AU. ShizNat. Rate M not for sex. I think.
Glad my government isn't blocking ffnet anymore.
Disclaimer: I don't own MaiHiME and I'm fine with that.
Natsuki walked over the cobbled street, blocks from her apartment. She stopped at the meeting point, flicked her light and puffed. An orange Nissan parked nearby. The driver blinked the headlights. Natsuki tossed her cigarette and strode to that car. As she neared, the driver window rolled down. Natsuki bent a little to talk with him.
Natsuki felt that it was just another day in her school. Dull lessons, dumb people, everything is boring.
She sat in the classroom behind the most popular girl in their school, Shizuru Fujino, for three years. Today would be one of their last classes together. Natsuki imagined what Shizuru's face would look like ten years from now. In Natsuki's opinion, Shizuru was the kind of girl who'd easily find someone to tie the knot with. Maybe right after she'd graduated from her university. Her modesty and tradition would make her stay in a stable, long-term relationship and maybe she'd got pregnant by 25. If someone hadn't blew her cover. Natsuki had always felt that everything in the school was boring, until she met Shizuru Fujino.
At the end of their class, Shizuru passed Natsuki her notebook and asked if she'd free for the weekend and proposed if they could study together for the exam. Natsuki smiled and said with a mild enthusiasm, "It'll be too late if we wait for the weekend to study, Shizuru. The test is next week." She saw Shizuru tried to hide her smile. Natsuki rose from her seat, "I don't study in the weekend, anyway." she walked to the door when suddenly Chie Harada burst into the class and called her, "Natsuki!"
Natsuki frowned and curiously waited for the gossip girl next move.
"Oh my God, Natsuki, someone just sent this."
Natsuki looked at the picture in Chie's hand and suddenly turned to pale.
"She said you're dating this orange Nissan driver. Is it true?"
Natsuki gaped at Chie. "Did...did they know who's driving?"
"Wow, Kuga, you're bad!"
"Is there something wrong, Natsuki?" A worried Shizuru intervened.
"No!" Chie and Natsuki said in unison. Put on an awkward smile, Natsuki turned to Shizuru, "Nothing is wrong. See you after class, Shizuru." Natsuki grabbed Chie's arm and pulled her out of the room.
"What did you know about it?" Natsuki shoved Chie to the empty corridor.
"Easy, tiger, you know how to keep my mouth shut." Chie's business-mode, on.
"Nah, I don't care about the gossip at all."
"No?"
"But I'll pay you for everything you know about the man who rides that orange Nissan."
Chie frowned, "You're dating an unknown guy?"
"I'll see you again on Friday, Harada. Don't disappoint me," Natsuki turned to her next class.
Too absorbed in her thought, Natsuki jerked a little when Shizuru opened the passenger door. She seated herself next to Natsuki. Natsuki always gave her ride to her part-time job, few blocks from her house. Stopped at the red light, she decided to text, 'The bait had been swallowed,' and sent it.
Natsuki opened her locker and put her swimming suit in. An involuntary squeak escaped from her when Tomoe, out of nowhere, shoved it close.
"Kuga, have you considered my offer?"
"If you want me to consider your offer, you must first ask me nicely."
"Define nice."
Natsuki turned to face Tomoe, she sighed, "I'm not sure if Shizuru will agree about that."
"Why you even need to ask her permission? All you have to do is say no every time she asks for a lift."
"I don't know why you can't just ask her. You can give her a ride to the dorm."
"I've already asked her thousands of time. She said no."
"And why is that?"
"She said she'd prefer walking. Walk, can you believe it?"
"She's in Ten-Thousand-Steps-A-Day campaign, I recalled."
"Horse shit! Did she say to you that she'd prefer graduate as virgin, too?"
"That, my friend, is none of my business."
"Look, Kuga, I'm begging you. Please..."
"The answer is still the same."
"Why, okay..."
"Okay?" Natsuki startled to see how easy Tomoe gave up. But she didn't like the glint in Tomoe's eyes.
"Okay then. I will spread the new gossip about you and the orange Nissan driver," Tomoe turned to leave, "Oh, by the way, Natsuki, I know him. But I don't know what you see in him, that womanizer. Gosh!"
"You what?! Wait. Tomoe, you know him? Okay, I won't give Shizuru a ride, but tell me everything you know about him."
Tomoe stopped and tilted her head, "Really? Natsuki, really?"
"Yeah. Tell me." She grabbed Tomoe wrist and pulled her to an empty corridor. She halted suddenly when she saw Chie. "By the way, Chie, you're fired!" She shouted.
Chie looked at Natsuki and sighed heavily.
Natsuki poked the girl who was napping on the grass. "I've just found some info about him." Natsuki sat near the red head.
"Harada's fast."
"Nah, Tomoe told me. Do you know Mikoto Minagi?"
"Yes, I know her. I have some classes with her."
"His name is Reito Kanzaki, her half-brother. He's an officer in GND. Gang and Narcotics Division."
"He's what?"
"Be careful, Nao. He'd warned you. Next time, he'll send you straight to the prison."
"Less rival, more money." Nao said in snit. "You bought from him last week."
"I need it. You better find another part-time job immediately, Nao."
"Natsuki, I'm getting late. Please, this time, give me a ride."
"I can't Shizuru. I promised to Tomoe not to." Natsuki jabbed her key to the driver's key hole and threw her bag on the passenger seat. "Tomoe will gladly drive you to your job." Natsuki glanced at Tomoe who was leaning to her luxury sedan, next to her beaten-up minivan.
Shizuru sniffed. Then suddenly she leaned over and kissed Natsuki in front of Tomoe.
Tomoe rushed to them and pulled Natsuki from Shizuru. "What the hell are you doing?!"
"Me? I'm only standing next to my car if you ask me." She anticipated for any harsh movement from Tomoe.
"You bitch! Go fuck Minagi's brother and leave Shizuru alone."
"Didn't you see what just happen? She's the one who kissed me!"
"Stop it, Tomoe. Please. Thank you for your ride yesterday, but I'd prefer to go with Natsuki."
Tomoe looked at Shizuru, broken hearted. "I should've known the truth. I see you like Natsuki the way I like you."
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry."
"Well, you better be." Tomoe then eyed Natsuki. "This isn't over." She stormed back to her car and drove off.
"You don't have to do that, you know," Natsuki snickered.
"I know. But I'm tired of her. This way she'd know I'm taken."
"You crazy woman. Get in."
Okay, first chap is about drug. Next is about sex tape.