Title: retro
Rating: G
Fandom: Akiba's Beat
Relationship: Hoshino Saki/Sanada Kotomi
Wordcount: 364
Short summary: Kotomi does a double-take at Saki's outfit at first, the T-shirt, plaid miniskirt, and rainbow-striped thigh-highs…
“Kotomi!”
“…Saki?”
Kotomi knows that Saki is a queen of modern fashions so when she spots the woman wearing a T-shirt, a plaid miniskirt, and rainbow-striped thigh-highs, she isn’t sure that it’s actually Saki standing there at first. The outfit just seems very…loud. Saki is a loud person, but not that loud, and not in this way, normally.
“What’s with that look?” she asks when they are only a meter or so apart.
“Just felt like trying something retro.” Saki blushes. “It’s not like I had…complete choice? We just had a show earlier and…” She stops and narrows her eyes. Kotomi realizes a moment later that it’s because Saki’s seeing something on her face. She must be wearing some sort of strange expression.
Kotomi coughs. “It’s fine. It’s not…bad.”
“Really?”
Now Kotomi feels a little guilty. Perhaps Saki is into this type of fashion? She’s not going to pretend she likes it, but that’s because she personally would never wear it. Because it doesn’t suit her. But if it works for Saki…
“It’s not bad on you,” Kotomi states. “It would look bad on me.”
Saki’s hesitant, worried look turns into a pleased smile. “Oh? I think it wouldn’t be too bad on you too.” Her eyes have that humorous glint in them once more. “Especially the socks…”
“You’re kidding…” Kotomi balks at the idea of wearing such colorful items. “Those colors are the opposite of me.”
“Oh, I was thinking more about the…” Saki suddenly turns her face away and slaps her cheeks. Kotomi lets out an involuntary gasp. What is going on in the mind of Hoshino Saki?
“Never mind! Let’s get going already!” Saki blusters before grabbing Kotomi’s hand and marching them forward. Kotomi is confused but she’s not going to say no to holding Saki’s hand. Even if Saki is being strange.
“To the café?” Kotomi wonders aloud as she’s pulled along.
“Yeah! I’m really craving…shortcake!”
Yes, Saki is still acting a little odd. But she is smiling genuinely. So Kotomi isn’t worried. She’ll figure it all out later.
(And when she does, she finds herself blushing and slapping her own cheeks, because…what the hell are you thinking of, Saki!)