Love has no limits and will ultimately conquer all problems, if given hope. (No matter how stupid it seems) – Masked Rider Diend
"Kanako, I would like you to stay after class," the anthropomorphic dragon teacher stated as he turned his back to the aforementioned blue haired, Kanako sighed as she pressed her head to the cold surface of her desk. She really had been hoping for a nice and quiet day with no problems or trouble. She couldn't help but feel like she wasn't asking that much from the universe. It was Friday, after all - A quick and boring day of class that ultimately lead into a fun-filled weekend with her friends. She didn't have any class meetings or clubs to handle today so once the last class ended she was free to let the goofing off begin. It wasn't so much that she wanted time with her friends, but with someone else all together.
With the school bell ringing to end the day, the rest of the class gathered their things and hurried off to their own lives. Kanako kept her head to the desk as she waited for them to leave. Whatever the Dragon King of Gensokyo wanted to talk about she sure didn't want eavesdrops (especially those tengus in charge of the Bunbunmaru news tabloids) around. She glanced up when she stopped hearing footsteps. The class was empty save for her and her teacher. Uncle sat at his desk smiling at her. This action made Kanako raise an eyebrow. With that kind of expression, it couldn't be bad, right?
The blue haired let out a sigh of surrender. She stood up from her desk and began the tedious march to the old man's desk. She began to rack her mind for possible causes for this meeting. She could recall no bad grades; no arguments or fights. It was public knowledge she didn't pick on any of the underclassmen. Rather she had been known as a sort of defender for them; protecting them from being picked on by her more childish peers, like Suwako or Yukari. She glanced over her attire, thinking her uniform may have been a miss. There was no such fault. Whatever the old man wanted, Kanako was clueless to it.
"Do you know why I wanted you to stay after, Kanako?" Uncle genetically started.
With her hands on her hips, Kanako shrugged.
The anthropomorphic dragon gave a gentle nod, his smile turning darker. "I didn't figure you would." He glanced out the window for a moment, trying to collect his words. Kanako watched the man's hands shifting awkwardly. Uncle looked back to Kanako. "Hiyah, I'm just going to come out with it: There are rumours passing around, Kanako."
Kanako raised an eyebrow to this.
The elderly teacher wanted to talk with her about…Gossip? It was well-known that Uncle was a bit of a gossip-hound - making him exactly like her colleague Eirin - but surely he wouldn't believe the nonsense those tengus spewed out from their mixed up hormones.
"And?"
"The particular rumour I wish to address involves you," Uncle stated.
"Me?"
This further confused the blue haired. Of all the people in the school, there was a rumour about her? She knew better than to be surprised. Somewhere she had once heard that every student has a rumour about himself that he may or may not know of. The point, however, was that Kanako had thought herself well-received by her fellow student body. What sort of rumour was it that could involve her?
Uncle stood up and walked around his desk to stand in front of Kanako.
"Yes, but it isn't only about you. It involves another - One of your underclassmen, a girl by the name of Sanae."
Kanako's eyes widened at the name.
It couldn't possibly be…They had been so secretive. So careful. The chances that THAT was what the rumour was about had to be slim. No, it wasn't possible that someone had found out and had told. It couldn't be.
Uncle gave the blue haired a look of suspicion at her reaction. The near graduate took note of her look. Kanako regained her composure, putting up her calm mystic once more. No need for the woman to consider giving credit to any rumours started by teenagers.
"The Kochiya girl?" Kanako cleared her throat when she heard how dry it suddenly sounded. "What possible rumour could involve the two of us?"
The old dragon closed his eyes. He leaned his back to rest against his desk, with his arms laced gently in front of him. An awkward silent fell between them for a moment before Uncle opened his eyes to explain.
"The rumour has it that you and Sanae are in fact," he paused trying to find the perfect word. "Invloved in a tryst."
Kanako didn't have to feign shock. She truly was when she heard the all knowing dragon of Gensokyo say that specific statement.
"A tr-tryst?"
"It means a meeting of lovers."
"I know what it means," Kanako half-barked. When Uncle gave her a look of warning Kanako gave him an apologetic stare. "Sorry, it's just…Surprising to hear you say that."
Uncle further pressed the topic with, "Am I to assume this means there is absolutely no truth to these accusations?"
Kanako scoffed.
"Of course there's no truth to them. She's not even a freshman yet."
She was lying.
There was nothing but truth to that claim of romance between the teacher herself and the underclassman. They had been meeting in a romantic way for quite some time now. They had been nothing but careful about it. Not wanting to let others spoil it with their opinions or prejudices. It had been months since they first started. It, for obvious reasons, hadn't gone beyond chaste kisses, hugging and cuddling, and holding hands in the privacy of their own homes. Sanae, as far as Kanako was aware, didn't even know how to use her tongue in kissing let alone do full-blown making out. The other students knew Kanako had taken a shine to the much younger girl; though it always seemed that they just believed she was 'training' an apprentice to take over her mantle when she left the school.
The two had met in a sort of fated encounter as Kanako thought of it. Sanae and her class had just been assigned that ridiculous assignment of watching after an egg. Sanae had been partnered with a raven haired girl from their class do to there being more girls than boys in the class. The problem was that that raven haired, Hakurei Reimu, was a known bully and had lost her temper at something Sanae had said. She had thrown the egg out the window to Sanae's horror. It was pure luck that Kanako had been outside that window. She caught the egg with her wind powers. Sanae came down and found her with the egg, and after some playful teasing the two seemed to hit it off very well. Kanako had even 'suggested' that Reimu stop harassing her new little friend.
From there on Kanako began to have Sanae spend more time with her. Simple things like hanging out together at lunchtime or sometimes in the halls. But it built up to hanging out together outside of school, even going to the movies and taking her home to help the younger girl with her homework and such. That's where the talk about Kanako training Sanae came in. Sanae had asked her about it one day, and Kanako was surprised to admit that there wasn't exactly true. That whatever was going on between them felt bigger than that, that discussion ultimately lead to an awkward kiss; their first.
Kanako thought over that for a moment, knowing there was some truth to that but it was still more of a mutual exchange of amore.
Despite that, Kanako had no intention of taking things to a much more physical level. Not now at least. That would be far too demanding of Sanae. She understood that Sanae wasn't physically or mentally ready for such a relationship yet. So she would happily wait, not just for Sanae but for herself as well. Kanako wasn't sure she was even ready for that kind of relationship. She had never been one to be overly perusing the idea of a sexual relationship with any girl, and definitely not any boy. Though that didn't mean she didn't want to at sometime go the next level with a girl, but only with the one she truly wanted to give her body and heart to. Perhaps that was just the way her late parents had raised her, she didn't know for certain.
Uncle nodded to her reply.
"I'm glad to hear you say that, Kanako. I don't think I have to tell you the implications of such a relationship. It could be damaging to both of your own appearances in the public eye."
Kanako cursed the public and their symbolic eye.
"Not to mention the fact that once you graduate that kind of relationship will be considered illegal, well, in the outside world anyway."
Uncle bit the inside of his cheek to keep his mouth shut. She knew the truth of that. She had known since she first started the relationship. Sanae and her had full conversations about this particular topic many times before. More so now that the cursed day was steadily approaching. But Kanako had stated she wouldn't date in college, but would rather wait until Sanae was of a more legal age. If Sanae, however, wanted to date someone else and ended up actually being in love with that person instead Kanako would just move on. It would hurt, at first, but she always overcame any problem faced against her so this shouldn't be any different, or should the situation as a whole. They'd pull through it in the end, she was certain.
"Besides, you do know that I support High school BGR and lesbianism and this school is in between the outside world and Gensokyo, so at least hide it from the outside world." Uncle finished his opinion.
The blue haired couldn't stop herself from frowning this time. In fact, it probably looked more like a full blown glare to the older dragon man. Uncle surprised expression was evident of that.
"It's not the matter of tw-two girls involved in that sort of relationship," he had stammered to correct himself. "I may be getting old for human age, but I'm not that narrow-minded. I understand some amount about the gay and lesbian culture. I hear two of your friends Kaguya is involved with that Mokou. They are a couple, right? So I have no dislike of their culture."
Kanako continued to frown. Typical cover up. 'Forgive my misuse of words by accepting me giving an example of someone I know like that so you know I'm not really like that.' If he had just apologized, Kanako wouldn't have been as annoyed. She couldn't stand people doing those kinds of cover ups.
Uncle continued, "It's just the matter of two people dating and one of them being an impressionable youth that I find disturbing. The age-gap, not the gender issue." He made sure to emphasis on that last statement.
A gentle knock came from the door. Both dragon and teacher glanced over to the door seeing Sanae poking her head into the room. Her beaming smile lighting up on her soft features. Kanako knew the smile wasn't for a polite or lady-like greeting to them both. It was aimed directly at herself. Kanako gave a ghost of a smile back.
"Am I interrupting anything?" the young girl squeaked out.
"No." Kanako crossed her arms over her chest, long since through with this conversation. She eyed her teacher. "Is there anything else, sir?"
Uncle sighed, lowering his head.
"No, I suppose not. You may go, Kanako."
Kanako didn't even waste a goodbye on the dragon who had been trying her patience. She walked out the door, her arm wrapping around Sanae's waist slightly to instruct her on following. Kanako heard Sanae give the teacher a farewell as Kanako half dragged her out of the room. The two remained silent as they walked on towards Kanako's Kappa built navy blue sports car with the yellow upside down star on the hood. Kanako assumed Sanae realized she wasn't in a talking mood at the moment. So she just followed in silent obedience. Kanako unlocked the car, stepping in. She heard the door next to her opening and the easing shut. It seemed Sanae minded Kanako's warning about not slamming the door shut. An awkward silence befell the car as the two sat there: Kanako glaring at the stirring wheel while Sanae sat next to her with a worried look.
Sanae reached out and placed her hand on Kanako's hand. Kanako glanced at Sanae out of the corner of her eye. Her heart began to swell as she saw the concerned look in those big blue eyes. Sanae opened her mouth as if to say something but never got the chance as two soft lips closed over hers. Sanae's eyes blinked, surprised. Kanako pulled back flashing the green haired with that charming smile spreading that made ever girl and boy she knew weak in the knees - A smile that had become exclusive to her now. The teacher burst out laughing. Sanae looked at her older girlfriend with an uneasy smile.
"You're absolutely adorable," Kanako said, her hand reaching up to stroke the girl's cheek.
Sanae blushed, smiling.
"T-thanks. Ar-are you gonna be-"
"Nah," Kanako said, turning on her car engine. "I'm fine as long as you are. I can live through the stupid crap, as long as I've got you. You're all I need to felt health and happy."
Sanae leaned over, kissing her on the cheek.
"Then you're gonna be the healthiest person in the world," Sanae said giggling as they pulled out off the school parking lot into the street.
Kanako smiled at the road in front of her. Surprising how the love of a cute and pure hearted girl could make a gal like she was some powerful warrior, unstoppable. Like a shark…, no, like a snake. But that's what they were: the snake and a little fairy, weren't' they?