Dancing With a Witch

Soulmates (Chapter 5)

Lyra receives a group text from Yukio, saying to meet at the water fountain.

She's walking over when she notices Moriyama isn't the only one sporting the school uniform for the first time.

Moriyama was wearing it with thigh-high socks, which was the typical fashion. Lyra thought she looked cute, as did everyone else she noticed.

The guys were practically drooling at the realization that Moriyama had a larger chest than they'd expected.

Lyra suddenly hoped that none of her male friends would look her way. She also had a relatively large chest that up until now, she was able to keep hidden with baggy t-shirts. Her thighs were also thick and muscular, and were now on display thanks to the short skirt.

She sort of copied how Shima wore his uniform, wearing a t-shirt with her uniform shirt over top of it; Lyra had black, knee-length leggings, ankle socks and converse sneakers paired with the skirt.

Feeling self-conscious about how she looked, she had a thought that perhaps she could walk away without anyone noticing her. That didn't work, because Kamiki noticed her.

"You finally got your uniform too?" she asks.

Crap, Lyra thought.

She froze as the guys turned to look at her.

"That is exactly how I expected you to wear it," Yukio admits. "With your own flair to it."

Lyra feels herself trembling from having eyes on her, which was weird, since these were her friends. "I stole Shima's idea about wearing a t-shirt underneath."

"Okay but Elvis?" Shima prompts. "What is it with chicks and being obsessed with Elvis?"

"I'm not a fucking bird, Shima," Lyra gets annoyed. "I'm a human being. I love Elvis because of his voice and his storytelling. And he had a stutter like I do; makes me feel a little better about myself to know that someone as successful as Elvis, had the same kind of disability that I do."

"That's understandable," Rin grins at her. "I think it's awesome how you find him relatable."

"You look cute," Koneko adds in. "I know you're not a fan of the colour pink, but I think it looks nice on you."

Lyra feels flustered from the compliment and feels her cheeks get warm, so she buries her face in her hands to try and hide her embarrassment.

"Hey, just breathe," Ryuji's voice says. She feels him put his hands on her shoulders and rub gently.

She takes a few deep breaths, feeling her heartrate settle back down.

"Hey look, I found a dragon claw," she hears Yamada say.

Lyra spoke to Yamada once before and always got an odd sort of mellowing vibe off of them.

"You're playing Skyrim," she says, finally look up and turning towards them. "Did you just start?"

"Yeah," Yamada glances over at her. "It's your favourite game, right? Got any pointers?"

"Do the Thieves Guild questline," she muses. "It's one of my favourites, right behind joining The Companions and The Dark Brotherhood."

"Alright kiddies, here we go!" Mr. Tsubaki arrives. "We're going to Mepphyland on a field trip!"

"Don't get any ideas that this is a fun day out," Yukio adds in. "This is to get you used to going on missions. Now, who can tell me what a ghost is?"

"Do you want the textbook definition, or Lyra's passionate speech?" Shima jokes.