A/N- hey, this is based loosely off of the movie 'keeping the faith', hope you enjoy!
DISCLAIMER: don't own characters
Chapter 1: Best friends again
Mai, Natsuki, Shizuru and Reito; they were the quartet.
Mai and Natsuki were neighbours and as long as they knew each other, had been best friends.
When it was time to enter middle school, they met Shizuru and Reito.
It was the first day of their new school, and they saw a little girl being bullied. Before they took action, Shizuru and Reito beat them to it.
Ever since that day, they had become an inseparable quartet of friends, all extremely different from one another.
They would walk the streets, play in the park and hang out practically every day. They would play pranks, compete and party like young kids.
When they were all at the age of sixteen, Shizuru had to move away due to her father getting a new job in another city. They all promised to keep in touch.
Two years later, Reito left the city for college as well, leaving Natsuki and Mai.
Natsuki and Mai grew closer than before since they were left to themselves, and were like sisters of some sort. They both ended up going to medical school, and becoming family doctors, opening up a clinic together.
Reito moved back after four years of college, and started his job as an architect.
This brings us to the now 26 year old friends, living life to the fullest and enjoying their time together...
"Natsuki, you need to get settled down!"
"Mother..."
"Don't you mother me, when I told some of the ladies at the club that you prefer women, you'd be surprised at how many offers I got for you to date their daughters. And all nice young ladies, I'm sure of it!"
Natsuki Kruger sighed at her mother. It was the same every time she came to visit.
She heard giggles, and turned to glare at her best friends Reito and Mai, who were trying very hard not to burst out laughing at her.
"N-Natsuki, your mom is right," giggled Mai causing Mrs. Kruger to look smug.
Natsuki blushed and groaned at them.
Reito and Mai weren't particularly dating anyone, so why did they pick on her?
"What about you two!" she demanded.
"What about them?" Mrs. Kruger asked her daughter.
"They aren't settled down! Besides, I'm waiting for the right person."
At this, Reito and Mai laughed even more, not bothering to comment on the matter.
Natsuki was content with her life. She was a successful daughter and doctor and had great friends. She was desired a lot and had flings here and there. Why did she want something serious? Of course she just couldn't tell her mom she had a lot of flings, could she?
She drove a motorcycle too! That itself screamed 'independent', right?
"By the way Natsuki-chan," Reito started. "Guess who called?"
"No idea."
"Guess!" Reito whined.
"Reito!" Natsuki was so not in the mood.
Her mother, Reito and Mai laughed at her even more. Honestly, she didn't even know why she bothered bringing them along every time she went to her mother's for dinner.
"Fine, Miss Grumpy. Who was the fourth person of our quartet?"
"Uh..."
"Shizuru-chan!" exclaimed Mai.
"Shizuru?" asked Natsuki with bafflement.
Reito nodded.
"And, guess what? She's moving back to town since her dad's company is opening a new office here that she's going to run."
The friends were all happy for a few moments, and excited.
"She wants to hang out with us, like old times, you know?"
Oh, they knew. The old foursome they were, very mischievous. Those were the most carefree days they experienced! And the most innocent too.
"She called you..." Natsuki broke the silence with her mumble.
"Yeah, so?"
"She called you...I'm listed too, I'm sure she knows how to contact Mai and I."
Why would Shizuru only call Reito?
"Well, Kanzaki is before Kruger in the phone book..."
"I guess that makes sense..."
So for the rest of the evening, things were rather normal. Everyone picked on each other, mostly on Natsuki. The friends were all hiding their true excitement of Shizuru returning.
Mai, Natsuki and Reito were standing in the airport waiting for Shizuru to arrive. They had a sign that read, 'The great Viola-sama' jokingly on it.
Passengers started arriving from the doors, and they stared anticipating Shizuru, and how she would look.
That was when they (mostly Natsuki) focused on a young gorgeous woman, tightly fitted in business-skirt suit attire. She dawned large sunglasses, and had the most appealing walk ever. She was hotness. She defined goddess. She was...none other than Shizuru Viola.
Shizuru removed her sunglasses and noticed her friends, a genuine smile forming on her face. She giggled at the sign they made for her, and proceeded to giving them all hugs.
Natsuki blushed when she got her hug, causing Mai and Reito to hold back more giggles.
While they waited for the luggage belts to start with the luggage, Shizuru demanded to know about her friends.
"So, Reito-chan, you're an architect, yes?"
"Yes Shizuru-chan. In fact I studied abroad for four years in Dubai, and then returned. Business has been good."
"What about your love life?" Shizuru teased him.
"Hmm, not very interesting at the moment." They all laughed.
They picked up Shizuru's three large matching suitcases and headed out while hailing a cab.
"What about Mai-chan?"
"Ah, Shizuru-chan, I'm a doctor now!"
"Ara, really? That's great!"
"Hai, Natsuki and I have a clinic together now."
"Natsuki? A doctor?"
Shizuru started to laugh, at the expense of her dark-haired friend.
"Shutup Shizuru," Natsuki grumbled.
Shizuru was happy some things never changed. Natsuki was still easily flustered. Not to mention extraordinarily gorgeous...
But she can't think about her best friend like that after seeing her for the first time in... 10 years, right?
The truth is, as soon as Shizuru stepped out of the plane, she noticed her three friends beneath those large sunglasses, especially Natsuki.
Looking at her three friend's attire, she noted Reito looking handsome as ever in his crisp trousers and office shirt. Mai was wearing a skirt and blouse, and coincidentally matching Reito.
It was Natsuki who stood out more. She was wearing super tight dark jeans, a simple whit t-shirt and, damn was all Shizuru could say to describe her in a leather jacket.
The four arrived at Shizuru's new apartment, a really nice penthouse across from where her new office was to be. They took her luggage upstairs, and then they all proceeded to go out for dinner to a local restaurant.
They talked for hours, catching up on old times, retelling stories of their youthful adventures and of their new adult lives.
"So Mai-chan, you also have no interesting love-life at the moment either?"
"Mou, Shizuru-chan. What to say? I'm like Reito and Natsuki; we just have fun and flings."
They all laughed, except Natsuki felt a little embarrassed as she usually was.
"What about you? Someone looking like you do must get a lot of romantic attention." Reito chuckled at his joke.
"Ara, no point being modest, it happens quite often."
They laughed some more, maybe because they had a lot of wine.
"That's like Natsuki!"
"Really, Natsuki is the object of many desires?" Shizuru's remark made Natsuki blush red, or maybe it was the wine...
"It's so funny!"Mai started, "Her mother and her mother's friends try to set her up with any girl they know, and people at the clinic are always hitting on her. Really, it is very amusing."
Shizuru picked up on the fact that Natsuki prefers women. Bonus.
Natsuki was flushed still, and this time it was not because of wine. Did Mai have to tell Shizuru that?
"I dunno... It's weird. I can reject the people throwing themselves at me, but the mothers...I just can't say no to them, they make it hard."
They all giggled at Natsuki's frustration.
"Wasn't there that one date you went on where the girl's mother booked you both tickets to a horror film and she tried to fake scared?'
Natsuki groaned at the particular experience, everyone else giggled.
Seriously, it was frightening at how many of her date's mother's tried hard to get them together, since she was a doctor and all.
"You'll never guess who my date is tomorrow night," she sighed.
"Who?" Reito and Mai said at the same time.
Natsuki pulled out a piece of crumpled paper from her jacket to show them.
"You know my mom's 'friend' Mrs. Muller? It's her daughter, Sayura. Would you believe her mom FAXED me a resume of her daughter? There wasn't even room to refuse this time, considering she also faxed reservations to a restaurant!"
They all burst out in giggles as they read said resume.
"She has jogging as a skill?" Remarked Mai once again bursting out in laughter, followed by Reito and Shizuru. Natsuki couldn't help but chuckle a little herself.
After dinner, the quartet got into separate cabs to go home. Reito and Mai were heading in the same direction, while Natsuki and Shizuru in the other.
"Hey, Shizuru, if you have an hour to spare...would you like to briefly chat with my mom, she lives near your apartment. I know she'd love to see you again."
Despite being tired, Shizuru agreed since Mrs. Kruger had always been one of her all time favourite adults.
The evening ended up in Natsuki getting mercilessly teased by her mother and old best friend, of course.
They had coffee, and Mrs. Kruger got all the dirt on Shizuru's love life.
Natsuki would admit she was a little shocked.
Shizuru revealed how she had no time for committed relationships, and just had one nights, or brief relationships. Her mother didn't seem to care about it, but Natsuki was sure if she ever told her mom she hooked up a lot, her mom would tell her it's bad to play with people's feelings and not cook her dinner for a week!
Natsuki was a little hurt by the revelation nonetheless. But she was happy that Shizuru also preferred women...
Mrs. Kruger never failed to complain about how her attempts of getting Natsuki set up would never work out, the stories amusing Shizuru to no end.
After the meeting, Natsuki decided to walk Shizuru back to her apartment before heading off to her own. They chatted alone, and dare they admit, flirted.
Thursday night: Natsuki found herself being laughed at once again by her friends.
She told them about her date with Sayura, and how the girl had been some kind of exercise loving freak. The evening had started with Sayura making Natsuki feel her abs and comment on them, then make her punch them to show off the strength. Natsuki refused to punch her, but accidentally ended up doing so and knocking her out in the process. Then the dinner was met by Sayura trying to feel Natsuki's legs up.
When Natsuki had taken her back to her apartment, Sayura made her come up and tried to get in her pants. Natsuki had to literally push her off and run away, before Sayura attempted rape.
So this brought the scene to a now blushing Natsuki, the victim of her friend's taunts, who could only laugh at how amusing the story was. Poor Natsuki-chan.
Two months have passed since Shizuru moved back home, and already things were routine. She would work like the workaholic she was, and then go hang out
with her quartet, or find a lovely lady to vent her sexual frustrations on due to work. The latter was never hard for her, considering women practically fell at her feet.
At the moment, she was in her 20 storey open window office overlooking the city and talking to an executive on the phone.
She hung up the phone and sighed, she really needed to get out tonight. Thankfully she had a date, who she knew wanted her very badly. (Don't they always?)
Her cell phone rang, and she was pleased to hear the voice of one of her best friends, Natsuki.
"Yo, Shizuru," Natsuki's sexy voice said over the phone.
"Ara, hello Natsuki." Shizuru was grinning like a fool, but no one was there to notice it.
"I was wondering what you were up to tonight, if you wanted to go hang out with Reito, Mai and myself. We might go to the usual."
"That sounds lovely, but unfortunately I already had plans."
"Oh?"
She smiled when she knew Natsuki was disappointed.
"Yes, I have a date actually."
"Oh...That's alright. Next time then...I uh, got to go...so talk to you later, have a fun...date."
"Bye Natsuki," Shizuru was grinning beyond happily now.
Really, Shizuru and Natsuki have been playing this odd cat and mouse game for the past two months. It was getting tiresome. It was obvious they had sexual attractions to each other, or maybe more?
Shizuru knew she desired her best friend, but wasn't sure if she should cross the line...yet at least. Natsuki was the most beautiful woman she had ever seen, and these feelings were new to her, strange even.
Shizuru was happy that Natsuki was upset about her date. She was happy that Natsuki seemed to be jealous. Did that mean that she...really liked Natsuki, or was this only just a huge attraction?
Natsuki was upset. Why should she be upset that Shizuru had a date? It wasn't her business, but then again recently she had noticed how sexy Shizuru was more and more than before. Where the hell was this leading?
Shizuru had said she didn't have time for relationships; she was always having flings with woman like some player.
Then again, Natsuki was the kind of the same, so she couldn't be mad at Shizuru.
It had now been 4 months since Shizuru moved back home, and the tension between her and Natsuki was starting to get stronger.
Natsuki had a rather pretty woman as a date that night. Kaname Soru, the recognizable television news anchor. She took her to a nice restaurant, and the two had managed casual conversation all evening. She was a normal date.
This was the first date she had in a long time that wasn't lusting after her for her sexy body... obviously anyways. She was enjoying the polite atmosphere.
That was until she noticed a few tables away, her best friend Shizuru Viola drinking wine and giggling with a woman. The woman was obviously looking at Shizuru with lust beyond words.
Natsuki's stomach felt uneasy at the sight, but she forced her attention back to her date. It just didn't help that Shizuru seemed to look exceptionally hot that night.
Meanwhile, Shizuru was glancing out of the corner of her eye at her best friend. Had Natsuki not noticed her? Was she too involved with her...bitch to notice Shizuru? She was jealous.
After the dinner, Natsuki found herself outside the apartment complex of Kaname.
"Well, Kruger-san, it was a lovely evening. Thank you," she said with a smile adorning her pretty face.
"Yeah, I had a great time Soru-san." Natsuki gave her a smile back, "I guess I'll...see you around?"
"Yes," Kaname let out a cough. "Actually, I'll be going to Europe for a few weeks on business. Would you...like to come upstairs?"
Natsuki contemplated for a moment, but she suddenly thought of Shizuru. "I better not. Maybe we can get together after your trip?"
"Sure, that would be great." Kaname gave her a light kiss on the lips, and Natsuki only smiled a little. They said their goodbyes, and Natsuki made her way to a new destination for the evening.
Shizuru was in her rich penthouse removing her jewellery for the evening, she had sent her date home, not being in the mood for... anything physical for some odd reason. It was a first, and she blamed Natsuki.
That was when her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her door.
Shizuru, wondering who the hell was bothering her at midnight, went to answer the door. She was rather surprised to see Natsuki standing there.
"N-Natsuki?"
"Yo, Shizuru." Natsuki looked a little embarrassed, but irresistible nonetheless. And Shizuru noticed Natsuki look at her body with some lust.
People looked at her with lust like that very often, but there was something different about Natsuki, who at this moment was looking drop dead gorgeous in her black dress.
"What are you doing here?" Shizuru asked her best friend, very curious to know, and very happy she showed up.
"I...I don't know, Shizuru."
They stared at each other for what felt like ages, keeping eye contact and admiring the other's eyes.
Shizuru's previous uneasiness of having sex with her date vanished as soon as she stared at Natsuki.
It was Shizuru who reached an arm around Natsuki's neck and brought her inside the apartment while kissing her with fury.
Natsuki was quick to reciprocate and kicked the door shut behind them.
They continued to kiss and Shizuru guided her to the bedroom, their clothes soon hitting the floor.
Moans were heard as the girls released their hidden desires on each other.