Chapter Text
Summer
The Club Room was almost empty and reasonably quiet as Torako and Nokotan went on a wacky adventure involving somekind of active volcanic mines, but that's not the story today, the focus is on the two remaining members: Anko Koshi and Bashame Meme.
Anko was in the corner making strawberry iced tea, she normally would make it normally without ice but the heat today was too much to drink the tea at its usual hot temperature so it's better to go to the other side of the temperature spectrum, she flicks on the kettle and leans against the desk trying to find something to pass the short time the water needed to boil, her eyes immediatley bat towards Bashame on the other side of the room.
Bashame was on the couch with her usual smile out reading her farming books, she was spread out the couch to probably ventilate from the heat, she didn't even have her usual brown cardigan on which Anko found suprisingly interesting.
"It's a rare sight to see her without it on, the only time I saw Bashame in anything else was during Rice Harvesting and the School Sports Day".
"Whatcha lookin at Anko-chan?"
Anko suddenly wakes up from her daydreaming. "-Uh Bashame would you like some strawberry tea? Its iced so it shouldn't overheat you".
"Yeah thats sound nice"
After Bashame's reply Anko turns back to the kettle to hide the redness that had formed on her face from embarrassment.
"That was embarrising... staring at her for no apparent reason, I mean there was sort off a reason, she had a different style on tod- No wait why am I thinking deep into her looks today?"
The kettle clicks itself off, knocking Anko out of her thoughts again. She reaches into the cupboard and pulls out two cups and the teabags out on the top of the cupboard. After the tea was prepared she walked down to the couch and placed the cups on the table.
"It still needs to cool down a bit but that shouldn't take long enough".
"Oke Anko-chan, thank you for the tea".
The complement left Anko a little happier, after Bashame's reply the room fell to silence again leaving Anko's thoughts to take the stage again.
"God its hot today, I'm practically melting, can this tea just cool down faster, how's Bashame doing". She takes her glance towards Bashame again. She was still deep into her book in a weird but somewhat practical position. "She really has no shame, what would someone think if they walked in and saw that, I mean considering what normally happens in here its not that bad, hell I'd prefer to see that than the crap sis and Nokotan do... -WAIT WHY WOULD I WANT TO SEE BASHAME LIKE THIS? WHY AM I THINKING THIS?? ".
Anko shook herself awake to try hide these thoughts immediately into the back of her head to never see the light again, she decided to look around to see if theres anything that she can take her mind off of this. "Maybe I can start a conversation with Bashame, then I can just focus on our conversation instead of her...".
"Hey Bashame, what book is that?".
"Its a book about rice crop health, Bashame's reading it to improve my plants" .
"Are your crops doing bad?".
"A little bit, the sun's becoming a little problem and Bashame want to make sure I'm keeping care of them".
"That sounds nice".
"Its hard work but a big pay-off, trust me the rice will be worth it!".
"I hope so...".
"That barely passed any time, the tea is still cooling down, I should go shopping soon for some new books to prevent situations like thi-"
"Hey Anko-chan, you're acting a bit weird today".
"Huh, What do you mean by that?".
"You're very spaced out today and also talkative too".
"I am?", "Oh I'm uh-j-just thinking of sis! ahah! n-nothing out the blue", Anko puts on a smile quickly.
"Oh oke, is the tea ready Anko-chan?".
"Let me check", Anko puts her palm on the cup, its about room temperature, she picks up the cup and takes a sip, the tea had cooled down.
"It's good enough for now".
Bashame puts her book down on the table and grabs her cup and takes a sip.
"This is really good Anko-chan!!". Bashame then goes for another sip.
"It's nothing much just basic tea".
"Bashame's definetley going to be asking you to make it again!".
"It's in the cupboard if you want to make it".
"But Anko-chan Bashame's not good with making food and drinks and stuff though, also it'll probably be better if you make it, everything you make is already is really good".
"huh?". Anko was left blushing over that. "No I'm just good at preparing food and stuff!".
"Oh yeah sure I'll make it in the future! Just ask whenever!". Anko then immediately looks away to avoid Bashame seeing her rising blush.
"Why am I acting like this? and towards Bashame too, this doesn't mean anything I'm just not used to being complemented by anyone other than my sister".
Bashame looks at Anko confused on why she swooped away so fast.
"Hey Anko-chan"
"Y-Yeah?"
"Want to go get ice-cream? Bashame's in the mood for some".
"Huh? she want's to get Ice Cream? I mean I dont mind going for some but the embarrasment I'm feeling is already too much, maybe I should stay here for now, but then if I'm alone I'll just keep thinking about what happened and what if someone walks in? I'll probably act just as suprised when Bashame asked what was up with me..."
"Yeah sure we can go for ice cream".
Bashame Stands up from the couch, "Okay! Ahead we go".
Anko follows suit leaving a soft smile on her face.
Walking down the sidewalk to the local corner store, Bashame was taking the lead walking with her hands towards the back. Anko herself was behind Bashame looking towards the ground still in her pile of thoughts she tried to escape. "Atleast the breeze is nice, helps a little with the heat, Bashame's humming some song I don't recognize, she looks happy doing it too".
Anko wanting to clear her mind decides to make some small talk.
"Hey Bashame, what kind of ice cream do you like anyways?".
"Hmmm, Bashame mainly likes this rice flavored one but it's usually out of stock, if Bashame cant get one then Bashame gets an orange flavored one".
"They make rice flavored rice flavored ice cream?".
"Oh Anko-chan they make everything rice flavored for plot convenience, like potato chips, milkshakes, soda, you name it!".
"Right... this is a comedy series".
"What about you Anko-Chan?"
"I really like strawberry, you could probably tell by the tea".
"That's nice, Bashame plans on expanding the farm outside of just rice sometime soon, maybe Bashane will plant some too".
"That would be interesting, they are always better fresh".
With that last sentence it went back to silence and Anko's mind is running once more.
"She's really hard working, already thinking of expanding the farm, she's really not afraid to get her hands dirty". Anko's eyes then immediately shift over to Bashame's hands. "They look nice considering what she does for a living, soft even.. I wonder what
they'll be like to hold, that sounds kind of nice..."
Anko's hand starts moving on its own slowly towards Bashame's hands.
"Here we are Anko-chan!"
"Oh I see". Anko was left with little words after realising out of what she tried to do.
Meanwhile
Torako and Shikanoko Walk in the clubroom after escaping the mines.
"Huh, no ones here suprisingly, I surely thought atleast Anko or Bashame would be here, theres cups on the table so maybe they went somewhere".
"ooo Ms. Delinquent checking if the room is clear so that we can kiss huh?"
"... shut it".
The duo walk to the freezer section of the store, both staring down at the selection.
"See Anko-chan! Rice ice cream does exist".
"You don't say".
"I wonder how well it tastes? but not today though, I'd rather get a safe option today".
And with that Anko grabs a strawberry cone and Bashame grabs the rice flavored ice cream stick.
"You want to get anything else Bashame?".
"Bashame's all good for now".
Anko and Bashame then go pay for their treats and find themselves on the bench outside the store.
Anko sat down and unravels her ice cream and takes a small bite then Bashame plops down on the bench and rips the bag to pull out a small block of ice cream on a stick and puts it in her mouth.
"It tastes better everytime Bashame has it! Bashame doesn't know how they got the taste so accurate!".
Anko looks curiously at Bashame. "She's really building up this rice ice cream, it feels like she's a advertisement for it".
Bashame notices Anko staring (again, again) and decides to feed into Anko's curiosity.
"Anko-chan, want to try it?".
"Huh? w-what do you mean?
"Like just take a bite or lick, what ever you want".
"I-Isn't this like an indirect kiss?? I mean I do want to try it... NO ANKO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING!".
"Y-you know what? Sure".
"WHY DID I AGREE? ITS LIKE MY BODY REACTED ON ITS OWN".
"Oke here ya go". Bashame then moves the ice cream towards Anko.
"I already dug myself into this hole, might aswell get it over it".
Anko grabs the ice cream and takes a small bite and grows an instant blush.
"Whatcya think Anko-chan?"
"I-It tastes exactly like rice, its shocking...", Anko said giving back the ice cream while looking down.
"I can't believe I did that.. It did taste good but I could've just bought my own".
"Crazy right Anko-chan! They can do it all these days".
"They really can...", Anko then gets back to her ice cream trying to wash away the memories of the indirect kiss they shared.
"Anko-chan can Bashame try yours?", Bashame asked looking happily at her.
"HUH????, SHE WANTS TO TRY MINE?" SHES BASICALLY ASKING TO KISS ME NOW", but it feels to awkward to say no now that I tried hers".
"Yeah sure".
Anko moves her hand slowly towards Bashame.
Bashame then puts her mouth on the cone and takes a small bite which suprised Anko.
"I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO TAKE IT FROM ME... THATS TOO CLOSE TO COUPLE LEVEL STUFF".
"It's pretty good Anko-chan! Bashame's starting to understand why you like strawberry so much".
"I don't think the ice cream is the only thing that's going to melt now".
Anko moves her hand back and stares down at her ice cream.
"Now that she got some of mine, if I want to take another bite it's going to be another indirect kiss". Anko's blush grows even more.
Not wanting the let the ice cream go to waste she takes a bite of her own ice cream.
Both continue eating in silence.
"Ahhh that was good! You wanna do anything else Anko-chan?".
"I-I think I'm fine for now, we can stay here for a bit longer the breeze is nice".
"I feel like if we leave something else will happen, It'll probably just be safer to stay here until maybe Bashame leaves first".
"Sounds good!".
With that confirmation both bask in the sun and breeze.
"OH MY GOD, MY BRAIN JUST WONT SHUT OFF, why am I thinking like this even??, Bashame has only been a classmate and fellow clubmember nothing more!.. and now she's the only thing on my mind..."
Anko then took a look back at Bashame, she's sitting with her hands to her side flat on the bench, she immediately remembers what she tried to do on the walk to the store. "Her hand again, it's so alluring..". Anko's hand then slowly moves towards Bashame's dormant hand, Anko gets half way to her hand but she stops herself before it could happen and parks her hand on the bench below. "I can't do this, it's just me, she already thinks I'm acting weird today...".
"Huh?"
Anko feels something on top her hand, her gaze returns down to her hand and is met with Bashame's hand on top of her's, she looks up at Bashame who has grown a blush of her own before looking back down at their hands, Anko turns her palm towards Bashame's and intertwines her fingers with her.
"Her hands are soft and smooth, it feels calming, like a weight was lifted off my shoulders".
Anko grows a smile on her face.
Not knowing what to say or do, she decides to just enjoy the moment with her.
Later
Anko's phone buzzes with a message from Torako.
Sis 💕: Hey I'm going home now, I'm leaving the
club open so you and Bashame can grab
your belongings, lock it up if you're
leaving last.
"Hey Bashame, we should probably go back, sis is going home now".
"Okay Anko-chan".
They both stand up and start walking back with eachothers hands still interlinked.
"Walking side by side like this is really nice, I can do this more, I hope we do".
"Hey Bashame, today was really nice.."
"Really was Anko-chan". Bashame lets out a small laugh.
Anko looks down once again at their hands, leaving a smile on her face.
They continue walking towards the way of the clubroom opening a new path for their relationship.
"I can live with this, I hope today isn't the last".
Epilogue
Nokotan and Torako walk for a bit before parting ways.
"Hey Koshi-tan is that Anko and Bashame?" and points at the duo heading towards the school.
"Oh yeah it is the- wait.. are they holding hands?".