Strawberries and Plums (Natsuki x Yuri)

                                                                  Chapter 1
The wind blew through the open window in the club room, the breeze contrasted nicely with the heat outside. "Where's Monika!" Natsuki yelled, throwing her hands in the air. "I'm done with writing poetry for now, I'm starving!" "I'm sure she'll be here soon, Natsuki." Sayori responded. Natsuki slumped down in her seat, crossing her arms. Yuri kept reading her book, she had a hard time paying attention to it. That was not like her. "My guess is that she won't show up, she hasn't been showing up for a week or so." Yuri said. "NO ONE ASKED YOU YURI!" Natsuki yelled, standing up and stomping her foot. Yuri flinched at her loudness, she wasn't used to this volume in the club room. "Alright that's enough Natsuki, I'm sure Yuri can go make some tea or something to fill you a little bit?" Sayori responded hopefully, like she always does. There was a silence in the room. Like Yuri was expected to say something to automatically fix the situation. "Alright, I will be back in a bit." Yuri stood up from her desk and put her book down. She carefully placed the brown leather bookmark into the book and walked to the closet. Click click. The closet was opened slowly and peacefully, trying not to make a loud jumble of noises. She grabbed the grey, metal tea pot and set a box a herbal tea on the counter. She slowly walked out of the room, teapot in hand.
    The halls were quiet. Click clack click clack. Her flats clicked down the halls. She let the teapot sway between her pointer and middle fingers. She stopped at the nearest water fountain. "What's taking so long?" Natsuki groaned. It was obviously a rhetorical question. Sayori just sat in silence, jotting down ideas for her next poem. Almost silent footsteps were heard down the hall, slowly getting louder. Suddenly the door quietly opened. Natsuki and Sayori both looked up, Yuri was already over at the counter. She put the herbs into a tiny see through paper bag and put the bag in pot. She waited a couple seconds before grabbing the small creme-colored cups from the closet. The other girls both watched as she slowly poured the tea. Natsuki's face turned slightly pink. She turned away. Yuri made her way over to Natsuki first, the one who needed this more than both of them combined. She grabbed the hot tea without saying anything. The greenish brown tea swirled in the cup. She watched as the steam rose to touch the top of her nose with a hot hand. She held the mug with both hands and sipped the tea. Sayori just took the tea, a big smile on her face and gulped down the hot drink. Yuri just looked a little shocked. She dipped a finger into her own cup to see how hot it was. It was boiling hot. Yuri just sat down.
    Tic toc, tic toc. The clock said as its hands were moving to the number 4. "Well, guess it's time to go, see you later." Natsuki said in a defeated voice. "Bye." Yuri said calmly and Sayori waved. Yuri stopped Sayori with a silent hand before she could walk out. She watched a Natsuki left. She turned to face Sayori. "Do you know why Monika is so important to Natsuki?" Yuri asked. "I don't know if I can tell you, I wasn't even supposed to know." Sayori put her hands behind her back. "Well if you really want to know." Sayori's voice trailed off. "She doesn't get fed at home." Sayori said. Yuri looked confused. "Go on." "Anyways, she doesn't get money for food, she doesn't get fed at home or even mentioned. Her father is a police officer so even if she tried to tell anyone, no one would believe her." Sayori quietly said, looking down. Yuri covered her mouth with her hand that was shaking a bit. Now she understands. "Um, I'll see you later Sayori." Yuri mumbled while fast paced-walked out of the room. "Oh, yeah, bye!" Sayori said, but Yuri was already gone.