How to Handle a Nico: Unsent - To Maki

Words: ~880
Rating: K
Time Frame: Sometime very near the end of Nico’s 3rd year and Maki’s 1st year of high school
Story Arc: Stand Alone
Set: “Unsent”

Dear Maki-chan,

I love you.

There. I said it.

Nico stared at the words she had just written. How was this supposed to make her feel better? Wasn’t the whole writing a letter and not sending it thing supposed to be when you were angry at someone? And Nico certainly wasn’t angry at Maki. Well, at least not at the moment… there was always the next quibbling quarrel looming on the horizon. But that aside, why did Nozomi suggest doing this with a love letter?

Maybe it was something Nico was supposed to figure out as she went along? She sighed and continued.

I’m not entirely sure when I fell in love with you, but I know it wasn’t when we first met. Back then I just saw you as little more than a spoiled rich girl who was wasting an incredible musical talent by avoiding doing anything with it. So, I felt you needed to be put in your place and I antagonized you a bit.

But, who would have thought your reactions would have been so cute? Who would have thought you’d start teasing me back? Who would have thought it would have turned into something of a game between us? Who would have thought you would keep coming back after one of us took things a bit too far?

Not me, that’s for sure.

And somewhere along the lines, I realized I really enjoyed spending time with you. I loved watching you lose yourself in your music while playing the piano. I loved seeing you smile as you read something amusing in a book or listened to a favored song. I loved how excited you got when I cooked something for you. I loved just being near you. I loved you. It just happened. And I continue to love you now.

I don’t know what is going to happen in the coming months or years, but I do know that I want to do everything in my power to keep you in my life in some form or another. I know that probably sounds selfish, but forgive me, I can’t help it when it comes to you. I want to keep having study sessions and hang out with you. I want to be there when you graduate high school and I want you to be there when I graduate college. I want to see you become a doctor who saves lives and I want you to see me become an idol who brings smiles to an enormous fandom. I want to be by your side, as a trusted friend or as a lover or… I don’t know, I just know I want to be with you in some form or another.

I know you often say you don’t have time to date and I know dating an idol would be difficult. I also honestly believe you’re not ready to date. So, while I’d like to think that on some level you reciprocate my feelings, you probably don’t really understand them, or are denying them. At least that’s what Nozomi keeps trying to tell me. In any case, when you eventually figure things out, I hope you are willing to at least consider someone like me. In the meantime, I hope we can continue like we always have because I can’t imagine not doing so.

So, once again, to be clear, I love you.

I, Yazawa Nico, love you, Nishikino Maki.

And I always will.

Yours truly,
Nico-nii

Nico smiled as she reread everything. It wasn’t perfect. Certainly, had she typed the letter, she could probably fix some of the issues easier. But, she had done it. She had expressed her feelings. And maybe, just maybe, Nozomi was right; she did feel a little better.

And she really wanted to see Maki again. She grabbed her phone.

NicoNii: Maki-chan!

NicoNii: Nico needs help studying again!

NishikinoMaki: Wasted too much time looking at idol stuff again?

NicoNii: It’s not a waste of time!

NicoNii: It’s research for my career!

NishikinoMaki: Whatever

NishikinoMaki: I suppose I can find some time to help

NishikinoMaki: When do you want to get together?

NicoNii: You free tonight?

NishikinoMaki: Tonight?

NishikinoMaki: I suppose I could make that work

NicoNii: If you leave now, I could have dinner ready by the time you get here

NishikinoMaki: Alright

NishikinoMaki: I will head out in a few minutes

NicoNii: See you in a bit!

Nico smiled as she set her phone back on her desk. Tonight would be a good night.

The letter! Shoot. She had to do something with it before Maki got here or else she would see it. Wasn’t the normal tradition supposed to be that you would burn the letter after wrote it? That seemed like a bit of a waste.

Nico’s gaze landed on a picture on her desk. It as a good shot of Maki and her having fun together and was one of Nico’s favorites. Hrm… Nico grabbed the frame and slid the backing off. There was probably enough room… She then carefully folded the letter, gently placed it behind the photo and slid the backing into place. Perfect. She returned the frame to its proper place.

Finally, Nico got up and headed for the kitchen to make dinner for her expected guest.

Author's Note: Perhaps this is the picture Nico has on her desk?

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