Blue roses and red vines (Adohara)

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"𝙼𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚕 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚍." - 𝙽.𝚁. 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚝

"I think I'll need to introduce you to my brother." "Why's that?" "He's a formidable cook. There's really a lot you can learn..."
Orihara decided to cook something for dinner, a really rare occurrence. But as she said, her cooking kills. Ado tried her best to not make her feel bad and ate it bit by bit, but in the end she couldn't manage it. "It's the spices" she stated, "those are messing it up... Maybe a little less soy sauce..." "Aghhh... I can't seem to do it correctly." "But the idea was good! You just didn't think twice-" "I hope it was at least nutritional." Orihara sighed. "Leave alone the food, do you want to take a bath while I clean up?" Ado nodded. "Sounds like a better idea."

With that, the blue haired woman stood up and went to the bathroom. Orihara kept her gaze on her friend a little longer, before she cleaned up the table and began to do the dishes.
She was actually quite good at keeping her home tidy.
Even though the water of the sink kind of distracted her, she couldn't help but think about Ado.
「Has she found a towel? Hopefully she knows where the shampoo bottles are... or did she use a bath bomb? What if she slipped and hurt herself? 」 Shinpai over shinpai, each one tensing the red eyed woman more up. As soon as she got the dishes done she rushed towards the bathroom and knocked.

"Ado, are you alright in there?"
"Yes, I'm fine." Ado's voice was a little muffled, followed by a silent splash. "Phew... I'm glad. If you need anything, just call me." "Actually, I do have a request..." "What is it?"
A short silence.
"Can we talk for some time?" "Of course." Orihara sat down, leaning against the door. Toryo also came to visit and decided to take a nap in her lap.
"So, what do you want to talk about?" "Hmm... What are you going to do on your birthday?" "Genuine question. Probably celebrate with Toryo again... maybe get a cake at Lawson... I could invite you, too." "I was just about to say that!" A laugh from the other side of the door. "Anyways, I'm going to get out now."

A few splashes were to hear, followed by a thunk and Ado cursing quietly. Some time later, she opened the door. "Mm..." Orihara inhaled. "Was it the lavender one?" "Yep. Pretty distinguishing smell, no?" "You're saying it." "Aw, Toryo is here too! Hi girl..." Ado crouched down to pet the cat. Again.
Just then, Orihara couldn't resist to do the same. Ado's hair was still slightly wet, but it was warm too. "Wha... Orihara...?" "Hm?" "Why are you... um..." "You just have the energy of a cute little animal." "That's.... nice..." "Are you getting red again?"

Orihara gently lifted Ado's head, her hand under her chin. WOW WOW WOW THAT'S LIKE, REALLY GA-

The two stared into each others soul for a while, until both had to turn away. "Sorry, I uhm... that was uh..." "Don't worry... um... I forgive you..."
The red eyed woman looked down on her lap. "Aw, she's asleep... you're probably a really good petter." "You said I should be gentle... so..." "Yeah, I said that. Want revenge?" "Huh? Oh... um... sure?"

Then, Ado gently began to pet her friend's head too. On Orihara's side, her hair was soft and had small knots. Seems like she didn't brush it correctly this morning. Maybe she was in a hurry? Or just excited to see her? Whatever, it was a cute little detail nonetheless.
Ado leaned foward and gave her a little kiss on the head. "Woah... I didn't expect you to do that." "It's revenge, no? That's for making me so flustered!" Orihara laughed.

A few minutes later the two were in bed, even Toryo being a donut on her favourite spot.
"Tell me" Ado began, "why did you choose this uni, out of all Japan?" "Genuine question... I think... it probably was the closest to my home at that time. Well, who would've known I'd actually move here..." "That's a really good reason."
"And you, what about you?" Orihara's glance met her friend's. "Hmmm... I think I told you that my parents wanted it, didn't I?" "Yeah, but the whole thing around... that's what I'm hungry for." "Ah... let me think. I did well in school and stuff... probably logical reasons?" Ado laughed, putting an arm over her face. "But now I don't even know what I'm doing. I'm so passionate about singing and like to imagine myself on stage one day... not end up like, I don't know, an officewoman. Um- sorry, did I ruin the mood?" "Pfft- No, you didn't. You always release the hardest news when I'm in best defense, don't worry. Besides that..."

Ado felt two hands around her own.
"If that's your wish... I'm going to support you. I'm going to draw all your album covers, your merch, even limited edition keychains if you want!"
Something was glistening in her eyes; Orihara was sure these were happy tears. "You're being too sweet, I can't take it... I'm such a softie right now, haha-" "I like softies a lot. Maybe my future partner is one... it'd be my ideal." "Oh? And what else?" "Hmmm... They should like cats, obviously, maybe also do a lot of stuff with me... hmm... I really don't have made a lot of plans on that." "Well, I can say the same for me. Maybe our tastes aren't that different..."

The two snuggled closer to each other. "I still can't believe tomorrow's Sunday again." Ado said after a while. "Ughhhh... Don't remind me." "At least we get to see Naima at uni... Aren't you excited to see her?" "Mmmm... I kinda am. But I do want to spend more time with you. Agh... Why can't weekends last forever?" "That makes them valuable... Hey, what if we include a song about that?" "About weekends?" "No, silly. About value." "Hm... Yeah, could work. I'm thrilled."

Just then, Ado let out a yawn. "Good night, Orihara. Sleep well." "You too. And don't let Toryo catch you in your dreams!" "Whaaaa... She can do that? That's quite scary..."
Silence is coming and going today.
Just when she thought Ado was asleep, Orihara carefully placed a kiss on her friend's cheek. 「I never said I wouldn't take revenge.」"Good night, Ado... I love you."

❨Scarily tensing, no? Please tell me if you want to see the two in a silly scenario your delusional mind comes up with ♡❩