Irony
By: DarkBlue Mint
Disclaimer: Yeah, I'm rich, that's why my mother is still paying my rent (my job is only good to pay for food and college expenses).
Notes: Tried to fix the grammar and stuff. Not very good at that, which is the reason why I write short ficts, less grammar to worry about. Yeah, this is long for me.
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It was quite the irony actually. The moment that Shizuru stopped noticing Natsuki; Natsuki had started to notice Shizuru. This had Mai worried about her and Nao making fun of her; neither of the redheads where wrong. Natsuki knew that she went too much to Mai's for support and to wallow in her own misery. And Nao was right in saying that she had lost her chance with the gorgeous Kyoto woman, for that reason she didn't go to the church to talk to her anymore. Although, she still didn't knew why she went to Nao for help in the first place. That was certainly a bad idea, especially considering her reply:
"You're in love with Shizuru?" said the nun while laughing. "The woman pinned after you for God knows how long, and the moment she left you had an epiphany? This is to rich."
After that, every time the HiMEs got together for a meeting (sans Shizuru, Midori and Fumi, who where very busy with their chosen paths) Nao took several good shots against Natsuki self esteem. Every time that happened, Natsuki ended up pacing in Mai's room until at least five in the morning; time in which or she passed out from sleep, or Mikoto knocked her unconscious.
Not that she could talk with Mai anymore. After the redhead had a very public and loud break up with Tate; she was found pined in a very public tree being thoroughly kissed by Mikoto. Mai didn't look mad with this, not even when one of Mikoto's hands started to fondle certain big parts of her anatomy. Nobody was surprised in either account. First, Mikoto had always claimed Mai as hers, and second, Mikoto always touched Mai's breasts in public.
A part of Natsuki was hurt; hence the reason to stop her visits to the redhead. She was happy about her friend happiness. But seeing said best friend so in love and happy, when the object of her own affection was so far away... She was jealous of Mai, for having what she had lost. Also it hurt when Mikoto knock her out.
Actually, Shizuru wasn't that far away; the University of Fuuka was only an hour away from the school. Only thirty-five minutes if Natsuki was driving her bike, and she "forgot" the speed limits. But for some reason, since the four months that they had been apart, Natsuki couldn't make herself go.
"Hello Natsuki" said Akane while sitting next to her. "Any problems?"
One of the problems of sitting in one of the benches near the door, a lot of people tended to interrupt your inner monologues.
"Hi Akane, date with Kazu-kun?" responded Natsuki trying to change the subject away from her. Akane for her part gave a nod, blushed and looked at Natsuki with serious eyes. It was a cute expression in the girl.
"Mai is worried about you." Natsuki imagined Akane and Mai talking behind her back about her awakened feelings for Shizuru, or acknowledged, to say the truth. Natsuki though that she always had been in love with the other woman; only that her fears didn't let her accept it. She imagined that they talked a lot about her in their breaks on the cake shop. She supposed that they talked about Kazu and Mikoto sometimes too. She couldn't help but smile a little about that picture.
Akane had been a weird friendship to Natsuki; the other students accepted it, they were classmates after all. But for Natsuki was a misplaced gratitude at first. Akane had found out that Natsuki took her from the First District hospital; and after thanking her, told her that they were friends. That meant that Akane decided to take care of her, same as Mai (but Mai took care of everybody). That seemed to mean to ask her to please cut down her mayo consumption and bother her with incomplete schoolwork. After some months Natsuki started to care for the girl. And now, both of them were best friends in her opinion; not that she voiced that opinion, but Akane didn't seem to mind.
They sat in silence for a while. Akane waiting for Kazu, and Natsuki she was thinking about the irony of loving Shizuru, now that the other girl wasn't there.
"She is still in love with you," stated Akane simply, while looking at the setting sun.
"Come again?" was Natsuki intelligent commentary.
"Shizuru, she is still in love with you," repeated the girl. "Is easy to know. Even if it's been three--."
"Four months and three weeks." Akane smiled at the interruption.
"Even if it's been four months and three weeks. Is easy to see, she looks at you the same way that Kazu looks at me, same way I look at him. The same way that Mikoto always looked at Mai. That kind of look says forever, you know? I don't think she could ever forget you, not matter how many months or years come to pass."
"She didn't come to visit me, not even called me, on all that time..." retorted Natsuki while looking at the sky and trying to not believe her friend. Trying to deny that truth, even if she knows that what Akane says is real.
"You never told her to call. Didn't you?" Natsuki looked at Akane with a sad smile. "I think she's trying to let you choose what to do. She... I think she feels guilty, for everything that happened in the carnival. Everything she did." The girl stared at Natsuki with some kind of far away look. "I understand her. I would have done the same. If I had the power I would have killed Miyu; and every other Hime, and not even regret it, if that meant to have Kazu. To come back to him." Something in her voice told Natsuki she was telling the truth, her eyes took a serious and dangerous quality at that moment. "I would have destroyed the world for Kazu."
She would have, thought Natsuki. And Shizuru would have done the same for Natsuki. Destroy the world, the First District, everything for Natsuki. Suddenly a smile appeared in Akane's face, a beautiful smile, and Natsuki knew that Kazu was near.
"Luckily I didn't have to do that" with that Akane sat up and started to walk towards her boyfriend. At the last second she stopped and looked at Natsuki in the eyes "The decision is yours Natsuki. She loves you, and was willing to do anything for you. What are you willing to do for her?" With those last words the other girl left.
Natsuki watched the darkened sky, only thirty-five minutes if she "forgot" the speed limits. She had gone before, but never had the courage to enter Shizuru's dorm and knock her door. Today was going to be different. With that last tough the girl stood up and started running towards her bike.
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After Notes: The line about Akane destroying the world is inspired from Saikano, for some reason Chise and Akane strike me as similar... Yeah, I have a weird mind.
