Chapter 2
"Hey, Maki-chan?" Kotori asked, while Maki was on top of her on the older girl's bed, kissing her neck.
"What?" Make said between kisses.
"Don't you think my mother was acting a little bit weird?"
"I don't know. Why don't you ask her?"
"I guess I can do that" after a few seconds of silences, she spoke up again "But you don't want us to stop now, do you?"
"You know me"
"I will be leaving then" Maki said, getting up from Kotori's bed.
"Are you sure? Do you want me to-"
"Don't worry about me. You said you needed to talk to your mom, right?"
"Okay" Kotori put her hands on the red haired girl's waist and pulled her into a passionate kiss "I love you".
"I-I love you too…" after that, Maki left.
Kotori went to talk to her mother. She looked like she cried just now.
"Mom? Are you okay?" The silver haired woman looked at her daughter surprised.
"K-Kotori… Where's your friend…?"
"She just left" The ash haired teenager took a sit beside her mother "Were you crying mom?"
"N-No, why do you ask?" she responded, obviously lying.
"Tell me what's wrong mommy…"
After looking at her daughter's puppy face, Minami sighed "Dear, I think I should tell you a few things about my past…"
"You can tell me mom".
"Well… okay, it started when I was in high school, like you"
"Minami-san!" a blue haired girl said. Minami smiled towards her and waved.
"Ah, Sonoda-san. How are you doing?" She said smiling.
Sonoda blushed and looked at her feet "I'm fine Minami-san…"
"Sonoda-san! Minami-san! Wait for me!" a brown haired girl yelled, running towards them.
"K-Kousaka-san… calm down…" Sonoda said, putting a hand on the brunette's shoulder.
The brown haired girl blushed "Sonoda-san… we're going to be late to class…"
"Let's get going then" Minami said, already walking towards their destination.
Sonoda and Kousaka were Minami's best friends in Otonokizaka high school. They knew each other for a long time, and they were always close.
While walking through the school, Minami saw a red haired second year walking in the school halls. She was talking to a black haired girl wearing a ponytail.
She's pretty…
"Minami-san! Where are you looking at?" Kousaka asked a little too loud, making the two girls look them.
"N-Nothing, stop yelling Kousaka-san!" she said blushing, as Kousaka giggled.
The red haired girl smiled at Minami, making her blush even more. After that, they all went to their class.
"So you were looking at that cute redhead weren't you Minami-san?" Kousaka asked with a knowing smile.
"K-Kousaka-san! H-How shameless…" Sonoda said, blushing.
"What if I was looking at her? You got a problem with that?" The silver haired girl said, starting to get angry.
"Of course not! To be honest, I don't like men either!" she said.
"S-Seriously? I thought you lived with that big guy…" Sonoda said.
"Oh, him? He's not my boyfriend; he's my roommate and one of my best friends. I ask him to pretend to be my boyfriend sometimes, since my mom is really against people like me or Minami-san."
"Yeah, my mom is pretty much the most homophobic person I know. I never really got a chance to have a girlfriend because any girl I presented to her and she thought we were too close, she would make that girl go away." Minami said.
"T-That's sad…" Sonoda said. Both girls turned to look at the blue haired girl. She blushed.
"Do you… like girls too, Sonoda-san?" Kousaka asked.
"I-I-I… t-that's a shameless thing to ask!" she said, blushing.
"So you do?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"Y-Yes…"
Both girls looked at her surprised "That's cool. Do you have someone in particular, Sonoda-san?" Minami asked.
The blue haired girl blushed even more "Y-Yeah… I actually have girlfriend…"
"W-What?!" both girls asked at the same time.
"W-Well, I met h-her through my computer, on this dating site. She is from Russia and doesn't speak Japanese, so we write to each other in English. Although she can't really speak English very well, she just understands it…"
"That's so cool!" Kousaka said.
"Well, s-she never showed me her face though… I only saw a photo of her back, since that's her profile photo. She… she is blonde and tall… like, really tall. As for me, my profile photo is a close of my left eye, so that's the only thing she knows about my appearance…"
"Does your mom know that?" Minami asked.
Sonoda was silent for a few seconds looking at her feet before she spoke up "My mom doesn't like people like me… And she wants me to marry a man she selected to be my husband…"
"O-Oh… did you tell your girlfriend that?"
"I did… she said that I didn't need to worry because she would make me happy somehow and that she got a surprise for me… I wonder what she meant…"
They stayed in silence for a few seconds before Kousaka spoke up "Hey, I got an idea!" she smiled at her two friends "Why don't we create a club?"
"A club? What does that have to do with what we were talking?"
"I was thinking to call it 'be yourself' club or something like that. Y'know, a club for people who don't want to be ashamed of themselves, and people whose parents don't support them…"
After thinking for a few seconds, Minami said "Actually, that's not really a bad idea…"
"Y-Yeah…" Sonoda agreed.
"Yosh! Let's do this right now-"
"Kousaka-san, please sit down…"
The brunette turned to see the teacher looking at her with her arms crossed "Sorry…"
"…Okay, now we need a club room!"
The three friends were allowed to create the club they wanted. The school principal wanted to ask what the purpose of the club was, but she seemed to get the idea.
"This room seems fine"
They looked around the room that now belonged to their newly made club. It was kinda old and it had dust everywhere.
"We should clean it first before we start putting club stuff here" Sonoda said.
"Agreed" the other girls said in unison.
A few minutes of cleaning later, the three girls ended cleaning the old room.
"Okay, what now?" Sonoda asked.
"We put club stuff in here!" Kousaka answered.
"What kind of stuff do we put here?" Minami asked.
"Well, I guess you can put anything you want! After all, this is the 'be yourself' club!" The brunette answered, throwing her arms up in the air.
"Well, I think I can bring my keyboard to practice a little…" Sonoda said.
"I guess I will bring some posters of my favorite idols!" Kousaka said.
"Then I will bring a computer for us, which we can share." Minami said.
The three girls looked at each other smiling.
"Yosh!"
A few days later and the club room was filled with things the three girls brought. Idol posters were hanging everywhere, a keyboard hanging in the corner and Minami actually brought two computers for them to use.
"Nice! Now we have a nice place to spend our time!" Kousaka said.
"C-Cool! If you girls don't mind, I will play a few songs on my keyboard…" Sonoda said.
"Okay! Hey, Minami-san, let's play something on the computers!" Kousaka said.
"Well, okay then-"the silver haired girl started, but was interrupted by a voice coming from the room's door.
"E-Excuse me?" the girls turned to see the red haired second year looking at them. Minami felt her cheeks starting to burn as she looked at her.
"O-Oh, hello…?" the silver haired girl said.
"Hi… I saw that you guys created this club…" she blushed, looking down "I… kinda wanted to j-join you…"
The three girls looked at each other and nodded "Sure!" they said at the same time.
The red haired girl entered the room, still blushing. Kousaka walked towards her and said "What's your name?"
"Y-You can call me Nishikino…"
"Alright, Nishikino-san!"
Minami stared at the two girls with a grumpy face 'Am I really feeling jealous for something like this?'
"So, what do we do in this club exactly?" Nishikino asked.
"Well, this club was created for people who wanted to be themselves without shame. So you can bring stuff you like here, and do whatever it is that makes you happy!" Kousaka said.
"O-Oh… that's cool" the red haired girl smiled "So… can I bring my guitar so I can practice a little?"
"You play the guitar?" Minami asked surprised.
"Yeah!"
Kousaka put a comforting hand on the newcomer's shoulder and said "Sure, you can bring it!"
So now the 'be yourself' club was completed and had four members. It was a nice place to stay, the four girls were respectful to each other and they were pretty happy there. Although the three original members didn't know why Nishikino joined the club, not that it bothered them.
Maybe she likes girls too… Minami thought. Nah… I don't think I'm that lucky…
Another regular day at the club room. The three original members were sitting around doing whatever they like to do there, wondering where the red haired girl was.
Well, that question was answered quickly, as the red haired girl entered the club room. The weird thing was that she was with a black haired girl with her hair tied into a ponytail.
"H-Hey guys…" Nishikino said.
"Hey, Nishikino-san!" Kousaka said, getting up from the computer she was playing and walking towards the two girls by the door "Who's that?"
The raven haired girl was small and looked like a kid. She blushed and said "A-Ah… Erm… Nico-Nico-Nii!" she said, making some weird hand gestures.
Kousaka laughed and said "Oh, so your name is Nico?"
The girl put her hands on her back and looked down "N-No… that's actually the name that I want to give to my daughter if I ever have one…"
"That's nice!"
Nishikino then said "Kousaka-san, this is Yazawa-san; she wanted to join our club".
"Oh?"
Both Minami and Sonoda walked up to the newcomer.
"Yazawa-san, is that right?"
"Y-Yeah…"
"You can call me Minami-san. This is Sonoda-san" the bluenette smiled and waved "So, you want to join our club?"
"Mhm!"
"Well, you're welcome to join us, Yazawa-san!"
"Wait!" everyone turned to see a girl with light brown hair and red glasses by the club door. She looked a bit angry.
"I-It's the Student Council president Koizumi-san!"
Koizumi stared angrily at the girls in the club room "Oi, what are you all doing in this room?" she said, crossing her arms.
"This is our club room y'know…" Minami answered.
"Oh? And what is this club about?"
Kousaka then decided to speak "We called it 'be yourself' club, for people who want to be themselves and doesn't have their parent's support and stuff like that…"
Koizumi blushed and looked away "T-That's ridiculous! I c-can't allow a club like this in our school! C-Clubs are for important things only!"
"S-Stop being mean Koizumi-senpai…" everyone turned to see a purple haired girl wearing green glasses hiding behind the room's door.
"T-Toujou-san… w-what are you d-doing here?" Koizumi asked the purple haired girl.
Toujou blushed and said "I… wanted to talk to you…"
I see what's going on here… Everyone from the club thought.
"C-Can you please wait for a little bit?"
"C'mon, Koizumi-chin! Go talk to her, this lovely girl came all the way here to talk to you." An orange haired girl with her hair tied into a side ponytail said, smiling.
"T-The Student Council's vice-president Hoshizora-san!" Kousaka said.
"Hoshizora-san! What are you doing here? I told you to stay at the student council room doing that paper work!" Koizumi said.
"That was really boring Koizumi-chin! I wanted to see what you were doing!"
"Well, I-"
"Koizumi-senpai." The student council president was interrupted by Minami "Do you want to join our club?"
"W-What? O-Of course not! W-Why would you… think that…" she said, looking down.
"I can tell you also have some problems with your parents right?" the silver haired girl said. Without getting any response from the older girl, she continued "Your silence tells me I'm right"
"I-I-I'm… Um…" the light brown haired girl then started to fell a few tears drop from her face "Y-You're right…" after that she started cry harder "M-My mom… hates people like me… she once said that I'm dumb and… a dike…" she cried even harder "T-That's why I… I am the student council president… so I could show her that I'm smart and… not dumb…"
The room fell silent. The only noise that could be heard was little cries coming from the student council president.
But then they saw thee shy purple haired girl walk towards Koizumi and hug her "I-I know how you feel, Koizumi-senpai…"
"Toujou-san…"
"Hey, w-we wanted to enter your club! Is that okay?" Toujou asked.
"T-Toujou-san?!"
Again, the three original members looked at each other and nodded "You're all welcome to join us!" Kousaka said.
Everyone turned to look at Koizumi, who had a surprised look on her face. She soon replaced that look with a shy smile "T-Thank you…"
So now the club had eight official members. They got along very well and ended up being really good friends. Minami started to know better her red haired crush, and even asked for some guitar lessons so they could spend more time together. They actually became really good friends after that.
One day, Minami and Nishikino were walking home together. The red haired girl looked at her friend and said:
"Is it okay for two girls to love each other, Minami-san?"
"I guess there's no problem with that…" she then looked at the ground "I confess that I… don't really like men myself…"
"Y-You don't?"
"No…"
After some seconds, the red haired girl spoke up "Me neither…"
"Really?" she nodded "W-Well, actually… Kousaka wanted to create that club for people like us, more specifically for people who doesn't have their parents' support on this kind of thing…"
"Oh? Your parents don't support you guys either?"
"Yeah, does that happen to you too?"
"Yeah!"
Minami smiled at the red head and both continued walking in a comfortable silence. That is, until Nishikino stopped walking and decided to speak.
"M-Minami-san… I have to tell you something important…"
Minami-san looked at the red haired girl confused.
"Oh? What is it Nishikino-san?"
Nishikino blushed "I… I love you Minami-san…" she yelled "I love ever since I laid eyes on you…"
Minami-san was speechless. She started to walk towards the other girl. She then reached to grab the other girl's hand.
"Nishikino-san… I love you too…" she then proceeded to kiss the red haired girl. After the kiss, they looked at each other's eyes and Minami said "Will you be my girlfriend?"
Nishikino-san then proceeded to hug the gray haired girl "Of course I will!"
After sharing another passionate kiss, both girls continued to walk home
"So you two are dating now?" Kousaka asked.
"Yep. We are!" Minami said, putting an arm around her girlfriend's waist, making her blush.
"C-Congratulations, you two…" Sonoda said.
"Thank you, Sonoda-san. How are you doing with your girlfriend?"
"O-Oh, she's… fine… I'm talking to her now, actually…" the bluenette said, looking at the computer's screen.
"Cool. Tell her I said 'hi'"
The club was going very well. Everyone there was pretty happy and they often talked to each other about their problems and stuff.
One day, the club members were walking around the school. Except for Sonoda, Koizumi and Toujou, who weren't there for some reason.
"Hey, does anyone know where Koizumi-san and Toujou-san are?" Hoshizora asked.
"I dunno. Maybe they are at the club room." Minami suggested.
"I doubt that. They never go to the club room without anyone there" Kousaka said.
"G-Guys look over there…"Nishikino said, pointing at two girls standing next each other at the end of the hall.
"It's them!" Kousaka said "Let's hide and see what they're doing!"
"I don't think that's a good idea-"
"C'mon Nishikino-san, we're not going to hurt anyone doing this, are we?"
With that being said, the girls hided and watched the two girls talk.
Koizumi was looking intensely at Toujou's eyes "Toujou-san… what did you want to tell me?"
"K-Koizumi-senpai… I…"
"C'mon, Toujou-san, say it…"
"I-I love you Koizumi-chan…"
Koizumi-chan, huh? The others girls thought.
Koizumi grabbed the smaller girl's chin and smiled "I love you too, Toujou-san" after that, the two girls kissed passionately.
"Holy crap…" Kousaka said under her breath.
"Kousaka-san, be quiet!" Yazawa said.
"I am quiet!"
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am!"
"Shut up the both of you!" Minami said "They're going to hear us hear us!"
"They already left anyway…" Nishikino stated.
Everyone turned their heads to see that the two girls had, indeed, left. Hoshizora sighed "If anyone here is in a secret relationship with each other, please raise your hand."
Kousaka slowly raised her hand.
"God damn it Kousaka-san!" Yazawa said, blushing.
"What? They would find out anytime soon anyway!"
"Ugh!" The raven haired girl covered her blushing face with her hands as Kousaka hugged her, whispering things among the lines of 'you're so cute' and 'you're so precious'.
The rest of the group sighed smiling and went to the club room.
Only to find a blushing bluenette talking to someone on one of the computers.
"Hey, so there is where Sonoda-san was the whole time…" Hoshizora whispered, pecking from the club room's door, along with the other members.
Without noticing the others, Sonoda had a headphone on her shoulders and its microphone was close to her mouth. She clicked on the 'call' button on the computer's screen and a few seconds later someone answered.
"Kon'nichiwa, Ayase-san…" Sonoda said, smiling shyly.
"' Привет Sonoda!" Ayase spoke from the headphone.
"Howru are you doingu?" the blue haired girl spoke in English with an accent.
"I'm fine, vank 'ou!" she giggled "Your voice is veautiful, y'know vat?" she spoke with a Russian accent.
"M-Mou, Ayase-san…Don't say that…"
"I see you're improving vour English!"
"T-That's nothing…" she blushed.
"What are they even saying?" Kousaka said to the other girls who were hiding.
"They're speaking in English, Kousaka-san" Nishikino explained.
"That's cool. I wish I could understand English…" the brunette pouted.
"D-Don't worry Kousaka-san, I can translate to you later…" Yazawa said.
"Thank you Yazawa-chan" Kousaka hugged her girlfriend, making her blush.
"Hey, Ayase-san…" They heard the blue haired girl speak again.
"Hm? What is it?"
"We've been dating for a while and… I still haven't seen your face…"
"Oh? So vou vant to zee my face?"
"H-Hai…"
"Then let me zee vours first!" the Russian giggled.
The bluenette was silent for a couple of seconds but then she decided to turn on her webcam "T-There… that's me…"
Ayase was speechless. Sitting at her chair on her come at Russian, she saw on the computer screen the most beautiful girl she ever saw on her life.
"Da… Vou are veautiful Sonoda...".
"T-Thank you..." she blushed "N-Now, can you show me yours?"
"Nope!" Ayase said, giggling.
"M-Mou Ayase-san! Why is that?"
"Just vait my dear Sonoda. Vou'll find out soon enough..." she said "Zee vou later Sonoda, I have to go now, love you!"
"Bye…" And with that, the call ended. Sonoda had a pout on her face, and that was when the girls decided to get in.
"Hey, Sonoda-san! Why are you pouting?" Hoshizora asked.
"H-Hoshizora-san!" Sonoda said, looking at the girls that were now entering the room "How long h-have you guys b-been there?"
"We just got here!" Kousaka lied "Are you sad Sonoda-san?"
"N-Not at all! I'm fine!"
Minami giggled "If you say so Sonoda-san…" she said, while Sonoda blushed.
"M-Mou…"
A few days later and the girls were walking around town. They stopped in a nice café that Kousaka suggested.
"K-Kousaka-san! This is…"
"Yep! A maid café Yazawa-san! There are a lot of cute girls here, you'll see!" she hugged her girlfriend "But they're not as cute as my Yazawa-san!"
"K-Kousaka-san…" Yazawa said blushing.
When they entered the café, they were greeted by a pink haired girl wearing a maid outfit "Hello and Welcome! Table for eight?"
"Yeah please" Minami said.
The girls took their seats and the present couples started acting lovey-dovey with each other. Sonoda, who didn't have her girlfriend with her, stared at the menu with a blush on her face, while Hoshizora just whistled while secretly hiding her bleeding nose for watching Koizumi and Toujou kiss each other and snuggle.
"May I take your orders?" the maid waitress asked. Hoshizora looked at the girl and blushed. She had beautiful long reddish brown hair.
Hoshizora in a sudden movement got up and everybody turned to look at her "What's your name?!" she said.
The waitress laughed and said "My, you can call me Yuuki-san!" she smiled "And who might you be?"
"I-I'm Hoshizora-san…"
"That's a pretty name" she said, making Hoshizora blush "A pretty name for a pretty girl" she added, making the other blush a darker shade of red.
"Ahem" Minami said, making the waitress look at her "Can we order please?"
Yuuki giggled "Sure! What would you all like to order?"
So the girls ordered and waited for their foods while talking to each other. Hoshizora went to flirt with the waitress on the counter and Sonoda stayed alone in the middle of her friends, which were flirting with each other.
Ayase-san, she thought, while thinking of her girlfriend, I wish you were here…
Just then she saw a blonde girl on the window looking at her. She noticed that the bluenette saw her and waved.
W-Who is that…? She thought "E-Excuse me for a second guys…" she said as she got up and walked out of the café.
"Sonoda…" the girl said "Erm… Sonoda-san…"
"Um… D-Do I know you?" she spoke in Japanese. The girl seemed to don't understand her and picked up a dictionary from her pocket.
"… Sonoda-san… vou're even more veautiful in 'erson…" she said in English with a Russian accent.
"A-Ayase-san?!"
The girl nodded happily "Hai!" she said trying out her Japanese.
Sonoda hugged the taller girl "I'm so happy to finally be able to touch you…" (Quick Note: if you didn't notice it yet, italics are for when the characters aren't speaking Japanese, k?)
"Me too!" she said, hugging the younger back.
From the café window, the girls watched the scene before them "So that's Sonoda-san's Russian girlfriend, huh? I have to say, Russian girls are pretty hot…"
"K-Kousaka-san!"
"But not as hot as my Yazawa-san!" Kousaka said, making the smaller girl blush.
"I'm glad she's happy…" Minami said.
"Yeah…" Nishikino said while hugging her girlfriend's arm.
A few minutes later, Sonoda presented her girlfriend to her friends and they got along well. Hoshizora came back claiming that she got the waitress's phone number. Everything went pretty well on that day.
Except for one thing.
Minami and Nishikino said their goodbyes to their friends and walked together to Minami's home.
"Nishikino-san" Minami said in a serious tone.
"W-What is it Minami-san?"
"I wanted to tell my mom about… us…"
"A-Are you sure? Didn't you say that…"
"I want my mom to accept me. And the first step for that is making her accept our relationship."
Nishikino was silent for a few seconds before she spoke up "If that's what you want Minami-san…" Minami smiled as her girlfriend hugged her arm.
"Mom, this is Nishikino-san…" Minami-san said. The gray haired girl's mother then turned to look at Nishikino-san.
"Oh, so you're Nishikino-san! My daughter talks about you a lot".
Nishikino-san then blushed. Holding the red haired girl's hand, Minami-san spoke up "Mom… Nishikino-san and I… are dating…"
The gray haired girl's mother was speechless. After a few seconds of silence, she spoke up. "Did you just say that you're dating this girl?"
"I did. And no matter what you say, I will continue to love her."
"I will not accept this! I can't have my daughter dating another woman!" she yelled, then turned to the red haired girl "Get out of this house right now!"
Nishikino-san then got out of the house, crying.
"My daughter… you're going to that camp I told you about…"
"No! You can't make me go there! You can't! I refuse to do this!"
"You can't fight this, my daughter… you became a stranger to me… dating another woman? I would never accept that! Now go to your room! I don't want to see your face anymore"
"I hate you…" Minami-san whispered, before turning to run to her room.
"I'm leaving, Nishikino-san."
Nishikino-san looked at her girlfriend with a hurt expression. After a few seconds of silence, she spoke up "W-Where are you going?"
"My mother is sending me to a camp to deal with my… 'Abnormality'…" the gray haired girl responded.
Nishikino-san then started to cry "W-Why…" she then proceeded to hug her girlfriend "Why… don't leave me Minami-san… I love you so much…"
"I love you too Nishikino-san…" She then started to cry too "My mother is forcing me to go…" she looked up at her girlfriend's eyes "But I will think about you every day… I won't forget you… And when I come back, we will be happy again… Just do me a favor okay?" she kissed her girlfriend's cheek "Don't forget me…"
Nishikino-san then pushed her girlfriend into a passionate kiss "I would never!" she said between kisses.
The next day, Minami-san left. She stayed at that horrible camp for three years, but now she was going back home.
She arrived at her house and was greeted by her mother.
"Hello dear. I missed you so much…" her mother said, hugging her.
"I missed you too mom…" the gray haired girl said.
"I believe they took care of your abnormality, right?"
"They did mom…" she lied. In that camp, the only thing that kept her going was the thought of her beloved girlfriend.
"I see. That's great! Then you'll be happy to know that I found a nice man for you to marry."
"Thank you mom…" she didn't like what her mother was doing, but she decided to ignore it. The only thing she wanted to do right now was to see her girlfriend.
"Good… you're a good girl, my daughter"
Minami-san then left her house and went to the Nishikino household. A big, white mansion, with big gates and pretty decorations.
She then rang the house's bell.
After a few minutes, she was greeted by the familiar sight of red hair.
"Hello, how can I help yo-"the red haired girl stopped midsentence. She then had a surprised look on her face.
"Nishikino-san" Minami said, smiling "You look beautiful…"
"Minami-san…!" the red haired girl then hugged the other girl "You came back… I missed you so much…!"
"I missed you too…" she relaxed into the hug "I thought you had forgotten me…" she then proceeded to kiss her girlfriend, but hand in her mouth prevented her to do so.
"Minami-san, I can't do this…" the red haired girl said, starting to cry.
"W-What do you mean?"
"I'm… I'm getting married, Minami-san…"
Silence.
Minami was speechless. She didn't move or speak. All she could do was stare at the red haired girl's face.
"H-How…" she finally said, starting to cry "How could you…?"
"Two years after you left, my father said I would marry a man that was from another rich family… he said that he was a nice guy but… I couldn't do anything, Minami-san… I'm so sorry!" she then took hold of the taller girl's trembling hands.
Minami then let go of the other girl's hand "Nishikino-san… I… W-Why… you…" she then fell on her knees, crying. The red haired girl could only stare at the other girl's pain. It broke her heart. "I… I will be going then…" she got up and turned around "Goodbye, Nishikino-san" she then turned her head to the other girl "I love you… I will always love you…" after that, she walked away.
The red haired girl didn't stop her.
"M-Minami-san…"
Minami was at her room crying. She heard two people stepping into her room. She saw Sonoda and Kousaka looking at her expectantly.
"Sonoda-san… Kousaka-san…" she forced a small smile "How are you two doing?"
The two girls went to hug their friend. They started to cry as well "M-Minami-san… We missed you…"
"How did the club went on after I left?"
The two girls were silent for a couple of seconds before Sonoda decided to speak "It didn't… went very well…"
"Eh?"
"After you left… We were well for two years but… we really missed you and… Nishikino was getting married…" The mention of her ex-girlfriend made Minami feel bad, but she didn't show it.
"What about you guys? What happened to your girlfriends?"
Kousaka sighed and said "Yazawa-san and I… My mother discovered our relationship and made her go away. We still talked to each other though, but she said we should give our relationship a break… She hasn't talked to me yet..."
After that, Sonoda said "And my mom used my computer and saw that I was in a relationship with Ayase-san, and then she prohibited me to use it… She also prohibited me to go to the club room since she already knew there were computers there, so I wouldn't talk to her…"
"What about you, Minami-san? What are you going to do…?" Kousaka asked.
"Since Nishikino-san is getting married… I will marry that… man… my mom said that I should marry… I have nothing to lose anyway…" she said, her expression saddening.
"Minami-san…" Sonoda said as she and Kousaka hugged her friend. Minami just cried her eyes out.
Five years later
"Minami-san!" a brunette yelled, holding a ginger baby on her arms.
"K-Kousaka-san?" the silver haired girl said, also holding a baby.
"It's been so long Minami-san!" she then noticed the little girl in Minami's arms "And is this little cutie?"
"Kousaka-san, this is my daughter Kotori" she smiled and then looked at her friend's kid "And who is that?"
"This is Honoka! She is just five months old! But, y'know, she is already a brat…" she smiled sheepishly.
"Just like her mother" Minami joked, earning a 'Hey!" from the other girl "So you got married Kousaka-san?"
"What? Of course not! Y'know, last year I wanted to have a kid, so I did that, uh… sperm donation thing, which my roommate donated, and since we are roommates and he is technically Honoka's father, we raise her together. But, y'know, we're not a couple…" her expression saddened "My heart belongs to… someone else…"
"You haven't seen Yazawa-san?"
"The last time I saw her… was two years ago and… she was carrying a baby that looked just like her…"
"I'm sorry Kousaka-san… I know how you feel…"
"I know you do Minami-san…"
"Hey guys!" they heard another voice and turned to see a blue haired girl walk towards them with a baby in a baby carriage.
"Sonoda-san! My, it's been a while since we've last saw each other!"
"I know!" she then picked up her baby and said "This is Umi-san…"
"She's so cute! I hope she will become Honoka's friend!"
"So that's Honoka huh?" the bluenette smiled "And who is this?" she asked looking at Minami's baby.
"This is Kotori… I'm sure the three of them will become great friends…" Minami said and the others agreed.
The three were on local shopping and decided to eat on a café nearby. They talked about how their lives went the past five years, how Kousaka now owned a sweet shop, how Minami turned into their old school's principal, among other things.
"So you two… had sex with a man?" Kousaka asked.
"K-Kousaka-san!" Sonoda said embarrassed.
"It's okay Sonoda-san" Minami said "Yes. I had…"
"And…? How was it?"
"It was… painful…"
Kousaka had a surprised look on her face and turned to look at Sonoda "Is that true, Sonoda-san?"
Sonoda nodded hesitantly "It wasn't good… the only thing I felt was… pain…"
"It's not good when you're not doing it with the person you love…"
"I see…" Kousaka frowned.
After eating lunch, the three women started to walk around town and continued to talk. But then, Sonoda saw something.
"Hey, is that…?"
Everyone turned to look at where Sonoda was pointing. Minami's eyes widened as she saw the familiar color of red hair walking with a small raven haired women.
Nishikino-san… Minami thought. She noticed that the two women were also carrying babies. I'm not feeling well…
Kousaka looked at the small raven haired girl that was with Nishikino Y-Yazawa-san… she saw the two year old baby she was carrying and also started to feel bad.
Just then, both women turned their heads and saw them. Minami and Kousaka panicked. They became even more panicked when both of them started to walk towards them.
"Kousaka-san…" the small woman was the first to talk "It's been a while…"
"Y-Yeah…" The brunette forced a smile "I see you managed to have your Nico-chan…"
Yazawa blushed and frowned "Y-Yeah, I… I did that sperm donation thing you know? I didn't really… want to marry someone… else…" she added the last part in a whisper, although Kousaka was able to hear it and perked up.
"R-Really?" Yazawa blushed a darker shade of red and nodded.
Nishikino then looked at Minami and forced a smile "Minami-san…"
"Nishikino-san"
A few seconds of awkward silence and then Minami sighed. She turned around and started to walk away.
Nishikino looked at her with a saddened expression. She knew that deep down she still loved the other girl. Although she didn't know if the silver haired girl felt the same.
Minami-san… she thought as she felt tears coming down from her eyes.
"I later discovered that practically the same thing happened to Toujou-san and Koizumi-san. I talked to Koizumi-san and she said that she still loved her and the same goes for Toujou-san. Koizumi said that Hoshizora-san dated that waitress for a while, but again, her mother discovered the whole thing and managed to make Yuuki-san go away" On the present, Minami was ending the story she was telling to her daughter. She sighed "That's basically it, dear… Don't worry about me… I will be fine…" After that, she went to her room and left her daughter alone.
Kotori wiped a single tear that managed to escape her eyes after she heard the story.
"Did you guys hear that?" She said to her phone.
"Hell yeah we did!"