Hey guys… I don't know what's gotten into me but I just feel like want to write a sequel for my previous fic, The Fuuka Girlz. I don't know if you guys still remember the story. Since the past few days as I working on X-HiME, the idea to make a continuation for Fuuka Girlz suddenly popped inside my head and I just write it without having any second thought.
Don't worry about X-HiME, I'm still writing it and that means I'm working on two stories in the same time. Crazy? Maybe yeah… I just have too much free time I guess… Bwahaha!
Hope you guys will enjoy it and have a nice day everyone! ^_^
The Fuuka Girlz: Second Stage
Chapter 1: You May Kiss Your Bride
"D-damn it!!" she cursed loudly.
"Calm down… I'm sure she will bring it here!"
"It's freaking 5 minutes left!! Oh my god! This is so unbelievable!!"
Suddenly the door burst opened. "Spider-woman comes to the rescue! We got the item secured and most importantly we made it on time!" a red haired woman appeared on the doorway, grinning widely.
"Dammit! Where the hell did you go? I was so damn scared here that you're going to be late today!!" she barked angrily at the red head.
"Chill out… I promised to you right? Besides, they won't start the ceremony if I'm not still here…" the red haired woman chuckled.
"What makes you think they might wait for you, huh? You're not the Prime Minister!" the other woman laughed.
"Shut up!" the red head retorted angrily as she handed a small, blue velvet box to the anxious bride.
"Anyway, you need to calm down now… Today is your important day… Don't mess it up with you panicking around… It's not going to reduce your anxiety anyway…" she fixed the bow tie on the woman's neck.
"Y-yeah! Thanks! Hoo… I can't believe this day finally come…" she exhaled nervously.
"God! I still can't believe this day would happen either! Are you sure you're certain about this? I've already prepared my car for you if you had a second thought…" the red head grinned widely.
"Okay! Just shut up! You're not helping her! And don't encourage her to run away from this ceremony!!"
"Hahaha~"
KNOCK! KNOCK!
A middle age woman appeared at the doorway, smiling softly at them. "Are you ready…? The ceremony will begin soon…"
"Yeah! We ready!"
"Okay! We'll be waiting for you then…" the older woman bowed her head slightly and she walked away.
She patted lightly at the woman beside her. "Let's go welcome your new life, shall we?"
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"You may kiss your bride…"
She took a deep breath and she smiled nervously at the brown haired woman in front of her. She was about to lean down,
"Wait!" the other woman raised her hand, halting her from advancing forward.
She blinked her eyes in confusion. "W-what is it…?" she asked. Some part of her was already trembling in panic, afraid that the other woman might call the wedding off.
The brown haired woman just smiled as she reached out her hands, taking off the spectacles from her eyes.
"I like you better this way…" Aoi chuckled, folding the spectacles into her palm. Chie just grinned as she leaned down again, capturing the lips before her with light, chaste kiss.
"Woohoo!! Yeah!!" Nao pumped up her fist to the air, laughing loudly. The other guests stood up as they clapped their hands, congratulating the newlyweds.
Natsuki who stood together with the red head at the altar just laughed when she saw Chie scooped Aoi into her arms, spinning her around. She slowly glanced over at the rows of guests in front of her. She widened her eyes when she saw a pair of crimson eyes staring back at her.
Shizuru simply arched her brows at the navy haired girl with a meaningful smile on her face. Natsuki just laughed as she shook her head while clapping her hands.
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"Congratulation, Chie!! Oh my god… No more fooling around, eh?" Nao encircled her arm around the short haired girl's shoulder. Chie laughed loudly, bringing her glass of wine to her mouth.
"Seriously… I never thought that you'll be the first to get married…" Natsuki grinned, leaning her back at the table.
"Yeah! I thought you would be the first, mutt…" Nao nudged on Natsuki's side. Natsuki just glared at the red head and Nao laughed.
"No! I thought that Mai and Mikoto would be the first one since Mai kept on bragging with wedding stuff all past few years…"
Nao took a deep breath. "Oh yeah… Pity them… Mikoto suddenly had to follow Reito with some business travels for 3 consecutive years…"
"Anyway, what about you two…? Have any plan yet…?" Chie arched her brows at her two friends. Natsuki and Nao turned to look at each other.
"Nah…" they retorted at the same time, shaking their head.
"Why not?" Chie frowned slightly. Nao took a deep breath as she scratched her head.
"Nina doesn't seem to concern about it… Besides, we already lived together… It doesn't make any different anyway if we tied a knot or not…" she shrugged her shoulders.
Chie turned to face the navy haired girl. "Natsuki…?"
Natsuki exhaled heavily, rubbing her chin in the process. "I don't think so… Shizuru is a real busy… Travelling all across the world for her business deals. And so do I… Still got plenty of construction blueprints need to be done… Besides, wedding is too annoying, right Nao?" she cringed her face at the red head beside her.
"You're so right, mutt… For the first time in your life you said something so unbelievably reasonable…" Nao patted Natsuki's shoulder and they shared hearty laughs.
Chie just sighed, shaking her head in disbelieve. "I really don't understand with you two… It's been four years after the university, I thought you guys are changed… Getting married is a sacred ritual for moving your relationship to the second stage…"
"You're so lame, Chie… There's no such thing as sacred ritual or second stage in relationship…" Nao furrowed her brows. Natsuki just snorted, sipping on her drinks.
Chie pinched her temple, sighing in frustration. "I don't even know why I bother to talk about this again with you guys…"
"Chie-chan!" and they quickly turned around to look at the caller. Aoi waved her hand at them from the small stage at the center of that garden.
"I'm going to throw the flower now!" she giggled. Chie just laughed and she waved back. "Okay!"
Natsuki nudged on the red head beside her. "You're not going to join too…?" she grinned.
Nao just chuckled. "Hell no. What if I caught the flower…? I'm not ready for a sacred ritual or whatever that has anything to do with wedding! It's too damn early!" she scratched her head and Natsuki just snorted.
"Ready..." Aoi turned her body around, facing her back at the group of girls who waiting eagerly behind her.
"One! Two! …Three!" she tossed the flowers backwards. The other girls were squeaking excitedly as they watched the bouquet flying over them.
Natsuki fixed her eyes at the flowers as she sipped on her drinks. The flowers went flying a bit far to the other group of girls who didn't join the commotion. Oh boy… Aoi just tossed it a little too strong I guess…
She saw that bouquet landed perfectly on the hands of a certain brunette haired woman who wore a light purple kimono.
"Ara…?"
Natsuki sprayed her drinks out of her mouth when she saw Shizuru held the bouquet of flowers in her hands.
"Oh… hell…" Chie muttered softly, slapping her forehead.
Nao had her jaw dropped when she saw it. "Oh-my-god! You know what that means, don't you, mutt…?" she patted Natsuki's back while Natsuki already went red, coughing so hard.
Shizuru laughed happily as she waved the flowers at the navy haired woman. Natsuki just rolled her eyes, sighing in frustration.
Oh crap…
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It was hard for her to focus on the road because there was a humming voice on the seat next to her ever since they drove off from Chie's wedding.
Her dark brows twitched slightly as she watched at the brunette haired woman beside her, singing happily while playing with the bouquet she caught at the wedding. What's with that smile on her face…? Don't tell me she already has a thought about this wedding thing…
Shizuru shifted her body so she could face the navy haired woman beside her. "Ara, Natsuki… What do you think about getting~"
Ahh… Just great… "No. I don't think anything…" she quickly retorted, her eyes still fixed at the road in front of her.
Shizuru blinked her eyes in surprise and later she chuckled. "I didn't even finish my words yet…"
Natsuki took a deep breath, one hand gripping on the steering wheel and the other stroking her navy tresses. "You don't have to finish it. I know where you're taking this conversation…" she mumbled.
Shizuru arched her brows, slowly leaning closer to the driver. "Ara… Since Natsuki is such a mind-reader, would you mind to tell me what I'm trying to say just now…?" she grinned.
Natsuki groaned, twitching her brows tightly. "I'm not joking here, Shizuru…"
"Neither do I, Natsuki…" Shizuru replied instantly with a playful smirk on her face. "Just tell me what you know about what I'm trying to say…"
Natsuki halted the car since the traffic light was red. She quickly turned her head to look at the brunette haired woman beside her. "Okay! You wanna talk about getting married, right…?"
"No." Shizuru replied shortly with a wide grin on her lips. Natsuki blinked. W-what…?
"…no?" she asked back. Shizuru immediately burst into laughs. "Of course not!" she laughed again.
Natsuki blinked her eyes in confusion. "…b-but…"
Shizuru arched her perfectly trimmed eyebrows. "But?"
HONK!!
"Shit!" Natsuki quickly shifted the gear and she drove it into right junction. Shizuru just chuckled at Natsuki's flustered face.
"What makes you think that I'm going to ask you about getting married, Natsuki…?" Shizuru laughed again.
Natsuki took a quick glance at the woman beside her. "You're not…?" she asked. Shizuru just shook her head slightly.
"But why do you look all happy when you got that flowers?" she turned to look on the road in front of her.
Shizuru just giggled. "Ara… It's because I got it while other people didn't…" she grinned. Natsuki sighed heavily. Damn this woman… I'm so stupid to think so much about this…
"Anyway, what do you want to ask me about…?" she cleared her throat, rubbing her nose slightly. Shizuru smiled widely, hooking her right arm on Natsuki's left hand.
"I just want to ask what about us getting some rest from work next week and go for holiday…" she muttered softly.
Natsuki raised her eyebrows. "Holiday…? Next week…?" she asked back. Shizuru nodded her head.
"I-uh… I don't think so, Shizuru…" she scratched her head. Shizuru pulled back her head slightly, a soft frown forming on her forehead.
"Ara… Why is that…?"
"My deadline is next week… Those stupid, annoying clients want to see the sketches and the blueprints next Wednesday…" she sighed heavily.
"Who are those stupid, annoying clients…?" she asked, giggling softly at Natsuki's angry remark to her clients.
"I don't know… some people from Armitage & Chrysant Corporation… They're so freaking annoying. Not to mention every member wearing some kind of spectacles… Is that a trademark from their company or what…? I wonder how their boss looks like…" Natsuki grumbled in irritated tone.
Shizuru placed a finger on her chin as she pondered for awhile. "Ara… I think I know that company…"
Natsuki took a quick glance at her girlfriend. "You know them…?" she asked in curiosity. Shizuru nodded her head again.
"And you'll be surprise if you meet the boss…" she chuckled. Natsuki just frowned.
Shizuru exhaled a contented sigh as she leaned closer to the navy haired girl again. "Anyway, do Natsuki want me to do something about that company so we will have our free time alone together…?" she grinned mischievously.
Natsuki laughed, shaking her head slightly. "I'll be more than glad if you did but I don't want to live my reputation under your name, Shizuru… You know that already…" she glared at the older woman.
Shizuru smiled warmly as she patted Natsuki's cheek softly. "…I know."
"I'll finish my work as soon as I can and about the holiday, I promise that I'll go get some days off after Chie gets back from her honeymoon…" she smiled reassuringly at the brunette beside her. Shizuru just chuckled as she nodded her head.
"And I'll be waiting for that…"
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She sighed heavily, tossing the car keys on the coffee table as she jumped on the leather couch in her apartment. "Urgh… Wedding is so tiring…" she took a deep breath, rolling over on the couch, her head facing the ceiling.
"Ara… But I don't think Natsuki did anything during the ceremony…" Shizuru chuckled softly, making her way to the kitchen to prepare some refreshments for both of them.
Natsuki groaned loudly. "I didn't do anything…? My legs are numb already… I've been standing on that freaking altar for god knows how long… And that priest was kept on preaching about something I also didn't know…"
Shizuru giggled again, walking into the living room with a tray in her hands. "Natsuki shouldn't complain now since you're the one who agreed to be Chie's best man…" she placed the tray on the coffee table.
Natsuki lifted up her body from the couch as she yanked the black suit off her shoulder. "She's my best friend and there's no way I'm going to decline her request…" she tossed the suit to the other couch. "And wearing that suit is really bothersome…"
Shizuru walked over to sit beside Natsuki as she handed a glass of cold orange juice. "Ara… But did Natsuki know that she looks so freaking hot in that suit…?" she breathed seductively at Natsuki's right ear.
Natsuki almost choked on her drinks and she quickly wiped her mouth. "…what!? Freaking hot...? Where the hell did you learn that!?" her cheeks were already blushing heavily. Shizuru laughed heartily at Natsuki's flustered face.
"Ara-ara… Blushing cheeks are not going to make you feel any better, Natsuki…" Shizuru playfully poked on Natsuki's cheek and she slowly got off the couch.
Natsuki just watched with wide eyes when she saw Shizuru slowly loosened up the obi around her waist, letting it fall graciously on the floor.
Shizuru peered at the other woman from over her shoulder, a seductive smile curved on her luscious lips. "…I'm going to have a shower. Natsuki can have some nap now if she's too, well... tired."
She strolled towards the bedroom, letting the light purple kimono slide over her shoulders, revealing such smooth, creamy skin underneath. Her lips curved into a wide smile when she heard throaty groan from the other occupant on the leather couch.
She slowly disappeared into the bedroom, and soft rustling sound could be heard, signifying the brunette was taking off her remaining garment on her body.
Natsuki could feel her breath catch when she heard it. Her head already made its job to create a few suggestive images of… Oh hell.
She instantly jumped off the couch and she dashed towards the bedroom, picking up Shizuru's obi that lay on the floor in the process.
"You think I'm going to let you get away that easily after you freaking seduced me just now!? And I'm not tired yet for this!!" she yelled right before she slammed the door shut.
Hearty laughs from a certain brunette echoed across the apartment, as she mentally congratulating herself for her small victory in seducing the navy haired woman.
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They stayed in silence, wrapping each others' body into warm, comforting embrace.
Shizuru took a deep breath and she sighed contentedly, snuggling her face closer to Natsuki's bare neck. "Natsuki…?" she muttered softly.
There was a long pause before a faint reply came from the navy haired woman beneath her. "…hmm?"
"What do you think about getting married…?" she uttered it calmly, waiting for the response from the other woman. Suddenly, she felt the body beneath her trembling slightly. Natsuki burst into hysterical laughs afterwards.
"N-Natsuki…?" she lifted her head to look at the laughing woman. Her eyebrows frowned slightly in mild confusion.
Natsuki took a deep breath after her laughs subsided. "So you did think about getting married... Why didn't you just admit it earlier?"
Shizuru widened her eyes in surprise. "Ara… I thought this issue was a bit sensitive to discuss right after we got back from Chie's wedding… It wasn't an appropriate time for it…"
Natsuki arched one brow playfully. "Not appropriate…? So you say that this time is the appropriate one to discuss about getting married…?"
Shizuru grinned widely. "Well, of course it is since Natsuki never say no during this time when I asked her anything before…" and Natsuki laughed again.
They stayed in complete silence for a few minutes as Natsuki shifted slightly under Shizuru's comforting embrace.
"Unfortunately, I have to say no…" Natsuki pursed her lips tightly. Shizuru quickly lifted up her body, placing both her hands on the bed for support.
"Why not…?" she asked, her voice was mixed with confusion and disappointment, as she stared deeply into unwavering emerald orbs beneath her.
Natsuki sighed heavily as she brought up her arms, encircling Shizuru's waist. "I don't think I'm ready for it yet…"
Shizuru arched her brows. "Ara… Such a cliché excuse…" she smiled. Natsuki just snorted.
"Seriously, Shizuru… I am not ready yet. Besides, we already live together now and it still going to be the same whether we're getting married or not… Nothing's going to change that…" she frowned slightly. God… I think I just sounded like Nao already…
"It is to me… My life is going to change a lot if we get married…" Shizuru replied shortly.
"How's that so…?" Natsuki asked with one eyebrow raised upwards. Shizuru just sighed.
"Obviously, if we got married, I'll be more than happy to carry your last name with me… And I will have my ring finger wrapped with a beautiful diamond ring and so do you… I want the whole world knows that I'm already taken by you and I don't want other women or men out there even try to make a move on you!" Shizuru pouted her lips.
Natsuki laughed loudly again. "Oh my god… You're being childish, Shizuru… The whole world already knows about us… Besides, there's not even one girl or guy out there dare to try on me… It's like I've got an invisible sticker on my ass which stated 'THIS WOMAN BELONGS TO FUJINO SHIZURU AND IF YOU DARE TO HIT ON HER, YOU'LL BE DEAD!!' every time I walk out there…"
Shizuru couldn't help but to burst into laughs to Natsuki's statement.
"If you want a ring so much, I'll go buy one for you and I will buy one for myself too… We'll wear it together…" she lifted her hand and she patted lovingly on Shizuru's cheek. Shizuru just sighed as she leaned down, resting her head on Natsuki's chest.
"I don't know how to describe it to you how I feel about getting married, Natsuki…" she took a deep breath as Natsuki gently stroked her brunette hair, burying her fingers into her scalp.
"And talking about being childish, Saeko-mama just called me yesterday right after I informed her about Chie's wedding. She said; 'I want some grandchildren now and don't make this old woman wait to her death for that!'…" Shizuru impersonated Saeko's voice and she giggled softly.
Natsuki twitched her brows slightly. "What the hell…? She thinks that making baby is like baking a cake? Urgh! That woman is so ridiculous…" she pinched her temple softly.
Shizuru quickly lifted up her head to look at the navy haired woman again. "I want some baby too, Natsuki… Don't you think it will be great to have some…?" she smiled excitedly.
"Some…? How many kids do you actually want, Shizuru!?" Natsuki shook her head in disbelieve.
Shizuru placed a finger on her chin, just like her trademark pose. "Hmm… at least two…"
Natsuki widened her eyes. "TWO!? At least? What if not at least?"
"…I don't know… What about five…? We can make a basketball team just like Natsuki had during the college…" Shizuru laughed.
Natsuki clutched her head in frustration. "Oh my god… I can't believe I'm talking about this with you right now…" she groaned loudly.
Shizuru laughed again, leaning down to kiss Natsuki's tip of nose lightly. "I'm just kidding, Natsuki… I understand that you're not ready for these things… I'm totally aware about it…" she smiled reassuringly.
Natsuki took a deep breath and she exhaled. "Thanks a lot… My head almost explode just now… Please don't ask me this stuff again…" her eyes glimmered pleadingly. Shizuru smiled again and she leaned down to kiss the cute, pouting lips under her.
"I will not ask you again about this getting married thing… Promise!" she chuckled. Natsuki laughed, pulling the older woman close to her.
"Let's get some sleep now… I got another meeting with those guys from Armitage & Chrysant Corp tomorrow morning…" she kissed Shizuru's forehead and she closed her eyes slowly. Shizuru just smiled, nuzzling to Natsuki's neck as she sighed contentedly.
Not long after that, she could hear Natsuki's steady breathing as the navy haired woman dozed into peaceful slumber. Shizuru carefully lifted her body so she could look at the other woman. Her lips curved up unconsciously when she saw Natsuki's sleeping face. Did anyone ever mention to her how adorable she is when she's asleep…?
She had to restrain the urge to kiss the younger woman and she slowly rested her head on her previous position. She sighed again, taking Natsuki's hand and entwined it with hers. She trailed her thumb on Natsuki's ring finger then she slowly tilted down to look at her own hand.
Married… then my name will be Kuga Shizuru… She smiled silently, taking Natsuki's hand close to her chest as she hugged it. She lifted her head, glancing at Natsuki's serene façade.
Maybe I should wait then…
I don't know… I really don't know where the ideas came from about Chie got married with Aoi… Hope you guys okay with it.
We all know that it will not be that easy about same sex marriage in the real world, but what the heck…? Just live in the fantasy sometimes could ease our crazy brains from cruel real world out there… bwahaha~
Thanks for reading and review anyone…? Tell me if you guys like it or not, okay? Thanks again! ^_^