Sakunene

Sakunene is the femslash ship between Nanamine Sakura and Yashiro Nene from the Toilet-bound Hanako-kun fandom.

Canon
Nene and Sakura unnoficially meet in chapter ten, whilst Nene is digging for information on Hanako in the school's library. After she accidentally spills some books over the side of her table, Sakura picks them up for her and asks if she's interested in the seven mysteries upon seeing their contents. Sakura goes on to say that she is familiar with Hanako (causing Nene to falsely assume that she is his girlfriend), and suggests that Nene go to the fifth school mystery if she wants to know more about him. She proceeds to leave, and Nene intends to asks her more questions, but she's slowed down when she crashes into Tsuchigomori while trying to exit the library. By the time she makes out, Sakura is nowhere to be found.

They see each other again in chapter 21. Natsuhiko and Tsukasa sneak up on Nene and dump water on her, activating her curse and temporarily turning her into a fish. She passes out from shock, and while she is unconscious, they take her into a supernatural boundary.

When she wakes up, Nene is seated at a small table filled with desserts, and is dressed in new clothes. Sakura walks in with tea to compliment the food, and the former recognizes her from their previous meeting inthe library. They formally introduce themselves, and Sakura reveals that she, too, like Nene, is tied to a supernatural (Tsukasa), and says that since they are similar situations, they could be good friends. She leans in as she says this, causing Nene to realize how beautiful she is up close—only to remind herself to not let her guard down, as she can't be sure if she, along with the two who abducted her, were dangerous.

However, most likely due to Nene's trusting nature, she ends up venting to Sakura about her struggles with Hanako, as she is the first girls she's been able to properly talk about him with (as Aoi, at that point in time, was not aware of the supernaturals' existence). Sakura, in turns, tells of the troubles Tsukasa causes her.

Nene realizes her mistake of getting sucked into girl talk much too late and scolds herself, but begins to realize that maybe Sakura, Tsukasa, and Natsuhiko aren't bad people—though she is still confused as to why they had taken her to the domain against her will. But as soon as she lets her guard down, Tsukasa forces Sakura to initiate his plan—Sakura betrays Nene, shackles her and Natsuhiko to their chairs, and leaves with Tsukasa as a mechanism is triggered and the room begins to fill with water. The two faint, and wake up shortly after in an unknown realm.

Before Sakura's betrayal, the two got along very well. They were at ease around each other, and were able to initiate conversation easily due to their common ground of supernatural connections. However, at present time, it can be assumed that Nene is not fond of Sakura, due to the latter putting her in grave danger by attempting to keep her trapped in the domain. It is highly possible, however, that Sakura holds no ill will to and did genuinely want to befriend Nene (shown in her last words to her and her visible dissapointment once she was told to initiate the plan), and was merely acting under Tsukasa's command as she cannot disobey his orders.

Quotes
"Are you awake? I told them to be be gentle with you.. But those boys never listen..."

- Sakura to Nene in Chapter 21

"I am Sakura Nanamine. I'm a third year in the high school division. And, like you... I have been bound to a supernatural as the price for a wish."

- Sakura to Nene in Chapter 21

"I've been wanting to talk to you. You see.. You and I... We're in the same position. I think we could be good friends. Don't you?"

- Sakura to Nene in Chapter 21

"Wow... Now that I see her up close, she's so pretty (like a doll)... Keep it together, Nene! You can't let your guard down just because she's a babe!"

- Nene in her head about Sakura in Chapter 21

"I really didn't want to do this. I would save you if I could. But I cant disobey him. I'm sorry."

- Sakura to Nene in Chapter 21

Fanon
Sakunene is a relatively small ship within the fandom and is considered a rarepair, with most fans preferring the alternative ships of Hananene or Aoinene for Nene, and NatsuSaku for Sakura. However, some fans enjoyed their interactions and Nene's admiration of Sakura during the tea party arc, and therefore still enjoy the ship.

Currently, the ship has a little under ten works on AO3.

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Variations

 * NeneHanaSaku refers to the ship between the two and Hanako
 * NeneTsukaSaku refers to the ship between the two and Yugi Tsukasa
 * SakuAoiMeiNene refers to the ship between the two, Akane Aoi and Shijima Mei