Anyone who values their time at all should skip this post. For those who don't… boredom sure is scary.
Alright, as mentioned before I’ve been thinking about how to make Sayaka x Yuu viable. It’s a daunting task, but not impossible. First of all we have to realize that there are two main paths that one could take for this ship:
Option 1: Sayaka x Yuu with Touko around.
Option 2: Sayaka x Yuu without Touko.
Both are viable, but Option 1 is horrible and offensive to my pure heart, so let’s go for Option 2. Let’s say for whatever reason Touko didn’t go to the same school or maybe her sister never died so she didn’t need to follow in her footsteps. Doesn’t really matter.
Now we have three main plot threads that need to be explored:
Plot 1: Yuu dealing with her old classmate’s confession.
Plot 2: The differing character constellations without Touko around.
Plot 3: Sayaka being trapped in her “I’m never going to be interested in girls again” mentality. Calling it a phase essentially.
In this set-up there is no reason for either Yuu or Sayaka to be in the student council. Touko was their main motivator (even if Yuu was ultimately convinced because a teacher told her to). Sayaka will thus focus on her studies and be a model student, while Yuu is undecided and not really into any of the clubs.
Sayaka only realized and accepted that she was a lesbian after she fell in love with Touko on first sight, but without that push she would not have gotten out of that rut. So no Touko = no realization.
The foundation for this love story is the same as with Touko essentially, but with a twist. Without Touko around, Yuu lacks the courage to call the boy who confessed to her. She keeps him waiting. This leads to him getting impatient enough to actually come to her school to confront her directly. This happens after school when he “ambushes” her (not aggressively). Sayaka happens to be in the area and is involuntarily forced to listen to their conversation.
Yuu is cornered and can’t really express her feelings well, so she ends up saying something along the lines of “Your confession didn’t excite me. I can’t feel anything for you.” Then he asks whether she is interested in some other boy or if she just dislikes him, to which Yuu responds that she didn’t have an interest in any boys until now. This is essential as the trigger for Sayaka’s interest in Yuu. She suspects that Yuu might be a lesbian or confused about her sexuality, which resonates with her. The boy accepts Yuu’s rejection and wishes her well, but this messy way to end it leaves Yuu distraught.
So Sayaka keeps an eye on Yuu from the background, but is not trying to approach her. Naturally. Nothing happens until Yuu gets into trouble because of the exams. She needs to study, but there is nobody around who can really help her (Koyomi is a bad explainer, Akari is an airhead and Maki is in the student council). Yuu ends up staying at the library a lot where, surprise of all surprises, Sayaka also hangs out (she is the studious type after all). One thing leads to another and Yuu ends up getting tutored by Sayaka (because she is a top student and Sayaka already has an interest in Yuu as established).
Both of them aren’t in any clubs and have way too much free time outside of studying. They go to WacDonalds and talk about this and that (rich girls' school image etc). Eventually Sayaka admits that she saw Yuu’s rejection. From here it gets a bit messy…
Because Sayaka denies her interest in girls, but also obviously has none in boys (repressed lesbian), she ends up in a kind of similar boat as Yuu. Even though she doesn’t think of it like that, she essentially can’t fall in love with anyone either (self-enforced however, unlike Yuu). Yuu is obviously interested in someone who is like her and is relieved that it’s not weird to be unable to love, but Sayaka tries to dissuade her from such a rash decision.
From here on they are acting more familiar, with Yuu dropping a lot of her overly polite attitude and Sayaka being more open about her disgruntled side. Take off for the snarky friends train!
Aaaaand that’s as far as I got with the basics. The rest doesn’t really matter, it could go anywhere, but this is what you can do with what we were already given. Some way or another they might end up together in this scenario. Call it a weak foundation.
Bonus ideas:
-Sayaka coincidentally meets Touko at a train station and is enamored, which shakes up her hardened self-denial. But because they aren’t at the same school or know each other she can’t follow up on those stirred emotions. Yuu notices this and gets involved.
-Sayaka likes reading, so she visits Yuu’s family book store.
-Akari gets heartbroken after Baske-senpai reveals the truth, but because Doujima ain't around (busy in the student council), Yuu is forced to comfort her on her own. Asks Sayaka for advice?
That’s it. I sure wish this site had collapsible spoilers. If this should be deleted just say the word.
