AN: Wow, the first fanfic I've written in years. O.o
Dedicated to my Shizuru.
Natsuki unlocked the door to her one bedroom apartment. She sighed as she put down her bag on the coffee table of her small lounge room. She sat on the sofa and opened up her payslip.
$420.80
She threw the piece of paper on the table as she looked around the white walls of her apartment.
"38 hours for this? This sucks" she muttered, running a hand through her dark blue hair.
Natsuki Kuga, aged 19, currently working in a large chain supermarket as a Deli worker out in the country. After high school a distant relitive of her offered her a place to stay in the country. Unfortunately, things didn't work out and Natsuki now lived alone, unable to get back to the city. She started working hard to earn enough money to move back.
"Like that day will come anytime soon" Natsuki scowled as she got up to head to the kitchen to make dinner.
She glanced up at the clock, it read 7:10pm.
Natsuki closed her eyes and remembered the incident of the day...
An eighteen year old co-worker from another department had approched her during work.
"So Kuga, are you doing anything this Friday night?" the tall blonde asked.
"Nope" Natsuki said bluntly as she started to clean the Deli slicer.
"Would you go on a date with me? I know this great restaurant" the blue eyed boy said, full of confidence.
"Not interested" Natsuki said as she went to serve a customer.
The boy flushed in annoyance, but regained his composure.
"I'll make sure you'll have a great night-" he started to say before he was cut off by the agitated bluenette.
"What was your name?" Natsuki's emerald eyes narrowed.
The blonde faulted slightly as he pointed to his name tag.
"Kaoru. Kaoru Kitagawa"
"Right, Kitagawa, I'm not interested in you. Nor I ever will be. Give it up while you're still behind" Natsuki said flatly.
Kaoru's jaw dropped slightly, taken aback from Natsuki's harsh words.
"Right.. See you around Kuga" he said as he walked off.
'I hope not' Natsuki thought bitterly.
Natsuki shook her head, getting rid of the thought of that guy asking her out.
She went to open the fridge door, as she did the phone rang.
Natsuki went over to the lounge room to go answer it.
"Hello?"
"Hey Natsuki, it's Mai" said a bubbly voice.
Natsuki gave a small smile as she lent against the wall.
"Yo, how's things?"
"Not too bad, and you?"
"Ah, you know. Still here. Still working" Natsuki replied gruffly.
"The reason I'm calling, I need to ask you a favour" Mai said.
"Hmm? Go on" She said as she looked over to an old photo in it's frame. A photo of herself and Mai at their graduation. She smiled at it fondly.
"Yuuichi and I are renting a new house" Mai started.
"Oh? You two are still together?" Natsuki asked.
Mai gave a little laugh
"Yeah, we're still together. We just had out two year anniversary"
"Congratulations" Natsuki said politely.
"So..." Mai pressed on "We're looking for another person as a housemate. It's a four bedroomed house. We've got one of Yuuichi's friends with us, but we need one more person. Rent issues, you know?"
"I see" Natsuki said slowly, her mind ticking over.
"I suppose you want another girl to keep you company huh?" Natsuki asked.
"Another girl?" Mai asked.
"Tate's friend is a guy, right?" Natsuki said flatly.
"No" Mai laughed, "She's a girl. She's really nice. You'd get along with her well I think."
Natsuki said nothing, surprised that her assumption was wrong.
"How much is the rent?" Natsuki asked.
"$350 a week. So $88 each" Mai replied.
"Count me in" Natsuki said immediately. She was currently paying $150 rent for herself.
"Really? Great!" Mai said cheerfully, going on into the details of where their new house was.
20 minutes later and the arrangements were set for Natsuki moving in with Mai, Tate and her new housemate.
Natsuki sat down with her bowl of instant noodles.
'I guess things are looking up' she thought as she looked around her worn apartment.
"She's nice. You'd get along with her well I think"
Mai's words kept running through Natsuki's head about her new housemate.
'I wonder...' she thought as she started to eat her dinner.
AN: Eh, not bad for a first chapter I suppose, considering... Sorry it;s a bit short. Be patient until chapter 2.