Bed Wrestling Revenge! (Akiko vs. Claire)

At this point, the memory of their first match seemed very distant for Claire. She was just happy that she was able to be friends with Akiko, and was excited at the prospect of spending more time together with her. “Awesome,” Claire said, when Akiko said that she would love to go out for breakfast the next morning, too. “Sounds fine to me. We can figure out where we want to go tomorrow, unless you have something particular in mind right now.”

Listening to Akiko thank her for being a good sport, Claire laughed and sat down on the bed next to her rival, putting her arm around the girlâ€s shoulders in a friendly way. “Hey, I humiliated you, too, so as far as Iâ€m concerned, weâ€re pretty much even for that,” she explained with a smile. “Oh, except for the fact that I lost. Twice, now. I do intend to beat you one of these days, Aki!”

"No, we can figure it out tomorrow." She said. She was too tired to think of anything right now. She didn't know too many places that served breakfast food, but she could probably look something up online using her phone.

Feeling Claire's arm around her, Aki twitches a little, not expected her rival's touch. Again she was amazed at how easily the girl could brush something like that off. The event still haunted Aki to this day. Claire sure was mentally tough. "Heh, well we can fight anytime your ready Claire... except tonight, 'cause I'm bushed."

Claire giggled when Akiko challenged her to fight again anytime—anytime, that was, except for tonight. It made sense. Claire didnâ€t feel like fighting any more, either, after the exhausting bed wrestling match which the two of them had put each other through. “Iâ€m right there with you, Aki,” she said, shaking the ninja girl with the arm she still had wrapped around her shoulders. “Iâ€m really starting to feel a little achy after that fight, so it would probably be best to try to get to sleep soon and sleep that off. But sometime soon, letâ€s fight again. We could make a day of it, even—go somewhere for lunch, hang out at the library, then come back here and have a little wrestling match.” She punctuated the end of the sentence with a long, soft yawn. She was starting to feel pretty darn tired.

Claire felt really good about how things had gone tonight, even though she had lost. Going into the night, she had just looked at Akiko as a rival, albeit one with whom she might have a decent working relationship. Now, the two of them seemed to be making their way towards the status of true friends, which was always good, especially for a girl like Claire, who was somewhat antisocial as it was, and who was living in a strange city in a foreign country to boot. And, even if Akiko wasnâ€t interested in her just yet, Claire had discovered a burgeoning crush she had on the ninja girl, and hoped that she could someday soon convince Akiko to become closer.

Claire would lay down alongside her friend and rival, yawning again and pulling the covers over her body. She looked over at Akiko beside her, smiling tiredly. “I had a great time tonight, Aki,” she said, as the two prepared to get to sleep. “Letâ€s get a good nightâ€s rest so we can have some more fun tomorrow…” With that, she would roll over onto her back and slowly fall asleep.