MY FIRST FANFICTION! WOOOH! All right, let's get started! By the way, this is a Meiling x Sakuya fanfic…
Chapter 1: Love
Sakuya looked outside the window. It was a beautiful day, and the sun was shining brightly over the mansion. Birds chirped in the garden, and everything was peaceful.
Sakuya glanced over to where Meiling's post was and sighed when she saw that the red-haired Chinese girl was fast asleep. I better go wake her up. The mistress would not be pleased if she found out that Meiling was slacking off again, Sakuya thought to herself and prepared her knives. The only way to wake up the youkai was to stab her in the head with a knife, but Meiling didn't die from getting knifed in the head, so that was good.
Honestly, I don't enjoy knifing her in the head. If she didn't go to sleep at her post, then I wouldn't have to do this…Maybe I should try a new way of waking her up, Sakuya thought as she descended the mansion's steps and headed out of the Scarlet Devil Mansion walls toward Meiling.
"Meiling. Meiling! Wake up!" Sakuya yelled in the Chinese girl's ear, poking her sharply in the arm.
"Ramen…" Meiling mumbled in her sleep.
Oh, whatever! I'll just knife her in the head to wake her up. It always works…
Sakuya took a knife and stabbed Meiling in the head, but then quickly pulled it out. She knew that it wouldn't hurt the redheaded girl, but it still bothered her to stab Meiling in the head.
Meiling's eyes flashed open. "S-sorry Sakuya! I just dozed off, but don't worry! I would have woken up if someone tried to get in!" Meiling exclaimed.
Sakuya smiled. "It's okay. Just quit falling asleep, or I'll have to fire you. Lady Remilia doesn't like slackers."
"Phew!" Meiling exhaled. "I'll try not to fall asleep anymore Sakuya. It's just that I get sooo bored sometimes," the Chinese girl explained.
"Well, try to figure out a way to entertain yourself, Meiling. You honestly need to stop falling asleep," Sakuya said before walking back into the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
"SAKUYA! HURRY, COME PUT FLANDRE BACK IN HER ROOM! SHE SOMEHOW GOT OUT!" Remilia called from somewhere near Flandre's room.
"Okay, I'm coming!" Sakuya yelled back. "Time stops flowing," she whispered to herself, and time stopped. Sakuya walked to where Flandre and Remilia were and picked a grinning Flandre up and set her back into her room.
Poor Flandre, Sakuya thought. She always has to stay locked up in her room. But it's for everyone's own good.
Sakuya shut the door to Flandre's room and then whispered to herself: "Time flows again."
Time began to flow again and Remilia looked around confused for a moment, and then realized what happened. "Thank you, Sakuya. I don't know what would've happened if she got out," Remilia thanked her maid and walked off to Patchouli's library.
Sakuya, seeing that she had already cleaned the mansion from top to bottom, and that nobody needed her service, headed toward her room to clean her knives because there was nothing else to do. She entered her room and turned on a lamp that had been brought from the outside world by Nitori the engineer.
There was a nightstand beside a large queen-sized bed in the room. A closet occupied one part of the room and so did a drawer that she kept all of her knives in. On another wall, there was a large window that overlooked the mansion's garden and Meiling's post.
Meiling, Sakuya thought. That girl needs to stay awake or she'll be fired. And then I don't know how we would get another gate-guard.
Long into the night, the clock chimed 10 o'clock. Meiling looked around in the darkness and found no signs of intruders. Not even the black-white magician had come to the mansion that day to "borrow" some books.
Meiling tried to keep her eyes open, but kept nodding off. She never got enough sleep because sometimes she worked overtime guarding the gate by accident, and Sakuya always had to come outside and get her.
Sakuya, Meiling thought. She's always knifing me in the head to keep me awake. I wonder if she does it because I need to protect the mansion, or if there is another reason. What if she fears that I'll get fired?
"Meiling!" Sakuya shouted from somewhere behind her. "You need to come inside! It's going to get cold out here pretty soon. It's almost nearing winter."
Meiling turned her head to look at the silver-haired girl. Yes, the youkai was older than the maid, but that didn't mean she was more mature. Sometimes, Sakuya scared Meiling because of how mature she was.
"Okay, I'll come inside," Meiling agreed. She shivered when she realized how cold it actually was.
Sakuya waited until Meiling was beside her and walked with her side by side up to the mansion. Meiling reached to open the door, but so did Sakuya, causing their hands to brush each other.
"Sorry!" They said in unison. Meiling held open the door for Sakuya and shut it behind them after going inside. She climbed the stairs to her room and looked back at Sakuya before going into her room. Their rooms were right across the hall from each other.
"Good night, Meiling," Sakuya said and creaked her door shut.
"Good night, Sakuya." Meiling shut her door as well and then went to sleep in her bed.
"Hey Sakuya! What's up?" Meiling asked the silver-haired girl.
"Oh, nothing," Sakuya giggled, which was something that she never did.
"Um…Sakuya, are you feeling okay?" Meiling asked her. Sakuya was acting a little…bubbly, which was just the opposite of her serious personality.
"Me? Oh, I'm feeling just fine. The question is," Sakuya said, tracing Meiling's bottom lip with her finger, "how are you?"
"Well, I'm feeling normal, but you're acting very strange, Sakuya. Normally, you aren't this bubbly," Meiling commented. "Are you sure you're feeling-MMHHFF!" Sakuya then kissed Meiling very hard and passionately. Meiling tried to pull away, but to no avail, as Sakuya parted her lips with her tongue.
Finally, Sakuya broke away, gasping for air. "Sakuya!" Meiling exclaimed, shocked at the maid's behavior.
Sakuya then pulled Meiling into a tight embrace; her hands sliding lower and lower down Meiling's back, until-
"GAAH!" Meiling exclaimed, panting. She looked around her room, frightened about what had just occurred. Phew! It was only a dream. If Sakuya finds out about this, she'd kill me!
Meiling looked out her window. It was still dark out, and her clock read 5:30 AM. Maybe I'll just get a head start on the day. I feel pretty rested up, and I shouldn't fall asleep at my post today.
Meiling slowly creaked her door open and looked down the dark hallway. She closed her door behind her and crept up the mansion stairs to the roof.
Meiling didn't come to the roof very often, although she had been up there before to put on Christmas lights. She crossed the roof and sat down on the very edge, her feet dangling in midair. The sun began to rise as she heard footsteps behind her.
Meiling swiveled around to see whom it was and was surprised to see Sakuya sitting beside her. "G-good morning, Sakuya! What brings you on the roof…where I am sitting…?"
"I like to come up here every morning and watch the sun rise. What about you; what are you doing up here?"
"Well, I woke up early by accident, so I just decided to come up here to pass some time before my shift started."
"Same here. I normally wake up early so that way I can have some time to myself before the day begins."
"Couldn't you just stop time to have some time to yourself?" Meiling questioned the silver-haired girl, hoping that she wouldn't get stabbed in the head because she had asked this.
But Sakuya smiled and answered her question. "Well, I could, but I don't want to stop time too much unless it's necessary," she blushed.
"Oh."
It was silent for a while before Sakuya asked her a strange question.
"Meiling, do you know why Marisa comes into the mansion? I mean, she says she comes to 'borrow' books, but the other day, when I was bringing tea to Lady Patchouli, she and Marisa were talking together like old friends. It was strange how Marisa and Patchouli were acting. I think Patchouli may have a crush on Marisa, but Marisa just thinks of them as friends. What do you think?" Sakuya asked Meiling.
"Well…it's likely, but aren't Marisa and that shrine maiden a couple?" Meiling responded.
"They are, but still, I think Patchouli could have a crush on Marisa."
It was silent again for a bit, and then Meiling stood up to stretch her legs. "I think I'm going to start my post a little early today. It's such a nice morning," Meiling told Sakuya.
Sakuya stood up too, coming up to the taller girl's shoulders in height. "You're right, Lady Patchouli will be waking up soon and she'll be asking for breakfast. Speaking of breakfast, have you eaten anything yet?" She asked the Chinese girl.
"No, I haven't," Meiling replied.
"Well, you can't guard the Scarlet Devil Mansion on an empty stomach. I'll make you something to eat," Sakuya said, and then walked back into the mansion.
Sakuya entered the large kitchen in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. She got out a few eggs, got out some bacon, and made Meiling some tea while the eggs and bacon were cooking.
When Meiling's breakfast was done, she began to prepare her own breakfast, as well as Patchouli's. She brought Patchouli her breakfast and then brought Meiling hers.
Sakuya and Meiling ate on the roof, gossiping about who likes who and laughing at things like how people called Cirno a "baka". When the two finished, Meiling thanked Sakuya for the food and then flew off the roof to her post, and Sakuya went inside the mansion to wake up Remilia.
Sakuya gently shook Remilia awake. "It's time to wake up, Lady Remilia. It's already noon," she whispered.
Remilia sat up in bed and Sakuya gave Remilia a tray with her breakfast on it.
"So, Sakuya, what exactly were you doing on the roof with Meiling this morning?" Remilia asked after chewing up a dead rabbit's leg and swallowing.
"How did you know?"
"Sakuya, you do realize that Patchouli saw you sneaking up to the roof after Meiling, right? She woke up and wandered into the hallway, only to see you climbing the stairs to the roof. She came into my room to tell me that you were going to the roof because she was worried about whether or not you'd be okay up there. She said she also saw Meiling go up there as well.
"So, Sakuya, what were you and Meiling doing up there?" Remilia asked with a smirk on her face.
"We just watched the sun rise and talked about whether or not Patchouli has a crush on Marisa, that's all," she replied. "Did I break a rule by going up onto the roof?"
"No, you didn't break any rules. I was just curious about what you two were doing on the roof," Remilia assured her. "Oh, and by the way, everyone has the day off today. Would you mind announcing that to everyone?"
"Pardon me for asking, but why do we get the day off?"
"I don't know. I just wanted to give you guys the day off for working so hard. You haven't had a break since last Christmas, so I figured that you guys would need one."
"Thank you, Lady Remilia! The other residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion will be pleased to hear this," Sakuya thanked her and then left the room.
"Oh, and Sakuya. If you like Meiling, you need to tell her, or else she'll never know how you feel."
Sakuya blushed. "O-okay, Ojousama." Sakuya told everyone in the mansion that they had the day off on Remilia's orders, and then went outside to tell Meiling the news.
"AWESOME! What should I do?" Meiling exclaimed when Sakuya told her.
"I don't know what I should do either. A day off was so unexpected," said Sakuya.
"Hey Sakuya, want me to give you a tour of the garden?" She asked her casually.
"S-sure," Sakuya stuttered, and then followed Meiling into the mansion's walls.
They entered the garden and Meiling pointed out some flowers to her. "Those are patchoulis, these are roses, and these are begonias," Meiling pointed out to Sakuya.
"You do a good job in the garden, Meiling," she praised the Chinese girl, feeling like Meiling didn't receive enough praise from anyone.
"Thank you! I do enjoy gardening."
All of a sudden, a scream filled the air. Meiling and Sakuya rushed outside of the mansion gates to see who it was.
Strangely, it was Youmu Konpaku, who was running away from Yuyuko. "HELP ME! IT'S A GHOST!" Youmu screamed, a frightened look of her face as she buried her head into Meiling's shirt.
Sakuya suddenly felt a wave of jealousy wash over her. Why had Youmu done that? Did she like the redheaded girl?
"Calm down, Youmu! It's only me, Yuyuko! Wait a minute…you're afraid of ghosts?" Yuyuko giggled.
"NO! It's just…you scared me for a bit," Youmu scoffed.
Yuyuko suddenly noticed Meiling and Sakuya standing there. "Ah, sorry for troubling you. Youmu ran off screaming so I gave chase to see what was wrong. I'm hungry, Youmu. Let's go back home."
The ghost and the half-ghost walked back to their home and left Meiling and Sakuya standing there. "Um…well, that was random," Sakuya muttered.
"So now what do you want to do?" Meiling asked the silver-haired girl standing beside her. "I was thinking about taking a walk around Gensokyo. I haven't been out of the mansion's ground in a while. Want to come with?" Meiling asked shyly.
Sakuya blushed and hoped that Meiling didn't notice. "Sure."
The two left the mansion grounds and walked toward the sun, which was slowly descending in the sky.
"Sakuya, would you like to play a game?" Meiling asked her.
"What kind of game?"
"It's a game where we ask each other questions and we have to answer honestly. It's like Truth or Dare, but without the Dare," Meiling explained. "Here, I'll go first: Do you think that Marisa and Reimu are in love?"
"Yes, I do. They seem like a pretty cute pair to me."
"Okay, now you ask a question."
"How old are you, Meiling?"
"Honestly, I don't know."
It was silent for a bit before Meiling decided that Sakuya should ask another question.
"Meiling?"
"Yes?"
"Have you been in the outside world before?"
"Yes, I have."
"Your turn to ask a question," Sakuya told Meiling.
"Okay." Meiling was silent for a while before she finally came up with a question. "Sakuya?"
"Yes?"
"Do you…do you love somebody?" Meiling asked her.
GOD DAMN IT! I KNEW SHE'D ASK THAT QUESTION! God damn it, where are my knives? Shoot, I left them in the mansion! Oh well…I guess I should just face Meiling and tell her the truth.
"Yes, I do. I do love somebody."
"Who?"
DAMN IT, DAMN IT, DAMN IT! Why am I being such a coward? Lady Remilia told me I should tell her or she'll never know…I need to just tell her right now! But how do I confess to her?
Sakuya looked into Meiling's green eyes and stopped walking. She looked around for Aya the paparazzi girl and made sure she wasn't there before looking back into the depths of Meiling's warm, forest green eyes.
I need to tell her. And I will.
"Her name is…her name is Meiling. Her name is Hong Meiling, she is the gate-guard of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and I love everything about her and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. I don't even know if she feels the same way back, and I can only hope that she does," Sakuya whispered.
Meiling stood there, mouth wide open in shock. Sakuya continued gazing lovingly into Meiling's green eyes.
Suddenly, Meiling placed her lips of Sakuya's. Sakuya had to stand on her tiptoes to reach the taller girl better. She parted Meiling's lips with her tongue and began making-out with her. It just felt so right, being there in Meiling's arms, as the sun began to set and their shadows were cast on the ground, so close together that it looked like they were one person.
They pulled away after a while, gasping for breath.
"Sakuya Izayoi," Meiling whispered. "I love you too."
The next morning, the two girls woke up early again and went out onto the roof. This time, they were careful that nobody saw them going up to the roof. They sat there, side by side, with their feet dangling over the edge and watching the sunrise.
I'm so happy that Sakuya and I both confessed to each other yesterday. I love her so much and I have for a while now, apparently. After that dream I had, I realized how much I actually did love her. And I'm glad that she loves me back, Meiling thought to herself.
Sakuya leaned her head onto Meiling's shoulder and sighed lovingly. Meiling gently stroked Sakuya's hair with her hand.
"Hey Meiling."
"Yes?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
Then it was silent again before the door to the roof burst open and Patchouli was standing there. Meiling and Sakuya, both startled very badly, jumped up and faced her.
"H-hello, Patchouli-sama! What b-brings you onto the roof this n-nice morning?" Meiling stuttered.
"That's my question. Why were you two cuddling on the roof?" Patchouli asked them.
"We weren't, Patchouli-sama. We were only sitting side by side like good friends do. Were you expecting us to sit a couple hundred feet away from each other?" Sakuya asked her.
"Well then, why was Meiling stroking you hair with her hand and why were you leaning your head on her shoulder?" Patchouli asked them knowingly. "Come on, just tell the truth. I won't tell anyone."
"Fine. A question for a question. Yes, Meiling and I are a couple, but don't tell anyone. And our question that we get to ask you is whether or not you have a crush on Marisa," Meiling asked her.
Patchouli blushed. "Y-yes, I do have a crush on the black-white magician. Promise you won't tell?"
"Okay. Just as long as you don't tell Remilia about us."
"Oh, and by the way, we have another day off for some reason. Remilia is being really nice lately and she's spending a lot of time with her sister. I think something is up with her, but she's not budging." Patchouli left and the two girls were alone on the roof again.
"Looks like we're going to have some rain," Sakuya observed, pointing to the clouds on the horizon.
Meiling nodded and laced her fingers into Sakuya's. She had never held someone's hand before, and wanted to see what it was like. Sakuya had nice, soft hands with calluses along the insides of her fingers that she had most likely built up by throwing knives.
By the time it was afternoon, the clouds had reached the Scarlet Devil Mansion. But strangely, no rain fell. The clouds stayed like this over night as well, eerily still in the sky, still not letting out any rain. No moonlight shown through either, so the world was a pitch-black color.
When the sun finally did rise, causing the world to turn gray, the clouds began to drizzle a small amount of rain over the mansion. The residents of the Scarlet Devil Mansion did not have the day off that rainy day. Meiling had to guard the gate even though it was raining, but it wasn't pouring too hard.
Soon, the rain began to pick up the pace, raining harder and faster. Every drop that hit Meiling's head burned like fire, but also felt cold like ice.
Meiling heard footsteps behind her and turned around to see Sakuya holding an umbrella. "Here you go, Meiling. It's getting pretty stormy out here, isn't it? If it gets too intense, come inside because nobody is out in this weather so I really don't see a need for you to guard the gate…"
"Okay. Thank you, Sakuya," Meiling replied.
Suddenly, the sky rumbled loudly and a large lightning bolt came hurling down toward them! Sakuya jumped out of the way in time, but Meiling hadn't noticed that the lightning was coming down and had no time to jump out of the way. The bright sparks of lightning hit Meiling and scorched her clothing.
Meiling's vision blurred red as she fell to the ground, her hair scorched black from the lightning. Sakuya rushed over to Meiling and began to help her up.
"MEILING! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" Sakuya rushed over and pulled Meiling inside the mansion.
"Sakuya…." Meiling whispered so softly that Sakuya wasn't sure she heard anything at all.
Sakuya picked Meiling up and carried her into her room. "Yes?"
"Sakuya…" Meiling whispered, her eyes turning a strange orange color and her clothes fading from green to something darker. Her hair had already lost its color, being a dark black instead of a usual bright red. "Help me, Sakuya."
So, that was my first fanfic! What do y'all think? I'm going to make another chapter for this story soon. I want to do something with a certain purple-clad, black-haired girl…