Clumsy (KariAi one shot)

Clumsy
KariAi one-shot by Stella Exquisa

"Please, Karin, please!" Ai exclaimed in desperation. She might as well have been begging on her knees with how dramatic she sounded.

"Ai, I already told you that my fashion shows are very exclusive, I can't just bring a plus one whenever I want to." Karin told her exasperatedly.

"C'mon... just this once?" Ai replied, nuzzling against her shoulder. "You've been so busy lately. I don't get to see you much anymore. And I miss you..."

Karin groaned. "Fine! Just this one time. You're lucky my agent is willing to make exceptions... " And more to herself, she said. "And that I'm such a freakin' pushover when it comes to you."

"What was that?" Ai questioned.

"I said, let's go get some apple turnovers!" Karin said quickly.

"Oooh, sounds delicious!" Ai beamed happily. "All that begging made me hungry!"

Karin couldn't help rolling her eyes in amusement.

***

Much to Karin's relief, Ai seemed to be on her best behavior for the fashion show. There were a few other models in this show and Karin was one of the last ones on stage but Ai politely watched each model and it was cute noticing her try her best not to stare too long out of courtesy that she was dating Karin.

She was so invested in glancing at Ai in admiration from backstage that she almost missed that it was her turn to go on. If it wasn't for a fellow model tapping her on the shoulder to remind her, she probably would have missed her cue completely.

"You okay, Karin?" She asked. "You seem a little distracted today."

"No, no." Karin reassured hastily. "I'm good. I'm great."

"I know your girlfriend is in the audience but you're the one who's supposed to be mesmerizing her. Not the other way around." She joked with a playful wink.

All Karin could do was turn a bright shade of red as her fellow model walked away.

After taking a moment to regain her composure, and a few more model walks, it was Karin's turn to take the stage.

At first, everything was going pretty smoothly. In the subtle glances that Karin threw Ai's way, she looked to be on her best behavior, just watching her intently with golden retriever-like adoration. She couldn't help smiling to herself a bit because it was the cutest thing. But for some reason, this just gave her the urge to tease Ai a bit so she started to put more swing in her hips as she walked across the runway.

Needless to say, Ai definitely noticed. The next few seconds were a total blur. First Ai made this goofy surprised expression and of course, the one time Karin isn't careful about looking at Ai directly is when she notices said expression, starts cracking up which breaks her concentration and causes her to promptly trip and land face first onto the stage, causing the entire room to go silent.

The words "Oh shit." inaudibly escaped Karin's mouth as she laid there helplessly. She was too embarrassed to move. She shut her eyes tightly, wishing it was all just some terrible dream and she was about to wake any second. Instead she just continued to lie there drowning in her humiliation until she was snapped out of it when she heard Ai say. "Karin, are you okay?"

And it sounded like she was so close that she was standing right over her. Well, because she was. Karin snapped her eyes open and cranked her neck towards the source of the voice to see Ai standing over her, full of concern. Karin had half the mind to scream at Ai telling her this was all her fault because technically it was but the moment she saw the expression on Ai's face, she softened and she replied with a meek, "All good."

Ai put her hand out and helped Karin back to her feet. Before she had a chance to fully stand up, Ai pulled her into a tight embrace and quietly said. "I'm so sorry, Karin. This is all my fault."

Karin's heart dropped. All of the anger she had felt towards Ai over the situation just melted away. She sounded so remorseful that she couldn't help forgiving her instantly. Returning her embrace, Karin whispered consolingly. "It's okay... let's... just get out of here."

Karin must have been more suggestive with her tone than she intended because she felt Ai shudder slightly but she quickly pushed any indecent thoughts that were forming in her mind. She then brought Karin at arm's length, glanced at the audience in a comical double take, grabbed Karin by the waist and pulled her back stage and out of there without saying a single word.

***

Later that night Ai made Karin her favorite dish for dinner, trying to make up for what had happened at the fashion show. Karin had already forgiven her and told her it wasn't necessary but Ai insisted.

Shortly after dinner, Karin's phone rang. It was her agent. Thankfully, she just wanted to make sure that Karin was alright and what happened actually boosted their ratings. It went viral because everyone thought it was funny and it was a refreshing change from the usual serious vibe that these fashion shows gave off. While Karin was relieved, she didn't exactly see her fall as something to be proud of. She still felt incredibly embarrassed about it.

Once she got off the phone, she just wanted to forget it all but Ai was cracked up. Apparently she had looked it up online and people have already made her fall into some kind of internet meme.

"Oh, gosh, Karin, look at this GIF!" Ai told her, holding out her phone.

On the screen was her fall looped over and over with the text "EPIC FALL" pasted over the top of the picture.

"Yes, yes, hilarious." Karin replied with slight annoyance, pushing the phone away.

"Sorry." Ai piped as she hastily stashed her phone in her back pocket.

It was insane how quickly her fall had circulated through the internet and although she didn't like being turned into some kind of comedic sensation, she couldn't deny it was a pretty funny fall.

After a brief silence of Ai just staring at Karin with this guilty, apologetic look, Karin signed and said. "Other than the fact I feel like I can't show my face at another fashion show for the rest of my life... I'm glad things worked out."

Ai seemed more at ease from her saying this, starting to crack up again. That didn't take long but Karin was used to this by now.

"What?" Karin didn't want to know.

"I guess you could say that you FELL for me."

Oh god. She should have expected that Ai was going to make this joke. She wouldn't be Ai if she didn't.

"Yeah, you're not going to any of my fashion shows ever again." Karin confirmed, standing up and walking away in a huff.

"Noooooo!" Ai exclaimed, which was met with a nasty glare from Karin and she instantly switched up. "I mean, fair enough."

Karin couldn't help cracking a smile. Her girlfriend was such a dork sometimes but she wouldn't have her any other way.

The End