Crushing Your Crush

Claire had wanted to say something—she had been telling Akiko about how much she liked her and how she might want to do naughty things with her for several months now, and had just a minute ago been chewing on Akiko's ear and toying with her chests. But now, Akiko's face was pressed right up against hers. Having her crush so close, blushing and glancing away in shy, perfectly adorable fashion, made Claire seize up. Claire's face was as bright red as it could possibly be as she tried to speak, largely failed, and then just decided to wait and let Akiko go first.

"Ahhm..." Claire would breathe, as Akiko looked back up, and they were staring into each other's eyes again. It took Akiko a few seconds, but she was able to form a coherent thought well before Claire could. Claire made a funny little squeaking sound when Akiko finally said that she liked Claire and wanted her. Claire would look down and follow that with a little mumbling sound. Her emotions were running amok.

"I...I like you, t-too, Aki..." Claire would begin. "But you know that...I've said that...I, uh, I'm stupid, sorry." She chuckled a little bit, obviously very nervous and excited. She moved her face forward a little, and her nose rubbed against Akiko's, her breath panting hotly against her friend's. "Umm...I, uh, I want you, too...if that's okay."

Claire wasn't sure why she was feeling so bashful now that Akiko had finally reciprocated the feelings that Claire had been hinting at—less and less subtly each time—ever since the first match the two had fought with each other, and especially since their first private match at Claire's apartment. Maybe she hadn't felt that any risk was involved while Akiko was still reluctant to reciprocate. Claire's emotions had been no less real, of course. But now, they both seemed to feel the same way, and were ready to take that next step—and it suddenly made saying things like "I love you" all the more difficult.

Claire kept trying to figure it out for herself in her mind, and she came up with no reasonable explanation, let alone one that she could give to Akiko. She decided not to try, and that made Akiko's teasing about it all the more effective. Claire made a pouty face, bringing one hand up to brush a little nervously at the hair which fell over her forehead. She unconsciously moved her face forward a little, rubbing her nose more closely against Akiko's. She squeaked, too, almost identically to Akiko's squeak from a second earlier. "H-hey, I'm still ready to...I mean...you know!" Claire would reply. "What about you, Aki-tan? Making me wait this long...and then stopping a match as s-soon as I start playing with you...!"

Claire's hand that had brushed her hair aside would move forward, and she would flick at Akiko's forehead teasingly with her thumb and forefinger. She would pause, and would furrow her brow a little as she stared deeply into the ninja girl's eyes again. Then, quickly, she leaned forward and gave Akiko a smooch on the lips. After she did, she would lean back again and smile a little smugly.

"Heh heh. Got you, Aki-tan," Claire would taunt her friend.

Though she had been pouting a little bit after Akiko's original observation regarding her sudden about-face from straightforward to embarrassed, Claire was smiling a little smugly now that she had launched her little surprise tease-attack on Akiko. She just brushed Akiko's comment aside with a little giggle. "Who says I wasn't taking it seriously? We said that any kind of attack was allowed," Claire would reply. "And the last time I checked, I was winning this fight."

Claire was feeling a very interesting mix of feelings right now. On one hand, she felt childish and a little competitive as she kissed Akiko teasingly and watched her rival's face turn completely red again. But, at the same time, she felt very sexual right now, too, and she wanted to just jump all over Akiko right now. But she wanted to tease her friend a little more, first, since Akiko was just so vulnerable to being teased. "Mm...but it's so much fun, Aki!" she would say. "You're so cute when you're embarrassed like this!"

She reached a hand up and twirled a finger in Akiko's dark hair, spinning it around her finger, pulling on it lightly as she did. She leaned in close to Akiko, their lips brushing against each other again, but now Claire was not pulling away just yet. She wasn't exactly kissing right now, but their faces were touching together. "So you've finally told me you liked me back, Aki...but you haven't done anything about it yet! I think that means I win by default...unless you want to try doing something about it right now, hmm?"

Claire was having fun with all of this foreplay, especially since it seemed that Akiko had next to no experience with even this level of intimacy and was therefore quite easily embarrassed by it. Of course, if she were being honest, Claire would have had to admit that she had hardly ever even gone past mere foreplay herself. She loved the foreplay because it made Akiko's face heat up, but she also enjoyed it because it was in her comfort zone. What lay beyond was territory which neither of them had ever treaded.

Akiko pushed her face forward, too, smooshing it against Claire's, their small, cute features compacting against each other, their eyes staring into each other across a gap of only a couple of millimeters. Claire felt Akiko's face heating up as it smashed tighter against her own face. The sensation caused her own face to heat up, too. "Well, I think we, ah, have something of a predicament. Do you...really think that you can fight in this state, Aki-tan?" Claire would ask teasingly. "I thought you wanted to drop the fight and do something completely different. But if you still want to battle..."

Claire would reach a hand up and run it over Akiko's chest, very slowly. She was blushing the whole time she did it. She had been watching a few too many hentai matches, probably. No matter how she tried to position herself in Akiko's eyes, Claire was not exactly a sexual dynamo.

"If you...still want to battle, then let's battle. I'll do it my way...you can do whatever you want, Aki. It's your choice."

Claire was really enjoying herself, teasing Akiko like this. The close contact was making her blush, too, and her heart was beating faster still with each passing second, but she did seem to be better off than Akiko. Of course, despite all of her teasing, Claire had not yet taken the next step. Perhaps...it was possible that Claire was almost as nervous as Akiko when it came to what came next, and continuing to tease her friend and rival was a way for her to stay in her comfort zone and to stay in control without becoming almost as flustered as Akiko.

Claire thought about that, trying to analyze her own psyche and figure out if that was true. While she was thinking, Akiko would take action to continue their fight, or at least to put some space between the two of them. Claire would cry out in shock as the palm smashed into her chin, sending her tumbling backwards, head over heels, landing with her face on the floor and her butt sticking up in the air.

"Uoogh..." Claire would groan, as she would look up at Akiko and try to gingerly pick herself up and get onto her knees.