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The broken heater - YuiChanzu (F)

It was snowing outside; a snowstorm had taken the country by -pardon the pun- storm, and every student attending the University of Tokyo was currently shivering in their dorm room, flinching as the wind crashed ominously against the windows.

In one certain room, though, the students had terrible luck.

Imaizumi yui and Kobayashi yui.

Their room's heater broke down. In this weather.

"Any luck?" Zuumin asked as she cuddled in her scarf, shivering violently. For the past thirty minutes, she had been sitting in the same spot, slowly curling up into herself. Yui had been put to the task of repairing the heater, since she was the one with a bit of engineering knowledge.

(Of course, zuumin had no faith in Yui. Despite her knowledge, Yui was terrible at fixing things.)

Just as zuumin predicted, Yui gave up. She stomped out of the room that held the heater and threw the screwdriver to the floor, glaring at it.No, I can't fix this! And the goddamn maintenance runs from five to eight, so we have to suffer in this shitty room."

"Great..." zuumin sighed. Yui seemed to be encouraged by zuumin's defeated expression, as she threw her hands up and directed her glare towards the ceiling. "I'm gonna die of hypothermia at age 18. Absolutely wonderful."

Zuumin rolled her eyes. "You're not going to die just because of a broken heater," she scoffed. "Don't take it so seriously."

Yui's eyes widened. "Just a broken heater? We have no other source of warmth in this stupid dorm!" she yelled, and punched the wall, causing the people in the room next to theirs to cry out angry expletives. They seemed to bring Yui back to her normal self, and she staggered to the couch, flopping down beside Zuumin.

Zuumin shrugged. "At least it can't get any wo-" And at that exact moment, the power went out. "You're kidding me." She looked around in the darkness, trying to catch sight of anything that was visible. All she could see was yui's face... which was blown up in anger again. "We're screwed. SCREWED. We're dead. Say your last words, zuumin..."

Zuumin shook her head, laughing. "No, we're not. We have plenty of blankets, and...well, I'm sure there are other ways of keeping you warm."

Yuu huffed, but didn't protest. It didn't take much for zuumin to get Yui to reluctantly agree to spread out a cozy-looking little bed-nest-thing on the couch. After they got settled in, their legs tangled, zuumin couldn't help but think of what they were actually going to do. It was too cold for the one thing that came to mind - sleep. "So..."

Yui adjusted her position, somehow managing to entwine her hand in zuumin's. The younger girl apparently had the same thing on her mind as zuumin, proven by what she suggested. "I don't know. Sleep?"

"Too cold. We won't fall asleep easily."

"Good point. Then what?"

"I could go find something to eat..."

"No, don't get up! It's too cold."

"Right."

Yui came to the conclusion that they wouldn't be getting up or doing anything anytime soon rather quickly. She untangled herself from zuumin and instead laid down on her back, her bare legs dangling over the couch's arm and her head resting on zuumins's lap.
zuumin's face started to flame, and despite how flustered she was, she couldn't help but dryly think, "Well, so much for being cold."

"Before you ask, I'm keeping you warm, kinda." Yui's muffled voice rose from the blanket covering her face. Zuumin didn't need to prompt her to go on for the truth; it came almost immediately. "And this is kinda comfortable."

"Exactly what I expected from you," zuumin muttered, still choosing to lay a hand on yui's forehead and slowly stroke her hair. Better to have the younger one fall asleep fast.

"Zuumin, I think I love you."

Zuumin's eyes widened. She looked down at yui and gently removed the blanket from her face. Yui's face was red, but she was smiling, almost peacefully. Her eyes were shut tight.

"Repeat that for me?" Zuumin whispered, her eyes growing wider as yui did. "Zuumin, I think I...love...you..." The younger girl trailed off, falling asleep.

And all zuumin could do was smile warmly and reply,

"I think I love you too."