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maipix w 35 :3c

35. As a goodbye

Warning: VERY WORDY HOLY SHIT

This was the last time Mai could ever see Pix. Mai’s parents objected, very loudly, to their friendship, to their romance, and banned them from seeing each other, ever. They even contacted the school to make sure that they wouldn’t ever meet again.

So Pix was going to never eat in the cafeteria with the normal boots guys- who were also her friends- ever again.

Mai slunk through the night shadows, hand grazing the wall as a guide. She kept leaning against it, even as she reached the place where they would meet. Pix’s purple hair was spotted on the opposite side of the bricks Mai leaned against, and she walked forward. “...Pix?”

Pix looked to Mai, then dashed forward, colliding into Mai. “Mai, I’m so sorry,” Pix mumbled, squeezing the taller girl tight, “It’s my fault that our relationship got found out.”

“No, it was mine.”

“No, really! I made a comment about it at your family dinner, even after you told me not to-” Pix sniffed, trying to hold back tears, “-and now we can’t even see each other again... I don’t think...” Pix trailed off, starting to think.

Mai looked down, rubbing Pix’s head. “Don’t think what?”

“...I don’t think we can continue being girlfriends, even in secret.”

Mai froze. “Why?”

“Someone’s going to notice-” Pix waved around, “This, sooner or later, and knowing the school, they’re going to heavily patrol the area for years after we left, preventing other students from keeping their relationships secret, as well. Y-Y’know, I don’t want to be the cause of that.”

Mai’s face fell. “...That’s true, but... what if we don’t?”

“We will. I’m lucky I got Susan for a roommate again this year, but with anybody else, they would’ve reported it already.” Pix stepped away from Mai, green eyes looking away from her. “So... I think... I think we should break up.”

Mai made a noise. Pix looked at her with concern, then hurridly explained, “Not that we don’t love each other, I love you, but-” Pix looked sad again. “... i love you... but I don’t think all the time separated and coming back and separating again will be good for us.”

Mai mentally grabbed the words ‘i love you’ out of the air and into her mental box. She was going to remember this at night for the rest of her time at asagao. “...You’re right.” She admitted, looking away from Pix. “...So... break up time?”

“Break up.”

There was a silence in the air as the decision settled in, and Pix looked sad. She started stepping away, obviously thinking of something to say. “...Bye, Mai.”

“Bye, Pix. I love you.” Mai said back, and she spotted Pix tighten up briefly. Then, the shorter girl turned around and started to run away. Mai watched the dust settle after she did so, and headed back herself, sad frown on her face.

Mai remembered how sad Pix got after the first time a possible relationship was broken because of Mai or someone close to Mai... and now she was willingly causing it to herself?

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Hana pushed Pix towards The Place, a giggle on her lips. Pix kept asking and asking where the heck Hana was taking her, but Hana didn’t respond, afraid of telling the truth if she dared to open her mouth. Instead, she just simply told Pix that it was a surprise.

It truly would be, if Jared and PBG held up their end of the bargain. Hana hoped this went well.

“Come on, Hana, tell me.”

“We’re almost to the place! Hold your horses.”

Hana opened the door, and slipped a blindfold over Pix’s face. Pix blinked underneath the blindfold, but followed Hana inside, not saying anything. Hana looked around the room, then smirked.

“Alright. Find your way around!” Hana chirped, and Pix whirled around as Hana backed away.

“Wait, WHAT ARE Y-”

The door shut, and Pix heard a distinct ‘click’ as the door locked.

Pix probably deserved this for all of the times she shoved PBG into a closet with Hana. The purple-haired girl didn’t know what the fuck was in her surroundings- the lights were off, so Pix couldn’t use the foolproof ability of trying to see through the designs of the blindfold to see her surroundings.

Was it still foolproof if a small thing like the lights being off interrupted it? Well, whatever. Pix stepped to the side until she hit a wall- bumped off of it, rubbing her head- and put her right hand on it, feeling the cool metal underneath her fingers. 

She started to wander around the room, trying to get a feel of it. It was rather square-like in shape, and the two doors there were were both locked. Pix started to detach from the wall when she rammed her leg into the side of a desk, and she swore, stumbling backwards.

“Pix?!”

Mai’s voice made Pix freeze, and Pix wanted to remember where the voice came from. There were steps, and suddenly someone grabbing at her blindfold. They tugged and pulled at her hair, until the blindfold fell away. Pix peeked open her eyes, trying not to cry.

Mai’s worried face soon slipped into view. “Oh, god, I didn’t know you were here! I...” Mai’s frown deepened. “I... must’ve fell asleep... Are you alright? Can I check out the leg?”

Pix nodded, and she pulled up her shorts, revealing the spot where she had rammed into the desk rather painfully. Mai knelt down, red hair slightly glinting in the sunlight seeping into the room, and she pressed her lips to Pix’s bruise, frown still on her face when she pulled away.

Pix sort of flushed at the contact, but pretended like she didn’t mind it. “I think we’re locked in.”

“Seriously?! What the hell?!”

Hana, PBG, and Jared looked at the feed through the camera in the room, with Jared started to laugh his ass off. “Told you it wouldn’t work like you wanted it too!”

“Awwww.” Hana watched the feed a bit more, then seemed to notice something. “Wait. Did Pix just grab Mai’s hand?”

“Well, looks like this plan works a little better than you thought, Jared!” PBG beamed, “Hah! The pranksters... just got pranked.”

“Is that even a real word?” Hana asked, eyes looking away from the feed.

“Pretty sure it is.”

“Noooo, it’s not.”

Jared rolled his eyes and kept his eyes on the feed, deciding to watch the progress.

Unfortunately to say, Mai and Pix did not go beyond hand holding... but there were a lot more lingering glances between classes.

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“My date stood me up, can you come pick me up?” WITH PIX/MAI??

Pix let her eyes drift to her phone while she was working. Her pencil tapped on the paper as she stared at the dark phone screen. She tried to look back to her work for a little while longer, then discarded it for doing it at lunch, picking up the phone and tapping it on.

A picture of Mai and her posing together was now the lock screen background, which was a very good choice. Pix swiped off an email notification and unlocked her phone, transitioning the phone background to the picture alto took of her staring at Jirard.

Then, her phone rang. Mai’s name flashed across the screen, along with the picture she had. Pix instantly picked up, heart soaring for a bit.

“H-Hey Pix.” Mai did not sound happy, and Pix’s spirits fell. “My date stood me up, can you come pick me up?”

Stood her up? Pix felt the briefest bit happy, but tried to erase that part of her completely from her soul. She should NOT be happy about this. “Didn’t you go there on your own, though?”

“J-Just come here, Pix...” Mai said, and before Pix could ask why again, Mai hung up. 

Pix stared at the phone, then placed it on the table and went to get dressed. She had someone to... cheer up? Most likely cheer up with her presence? Pix pulled on her pants, trying to think of why Mai called her.

Mai sat at a table, fingers drumming it lightly. The moment she spotted the mostly purple-haired girl walk through the door, she jolted out of her seat, hopping toward’s Pix with a smile on her face. “Oh, Pix! Glad to see you’re here! Come on, come on!”

Pix yelped, but let Mai drag her to the table, plopping her down in the seat across from her. Mai slid a menu over to her, teeth showing her smile. “Come on, order something! It’s on me!”

“I guess... but didn’t you say you had your date-”

“It’s. On. Me.”

Pix quickly buried herself in the menu, heart fluttering behind it. Mai was covering up her sadness really well, huh? Pix felt happy about that. She looked through the menu and got to... yes. YES.

Pix slammed it down her menu, proclaiming, “The mozerella cheese sticks and mac and cheese!”

“...That’s a bit cheesy.” Mai said.

“Well, I’m cheesy.” Pix replied, green eyes sparkling. Mai snorted, smile widening. “Anyway, didn’t we have like, a cheese prank for the two lovebirds in Hidden Block?”

“We did!” Mai tapped her hand on the table, thinking. “I think that-”

“Hello, ladies,” A man with a beard and an eyepatch stepped up to the table, with an oddly familiar voice, “do you have your drinks ready?”

Mai nodded, and Pix put her hands on her lap, just thinking.

“That was some really good food.” Pix sighed, leaning onto Mai’s shoulder. Mai didn’t respond in any way to that, not even moving away. “Thanks for putting up with me eating like, all of it.”

“No problem.” Mai’s hand slipped onto Pix’s, and gripped it slightly. “You liked it, didn’t you?” Pix felt her hair being adjusted with Mai’s other hand, and Pix nodded. “Good.”

They fell into a silence for a while, with Pix’s eyes slowly closing. Then, Pix remembered something.

The call.

“Weren’t you stood up by someone when you called me?”

“No, not-” Mai froze. “Uh, yes, yes! Man, he sure was a jerk! Hahaha...”

Pix straightened her back, lifting her head off of Mai’s shoulder. She stared over at Mai, who tried her best to avoid Pix’s gaze. Pix placed her hands in her lap, trying to think.

“I’m a better fucking liar than that, Mai,” Pix said, crossing her arms. Mai flicked her eyes over to Pix in surprise. “You even mentioned the truth for two seconds, and once that’s done with, you gotta roll with it.”

Mai paused, looking at Pix, who looked down at her lap with embarrassment. Mai sighed, leaning deeper into the train compartment.

“Fine. I just wanted to have a date with you.”