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Sitting with her back to the wall, phone balanced precariously on her knees and blankets around her shoulders, Maki stares at the screen.

Waving happily on the display is Nico, grin bright as she holds the camera with one hand and gestures with the other. Her pink scarf – the one Maki had painfully knitted back when she was young and embarrassing (she's still young and embarrassing, but that was when she was shamefully so) is wrapped around her neck, the ends dipping down to where Maki unapologetically allows her gaze to wander.

"Hi Maki! Feel honoured, the great Yazawa Nico is showing you her university campus! Well, aren't you amazed?" Light taps and the rough, crackly sound of wind is heard through the speakers as Nico moves from her spot, light breaths audible as she holds the camera close.

Warm from her blanket and sleepy from the fatigue of a long day, Maki feels herself begin to nod off. The chatter of Nico as she begins to do a tour of all her favourite university hang out spots fills the silence as comfortable background noise. The phone slips from Maki's knee with an audible thump as it lands dangerously close to her fingers, startling her into alertness as she picks up her phone.

"So that's all for my tour... you enjoyed it, right? Well, one day I'll show you around here in real life! I bet you can't wait!" she finishes, winking (greasily, yet oh so endearingly) at the camera.

"Love you, Maki!"

Maki's eyes close shut, quietly satisfied. A moment later, she hears a door creak open, the thud of footsteps and a loud voice call out.

"Maki, I'm home! Where are you, did you miss me?"

Rolling her eyes, Maki exits the video folder whilst shaking off her blankets. She's switching off the display on her phone when she calls out in response "No way! I didn't even notice you were out."

Nico's grinning visage greets her as she exits the bedroom and approaches the living room. "Liar, you were totally re-watching my old video messages for you."

Flushing a red the shade of her beloved tomatoes, Maki knows they're both aware of the lie before she even opens her mouth, but says it anyway. "No, not really."

Well accustomed to Maki's tendencies to dodge potential embarrassing situations, Nico rolls her eyes and pouts. "Whatever, I know you love me anyway," she declares, turning away. "Now help me set out plates, I'm hungry."

"Wait."

Moving instinctively, Maki reaches out and tugs Nico back to face her. Stepping forward in the same fluid step, she briefly notices the surprise etched on Nico's features before pressing a quick kiss to the other girl's lips. "Welcome home, Nico-chan." Maki says, arms wrapped tight around the other. She may be embarrassed, but that isn't going to stop her from telling Nico how she feels.

Nico hugs back just as tightly, smiling as she presses a kiss into Maki's hair "I'm home, Maki."

a/n: im crying at maki having a folder of nico vids ok

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