Always there for you

Realization

Yuri finally could feel the joy of having someone at her house to spend time with. At least for that day she could forget about the usual loneliness she was pretty much obliged to. She had been stealing glances at the petite girl next to her the whole time she'd been there, almost wondering if this was real.

"A-A horror movie huh...", Natsuki said nervously. "Y-You don't like them? W-We don't have to watch it i-if you don't want...", Yuri replied with disappointment in her voice. "N-No! I mean I was just ummm wondering which horror movie?", Natsuki said trying to stop Yuri from feeling bad about it. "O-Oh, it is the adaptation of a book I read some time ago, it is called 'IT', well it is the newest adaptation since there was one back in the 90s which was okay, so you could say it is like a reboot? No, I guess just a second attempt at adapting the novel, it came out two years ago but I have not watched it since I heard some mixed critics about it but eventually I have been growing curious and wanted to watch it myself, besides some scenes not adapted in the previous one are now adapted in this one and I would like to see them and- AH! S-Sorry I r-rambled again!", Yuri said as her cheeks began to turn pink-red and hide her face behind her hair. Natsuki was smiling resting her head on her hand while she looked and listened to Yuri attentively. Yuri noticed this and quickly her face began to heat up like burning fire. "She is looking at me... I like when she looks at me... I want her to look at me more...", Yuri quickly shook those thoughts aside when she heard the pink tsundere talking. "Wow you did not stutter a single word there again, I like it!", The shorter girl said with a smirk on her face. "A-Ah, thank you? A-Anyway, I will put the mo-movie now", the shy one said as she avoided eye contact trying to hide her burning red face from her friend.

"I'm not really good with these movies, no-not that I'm scared of course I just hate jumpscares!", Natsuki said defensively. "I know, I know", the taller girl replied with a gentle smile. "Just warn me if something's coming", the feisty one replied. "I-I have not watched it though...", the purple one said. "But you read the book!", Natsuki quickly retorted. "Hehe, alright, I-I will try", the bookworm replied with a soft giggle.

A few minutes into the movie both girls were watching quietly the opening scene. A kid named Georgie had chased his paper boat through the rain until he lost it when it fell inside a sewer. A creepy clown popped his head out and talked to the boy offering him to give him back its boat, he just had to move his arms inside the hole to reach it and take it from him. A soon as the clown stack out his massive teeth and craved them into the boys arm Natsuki let out a high pitched squeak and covered her eyes. Yuri blushed lightly at the adorable sight and let out a quiet giggle. "You idiot! I told you to warn me about this!", Natsuki yelled embarrassed. "S-Sorry I did not expect them to do it that way", Yuri smiled knowing that was a big fat lie, she had seen that in the trailers.

Throughout the movie Yuri kept glancing at her friend, trying to observe the adorable faces she'd make whenever she was scared, thrilled or intrigued even, having trouble to focus on the movie from time to time. Finally they reached the credits, which Natsuki was thankful for, and both of them sighed in exhaustion. "Maaaan that was not so bad after all", Natsuki said confidently. "Re-really? You sure s-squeaked a lot though...", Yuri replied with a gentle smile. "We-Well I told you I'm not good with jumpscares! I can't help it!", the short girl replied with her confidence now faded to black. "Whatever, so what did you think of it? Was it good enough for a bookworm like you?", Natsuki immediately followed up. "Umm well it was okay I suppose, some scenes from the book were adapted quite well. However others were completely changed, Patrick did not die that way and he was originally a much darker character, but I guess it would be too much for a common audience if they actually did him right. But I absolutely hated the interpretation of "they all float" the gave, like seriously did you think that hard just too put them all literally floating there in the sewer? Like seriously, I know it is a bit cryptic but you could have tried harder and then Henry also was a bit disappointing at the end and- A-A-AH! So-So-Sorry I really rambled too m-much this time", Yuri said while she hid half of her face behind one of the game cases that were still on the table, immediately going bright red as she met the pink haired girls gaze again in the same position she was earlier, resting her head on her hand and listening attentively while she smiled and looked at her. "She's looking at me again... Please keep looking, look at me more... What?! No! Yuri stop your weirdness! She's just looking because she was listening to you ramble, she's kind enough to pay attention, she's so attentive and pretty and- Yuri drop it off already!!", Yuri struggled to shake this thoughts off her head as her friend spoke again. "There you go again, no stuttering and everything hehe, I told you I liked that, I think its cool and- not as cool as me of course!!", Natsuki quickly retorted embarrassed for what she was about to say. "Re-really?", Yuri asked shyly. "We've gone through this before and I think I told you I ain't repeating myself!", the pink one said blushing. "You are right", Yuri said giggling now more calmed. "You sounded like one of those nerds on the internet though! Complaining about everything and basically saying the book is better and such", the feisty girl said jokingly. "W-Well, the book i-is certainly better though...", the purple one said still hiding her face behind that case. "Of course it is, we're talking about Yuri the purple bookworm here, no way you prefer a movie to a book ever", the tsundere said with a wide teasing smirk on her face. "I-It is not my fault book a-are better", Yuri replied with a shy smile. "I bet, anyways, that movie lasted long enough and I'm tired now, where can I sleep?", Natsuki asked stretching her arms up. "Umm y-you can sleep in my bed i-if you want, I-I will use my parents be-bed tonight, not like they will need it anyway...", Yuri replied. "Alright then lead the way purple one", the shorter girl replied as she stood up. "Su-Sure, follow me", Yuri said as she stood up as well and went upstairs to her room followed by the pink manga reader.