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"Suzuka-sannn! Hurry upp! Sunset will be here before we know it!", Special Week, prancing like a dressage mare back and forth outside the door, is being rarely impatient to get their evening run started on time.
Suzuka, sleepily stepping out the door, is still clumsily fitting her running shoes on, "Spe I told you I was-", she lets out a long yawn, hair still messy from laying down, "Taking a nap. I had to be up early for the press event."
"But Suzuka! It's important to go! We do it every day, right at this time!"
"Why's it so important to leave early all of a sudden? We've went out as the sun was setting and jogged for so long it was pitch black when we came back. Don't tell me you're getting afraid of the dark~", Suzuka said, finally showing a cheeky smile on her sleepy face.
"It's because I love going when the sun is setting; it is important Suzuka!", she has a twinkle in her eye, late-day sun shining through the window on her soft brown hair, "Wouldn't it be nice to just... be able to spend every sunset together?".
Suzuka can barely hold back laughter and definitely can't hold back the cheeky grin that slowly turned into a teeth-showing smile. Spe realizes what she just said and her face goes rosy red, "I'm not saying it like that Suzuka! It's supposed to be a nice thing--", Suzuka takes her hand as she hurries out the dorm.
The two of them started on their jog through the parks in the city. They run side-by-side whenever they can, but whenever there's someone on the sidewalk or a tree making the path too narrow, Spe always falls in line right behind Suzuka, and meets her back at her side right after. Her eagerness to get out from behind her always has a certain anxiety to it, as if she's nervous to not be with her; the same anxiety a pace chaser has right as they're making a big break for the win.
"Let's make a left here, by the park.", Suzuka softly says.
"Yeah!"
Suzuka goes to sit down on the bench and bends to reach her toes, giving her hamstrings a solid stretch as she lets out a soft quiet grunt. She grabs her water bottle and starts to unwind and relax a little.
"But, Suzuka, we already took our break.", Spe-chan pouted.
"Spe, look.", Suzuka points at the setting sun, the sky morphing and fading into a melty and effervescent flow of yellows, oranges, blues, reds, and purples. Watching the sky cascade yet another beautiful sunset alongside Suzuka has Special Week take a pause. It doesn't matter how many times, or how many days in a row they've seen this. Each time is just as special.
It's these kind of moments; these types of moments I spend with her--, Spe thinks to herself, These are the times that make me think, no, make me know, that I love Suzuka. I really do love her.
Suzuka looks over at Spe's face, laden in the golden light of the sunset, wearing a soft loving smile, "You were right Spe. I don't think we can miss another one of these."
"Suzuka. I have something to say-- no, ask? Can-?" Spe, as flush as can be, stumbles, "I- I don't know how to say it."
"It's okay, Spe. Tell me what you're really thinking. We trust each other."
"Can we promise--"
"Promise what?", Spe-chan is bright red and trembling in the hands a bit as Suzuka asks.
"Can we promise to never miss another sunset, as long as we're together? Its okay if someone can't make it or if you're busy or-"
Suzuka holds Special Week's hand in both of hers, "Yes. We're gonna see them all, Spe."
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After their jog, Spe lays down on her phone getting ready to sleep while Suzuka writes in her journal. I really wonder what she could be writing about in that diary, Spe thinks to herself, eyes closed, I wanna know all her worries and fantasies. I'd like to know Suzuka better than I know myself.
The next day Spe-chan wakes up late and notices Suzuka has already left for her morning press event. She's working so hard on her post-retirement stuff, Spe has a proud, glowing smile on her face, She makes me feel proud to be an Umamusume. Special Week lays her eyes on what Suzuka has been spending so much time on, Her diary. She knows she shouldn't peak and restrains herself, but it takes just about 100% of her effort to do so.
Just what could she be writing about? I want to know, Suzuka-san! Suzuka-san~, Spe's face goes flush as she cups to grip her right breast with her left hand, Why can't we just be... together~... Suzuka-san? Her hands wander beneath the waistband of her pajama pants, and right away find the wet spot on the bottom of her carrot-patterned panties. F-fuck, do I really get wet just thinking about her? I don't even need to- She rubs into the wet sensitive crease in her panties, Don't even need to start rubbing... for... Suzuka~ Her eyes roll back under her closed eyelids, nothing but the graceful red-haired Suzuka on her mind. Her slender perfect legs. Her soft voice and kind demeanor, and her beautifully flat chest, Spe falls deeper into her obsession, What about Suzuka isn't perfect?~
The lock on the door shuffles as Suzuka opens the dorm door, greeted by a view of Spe jumping up pulling her hand from her soaked panties as quick as possible.
"Spe-chan! Hi!... Were you..."
Special Week nervously replies, "Nothing! I mean- Suzuka I was-- I almost fell asleep! Wow, was that a... close call to falling asleep.... mid-day... or what?" She anxiously smiles, "How was the press event, you're back early!"
"It was fine; it was a more vulnerable interview, about what I'd like to do in retirement so it went smoother than I thought.", Suzuka still looks concerned and confused, "Spe-chan, do you have something you want to ask me?"
"Suzuka! W-what could it be? What do you mean?" Spe-chan replies, her face falling a crimson tint.
"Well you seemed like you had something to ask during our jog yesterday, but it felt like you backed off. I wanted to ask because... I have something... embarrassing... to ask too."
"I do, Suzuka. But-" she averts her gaze bashfully, "Can you go first?"
"Yes, maybe I should.", Suzuka says plainly, with a serious face, "Spe-chan, are you in love with me?"
Special Week's face is somehow an even deeper crimson, an embarrassed red never-before-seen on an Umamusume's face.
"I-I might faint-"
"Spe-chan!"
She perks up quick as horse hooves, "Yes! Suzuka, I. LOVE. YOU! Can you be my girlfriend!?"
"Girlfriend-"
"W- well... maybe that's too fast! Sorry! Suzuka-"
"No, that's not too fast at all. I'm already kind of your girlfriend anyways, don't you think?"
"What do you mean already? I thought girlfriends are a super-special exclusive thing. We don't even kiss, spill our love for each other, or anything like that!"
Suzuka replies, "You want to spill your love for me?"
This only makes Special Week even more flustered and nervous, "Suzuka are you just teasing me... You really don't want to be girlfriends do you..."
"I mean, we already live together. We wake up with each other every day and say our 'hellos' and 'good-lucks'. We go run together every day on go on dates out to eat. Sometimes we cook together at home, and always share our food and snacks. How I see it, we're practically a couple already."
"Practically... a couple?" A huge smile fills Spe's face. There wasn't anything she could hear out of Suzuka's mouth in that moment that would make her any happier, "I love you so much, Suzuka!"
Suzuka wears a glowing smile, "I love you too, Spe." They share a big hug, holding each other tightly. Suzuka asks softly in Spe's ear, "But now, what did you have to ask me, Spe-chan?"
Special Week, wearing her radiant "Best-Horse-Girl-in-Japan" smile, asks, "Can I see what you write in your diary, Suzuka?"
Suzuka unexpectedly goes beet-red, "My- my diary? Why th- th- the..." It's as if all her reasoning and grace left her body the instant Spe asked.
"I really want to know all about you Suzuka! I want to know all the stuff you like and the things you write about, even if it's embarrassing stuff, that's okay! I could tell you plenty of embarrassing stuff about me!"
Suzuka collects herself and takes a deep breath, "Okay, if you really want to see, you can read it. But there's no way I can watch," she hands Spe the diary with a shaky hand.
Spe-chan takes the diary and opens it. The first few pages are rather tame, nothing too spicy. She writes about her meals a lot, and how much she appreciates all the care that goes into cooking her food. Then, there's a short passage expressing how much she loves Special Week's passion and her companionship. Past that are many drawings of Spe in different poses and different clothes.
"Oh Suzuka I love it!! You really draw me this much? I'm flattered! Your art style is SO CUTE!"
Spe continues looking through the pages, and notices a drawing of herself laying in bed cuddling with a girl... she's with... herself. As she flips through the diary she notices the pages more and more are filled with Spe loving on a copy of herself. Making out with herself. Undressing herself- no, undressing another of herself. Here she was eating herself out, and over there she was bending herself over. Reading this, Spe-chan's head starts running in circles. Almost any sexual position or situation you can think of, Suzuka drew Spe-chan performing it with herself. The glowing smile fades from Spe-chan's face into a look leaning more toward confusion.
"Suzuka, is this, second me, supposed to be you? Are you shy about drawing yourself?" Spe-chan then sees some more drawings, Suzuka does draw herself, but on this page she's just watching. Watching Spe-chan do dirty things, with another Spe-chan, "No- n- no this doesn't make any sense to me Suzuka. Why?"
"Why?" Suzuka repeated.
"Do you not draw us doing that because... maybe you respect me too much? Is it too lewd? Could you not even imagine us engaging in something so dirty?"
"Well- Well, no Spe-chan. I couldn't lie and say that's the truth."
"Then why, Suzuka? This doesn't make any sense."
Suzuka-san replies, "I love that you love me, Spe. I love you too, so so much. But also... I want you to love yourself, Spe-chan!"