Author's Greeting: Hello, hello again! I told you I'd be back sooner than you thought. Chapter One is being worked on right now before it's ready, but I figured I'd throw together a quick teaser-in-the-form-of-a-prologue for you. But first, here's the basic story info:
Title: Drops of Jupiter
Synopsis: Makoto wants just one little taste of the one thing she's never had a knack for: loving someone completely. Unfortunately, a certain blonde nuisance keeps standing in her way. Will Makoto throw away her best friend in favor of her one true love?
Main characters: Kino Makoto, Kou Taiki, Aino Minako.
Pairings: Now listen here. This is going to be an actual Mako-chan romance where she's straight. I'm not homophobic or anything (some of my good friends are gay/lesbian) but it's very hard to find a well-written straight romance about Makoto, so I'm going to be one of those few brave authors who breaks into the rarely-written waters. So, the pairings are as follows: MakoTaiki, slight UsaSeiya, slight UsaMamo, slight YatenOC (it's Chiyoko-chan, of course), and very very very EXTREMELY slight MinaMako, for reasons you will understand soon.
Just So You Know: Umm...I'm not explaining anything, because this is meant to make you think.
Prologue
Goodbye
"Mako-chan, help me!" the voice calls. I look around, hear oceanic sounds: seagulls, waves, wind.
The cliff, again. Only, this time, it's not merely my dream. I won't wake from this nightmare.
"Onegai..." her voice pleads softly. I look down. Just like the dream, our hands are interlinked. My decision will either save her life...or destroy it.
I glare at the blonde beauty, holding onto me with both hands. "I can't forgive what you've done."
"Mako-chan..."
Looking at her with sorrowful eyes, I let one tear--just one--fall down my cheek, landing on her perfectly propotioned face. My first tear since my parents died. A part of me regrets that it was wasted on my one true enemy.
Suddenly, the cliff starts to crumble beneath me. I shriek as I slide forward, my fingers still intertwined with hers. Suddenly, everything becomes clear. Suddenly, I know what I'll do...
"MAKO-CHAN!!!" she shrieks, my blonde angel. One last tear falls from my face, and rose petals swirl in the air in memoriam of Minako.
Author's Sign-off: Stay tuned for the first episode of Drops of Jupiter!