Winter and Summer (Natsuki x Yuri DDLC)

Friendly Friendship Between Friends

"What do you think of Yuri, Natsuki?"
"Huh?"
"I said-"
"I know what you said Sayori, but geez, you couldn't have asked a more random question."
"Well, me and Monika were talking about how great she is in the club, and we figured we'd get your opinion too!"
"Hey, I think she's great too!" MC shouts.
"We were gonna ask you next anyway!" Sayori giggles. "So, Natsuki?"

Everyone has arrived in the literature club on a Thursday pretty early, except for Yuri. After all the bad things that had happened, another reset had taken place where no one got to be president or vice president. Monika and Sayori were still aware of the system, but had both come to terms with their mistakes.

Natsuki is pouting at her desk, looking down into the floor while trying to put thoughts into words. Nobody notices Yuri quietly slip into the room, about to apologize for being late.

"I think she's...well she's certainly smart and stuff. We just...haven't gotten the chance to become really good friends or whatever. But she's...nice." Natsuki's face went just a touch darker.

"Anything else?" Monika added, seeing right through Natsuki.

"...don't tell her I said this but..." at that moment Natsuki looked up and nearly had a heart attack. "Y-yuri!! When did you get here??!"
Suddenly all eyes were on her, and she felt very nervous. "I-i'm sorry, I really am! I j-just, came in a minute ago... but i didn't want t-to interrupt you.
"...it's fine," Natsuki mumbled. "Don't beat yourself up over it." Natsuki's face was the pink color of her hair.
Yuri had a red face from not only being on the spot, but was it Yuri that Natsuki had been talking about?

In no time at all, Monika says "Ok guys, it's time to share poems!"
Natsuki avoids Yuri and jumps to MC, so Yuri settles with Sayori. After a couple of minutes, everyone has read each other's poems- except for Yuri and Natsuki.

Wordlessly, they exchange poems. They accidentally touch hands for a second, and Yuri's face burns up just the same.
"Yuri?"
"Y-yeah?"
"This is...
"not bad. I mean, it's better than your other poems anyway." Natsuki crosses her arms and looks the other way.
Yuri makes a very delicate smile and says, "Thank you, Natsuki."
"Now whaddabout mine??"
"Yours? Um...it's very...you. L-like, you always manage a way to be straightforward, yet still leave the reader thinking about it later. It's...it's really good, Natsuki."
The shorter girl's face heats up, and says "Wow, Yuri, I didn't know you liked my poems that much."
"Oh, well..." Yuri trails off, fidgeting with her hair and looking away. Natsuki could tell from here that her face was red.
"Yuri?"
"Yes?"
"W-Wanna come to my house after this? My, my dad's not home. He's getting back Monday or something."
Yuri could tell it took her a lot of courage to ask that, yet the tall girl was still surprised.
"U-uh...why?" she asks in surprise.
"W...well, it's what friends do, right!" Natsuki says, accidentally a little louder than expected.
She quiets her tone with a pink face and says "I'm always, like, bored after school n' stuff anyway. I mean, since we're friends it doesn't matter...right?"
Yuri still looks surprised, but manages to say "Y-yeah, sure N-natsuki."
Sayori giggled to MC, who just smirked. "They're a really good couple, huh?" she whispered to him.
Natsuki gives them a venomous glare, a look that shouts "I HEARD THAT" without startling Monika or Yuri (who hadn't heard Sayori). The pink haired girl's face was about as red as the ribbons in her hair.

All too soon was the club over, and everyone had packed their things. Fidgeting just a little with her blazer button, Natsuki trudged over to Yuri.
"Listen, I'm only inviting you over cause I wanna be better friends, okay?"
Yuri's face turns a bit...sad?
"Y-yes. That would be...nice," she concluded.
"Alrightly then, let's head out!" Natsuki says. She sounds nervous and excited and hyper all at once. Yuri tells herself it's just because Natsuki is excited to be friends, because that's what Natsuki said, right?

Yuri hopes the other girl was lying.

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After taking off their shoes and setting down their bags, Yuri looks around. The wood table in the living room looked shiny, as though someone had just cleaned it. And the couch looked swept of crumbs, the floor spotless. The kitchen, however, was a mess of trays and bowls and...bottles?

"N-Natsuki?" Yuri says quietly.
"Yeah?"
She cleared her throat and answered, "No offense, b-but..."
"But what?" Natsuki looks at her, immediately offended.
"I-it...It smells a l-lot like-"
"Booze? Yeah, I know. Thank my dad," she replied, bouncing on the couch. "He's out of town, so I can have friends over."
"O-oh. Okay."
Silence rung between them as Yuri settled in a proper sitting manner on the couch.
They looked at each other awkwardly, but Yuri seemed to be looking into space.
"Open your mouth," Yuri suddenly mumbled, like she wasn't even focused on what she said. Natsuki was confused alright, yet curiously followed the strange request. She was about to make a snarky remark as Yuri stared at her mouth- and with out warning,

reached over and felt Natsuki's pointed canine tooth.
"It's really sharp..." Yuri murmured, eyes half open. And just as soon as she had started touching Natsuki's tooth, she jumped back with eyes wide and a face as red as blood.
"I! I didn't...I wasn't...paying attention...I'm sorry!" Yuri stammers.
Natsuki mumbles with her own pink face, "Geez. You could've just asked if you could see my tooth, dummy." Without even thinking, Natsuki began to roll her tongue around her canine, where Yuri touched.
Silence.
"W-wanna watch a movie?" Natsuki says, probably to break the heavy awkward tension.
"Oh! Um, sure!" Yuri says, caught of guard. "What do you have?"
"Well...um..." Natsuki regrets asking, because all she owns are romance or cutesy movies.
"I only have-"
"I can see...but...I don't mind." Yuri interrupts, playing with her hair. Natsuki looked at her hair. It looked pretty and soft, and was a nice shade of purple, and-
"N-Natsuki?"
"Y-yeah! Um, we're gonna watch this one if you don't care or whatever..."
Yuri knew the girl trying to hide her red face by putting in a movie had been staring. But she didn't care. In fact...she kind of wanted Natsuki to stare at her more.

And that's exactly what happened.

Throughout the whole movie, the pink haired girl kept sneaking glances at Yuri, to see if she liked what was playing, to see her expressions, her emotions-

Natsuki started liking this girl out of absolutely nowhere, really. The few times they talked (without arguing) Natsuki felt really good and happy, and at first couldn't tell why. But after that she just started staring more, looking more, feeling more. So, yeah. She seems to stare too much.

Somehow, during the movie, the two squeezed together more and more, until their sides were touching. Their faces were both crimson, and neither concentrated on the movie-

so yeah. Yuri likes Natsuki back.

As the cheesy movie's credits start to play, Yuri looks to her peer and sees the most adorable sight, Natsuki asleep, breathing slowly and eyes shut tight. Wow, that movie lasted longer than expected- around 2 whole hours of garbage. And yes, they both agree it was garbage.

After thinking the decision over heavily, Yuri looks to the sleeping girl. She gives her a small peck on her forehead, fast and light. But apparently Natsuki is the lightest sleeper in the galaxy, because she wakes with a start. Yuri jumps back, nervously with her face on fire.
Natsuki stares at her with red cheeks, yet still half awake eyes.
"I-i'm sorry! That was...that...i...I'm sorry!" she couldn't stop interrupting herself in a tizzy, and she was nervous and suddenly sweaty and Natsuki probably hates her now.
They just stared at each other, Yuri gulping and Natsuki blushing.
"It's ok, Yuri."
"No! It...it's not...I have to go."
And just like that, Yuri has managed to speed out of Natsuki's house.

"Yuri...why'd you run away?" Natsuki mutters, feeling the place on her head where the other kissed her, with feather light touches.