knives and bruises a yuri x natsuki fanfic

Part 9

Natsuki carefully opened the door of her and papa's apartment, bracing herself.

Yuri had walked her right to the bottom of Natsuki's street, saying a nervous goodbye to her before turning back. That had been sweet, baring in mind it was easily a fifteen minute detour for her. She was worried about her, she knew that. And she'd be lying if she said she wasn't, either.

Taking a deep breath, Natsuki shut the door with enough force to alert her father of her presence. No point in delaying the inevitable, right?

Nothing.

The buzz of the TV vibrated through the small house. Perhaps he was asleep...? Oh wait, no. The clinking of a can, likely beer. Ugh.

That was strange. She started to move, making her way up the stairs on unsteady, weak legs, the floorboards below her feet creaking loudly. Her heart was racing.

Any second he would snap.

But he didn't. Natsuki managed to make it safely into her bedroom without angering papa.

That only unsettled her further, though.

Well she was here now, miraculously unharmed. She dropped her backpack beside her desk and sat down, pulling her phone out of her pocket with shaking fingers. It still hadn't been turned back on, he could have been calling her this whole time, spamming her with death threats.

Fuck it. Natsuki switched it on, waiting for it to power up to find...absolutely nothing.

Even weirder.

As fun as her spontaneous sleepover with Yuri had been, it had left her a day behind on homework. Rummaging in her bag for a moment she managed to find a crumpled maths worksheet that was due in a couple of days.

Ugh, trigonometry. She groaned inwardly. In general she enjoyed maths, but trig was the absolute bane of her existence.

She got started, working through the first few questions slowly, before her phone buzzed.

(1) New Message(s) from: Yuri.

4:02pm: Yuri - Are you alright? Has he harmed you?

Natsuki smiled to herself. Yuri was worried about her, she really cared. She just had to keep reminding herself of that.

4:03pm: Natsuki - He hasn't even acknowledged me yet. I don't think he realised I was even gone

Her phone vibrated after a few minutes. She decided to wait until she had completed the question she was working on before checking it, but in that time it buzzed again.

(2) New Message(s) From: Yuri.

4:07pm: Yuri - Thank God, I was worried.

4:09pm: Yuri - Would you be able to come over again soon? I miss you, haha.

She could practically hear Yuri's awkward laughter. It made her smile.

4:11pm: Natsuki - I'd like to but I'll have to see if I can get permission. Maybe the weekend is best. We could go to that new milkshake place after school tomorrow, though?

Her palms were sweating. Why was that so nerve wracking?

4:14pm: Yuri - My, my Natsuki. Are you asking me out on a date?

4:14pm: Natsuki - Maybe. What do you say?

4:16pm: Yuri - I would love to.

Natsuki dropped her phone onto her desk and put her head into her hands, breaking out into a big grin. She had a date! With Yuri! Why was that making her feel so giddy? She was already her girlfriend. Well, she guessed it was nice to actually do that kind of relationship stuff with her. It didn't feel like much had changed yet between them.