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Affection, finally! was what Kyouko felt when her senpai’s arms were wrapped around her. She never did get a real reply to her confession.. and since that point she’d been working on trying to elicit an awkward moment or embarrassment out of Mami, maybe then she’d give her affection back.
She felt a little like a pet trying to grab the attention of her master, and upon being hugged she whimpered a little and hugged back.
Even now she wanted more affection, she wanted to be able to feel that she was welcome in the blonde’s home, welcome in her embrace, welcome in her bosom.
“Senpaaaii-” she cried a little tiredly and buried her mouth in Mami’s neck. Though it was subtle enough so that Mami may not feel it, she nibbled a little on her elder’s collar.
“Kyouko…” Mami held the redhead closely and absentmindedly drummed a few fingers along her back. The embrace felt good, the warmth that they both emitted managed to make her relax a little.
She felt the girl inching closer to her neck, but payed no attention to her until those teeth were felt on her own collarbone. Thus, she let out a tiny yelp in surprise, lowering her head above Kyouko’s in her nervousness. The blonde shivered a bit with her eyes shut tight, keeping a tighter grip around the redhead this time around.
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A smile of ease landed once again on Kyouko’s face. She found herself not trying to impress her senpai out of strength, but out of compassion. To hear that she was trusted made Kyouko feel secure and safe. Momentarily she had forgotten either of them were Puella Magi at all.. and in the moment she remembered again her heart stung thinking that the pair of them would most likely face a dire end.
..But that didn’t have to come right away. It would be better to enjoy the time they had left than to live the rest of their days alone. Once more she threw herself at her senpai, hugging her tightly.
“I trust you too .. Mami.” She beamed upward at the older girl and spontaneously pecked her neck. In the end she decided that she wasn’t in the mood for being tsundere- for once.
At that moment, a bright smile appeared on Mami’s face as she blushed at feeling the other girl’s lips upon her neck. Her previously gloomy mood had done a completely one eighty as Kyouko decided to be more affectionate towards her this time.
It is indeed nice to have her around, she thought, enjoying her kohai’s company. The redheaded girl was her only friend ever since she became a Puella Magi after all, and she was very much grateful for her. Returning her own feelings of affection, she brought her arms to wrap around Kyouko’s body and pulled her closer, embracing her in a hug.
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They were both used to having to fend for themselves after all, but apparently they both went about it in very different ways.. and even though Kyouko was lonely, Mami’s entire being practically cried for company. She intercepted and grabbed her elder’s hand as it ran through her hair.
“You’re used t’ bein’ lonely, ‘n’ that’s not really fair, senpai.” The pot called the kettle black, but either way Kyouko didn’t want Mami to be lonely- she was good at being selfless in her selfishness. The thought of Mami, cooking for herself, shopping by herself, doing everything alone made the red-head’s heart ache slightly.
“I hope you didn’t expect me to not support us ‘n any way. You’re the closest thing t’ family I’ve got.”
The way she said that last declaration, you could tell she felt melancholic and you could see the slight bittersweet anguish in her lonely eyes. Something about her loneliness was… beautiful, in a way, almost; but at the times she did manage to put on a genuine and happy smile, it seemed much more than that.
Mami looked up with wide eyes for a few moments then shook her head.
She couldn’t help but sense slight irony in what Kyouko had said to her, but it wasn’t at all bad. If anything, she felt a little more fondness towards the girl. Mami nodded sideways once more. “No, I very much know that you were able to hold your ground quite well.” She could agree wholeheartedly with Kyouko’s last statement as well.
“…I trust you a lot, Kyouko…”
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Abort mission, now Kyouko just felt more and more like an idiot.
Even though Mami were most likely joking, she couldn’t help but feel guilty for seeming like a freeloader- even though that was something she herself wasn’t really above, she was always grateful for what was given to her, and especially when her caretaker was a close friend. The only one she had.
“N-no.. ‘s fine, I have ways of getting my own food. I can get food for both’f us.”
The moment the blonde looked at Kyouko, she saw an expression of despondency in her face and eyes and couldn’t help but feel a little sorry herself. Mami looked at the redhead while showing a little sympathy, one of her hands moving to stroke at the girl’s hair.
“Ah.. you know I was just teasing, Kyouko. I really have no problem with cooking for your sake and mine.”
“I’m used to it, after all.”
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Kyouko pouted, whatever Mami was trying to do with this teasing was working. Was the red-head really that predictable? Kyouko racked her brains while enjoying mami’s own rack to think of some way to fluster the blonde.
Respect? Eesh who does she think I am..!? Two sides of Kyouko pridefully argued with each other on that note, to respect the wonderful warm senpai she was crushing on or to keep that ‘defining character trait’ of hers’ and cause a little bit of trouble.. or did Mami have no faith in her to do.. whatever it was she wanted Kyouko to do?! either way her face went bright red either in embarrassment or anger, or something in between.
“You’re my food supply, ‘Mami-senpai’.”
She perhaps meant this in multiple ways-
She simply continued to smile as she usually would, fully predicting the younger girl to retort to her teasing in this specific manner. It was typical of Kyouko, and Mami held back a few giggles.
Assuming that the redhead was angry and that she had no intentions of purposely speaking out of context, Mami chose to respond modestly. “Meaning that you expect me to cook for you more often than I should?”
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Kyouko welcomed the kisses to her face as a positive sign, despite Mami’s silence, Kyouko was stubborn and refused to be swayed or bothered easily.
Of course it can’t have sounded that weird, considering the passionate kiss they’d shared a few moments earlier, but at the same time maybe it was strange to hear those words of confirmation. The red-head uncharacteristically giggled at the kisses, responding with a few pecks of her own. Mami’s face was soft, sweet, warm and loving.. and the red-head found kissing it to be almost addicting.
Still, she restrained herself from going too overboard, she was already thoroughly embarrassed and instead opted to hide her face somewhere around her senpai’s bosom or neck until the blonde spoke up- though she teased once more.
“‘m livin’ with you anyway, so we’ll just ‘ave t’ deal with this situation~.”
Mami stopped in her tracks as the moment of intimacy was briefly stopped by the redhead. The blonde tilted her head at a small angle upon slight confusion, then had now only remembered that she had invited Kyouko to stay as long as she’d like. “However, showing a little respect in another persons home would be quite curtious of you.” And thus the teasing continued.
The blonde kept her hands to herself this time. “I’d appreciate it if I’d continue to have a generous food supply while you’re around.”
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So warm..
Kyouko could scarcely remember the last time she felt so secure in the embrace of another- not only was it familial to her, but she tugged at Mami’s clothes the same way some unspoken force tugged at her own heart. She made small adjustments to her position, attempting to make the hug more comfortable for herself. It was nice- and she no longer particularly cared for any awkwardness that may come of this. It felt like she really needed that cuddle.
Chances were they both did.
what little pride the red-head had yet to let go of probably wasn’t worth it. I guess it wouldn’t hurt..
‘m gonna stay with her whether she likes it or not ‘nyway.
“S-senpa- uh.. Mami.
I .. kinda like you. Like the kinda like from a romance story.”
she made extra sure to bury her head while saying this - it gave her the impression that she could say it without Mami hearing, even though she probably would have heard. Either way it made things easier.
I.. kinda like you.
Those words echoed throughout Mami’s head a few times while she wore a blank expression on her face for a short amount of time. What Kyouko had said to her wasn’t that much of a surprise considering the hints she gave out earlier, but the blonde couldn’t help but feel just a little shocked. After all, she had never heard anyone say those words to her before and she couldn’t recall feeling that way towards someone else either.
Her face reddened up once more.
She was admittedly a bit confused. Since she hadn’t had many relations at all, Mami didn’t know if her feelings towards Kyouko were romantic or platonic. Though nevertheless, she made the agreement to accept the redhead’s feelings for her. She hadn’t decided to speak up yet, though with the distance already closed between them, the elder girl’s grip around the other tightened as she placed multiple kisses on her face.
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Relaxation dropped a little, almost surprised that her senpai had now taken a more relaxed attitude. Kyouko wasn’t really expecting it, and as a result her guard was dropped further.
“Y-yeah well.. got a problem w’th it..?” more like a reaction than anything, she was sure Mami didn’t. She continued blushing lightly, mostly silent while the blonde stroked at her face. Her eyes darted around Mami’s body, probably trying to avoid her eyes or toy with the idea of staring back into them. Eventually she lost and shut her eyes tightly, her hand clasped to Mami’s clothes and she leant a little in her senpai’s direction.
speakin’ of romance stories.. senpai’s sort of like a majestic prince.
Admittedly the red-head always imagined herself to be the prince, but once again she felt herself being taken under Mami’s protective wing. She felt truly safe, and subconsciously snuggled up against her.
The drop in relaxation was to be expected. Mami grinned, but that devious smile was quickly replaced by the motherly front that she’d usually put on in front of her students. She couldn’t help but giggle once, though.
“No, I actually find it to be a bit cute.” The teasing continued further as she replied to Kyouko. The blonde noticed that her kohai’s head lowered and continued stroking at her face. At the time that her clothes were clutched, however, she was caught by surprise, though it didn’t take her long to gain her usual composure once more. As she inched closer, Mami pulled the redhead into a warm hug and embraced her, feeling the need to comfort and reassure the younger girl once more.
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Kyouko was perhaps considerably more relaxed about this whole thing. She was a bit of a romantic.. and she poetically developed a crush for her teacher, one she had split from almost tragically a year ago and had a vicious but teary reunion with just this day. To Kyouko Sakura.. it was pretty sweet - she had no complaints, or doubts, that she was probably crushing on Mami Tomoe.
After all, Mami was beautiful, kind, caring, strong. The red-head was honestly extremely lucky to have a friend like her, a friend who would take her back after all the pain that was caused a year ago. As Mami asked what she did, Kyouko nodded, but grinned toothily, showing she was pretty much ok with what happened.
The redhead leant her head back and thought while her senior wore that slightly panicked expression.. “Y’know.. all those stories about how love ‘n’ friendship win against all odds? Believe it or not, I’ve always been a sucker for that kinda romantic stuff.
Come t’ think of it.. it’s a big reason I became a Puella Magi. I want’d to be a hero like you, senpai.” she blushed - as things were now she had less of a problem showing her personal side, but it was still a bit awkward for her.
“This is.. pretty romantic, huh? What happened last year.. our reunion and.. our kiss. It’s all like somethin’ from a story.” she stared a little meekly at the blonde out the top of her eyes, blushing lightly. She.. didn’t mean to imply romantic feelings, but she supposed talking about ‘romance stories’ probably gave them both that idea.
Mami felt the bright red color returning to her face as Kyouko had so suddenly confessed to her. To be the light of her eyes, to know that she was her huge inspiration was a big deal to the blonde. She of course flushed, but couldn’t help but smile warmly at her redheaded student. With one delicate finger, the elder girl brushed Kyouko’s bangs out of her sight and placed a kiss at the center of her forehead; a gentle one at that.
“You seem to be speaking of our reunion quite fondly,” she teased. Though she felt the implied romantic feelings from Kyouko, she didn’t pay too much attention to them now as she found the little child in her kohai to be adorable. She decided to play around for a bit. “I never had the idea that you liked things such as those, it’s a bit surprising to me.”
With the same hand she used to brush Kyouko’s hair away, she started to stroke soothingly at the girl’s face.
