[Microfic] [MC!Nanako] ( brown and blue )
“A pageant? Really?”
Chie groaned. “Don’t get excited, Nanako. He seriously doesn’t need the encouragement right now.” She leveled a murderous glare at Yousuke. “Why the hell did you sign all of us up!?”
“Jeez! Can’t you take a joke?” Yousuke held up his hands. “Can’t you back out?”
“Not any more, we can’t,” said Chie. “Didn’t you see the deadline?”
“Beauty pageant~”
“See? The leader’s happy,” said Yousuke. “Why do you always have to be such a bitch?”
“Bitch? Why you-” Chie stomped on his foot, hard.
“Ow, dammit! That’s assault!”
“Beauty. Pageant,” said Nanako between clenched teeth. It was very difficult to feel excited when her two best friends insisted on bickering.
“Maybe we shouldn’t tell him we signed them up for the cross-dressing pageant,” said Yukiko, also eying the fight. “I mean, he’ll find out later anyway…”
“- cross-dressing pageant?” said Nanako. She glanced up at the wall - and sure enough, there was the sign. Well, too bad. She wouldn’t mind that either, really, but she had been looking forward to being pretty… “Oh,” she said at last. “Do you think Naoto-kun would help?”
Naoto started. “I beg your pardon?”
“And that’s why I signed you up!” yelled Chie, hands on her hips. “C’mon, Nanako,” she said, grabbing her leader by the arm. “We’re leaving.”
*
“… and you are quite certain about this?”
Nanako nodded. “Though I’m not stuffing socks anywhere,” she added quickly. “Just everything else.”
“Very well,” said Naoto, before beginning the delicate process of trimming Nanako’s hair.
*
She made it all the way to the wings of the stage before anyone thought to stop her, and then only because this was the girls’ part of the program, and could the young man please take his seat? She argued with the teacher for a full minute before Chie finally came along. “- Leader?!” she said, openly goggling at Nanako. “What did you - how did you -!?”
Nanako lit up. “Chie-chan!” she said, twirling a bit in her boys’ uniform. “Doesn’t it look great? Naoto-kun really did an awesome job!”
“You cut your hair!” said Chie, dismayed. “Not that it looks bad, but - did you really cut all of it off?”
Nanako shook her head. “The rest of it’s under the hat,” she said. “That was Naoto-kun’s idea too.”
“Ahaha, that’s … that’s good,” said Chie. “Because, um … you do know that the crossdressing pageant is just for the boys, right?”
There was a deadly pause. “What?” yelped Nanako. “You mean, I - I cut my hair, and - and now I can’t even go out on stage and show everyone?”
Chie laughed nervously. “Well, you could, but I don’t think you want to -”
“I want to!” said Nanako. And before Chie could stop her, she charged straight out onto the stage after Yukiko, boys’ uniform and all.
*
The Detective Prince, everyone agreed, was still the prettiest. But even the prettiest Prince needed a backup, and Nanako’s brown colors matched so well with Naoto’s blue.
Chie groaned. “Don’t get excited, Nanako. He seriously doesn’t need the encouragement right now.” She leveled a murderous glare at Yousuke. “Why the hell did you sign all of us up!?”
“Jeez! Can’t you take a joke?” Yousuke held up his hands. “Can’t you back out?”
“Not any more, we can’t,” said Chie. “Didn’t you see the deadline?”
“Beauty pageant~”
“See? The leader’s happy,” said Yousuke. “Why do you always have to be such a bitch?”
“Bitch? Why you-” Chie stomped on his foot, hard.
“Ow, dammit! That’s assault!”
“Beauty. Pageant,” said Nanako between clenched teeth. It was very difficult to feel excited when her two best friends insisted on bickering.
“Maybe we shouldn’t tell him we signed them up for the cross-dressing pageant,” said Yukiko, also eying the fight. “I mean, he’ll find out later anyway…”
“- cross-dressing pageant?” said Nanako. She glanced up at the wall - and sure enough, there was the sign. Well, too bad. She wouldn’t mind that either, really, but she had been looking forward to being pretty… “Oh,” she said at last. “Do you think Naoto-kun would help?”
Naoto started. “I beg your pardon?”
“And that’s why I signed you up!” yelled Chie, hands on her hips. “C’mon, Nanako,” she said, grabbing her leader by the arm. “We’re leaving.”
*
“… and you are quite certain about this?”
Nanako nodded. “Though I’m not stuffing socks anywhere,” she added quickly. “Just everything else.”
“Very well,” said Naoto, before beginning the delicate process of trimming Nanako’s hair.
*
She made it all the way to the wings of the stage before anyone thought to stop her, and then only because this was the girls’ part of the program, and could the young man please take his seat? She argued with the teacher for a full minute before Chie finally came along. “- Leader?!” she said, openly goggling at Nanako. “What did you - how did you -!?”
Nanako lit up. “Chie-chan!” she said, twirling a bit in her boys’ uniform. “Doesn’t it look great? Naoto-kun really did an awesome job!”
“You cut your hair!” said Chie, dismayed. “Not that it looks bad, but - did you really cut all of it off?”
Nanako shook her head. “The rest of it’s under the hat,” she said. “That was Naoto-kun’s idea too.”
“Ahaha, that’s … that’s good,” said Chie. “Because, um … you do know that the crossdressing pageant is just for the boys, right?”
There was a deadly pause. “What?” yelped Nanako. “You mean, I - I cut my hair, and - and now I can’t even go out on stage and show everyone?”
Chie laughed nervously. “Well, you could, but I don’t think you want to -”
“I want to!” said Nanako. And before Chie could stop her, she charged straight out onto the stage after Yukiko, boys’ uniform and all.
*
The Detective Prince, everyone agreed, was still the prettiest. But even the prettiest Prince needed a backup, and Nanako’s brown colors matched so well with Naoto’s blue.