Disclaimer: I don't own Mai-hime, or any of its characters. I don't own the song nor the idea of the MV.
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ARC 2: Beginning
"I wish I never opened up my heart
I didn't mean to love you baby
I wish I never let it get this far
I didn't mean to love you baby
If I could have a single wish
I'd turn back time
I didn't mean to make you,
I didn't mean to make you mine.."
-(I didn't mean to make you mine by Nina)
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As the first ray of sunlight slipped through the curtain, one of the occupants of the room opened her eyes. Her bright emerald orbs adjust to the light while blinking and surveying the unfamiliar surroundings. She groaned as she turned her bare body lightly to look at the other person on the bed with her.
"Asleep" she thought, eying the slumbering naked blonde next to her. She got up slowly from the bed and immediately search for her things that apparently been thrown carelessly all around the room. She flipped her raven hair over her shoulder before picking up her expensive underwear. After a minute or so, she was done dressing and about to leave the room when she heard a soft yawn coming from the blonde.
"Hey, no goodbye kiss for me?" inquired by the blonde hoarsely, as she started to get up from the bed. The woman stretches her arms up in the arm, not caring if her rounded breast flash for the world to see.
The emerald-eyed woman stopped when she heard the voice, cringing for being caught in the act of escaping. She sighed silently, slowly turning to look at the woman who had her arms crossed over her naked chest. The sight of a naked woman infront of her made raven-haired whistled inwardly. "Good morning" she greeted charmingly as she walks closer to the blonde and kiss the girl on the lips.
"You were really good last night, Natsuki-san" said the blonde when they pulled apart. "Can we do it again later, tonight?" she purred close to the raven-haired's ear while her hands started to wander to certain places that she held bare the night before.
The raven-haired shivers when she felt wet tongue started to caress the side of her neck and arms started to dip dangerously low towards the zipper of her pants. The idea of morning sex is too tempting but she decided to take a pass and cut off the other woman by putting an arms' distance within their body. She sighed again inwardly. "Look … Hina?" she started, unsure if she got the name correctly.
"Saena" the blonde corrected, raising a fine brow at the other woman while her arms cross once more above her bare mounds.
The raven-haired smiled apologetically at the blonde. She already knows what usually happens right after a hook-up like this so she decided to cut the chase. The sooner as this affair is done, the sooner she can come home and sleep.
"..Right, Saena.. You know you are cute, clever and have a really nice personality." the emerald-eyed beauty complimented, as she cupped the other woman's cheek that turned bright red after hearing the words. "She looks really different though without make-up" she mused silently before continuing her speech. "But this is not gonna work.. I want to have a good time and you..well, you wanted more ... I just really don't see 'us' together" Her voice filled with fake emotions unknown to other woman but she didn't care.
Saena just stood motionless and didn't even a single word to retaliate as the raven-haired woman said this words. It hurts but she didn't have anything to say. She knows this would happen from the very moment her eyes gaze at this beautiful woman at that bar last night. Kruger Natsuki is known as a player and doesn't take relationships seriously.
Natsuki felt some conscience poke at her chest seeing the girl's dejected face but dismiss it in a flash. It was not her fault that this woman come after her when she left the bar to go home and got pulled into this room, she argued through her thoughts. She then looked at Saena, kissing the girl one last time before leaving the hotel room.
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Kicking the stand of her midnight black motorbike, Natsuki removed her black helmet before descending. She unconsciously flickered her hair over her shoulder as she walks towards the entrance of her two-story house.
Technically, this isn't actually Natsuki's place. This is her Aunt Saki's house where her family also resides. Natsuki is just staying here for a while since she was kicked out of her apartment for not paying six months of rent and her aunt is kind enough to let her stay for the time being. She could have sell her motorbike to pay for the expenses if it wasn't a gift from her father who passed away years ago in a tragic accident. As for her mother, she didn't knew who the woman is. Her father said that after giving birth, her mother left the baby Natsuki in care of her father before disappearing like a bubble from the face of the earth.
She placed the helmet under her arm as she got on the porch. She was about to unlock the door when it suddenly opened on its own.
"Where have you been, Natsuki? I've been calling you since yesterday!" her Aunt Saki asked, quickly ushering the younger woman inside of their house. She was her father's younger sister. Saki was a tall slim woman in her forties but her age doesn't show on her face, making her look like a young adult. Her browned-hair that's tie in a loose pony tail sway as she stride faster to the living room.
"Out with my friends, why? Is there something wrong, Auntie?" the raven-haired questioned, raising an eyebrow at her restless aunt who started pacing back and forth in her living room. She then plopped comfortably on the couch, grabbing a nearby magazine, and scans through it.
"Yes! You need to talk to your cousin! He really lose his mind this time!" the older woman said as she stood in front of Natsuki, both hands placed on her hips. Her old lime-green eyes stared seriously at the young pair of bright emerald irises.
The younger woman sighed inwardly. "Auntie, his your son. Shouldn't you be the one to talk to him?" she said with a yawn. She really wanted to sleep now since she still need to try and find a work later today, if she wakes up in time from her slumber that is.
"I already did! Every single time! But he wouldn't listen to me and we all know that if he's not listening to me, he might listen to you!" her aunt argued, walking back and forth again with her hands crossed over her chest and her brows knighted together. She does have a point, her cousin admired the raven-haired too much and even going as far as listen to every plead Natsuki asked.
Natsuki would have said something just to dodge the responsibility that her aunt gave but notice that she doesn't even know what her cousin have done. "Okay, what did he do this time?"
"Oh, right. I haven't told you yet" Saki said as she stopped her pacing and decided to take a seat instead. "You cousin, Kazuya, decided to marry this girl that he just met two weeks ago." Saki said in defeated tone. She really can't believe that her son is this foolish to marry a girl he barely knew and just thinking about it made her like she's going to faint. She looked up to asked the younger woman's opinion but found Natsuki's eyes wide open and mouth left hanging. Saki would have laugh out loud at the sight but refrain in doing so.
After quite some time, Natsuki shut her mouth only to open it again. "HE WHAT?!" The young woman felt a headache forming and decided to take a breath to calm down. Kazuya, her playboy cousin who change women like he's changing some clothes, just like Natsuki herself, is getting married? What kind of a joke is this?!
"Now you see why I'm like this." Her aunt tease.
"Urgh.. I need to talk to him. Where is he?" the raven-haired woman asked as she stood up from the sofa. She looked at her watch and grimaced when she took a note at the time. "7.25am. Fuck, I barely got enough sleep"
"He left for a business trip and will be back in two weeks" he aunt inform, standing as well and stood beside the younger woman "We have to do something about this Natsuki. He barely know the girl now he plans to marry this one who I only got to see once!"
"Uhhg..Kazu you idiot, what the hell are you thinking?" the raven-haired whispered, massaging her temples while her eyes are closed. "Did he impregnate the girl?" she asked bluntly.
"No, I don't think so.. but there's something off with the two of them. It was actually just an accident that I got to meet this girl" Saki informed. She lean her back on the sofa and cross her arms over her chest. "I was walking back from the grocery and saw Kazuya with her having a meal. I walked towards the two of them to greet my son and his friend, then the next thing I knew Kazu is saying about girlfriend, proposal and stuff." She too closed her eyes before scooping closer to the raven-haired, a wicked grinned placed on her lips as she grabs the younger woman's shoulder and face Natsuki to her direction. "I have a plan, Natsuki and only you can help me"
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"I don't think this is a got idea, Aunt Saki" the raven-haired talked through the Bluetooth headset clipped on her left ear. She turned her head, scanning her surrounding before going in a resto bar where her cousin's fiancé should be working as a waitress. "Kazuya might get mad at me~"
"No, he wouldn't! That child idolized you too much so he wouldn't get mad" her aunt replied.
Natsuki sighed inwardly, recalling her aunts plead that she should see the girl herself. "Although criticize was the word she used.." Her Aunt begged the raven-haired to get to know the girl personally without telling her true identity or her connections to Kazuya. It sounds so stupid and absurd thus Natsuki instantly turned down the idea. But when her aunt played her trump card, she knows that there's no way the raven-haired can't deny her request. "I should find a job soon and get my own apartment or next time, I should really hide my mayo bottles in a place where she can't find it."
With thoughts inside her head, she walk towards the entrance of the establishment. Observing the place where many people is dinning, she looked for an empty table but found none. Good thing that the place has a circular bar at the center of the room. She waltzed her way over the bar, winking at a couple of female patrons having their lunch when she passed by their tables.
"Good day. What can I get for you?" says the bartender, placing a short glass with ice on top of a saucer in front of the raven-haired. He raised his eyebrows in a flirty way before backing away when the Natsuki glared at him. He put his hands in surrender before laughing lightly, slightly intrigued by the emerald-eyed beauty sitting at the bar this early.
"It would have been nice to have a tequila but I still have a hang-over from last night's drinking so I'm just gonna have a glass of iced tea for now." Said Natsuki as she lean her back on the bar stool. The bartender soon nods his head and proceeded on making the order.
When the bartender turned his attention at the task in hand, Natsuki quickly scans the whole floor for the person she came for. "Okay, Aunt Saki said that the girl is long-haired brunette, approximately 5"5, pretty face and brownish-red eyes.." Her emerald eyes analyze each brunette waitress she saw on the floor which is hard since she noticed that all of the waitress are brown-haired.
"Here's your Iced-tea" the bartender said as he pushed the cold glass towards the raven-haired who didn't heard him and seemed to be looking for something or maybe, "Are you looking for someone?" he asked, finally getting the attention of the woman.
"No" Natsuki lied. No one can know that she's looking the girl so she can't just ask anyone. "Now, how can I get to know her without her being suspicious about who I am and how do I know her name" she thought deeply. She then grabbed the glass of Iced-tea and drink using the straw but then something caught her attention just behind the bartender.
The bartender seemed to notice that the raven-haired is focused on something behind him therefore decided to follow the line of sight of the woman. He then turned around and see what caught the emerald-eyed woman attention. "Aah, are you perhaps interested?" he asked, grabbing a clean piece of cloth and rubbed it on the surface of the bar.
Natsuki smiled widely, plan forming inside her head as she answered, "Very"
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As the sun hides itself from the horizon, the patrons of the resto bar doubled or more precisely the bar itself. People with different ages started to chat with each other, making the whole floor like a huge mixer party. Staff switched their shifts just to accommodate the volume of customers coming in.
"Gather up ladies and gents! I have an announcement to make" shouted by a plumped middle-aged man standing at the small make-up podium placed at the corner of their staff room. He lightly scratched his dark brown hair that's styled in afro while looking around the room to see if the night staff is complete. "I see everyone is here" he commented with a nod. "Now, you all know that today will be again another busy day and you also probably know that we're hiring for new personnel but after tons of applications that had been passed for the past few days, none of them were able to surpass my expectations. I can still reme~"
"Yamada-san! Can we skip the story where you tell us about how you started the resto all by yourself and have little helped from others.." suggested by someone from the back, causing the room to be filled with laughter when Yamada pinked, obviously thinking of re-telling the story for nth time. The others seems to agree with the guy and also voiced their sentiments about the matter.
The afro-haired owner and manager named Yamada then cleared his throat to get the attention of his employees "A-anyways, I'm just here to tell you that we will be having a new staff. Com'on in!" he called before the door opened, revealing a bob-cut teal-haired girl who immediately bow at her new boss and the rest of the staff. However, she wasn't able to get anything from the rest of the crew since they're all focused on another woman walking behind her.
It was a raven-haired woman wearing a white half-sleeved shirt partnered with black ribbon and vest that has the resto bar's logo printed at the upper left side, above her name tag. She's also wearing a black fitting slacks and a shiny pair of black leather shoes which is the proper attire for all the waitress working in the resto bar. Her long shiny hair was tied in a single knot, making the smoothness of her slender neck visible to everyone that has working eyes.
The whole room suddenly become quiet as the new employees stand beside their new boss and face the rest of the staff. Not a single one of them are moving or talking until Yamada started to asked the old employees to state their names one by one so the new employees knows who's who.
Natsuki used this chance to look at all the women staff's in the eyes and confirm who among them is the main reason she decided to work as a waitress. Out of three brunettes in the room, she only found one that's fit the description. "Bingo" she marked inwardly. Her alluring emerald-eyes finally found deep brownish-red eyes. "Found you, Viola Shizuru"
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After the presentation, Natsuki and the other girl named Tomoe, started to do their work. At first, they were just tasked to observe and see how the other waitress works. When they get the hang of it, the two went out on the tables and do the exact thing they saw the others did.
While Natsuki is doing a superb job on waiting the tables, Tomoe is doing the opposite. The teal-haired girl already broke two glasses and almost pour an entire bucket of ice on a customer's head when she accidently stepped on a slippery floor. If it wasn't for the raven-haired quick reflex and moved the said customer on the spot, Tomoe might got her ass kicked out of the resto bar on her first day on the job.
"Thank you for saving me earlier, Kruger-san" said Tomoe, bowing deeply at Natsuki who has her mouth full of food. It was their break time and both of them only has fifteen minutes to rest or eat because of the count of people coming in the bar.
The raven-haired lightly pat Tomoe on the head as if to say it was fine since her mouth is too busy chewing a food. She took a bite on her sandwich before drinking a soda that Tomoe offered as gratitude. "Don't worry about it" she later said, noticing the blushed she caused to the other woman. She finished her food in one bite and then decided to head back to work ahead of the girl.
When she was once again on the floor, her emerald eyes started to look for her target. "How the hell I'm supposed to get to know her personally if she too is busy working! Dammit! Maybe working as waitress is a stupid idea.." she argued while roaming the floor with a tray on hand. "Where the hell is she anyway?"
She received some orders and instantly went to the kitchen to fill the order. She turned and leaned her back on the counter while waiting for the cooks to finish it as she continued to thoroughly look for the red-eyed brunette. Moments later, she found the brunette at the other side of the room serving a group of three drunk male customers. She released a snicker while looking at how the brunette handled the said customers. The woman has a smile on her face while speaking to the guys who appears to be insisting to table the reluctant woman.
When her order is finished, she delivered it to the right table and walked a little closer to the brunette and see how she handle this kind of idiots.
"Come sit with us!" she heard one of them shout. It is so obvious from his voice that he had already too many drinks. The other two agreed and decided to persuade the brunette more but still the woman didn't budge.
The brunette suddenly looked up and noticed that Natsuki is staring at her. Dropping her smile in a blink of an eye as she caught Natsuki staring at her, she turned to looked back at the drunkards, placing a new smile on her lips. "I apologize, but it is really not allowed for us to sit with a customer." She said before bowing and decided to leave the table. However, one of the guys grabbed her on the wrist and stopped her from leaving.
"Hey, where do you think you're going?!" he shouted with a hiccup. He stood, standing near seven feet tall, and looked down at the waitress.
As she walks closer, Natsuki saw the red-eyed brunette's lips twitch, probably in annoyance, maybe even anger but the smile she placed on her face is still intact.
"Customer-san, I suggest you remove your hand off me or I will be force to make counter measures if I had to.." the brunette threatened, slowly facing the other guys at the table who gulped upon seeing the change of aura surrounding the girl.
The tall man clicked his tongue and still didn't let go, instead he pulled the waitress closer and was about to force a kiss but it didn't go as he planned.
Natsuki widened her eyes when she saw the man hardly pull the brunette and stepped faster but stopped on her tracks when she saw what unfold next.
The red-eyed brunette lose her patience, dropping her smile completely and easily flipped the poor man by the arm in a perfect arc, causing him to groan loudly when his back meet the hard cold floor along with his twisted limb.
"Kenta!" shouted by the two other man when they saw their friend barely conscious on the floor. They scooped down to helped their friend but instead found themselves being carried out by four muscular bouncers.
"That's a nice flip, Viola-san" Natsuki commented, utterly impressed at what she saw, as she stood beside her co-worker. She release a whistle seeing the aftermath damaged on the floor.
The brunette raised an eyebrow towards the raven-haired before glaring at the woman. She then walked away, leaving a baffled Natsuki behind.
"What the hell was that?" asked by raven-haired to none as she walks towards the customer who called for her attention.
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It was already four in the morning when the bar closed, all the staff bid their farewell to each other before going in separate ways.
Natsuki was about to get on her motorbike when she caught sight of the brunette taking a turn in an alley right across the street. "Should I follow her and asked why she's not talking to me, unlike the other staff.." she debated, thinking of the reasons why the brunette is acting cold towards her. "Holy mother..did I sleep with her before?!" She halt on her steps, her eyebrows are knitted as she dig her memory if she met the girl before but she can't remember. "I'll just have to ask her, now if possible, so I can get to know her better and report back to Aunt Saki" She then continue to walk, jogging a little when she crossed the street before turning in the alley.
And for the second, after meeting the brunette, Natsuki's emerald eyes widened again.
There standing just few distance away from her is Shizuru Viola, the brunette that her cousin Kazuya was supposedly engaged, being surrounded by the same men that cause a stir inside the resto bar. They all turned to looked at Natsuki.
"What the fukc!" Natsuki cursed, glaring at the men who's cornering the brunette. She stared at them in the eyes one by one but her gaze stayed longer on the man that the brunette flipped on the floor. He was holding a knife. A really sharp knife from the looks of it.
"Ah, I see Kruger-san seemed to frozen on her spot" Viola remarked with a smile.
This time, it was Natsuki who glared at the brunette and telepathically told her to 'shut up!'. She then suddenly stepped forward, catching the man who's holding the knife off guard, before delivering a roundhouse kick to the back of his neck.
"K-kenta!" shouted by the other guys once more seeing their friend facing the ground, mostly unconscious. They turned to look at the raven-haired, who had her palms inside her pocket and a bored expression showing on her face. This irked the other two.
They stood up, facing the raven-haired waitress and launch few punches that barely hit the woman. Of course, Natsuki threw a few of her punch. Some landed on her attackers, more were blocked. It was two-on-one after all.
After a full five minutes of exchanging blows, all three of them are panting hard.
"I..I give!" said the other man. He slumped on the floor and leaned his back while gasping for air.
"Me..me too! Why are we even fighting?!" asked the other who also sat on the floor while leaning on a nearby wall. "Kenta just dragged us here"
Natsuki took a deep breathe, exhaling it louder as she straighten herself before touching her aching shoulder. She used her right arm earlier to block a high kick and didn't notice the pain until now. "O-okay, let's stop, alright." She then turned to looked at Shizuru and see if she's alright, not noticing the huge man she knocked out earlier is coming to life. "Are you ok~"
Natsuki has quizzical face when Shizuru suddenly gasped. "Natsuki! Behind you!"
It was too late, the moment Natsuki turned to see what the brunette meant. Kenta already had the knife on his hand and plunge it directly at Natsuki's chest. The time stayed still and resumed in slow motion as the raven-haired grabbed her stinging chest and fell on her knees.
The suspect, finally snapping out of his world and realized what he had just done, quickly escape the scene along with her friends who keep shouting random curses and apologies.
The last thing that Natsuki heard before she closed her eyes was some rustling and someone calling out her name.
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"..ki" someone called.
"..tsuki!" another one.
"Mmnn.."
"Natsuki! Wake up!" someone called once more but this time with a light tapping on her face.
Finally, Natsuki opened her eyes and groggily stared up to see a worried ruby eyes. She looked at the brunette, blinking repeatedly to ease the tiredness of her eyes. She tried to stand up but found a pair of hand trying to push her back down.
"Lay down, you can't get up yet." The brunette commanded firmly, pulling the blanket up so it can cover the raven-haired.
"Wh-at happened?" Natsuki asked weakly "Where am I?" She looked around the room and noticed some personal things placed on a nearby shelf. "Well, definitely not in a hospital.."
"You're at my place" the brunette supplied "You passed out last night after.."
"I was stabbed!" Natsuki suddenly blurted. She then sat straight and feel her chest for any injury or wound but found nothing. And she's also not wearing anything, except her black sports bra. Natsuki blushed, looking up to see the red-eyed waitress's head is turned to the side and a cute patch of redness adored her cheeks.
The brunette then looked at Natsuki from the corner of her eyes. The raven-haired is looking at her weirdly while smirking? "W-what?"
"Nothing much, I'm just adoring the cute blush on your face" Natsuki said, unconsciously using a flirtatious tone. She didn't even cover herself and let the blanket fall on the floor when she stood up from the bed, causing another blush on Shizuru's face.
"I told you to lie down!" the brunette argued as she picks up the fallen sheet and throw it at directly at the raven-haired.
"You know, I noticed that you have some bad blood for me. Care to tell why is that?" Natsuki asked while leaning her body on the headboard. The bed wasn't big but she felt comfortable just sitting there.
Shizuru looked at woman on her bed void of emotion until she suddenly smile, which creep the hell out of the raven-haired. "I don't know what are you talking about, Kruger-san"
"Call me Natsuki.. just like when you called my name earlier" the raven-haired corrected, examining the spot on her chest that was supposedly stabbed. "I swear that fuckers gonna pay when I find him"
"Don't worry he's already in jail. I called the cops and they were able to apprehend him immediately. You're really lucky you didn't got stabbed." Shizuru commented noticing that the woman on her bed is squirming. "I was supposed to bring you to the hospital but you said you don't want to. I know you were only half-awake then but you insisted on not going to a hospital and since you didn't have any serious injury, I decided to just bring you here. This place is close to the resto-bar so I didn't have much of a trouble to get you in." She moved to a nearby table before picking up something, which later Natsuki found out that it was her wooden pendant.
The raven-haired looked at the broken pieces of the said pendant. It was a gift from her father when they've gone camping together when she was ten. Aside from her motorcycle, it was the only thing her father left for her. "And now it's broken"
Shizuru felt sad for the woman. She slowly sat the edge of her bed and continue to look at the sorrowful expression on Natsuki's face. "It looks like the pendant protected you from dying" she later said.
Natsuki looked up, and smiled. Not a flirty smile she used to have nor a smile just to please someone but a real smile. "Yeah, I guess so. .Thank you" she whispered, gripping the pendant that broke into two.
Shizuru too smiled upon seeing the raven-haired's mood slightly light up. "You're welcome, Kr..Natsuki-san"
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"You really don't remember who I am?" Shizuru asked, halting the spoon of rice from coming in to her mouth.
"Am I supposed to know?" the raven-haired asked, though only through her mind.
Both of them were currently having their late breakfast at Shizuru's apartment. It was already eleven in the morning and both of them have barely enough rest nor sleep.
Natsuki shook her head as an answer. She really don't have any clue if she met the ruby-eyed brunette before.
"I guess it can't be helped" Shizuru sighed silently. "We we're classmates' way back in high school"
"We were?" Natsuki titled her head. "And you still remember it was me?"
Shizuru nods as she continues to eat her meal. "Yes, you were quite popular if I remember correctly."
Still, Natsuki can't remember the girl.
Not until Shizuru puffed her cheeks, tied her hair in two knots, one on each side of her head and out of nowhere, magically pulled an old large circular eye glasses that hides the color of her reddish irises.
"Vi-Vi!" Natsuki shouted, finally remembering the nerdy girl seated at the front row seat during freshman year. They we're not close but at least they were good to each other back then.
Shizuru's brow twitched hearing her old odd pet name. It has been ages since she heard that it. It was a name that Natsuki used to call her before their whole class mimicked the raven-haired and started to call Shizuru like that as well. Initially she hated Natsuki for it but later found herself grow fond of it. If Natsuki didn't called her like that, she would have graduated high school with no friends and absolutely no good memories to remember.
They exchanged their memories together then. Talking about how they have been for the past years and what happened after high school. It turns out that Shizuru is a part owner of the restaurant since her parents died and leave the management to her, along with her uncle Yamada. Natsuki sure laughed out loud hearing that the brunette is related to their plumped boss and also the fact that the brunette herself is actually one of her boss.
Shizuru also told Natsuki the reason she's acting cold towards the raven-haired. It turns out that few days ago, Shizuru was in a hurry to go somewhere and was about to get in a cab when Natsuki grabbed the door of the cab first and get inside along with a drunk blonde beauty within her arms. Shizuru said she didn't mind that she was high-jacked but what irked her is that Natsuki is acting high and mighty and didn't even apologize to her for stealing the cab.
After eating and chatting, Natsuki bid her farewell since she wants to have a shower. Shizuru of course offered her bathroom but the raven-haired refused, saying that she's going to take too much time to shower and wants to sleep afterwards before going back to work later.
Reaching her home, Natsuki was quickly dragged by Aunt to their living room and asked questions regarding the brunette. The raven-haired told the older woman that she knew Shizuru from before and she is a good person but somehow Saki still wanted to know more and not satisfied with the answer, saying that people change in time. With a pouty face, Saki asked Natsuki to continue to get to know the girl and see if she's fit to be with her son who will come back from his business trip in less than two weeks.
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Her second day of work started just fine or rather, much better than she anticipated. Natsuki actually become popular with the regular patrons that even Yamada commended her for doing a great job.
"I didn't knew you have a great talent being a waitress" Shizuru commented, sitting across the raven-hiared who's eating a pasta for her break time. She smile as she reached over the table and swipe the sauce at the corner of Natsuki's mouth using a tissue. "You have sauce on your cheek" she laughed.
"Thanks" said the raven-haired with a blush. She put down the empty plate and dabbed a tissue on her mouth, looking curiously at Shizuru's ring-less fingers. This made her wonder why though. If she really was engage with her cousin, shouldn't she be at least wearing the engagement ring?
"Is something the matter?" Shizuru asked, pulling the raven-haired out of her musing.
"N-no.. nothing. Thanks for the clothes you let be borrowed earlier, by the way. I'll return it you as soon as I washed it."
"Its fine, besides it was my fault anyway why your shirt got a hole" Shizuru stated while pouring herself a cup of hot tea from her personal thermos.
They soon fell into a comfortable conversation much like earlier that day. It was a friendly chat, unlike what Natsuki used to when talking to a woman with the same age. Usually, when a woman come talking her, maybe a little younger or not much older, Natsuki automatically fall into a full flirting drive that became her habit. It may also be the reason why the patrons of the resto bar, who mostly are females, came to like her more than the other waitress. Even her co-workers stated they are rather fond of the raven-haired woman.
Talking with the Shizuru is a nice change of pace though, she thought. Shizuru is not afraid to put herself out there or speak her mind. She didn't care if she said things that might offend the raven-haired as long as she voiced her opinions, much to Natsuki's amusement. It was very different from the women who only say good things just to get something from her.
"And it was one of my favorite shirt too!" she exclaimed with a laugh before a beeping sound from her watch rang "Oops, I think my break is over ..talk to you later?"
"Hmm" Shizuru nods her head while the other woman open the door and leave the staff pantry.
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Days quickly pass by and before Natsuki noticed it, she and Shizuru become close friends than ever. Even closer than she intended to. She still remember her goal, but truth to be told, sometimes she forgets the real reason why she attached herself with the brunette whenever Shizuru is right beside her, which is almost all the time. A thing that suddenly become common to her that quite a few times, their co-workers started to asked if the two are more than just friends. The two of course laughed it out, saying they were just friends and knew each other way back.
Most of the time after their shifts, Shizuru would invite Natsuki to her place to have early breakfast or a quick snack in which of course the raven-haired never declined. How could she? She really loves to eat anything that looks tasty and all her co-workers should probably knew that by now. Plus, Shizuru is a decent cook, she makes food easily but very appetizing.
Side by side, they walk down again along the alley where Shizuru was cornered by the thugs that almost got Natsuki killed. The raven-haired held her black helmet under her right arm while her motorcycle is at the parking lot of resto bar since Shizuru's apartment doesn't have proper parking space and she doesn't want to leave her bike outside the building unprotected.
It was still dark since the sun is still hiding thus the only light that shed their way are from streetlight at the ends of the alley. Their steps are slower than usual since the two of them had a couple of drinks, along with the rest of the staff, because apparently it was Yamada's birthday. All of the employee celebrated it with him along with the customers present that day.
Shizuru suddenly halt on her steps, causing the raven-haired to bump on her back, when she heard some rustling on a nearby garbage can.
"Ow" Natsuki winced when her forehead collided with the brunette's back. "Why are you stopping?"
Shizuru however didn't respond and instead slowly lift shaky a finger and pointed at something few feet away from them. She squeaked when a pair of glowing green eyes came to view from the shadows. She took a step and tried to run away but since Natsuki is right behind her, she wasn't able get to go anywhere.
They stumble back, with Shizuru trying to run while shouting 'monster' repeatedly. Natsuki's butt hit the floor with an 'oof' while the brunette is nestled in between her legs and clutching on her shirt, frightened by the pair of green eyes.
Natsuki felt her face flushed as Shizuru continues to bury her face on the raven-haired's neck. "Gaah! What is this? She's is crying for god sake Kruger! And all you think about is having this woman do this while the two of you are naked?!" She felt a shiver run down her spine when Shizuru puffed a hot breath on her exposed neck. If she didn't feel any amount of attraction or anything at all towards the brunette before, Natsuki sure that she feels it now. Her old self started to creep back, causing her intoxicated head to be filled with hunger and lust towards the woman clinging on top of her body.
Unknown to her, Shizuru is having almost the same thought "Natsuki, what is it about you that makes me feel comfortable and safe? Did you know that your very presence cause my heart tremble like I never felt for anyone before?"
But then few more rustling came and Shizuru started to squirmed once more but this time, Natsuki wasn't able to hold both of their weight and ended up being pinned by the brunette at ground of the alley.
"Arrf!" came a small bark.
Natsuki looked up after hearing the sound, thankfully kicking her out of her perverted thoughts. With Shizuru's face still buried on her chest, the raven-haired pushed their body back up the from the ground and squinted her eyes to look at the source of the sound.
"Arrf arrf!" came another sound before a white flurry thing run towards them.
Finally Shizuru lift her head up when Natsuki yelp, her eyes is lightly red from the tears that managed to escape when she tightly closed her eyes but the fear she felt early quickly turned into a glee when she saw a white jolly puppy trying to lick the raven-haired on the face.
"S-stupid puppy! Enough..gaah!" Natsuki roared but the amusement on her voice is detectable. She soon started to laugh when she heard Shizuru laughing at her predicament. She never knew that an animal, or more appropriately, a puppy can be this cute yet at the same time very annoying. And she never knew that Shizuru's laugh can bring a warm fuzzy feeling within her.
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"Home sweet home" the brunette said cheerily, nearly tumbling as she widely opens the door and let her guests go inside her apartment. "Ne, do you plan to keep it?" she asked the raven-haired in between hiccup, motioning the small box carton on Natsuki's arms as the woman pass by her. She closed the door with one hand since her other still holds the key and a half-emptied bottle of tequila that Natsuki said she wanted to finish no matter what. They both don't have shift later so Shizuru agreed with the raven-haired, even offering to accompany the woman in drinking. She staggered toward her kitchen and came back later with two shot glass and some left over foods from her fridge.
"I want to.. He looks really cute but I can't." came the dejected reply "I still live with my aunt and she's allergic to furs so having a pet is not an option" She put the box down on the floor before seating on a sofa. She then removed the jacket she's wearing and leaned her back with a satisfy groan. She massaged her temples, still feeling the slight dizziness caused by the alcohols she consumed earlier. She battered herself for drinking so much but just like any good food she sees, she just can't waste a good bottle of liquor.
The puppy peeks at the box, seemingly knowing that he was the topic of conversation and tried to playfully bark at them. Natsuki ruffled the puppy's head and laugh heartily when it made the puppy bark once more while trying to catch her fingers.
Unknown to the raven-haired, Shizuru is staring at her. Her gaze would occasionally fall on the puppy but lingers more on Natsuki. She placed a hand on her restless chest while unconsciously walking towards the giggling woman tipsily. She bit her lower lip as her eyes bathe at the sight of the emerald beauty, who's currently too busy playing with the puppy that she didn't even notice that Shizuru is standing few feet away.
After removing her jacket, Natsuki now is only wearing a white thin-fitting crop-top shirt that's making her asset flash right before the brunette's eyes. Mildly inebriated, Shizuru noted that the raven-haired's chest isn't as big as hers but what attract her right now about Natsuki's body is her broad shoulders and tone muscles. Not to mention the flat stomach she has considering Natsuki eats like she's in food eating competition.
Like a magnet being pulled, Shizuru stand a little closer to the raven-haired. Natsuki finally took a notice and placed the puppy back inside the box.
"Vi~" Natsuki started but cut off when suddenly the brunette planted herself on the sofa with a 'oof', placing the glass and bottle on the small table and sitting right beside the raven-haired. Natsuki's brows knitted when Shizuru lean her head at the back of the couch and looked right at her.
"Natsuki.." the red-eyed waitress slurred.
"If I knew you have low tolerance for alcohol, I wouldn't had let you drink, Vi-vi" Natsuki laughed. She ruffled the brunette hair too like she did with the puppy before reaching for the bottle of tequila and pour herself a glass. "Ah, this is so good. I wonder where Yamada-san got this.." she uttered silently as she leaned sideways so she can face the obviously drunk brunette. She giggles lightly at how Shizuru pouts her lips hearing the old pet name while blinking rapidly to ease the tiredness of her eyes. "You should sleep, don't worry I'll lock your door once I finished the bottle."
Shizuru shook her head and mimicked the raven-haired, drinking her shot in one quick gulp. With a smirk on their face, they shared a quick glance as to silently challenge the other to take the next shot. They repeated this, changing turns in drinking until the bottle is fully empty.
Silence consumed the two of them as they stay still for a moment, just looking around the dimly lighted room and from time to time, looking at each other with unknown emotions conveying through their eyes. The world seems to be dead as the two of them shared a small smile before Shizuru leaned in and plant a chaste kiss on the raven-haired's cheek. "Thank you Natsuki for saving at the alley" she whispered with her eyes close.
By then, Natsuki face started to heat up. She can still feel the feeling of that soft lips next to her reddening cheek even if Shizuru already pulled back. It made her question herself why does she always blush whenever Shizuru did something like this. As far as she knows, Natsuki never experienced anything like this before. Sure, most of the time women around her do this kind of things to her, even more sensual than the way Shizuru did, but right now her mind is running wild. She can't think of anything that's not Shizuru. "Why..T-thoughts of Shizuru?" Her hands started to sweat lightly, there's also this knot in the pit of stomach that she didn't know where it came from. It might be from the alcohol but she can't be sure. But most of all, and what she really wanted to know, is why her heart beating really fast like she had just ran a mile and she just didn't know what to think or do.
Looking at the brunette, Natsuki unconsciously moved her body closer until their body is leaning on each other and their faces are just few inches away. Shizuru opened her eyes then place her head on Natsuki's shoulder, commenting that the raven-haired smells nice and refreshing even though they just drank an alcohol after their whole night shift.
Again, Natsuki feels her face lit up when Shizuru took a whiff of her. She knows that Shizuru is probably just drunk by saying this but the voice shouting at the back of her head said that she needs to do what she always do whenever this event happened. "Kiss her! Take her!" Without thinking much further, she grabbed the bruntte by the chin and lift the woman's face up to her.
Shizuru look at her in the eyes and smiled, not knowing that the next course of action that Natsuki would take will surely take her by surprise.
A muffled gasp escape from her lips when Natsuki leaned in and take her soft lips. Her eyes suddenly were wide, shocked by the action of the raven-haired but soon noticed herself enjoying the equally soft lips caressing her own. She soon closed her eyes and give in, unfortunately missing the moment that Natsuki opened her exotic emerald eyes. "She tastes like tequila" they both thought inwardly.
She continued to kiss the brunette, sucking and probing the other's lower lip, while her eyes is silently observing Shizuru who at the moment started to return the favor and kiss the raven-haired with all her got.
Natsuki pushed further, finally closing her eyes as she started to hear the loud pounding of her heart through her chest, and slowly guide Shizuru's body so she can lean on the sofa's armrest while the raven-haired rest on top of her.
"Ahmm" the brunette moaned, feeling her body heated when a cold hand started to massage the side of her hips. Shizuru's mind remained blank even when they ended the kiss for a need of air. She had never pant this much all her life but she couldn't complain.
Natsuki stared at down at her, the desire that swirling on her emerald eyes made Shizuru breath hitched. She never knew that Natsuki can have this effect on her. It was like she was trapped inside a cold dark place where only two shining green eyes are visible from a far.
The second time their lips met, the Shizuru doesn't really know who kissed who. It was not as good as the first time they tasted each other's lips, but it's even better. Way better. It's more sexy and arousing.
Shizuru let another moan escaped from her mouth when Natsuki started to shower her with light wet kisses from her jawline to her exposed neck, along with a hand that started to creep its way up to her stomach to her chest.
"Nnn..Nat..suki" she whispered next to the raven-haired's ear when an electric shock suddenly runs through her body. She weaved both of her hands to Natsuki's soft mane, gripping it lightly when the woman in top her lightly bit a spot on her neck and suck on it. She moved her hands to caress Natsuki's back not so gently, almost ripping the woman's crop-top shirt. She wanted to feel the raven-haired's warm body and not the fabric she wears. "More..mm" She can feel her face heated along with her whole body every time the raven-haired touches a bare skin. She is slowly loosing herself with the sensation but she can't do anything to stop it since she feels her body drained from energy as Natsuki continued her ministration.
Natsuki kissed her again on the lips but this time, she's using her soft tongue and it was a little aggressive than before. Shizuru instantly lose the battle as the raven-haired expertly invade her mouth. Natsuki's hands too had started to come in play, using one to slowly unbutton the brunette's blouse while the other grabbed Shizuru's thigh and massage it sensually. She slowly placed a leg in between Shizuru's and carefully pushed forward, causing a lusty moan from the brunette when her knee reached to Shizuru's center.
With the last button undone, Natsuki pulled back a little to see her prize. A wicked smile suddenly plastered on her face seeing Shizuru's ample chest that's covered by a red-laced bra. "Nice choice.." she commented inwardly before diving in again and kissed the top of the brunette's chest, leaving a nice mark on Shizuru's pale skin.
She kissed, bit, and sucked Shizuru's neck once more while her hands started to go around the body and unclasped the bra. Upon realizing that the bound on her chest was unfastened, Shizuru finally opened her eyes. Her unsure, maybe even frightened, red-eyes stared at lustful emeralds up above.
When Natsuki reached to grab the strings of her bra, she suddenly felt embarrassed and crossed her arms across her chest. She then tried to sit up, pushing Natsuki's body slightly away from her. "We..we can't" she said "Natsuki I'm..we.."
"I'm sorry..I didn't mean.. " Natsuki suddenly said as she finally come to her senses, lifting the brunette's discarded blouse from the ground and offered it to the other woman. "Here.."
Shizuru took her blouse and at slow pace, put it back on. They stayed in uncomfortable silence, neither one tried to look at each other's eyes.
"I should go" Natsuki said as she picked up her jacket and fix her disarray hair. She can feel Shizuru's gaze followed her every movement but she acted like she didn't know. She's scared that if she looked at Shizuru right now, she might do something and make the situation even worst. "You're so stupid, Kruger. That's your friend over there! Not to mention your cousin's fiancé!" she battered inwardly. "Really stupid! Arrrggh! What are you thinking doing something like that?!"
"Natsuki" Shizuru called after a while. She too are having some kind of this thoughts but she didn't let it show on her face when the raven-haired turned to look at her. "If.. If you want, you can leave the puppy here for a few days, I can take care of him until you can someone to adopt him.." she said with a smile.
"..yah, sure… Thanks" was the raven-haired's deadpan reply before she got up, ruffled the puppy's head again and leave the apartment without another word.
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It was almost two days since Shizuru get to see the raven-haired again. It somehow irked her that Natsuki only left a voice mail saying her sorry about the way she acted and talked about finding an owner for the puppy.
After getting herself a proper sleep and rest the day before, the brunette spent the rest of her day-off thinking about the incident happened between Natsuki. She tried to have a conversation about it but up until now, she can't find the right timing. Especially now that they're at work. "How can I talk to her if there's always people surrounding her.." the brunette thought.
And so another day passed by without the two of having a proper talk. They would greet each other before the work, anything or something about work, then after their shifts but that just it. Natsuki also didn't go to the brunette's apartment anymore. Then there's this weird aura surrounding the two of them if they were able to finally have a break together but neither one have the courage to speak. Even the people around them noticed this but wise enough not to comment. "Lover's quarrel" they all thought.
"Good work, everyone!" Yamada exclaimed as he walked inside the staff room. Behind him are the rest of the night staff, along with Natsuki.
At last, unreadable emeralds met wondering rubies.
Shizuru smiled lightly as her eyes finally gaze at Natsuki's emeralds. Though it didn't take long since Natsuki quickly turn away and follow Yamada as he stood on his mini platform. She positioned herself beside the man, laughing a little when her co-workers teased if she's Yamada's assistant now.
The brunette felt a pain struck her core when Natsuki averted her gaze and didn't return her smile. It has been days since they started acting like this to each other so she figured that maybe Natsuki is okay now. "I guess I was wrong. Are you angry at me now, Natsuki? Please tell me no.."
"Well, today had been yet again a blast, so again good job everyone!" the crew clapped their hands. "But this is not all I wanted to say and not exactly the reason why I asked for some of you not to leave yet.." Yamada said, earning confuse looks and murmurs from his employee. "Erm well, Kruger-san, Is it okay if you say it instead? Just thinking about makes me really sad."
Natsuki nods her head and face her co-workers who gasped when she suddenly bow. "Thank you all for being kind to me. I know it's just two weeks but I will never forget the experience and memories I had working here.." she can hear them asked questions now but she decided to continue. "At first, I decided to apply because.. well, I got nothing else to do" she laughed "but I didn't know that it will something that will change life. As short it maybe. So thank you all."
The questions flow like water then, asking why she's suddenly leaving and in short notice of time too. Natsuki tried to answer as simple as she can but finding it hard to lie when those red-eyes is staring at her.
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"When you said that this job is harder than you thought, is it really your reason?" a familiar voice asked when she went to get her motorbike at the parking lot. "Is the job really that hard for you?"
"Yes" she lied. She noted her hands are shaking as she zipped her jacket and mounted her bike before aligning the mirrors.
"Can you at least face me when you say it." Shizuru demanded. She's really pissed off right now. Pissed at Natsuki, pissed at her uncle for accepting the raven-haired's resignation letter without her knowing but most of all, she is pissed off herself.
Natsuki didn't turn to look at the brunette. She can't. She's frightened that if Shizuru see her eyes right now, the brunette might see through her façade. Painful images suddenly flashed through her mind, images of her cousin hugging and laughing with Shizuru around his arms. Images of her cousin freely kissing the brunette because she's his fiancé. The pain cause by this images made her gripped the handle bar of her motorbike tighter. "Just drop it will you. Think of it this way, I just have something else to do so I quit."
"You're lying.." the brunette uttered silently as she walks closer to the other woman and grabbed Natsuki by the arm. When Natsuki finally look at her she said it again "You're lying"
"I'm not. Why would lie about something like this? And why are you so held up with this?"
The brunette doesn't know how to answer. She knows that Natsuki is not telling the truth but she doesn't know why. She do know however is that the raven-haired is not a quitter. She can be anything, a sweet talker, an easy-go-lucky woman, but she was never a quitter, that she is sure of. Unless, "..Is-is it because of me? Is it because of what happened~"
"Don't be full of yourself, Shizuru" Natsuki cut her off.
This is the first time in a very long time she called the brunette's first name. The first time was when they were still in high school. It was always had been 'Vi-vi' whenever she address Shizuru so it somehow brings a warmth towards her heart being be able to finally speak the name. "Great, now just saying her name makes my heart flutters" She remarked sarcastically. Inwardly, of course.
Shizuru's heart to melt hearing the raven-haired say her name. She wanted so bad for Natsuki to call her that but the emerald-eyed beauty said it's much easier to call her 'Vi-vi'. "You.. I can tell that you're lying..so please Natsuki. Tell me the real reason why are you quitting." Shizuru have only then noticed that she's been crying. She quickly wipes her tears away but more of it came.
"Because I did something that I should have done." Natsuki said in hush tone, turning her head away to prevent the brunette seeing her watery eyes. "It was not my intention" she continued as a sole tear escaped from the corner of her eyes. "I didn't mean to.." she paused once more after hearing the brunette's muffled sobs. "I didn't mean to love you" she whispered through the air, hoping that the brunette wouldn't be able to hear it but glad that she finally admit it to herself.
Natsuki wanted nothing more to embrace the brunette. To engulf Shizuru in a hug and tell her not to cry because it's breaking her heart to see her like this. For a player like Natsuki, it was always easier to leave someone when they were vulnerable but somehow Natsuki didn't have the will to let Shizuru shed more tears for someone like her. Her hands loosen its gripped on the metal bars as her face features a defeated smile. "You're so hopeless, Kruger."
The brunette still had her face on her palms as she continued to cry louder than she wanted. She can't help it. It's not just her eyes are crying but also her heart. Her now broken heart that unknowingly fall for the raven-haired beauty even if she knows that Natsuki would probably just stomped of her feelings if she came to know about it.
"Stop crying, Vi-vi" said Natsuki as she stood infront of the brunette and finally embracing the girl. She directed Shizuru's head on her shoulder while her hand encircle the woman's body protectively. "I.. I don't want to see you cry .. please ..stop crying, Shizuru"
Shizuru obeyed and finally seizing her crying. Her eyes are redder than usual, as well as her nose and cheeks when she look up to stared at Natsuki. "Baka.." she whispered. "You're the one who made me cry, take the responsibility." she said, circling her own arms around the raven-haired's form. The words caused Natsuki giggled but welcome it nonetheless. "And I love you too" she later confess as she looked straight to Natsuki's eyes.
They both blushed at the sudden confession.
Face still red as an apple, the raven-haired was the one to seal the deal. "I'll gladly accept the responsibility." Natsuki said, lifting Shizuru's head by the chin and kiss the brunette with all the love she have from the bottom of her heart.
Not knowing the silent whistles and cheers their co-worker's been doing since they spotted the two women talking at the center of the parking lot. Some are hiding behind some cars while the others camouflage behind the bushes.
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"You..she... WH-WHAT?" the raven-haired stuttered, standing shocked at the center of the living room of her Aunt Saki's house. Her eyes glued for a moment on her Aunt that's smiling apologetically at her before landing at her cousin Kazuya who just came home from his business trip. Along with a beautiful chocolate head, browned-eyed woman, named Akane, who looks somewhat familiar to her. "Have I seen her before?"
"Sorry for not telling you about it Natsuki" Kazuya laughed seeing her older cousin's bewildered face. "I knew you'd act this way!" He remarked before yelping in surprise when he receive a pinch from his fiancé. His real fiancé.
"It's rude to laugh at somebody like that Kazu!" Akane reprimanded. "Uhmm..Saki-mama, Natsuki-san, please excuse us for a moment" said the browned-eyed woman, bowing at Natsuki and Saki before dragging an apologizing Kazuya away.
Seeing her son walked away, Saki too slowly scooped away and try to escape the scene but Natsuki blocked her way. "A.U.N.T-S.A.K.I" she heard the raven-haired called. A chill run down her spine sensing Natsuki's cold aura.
"Okay! I'm sorry!" she blurted. "I made mistake. I thought that the waitress he met that day was her fiancé and not Akane-chan's older cousin."
"Eh? Cousin?" Natsuki titled her head, finally remembering the picture frame in Shizuru's bedroom where two almost identical young brunette sat on a colorful see-saw.
"Yes. Kazu said that since Akane-chan and Waitress-san~"
"Shizuru" Natsuki corrected "Her name is Shizuru"
"Ooh" Saki smirked knowingly at her niece "anyway, Shizuru-san and Akane-chan are close relatives so Kazu went to have a talked with her in that restaurant to asked for her approval. And that's where I misunderstood the situation. In my puzzled state, I missed some of Kazu words and just assume that Shizuru-chan is his fiancé.." she finished. She smiled lightly at the raven-haired and hoped that her explanation will be accepted.
Natsuki pinched the bridge of her nose. "This is so messed up" she muttered. She got home in hurry from Shizuru's apartment and was honestly ready to have an argument with Kazuya regarding Shizuru. After acknowledging their feelings for each other, Natsuki decided that she will fight for the brunette even if it means that she had to against her dearest cousin. "Wait, so does that mean that the only connection Kazuya with Shizuru is through Akane?" She lift her head in realization before facing her confused aunt. She walked towards the older woman, suddenly embracing Saki while saying her 'thank you's'.
"Eh? Thank you for what?" Saki questioned as Natsuki released her body and darts outside their house. Dumbfounded, she followed the raven-haired and see the younger woman mounted her motorcycle. "Natsuki, where are you going? You just came back.." she asked but cut off again by her niece.
"I'm going to see my future fiancé!" Natsuki shouted through her helmet as she speeds off towards the direction for a certain brunette.
"Fi-fi-fiancé..Eeeeehh!?" was the words the poor woman able to say before darkness take over her eyes and her mind succumb with unconsciousness.
ARC 2: Ends.
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A/N: TBH, this ending was not the actual ending I had in mind but I figured to end it like this instead of a broken hearted Natsuki/ Shizuru. YEP, I decided before that it would be a sad story but I changed my mind! Haha.. Anyways, sorry for any misspelled words/ grammar issue.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE! Don't be bitter and put review!
