Never Would've Thought- A Natsuri Story

Chapter Three- Bright Day

~A Few Minutes Later~
Natsuki can't fall asleep. She sighs, noticing Yuri is probably sleeping. She hears whistling. 'The kettle!' she remembers. Natsuki stands and finds her way into the kitchen to pour the tea. She stirs it and then brings one mug into Yuri's bedroom. She sips the chamomile tea and smiles. She lies down again on Yuri's spare mattress.
'Yuri's tea is always so good,' she thinks.
Natsuki closes her eyes and falls asleep.
~The Next Day~
Natsuki wakes up, alarmed. "Where am I? What's going on?" she says.
Yuri giggles. "You're in my house, silly." She pours water from a kettle into two mugs. "Good morning."
Natsuki sits up. 'Oh, I remember,' she thinks. "Good morning to you too." She stands up to get some cereal.
"So what time is it?" she asks while pouring milk into her cereal.
"Oh, just about 7."
"Oh okay, that's good, judging we have to get at school at 8." [sorry if I'm wrong IDK when they go to school]
"Here, have some tea, Natsuki..." Yuri hands her some tea.
"Thanks. Say, how much tea do you drink everyday?" she says, laughing slightly.
"Um, quite a lot, actually.." she responds, embarrassed.
"Hey, it's not a bad thing..." Natsuki says.
"Oh, um, okay."
She sits down at the table next to Natsuki and sips some tea.
~A Few Minutes Later~
"I need to change into my uniform.." Natsuki realizes.
"Oh, um, I guess you could, um, I don't know..." Yuri says, unsure.
"I'll get my stuff from my Dad's house. Then I'll come back..." she says.
~A Bit Later~
Yuri hears some knocking.
"I'm back, Yuri!" she hears Natsuki shout.
Yuri walks over to the  door in her school uniform. Natsuki walks in with her uniform.
"Are we going to walk to school now? I got my backpack," Natsuki says.
"Oh! Yeah, let's go. I'm ready too."
They walk to school together.
"Hi guys!" they hear someone yell.
Natsuki spins around and Yuri turns her head.
"Oh, um, hi Sayori!" Natsuki says.
"What's going on, Natsuki? I've never seen you walk to school with anyone before!" She giggles.
Natsuki blushes, and her face turns all red.
"What are you talking about?!?!! We just have the same route to get to school! Shut up, you... idiot!" she cries.
"Oh, sorry Natsuki! I didn't mean to offend you!" Sayori responds.
Natsuki sighs. "It's fine, I guess."
~In The Clubroom~
Monika smiles. "Okay, Everyone! Are you ready for a bright day?" she says enthusiastically. "For today's poem, I'm encouraging you to write about something you like or something that makes you happy. After we finish, we will share our poems with a partner. Okay! Let's begin!"
Everyone starts writing.
Natsuki remembers Yuri saying she should make her poems longer and starts writing more.
Soon everyone has finished.
"Hey Natsuki?" Yuri says.
"Yeah?"
"Do you want to be partners?"
"Um.. Okay..." Natsuki says, blushing.
Yuri sits next to her and begins reading Natsuki's poem.
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[The Poem]
'I see her purple hair
And it reminds me of brighter days
when I was young and free
and her eyes are like a maze.
I get lost but I don't feel like finding a way out of it
But her accepting me is just straight-up bullshit!
I don't have beautiful hair or beautiful eyes or an amazing mind.
I just act like a jerk, no I'm never kind.
What am I thinking when I feel like confessing?
I bet she'll think that I'm just messing.'
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Yuri quickly re-reads the first line.
'Purple hair?' she thinks. 'I'm the only one with purple hair. That means...'
She glances over at Natsuki.
She's buried in her manga, blushing but trying to hide it. Yuri taps her. "We have to talk about the poems, remember?"
She puts her book down and refuses to meet Yuri's eyes.
"I can see you made your poem a bit longer. I like the rhymes. I like the poem," Yuri says.
"Thanks.." Natsuki says, blushing. "As for yours, well, it's good... Still mysterious, though... um.."
"Hey, can I talk to you after this?"
"Um, sure Yuri."