It was a good sunny day at the Mahora Academy. To make things better for the female students, it was the end of the class. The Class 3-A teacher Negi and several of his students had left their classroom. However, there were eight students who decided to stay there and clean their room. Yue and Nodoka swept the floor while Natsumi and Chizuru wiped the glass windows with rags. Asuna, Ayaka, Konoka and Setsuna were standing near the teacher's desk. Konoka and Setsuna were waiting for Ayaka to give them their task. "Konoka, Setsuna, you two will buy some school materials for our class." Ayaka said as she gives them a shopping list. Konoka takes the list before looking at it. "Hmm..., well this shouldn't be hard. These materials are easy to find." She accepted with her cute smile. "Good. Here's the money for your shopping, girls." Ayaka smiled back at her before giving the money to Setsuna. "You girls may leave." The lovers left the classroom just as the class representative had said. As Ayaka looked around the classroom, she noticed Asuna sleeping on her desk, which the orange-haired girl does rarely, and much to the class rep's chagrin. "Why that little monkey!" She thought angrily, glaring dead at her nemesis. It was obvious that she didn't like to see her doing absolutely nothing, especially in this kind of situation. She approached her with an exasperated look. "Hey wake up, Sleeping Beauty!" she shouted at her, not long before slapping her back. "Hmm...Oh it's you class rep." Asuna muttered drowsily as she slowly looks at Ayaka, feeling only a little pain from the slap. Her view was blurry, so she blinked several times. "Well Asuna, instead of just sleeping all day, why don't you do me favor." Ayaka retorted, not pleased at all. "What is it? Want me to knock you out?" Asuna taunted before she yawned directly at her. That last statement really got the blonde-haired woman irate. Asuna was getting on her nerve. However, Ayaka had a devious plan that would make Asuna lose her smirk. "Very funny. Now I want you to buy all of the items listed here." Asuna reluctantly took the list, obviously didn't want to do her orders. But after looking at it, she had lost her smirk and found the list ridiculous. "What the, are you kidding me?! You want me to buy these make-ups, dresses, gowns, and other stuffs just for you?" She complained as her drowsiness faded quickly. She stood up, then her rival with a fuming look. Ayaka was very happy to see Asuna not wearing her smirk anymore. It was her time to smirk. "Ah what's the matter Asuna? You don't want to take this task?" she said ironically, placing her left hand on the left side of her face. Ayaka was getting on Asuna's nerve but only a little. "You are dead right that I don't want to take this. Only a pedophilic maniac would make this task." Asuna barked, glaring daggers at the other woman. Everyone around them was startled by Asuna as they stopped cleaning for few seconds and then continue. Ayaka was feeling a bit embarrassed since everyone was looking at them. "Oh really, so you don't want to this task?" Regardless of the situation, Ayaka smiled deviously at her, and it seemed that everything was going the way she wanted."Yup. I'm not going to do this for you. Why don't you just buy them yourself?" Asuna finalized her words as she looked away from her, crossing her arms. "Um... Ayaka..." Nodoka hesitantly approached Ayaka. She didn't want to get in their conversation but there was something she would like to ask to the class rep. "Can we leave the classroom now? We're done cleaning the entire room." Before Ayaka could confirm, she looked around the seemingly spotless classroom and it was clean enough for her. "Alright, you girls may leave." Asuna attempted to get out of the room while Ayaka was looking at the other girls by jumping out of the window but her stupid senseless plan ended quickly. "And just where the heck are you going, you monkey?" Asuna simply rolled her mind as a reply, not minding her name-calling. She went back to her, getting bored. 'Thank goodness those girls left. I don't want to ruin our little secret.' "Now where was I?" Ayaka placed her right hand under her chin and rubbed it, trying to recall what Asuna had previously said to her. "Oh yeah. You said to me that you wouldn't do the task I gave to you earlier. Well then, I guess I have no choice but to tell something to Takahata-sensei." That 'something' startled Asuna as her head snapped right to Ayaka. She was curious to know what it was. "Wait, what do you mean by 'something'?" She asked with anticipation. "Ah you want to know. Well do I have to remind you about our little secret?" Ayaka uttered sarcastically, couldn't believe that her friend had forgotten it. As Asuna's memory surged her correctly, she remembered that little secret but as she got deeper, she began to realize what Ayaka was trying to say. "Yeah I... No wait a minute. Don't tell me that..." She completely figured out the consequence if she ever refused to do the task. "That's right Asuna. If you refuse to do this, I will tell Takahata-sensei that you broke his most valuable vase!" Ayaka cut Asuna's sentence off, knowing that she realized everything. The younger woman glared at the older one with great intense anger. "Ayaka... Don't you dare go that far!" She retorted, gritting her teeth. "Take it easy. I won't be that far. I know that you didn't intentionally break his vase. But if you reject this, then I guess I have to tell him. In fact, he hasn't found out who broke it. Oh yeah and have you forgotten about your promise?" Asuna recalled it as well, and she didn't like recalling it again. "Yeah, I remember and we made a deal..." "That if you don't do everything I say to you, I will let him know." Ayaka completed the sentence for her. Asuna had no choice. She loved her former teacher but she didn't have the courage to face him and tell everything. She feared that Takahata would become upset to her if he found out. She slowly lowered her anger and calmed herself down. "Fine, I'll do everything you say. Just please don't tell it to anyone else." She said unwillingly, looking away from Ayaka. Luckily, no one was around them listening. She finally decided to obey Ayaka, instead of getting humiliated by her. "That's a good girl. You better bring them here at my dorm room before sunset or I won't think twice..." Ayaka added a stipulation before she was cut off mid-sentence. "Okay, okay. I'll bring them." As she made her way out of the room, she heard her stomach growling. 'Oh great. Now I'm hungry. As if being forced by that blondie to do everything she says to me isn't bad enough. Better find something to eat first.' She grumbled. In front of her, she saw a red heart-shaped chocolate box, filled with heart-shaped chocolate of course, on Negi's desk. She picked one of the delicious chocolates and ate it. However, after she chewed it, she could feel a strange sensation inside her. 'What's...What's wrong with me?' She said. She felt a bit dizzy. Ayaka noticed that Asuna is feeling a bit strange. "Hey Asuna, are you alright?" She inquired, starting to get worried about her rival-friend. The orange-haired girl turned around and looked at the older woman. The sensation she was feeling began to build up. After staring at the blonde-haired woman for long, her sensation turned into affection. Asuna started to realize to how beautiful Ayaka is. However, deep down inside, she struggled to fight it off. She always thought that Ayaka was just her friend and at the same time, her rival. But something was forcing her to be fallen in love with Ayaka. As Asuna kept looking at Ayaka, her cheeks turned tomato red. "Hey Asuna, is there something wrong?" Ayaka inquired again, comprehending that there was something was not normal with Asuna. She approached her a bit, with her mouth and body quivering. "Oh yes, I'm alright darling." Asuna replied in an uncharacteristically manner, looking at Ayaka lovingly. She gazed her right in her emerald eyes and she found them very gorgeous. She couldn't help but looked at her and her eyes. Yet, a part of her self was trying to wrestle this unwanted fondness. 'Wait... Why am I looking at Ayaka like this? I... I can't control myself!' Asuna was about to lose control of herself. Asuna's affectionate words made Ayaka freak out as she backed away from her. She blinked twice, not believing what she had heard. "What did you just say?" She raised one of her eyebrows, revolted after hearing Asuna calling her 'darling'. Asuna continued flirting Ayaka, albeit she still struggled to stop yearning Ayaka. "And my! You are sooooo cute!" "Hey Asuna, are you trying to make a lame excuse just so you can't do your duty?" Ayaka barked, trying to snap Asuna back to her senses. Asuna managed to snap herself out of her 'undesired affection' towards Ayaka and shuddered, thanks to Ayaka's yell. She shook her head before looking back at her, her blush dissipated. "Oh! Uhm sorry, Ayaka. I'm gonna go now." Asuna had set her mind on her duty for now and she hurriedly left the room. "What's with her calling me her darling?! Disgusting!" Ayaka mentally said with disgust in her mind as she crossed her arms. However, something inside her seemed to like it and appreciated it. 'Darling. That was so sweet of her.' Ayaka shook her head vigorously, trying to forget what she was thinking. It seems that a part of her had affection towards Asuna. "Why am I thinking that? I don't love her. We're just friends and rivals. That's all." As Asuna walked in the hallway, her 'undesired affection' came back inside her and because of this, she thought about Ayaka. Of course, she again struggled to fight it off. "I... I can't be thinking of Ayaka again! I... I..." Suddenly, a realization popped up in her brain. "Could it be that darn chocolate? Don't tell me that chocolate that I had eaten had... had a spell!" Indeed, the chocolate had a spell on it; a magical spell that would anyone fall in love with the first person they saw after eating the spell-contained chocolate. Asuna tried to kick it out but the spell was too much to overcome. Therefore, her mind was dramatically overcame by it and now, she thought of Ayaka again, only this time with great fondness and lost control of herself. She had lost the battle. "Ayaka-chan, she is such a wonderful person. I shall do everything she tells me, in order to get her... love." XXXOOOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXX Ayaka went to her dorm room at around 2 p.m. After entering into her room, she noticed that there was no presence of either Chizuru or Natsumi. Apparently, they were outside having fun with the other girls. Ayaka placed her bag on her sofa and sat down next to it. She contemplated about the quietness of her room. She thought about the happenings that transpired earlier. She reminded herself of Asuna. "What's with Asuna earlier? She was acting a bit strange. Calling me her darling is so unusual of her. Why the heck did she call me that? Could it be that she..." Ayaka immediately stop herself from finishing it by shaking her head vigorously again. "Why am I thinking that again? That word maybe sweet it's just simply a word!" 'Oh Ayaka. Why do you reject the fact that Asuna called you darling? Don't you see that she loves you? And have you forgotten that she said that you were so cute?' A part of her spoke unexpectedly in her mind, trying to make Ayaka think fondly of Asuna. "What are you talking about? I don't care what feelings Asuna have for me, whether they are sweet or hurtful. I don't love Asuna! I just..." Ayaka tried to protest to herself but she couldn't able to find the words that would defend her. 'I just what? You said yourself that you and Asuna-chan are friends and rivals, right? Do you know the old expression that goes 'The more you hate, the more you love'?' "What has that something to do?" "Ah c'mon, class rep. You and Asuna-chan have such a fondly love-hate relationship. You two have been on a lot of fights and arguments while growing up and as you two were fighting and arguing, you loved every second of it. You two have formed a great rivalry but at the same time, you two have formed a good friendship as well. As friends, you girls started to care for each other and had fun together. Even though you and Asuna had been fighting for more than one occasion, you girls managed to get along on some difficult situations and always there for one another whenever situation calls for it. Oh yeah and what about the time when she consoled you when you lost your baby brother? You still remember that, don't you?" Ayaka brought that time into her mind. "Yeah, I remember that when Asuna was there. She was so caring to me and she comforted me when I was on an extreme depression." She remembered when her father told her that her baby brother died and she couldn't believe it. That horrible tragedy haunted her and she couldn't do anything but kept quiet. That's when Asuna came to her and tried to comfort her, but in an unusual way. Asuna teased her a bit, calling her a crybaby. Ayaka got irritated by that name-call and chased her around the mansion, which is her home. As she chased her, her smile began to form and she had forgotten about her brother's death. She enjoyed chasing Asuna and she felt happiness coming back to her. 'I glad that you still able to recall that. And now, after everything you had with Asuna, after having a great relationship with her, you're saying that you don't love Asuna-chan at all?' Ayaka had to admit that the voice she was hearing in her head was right. She did care about and love Asuna. Everything that the voice had said to her was a fact and there was no denying it. "I guess you were right about everything. Asuna and I are not just rivals but friends as well. I do care about Asuna and I do..." Suddenly, she paused as a thought occurred in her mind. She contemplated this for few seconds. "Hey wait a minute! Are you trying to make me fall in love with her?" The voice was surprised to hear that. She just simply smiled. 'You can say that but you should know that everything I told you is the truth. And the reason why I asked you about how you feel about Asuna is not because I want you to be in love with her. It's because that you seem to have a crush on her.' Ayaka was absolutely shocked when she heard that. She would ever imagine about herself having a crush on her. "A crush on her?! Are you kidding me?! Why would I have a crush on her? We're both girls you know!" She said vehemently, a red tint was formed on each of her cheeks. The voice thought of this as an excuse, sensing that Ayaka was trying to forget all about everything that she had said to her but the voice wasn't going to give up. She thought of Ayaka's last statement as a very lame excuse and it wasn't enough to make her convince. 'So what if you two are both girls. Please, your gender isn't an excuse. I can feel that deep down inside your precious heart, not only you love her but you are IN love with her.' She disapproved her excuse with a grin, thinking it as a lame and dull excuse. Still Ayaka wasn't going to give as she brought another excuse and this time, she believed that this will make the voice inside of her consider without a doubt. "Okay, I admit. I do love Asuna." The voice gladly smiled at her, now waiting for her to say that she was in love with her. "But have you forgotten about Negi-sensei? I love him more than Asuna and I'm deeply in love with him and not that orange-haired monkey!" Ayaka continued and eagerly expected that the voice would be dumbfounded enough to give up and accept that fact. No doubt that she got a point there. Unfortunately for Ayaka, the voice wasn't going to accept her defense yet despite what Ayaka had said regarding Negi was a fact. "You are absolutely right Ayaka-chan. No doubt about it." She admitted it but wasn't going to lay it down yet. "You darn right I'm right. And haven't you seen my collections of Negi merchandise all over my room?" Ayaka sarcastically replied as she crossed her arms. "You're undoubtedly right again Ayaka-chan. I guess you're in love Negi-sensei and not Asuna-chan." She was about to admit all of the facts the 3-A class representative had said to her but still, not yet. "Well I guess I have to accept everything you said. But um..." But before she could throw another fact of her own to Ayaka, three knocks on the door were heard. The voice inside of Ayaka's mind faded away. Ayaka stood up and before she could move, she had two expectations: one, there could be two girls behind the door who are her roommates Chizuru and Natsumi and two, it could be Asuna behind the door who could be carrying all of the items she was ordered to buy by her. Ayaka walked towards the door and held the door knob. She opened the door and one of her expectations happened but she was amazed at the same time. She saw Asuna carrying two shopping bags filled with many of the required items inside each of them. Not only that, but there were more and numerous shopping bags around her, about ten of them. Ayaka was speechless and had a blank expression on her face while Asuna took this as a happy expression and just smiled at her. Ayaka was anticipating that Asuna would bring all of the listed items to her but she wasn't expecting that she would bring her all listed items with a great number on each of them. There was a short silence at the moment. Asuna decided to speak first. "Well, I bought and brought all of the things you needed, Ayaka-chan." She said with a cute smile. Ayaka was snapped out of her blank condition when she heard Asuna calling her 'Ayaka-chan'. "Why thank you Asuna. I appreciate all of this." That was all she could say before she lifted two shopping bags in front of her and carried them to her room. Once all of the bags were in her room, she looked at what was inside one of the bags and saw a dress in it. She pulled it out, raised it to her shoulder level and when she looked at it, she was astonished, much to Asuna's delight. Asuna was standing near Ayaka and just simply smiled at her when she saw her friend's amazement. In her mind, Ayaka wondered if her own jade-colored eyes were deceiving her. She witnessed an expensive, very beautiful red ball gown with a very luxurious fabric and with golden pearl and sequin trimmings. Ayaka couldn't find the right words for her comment about the dress and she was entirely speechless for a moment. She couldn't help but just stared at it with great astonishment. "Well, what do you have to say about the dress I bought to you?" Asuna cheerfully asked, curiously wanting to know Ayaka's reaction. "Asuna... I... I... don't know... what to say. This dress is so lovely." Ayaka finally spoke but couldn't get her statement straight due to her extreme astonishment. It took her few seconds to get herself out of it and put the dress down on her sofa. She resumed looking at the bags and this time, she was very cautious to pull out everything from the bags. She thought that everything Asuna had bought were very precious, valuable, and expensive. Every time Ayaka pulled out a bought stuff from a bag, she was astonished and amazed. Asuna helped her pull everything from the bags and showed them to her. During Ayaka's inspection, she saw everything that was on the list from manicures, make-ups, and cosmetics to gowns, dresses, and everything she wanted. After the examination, she and Asuna replaced them back to the bags and move them to the side of the room. Exhausted and tired from all that, the two sat down on the sofa and took a deep breath, Asuna moved Ayaka's bag to the side of the sofa's arm. She moved closer to the still exhausted Ayaka.
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