Dedication to You

Chapter 1

Our Life As We Know It

Note: If you didn't know, KotoUmi is my OTP. However, EliUmi is a super close second so I decided to take another shot with this pairing. Hopefully this doesn't displease you guys. Sometimes, I gotta write what I want so I hope you all stay and check it out. Enjoy.

My name is Sonoda Umi. I am 21 years old and I am currently attending a PT school in Tokyo. A few years ago, I had no idea that I would be doing something like this. I'm studying physical therapy as well as keeping my roots in traditional Japanese dance. Life at glance is pretty good. I'm pretty busy for most of the day so I usually don't get to hang out with friends or family. Me moving to Tokyo for school also didn't help the whole family situation either, but what can I do? They offered me some money to come here so I had to accept the offer.

When I do get the chance to be away from priorities and responsibilities, I spend time with Eli. This was another thing that I didn't see coming. Eli and I are currently dating and entering our third year together. I don't know how this happened. Things just clicked and we've been happy for the longest time. If you didn't know, Eli is now one of the most famous models in Japan. It's quite exciting. I buy her magazines all of the time and I get to see what she loves to do. She's always so pretty and so cute at the same time; it makes me jealous. People love her and that makes me happy too. When we were in Muse, Eli only cared about what other people wanted, but now, I can tell that she's finally getting what she deserves… The spotlight.

I don't say it a lot, but I really do love Eli. There's something about her that just makes me feel so happy.

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My name is Ayase Eli. I am 22 years old and I am a model currently living in Tokyo. People always used to tell me that I was pretty and that I should get into modeling, but it never caught my attention. However, something came across my path one day which got me doing what I do now. I honestly can't complain because the company I work treats me really well. I've been doing this for two years now so they give me so leeway. If I don't like a concept that they want me to model, they don't get mad. They just call me for some other job. This makes Umi-chan really happy.

If you didn't know, I'm dating Umi-chan. To be completely, this isn't that much of a surprise. During my time with Muse, Umi-chan always held a special place in my heart. She was so pretty and super hard working. Somehow, she manages to keep that same work ethic even being a science student. I don't have to go to school, but I do know that she works extremely hard. Most days, she's up until 2 in the morning doing homework. I always try to help her out, but she always tells me that it's too hard for me. I don't complain, but when I look over her shoulder, I can never tell what's going on.

Even though she stays busy, she somehow finds time for me as well. I don't even know how she does it. Umi-chan is really good at hiding her pain from everyone else, but I've been with her long enough to know and I'm always waiting to be there for her when she needs it most.

I tell her this all of the time because I know it motivates her to do her very best. I love Umi-chan.

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It was approaching seven o'clock at night and Eli finally made it home after a long day at the studio. When she opened the door, she saw Umi cooking food like a mad man. There were so many things going on that she couldn't believe that she was still alive. She quickly ran over to her and hugged her from behind.

"Hey, I'm home. I can handle this."

"No, it's fine. I'm almost done. If you try and intervene on this, you may not know what to do."

"Umi-chan, please… It's not like I'm not capable of cooking food. And plus, if it's almost done, let me help you prepare the food."

"Alright. I'm sorry. It's just been a long day," she said as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"Hey, you go sit down. I'll take care of the rest. Sound like a plan?"

"Okay." Umi slowly walked to the table, but had to stop herself several times and attempt to get back into the kitchen. Luckily, Eli was there to stop her. These were the moments that made Eli laugh. Umi always tried to work more than she needed to and Eli was always there to give her a break even if she didn't want one.

After some time, the food was finally ready and the two of them ate. Right from the start, Eli shared what went down at the studio. Umi acknowledged most of her comments, but when Eli looked across the table, she saw Umi looking down at her textbook. Even though this was rude, she had to let it go since school was important to Umi. Dinner wasn't anything special because of this behavior, but they always ate together and that's all that mattered.

Once dinner was finished, Eli told Umi that Nico was having a performance and insisted that they watch it together. Like always, Umi told her that she had a lot of homework. That's when Eli put her foot down. She told her that they were going to watch it together; only after her bath. She grabbed her things and headed into the bathroom.

Usually, baths were used to relax, but Eli could never stop thinking about Umi and how much she overworked herself. Every college kid experiences this, but she just feels that Umi is trying to do too much.

"Umi-chan, you're so stupid," she said jokingly as she dipped her entire body under the water.

Eli liked to indulge herself in long baths. When she finished, she walked back into their bedroom where she saw books all over the bed. At the same time, she saw that Umi was completely knocked out. The lights were still on while she was sound asleep.

"Didn't I say that we were watching Nico-chan," she asked quietly.

"Thank you everyone. Nico-Nico-Ni!"

That saying caused her to turn around. She saw that the TV was one and Nico was standing on a huge stage doing her signature phrase. That's when the camera changed to the entire arena and Eli saw that so many people were there cheering her name and applauding her.

"Oh… You were watching her. My bad." Eli quickly dried herself off and turned off the lights. That's when she climbed into bed snuggled closed to Umi. Her body was facing Eli's side of the bed which made Eli turn onto her side and looked at Umi. Umi's sleeping face always looked so peaceful which made Eli feel comforted. Even with her crazy life, Umi never missed a good night's sleep. She kissed her on the cheek and wished her good night.

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The next day, Umi got up bright and early for one of her classes was a morning class. She quickly got ready and was about to head out of the apartment when she looked back at Eli and saw that she was still sleeping. This caused her to slow down and walk back in. For some reason, looking back was a new thing for her and it was definitely worth it. She's never seen Eli's sleeping face, but it was so cute and nothing like the normal Eli she knew. It made her smile. She bent down and kissed her on the cheek.

"Have a good day Eli."

End of Chapter 1