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Ignoring her nervousness, Homura continued to lead Madoka and Mabayu after her, letting their chat flow through her mind, make her relax bit by bit as she chirped into the conversation when she found the opportunity, Homura was a little...well she didn’t really get much of the deeper meaning in films, sure she could see the story and all, maybe predict the plot if there are enough clues, but there wasn’t any...how should she say it...she didn’t have much of artistic vision to look deeper into it, she could tell if something looked nice, but not why
So while Madoka and Mabayu could talk on a similar wave length, Homura simply enjoyed listening in to them despite the fact that she was currently leading them to her home for the first time since they were dating, the first date that she planned out herself, fully and without help of anyone else, first date where she would try and take the lead, it was starting to get stale to always get blushy whenever Madoka did anything and sure, she could handle Mabayu pretty well, but she wanted to turn the tide into her favor fully
So she planned it all out, a date that would be perfect, one that would make both of her girlfriends affected, make both of them swoon, show off that she could do something nice for them by herself
Opening the door into her house, Homura smiles as she gently takes their hands, Mabayu’s face lighting up with pink for a moment while Madoka softly smiled back at her, entering her living room, Homura freezes in place as she realizes something that she forgot to do, like, for example, turn off the search engine on the holograms
“...top ten things to do on a date?”
Tensing up at Mabayu’s voice, Homura feels her blush spread to her neck and ears, feels herself turn completely and utterly red as the girls kept looking around
“...top thirty pick up lines?”
“...how to indirectly ask for a kiss”
“Tips for hugging?”
“Romance movies for a home date…”
“Best date food...ah there’s another similar one, best casual date snacks?”
Sliding down onto the floor, Homura let’s Madoka grab her by her armpits and hold her as she covered her face up
“Aww it’s alright Homura! It’s cute!”
“...I should have turned that off”
“Maybe, but it’s fine isn’t it? It’s sweet you prepared so much! Right Mabayu-chan?”
“H-huh? Oh yes! It’s...really sweet”
“...it’s still embarrassing”
Feeling Madoka lift her up and carry to the couch, Homura sighs before glaring at her room and snapping her fingers, the lighting instantly changing into a warm pink that makes Homura stop
No no no no no this was way too early! Clapping her hands in a panic, she let out a sigh of relief when it went back to white empty void
“...your room can change color?”
“Ah...y-yeah?”
“So, what did you want to do first Homura-chan?”
Sitting up, Homura perked up on the safe before she quickly stood up with a glint in her eyes, sure she might have messed up a couple times from the start, but this was her opportunity to make up for that! She already prepared the perfect meal too! The corners of her lips twitching up, Homura waved at Madoka and Mabayu to follow her, the girls eyes turning curious as they walked after her to the kitchen
Opening her fridge up, Homura took out three bowls of ice cream with a smile on her face, something light, tasty, a bit cold after walking out in the summer mid day, it was perfectly planned especially with the movie she picked for them! Watching a surprised expression appearing on their faces, Homura felt pride spread through her chest
“Is it...mixed ice cream?”
“Uhm! I tried to pay attention to the flavors you like the most, strawberry, melon and chocolate for you Madoka and mint, bubble gum and pistachio for you Mabayu”
Staring down at her bowl, Mabayu slowly turned her eyes back at Homura before a silly grin appeared on her face, her body lightly swaying form side to side making the pride inside Homura’s chest double over, the gentlest of smiles Madoka gave her at that doubled it once more
“I picked a movie for us to watch while we eat...um do you want to go to the living room or to my room?”
Exchanging glances, Mabayu took a step forward, stars filling her eyes
“Your room! I’m curious what you have there!”
Smiling, Homura quickly nodded as she grabbed her own bowl before closing the fridge and leading them over, struggling for a brief moment to open her door, Madoka slowly taking her bowl out of Homura’s hands, the door quickly giving in after that, her girlfriends carefully inspecting her pretty empty room
“Oh...i thought you’d have more stuff here, but I guess this fits you too…”
“It does right? Ooh look it’s a photo of us Mabayu!”
Quickly turning around to where Madoka was pointing, the green haired girl took a step closer, Homura ignoring their observations as she frowned, a small sigh leaving her before she transformed and pulled a table out of her shield, stupid...she offered them to be here and didn’t prepare where to put the bowls to
Well it was fixed now, so good enough, moving her bowl from the bed to the table, Homura let out a satisfied hum, her eyes moving to the tv she bought for the occasion, it was supposed to be...smart or something? Homura didn’t quite understand what that meant, but since it still had a remote it couldn’t be that hard to figure out, she had made some progress from yesterday so…
Turning it on, Homura moved over to the app that supposedly had the movie, moving over to the search bar, Homura slowly typed the name out when she felt Mabayu sit over to her, curiously staring at the screen
“Wait we’re watching that one…? Ooooo I wanted to re watch it for so long, that’s perfect Homura!”
Pressing a kiss into her cheek, Mabayu patted the bed impatiently as Homura worked through the light blush, instead choosing to focus on continuing to type the name out, Madoka soon sitting down besides Homura only making it harder to focus, thankfully she was already done, letting out a sigh of relief after pressing play, Homura froze in place
“...I forgot spoons”
“Huh? Oh yeah, should I go get them?”
“No I...I’ll get them in a moment”
Transforming Homura stops time, rushing over to the kitchen where she realizes another fact of her bad planning
She had only two spoons, one that she would use, one that would be drying, it was enough before but...a fork would work fine right? Yes, a fork should do fine for her, so quickly rushing back inside, Homura stabs the utensils inside the ice cream and let’s time flow again, dropping her transformation in that moment, Madoka blinking confusedly as Mabayu held back giggles
Ah, right, she wasn’t affected
Shit
Alright, it was fine, she already embarrassed herself plenty, at least it was only one of them this time! It was progress! She could still make it up with the gifts she prepared!
At the very least, the movie went by fine, both Madoka and Mabayu clearly enjoying themselves which in turn made Homura enjoy herself as well, the ice cream quickly vanishing, at a certain point Madoka deciding to lay down on their laps, glancing up at them with a smile sending both Homura and Mabayu into a blushing attack
It was...completely unfair of her
Pulling them into the hug, Madoka tackled them into the bed, Homura quickly accepting her fate as Mabayu tried to peek back at the animated credits that were currently rolling
Glancing over to Homura, Madoka laid her head down on her chest as she asked
“So, did you have anything else planned for today Homura-chan? You haven’t used any of those pick up lines you were searching for yet...”
“N-not...much, I was thinking of heating some food up and then...giving you a surprise?”
“A surprise? There’s more?”
Glancing back from the screne, Mabayu moved her curiosity back to Homura
“Yes, but...we’ll have to move to do that?”
“Ah, that’s true...five more minutes? Please?”
Of course, neither her nor Mabayu were strong enough to say no to Madoka, cuddling together for what turned into twenty more minutes before Madoka’s stomach growling forced them to stand up, Homura moving to the kitchen before grabbing the frozen meals, sure it wasn’t really...date like, but if she tried to make something herself it would end in a disaster or would take far too long, so this was the middle ground she had to take, hopefully her gifts would make up for it…
The heated up pizza is serviceable enough, thankfully neither of them complain about the meal though Homura does make a note to ask for some tips from Mami, she was living alone too and didn’t seem to rely on frozen stuff like Homura and Kyoko were…
Finishing eating, Homura quickly disappears back to her room, taking two boxes from under her bed and just as quickly coming back, sliding the boxes to both of girls after a moment of remembering which one was for who
“...you didn’t have to you know?”
“...maybe, but I want to give you the best I can”
Melting into a smile, Madoka suddenly pulls Homura into a kiss, quickly breaking away with a light tint of pink overtaking her cheeks as she opened the box, lifting up a small set of plushies, three bears with cheap fabric imitating their magical girl uniform, opening her box, Mabayu slowly pulls out an identical trio, her breath hitching as she looks at Madoka
“...it’s—”
Tearing up Madoka lunged forward encasing Homura in a hug as she laughed in joy, pressing quick kisses all over her face as Mabayu laughs to the side, a moment later walking behind Homura and hugging her from behind as well
Feeling her skin burn, Homura endured
It was worth it, oh so worth it
“So...a-are you going to...try any lines? I got a little excited seeing you search them up…”
“You too? Alright now you have to Homura! Go all the way through!”
Quickly shaking her head, Homura let out a trembling voice
“B-but they’re bad! T-there’s a reason I abandoned that! They’re either way too embarrassing or just awkward!”
Encased between two girls, Homura’s will didn’t last long under their insistent request