the yanderumu files.

The sleepover.

It has now been over a week since yuu and ayumu added a friend to their group. So far two of the girls had been enjoying things; for one though this wasn't a good time. As ayumu was feeling the familiar stings of jealousy eat at her. She had really tried to accept shizuku; but with the way her mind worked she just couldn't. We now see the trio at school; with a silent pomu sitting across from the chatty girls at the lunch table. "We should rent some movies". "Yeah and order some pizza". Yuu then looked at her old friend and smiled. "What about you ayumu, what do you wanna do". "Huh, oh sorry...what are we doing again", the girl said seemingly coming out of a daze.

"Heh, earth to ayumu... we're planning a sleepover remember". "Oh right...it doesn't really matter", the girl sighed. "Yes it does, you could at least pick a movie". "After all, shizuku's picks we're a bit...dated", yuu teased. "Hey, don't pick on me". "Old movies have way more soul", the actress defended. "Old movies are fine", ayumu agreed. Her friends then noticed the odd way she was acting; and decided to ask about it. "Hey ayumu-senpai...is everything alright", shizuku asked. Pomu then looked at her with a tired face and clutched her stomach. "I'm not feeling so good today, I think I need to go". "Wait what's wro...". Before yuu could ask what was ailing her friend, she was gone. Leaving the other two girls to themselves.

After this, the depressed second year walked herself home for the day. She just didn't feel like being around anyone. Meanwhile the other two girls didn't let this odd behavior ruin their evening. "Uhhh, what was wrong with her", shizuku asked. "I'm not sure...maybe an upset stomach?". "Hmmmm, well I was going to invite her to go get her nails done with us". "That was the plan", yuu sighed. "But it's best not to bother her when she's like this". Shizuku then looked at the ground with a disappointed face. "I see...very well then". "Should we just go home". "Noooo, I wouldn't want you to cancel the appointment you made", yuu giggled. "We'll bring her when she's feeling better". "I really hope we can do that soon", shizuku smiled.

Once school ended the ayumuless duo went to their local nail salon. It was one of those small hole in the wall places that wasn't to big and fancy. A nice spot to get away and enjoy getting pampered. Once inside the two were greeted by a small smiling woman. "Welcome", she bowed. "I haven't seen you two here before...you new?". "Oh yes, this is our first time", shizuku nodded. "Ooooooh, then that means you get half off for your first time". "Really, that's awesome", yuu cheered. However a moment of confusion hit her at the same time; which made her question shizuku. "Wait...you haven't been here before". "Nope, first time", shizu answered. "Then how did you know about the place". "Well actually karin-san recommended it back when we...". "Uhh actually...I shouldn't talk about that should I". shizuku paused.

"No it's okay...this does seem like somewhere she'd favor", yuu smiled "Yeah, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if we saw her", shizuku agreed. After this exchange the two sat down and chatted as two ladies worked on their finger nails. "So, what color did you want yours", yuu asked. "I was thinking a light blue". "Cute, it'd match your eyes". "Awwww thanks", shizu giggled. "How about you". "I just want regular old black... it's always been my favorite". "Nothing to fancy, that's so like you". The two then shared a small laugh together. Then a few moments after this, shizuku got a little curious.

"So, how long have you and ayumu been friends?". "Us, really all our life". "She's always lived next to me; and we've always been close". "I can't even really remember a first time we met... she's always been there", yuu reminisced. "In fact she's probably the only reason I'm still making it through school". "Why's that", shizu asked. "Cause she's my alarm every morning", the girl giggled. The actress idol then looked off with a look of melancholy. "I envy you there, I've never really had many friends". "That is until I joined the idol club, then I really started to feel happy". "We were like this big family that looked out for each other". "But now that's gone, and I was starting to feel those lonely feelings again", the first year sighed.