Title: a cozy corner
Rating: G
Fandom: Akiba's Beat
Relationship: Hoshino Saki/Sanada Kotomi
Wordcount: 591
Short summary: Saki brings Kotomi to her apartment and shows her the cozy corner in her bedroom. Kotomi is confused at first but soon understands.
“Why are there pillows on the floor?”
When Saki had invited Kotomi to her apartment, Kotomi knew to expect something much different from the bedroom she holes up in, her sanctuary that is full of dolls and lolita-gothic dresses. However she hadn’t expected to find a room rather sparsely decorated in terms of items, with some plushies scattered on a small bed, and some more of them on the floor on top of some pillows that are also on the floor?
“It’s my cozy corner!” Saki grins as she leads a wary Kotomi across the room. “Come on, take a seat!”
Kotomi doesn’t know what this “cozy corner” term means, but she’s more concerned about this floor sitting part. “On the floor?” she asks once more.
“Yeah.” Saki sits down first and the way that she seems to just relax into the fluff of pillows makes Kotomi join her willingly. Even if it is on the floor. “It’s nice, isn’t it?”
Kotomi just exhales as she leans back into the pillow fluff. It feels unexpectedly nice indeed. Although why this couldn’t be on the bed instead is something Kotomi doesn’t understand, but it’s probably some trendy fashionable thing or some foreign thing. But that’s not important to figure out right now, not when Saki is waiting for a response.
“I guess it is…cozy?” Kotomi blushes from her awkward word choice.
Saki smiles. Even if Kotomi’s response had been awkward, she manages to understand what Kotomi really meant, something Kotomi has come to appreciate.
“I know coming out here was pretty stressful, right? So let’s chill out for a bit.”
Kotomi nods. Kotomi likes the idea of staying here and not moving. She sinks into the fluff of the pillows and the warmth of having Saki next to her before she processes the other part of Saki’s words. She almost sits up…well, she would have if she could move out of the fluff. Instead she just blurts out her surprise.
“Wait, does that mean you plan to take me out more?”
“Of course! I want to take you to the café where my friends like to hang out, and the waterside park area, and the game center…” Saki pauses as she looks at Kotomi’s dazed expression. “But that’s too much, isn’t it?”
Kotomi nods. “It sounds exhausting.” It was already enough of an ordeal to travel from Akihabara to here, at least for Kotomi. Maybe Saki forgot that Kotomi just doesn’t have the same social stamina?
“I mean, we don’t have to do all that in one day but…” Saki amends before laughing. “I am just that excited to spend more time with you, I guess.”
Kotomi blushes. Even if Saki has said similar words to her before, even if they have been dating for a few months already, the words are still so…nice to hear. She gives Saki an honest smile. “I understand. I would like to do those things with you sometime.” She does want to spend more time with Saki doing things that make Saki happy. But she’s just feeling so sleepy… “Just not right now.”
Saki laughs once more. She gives Kotomi a light jab on her arm as well. “You do look pretty comfortable right now. Let’s do all those things some other day.”
“Okay…” Kotomi sleepily responds. Oh, does she just want to shut her eyes and just welcome some sweet… Well, before she knows it, she has fallen asleep, surrounded by pillows and plushies in this cozy corner, with, most importantly, Saki by her side…