Chapter 1: A Housekeeper's Return
A/N: Here is my 6 part FLCL series! Takes place only a year after 'She Returns.' Hurray for FLCL!
D/C: I don't own any of the FLCL characters.
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I woke up to the sound of thunderclaps during a heavy storm. I look up at the ceiling as room filled with lights from multiple lightning strikes. We removed the top bunk of my bed and used the extra wood to make my bed a bit bigger, now that Ninamori is sleeping at my place, we decided that it would be better if she slept on a much bigger bed. I turn over to face Eri, I listened to her breath as she slept.
The thunder and lightning raged all night, I thought that I may be some kind of warning, or omen. I quickly shook that thought away and watched Eri sleep, I didn't sleep at all that night.
Dawn's first light shined through my window, I feared that the light might disturb Eri, so I shielded her with my body, I slowly got up and shut the curtain. I turned around and I already saw Eri up.
"Noata, what are you doing up?" She stretched out her arms and let out a loud yawn.
"I wanted us to sleep in today, I didn't want you to wake up just yet."
"But you are already up."
"I couldn't get much rest last night." I sat down on the bed and she leaned against me, wrapping her arms around my chest.
"Now, why was that, hun?" She started to kiss my neck gently, her lips were perfectly smooth and soft, her kisses tickled me, and I flinched each time her lips met the skin of my neck. After some time, she began to bite, and each bite was as tender as the last.
I pulled her around me and caught her, she sat on my lap. She wasn't wearing much, just a shirt she put on last night, and a pair of white panties. I pulled her to me and our lips met. She gave me innocent kisses at first, teasing me with light kisses, keeping her lips closed. I waited for her to permit me entrance, and she did. Her tongue slid in and out as mine did. We kissed for almost a minute, and then she got up. She turned to me and gave me a quick smile as she ran and jumped on top of me. I fell back on to my bed and she rested her head on my chest. Her fingers smoothly caressed my skin.
"So, why couldn't you get any sleep last night?" She finally asked again.
"There was a storm and it went on all night."
"You were scared?" She giggled.
"No, it just woke me." She started kissing my neck again.
"Why didn't you go back to sleep?"
"Because…" I was suddenly interrupted by a loud crash that sounded from outside my window. I turned over to let Ninamori down and I got up, opened my window and looked down below. The street was completely covered in white fog. I heard the bakery entrance door open, but I couldn't see anything because of the smoke.
"Eri, wait here and put some clothes on." I ran downstairs, I heard my father talking to someone but I still couldn't make out who.
"Sure, you can stay here as long as you like. I will say this, you'll have to sleep down here tonight, if that's alright with you? The smoke entered the shop so even from the stairs, I still couldn't make out who the other person was. I went back upstairs and slowly entered my room.
"Noata?" Eri put on some blue jeans while I was out of my room, she was still wearing my white tee-shirt.
"Eri…" I was once again interrupted by a loud slam, my door flew open and another person embraced me from behind.
"TA-KUN!"
"What?" I immediately recognized that whiney voice, her scent was different, but her voice was extremely familiar.
"Ta-kun… what happened to your room?" I escaped the grasp of this woman, and I turned around and took a seat next to Eri.
"What are you doing here? Who are you?" The woman who stood in front of me gave me not another word, she quickly turned around and left my room. My mind riddled with thoughts, searching for a name I had long forgotten.
Eri stood up almost immediately, she took of my white tee, she wasn't wearing a bra underneath, I couldn't catch a glimpse of her breast from where I was sitting, by the time I tried moving, she had put on her bra. She then put my white tee back on. She turned around and looked straight at my eye.
"Noata, why is that older woman doing here?" Then it sparked me.
Memories of an 'older woman' who had great effect on my life…
"Hey look, is the older woman, you know the 'kiss-kiss' one!"
My head still searched and searched for that name but couldn't find it.
"You call her ---------, you two must be close."
Nothing, just little things here and there, but nothing close to a name.
"You see, ------ and I have that kind of relationship."
"What do you mean?"
"Mouth to mooooouuuuuuth!"
The door slammed shut, I looked up at Eri, she was still waiting a reply.
"Eri, I don't remember that woman. I'm tormented because I know I knew her, from a long time ago. I can't remember her name!" I lowered my head, and slumped my arms. Eri picked up my head and her eyes were calmer than before. She didn't say anything but I knew what she was thinking, 'Noata, you belong to me.'
I slowly paced downstairs, Ninamori followed, we sat on the couch in the main room and I flipped on the television. Eri laid her head on my lap and my fingers quickly found themselves in her hair. I gently ran my fingers through her hair and kept them there. I slightly jumped when I noticed that the older woman sat down on the other couch. She was starring at us, and her yellow eyes burned in a fury so deep, that I was able to feel it. Somehow, I think that she may be jealous.
"Hi!" The older woman finally let out. I pretended I didn't hear her and resumed giving all my attention to Eri. I knew that I got to the older woman because I saw her get up and leave, but she quickly came back, this time with a guitar. Once again, my head raced with thoughts.
"You're the one I saw first, Ta-kun."
My head started to hurt. Looking into those yellow eyes only brought me pain.
"Your head is the only one that works"
"Maybe I should teach you how to be a man."
And suddenly, like a ton of bricks, it hit me. It was Haruko… my voice slurred at first, but my uncertainty still persuaded my thoughts.
"Ha…Haru….Haruko?" The older woman did not respond, she just sat there with that guitar. I called out her name once more. "Haruko?"
She gave me a quick look with her yellow eyes. I did not realize that my hand moved away from Eri's attention, but I couldn't move my shaky eyes away from the older woman. I remembered almost everything after the name came back. Her body had developed more noticeable features. The first thing I noticed was the size of her chest, she had grown. By the time I moved my eyes away from her chest, I saw Haruko blushing. I quickly looked down at Eri, she had fallen asleep. I looked back up to the older woman.
"Ta-kun, you make me blush." My eyes shook even more, my mind throttled with memories, many of which were with the older woman. There was a long break of silence, my hand quickly descended back on to Eri's face, slightly brushed her cheek and returned my attention to her. A small smile appeared on her face. Her lips began to move.
"My Noata."
The older woman stood up and left the television room, but did not return.
"Fooly...Cooly?"
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A/N: What do you guys think of this chapter? You really would have to read my FLCL oneshot to better understand this one. But you don't have to.
