A/N: My my, sorry for the wait. At the moment I'm quite busy because of my graduation and stuff. BUT I DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT YOU GUYS~~
Anyways, here's the second chapter: Shizuru meets Natsuki. The plot starts to differ though I just had to take in the car scene, I LOVED IT. xD
Disclaimer: I still wasn't successful by trying to make them mine, it still belongs to their owners. TZE!
Somehow it has become her daily routine to stare out of the window in the living room each evening. She lived in an apartment building – on the third floor, so she actually saw quite a lot of her surroundings. She preferred the window in the living room. When she watched out of her bedroom window all she would see were more apartment complexes which wasn't really breath-taking. But the sight she admired now was totally different:
When she watched to her right there was gorgeous park with majestic trees. During the day it was full of children and joggers or people who simply wanted to take a walk. It was annoying to see those people ruining the nature's beauty. But now the park was empty. Why should people be there right now anyway? It was 11 pm after all and quite dark.
To her left there wasn't really anything. A vast and plain lawn. There was nothing special about it but in summer she could see fireflies dancing around. Further behind there was a mountain. She used to hike there a lot but somehow she didn't do it recently. She just wasn't in the mood.
She decided to watch the fireflies' dance. It calmed her but at the same time she had a nagging feeling in the back of her head as if they want to remind her on something she forgot. What could it have been?
Summer, fireflies… Summer… It's summer again. Summer… What does that remind me of? I can't remember. What was it?
The uneasy feeling just wouldn't go away but the woman was lost. She really couldn't remember what might have happened during a summer. Maybe it was nothing. But on the other hand she wasn't the type of person who would just feel such an uneasiness.
She decided to ignore the feeling and now was watching the stars. The sky was clear and because she was living in a small town there weren't so many lights so she could see quite a lot of the stars' beauty.
She tried searching for some constellations but after not finding any for now five minutes she just gave up mumbling: "Damn you, stars…"
In front of her she saw the beauty of the moon. It was crescent but that didn't reduce its beauty one bit.
She lost herself for a moment while staring at the moon.
The moon… Last summer… I remember… It was the day that person left me without saying a word…
How could she have forgotten that day? It was the day when her ex-girlfriend just left her without even letting her know. At first she thought it was only some kind of prank but she never came back after that. A friend of hers had told her that she started working overseas, in America or anything.
She didn't really listen to the explanation. Her friends all had thought that she knew about it, but no: Nao had left without saying a single word.
In the beginning she had been thinking it was just some kind of joke, since Nao tended to tease her with those things. But no, this time she had been serious.
After that she had been angry. She had let it out on her friends, on people in school (especially guys who tried to approach her) and on strangers whose faces she didn't like on the street.
She was blaming Nao for what she had done. But on the other hand she never tried contacting her in any way. Why the hell should she? It was all Nao's fault.
When she didn't have the energy to blame her ex-girlfriend anymore, she began blaming herself. She fell into a depression and didn't want to leave her apartment anymore. She barely ate and skipped school. It would've ended up worse if it wasn't for her friends to interfere. Though she had dumped them and was anything but a good friend to them they suddenly showed up to make her realize that she couldn't go on like that.
Okay, in fact the dragged her out of the apartment and gave her a nice scolding. Though she pretended not to care she took their words to heart and started living her life again.
She tried to suppress all the thoughts and memories of Nao and replaced them with anything else. Seemingly she did quite a good job when she forgot that it had been a year now.
She sighed, she didn't want to fall into a depression again so she got up and decided to go for a walk.
A walk at 11 pm? Why not, she wasn't afraid of the dark or anything anyway.
She put on a jacket and left the apartment.
She went down the stairs and left the apartment complex. She inhaled some fresh air and immediately felt relaxed. It was rather cold outside so she zipped up her jacket before starting to walk towards the park she had been watching a while ago.
She had been walking a few meters before she felt someone dumping into her and clinging on her.
A thief? A molestor? No wait, that person doesn't feel like he's gonna try to harm me, what the…
The attacker snuggled closer to the woman and started purring her name with her soft voice: "I finally found you Na-tsu-ki."
Natsuki growled when she recognized her attacker: "I think I made clear that I don't want to become your Subaru or whatever it was! You told me you're gonna leave me alone when I told you my reasons!"
"Ara, Natsuki is so offensive. It's Sobame and I think I told you that your reason has to convince me."
"I think it's a good reason! Mind finally letting go of me?"
"Ara, but Natsuki is so comfortable." That said the attacker snuggled even closer to Natsuki."
How did I end up like that? I thought I finally got rid of her…
Flashback~
Natsuki was on her way back home from school when she realized that she still had to do some groceries. So instead of directly walking home she entered her home-town's shopping district. Since it was a Wednesday and since it was only 2 pm she didn't expect too many people to be there right now.
But for some reason there was a weird aura in the air.
There were barely any people on the street which was unusual even for that time and day.
Looking around she found some people, but something was missing. The majority of people in the shopping district were high-school girls. But where were those?
Before she could think any further about it she felt the ground vibrating. Huh? Earthquake?!
She wondered, there have never been earthquakes here. But what was it then?
The vibration got stronger. Natsuki looked to her right where she saw a huge dust cloud approaching her. A… stampede?
Slowly starting to panic Natsuki looked around for a place to hide. Meanwhile the stampede was getting closer and closer.
Why the hell is here some stampede anyway? Are those animals? There was nothing in the news about it!!!
Natsuki quickly entered a bookstore just before the stampede would run over her.
She watched out of the huge windows when her jaw dropped. All those were high-school girls. Why would high-school girls be running around the shopping district like that?
What were they running away from?
After most of the girls had passed her Natsuki left the bookstore again and watched the street.
Some last girls – probably the slowest ones – now came running into her direction. Behind them was running a woman who was followed by a screaming blond-haired person. The woman was laughing as she was chasing after the girls.
The fuming blonde seemingly was running after the woman trying to capture her or anything.
As the girls ran past Natsuki, the woman following them suddenly stopped.
She now stood in front of Natsuki and eyed her suspiciously. Natsuki felt quite uncomfortable under the gaze. Much to her relief the fuming blonde interrupted the woman and her piercing look.
"Shizuru-sama, you can't just chase after girls like that!"
"Ara, Haruka. You didn't need to follow me, I'm doing just fine!"
"That's not what I'm talking about Shizuru-sama! You're scaring those girls and apart from that you seem like some kind of lecher chasing after young girls like that!"
"But why? They are so cute, don't you agree?"
Not wanting to get dragged into those people's conversation, Natsuki tried to sneak away, before they would notice her again.
But being Shizuru the queen immediately saw her attempts and slung her arms around the dark-haired beauty.
"SHIZURU-SAMA! Let go of that girl right now!"
"But Haruka, I want to make her my new Sobame." The queen who was laughing and giggling all the time now had put on a serious face while looking to Haruka.
Haruka bowed before she walked a few steps back: "I understand, Shizuru-sama. But I will be back in case she doesn't want to join you." She nodded her head before going away.
Shizuru now turned to the figure who desperately tried to break free from her hug: "Ara, don't be so shy, I won't bite you."
Natsuki, who was still quite confused about what had just happened looked at the queen now. Apart from apparently being a little psychotic she was just beautiful.
Focus, Natsuki, this woman just was chasing after a bunch of girls. She's insane, don't think she's beautiful or anything! Shaking her head the bluenette tried to keep her cool. Though her gaze fell back upon the woman in front of her: She had long, chestnut-colored hair, was a little taller than her and had beautiful tanned skin. What was most impressing were her shining crimson-colored eyes.
Also, she seemed to be about Natsuki's age.
She lost it again. It was rude to stare like that, besides she didn't want to make some insane person mad at her by gazing at her. Again Natsuki shook her head to keep her thoughts clear.
Sensing the growing uneasiness of her dark-haired beauty, Shizuru let go of her catch and stood straight now.
Graceful as she was the gave Natsuki a dashing smile before bowing oh-so slightly when starting to talk to her: "Ara, you must be quite confused, dear. Shall we sit down and have a talk?"
Her voice was even more beautiful than her looks. But still, Natsuki didn't want to deal with some psychotic beauty.
"Sorry but I better take my leave. And so should you. I'm sure the police will be here soon."
"Ara, ara… Your gaze a little while ago didn't seem like you just want to leave?"
DAMN! She saw me staring at her. Natsuki felt a slight blush forming on her cheeks as she saw that the woman opposite of her started giggling while happily squeaking: "Kawaii." and clapping with her hands twice.
For some reason she thought it would be quite dangerous to enrage that person so she decided to comply… for now. Also she started to find that person rather interesting, though this was against how she's normally behave.
"Argh, whatever. You want to talk? Fine."
Now smiling contently Shizuru grabbed the younger woman's hand and led her to a Café where they sit down.
A waitress came asking them what they'd like to order. Natsuki didn't want anything while Shizuru decided for a green tea.
After she waitress had left them alone, Shizuru started eyeing Natsuki again before she spoke up: "Dear, I'd like you to become my Sobame."
"You must have the wrong person. And would you please stop staring at me like that?" Natsuki was now shifting under Shizuru's intense gaze.
"Ara, ara…But I'm fulfilled by just watching you, dear."
Natsuki started to get annoyed, insane or not this person was just too much for her to handle: "Stop calling me dear, I have a name after all. Kuga Natsuki, you can call me that."
"Ara, Natsuki-chan it is, how lovely~
Very well, I may introduce myself as well then: I'm Fujino Shizuru, queen of a small but lovely country and currently here in Japan in search for cute Sobame such as you."
Natsuki looked at the queen confused: "A queen? Sure…" Standing up she tried to take her leave.
"Ara, does Natsuki-chan want to leave me already?"
"Why should I stay? I don't feel like going anywhere with some self-proclaimed queen." Standing up, Natsuki started walking away, only to have Shizuru following her right away.
In front of Natsuki now again was standing the busty blonde with a scary look on her face.
"Shizuru-sama. It seems that person doesn't want to come with you, so we better take our leave." Her voice was quite demanding.
"Ara, but Haruka. What a queen would I be if I gave up after a mere hundred no's?" Shizuru started giggling again.
A mere hundred no's? What the… Natsuki tried to ignore those two and to finally take her leave. Though it seemed quite dangerous to walk past the blonde woman. She looked rather strong.
Next to Natsuki now appeared a short girl with black, spiky hair.
"Ara, Mikoto-chan, your timing is perfect as ever." The queen said smiling contently.
"Mikoto! Get out of the way and stop this interference!"
"Haruka, you are the one interfering" Mikoto said as she got into a fighting position to face Haruka, "Shizuru-sama please hurry."
"What the hell is going on here?" Natsuki mumbled to herself, still searching for a way to get out of this mess.
"Pardon." That said Shizuru grabbed Natsuki and carried her away from her two fighting subordinates.
"What the…" Before she could even start discussing Natsuki was taken away.
"Ara, I won't let the chance to acquire such a cute Sobame pass by~"
The queen carried her around until a car stopped in front of them. A door opened revealing a busty orange-haired woman. "Please forgive me for making you wait, Shizuru-sama.
"Ara, Mai. Great timing as always."
Shizuru got into the car, dragging Natsuki behind her.
"What… Why me too?"
"Don't worry, dear, don't worry. Ara, let's go!"
Thus Natsuki's chaotic day with Shizuru was about to begin.
Omake: Shizuru and Natsuki alone on the backseat of the car.
Natsuki: SHIZURU! You can't do this here, we don't have enough space!
Shizuru: Ara, Natsuki doesn't have to be afraid...
Meanwhile Mai tries to concentrate on the driving trying to ignore the sounds coming from the backseat.
Natsuki: Shizuru, stop it!
Shizuru: But I always wanted to dress Natsuki up as a pink bunny!
Pink bunny? WHY? I also always wanted to see Natsuki dressed up like that. Fufufu.
Might take a while before I can update again, but I will... sometime... hope soon, lol!