.. you choose to defy me after all this.. I can't believe you. I can't believe I have this defying brat for a daughter.”
Mafuyu's empty heart shattered.
Tears started streaming down her face, as she grabbed her nearby laptop and phone, and did something she’d normally never dream of doing.
She ran. She actually ran from her mother.
Her mother cried for her to come home, but she couldn't hear her over the heavy rain.
Over halfway from her home. She suddenly realised what she had done.
I.. I ran away.. from my own.. Caring mother.. She had a reason to be mad. I did something against her wishes.. She's never gonna forgive me.. Why.. Why did I do that? Mother..
She only wants the best for me.
I should go back, and do as she wishes. I-
Mafuyu's thoughts were cut off by her phone ringing.
Through her blurry eyes, she managed to read the contact name.
Amia..?
She hesitantly picked up the phone.
“Mafuyuuu?? Where are you? We're all already here..”
“Huh? I don't remember any SEKAI meetup.”
“No, no! silly Mafuyu~ it's for our Nightcord meeting!”
Another voice came from Mizuki's phone, the voice making Mafuyu's heartbeat speed up, and her cheeks felt oddly warm, despite the pouring rain.
“Yeah, Mafu, Kanades on call, so am I, and Mizukis at mine right now.”
“Oh.. Can I also come over to yours.. If it's okay..”
“Huh..? But Mafuyu.. Your mother would never let you.” Mizuki stated.
“ She's the problem.”
“Come over. Now.” Ena says, almost demanding it.
The call ends, leaving Mafuyu to walk over to Enas.
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“Did Mafuyu… Actually?”
“Yes, Mizuki. She did.”
A voice comes from over Nightcord.
“What's going on.. What do you mean by that..”
“Mafuyu ran away from her mother. We both have no idea why..” Ena says, anything but calmly.
“Oh.. I see..”
The minutes seemed to pass like hours, All three girls sat anxiously, waiting for their purple haired friend to arrive at Enas.
Knock.. Knock.
A male voice can be heard from downstairs. Akitos still up?
“Oi! Ena! Who's at the door? Why did you invite someone around this late??”
“Ugh.. You of all people wouldn't get it! It's an emergency!”
After Ena said those words, she and Mizuki make their way down the stairs, in a slight rush.
Ena opens the door, almost tackling Mafuyu to the ground in a hug.
“Mafu! God, I was so worried.. Did you catch a cold? What happened? Oh! Sorry.. Only if your comfortable with telling me.. That is..”
“Ena.. I'm fine.. It's just.. We should probably get inside before continuing this conversation.”
“Oh. You've got a point actually.”
Enas lets go of Mafuyu, Leading all three to the living room, As she walks past Mizuki however..
“Hehe~ Someones got a crush~” Mizuki whispers to Ena.
“Oh my god shut up. Number one, I don't, Number two, You’re literally Kanades discord kitten. You CANNOT be talking." The brown haired girl whisper-shouts back.
“Ouch.. that hurts Enanan~”
Ena just rolls her eyes as she sits down on the couch next to Mafuyu.
“So, What happened?” Ena asks curiously.
“It just started with me going into SEKAI at 10pm, because I hit a writer's block, so I decided to go there for inspiration.”
“You? A writer's block? That's kinda surprising..” Mizuki says.
“When I was there I saw Kanade, so I decided to ask her for advice. Once I was done and left SEKAI, My mother burst into my room and started.. She said.. She was worried for me.”
Enas expression morphed to one of slight annoyance, but she kept silent.
“It eventually led to her accusing me of sneaking out..”
“She would accuse you of all people, of sneaking out..? Damn..” Mizuki said, slight question in her voice.
“Yeah. she did. After that she told me too… cut off ties with you all. And give her my phone permanently.”
“EHHHHH???? Pause the story, pause the story, she told you to what now?” Mizuki exclaimed, Their jaw dropping in pure, utter shock.
“Yes.. she told me to cut off all ties with you.. But.. I didn't want to. So in a fit of emotions, I grabbed my laptop and phone and just.. Ran.”
“That manipulative b- ahem..! i .. I actually can't believe- actually, I can.. But.. I'm glad, I'm glad you're here with me.”
Ena smiled a warm smile at Mafuyu, Blush dusting her cheeks, As Mizuki flashes a knowing smirk at them both.
Mafuyu's lips hesitantly curl into a smile.
A real one.
Slight shock flashes across Enas face for a second, before she jumps up, offering Mafuyu her hand.#
“Lets go to my room, there i can give you some clothes you can change into, and.. We should probably update Kanade on the situation.”
Mafuyu took Ena's hand gently.
“Alright.”
They both start walking up the stairs, ignoring Mizuki giggling behind them.
“H-Hey! Wait for me you lovebirds!”
The Brown haired girl and the Purple haired girl decided it would be better to ignore Mizuki's statement.
After they finished updating Kanade on the situation, Kanade left to go work on some stuff.
“So.. these should hopefully fit you. If they don't, call to me from the bathroom, and I'll get you a new pair.”
“Okay, Thank you Ena.”
“Your welcome Mafu!”
Mafuyu then leaves the room to walk to the bathroom, leaving the two troublemakers in a room together.
“So Ena~”
“What.”
“You like Mafuyu, don't ya?”
“For the last time Mizuki-!”
Mizuki then pins Ena to the bed, Ena being completely fine with it, as she knew Mizuki was dating Kanade, After hearing the news from them both a day or two ago. She knew it was just friendly banter, a trick Mizuki would often pull to get Ena to spit out a secret or something.
“Come on~ We both know you do!”
“Okay, Okay fine.. Maybe I do like her a little.. But get off me!”
“Hehe! Knew it~”
“Oh my god Mizuki. If you don't get off me in the next two seconds i'm gonna-”
Click.
The door swung open, Mafuyu's eyes widened, as she tried to process what on earth was going on. Suddenly, heartbreak washed over Mafuyu's face in mere seconds.
“M-Mafu-?! I swear it's not what it looks like!”
“So.. you two are a thing. I'm sorry.. I'm sorry I ever got in your way.”
In a flash, Mafuyu was gone, Leaving Ena and Mizuki in complete shock. Ena was on the verge of tears, and Mizuki was regretting everything, guilt plastered over their face.
“I.. HUH?!” Mizuki shouts.
“D-Did Kanade not tell her.. That.. that you're dating her?” Ena says, barely getting the words out.
“NO! Im.. I'm certain she did!”
“I have to go after her.. No matter what it takes! I.. I think I need to..”
Mizuki nods.
“It's time Ena. Go get your girl!”
“Can you not.”
“Shit mb!”
Ena sighs before grabbing her shoes and dashing out the door.
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Kanade.. Mizuki.. Ena.. They all lied.
I should have trusted my mother. She was right.
I.. I can't believe I ever loved Ena.
No… i still.. I still do love her. Why?
“MAFU!!”
As the purple haired girl was running, tears streaming down her face, a hand grabbed her wrist.
It was still pouring with rain, so the girl that grabbed her was soaked.. It was.. Ena.
“Why.. Why did you run after me? You should be glad I left. Go be happy with Mizuki.”
A slap.
Mafuyu just stood there, raising her hand slowly to her face, eyes widened.
Ena had anger all over her face, she was shivering in the cold.
“Mafu! You.. you idiot! I don't love Mizuki.. I love…”
“ I LOVE YOU!! ”
That oh, so familiar warm feeling came flooding back to Mafuyu, despite the biting cold.
“Look, Mafu.. I understand if you don't feel the same.. But-”
A pair of cold hands grabbed Enas. They belonged to the purple haired girl in front of her, the girl's expression was empty, yet confident, deep red blush coating the beautiful face Ena had fallen in love with.
“ I feel the same.. I deeply, truly love you, Ena Shinonome. ”
Ena gasped, Her blush deepening, before Mafuyu uttered these words.
“ But.. is it.. Okay for me to love you? ”
“ Of course it is. ”
Mafuyu suddenly felt her cheeks being cupped, as something collided with her lips, a pair being pressed against her own.
Mafuyu melted into the kiss immediately, it was sweet and so full of love, it lasted a few seconds before Ena pulled back, a loving smile forming on her lips.
It was the second time Ena had made Mafuyu smile a genuine smile.
The silence ended with Ena pressing a quick kiss against Mafuyu's lips before she spoke.
“Hey.. we should probably get back to mine.. It's raining and we both are gonna need new clothes.”
“Sounds good..”
They begin walking back to Enas house, hand in hand, Mafuyu then speaks.
“So.. what are we?”
“We're dating. Obviously, unless you don't want us to be?”
“I would be honoured to date you.”
“Oh stop it. You're making me blush.”
They walked back to Ena’s house in a comfortable silence.
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Mizuki lay on Ena’s bed, patiently waiting for them to come back, well.. Patiently was a stretch.
“GRRRRR!!!! Where the hell are they?? Are they like making out in the rain or what??”
The door opened.
“Finally. I've been waiting for you two lovebirds for years now.”
“Mizuki stop being dramatic, and get off my bed.”
The pastel pink haired girl then realises the two infront of her were holding hands.
“Woah Ena.. holding hands with another girl? That's kinda gay!”
“We're literally dating.” The two standing girls said in sync.
“ What an unexpected plot twist..” Mizuki says sarcastically
“Shut it Mizuki.” Ena says, sharply.
“Stop bullying me Ena!”
“Uh.. we should probably go to sleep..” Mafuyu interrupts the two bickering girls.
“Fair!” Mizuki says happily.
“Alright.” Ena mumbles.
Eventually, Mafuyu and Ena both get changed into dry and warm clothes, The two girls agreeing that Mizuki should sleep on the floor.
They both get settled into Ena’s bed together, waiting for Mizuki to have an outburst.
“HEY!”
Right on cue.
“Why do i have to sleep on the floor!”
“Be grateful I even gave you a mattress, pillows and a blanket.” Ena grumbles, tired.
Mizuki growls slightly before settling into the ‘ cozy ’ air mattress, leaving the couple in peace, the two eventually finding warmth in each other's embrace, swiftly falling asleep in the comfort of their lover.