Blue roses and red vines (Adohara)

5

"𝙰 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚙 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚘𝚞𝚜." - 𝙸𝚗𝚐𝚛𝚒𝚍 𝙱𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚖𝚊𝚗

The next day was a free day. Orihara was waiting outside her friend's house at point 12AM. She had to wait about 16 minutes until Ado came out; in her beautiful default outfit.

"Woah, Ado, you look like you'll be attending a wedding." Orihara was really flabbergasted. Normally, Ado would wear some simple outfits when she was at uni. Maybe she wanted to impress her? Or it was simply because it's weekend and you don't have to sit in a boring lecture hall for hours at a time? Whatever, Orihara really liked her outfit.
"Ahh, don't say that... I kind of do feel like it, though - is it too fancy?" "It's you. I like it." Orihara grinned. "Now, let's get going. I'm really thrilled how we're gonna approach the whole thing."

At the apartment door, Orihara fished out her key. And to her surprise, Toryo was there, sleeping on the floor.
"Oh my... your cat is so cute!" Ado immediately crouched down to the tricolour furball and gently patted her head. "Haha, that's Toryo... She's 10 years old, so please be gentle." "Already? Woah... Stay strong, Toryo..." Ado gave her a kiss between the ears. "Her name really fits her. All those colourful splotches... She kind of looks like a koifish, don't you think?" "Really?" Orihara crouched down aswell. "You're right... Maybe she was one in her past life?"

The artist felt something building up in herself again. It was the joy she felt yesterday. She had to do something against it.
Quickly, she kissed Ado on her cheek too. The blue haired woman froze. "Wha... What was that? Did you just kiss me?" "Revenge for yesterday. But now you can't run away~" "Oh gosh, you're right... Oriharaaaa! At least warn me with something!" "What, are you having a gay panic?" "Of course I do!"
Ado covered her cheeks whilst Orihara had the fun of her life. And Toryo was probably dead on the floor, but at least she breathed.

尚〜

Later, the two were finally working on their project. "Say, how many songs do you want to have in it, actually?" Orihara then asked. "Hm... Maybe 14..." "So many? Are you sure?" "I think I already have seven or eight of them... I actually really like singing... so I might have recorded some songs for myself..." "Woah, that's amazing! Can you note them down for me?" "Sure thing."
When Ado began writing down the tracks, Orihara couldn't help but be mesmerized by her font. It wasn't exactly clean, but also not really messy. It had that unique style to it. Oh my god, are we really talking about Ado's handwriting? Appreciate what you have, I guess.

"Okay, done!" The singer passed the sheet to her friend. Some of the songs had... interesting names. "Do you really think we can include a song called 'Shut The Fuck Up?' I think the teachers wouldn't like it..." "Ah... you're right. Aw man... I really like this one." "Trying is better than crying. Well, let's do it! What do we have to lose, anyway?" Ado laughed at Orihara's reaction. "A lot, actually. But I'll tell my fear to shut up today." "That's a good idea."

Orihara stretched. "Okay, enough planning for today..." "Tired already? We only spoke through the basics-" "That's really tiring! Plus, this album will be the greatest thing in history, I'm telling you." "Ha, we could ask Naima for her opinion when we're done." "Yepppppp... That's probably the best to do afterwards."
Ado looked around. "Say, is Toryo still on the floor outside?" "I suppose so. You really have a thing with my cat, hm?" "She's super cute! Does she cuddle with you in bed sometimes?" "Always." "I kind of envy her now... Let me get her."
Ado stood up and went towards the door. Orihara checked the tracklist. Actually a good composition, when she thought about it.

Just then, she felt a pair of arms wrap around her from behind. "Ado? Didn't you want to bring my cat?" Her friend just murmured something incomprehensible. "Aw, come on. You can cuddle with me too. There's no way I'd choose a cat over you..."
Silence. Orihara felt a little weird, feeling Ado's breathing at her shoulder and her arms around her waist. Then finally, the blue haired woman spoke up. "Sorry, I felt like it right now... I'm a little hug-starved." "Sounds funny. Don't worry, I like it. It feels a little weird, but I like it." "I'm glad."

The two continued to stay like this for a while. Just when the artist feared her friend was asleep, Toryo came in and rubbed her head at Ado's arms. "Looks like she wants some hugs now, too." "But it's so comfortable... I can feel your breathing." "Well, you can also feel Toryo's rage when she doesn't get her cuddles...!" "Whaaat?!"
Quickly, Ado scooped up the cat and hugged her gently. Toryo purred. "And that's how things work here." Orihara smirked proudly. "I have to admit, you two are really much alike. Two introverts who deserve my hugs. Nyaaa... Oh my god, she's kissing me too!" Ado laughed whilst the cat was licking the tip of her nose.

𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚋𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚏... 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐?

❨This chapter is a little shorter, but I promise the next one will be longer than average! Please don't hate me!❩