Disclaimer: Mai Hime and Mai Otome, don't belong to me, they belong to Sunrise. The song, 'Stronger' belongs to Kanye West.
This is just a fan fiction. The characters in this story is not related to any living people unless by purely coincidental. Please don't sue me.
I had tried to add the new chapter on Sunday but there was an error that didn't allow me to update my stories until today. So now it's up again. Yeah!!!
Thank you to those who had read and reviewed this story. Sorry again if I had made anyone sad or depressed with my story. I hope you will enjoy this chapter.
Natsuki's POV:
'Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep'
The sun shone brightly into my bedroom, my alarm woke me up. Lazily I opened my eyes and sat up on my bed. I looked at the clock and saw that it was 5am. I smiled to myself, thinking at how much I had changed throughout the years. Me, an early morning person. Shizuru would laugh at me if she knew.
I got out of bed and washed my face in the bathroom. I began my daily workout before my shower and favorite breakfast, a mayo sandwich with milk.
After breakfast, I changed into my office attire, black pants with blue business shirt and with my black jacket. I looked into the mirror and told myself that I look and feel great today.
I'm lucky that I lived near the hospital, I hopped into my Porsche and let the radio on, and my favorite song 'Stronger' was on by Mr. Kanye West himself. Indeed I need to be stronger… since I had been thinking about you a lot recently.
- n- now th- that don't kill me
can only make me stronger
i need you to hurry up now
cause i can't wait much longer
i know i got to be right now
cause i cant get much wronger
man i've been waitin' all night now
that's how long i've been on ya
i need you right now
i need you right now
Here I am on my way to work, singing along to the lyrics of the song. I tried not to think so much about you and looking forward to reaching the hospital soon. I hoped today would be different and better.
I drove past a number of cars, they irritated me. How I wish I am riding now and could reach the place earlier than this. I guessed some things never change, I still prefer to be as fast as the wind on the road.
"Move it, Baka!" I shouted in my car to the motorist in front of me. I decided to overtake the car and saw a sleepy driver whose eyes were half open. 'Irresponsible B$740!' I thought angrily to myself. How many people could have been in an accident if he missed the traffic.
n- n- now th- that don't kill me
can only make me stronger
i need you to hurry up now
cause i can't wait much longer
i know i got to be right now
cause i cant get much wronger
man i've been waitin' all night now
that's how long i've been on ya
i need you right now
i need you right now
me likey
i don't know if you got a man or not,
if you made plans or not
god put me in the plans or not
i'm trippin' this drink got me sayin' a lot
but i know that god put you in front of me
Ok, the traffic is killing me!!! I'm stuck in a jam, I should have taken the other route. Mai was soooo going to nag at me if I am late.
n- n- now th- that don't kill me
can only make me stronger
i need you to hurry up now
cause i can't wait much longer
i know i got to be right now
cause i cant get much wronger
man i've been waitin all night now
that's how long i've been on ya
i need you right now
i need you right now
I took out my document bag with me and walked quickly to the office, I may be early but it was better to be earlier than Mai. I walked past the corridors and went into the elevator. I got out of the elevator and at last, I went into my office.
"Good morning, Natsuki." Mai was already in my office, standing next to my table to hand me the list of patients that I needed to attend to.
"Good morning, Mai. I can never be earlier than you, right?" I smiled at her and she laughed at me.
"Well, I know your timing, Natsuki. So there is no way you can be earlier than me." Mai teased me.
"Hmm, you sound like a stalker now." Mai's eyes got bigger and we laughed together.
"Ok, I shall go and do my rounds. Oh, by the way, please remember that I will be on leave tomorrow." She told me and I couldn't remember anything about it.
"Huh?" I stood beside her and was feeling confused.
"Natsuki, I need to visit Takumi and Akira. Remember?" She stared at me in disbelief.
"Oh, yes! I remember now. Sorry. So I will only see you after a week right?" I asked her to confirm. How could I forget about her leave?! Her brother and sis in law were having a baby. Yes, Takumi's and Akira's first born child. They had been married for a year now.
"Yes, Mikoto will be joining me too, so you won't have ramen partners for a week." Mai joked with me.
"Alright, Mai. I will see both of you off. What time is your flight?" I sat in my chair and looked through my documents when I asked her.
"At 7pm, don't be late!" After saying that, she walked out of my office.
'Sigh'
I opened my drawer and took out some photos that were placed inside. I looked at Takumi's wedding photo with all of our friends in it. I visited them when they got married last year. Takumi and Akira decided to further their studies there after Takumi's surgery was a success. They seemed to be happy and doing well over there. Takumi became a celebrity chef and Akira had opened a martial arts school. I am happy for them. I looked at the picture of us on your graduation day at Fuuka High, I wished we could be like them.
'Ring ring'
My phone rang and I answered almost immediately. I'm needed in a meeting for an important person's surgery. The surgery was scheduled to be within a week.
How important was that person, I didn't know. All I knew was that all human should be treated fairly regardless of how rich or poor the person could be.
I took some of the files placed on my desk and got out of my office. I walked slowly while thinking about what to expect during the meeting. May be it would just be another boring one about how to treat the 'important' patient right.
2 hours later, the meeting was over. It was supposed to be a meeting about a brain surgery but somehow later, it ended up being the discussion about the man's social status and wealth, about how it could affect our hospital's reputation. I was half listening and tolerated the rest of them and finally excused myself to do my rounds as a valid excuse/reason to leave. I didn't even have the time to have lunch with Mai.
Later, when it was time to knock off, I was busy packing my bag and was rushing to go off. I had promised Mai to send Mikoto and her to the airport. I got out from my office and ran to the elevator. I got into it and pressed the button a few times. Just when the door opened again at my floor, I dashed out and a kid happened to bump into me, or I had accidentally bumped into her. I couldn't remember, I was in a rush.
The little girl fell to the ground and I quickly knelt before her to see if she had injured herself. I was surprised to see that she had the same color of eyes and hair just like mine.
"I'm so sorry, little girl. Are you ok?" I asked her and was worried if she would cry. I looked around but there was no adult accompanying this young girl and she seemed to be around 5 years old.
"I'm ok. Sorry, I was running." She answered me and stood up. She seemed to be a strong girl. I smiled at her and noticed that she had the same emerald eyes as mine. I wondered if I ever have a daughter, might be she would look like this little girl.
"Oh, from who? Where are your parents?" I asked her nicely. Just when she was about to answer me, someone called her.
"Chinatsu!" She turned to where the source of voice came from and ran away from me. A man approached her and immediately carried her up to hug her. The child looked almost like him but I better confirmed if he was the father.
"Good evening, Sir, is this your daughter? I am Dr. Kuga and I'm a doctor here." I approached the man to introduce myself.
"Hello, Dr. Kuga. Yes, she is. I am Kenichi Kaneshiro. Sorry if my daughter had caused you any problem." He said to me politely.
"No, Mr. Kaneshiro, it's my fault, I didn't see her just now when I rushed out from the elevator. I'm sorry." I apologized to him. He seemed to be a good father by the way he handled the child.
"It's not all your fault, Dr. Kuga, she was just being playful and was running away from me. Anyways, we shall not take any more of your time. Have a good day. Say goodbye to Dr. Kuga, Chinatsu." He told his daughter, she waved goodbye to me shyly and I smiled at both of them before I suddenly remembered Mai. I said my goodbyes and rushed to my car.
Mai and Mikoto were already outside of my car. I apologized to both of them and drove them to the airport. Luckily, we made it on time and they managed to check in. But before checking in, Mai still had to nag at me regarding my meals and work.
Mikoto and I had to pushed her into the checkpoint. They were finally gone, one week without Mai and Mikoto. It would be a little lonely but I am sure that I could manage for a week.
TBC
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