Disclaimer. I do not own Strawberry Panic. I only wish I did. Spoilers for the anime below, so please be careful.
Shizuma sat on her bed, her chest aching. She was thinking about Kaori again. And she was thinking about Nagisa.
Nagisa. She couldn't get the red-head out of her mind. And it conflicted with the thoughts of Kaori.
Shizuma sighed and looked at the blue pendant hanging on her chest. Her uniform wasn't buttoned, and she couldn't bring herself to fasten it. She was engrossed with her thoughts, engrossed with the pendant. It was a rich blue colour. It looked as lonely as she felt; but of course, it was missing the red pendant.
And so was Shizuma.
"Shizuma!" A familiar voice shouted outside the door, banging her fists loudly on it. It was loud.
Shizuma sighed. She had been avoiding everyone, which wasn't unusual for her. But she had also been avoiding Miyuki, her best friend.
"Shizuma! Answer me!" The silver-haired girl got up. She had to face her sooner or later.
Opening the door, she composed herself immediately, and smirked at the dark-haired girl. "You're going to wake up the neighbour."
"I am your neighbour," Miyuki retorted, dropping papers on Shizuma's bed. "I'm also the President of the Student Council. And you've been neglecting your duties again lately." She sighed. "I know it's been hard for you, but you're the Etoile. The new Etoile will be elected soon, but until then, you need to keep up to date with your work."
Shizuma looked down. Miyuki had a point. Before she could respond, Miyuki was already talking.
"You have to return the pendants tomorrow."
Shizuma allowed herself to smile. "Of course."
"And you'll need to return hers, too." Miyuki opened the curtains and stared out of the window. "We can get it now, if you like."
Shizuma's heart had stopped. "How… Can you speak of her so… Easily?"
Miyuki turned to face Shizuma, who was clutching the pendant. "You're an Etoile. You have to-"
"I'm also human!" Shizuma hissed coldly.
Miyuki blinked in shock. "I know that. Did you think I didn't? I've been by your side since you joined here. I know everything about you-"
"No." Shizuma's fringe covered her eyes. "You don't know everything about me."
Shizuma flicked her hair out of her eyes and looked at Miyuki in the eye. "How can you possibly know everything about me? You've never been in love. So how can you know so much about me?"
Miyuki looked down. "You're wrong. I…"
Shizuma raised an eyebrow. Miyuki… Loved someone? Kaori? She closed her eyes in the silence that followed. Did Miyuki also love Kaori?
Shizuma kept her composure, but her thoughts swirled. Maybe she wasn't alone in her longing… She was, after all, not the only one close to Kaori. Granted, she had loved Kaori, but Miyuki had been friends with her too.
"Who do you love?"
Miyuki looked shocked. Shizuma opened her eyes and looked at her friend. Was Miyuki afraid to admit it to Shizuma? If Miyuki loved Kaori… If she too, suffered alongside Shizuma… Then they had both been wounded together. Shizuma considered herself lucky. She had been able to hold Kaori, had been able to…
Kiss her. Miyuki hadn't been able to act on her feelings. An idea flickered in the Etoile's mind.
She approached Miyuki, who turned her head away. And took her chin delicately. Before Miyuki could respond, Shizuma pressed her lips to Miyuki's.
The silver-haired beauty kept her light green eyes closed, feeling Miyuki's soft lips against her own. She didn't expect her lips to taste so sweet. So pure, and untainted. As though she couldn't help herself, she pulled Miyuki closer, taking hold of her hand.
Shizuma felt Miyuki push her away, followed by a burning on her cheek. Had Miyuki… Slapped her?
"Stupid!" Miyuki cried out, turning away from Shizuma, who looked at her confused.
The taller girl didn't understand. She had been the only one to kiss Kaori, so by kissing Miyuki, that meant Miyuki had kissed Kaori too, didn't it?
The sound of crying filled the silence, and Shizuma blinked. "Miyuki? Are you… Crying?"
Miyuki sniffled. "Is that bad?"
Shizuma thought for a moment. Maybe she was too forceful… "No."
She breathed out in a silent sigh, fastening her uniform. "I'm going to the greenhouse." She walked towards the door, and then half-turned. "I'm sorry Miyuki."
Shizuma left the dark-haired girl in the room.
Hello, all. I'll probably upload the next chapter later today, because I'm excited for this story. This is my first fanfiction, so please let me know if there are any errors, or anything is amiss with the story.
I based this first chapter off one of the episodes on the anime, though it's not exactly alike, I did change a few things. The following chapters will be similar styled, or will be purely fiction.
Thank you
Ghoul.