Counting Stars (NANBAKA X Reader)

Chapter 16

"You are the most understanding person I have met that is as young as you," Hajime said, looking down at the smaller girl.

"She is truly like an adult~..." Akira said.

"Akira... ANd you don't need to act strong or happy for my sake... It's fine to be sad once in a while... You just can't let that stop you" (Y/n) said, smiling at Akira. "I know you loved mom just as much as I do... You thought of her as your own mother..."

Akira looked at (Y/n). "What are you talking about?!" Akira laughed. "Come on~... She found me annoying."

"... You can't lie to me~... I have known you for as long as I can rember~... You have always tried not to cry or act scared, and always be strong!... But I can see right through you... I might not be very good at reading people, and I might be oblivious to most things, but I know you like the back of my hand" (Y/n) said. Akira softly smiled at her.

"(Y/n)... Really, I'm fine now... I already got all the tears... My job is to make sure you are safe now... And happy~" Akira said. "And I know your body like the back of my hand~" (Y/n)'s face lit up.

"You make it sound perverted!!" (Y/n) shouted. "If you keep acting that way, I won't take a showering anymore if you are in the bathroom as well, you creep!"

Honey and Trois looked at (Y/n) with the same lit-up faces. "I didn't know you were into that kind of stuff," Honey said with a perverted smile.

"What kind of stuff? Akira just makes it's sound wrong~... She has only seen me in my bra and underwear and barely ever has seen my chest~... She is just being a creep~" (Y/n) mumbled.

"Come on~... It's not that bad~" Akira said. "Plus, she is super innocent, you two... She barely knows any kinks and has never done... Any stuff... With like... Anyone... She totally was sick when sex-ED was happening~."

"But I know how it works, okay?! No one tells me anything about it! So how am I supposed to know?" (Y/n) said.

"Let's get on a different topic~," Kiji said as Hajime walked away, not wanting to be part of it. "Wait... How old are you, Akira?"

"It's rude to ask a lady's age," Akira said. "But~... Since I'm lesbian~, I don't really care. I'll be turning 18 soon. I already graduated from school, and I'm looking for a place to work and leave once I do turn 18 so I can get freedom from my dad... I swear, he gets so worried. Do be out too late. Don't run away. Don't go to a gambling area and age like you are already 18. Don't this and don't that~... It gets annoying! Listen, old man, all I want to do is leave him at the moment~... And since (Y/n) was supposed to be graduating high school this year, her mother said it would be fine if she lived with me and started to study at NASA. But that plan flew out the window pretty quickly~."

"Hey~ Akira... Do I have to take the meds?" (Y/n) said.

"Yes~ or I will pin you down to a bed and shove them down your throat," Akira said.

"Knowing you... You probably would" (Y/n) said as they walked into the Dr. office. Okina wasn't there, but (Y/n)'s pills were on the desk. She quickly took them and scrunched up her face.

"By the way, were you able to start learning about engineering?" Akira mumbled.

(Y/n) pointed to Trois. "He is my teacher~" (Y/n) said, slightly still disgusted by the taste.

"Wow, I swear, you and hotties... You can never escape them, can you?" Akira said with her hands on her hips.

"Sorry, but I won't date anyone~" (Y/n) said, looking at Akira. "I have told you this 3 billion times! So stop calling yourself hot."

"Damn, found out already~," Akira said.

"(Y/n)... Your files said that you were in your senior year of high school... I was wondering... Exactly how did you get ahead like that at your age?" Kiji said.

(Y/n) shrugged. "I don't know... I just kinda went through school, then mom got a letter in the mail and said I was going to go to my junior last year... I already knew everything they were teaching me, so that was probably why... My dad is very thorough" (Y/n) giggled. "And dad was super smart too! The most intelligent person I knew! He was very good at engineering, science, gym; he was very good at reading people, knowing when I was lying, very good at making deals. He was amazing! And he was strong thanks to the NASA training they have to do for astronauts. He was the greatest person in the world and at the very tippy-top of my favorite people in the world, sorry mom and Akira."

"yeah~... He was pretty amazing~." Akira giggled.

"And he might have looked terrifying, and he sounded scary! But he was really just a big soft teddy bear! He also does really dangerous things. Like one time, mom, dad, and I were at the park. He thought it would be a good idea to put mom on his shoulders and then put me on mom's shoulders~... It was scary but fun!" (Y/n) said. "No one can top, dad! He was an excellent teacher and would always spend time with mom and me when he got the chance. He helped me paint my room~ And he would always make cheesy space jokes."

"I thought I was a good teacher~," Trois said.

"O-Oh... Sorry~" (Y/n) giggled. "You are a good teacher! And I'm happy you are! Honey... I was wondering... What are you good at? Akira is good at Karate and getting herself into unnessacary trouble, Honey is good at engineering, and I know a lot about space... Everyone is good at something, so what's yours?"

"Drinking contests and darts," Honey said.

"Darts? I have never played darts now that I think of it~" (Y/n) mumbled.

"Because you would probably end up hitting someone or hurting yourself," Akira said. "I like to think I'm good at darts, though~... Wanna play a game~?"

"Don't, Akira is a sore loser" (Y/n) said. "If she loses, she will be throwing darts at you."

"What?! Not true! He is probably too chicken to even play too~" Akira said. Arrows then came out of Honey's hair.

"Oh, your on, little girl!" Honey shouted.

"Bring it, pretty boy!" Akira said.