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Wrapping the last strands of pink hair around the hot curling iron, Ai hummed along to Ayabie's 'Kimi no Koe to Yakusoku' as it played from her laptop. Her roomed was now put together; the walls were painted pink with a yellow border, her desk set up along with a nightstand and mirror, and posters and pictures put up everywhere. Even her favorite

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[lovely_warumono]

Ai crossed her legs in the agura fashion under her skirt, and took the scrapbook carefully in her hands. Setting it in her lap, she started to flip through the pages, scanning her wide eyes over each page slowly. There was so much to take in, so many things going on at once on the pages. Her mother would definitly approve of the creativity. 'Kyou must've had some great friends in Osaka,' she thought to herself. She smiled when she had reach the last few pages and read the message from Kyou's friends.

Lifting her head from the book to say something to Kyou, Ai saw her friend staring intently at the paper in her hands. 'Maybe it fell out of here,' she thought silently. She watched as Kyou seemed to be concentrating, trying to think of something. Ai wondered what, but wasn't sure if she should ask or not.

"Kyou-chan?" Ai called, trying to catch Kyou's attention. "Is that a piece from the scrapbook?" She asked, going with her first guess since it seemed simple enough and would make sense.

[kyouuchi]

Kyou looked up suddenly, startled by Ai's sudden talking.

"Oh, no, it...I think it was in the envelope with the letter. Actually, I'm sure it was. I didn't have it before, and it'd not have been in the scrapbook." She looked up at Ai, smiling warmly. "It's a photo of me and Xuixui."

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"Really? Can I see?" Ai asked. She quickly set the scrapbook to the side and stood up. Walking around Kyou, she looked over her shoulder at the photo that had made Kyou smile so warmly.

"Aww," Ai let out softly. "You two look really cute together." Ai couldn't help but feel slightly envious of her friend and Xuixui. Ai had never been with anyone like that, man or woman. She was glad, though, that Kyou had someone so close to her.

[kyouuchi]

Kyou spluttered and blushed, acting too late to stop Ai from seeing it.

"I...we... Ummm." 'Oh man, she's gonna be so disgusted.' she thought, panicking for a few seconds before realizing that it didn't bother Ai. "Wait, Ai-chan... It doesn't bother you?" Confusion was written all over her face as she tipped her head back to stare at the pink-haired girl.

[lovely_warumono]

"Hm? No. Why should it?" Ai asked, now confused herself as she looked Kyou in the eye.

"You love her, don't you? What's disgusting about that? Actually, I think I might be jealous," Ai admitted, again looking at the picture. "I haven't even had my first kiss yet," Ai finished with sigh, just barely able to set her chin upon Kyou's shoulder.

[kyouuchi]

"Oh, no, I don't love her...Any more. We split up at the end of summer." She waved one of her hands dismissively. "I just assumed you'd be iffy about it. Quite a lot of people seem to look down on gay girls. At least, here in Japan they do." Kyou puffed out her cheeks, able to feel Ai's chin resting on her shoulder.

"Don't be jealous, it wasn't really all that special. She was just using me, and she admitted it. I'm not bitter about it, though. It was fun while it lasted." She let her head fall forward, resting it against Ai's shoulder in return.

[lovely_warumono]

"Oh. I'm sorry," Ai frowned as Kyou explained to her the situation between she and Xuixui.

"Junpei says that love isn't about gender, and I agree," Ai said, feeling relaxed again by Kyou's closeness. Ai wrapped her small arms around Kyou's waist, still examining the picture.

"You two are still friends, though, right? She did send you a letter and all."

[kyouuchi]

"That's great. You're the first person I've told...It feels so good to finally just say it." She copied Ai's motions, putting her own arms around the other's waist.

"Yeah, we're still friends. We were close before, and I don't wanna let a relationship ruin that. Although I don't know what she tried to do with the photo. She didn't mention it in the letter.

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"Really?" Ai asked, her eyes shining brightly. She was delighted to find that she had made Kyou happy. "I might have something that might make you even more at ease."

"I like boys AND girls," Ai smiled. She had always been open about her sexuality. She firmly believed in Junpei's words, and found herself in the past having crushes on both genders. Acting on those crushes, however, was what she found to be most difficult.

"So, you're parents didn't know about you and XuiXui, then?" Ai asked, Kyou's earlier statement connecting with other pieces of the puzzle. "Why haven't you told them? You are their daughter, so it shouldn't matter...right?"

[kyouuchi]

"Eei!" Kyou let out a high pitched squeal, smiling hugely. "Oh man, that makes me feel way better. You're right, I've not told my parents. I'm far too scared to see how they'll react. They often talk about how much they're looking forward to me having a child, so, I'll wait until a better time to tell them."

She sighed, reaching up to play with her hair. "Do your parents know?" She guessed that they did, but it wouldn't hurt to ask.

[lovely_warumono]

"Yep. They got to hear me pout and complain about every one of my failed crushes," Ai laughed.

The gears couldn't help but turn as Ai repeated Kyou's statements in her mind. "So then, if someone were to come up here. Would they automatically think love? Or would they just see it has a friendly gesture?" Ai was truly curious. Kyou's family was very different from her own. Ai's naive sense didn't seem to help her in understanding immediately, either.

[kyouuchi]

"Haha, lucky them!" Kyou said, thinking about Ai's question.

"Well...If I went out anywhere with a boy, or had a boy up here, they'd immediately think that I was, you know," she made a humping motion before rolling her eyes. "If it was a girl, they'd not be suspicious even if they walked in on me doing things. It's kinda weird. To avoid any awkward questions, if they ask, I usually just fake a crush on some guy from school."

She'd planned on telling them about her sexuality when she was a little older, maybe when she was in the last year of High School, but Ai's questions had made her think more about how they'd react.

[lovely_warumono]

"That is wierd," Ai agreed, trying to understand the situation completely. "I don't think I'd like having to lie about something like that all the time. It sounds tiring."

"But it sort of gives you a small advantage, if you think about it," Ai added with a smile, trying to lighten the mood again.

((OOC: Sorry it took so long to reply ^_^;))

[kyouuchi]

"It's not too tiring." Kyou smiled. "They don't pry too much, so it's pretty easy to just fob them off with a silly answer." She stretched, arching her back and listening to the bones crack.

"Advantage?" She was confused. "What kind of advantage?"

[lovely_warumono]

"Well, I mean," Ai paused, wondering how to explain. "You could," Ai mimicked Kyou's perverted gesture from before with a giggle, "and not have to really worry about getting in trouble or something...I think?" Ai scratched the back of her head slightly, confused by her own words and thoughts.

Feeling ignored, Ai's stomach let out a growl. Ai, wide eyed, stared at her small dress covered stomach in surprise. "I can't already be hungry, can I?" she asked her stomach, poking at it with her forefinger. Her stomach only replied with a another low growl. "Shh~!" Ai ordered her stomach.

Ai looked up at Kyou with a silly grin. "Sorry," she giggled.

[kyouuchi]

"I suppose I could...Not that I really wanna, though." She paused, listening to Ai's stomach rumble.

"Ahaha, you're hungry? We can go and get some snacks if you like. I'm sure there's cake in the fridge." Kyou smiled. "Or fizzy juice or chocolate or something. My mum's a real chocoholic now. All her cravings are of cakes, chocolate and caramel."

((OOC: Sorry I'm not so quick to reply more - I'm back at school and exhausted so I can't afford to be up so late.))