In all the Wrong Directions
Prelude
"In time we hate that which we often fear."
-William Shakespeare
Kuga Natsuki had been having a semi-okay day. It had been partially ruined by Nao's presence, but it was nothing she couldn't fix with a few satisfying verbal spars.
So she'd been having a semi-okay day.
"Ara, is that you, Kuga-han?"
Until that moment, right there.
She scowled reflexively. It was now instinct to do so at the sound of Fujino Shizuru's voice. She turned from her group of friends in order to seek out the owner and found the older girl standing by another table, a cup of tea in hand.
Or at least, Natsuki assumed it was tea. It was the only thing that stupid Fujino knew how to drink, after all.
"What are you doing here?" She crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't recall inviting you."
The crimson eyed girl smiled pleasantly.
"I do believe cruises aren't exclusive to delinquents." She replied smoothly, in that impossibly infuriating voice of hers. "Tokiha-san and the others are here, are they not?"
Natsuki scoffed in response. "At least I'm not a hypocrite."
There was silence, for a few seconds. Shizuru's gaze was unnaturally cold. Natsuki was tempted to pretend to shiver in order to mock her. Except that Fujino's glares were actually kind of scary and intimidating. Not that she would ever admit that.
"Then I hope you take pleasure in knowing that what I feel for you is true."
The words were spoken slowly, softly, warmly. The complete opposite of what they actually meant. They made her tremble with anger.
"It's mutual." She spat, and turned on her heel to march back towards her friends.
Tokiha Mai gazed at her in concern.
"Are you okay?"
She scowled.
"I'm fine." She grumbled, and sat down next to Mikoto. "It was just that stupid Fujino. She's here."
"Kaichou-sama is here?" Chie grinned happily at the other end of the table. "I wonder if we'll be able to see her in her bikini."
Senoh Aoi glared at her and hit the back of her head. "Don't be such a pervert."
"I'm surrounded by lesbians." Yuuki Nao drawled, her fingers tracing lazy patterns on the table's cloth. "Lucky me…"
Natsuki glared at her. "Remind me again why you're here?"
Nao regarded her with contempt. "Because you got lucky and hit the jackpot, pup."
The usual venomous glares were exchanged. Natsuki's spirits gradually lifted. But she still couldn't forget those words, niggling at her in the back of her mind.
"Then I hope you take pleasure in knowing that what I feel for you is true."
That stupid Fujino with her stupid 'ara's and her brainless, godforsaken tea.
I hate you.
A/N:
Yes. They hate each other. It's an eventual ShizNat, though. So wait for it. Plus, I'm actually having a lot of fun with the story. This is just the Prelude. First chapter should be posted some time tomorrow. And yeah. Chapters will be a lot longer.