For a pause, she sat unblinking. Still as a statue, the melodic words of Maki’s reply drifted in the air unaddressed, wafting through Niko’s form as if she would meld with them to turn to sheer atmospheric emotion.
The rising rush of adrenaline made her heart nearly burst with rhythm to match a swiftly beating drum. Instinctively before her conscious could catch up, she sprung to her feet, the rattle of her chair as good as mute in her ears as her eyes stayed glued right to her secret goddess.
“Y-You’re ok with it?! With…me?”
Maki Nishikino, had voiced confirmation to her inner desires.
These stupid reflexes made her lips curl right into a dazzled smile, but then again, when had she ever shut away her raw feeling at times like this?
“I’ve loved you for a long time just so you know. Don’t break Niko Nii’s heart!”
♫ } Did she just say yes? Did Maki Nishikino, the girl who was afraid of opening up to anybody say yes to a date? With Nico Yazawa? Today just kept getting weirder and weirder.
What if she messed everything up? Not only between the two of them but between Muse as a whole. Sure, she liked Maki, the girl was so sweet to her && was adorable, but was she actually wanting to go on a date with Nico? It wasn’t like her to settle down like this.
She gave a shrug, as her heart still pounded in her chest. “Look, Nico... I um... I don’t...”
She cut herself off, she saw Nico as a friend but was it too late to go back on her word now? All she had to do was tell herself it’s just a friendship date. The two were just going out to eat... together... by themselves. That’s all. It wasn’t a date.
She took a deep breath, giving a quick smile && a nod.
“Y-you have?” she wasn’t expecting that. Muse had only been together for a short time, did Nico really feel that way for that long? Maki thought all the teasing && making fun of her was all just because of that’s how Nico was. She never considered the elder to be flirting.
Shit. She really messed up this time.
