6 Our Kisses Note - Final (1/2)

98 kisses left

Hina was sitting again in front of the tea table. She had an open notebook in front of her and was making notes with a pen. Saki was sitting on the bed, avoiding making direct contact. That's because Hina was wearing pajamas to sleep, and her legs, usually covered by her leggings, were completely exposed.

”My house is in the same direction as yours, so we can walk home together every day. And, that one street usually has no one around, so we might get to kiss once by day at least. Also, huh, we should search for a place where we can be alone at school.”

”Do you really need to do that?” Saki asked, feeling her cheeks warming up.

”What? Planning? Of course! It's important to be efficient.”

”If only you would put that much effort in studying…”

Hina made a pout, looking at Saki. Ignoring her comments, she turned her attention back to the paper in front of her.

”We can meet some weekends, maybe? Oh, next weekend is Makkochi's show, so that's a big no! Oh yeah, we also won't be using tongue, but that's obvious...”

”Huh… Minoya…” Saki started to say, but Hina stopped her, moving her finger to one side and another.

”Hina,” she said. ”Being called Minoya by a classmate is weird.”

”Hi-Hina…” Saki struggled to say it, but Hina's response had a smile.

”Yes, Saki?”

”If it's a place to be alone at school, I know about one.”

Hina closed her notebook and sat beside Saki on the bed. The other girl moved a little away by instinct, receiving a condemning look. Yet, Hina pointed to her own lips while smiling.

”We should use this opportunity, too.”

Saki put her finger on her own lips, gazing at Hina's face. Her eyes were placed on the soft-looking pink lines that were her lips. The thoughts of their early kiss were still a mess in her head, and her heart wouldn't stop beating as if desperate.

Looking around the room and realizing they were completely alone also helped to make her nervous. Hina looked at her, with certain impatience. Saki made mention to move in her direction, but stopped midway, freezing in her place.

With a sigh, Hina realized her partner wouldn't be able to do it. So she herself moved in Saki's way and joined their lips.

Saki could feel a warm softness in her own lips, and the sweet fragrance emanating from Hina's her hair. Her body made mention of turn away, but Hina got a grip on her hand, to stop her.

After they moved away from each other, Hina looked at Saki in silence, sending a curious look.

”W-What?” Saki asked, moving slightly away.

”No… It's just… Your lips are a little wet, so I can still feel them.”

”O-Ok, that's enough!” Saki said, standing up and ignoring Hina's laugh.

”What are you doing?” Hina said, seeing Saki pull something from her closet.

”My bed, of course.”

”What? Aren't we going to sleep together?” Hina said while smiling and making twirls on her hair.

Saki ignored her and made her own bed on the floor. When she was ready, she lied on it and said goodnight to Hina. But the other girl sat on the bed, instead of lying down herself.

”Saki, Saki,” she said, making Saki look at her. She pointed to her lips again before saying: ”Goodnight kiss?”

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In their next school day, Saki took Hina to the place she would usually go alone to read. Saying that was perfect, Hina suggested for them to meet there at least once by day. It was usually a quiet place and no one would be around to bother them.

Of course, the kiss they shared in class was still the school's subject. No one took it as more than a joke, but since Saki was a target of gossips already and Hina was popular, it was inevitable that it would be a subject that lasted for weeks. But since the fact that Hina and Saki were still meeting each other was kept a secret, the gossips started to die after some time.

Aya and Sayaka were the only ones who knew about what Hina and Saki were doing, being Hina's best friends. She told them about her times alone with Saki and about the notes she was making regarding their kisses on her smartphone. Sayaka gave her a reprimand answer but Aya just laughed, pointing out how Saki and Hina were having more kisses than she ever had with her boyfriends. ”That's why you always dump them after one week”, Hina said.

Their kisses kept going daily. Mostly it was in their two safe spaces, but sometimes it would be different. Like how they met alone in the back of the library, with Saki wondering what Hina was even doing there.

Once they met by chance in a convenience store. Hina was there with her mother and greeted Saki. When her mother looked away, Hina stole a kiss so suddenly that Saki let out a gasp. She blushed so much that Hina's mother asked if she was okay. She could only think how kiss tasted like the chocolate flavored ice cream that Hina was eating.

During physical education in the pool, Hina pulled Saki underwater to kiss her there. When Saki asked for the reason for that, Hina just shrugged it off saying she was curious to know how it would feel.

Little by little, Saki started to get used to that routine. And she started to look forward to her school days, which was a new feeling for her.

51 kisses left

It was on a certain Sunday in which Saki was alone in her room reading a book. All that came to her mind was the memory of her kisses with Hina and a anxiety for the next day to come. She didn't keep a list like Hina, and she was embarrassed to ask, but she thought that wouldn't last much. The whole anxiety didn't let her concentrate on her book, so she gave up, closed it and decided she should get some air.

She ended up wandering around downtown without knowing what she would do as if just wanting to kill time. It was a nice day, so she had come out in her jean shorts and a blue shirt. She was starting to think that was stupid and planning to go home when a voice called out to her.

”Saki!”

Her heart skipped a beat while she looked behind to a smiling Hina who came running towards her wearing pleated skirt with accessories in form of stars flapping in the wind. She stopped in front of Saki. Her belly could be seen uncovered below her pink blouse. Behind her, Aya and Sayaka also walked in their direction.

”What a coincidence meeting you here,” Hina said with a smile.

”I… I was just going back now, actually.”

”Ehh?” Hina said, making a pouting face. ”Come with us. We're going to the Amusement Park.”

”Hey, Hina!” Sayaka complained.

”What?” Hina said turning to her two friends. ”She can't?”

”I'm okay with that,” Aya said, sending a smile to Saki.

Sayaka glared at Saki, but turning her eyes and meeting Hina's face, she gave up with a sigh.

”Fine. I don't mind,” she said, avoiding looking at the other girls.

”No, it's fine,” Saki said. ”I don't want to bother you…”

”You won't bother!” Hina said, grabbing Saki's arm with both her hands, making her think about how soft and small Hina's fingers were. She felt her heart skip again.

”I… I… Okay,” Saki had the whole intention of refusing. Still, looking at Hina's smile, she found herself unable to.

”Nice!” Hina said and pulled Saki along.

She couldn't lie. The moment she saw Hina, her eyes were attracted to the girl's lips. Even while walking beside her, she couldn't stop herself from stealing glances of her face.

Sayaka didn't look very pleased with the situation, and Saki realized the girl throwing glares at her. Aya, on the other side, had a smile on her face and at times would look to Hina and Saki. She looked like she was having fun with the situation.

Hina pulled Saki the whole way when they got inside the park. Although Saki couldn't say she hated the attention, it was also making her nervous.

”So, so, so. What are we riding first?” Hina asked, with a bright smile.

”Well…” Aya said, but then linked arms with Sayaka and threw Hina a smile. ”How about you two spend some time together, and we'll walk around a bit.”

”Hey,” Saya tried to protest, but Aya whispered something in her ear. She sent a glance to Hina and said: ”Well, you're right.”

And saying they would meet later, Aya and Sayaka walked away. Saki didn't understand it at first, wondering if the girls were trying to let her alone with Hina, which didn't make sense in her head. But soon the reason became clear. Hina pulled her into every single scary ride the park had and insisted to ride each of them twice. Being an indoors person who usually would only leave her room for going to school, at the end of the day Saki was exhausted.

When they met with Aya and Sayaka again, Aya had a sympathetic smile on her face.

”Sorry about that,” she said, looking at Saki sitting exhausted on a bench.

”Is she always like that?” Saki asked after Hina went away with Sayaka to buy them crepes.

”Pretty much. She's a… very energetic girl. So it's nice that we met you. We could relax for once.”

”Well, you're welcome,” Saki said in a sarcastic tone. Aya laughed.

”Actually, she has a weakness as well,” and Aya approached to whispersomething on Saki's ear.

When Hina and Sayaka came back, she passed a crepe to Saki. It was chocolate flavored, and she said it was her choice. It was also the same flavor as hers. Pointing out that Hina never asked what she wanted, Saki ate it, hiding a smile.

”By the way,” Saki said, turning to Hina. Yet, when she realized there was a little of chocolate on the girl's lips, she turned her eyes away.

”Yeah?” Hina said.

”You've been pulling around me all the way today. Can I ask you to come with me for once?”

”Sure,” Hina answered, putting the last piece of crepe in her mouth. ”There's still something I want to ride, but we can stop somewhere before that.”

When Saki guided her to the place, Hina's smile disappeared, and she gave a dread look to Saki.

”Really?” She said, looking at the building in front of her. The haunted house.

”I like those,” Saki said. ”But going alone is kinda…”

”Well, Aya is fine with those. You can accompany her, right?” Hina sent a pleading stare to Aya, but the girl just sighed.

”I don't think it would be that fun with me. Also, I don't know Shizuhara that well, so that would be awkward.”

Hina opened her mouth to disagree, but seeing the smile on Aya's face, she realized it was useless. And Sayaka would probably go with what Aya said. So she tried a last plead to Saki.

”Well, if that bothers you that much,” Saki said.

Hina let out a sigh by hearing that again. She pulled Saki by the arm in direction of the haunted house's entrance.

”Fine, let's just end this.”

As expected, at every creature or scare they met, Hina jumped scared. When they got to the middle of the way, Hina was holding Saki's arm with such a strength close to her breast that Saki could even hear the girl's heartbeat. But even more relevant, she could feel the girl's soft body.

”Ahh, I can't go on!” Hina said when the two of them were alone in a dark corridor. Without any warning, she pulled Saki's face down in her direction and kissed her lips.

Saki jumped back as Hina looked at her, trying to find her in the dark. Hina leaped forward and grabbed Saki's hand.

”Hey, don't leave me alone!” she said. ”But yeah… That made me calm down a little.”

Saki thought she saw a smile on Hina's face, even in that darkness.

When they finally came out of the house, Aya and Sayaka were waiting in the exit. Saki had a blush on her face while Hina looked calm and composed. Aya let out a snarky comment.

”Oh, I wonder what brought this change.”

”It was scary at first, but then it became kinda fun,” Hina said.

”So, can we go now,” said Sayaka, still sending glares at Saki.

”Hum… Actually, there's one last place I want to go,” Hina said.

They got in front of the Ferris Wheel. Aya made an ”Ohhh” while looking at Hina.

”You're right. Leaving this one for last is symbolic,” then Aya looked at Saki with a smile: ”Don't you think so, Shizuhara?”

”I… I don't know what you mean,” Saki was trying not to look at Hina.

”So, two by gondola, right?” Sayaka said approaching Hina, but Aya pulled her. Sayaka threw a condemning look at her.

”You come with me,” Aya said, ignoring her friend's eyes. ”I don't feel like riding it with Shizuhara would be very comfortable for us both. No offenses.”

”I was planning to go with her, anyway,” Hina said.

Aya and Sayaka got inside first, and when the next gondola opened up in front of them, Saki and Hina got inside. Instead of sitting across Saki, however, Hina sat beside her. As they started to move up, Saki still couldn't face the girl by her side.

”You know, meeting you was coincidence, but it was fun. Maybe we should go out sometime,” Hina said, making Saki look at her.

”You don't need to both..”

Before Saki could stop, Hina put a finger on her lips, shutting her up.

”No, no, no. Stop taking it all upon yourself. I'm the one offering it, and I'm saying it was fun. That include the kisses, even if I messed up the numbers. And, huh…” Hina avoided her eyes while playing with her hair and said in an almost inaudible voice: ”I'm sorry for trying to get out of it.”

”You don't…”

”No, it was my fault! At first, I thought it would be a little gross, but… Actually… It's not gross at all. Well, it's just kissing, after all. We already did half of it, and I think I'm getting used to it. So don't worry, I don't hate you for it.”

They stopped talking. Saki realized some shine on Hina's eyes as they approached the top, as if some planning was going on inside her head.

”Hey…” Saki said, realizing they were almost at the top. ”Are you planning to…?”

”Kiss you on the top of the Ferris Wheel? Of course!”

”B-But… You know… They say that…”

”If a couple kisses on the top of the Ferris Wheel, they'll be together forever? Don't worry about that, we're not even a couple. And besides…” As they arrived at the top Hina pulled Saki's face closer and gave her a kiss. The two girls had red faces as they looked at each other. ”I said I have fun with you, so whatever!”

When the two girls got out, Aya made fun of them because of their faces, even though she would swear they couldn't see anything from their own gondola. Yet, it was late, so they decided to go home. Hina walked the whole way talking to Aya and Sayaka, while Saki was nervously in silence.

In a sudden movement, even though they were in the middle of the street and there were people around, Saki pulled Hina close to her and asked:

”Can you kiss me now?”

Hina looked confused, surveying around conscious of the people around them. They were in a commercial street, after all.

”Why…?” She said, but Saki grabbed her hand.

”Now...Please.”

Hina did it. She hugged Saki and kissed her on the middle of the street, even though there were people looking straight at them. Sayaka tried to say something, but Aya stopped her. She also had a serious expression. Her eyes followed a girl who passed by them holding hands with a boy their age. The girl's eyes turned to the kissing scene but turned away fast. That moment, Saki gently pushed Hina away.

”Okay, what the hell was that?!” Sayaka asked, furious.

”What?” Saki said, avoiding looking at any of the girls. Hina was still speechless, just looking at Saki without understanding anything. ”That's our deal, right?”

”Your deal was only doing it when no one was around, right?”

”No, that's not what Hina proposed. That's just what I wanted. So I can ask otherwise if I feel like it.”

”If you feel like it? What do you think she…” But before Sayaka could finish, Aya touched her shoulder, making a sign for her to stop. Hina was just looking at them.

”Hey, Shizuhara,” Aya said with a serious voice. ”Wasn't that girl who passed by us just now your ex-girlfriend?”

”Eh?” It was Hina who reacted. She looked at Saki with expectation. Saki stood in silence.

”It was, right? There's no way I wouldn't recognize her. Sayaka, if you stopped being angry about all of this, you would realize it too,” Sayaka threw a glare at Aya, who ignored it. ”That boy was her boyfriend, I wonder…”

”I have to go,” Saki said and tried to walk away, but Hina followed her. The four girls resumed their walk without saying anything back.

When they arrived at the point Hina and her friends should follow through another street, Hina grabbed Saki's hand. Saki gave her a surprised look, but Hina smiled.

”I'll take her home,” she said. Sayaka tried to complain, but Aya pulled her away, leaving the two girls alone.

When they arrived at Saki's house, Hina followed her to her room without saying anything. When the two girls were alone, Saki finally asked her:

”What's up? If you just wanted to follow me home, then…”

Before Saki could say anything more, Hina approached her and held both her hands with strength and brought her face close to her. Her eyes were serious. Startled by it, Saki tried to pull back, but Hina didn't let her grip.

”W-Wha…”

”You have a cute girl letting you kiss her lips and what you do with it? Use it to make some other girl jealous? Really, really?”

”I...I'm not…” Her words wouldn't leave her mouth, as Hina's eyes were throwing daggers at her.

”What a bad girl. Should a teach you a lesson?”

Before Saki could say anything, Hina grabbed her and kissed her mouth. This time, she let her tongue slip inside, too. As Saki tried to escape, Hina held her body with an unexpected strength coming from that little body.

It took maybe a whole minute. When Hina was done, Saki could still feel the softness and wetness of the girl's tongue on her mouth. Her heart looked like it would explode and she had to bring the hand to her chest to calm down.

First Hina looked at her. Then a shocked expression crossed her face. She let a weak ”I'm sorry”, as she stormed out of the room before Saki could even react. Saki could only walk to her bed and throw herself on top it, hiding her head in her pillow so her face would stop burning.

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”You did what?!” Aya said suddenly the next day, as Hina told her story.

”I mean, it's what we've been doing, right? Not big deal…”

”No, it's not. It's completely different. First of all, she didn't agree with it, so you really should apologize.”

”I did it already.”

”You should do it again.”

Hina stared at Aya, who gave her a judgemental look. Sayaka was close, but pretending to ignore everything. She didn't give a glance in Hina's direction.

”But I mean, don't you get why that annoyed me?” Hina tried to justify herself after Aya's look.

”Because you're narcissistic and can't understand how someone wouldn't think only about you?”

”Well, that too… I mean, no! For example, what if your boyfriend asked you to kiss him in front of his ex-girlfriend, to make her jealous. Wouldn't you be mad at him?”

”I'm not sure he would live enough for that…”

”Right?!”

”Still, she's not your girlfriend, right, so she did nothing wrong. You know she can actually find another girlfriend, right? You two don't have an actual relationship.”

”I know, but still…” Hina made a pout while still trying to argue her case. Aya let out a sigh.

”Let me tell you a story, okay? About how I recognized that girl. And what I know about Shizuhara's relationship with her.”

”How do you even know about that?”