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One Day and One Night
By: Escarlata
Precure belongs to Toei, plot is mine
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Snacks, tea, clean house, futon for the guest, everything was ready for her “pajama party” with Nagisa. Of course, Honoka didn’t expect that Nagisa showed of with more friends: Takashimizu, Kubota and even Yuriko because they luckily met her. That would be rude, but Honoka was happy because her big house only had two people and one dog living in there.
The more the merrier, right?
It was the first time Honoka had a sleepover with friends, she had always been a lonely girl, having so many friend was still new to her and she was enjoying every single minute of the day, from they all buying stuff for dinner, until Nagisa being cutely useless in the kitchen. Dinner was fun and so was the talk, but the topic she avoided like a champion was love, she quickly changed the talk and the afternoon went by like a breeze.
Nagisa was taking a shower (after Honoka) while Honoka finished cleaning the kitchen, her friends helped her with cleaning before they had to go, but some things still needed some touches from the hostess. When Honoka returned to her bedroom, Nagisa was sitting on the bed drying her hair with her own towel.
“Man, that feel good!” Nagisa exclaimed with her face full of happiness. “I love your bathroom, it’s so huge!”
“I’m glad to hear that,” Honoka answered with a little and happy smile. She closed the door. “By the way, Porun is sleeping with Chuutaro.”
“Porun really had fun today, but I almost suffered a heart attack when he showed up riding your dog,” she said with a huge and tired sigh.
Honoka chuckled. “Well, he still looked cute. And you need to work in your ability to improvise, you know?”
“Ugh, I know, but I’m very bad at those things, I can’t even lie if my life depends on it,” Nagisa sighed again and looked at the desk. “And look, Mepple and Mipple are already sleeping.”
“They’re tired, let’s give them a good meal tomorrow,” said Honoka as she was double checking that everything was in order.
“Yeah, they deserve it,” Nagisa yawned and smiled at her best friend. “Okay, enough fun for today, let’s sleep.”
Honoka nodded and was ready to take the futon by the wall, but then she saw Nagisa climb onto her bed and crawl under the blanket. Honoka blushed. Nagisa was seriously lying on her bed? The girl knew that Nagisa really loved to lay on her bed when she was feeling lazy on their studying sessions, but… That was too much for her heart! Honoka really loved Nagisa, she really loved her, but her love had to be silent, her love was not ready to go anywhere and Honoka was aware of that, but Nagisa's actions were making it difficult for her not to sigh or feel her heart pounding.
The scientist sighed and turned off the lights before lying on the bed too. Nagisa was a few inches away from her, Honoka could feel Nagisa’s warmth and she could even smell the shampoo that her best friend used. The poor thing sighed again. It was hard to her to have her dear friend that close. Nagisa was having trouble with the blanket and she finally puts her arms under her head, the blanket looked too warm for her and now it was around her waist. Nagisa sighed in relief.
Honoka sighed as well and closed her eyes, trying to relax.
Nagisa was the girl in her heart, the one she truly loved and her dear and close friend. Honoka had very few friends, one hand was enough to count them. And she did. Fujimura was her childhood friend, but they hardly spoke to each other and never hanged out as normal friends. Fujimura was more of an older brother than a friend. Yuriko, of course, was her friend. Mipple too. Takashimizu and Kubota were really great girls and Honoka liked them. Nagisa was everything for her. And her other friend…
The one she lost.
Kiriya.
Honoka still missed him, Kiriya was a great boy, he was learning about many things and she was helping him learn, he was not a bad guy, Kiriya only had the bad luck of being born in the Dark. Kiriya stayed strong until the end and lost because it was the only thing he could do. If only she could...
Nagisa started talking again about the fun day with the girls and how they had to go. Honoka wasn't sure how the conversation had gone to the point that she mentioned Kiriya and Nagisa looked sad for him too.
“Do you want to see him?” Asked a worried Nagisa.
Honoka gave a thought before answer her. She wasn't sure because Kiriya was on the side of darkness. If they saw him again, then it could be the sign that something really bad was about to happen, but then if they could see him, Honoka would feel better seeing him alive.
Nagisa apologized for the question and Honoka told her everything, explaining her fears about her future in that battle. It wasn't normal for Honoka to be so concerned, but the subject struck a chord in her heart.
And then, under the moonlight, Nagisa gave her the sweetest response she has ever had. Just a simple answer: she would be by her side even with her flaws.
“Nagisa…”
Honoka loved her.
Honoka really loved her, Honoka loved Nagisa's flaws, her good points too. Honoka loved Nagisa with everything she held in her hands and hugged her inside her heart. He wanted to say 'I love you' but instead she said 'thank you' and Nagisa smiled.
Honoka smiled.
A few words later and both girls fell asleep.
Nothing could go wrong that night, right?
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They barely survived the night thanks to Porun.
It was terrible to know that their enemies could literally invade their dreams and attack them. Fortunately, Porun did a great job and both girls were able to defend themselves and win.
One more day, one more battle.
Honoka woke up first and her cheeks burned the moment she saw her hand holding Nagisa's hand. Holding hands wasn’t something new to them, but holding hands outside of Pretty Cure battles was something else. Only a few times did they hold hands outside of battles, when the moment called for something more intimate, or simply because they wanted to.
The first thing he saw in the morning was Nagisa's sleepy face. A very cute face. Honoka blushed even more and gently squeezed her friend's hand.
That was a very nice way to wake up, Honoka could really get used to that.
"You're so cute," a hypnotized Honoka muttered. "I'd like to wake up like this every morning." Her heart made her bring her holding hands near her mouth and sighed. “Maybe, someday we could…”
And Honoka kissed Nagisa 's hand, a silent kiss full of love.
Nagisa mumbled something and moved a little, Honoka jumped in surprise and tried to let go of her friend's hand, but she couldn't. Nagisa held onto her hand and smiled. Honoka blushed again and tried to say something for nothing special, she just wanted a reason to be so flustered.
“Honoka…” Nagisa mumbled again and smiled in her dream. “I’m… So full… But gimme more… I love your food…”
Honoka almost laughed, instead she just smiled.
“Yes… Maybe someday…”
All Honoka wanted to do, on that beautiful Sunday morning, was see Nagisa's pretty face.
FIN