Shizuru is Out of Her Closet!
Here's the second chapter for our tea-drinking lesbian, Fujino Shizuru leading to her ultimate confession. I had this fic in mind after hearing the whole thing about Tiger Woods's secret cheating adventures a few weeks back with that car crash accident. Well, I forgot to mention from last chapter that this fic is set post series in Mai-Hime and is a slight AU of what if Shizuru confessed after finishing school to friends and relatives, especially Natsuki(who already knew!). Well, enjoy the second chap!
Disclaimer: I don't own Mai-Hime, Sunrise does. But I wish I did for my own special benefits(hehehe!)!
Chapter 2: Planning
"Ara, there has to be a way for me to confess." Shizuru said as she sat down near the table with her hand placed on her chin, thinking narrowly lost in thought in revealing herself. She was out of her khaki student blazer, and wore her usual white long-sleeve undershirt with a closed khaki vest and she still wore her black shirt. The soon-to-be former kaichou of Fuka academy pondered about the situation very thoroughly in her mind, as the actions of herself "coming out" to others that would entirely affect friends, family and her life.
While Shizuru still in thought of the situation, she waited on her usual meal of toasted bread from the toaster and for the kettle to heat up boiling water to steam for her favorite beverage, hot tea.
"Will there be consequences if I ever did reveal about my sexuality? Of course, all of my family and friends will think its immoral, absurd and disgusting. It might be even labeled as a scandal." Shizuru said while looking lost as if she was trying to find directions in a map of the road in her head.
Since after the graduation ceremony ended in the afternoon, Shizuru had planned to have this confession part go into fruition. While on her way back, she had to make sure all of it would be done step by step properly and slowly, leading it to a climax of truth.
The brunette was in a situation in which there was no turning back, not of what happened during the festival. Right now, she has yet to hear the kettle boil the water out and the toaster to pop out the bread. Shizuru then came up with an idea that sparked her face. "Ara, I have an idea." She then pulled out her cell phone and dialed Fuka's notorious gossip queen, Harada Chie and her partner-in-crime Senou Aoi.
Ring
Ring
Ring
Chie: "Moshi moshi, this is Chie. Who is this?" Chie spoke calmly
Shizuru: "Ara, moshi moshi Harada-san.. This is Shizuru. How are you doing?" Shizuru politely said
Chie: "Fine, how about you kaichou Fujino?"
Shizuru: "Ara, I'm doing ok. Listen, there is something I need to ask you.
Chie: "What could it be, Kaichou-san? Something very important that's school related or something really hot topic?" The black-haired gossip queen said with delight.
Shizuru: "Ara, well I would say that Harada-san thought it might get confused of what I'm about to say something strange…"
Chie: "In most cases, what might that be, kaichou-san?"
Shizuru: "I can't mention that to you yet, Chie. In the meantime, I want you and Senou-san's help right now."
Chie: "Ok, I'll see what I can do, kaichou-san. Tell me and Aoi where and when we meet."
Shizuru: "Later on at 7 o'clock tonight at the school flower gardens. And inform headmistress Himeno for me, please."
Chie: "Sure thing. See you later, kaichou-san."
Shizuru: "Ara, alright Harada-san, sayonara."
Shizuru then turned off her cell phone. Moments later, the brunette has heard the conclusion of her kettle's water making boiling noise and the toaster had made the breads rise. She then walked to the kitchen and hurried herself to prepare her meal. It was starting to get dark at 5:15 as she had a couple of hours to 7 to meet her friends. Shizuru had to put things in motion for what is yet to come of her life-and that was to go all out of the closet to let herself be free.
She then ate her two toasted breads and sipped her tea very fast, even though the liquid was a little hot. By the time the crimson-eyed beauty finished, she wore her khaki blazer and black coat and rushed towards the door and opened it in resulting she closed it behind her.
"Ara, I guess there is no turning back now…", Shizuru said with uncertainty as she walked fast on the school grounds heading towards the school flower gardens where then-headmistress Kazahana Mashiro and maid Himeno Fumi frequently meet.
At the Flower gardens
Harada Chie and Senou Aoi were constantly gazing at the night sky for a while as they wore their black overcoats sheltering them from the brutal cold. They waited and waited for Shizuru in the gardens. The short black-haired siren pulled her sleeve on her right hand and checked her watch, reading it as 7:03 pm.
"She's late, where could she be. And she said 7 o'clock." Chie sighed with frustration.
"Maybe the kaichou got lost since its evening now." Aoi exclaimed, while shrugging off of her coat of the coldness.
"OK, if she doesn't show up in 2 minutes, we're gone." Chie huffily said.
"Chie, look its her!" Aoi said pointing at the bushes of the garden where signs of brown hair were appearing, revealing Shizuru out in the open. "Ara, kanin na, Harada-san and Senou-san. I got lost in the campus grounds because it was very dark and couldn't find my way around." Shizuru said.
"That's ok, kaichou-san. We just got here 20 minutes waiting for you. We were a little mad sitting here because of the cold weather that bothered us." Chie grinned.
"Ara, its alright Harada-san. And please call me Shizuru now, don't call me kaichou anymore. Shizuru said with her face saddened with her red eyes hanging down.
"Why what is it, Shizuru-san? Something's bothering you after graduating? You should be happy for yourself!" Chie said enthusiastically, yet with a confused look.
"Really, tell us what's wrong, Shizuru-san?" Aoi also followed her friend's questioning comments.
The cold air began shifting directions all over the three women in the garden. Shizuru's thoughts and feelings that had her on an emotional roller coaster ride had driven her very far to confess, yet it still wasn't time for her to do that yet. She wanted to take the matter slowly and carefully. It was as if she felt her body getting sliced up by more than just cold winds tonight, but her sudden emotions and madness that had already consumed her. Though, she had emotional roadblocks to suppress them.
The brunette turned her head away a bit from the gossip pair with her eyes closed. "I can't say what will reveal about me yet. That's why I want you two to please set up something for me so that I can speak up in front of the whole public before the day I leave here." Shizuru said with a sad tone.
"What can we do to help, Shizuru-san?" Chie said worriedly.
"Ara, please let headmistress Himeno-san set up a public stage for me tomorrow so that I can prepare for my confession, and invite the whole student body and public for this hearing." Shizuru said with a sad expression as she held her hands closed together with her head sunk low.
Chie and Aoi slowly walked towards Shizuru apprehensively, and the gossip queen shudderly placed her left hand on the brunette's left shoulder in comfort.
"Ok, we'll try to pull some strings to speak with the headmistress about this matter tonight. But can you give us a hint of what confession is this?" Chie reluctantly said.
"I SAID NOT YET!" Shizuru trembled with both sadness and anger. "I'll let you know once I'm already in my public hearing. Kanin na, but you have to trust me on this! Sayonara, you two. Shizuru knocked Chie's hand off her shoulder and began to ran far away from the garden and the two women. Shizuru fled with tears flowing from her crimson-eyes yet again as she was trying to suppress her feelings again from the aftermath of the Hime Festival.
"Wow, what has become of her, Aoi-chan?" Chie said as her eyes widened with shock after seeing Shizuru's other side.
"I don't know, but we have to trust her and do as she says, Chie-san." Aoi said with the same expression as her black-haired friend.
Shizuru continued to ran back to her dorm with sadness and anger still flowing from her eyes. It was like she was about to snap again she was in the festival, along with her transgressions that happened between her and Natsuki at the garden house that horrible night.
"Why is everyone hounding me. Why?! I have to get everything out of me even if I have to soil myself with madness…" Shizuru said with a ghastly tone as she retreated into the darkness of the building's entrance that led to her own dorm.
A/N: Well, I hope you all enjoyed the second chapter so any ideas or suggestions about Shizuru "coming out" and consequences would be helpful. So please R&R and Thanks!