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Now that their heavenly kiss had ended, the pair were hit with more anxiety.

How were they supposed to come out to everyone that they kissed? And that they were a couple?

"W-what if my dad doesn't accept me? What if he..." Natsuki gulped at the thought. "W-what if he disowns me....?"

"So what if he does?" Yuri said. Natsuki looked at her.

Yuri had a very angry expression on her face. Her fists were clenched and her eyes danced with furious flames.

"You have me. You have the literature club. And most importantly, you have yourself."

Natsuki's heart skipped a beat. Yuri believed way too much in her: like she was a beautiful goddess from the heavens, instead of a regular student at an ordinary high school.

"You think too much of me...." After all these years of getting belittled by her father, it was finally starting to take its toll.

"I'm not, Natsuki. If you opened your eyes, and truly listened, and believed, you'd know that I am telling the truth."

Natsuki was silent.

Suddenly, Yuri stood up.

"Y-Yuri?" Natsuki stood up as well. "Where are we going....?"

"You stay here. I want to take care of something."

"What?"

But Yuri had already ran away.

Natsuki stood there, a wave of anxiety flowing through her.

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Yuri had never felt so furious her entire life.

Her fists clenched, as she neared Natsuki and her father's apartment, ready to carry out justice.

She pounded on the door, her shaking fists almost slamming the door frame down through sheer anger.

"Who the fuck is there?" Natsuki's father yelled angrily. He forced the door open and saw Yuri standing there, glaring straight into his eyes. If looks could kill, Yuri's glare would have brutally murdered him by now.

"What the hell are you looking at, bitch?" He hissed, glaring back.

"I'm here to talk about some things." Yuri said, gritting her teeth. Interestingly, her stammer had completely vanished. She was no longer the shy, timid and reserved Yuri that everyone laughed at in the school hallways, no longer the Yuri that had gum put in her hair and was sexually harassed multiple times by creepy guys who only wanted her because of her figure.

She was the total opposite of her usual self.

"There's nothing I have to say to you. I don't talk to sex symbols like you." Natsuki's father said. He was about to close the door when Yuri grabbed his arm and forced him outside.

He trembled slightly with fear. The blank look in Yuri's eyes showed him she was in a complete other world.

"Listen here." She hissed menacingly. "I don't want you ever abusing my Natsuki ever again. And if you fucking do, I will be here, and I will do much more than grab you. I may be some useless object to you, just some bitch that doesn't matter. And although that may be true, I will never let people I care about get hurt."

She pushed him away from her grip.

He was silent.

"I hope some of what I said will stick with you." Yuri said.

And with that, Yuri left the apartment, leaving Natsuki's father standing in shock.