I Always Thought that Happiness Started with an “H”, but it Turns Out it Starts with “U”

After their kiss, Mei and Risa returned to her house. As they entered Risa's small front porch, they could see the blinds part and Reika's blood shot eyes peering through. The pair pretended not to notice as they continued hand-in-hand to the front door. The two faced each other and put their hands on each others hips. Mei closed her eyes and leaned in, Risa did the same. Their lips met with a soft and gentle kiss.

Mei asked a final question before leaving, “How was that? Did you enjoy our date? Am I girlfriend material?”

Risa pretended to be lost in thought which made Mei squirm nervously. Risa gained great pleasure from making senpai flustered. Her eyes squinted as she grinned, “I'm kidding. It was an amazing first date and definitely puts girlfriends into the realm of possibilities. Can we do this a few times and see where it leads?”

Mei smiled back, “absolutely hottie.” With that Mei turned around and headed home.

As soon as she was sure that Mei wouldn't be able to see her, Risa spun around in an excited little dance, holding her new shirt near her face and smelling it. Even though Mei hadn’t worn it, Risa could smell her on it. Risa's fantasy sniffing was cut short by her big sister barging through the front door. Normally, Reika was not quite as flustered as she appeared to be. Seriously, were her eyes all puffy and bloodshot? Had she just been staring outside the window the entire time Mei-senpai and her were out?

Sometimes Risa had no idea what was going on in Reika’s mind. She appeared to be very mature on the outside, but she was actually a spit-fire who angered easily. Sometimes it was impossible for even Risa to read her emotions, but this time she could tell that Reika-neechan was pissed, but there was something else there too that Risa did not recognize. She wanted to ask her sister about it because it made her a little concerned if she was being honest. Though Reika was rather abrasive, that was still her sister, and one of the people Risa cared about most of all. 

As her sister turned her head, Risa swore she saw a teardrop roll down her sister’s cheek, but when she grabbed Reika by the arm it was gone. Unsure what to say, Risa pulled Reika in for a warm and tight hug, “I love you neechan. If something is bothering you, you can always talk to me, you know?”

Reika’s balled fists relaxed and she hugged her little sister back. She may be an annoying little brat, but Risa was her one and only sister. Reika was so strict because she loved Risa more than anything. She couldn’t be mad at Risa for going on a date with Mei who was obviously into her. Reika took some calming breaths then released Risa, and grabbed mail from the carrier box outside. 

Saya had already prepared dinner so the sisters sat down together at the table and ate in silence as was normal for the two of them. Finally they returned to their separate rooms. Risa changed into her PJ’s and checked her VR inbox, she had a long message from Noriko.  The message read, “Hey tomorrow do your best to be ready to leave at 10am. I'll come pick you up around this time. Make sure you bring a sweater or hoodie with you. It might be a bit cold where we are going. Risa-chan, I really can’t wait for our date. I promise you it is going to be super fun and special. Anyways, see you tomorrow!” 

Risa still felt weird that her and Noriko would be going on a real date of their own. She had legitimately never thought it was a viable option so Risa had done her best to shut the possibility out of her thoughts. She laid under her naked lady bed sheets and drifted off to sleep wondering about when Risa had first started having feelings for her. 

Risa woke up from her sleep to the sound of her alarm clock blaring. She  groaned and looked at the time, 0800. Time to get up and get ready. This time Risa was convinced that her normal clothes would be good enough for the date, but to be sure that she took it seriously Risa still did her hair and make-up. This just didn’t feel as serious as it had with Mei-senpai. She had went on plenty of friend dates with Noriko so she wondered how this one would be different and if she would be able to feel that Nori-chan was more than just a friend.

This time, Risa learned from her mistakes and made sure that Saya served her breakfast today before her date. She ate it all only to hear a knock on the door 30 minutes early. Of course it was Noriko, who was forever anxious about being late so she made it a point to show up early to everything. Risa had anticipated this happening and was already ready to leave at that point. She wore a rock band t-shirt with dark jeans and a black cat hoodie. With her hair and make up done, Risa still looked exceptionally natural which to her surprise made Noriko blush,

Noriko came dressed in her nicest goth outfit. She had on a white undershirt with a KISS t-shirt, ripped black jeans and shit-kicker boots. Her make up was exactly how Risa expected it to be: black eyeshadow with black lipstick and freshly painted black nails. Noriko had a chain hanging from her pant pocket, and to finish off the outfit, she had on a pair of thick rimmed glasses. For once, Noriko had her dark hair down and a choker on, Risa couldn't help but think that Noriko was looking extra hot today. Outside of school she usually was dressed this way but something about today was different, maybe it was thee way she openly blushed or maybe it was the fact that her hair was down, Risa wasn't sure, but today was definitely not starting off as a normal friend date. 

Noriko was greeted by Reika who had just gotten up, “Oh hey Nori-san. Wasn't expecting you to come around this early today, btw love the look. What's up?”

“We we we we we, Risa and I are going on a date today before she has to go back to school.”

Reika smiled and nodded before yawning and drinking some milk straight from the carton. Noriko thought she was tripping but clearly something was off about Reika. She literally never woke up late for starters, and she had never seen Reika do something as savage as drink milk straight from the carton, Noriko-chan wanted to say something but she was at a loss for words. Instead she just smiled at Reika and gently patted her back. 

Saya entered the kitchen and then excitedly greeted Noriko, “ Hey good morning Noriko-san, I was not expecting you! Would you like me to prepared you another portion of breakfast? We have left overs. Noriko respectfully declined then grabbed Risa's hand and the two headed for the bigger of the two stations near their neighborhood. The station was only about three blocks from Risa's house. When they made it to the station, they were met with a surprising number of people already waiting at the station.

On a Sunday morning there was usually only a few riders, but today there was nearly two dozen people waiting for the next train to show up. Risa looked at Noriko who was starrting to get anxious about the growing crowd. 

Risa looked at Nori-chan and asked her, “Where exactly are we going? Is there an event going on of some sort? I have literally never seen so many people waiting for the train.”

Noriko answered, this time without any buffering, “ We are heading to this festival that take place every year at the pier near the ocean, you know the one that has like all those fresh seafood and vegetable stands?”

That did ring a bell to Risa, “ Oh yeah I know where you are talking about, but Nori-chan, isn't that over a two hour train ride?”

Noriko just shook her head yes and smiled. After a good ten minutes of waiting in the growing crowd an outgoing train finally arrived. All the people waiting at the station piled in with plenty of space to spare. The pair sat down next to each other and Noriko brought out her phone. She set up a randomized game selection app which landed her on checkers. 

“Wanna play a game while we wait? Noriko was black and Risa was white. Both girls were very competitive and soon were waging war against each other. They were not paying attention to their surroundings when the train came to a rapid stop and the man holding onto the railing next to them bumped into Risa, sending her flying into Noriko. Her arm landed right in between Noriko's breasts and on her hand on Noriko's thigh.  Risa felt her face get hot as felt the soft flesh touch her arm. That's right, Noriko was an actual woman, with killer fashion, a nice shapely body and she even smelled good. She was unsure why she hadn’t considered Nori-chan a true woman before, but she was definitely acutely aware of this now and thought back to all the times they had shared spaces that were much too small or clung to each other a little too long. “Lord this was going to be a long train ride”, thought Risa.