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The door to March's room burst open, and a tired March stormed in, sighing in contentment to be back in her room. Stelle silently trailed behind, she was tired, of course. However, the urge to stay with March was heavier than her exhausted body.
"Ah! It's nice to be back home!" March exclaimed, back facing Stelle, she gave herself a long and good body stretch, exciting the eyes of Stelle. After stretching, March turned around and was surprised that Stelle was still following her.
"Stelle? What are you doing here? Don't you have your own room now?" March asked, putting her hands on her hips. Stelle didn't answer, instead, her eyes focused on her bed, half folded and half not.
March watched as Stelle suddenly moved towards her bed and got under the covers, claiming the bed as her own. Laying on her side, back facing March.
"H-Hey! That's my bed! Go to your own bed!" March huffed, walking over to Stelle and trying to pull her off her bed.
"No! I'm comfy already." Stelle replied, resisting March's attempts to pull her off.
"This is my bed! Get off before I- woah!" Before March could finish, Stelle grabbed her arm and pulled her in, causing to March lose her balance and fall vertically onto the bed.
"Fix your position, and rest." Stelle said nonchalantly, snuggling herself back under the covers. March grumbles to herself out of annoyance and positions herself correctly, laying next to Stelle.
March was then overwhelmed by the softness and the comfort her bed provided her, her body going into full shut down as the familiar mattress surrounded her body. The whole mission had exhausted her, Stelle included. She was glad to finally enjoy her bed for once.
"Comfy?" Stelle asked softly.
"Y-Yea..." March agreed. Despite the comfort her bed brought to her, there was something else that felt unfamiliar, the figure resting in her bed right beside her. Realisation dawned over March, however, she was too tired to get flustered at the thought of Stelle being in HER bed with her. Instead, she accepted it, she'll worry about that the next morning.
March then hears shuffling coming from beside her, turning her head, she sees Stelle readjusting herself, turning herself to lie on her back, eyes still open and looking at her galaxy ceiling. The two stayed in a comfortable silence, both resting in March's bed and each other's company.
"You can take a picture since you're staring at me so much. I know you like taking pictures." Stelle suddenly spoke after a long moment of silence, catching March off guard.
"I-I, Whatever!" March flushed, pulling the covers over her slightly tinted cheeks, hearing Stelle chuckle lightly.
"I like your ceiling, it's really pretty." Stelle commented.
"Thanks."
"Pretty, like you." Stelle continued.
"H-Hey! Cut it out, would you?!" March exclaimed, hitting Stelle's shoulder lightly, huffing as the red tint on her cheeks grew. Stelle chuckled louder before sighing in contentment.
"This mission we had..." Stelle started, March lowered her covers slightly and awaited what she had to say.
"It's my first one, and what an outcome it turned out to be." Stelle continued.
"I agree. Cocolia was so headstrong on her decision, I hope Bronya is doing alright." March sighed.
"I'm sure she is, she was Seele on her side. The two can do wonders together."
"Say..." March spoke hesitantly, unsure of how to phrase her question properly, everything happened quickly, it was hard to grasp. Stelle hummed in response, signalling her to continue.
"I saw you got impaled, but somehow you came back with a cool weapon and all that, what happened?" March asked. Stelle took a moment to think, before simply shrugging.
"I don't know either, I was in some universe, I talked to some guardian, pulled out the weapon and I came back. I guess I got revived." Stelle explained. "I guess I can say I took a bullet for you, twice."
March huffed and punched Stelle once again for her last remark, her heart started to sting for some reason, the thought of losing Stelle? She couldn't bare that, and they've only just met a few days ago!
"Don't do that again! I don't know how many revives you have, but please don't be reckless! I...I don't want to lose you." March quickly looked away, after spilling her thoughts to Stelle, she couldn't bear to look at her at the moment.
Stelle felt her heart race after hearing March's words. Stelle was confused about her feelings for March, She was extremely, of course. However, Stelle would never hesitate to save March, no matter if she couldn't revive back, she would save her.
Every time Stelle looks at March, she feels content and safe, her heart would race every time they made eye contact, and she would unintentionally try to follow March where ever she goes, which was how she ended up here in March's bed in the first place.
Stelle decided to shift again, turning herself this time towards March, who was already staring at her, making her cheeks flush. Pushing her racing heart aside, Stelle smiled fondly at March as she slowly shuffled closer, not wanting March to get uncomfortable. March continued staring, however, not minding the growing closest.
"You will never lose me, March. I'm a part of the Astral Express now, I will always be by your side. I'd do missions with no one else but with you." Stelle comforted.
March smiled wider, fully letting her heart race, but she didn't respond. Instead, she shuffled closer. Stelle's breath hitched slightly as March's head was almost against her chest, the two lay there, at a small distance. Both wanted to move closer yet were terrified of what the other would think. So they stayed still, both feeling the stiffness of one another.
"You know," March started. "You just joined the express. But I have a feeling that you and I are going to be extremely close."
"Oh? I think so too." Stelle paused. "Out of everyone here, besides Pom-pom. I like you the most."
"I...I like you too."
There was no need to say anything else, no words were needed to say at that moment. Their hearts spoke more than what they expressed, but maybe one day, their feelings would further blossom into something else.
The two indulged in each other's company for the night, maybe in the future, they'll indulge in each other's embrace.
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i love these 2 sm
sorry for any grammar or spelling mistakes!