Chapter 30: Chapter 30: I'm Home
"Excuse me, Miss, breakfast will be ready in half an hour." One of the maid's voices came through the oak door pulling Mei's attention from her phone. Giving some quick confirmation in response, Mei returned her attention to the sound of the blonde's breath that was still coming through on her phone.
It was only a little past six but being at her grandfather's meant abiding by his schedule. Mei had woken up a little after half-past five when a maid had come to wake her, and since then she had been sitting up in her bed listening to Yuzu's peaceful breathing. She could tell that wherever the blonde had chosen to sleep wasn't their bed because of the small grunts of dissatisfaction and shuffling she did every ten minutes or so, but just being able to listen to the blonde was enough for Mei at the moment.
She wouldn't admit it to anyone but she was missing the blonde even if it really had only been a little over twenty-six hours since she left. After she had sat down in the car tears had flooded from Mei's eyes, why, she didn't know. Was being lied to supposed to make someone feel so helpless and insignificant? Because that's how she had felt getting into her driver's car and the entire drive to her grandfather's house. She was met at the door by her grandfather, and when he saw her crying with red puffy eyes, Mei was socked still when he managed to give her an awkward hug and reassure her that everything was fine. After this strange event, Mei had taken a refreshing shower, tried to clear and make sense of everything that had happened in her mind before joining her family for breakfast.
It had been quiet with her grandfather not speaking a word about why Mei had turned up here only occasionally asking her about school. Like Yuzu had predicted Mei had spent her day at the school, she went over some files with her grandfather, met with the current student council president, and at the end of the day she had taken a slow walk around the schools garden. It was relaxing and had given her what felt like clarity for a while, all she thought about was the beautiful flowers and fresh smell that surrounded her.
Running on so little sleep, Mei had actually managed to find a small patch of grass just outside one of their greenhouses and fall asleep. It was long past six when she finally awoke, but when she did she felt so much better. The breeze was cool but not cold, her mind wasn't running like crazy as it had been for most of the day and best of all Mei felt calm. Not panicking about the blonde or her school work, she was just there. Sitting under a large tree with the sun slowly setting in front of her.
After sitting for a while Mei managed to get herself home and after dinner had excused herself to her room where she had spent the remainder of the night going over some work.
The call she received that morning had panicked her but after she realised that Yuzu was okay, and had fallen asleep with Yuzu, Mei had awoken in a very good mood. Now she was just sitting at the edge of her bed regretting the fact that she was going to have to hang up soon.
Make no mistake Mei was still infuriated with the blonde, but that didn't stop her missing the girl with her entire being. She wanted to shout until her lungs burst but she also wanted to be wrapped up in the older's embrace for the entire day. Hearing that the blonde had had a nightmare that morning had made Mei worry as she could take a wee guess about what had triggered it and she had been considering going home this evening instead of tomorrow, but would she be able to face the fact that Yuzu wasn't going to tell her?
Mei didn't like being this complicated about things and she most definitely didn't like the fact that she had run away from the situation but at the time it seemed like the only option to her. As said, Mei wanted to return home and go back to being happy, much like the way the blonde had made her feel the evening before she left, but she knew as much as she wanted that as soon as she walked through the door and came face to face with the blonde she would expect her answer.
Why she needed her question answered so badly Mei wasn't quite sure, whenever she tried to think of a reasonable explanation for her persistence in the matter she couldn't. The blonde was her own person and if she didn't want to tell Mei something there really wasn't anything she could do, Mei respected that. She had grown up with boundaries and had stuck to them for many years but she thought that she and the blonde were passed that, or had a stronger connection that wasn't bound by boundaries and lines that needed to be drawn. Maybe she was wrong and Yuzu felt there were certain things they couldn't talk to each other about, but Mei didn't think this was true in the slightest.
Since the beginning of their relationship, the blonde had always been more than forthcoming with her feelings, always telling Mei that they had to share their feelings and talk and most of the time Yuzu managed to coax her into doing just that. Yuzu had, apart from recently, spoke to her in confidence when she was upset. Just the other night Yuzu had made Mei tell her about her feelings towards the blonde's friend and wouldn't let it go until she was certain that the younger girl was feeling better, so why in the past few months had Yuzu found it more difficult to confide or talk to the other girl about her feelings? Was it something Mei was doing? Was she the one pushing Yuzu away without realising it?
To Mei that made more sense than the blonde cheating on her. Once over the initial shock of her finding out about Yuzu's dream, Mei saw things a little more from Yuzu's point of view. She had no doubt that the blonde loved her more than air itself but if Yuzu couldn't express herself properly to the younger was she doing something that made Yuzu feel she couldn't?
Half an hour later and just before she needed to hang up the phone to go and get her breakfast, Mei had come to the conclusion that it was her doing that had caused this breath of trust or whatever the blonde was going through. With that in mind, Mei planned to spend the day with her grandfather like planned before returning home to Yuzu then try and get the blonde to talk to her. She hoped she would be able to suppress her own desire to know who it was that Yuzu had dreamt of long enough to figure out what she was doing to push her partner away like this.
Mei didn't think she had been doing anything different in the past two months compared to the past four years of them knowing each other but maybe she just couldn't see it? She did have a bad habit of accidentally being condescending towards people but she was sure that she had been getting better at that, though the two had been having more arguments recently compared to normal. Was that it, did Yuzu feel distanced from Mei because of the slight increase in disagreements over the past few months? Given as Mei though about some of them they weren't exactly small and at the time Yuzu had been very upset about some of them but she didn't want to think that having arguments would make Yuzu not want to confide in her.
Either way, Mei was going home today, she would apologise for leaving so abruptly then confront the blonde on her thoughts.
Breakfast came and went and the day seemed to fly by for Mei, and before she knew it she was already sitting down to have dinner with her grandfather.
"What time do you plan on leaving?" Asked Mei's grandfather in a rather bland tone as he ate his food across from Mei, who was as of now playing with her food rather than eating it. With her focus being taken from her food to the man opposite her Mei immediately stopped pushing the food around her plate and straightened her posture. "Probably not long after dinner if that's okay with you," Mei answered quickly not wanting to make her grandfather wait. She got a nod approval in response, he took several more bites of his food before he gave Mei his entire focus. The naturally hard stare had Mei frozen in place, she looked back at him her eyes not quite meeting his as she waited to hear what he was going to say.
"I understand that you are a grown woman now and that your business is yours alone, however, I can't help but worry with the circumstances which brought you here. It may not be my place but... is everything alright with you Mei?" His voice was somewhat wary as he spoke, not completely knowing if he should really try and get involved in the youngest Aihara's personal life. Mei was not stunned by his question she had been waiting for it since she arrived, it was her answer which delayed her reply. She didn't really know if everything was going to be alright, obviously, she couldn't tell her grandfather what had happened but it was clear to see that he was worried for her.
Taking in a deep breath Mei spoke again, this time she held the man's gaze. "I know I didn't turn up here in the best shape but I'm feeling much better after staying here. You having nothing to worry about, thank you for asking though it... means a lot." Mei managed a smile and returned her gaze to her plate after she got another nod from her grandfather. With little small talk and eating almost half her dinner, Mei was preparing to excuse herself from the table and pack her bag to go home.
Nearly two hours later Mei was just getting into a car that her grandfather had arranged for her to get a lift home in. The next hour would most likely be a boring and tedious one but Mei thought she would use that time to make up for the study she had missed on Friday. Before she knew it, her door was being opened and the man who had originally driven her to her grandfather's house and was smiling at her politely waiting for her to get out.
Trying to gather her things as quickly as possible Mei slipped from the vehicle and gave the man a bow. "Thank you for the lift, I appreciate I have been slightly awkward for you this weekend," Mei straightened herself up and smiled at him. He looked to be maybe a decade older than Mei though he still had loads of energy which reminded Mei of the blonde she was about to encounter.
"Not a problem at all Miss, have a lovely evening," Smiling once she was standing properly the man gave a bow of his own before excusing himself back into the car and driving away. Taking in a deep breath Mei made her way towards their door, she didn't know what the blonde would be doing or if she would even be home. It was nine o'clock on a Saturday night and it wouldn't have surprised Mei if Yuzu was out with some of her friends, but the light that penetrated her eyes when she cracked the door open suggested otherwise.
Stepping into the house silently, Mei felt the urge to drop her bags and hold her nose at the fetid smell that emanated from the house. What the hell was that? Bitter? Garlic, maybe ginger? Taking in a bigger breath to try and see what she was actually smelling from the front door, Mei almost made herself gag. There was no way she could mistake the smell of off white rice, it was masked in a mixture of other grotesque aromas but there was no doubt in Mei's mind of what was causing her to feel sick at the moment.
Taking off her shoes, jacket and placing her keys in the bowl next to the door Mei walked further into the apartment surprised that she hadn't even seen the blonde yet after making so much noise. Stopping before she came to the end of the entrance Mei could hear two things: Low playing music and... slurping? Feeling it futile to keep herself in wait, she walked into the open space between the kitchen and living room; the sight stunned the girl.
The television was lit up and playing one of Yuzu's games, the living room table still had all the containers from the night she left, some had fallen onto the floor and from what Mei could see there were several new boxes. With a glance to the floor that was littered in empty cans of juice, she noticed the small pieces of dried food that had fallen from unfinished tubs of food. Their quilt was still sprawled over the sofa and lying beneath it was a Yuzu sized lump. After taking in the sight before her, Mei moved to get a better look at the blonde.
She had two earphones in, from what Mei could see one linked to her ps4 controller that was lying in front of her being used with only one hand, the other to her phone which is where she assumed the music was coming from. In her other hand was a pair of chopsticks that continued to dip into the Chinese tub that was balancing on the couch against her chest, the girl's entire focus was on her game not even looking to see where her chopsticks were going. A closer inspection of the girl herself, Mei could see she had panda eyes and the faint outline of tears on her cheeks. She was wearing the same shirt as when Mei had left and her hair was a tangled mess.
Mei didn't know whether to scream at the state of the house or be concerned for the blonde. That was false, she knew exactly what she was going to do.
"Yuzu?" Mei spoke softly but raised her voice high enough that she thought the blonde would hear her, but the girl's concentration did not falter and after severing attempts of doing this Mei moved behind the girl and gently layed a hand on her shoulder.
A high pitched scream filled the building and Mei staggered back as Yuzu's knuckles made contact with her cheek before the girl's body fell to the floor after practically jumping from the couch knocking her food, controller and phone to the floor along with her. Mei heard a line of curses before she saw Yuzu practically jump from behind the table and bolt for the door, only to stop when she was several strides away at the call of her name.
"Yuzu wait!" Mei's hand was at her cheek as she watched the blonde's eyes widen with confusion then realisation.
"M-Mei?... Mei! Your face, I'm so sorry!" A flick was switched and Yuzu was at Mei side trying to get a better look at the girl's cheek. Mei raised her hand and lightly pushed Yuzu away from her as she rubbed her face while wincing. She could already feel the swelling of the bottom of her eyes and the stinging sensation rivalled her will not to cry.
"Can you get me an ic-ice pack please?" Mei asked, her voice breaking as she grimaced. Yuzu was gone and back in a flash and handing her girlfriend an icepack wrapped in a tea towel. "Thank you," Mei replied as she took the offering and walked herself to the couch where she scowled at the pile of noodles and sauce that had spilt onto the floor along with the blonde's phone. Fishing the phone from the pile of food, Mei pushed all the food off it and done her best to wipe the liquid off the screen before setting it on top of one of the many boxes on the table.
"Mei I'm so sorry, I had no idea it was you behind me I just freaked out cuz I wasn't expecting you here until tomorrow and thought it was something else. Are you okay?!" Yuzu spoke rushed, quick to kneel down beside Mei to try and see her.
Mei's desire to be nice to the blonde was wearing thin, it was impossible to stop the snappy remark. "You mean aside from the house smelling and looking like a dump and getting punched in the face? I'm perfectly fine thank you." The sarcastic remark lay heavy in the air, Yuzu didn't know what to say and Mei was trying to get the burning sensation in her face to go down. Not saying anything, Mei pushed herself back into the couch and noticed how she seemed lower down than usual. Yuzu seeing that Mei was now in a bad mood and realising that she probably wasn't going to let her assist with her cheek, stood and walked to the kitchen.
She returned with a black bag and a glass of water. "I'm sorry, I'll clean it all up now," Yuzu said as she handed the glass to Mei and started filling the bag with the mountain of containers that had accumulated over the past few days. The bag was full in a matter of minutes and Yuzu had to force down the rubbish to fit the last of her cans of juice into the bag before tying it shut.
"I'll eh... take this out." Yuzu murmured to Mei with a small gesture to the bag in her hand and quickly left through the front door, smelling fresh air for the first time in two days. It was only when she walked back into the house did she realise the rancid smell Mei had complained about and was more than grateful when she saw Mei had opened all the windows and was folding the quilt on the couch to make space for the both of them to sit.
The icepack was already on the table as Mei finished organising the couch. Yuzu didn't quite know where she stood at the moment, was Mei still furious at her, why was she home a day early, not that Yuzu minded in the slightest. Was she supposed to just forget everything that had happened and act normal or was she to walk on eggshells? After hitting her in the face, by accident, Yuzu didn't know what to say. She felt tremendously guilty for it, she could see the red mark that already had speckles of blue bruising coming through; she had hit her girlfriend. Though Mei may not have necessarily seen it that way Yuzu certainly did, she was aware that it was an accident but she had hit her nonetheless.
Mei looked up to Yuzu who was standing with her hands clasped together at the door, watching Mei intently. After gesturing to the couch and sitting down herself, Mei waited until Yuzu was eventually sitting down beside her. "I apologise for my tone, I just wasn't expecting either of those things to happen. Before you start crying which I can already tell you are holding yourself back from, I know you didn't mean to hit me and I don't hold anything against you for it. The same however cannot be said for the house. Why were you unable to move from the couch, put anything away or even cook for the two days I was gone? The food from Thursday night is practically rotting, not to mention you living off takeaways and fizzy juice for two days is extremely bad for you." Mei surprised the blonde when her tone was more of concern rather than annoyance, but it was obvious to anyone that Mei was bewildered by the state of her girlfriend and their house. She had never seen Yuzu let anything get this bad, that along with the way she had called Mei begging her to come back home added to Mei's own feelings of guilt.
"I em... why are you home tonight? Don't get me wrong I'm like super happy you are home cuz I was really missing you, but you made it very clear you weren't going to come home until you absolutely had to on Sunday night for school on Monday." Yuzu really wanted to answer Mei's question but she still couldn't get over the fact that she was even in front of her at the moment. Yuzu kept her eyes on the reddening cheek as she spoke and watched as Mei let out a sigh. "Also, I think you should put that icepack back on your cheek, it's still looking pretty bad and I think it would be best to minimise the bruising as much as possible... if you don't mind course." Yuzu shuffled as she finished off, still not sure of Mei's intentions or her mood.
Mei watched as Yuzu still had watery eyes every time she looked at Mei's face and she could practically see the lump in the girl's throat. Picking up the cold pack Mei placed it to her cheek and only briefly pulled her face back at the cold contact. Leaning back into the chair Mei crossed her legs on the couch in an attempt to keep her feet away from the dirty floor beneath her.
"I'll answer your question Yuzu but after I do I would like you to answer mine. I decided to come home early after you called me last night, I had some free time while I was away and I had some time to think and see things from your point of view." Mei looked to Yuzu who seemed to be a little taken aback at the minute. Mei was actually talking to her and seeing things from her point of view rather than just thinking she was right?
"Over the past few months, including Thursday, you have been keeping things from me." Mei started and she saw Yuzu open her mouth to react but she raised her hand to silence the blonde so she could finish her sentence. "But after thinking about it for a while, I realised that you are always the one telling me to share my feelings and you done just that on Thursday evening before I left. Which reminded me that you do love me unconditionally, I know that you would never cheat on me. I'm sorry for doubting that before I left, anyway after thinking about it I came to the conclusion that I must have been doing something in the past two to three months that has been pushing you away without realising it. I know you are going to deny this straight away, but it is the only reasonable explanation I can think of that would make you not feel comfortable sharing thing with me but still caring for me like you have since we first met." Mei took a short breath and she was slightly put off by the complete shock and disbelief of the blondes face. Was she not on the right track with her thoughts?
Feeling it best just to get it all in the open before the blonde had time to question her on any of it Mei continued, this time moving just a smidgen closer to the blonde. "I started thinking about this on Friday and after a rest, I started to relax and take a breath. Then you called me at half four in the morning of a nightmare and you only usually have nightmares when you are very stressed or upset about things, and I can only guess that my leaving and refusing to come home even after you begged me on the phone had you extremely worried. I know I put you through a lot by trying to force you to talk to me and then leaving when you wouldn't, and even if I would still really like to know who it was, I know now that it is my own doing for creating an unseen tear in our relationship. So I came home today instead of tomorrow to try and put you at ease and hopefully for you to let me know what I have unconsciously been doing that has made you feel the need to distance yourself from me." Mei could feel herself choking up, it wasn't normal for her to be the one doing all the talking, but right now she couldn't stop herself.
"I thought a reason you stopped telling me things and confiding in me was that over the past few months we have had several rather large arguments that may still be on your mind. If this is the reason and you have been avoiding telling me things because you think I will get mad and it will create an argument I'm sorry and I'll try harder to understand and keep my cool. If it's something else I really don't know, but I would appreciate it greatly if you told me because I want you to be able to talk to me like you used to." Mei tried her hardest to hold her gaze on the blonde but she had to look away when a tear dropped from Yuzu's eye at her speech.
Mei looked up when she felt a warm hand upturn her face before the blonde's lips were pressed against her own. Yuzu had swivelled her hand to the back of Mei neck as she pressed her lips to Mei's. It was very much impulsive, Yuzu after hearing her girlfriends conclusion of being the source of this problem had Yuzu riddled with guilt. For Yuzu not telling her certain things over the past few months had the younger girl thinking she was doing something wrong, a kiss that conveyed all her feelings was all Yuzu thought right to do at the moment. And that's what she did, for several seconds all she did was feel Mei against her and after a few more seconds Yuzu felt Mei ease into the embrace as well. She had most likely been craving this feeling over the past few days as much as the blonde had, with the thoughts she had created in her head maybe she needed it even more than Yuzu did.
"You have done absolutely nothing wrong, Mei, I've just been a complete idiot for not seeing how you felt." Yuzu was now resting her forehead against Mei's, her eyes wide with sincerity as she spoke. "A promise is a promise; The reason both the house and I look like this is that I was worried for what you were going to do when you got home. When I called you the night you left I was sure you would come home and let me apologise again but you didn't and I was starting to think that maybe you wouldn't want to be with me anymore or want to go on a break because of what I did. I just needed to try and not think about it so I started playing my game, then when I woke up the next afternoon I just felt... empty, at the thought of you not coming back so I just lay here and played my game to distract myself. I would have cleaned up before you got home on Sunday evening but you got here early so it still looks a bit grubby... and so do I by the looks of it." Yuzu said as she looked at the house and herself for the first time in days. Even with the tubs of food gone and the quilt folded up, off cuttings and large crumbs covered the carpet and Yuzu could see several stains on her shirt and her hair was tuggy from what she could feel with her hands. Oh god her breath, she quickly put her hand to her mouth after realising that she had actually kissed Mei with her breath like this.
Seeing this Mei managed a small laugh, "I know I didn't seem too happy when I came in, but I really do want to sort this out properly and talk about it with you. Since everything is out on the table, how about you go and have a shower and get cleaned up while I make you something that didn't come from a cardboard box to eat and clean up a little more?" Mei accepted Yuzu's answer and could still see guilt in her eyes. But after several seconds Yuzu still didn't answer, her eyes kept going from Mei to the house and occasionally back to herself.
"In case you couldn't tell, that was a rhetorical question." Taking the pack from her face, Mei stood from the couch and pulled Yuzu up after her. Giving her a rather stern look, Yuzu didn't hesitate to nod and make her way down the hall but just before she reached their room for some clothes she turned back to look at Mei.
"Mei?" When she had Mei looking at her from the other end of the hall she continued, "Please remember what I said; Nothing you have said or done has pushed me away, if anything I feel closer to you than I ever have in the past couple months. Me not telling you things straight away was just me being stupid," Yuzu decided to stop there, after a small nod she entered their room, emerging moments later with a handful of clothes and noticed Mei was still watching her.
After making her way into the shower Yuzu noticed she was dirtier than she had realised, she noodles in the ends of her hair for god sake.
When Yuzu was finally out of the shower after taking a good thirty minutes to wash, she put fresh clothes on for the first time in days and made sure to pick a pair of her comfiest clothes: Cotton joggers and a soft oversized pyjama t-shirt. When she eventually came out of the bathroom and made her way down the hall she was greeted by Mei who, like herself, had changed into some nightwear and was just finishing placing the blondes plate down on the table.
"You took a while, is everything alright?" Mei asked as she looked up at noticing the blonde's presence. Yuzu, however, walked over to the table without speaking and carefully traced her fingers over Mei's bruised face. After having some time for the reddening to go down slightly Yuzu saw the entire rage of the bruise that was forming. It started just below the girl's eyebrow and finished around the bottom of her cheekbone. Yuzu obviously has a small first but when faced with the fear of losing her life had put her entire force -from such an angle- into punching her intruder which had regrettably been Mei.
Against the flawless white of the rest of Mei's face, it stood out like a sore thumb and looked extremely painful to Yuzu. She knew that Mei's skin bruised slightly easier than hers did, most likely because it was naturally so pale but even so, this monster of a bruise wasn't because of her fair skin.
"I'm so sorry about this Mei, it looks really painful are you sure you are okay?" Yuzu continued to eye the marking for nearly a minute before Mei finally pulled away.
"I'm not going to lie, it really hurts and I wish it hadn't happened but we can't change what transpired. Anyway, I know it's late but I would like you to eat this and afterwards we can talk. Okay?" Mei said while wiping Yuzu's hand away and stepping back to allow Yuzu into the table.
Sitting down at the table after Mei stood slightly to her side as she made sure that Yuzu was actually eating it, Yuzu glanced up to Mei before she cast her gaze back down to the small portion in front of her.
"Mei?... You were really mad when you left, are you sure you are really fine? I mean I'm glad you want to talk it out but it just doesn't seem like well... you to just forget like that." Yuzu kept her voice somewhat low as she ate another bite of food to keep from having to look at Mei when she asked if she was still mad about Yuzu's dream. Yuzu's hesitation was not mirrored in the slightest as Mei instantly replied as she stood behind the older girl.
"As I said, it's not that I don't want to know who it was because I would still appreciate you telling me, but after I came to the conclusion that it wasn't necessary you lying but not feeling comfortable enough to talk to me about it, that my anger dissipated slightly. If you would like to tell me I'll happily listen, and before you say anything I want to make things better so I won't get mad. But this is all after we talk about the past couple of months and you have eaten something with actual nutrients." Mei had returned to her natural neutral tone which Yuzu didn't know whether to talk as a good sign or a bad one.
On one hand, she wasn't shouting and seemed relatively calm but then again she was most likely still blaming herself and the emotionless tone she used didn't speak much to say she was okay.
Eating as quickly as she could without getting shouted at by Mei, Yuzu was done in less than five minutes leaning back in her chair with her hand on her stomach. "Thanks, Mei, the was really good." Yuzu smiled up to Mei who was still standing beside her.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it, now where would you feel most comfortable talking about this?" Mei asked, a small almost invisible smile to her lips at seeing Yuzu eat something homemade.
"Anywhere you like, but I eh kinda haven't changed the bed sheets or anything so I don't know if you want me to change them first then we can go into the bedroom?" Yuzu seemed slightly nervous as she spoke. She had definitely seen the side eye Mei had given their bed before she left and obviously they couldn't just get rid of their bed but the blonde assumed Mei would have liked some fresh sheets as to dull the memory slightly.
Mei's eyes narrowed at what the blonde was hinting at. "Why couldn't you muster ten minutes of your time to change the bedding?" Her voice now low as ever, Yuzu went to speak but before she could Mei continued.
"Well, you can go and do that now if you don't mind. If it's possible I would like the white and navy blue stripped bedsheets, they are the comfiest ones we have. Unless you want us to sleep on the couch as you have for the past two days?" Mei spat as she picked up the blondes empty plate and walked into the kitchen.
"Ehh... sure Mei," Yuzu stuttered at the sudden change in her partner's mood, maybe this wasn't going to be as simple as she thought as it was clear what had happened to make Mei leave was still laying heavy on her mind. Getting from the table as fast as she could, Yuzu practically ran down the hall to the linen closet, pulled Mei's requested sheets from the shelf and scurried to their room.
The changing of the sheets was a mighty feat for someone of her size. She had grown in the past few years but she was only 5'4" and the bedsheets were much taller than her, every time she had to do this it felt like a workout. The strenuous act took her nearly fifteen minutes to change just the main sheet and by the end, she was wiping her hand across her brow and panting as she looked at the double bed with accomplishment.
"Yuzu, are you finished yet?" Mei knocked lightly on the door, her voice much calmer than the last time she spoke.
Getting to the door faster than possible, Yuzu opened it and gave Mei a smile. "Yeah, sorry it took so long. We normally do it together but since I was doing it myself it took a little longer." Smiling, Yuzu watched as Mei walked into the bedroom with a nod.
"You didn't do the pillows," Pointing to the two white pillowcases on either side of the bed, Mei raised her brow to Yuzu who was in the process of walking back to the bed with navy and white material in her hand.
"As I said, I was struggling a bit to put the quilt sheet on so you are just gonna have to wait like two minutes for me to put these on then we will have nice fresh sheets." Giving as big a smile as she could manage at the moment, Yuzu started pulling the sheets off the pillows.
Taking a case of each colour from the blonde, Mei started changing her own pillows earning her a raised eyebrow from the blonde.
"You're helping?" Yuzu asked while fluffing up her pillows before crawling onto the bed and sitting with her legs crossed as she watched Mei place her pillow back down.
"I am," Mei, like Yuzu, was now sitting on the bed facing her lover who was keeping her eyes fixed on her fluffy socks. Seeing that Yuzu didn't seem to have any intention of speaking first, Mei shuffled forwards to be closer to the blonde.
"So..." Was all she managed to say as a thick wave of awkward tension filled the room.
With all four pillows, two white and two blue, freshly covered and fluffed up the two sat in silence looking at each other from their close proximity.
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