ONE MOMENT IN TIME
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Kai-chan14: sorry for the long wait, but here I am!! Enjoy xp
Lostinhersong: oh, I will. Coz its been a while since I get to mess up with Haruka . Enjoy the next chapter!
t: lol,glad you like it xp. Thanks for waiting, the next chapter is finally here! Xp
RubyNury: eh? Is there such movie? I never know O.o. Thanks for reading by the way, and enjoy!
Reader458: thank you! And to be honest, the mystery is puzzling me too, lol. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
ami: EHH?? How come I never knew there was a movie like that? But wow, you were so close in your guess you had me scared for a while there O,O. But, Haruka is not a racer, unfortunately . No worries, here's some cookies for you!! –Throw cinnamon cookies right at cha-. Enjoy the next chapter!
Petiyaka: hey, it's been a while! Yes, she is one malicious ghost. Honestly, if I'm in Michiru's shoes I'll probably be dead from heart failure O,O. anyway, thanks for reviewing!
And to those who reviewed chapter 1, thank you very much and I'm sorry for not being able to reply. This chapter is for you guys, lurkers and reviewers alike. Enjoy!
Author's notes : not beta'ed. Proofread only. Read ahead X).
Disclaimer : Dammit its not mine! Argh!
"Where are you going?" Michiru looked up at the blonde spirit hovering over her. Emerald eyes twinkled in curiosity and a hint of impishness could be seen in them, like the mischievous smirk on her face wasn't enough.
The violinist smiled "I have a class at 9, Ruka," her sapphire eyes twinkles "a boring lecture about classical music. Do you want to come with?" For the last 2 days Ruka had stuck onto Michiru 24/7 (except to the bathroom, where Michiru made sure the apparition was nowhere near the room), there's one thing that was very clear to aqua haired girl. The apparition hated boredom.
The aqua haired girl could see the big twitch of Ruka's left eye and she had to bit her lower lip to stop her from laughing. Other than boredom, Ruka can't take it well if she's being laugh at. The apparition will frown deeply; cross her eyes and disappear from sight, yet Michiru would know that Ruka was still around from the low grumbling in the room.
Back to the present, Ruka was still silently contemplating to come with Michiru to the lecture or not. The violinist could even hear the apparition's gear working hard. Then, Ruka let out a sigh.
"I might as well come with," the blonde spirit said dejectedly, curling her arms behind her back in the usual relaxed pose "It's not like I can stay away from you after all."
Aquamarine eyebrows lift up in confusion "you can't stand away from me?" a twinkle in those sapphire eyes and Ruka found herself groaning out loud "Araa…I didn't know that you like me like that, Ruka." A wink, and the spirit's jaw drop, before she regained back her composure, an arrogant smile upon the handsome pale face.
"Or is it you that like me like that, princess?" the last word were spoken so affectionately that it made Michiru blush at once and the girl's knees to buckle.
Michiru could only turn her head away in embarrassment as the spirit's laughter rang around the room. She couldn't help but sneak a glance at the laughing spirit as she felt butterflies flutter in her middle. Is it normal to feel like this?
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"Honestly Ruka, remind me not to bring you to anymore lectures from now on."
The blonde spirit grinned so widely her face might split and turned to the graceful girl she was walking (hovering?) beside with "Why? Don't tell me you didn't enjoy my performance?"
Michiru had to stifle her giggles at that. Not enjoying? Certainly not! Throughout the boring lecture, Ruka didn't even last 15 minutes before whining that she's bored. Being the only one that can hear her, Michiru didn't say a thing other than shrugging her shoulders subtly. What could she do? She's in class after all…
And thus, the spirit chose to entertain herself and Michiru in the progress. Ruka fiddled with the projector's switch, turning it off and on repeatedly until the Professor surrendered and prefer to teach using the blackboard. Not only that, the spirit also blew off the chalk dusts, played with the light switch, flew the stack of papers off the table…all in all, even the ever composed Michiru had to bite her tongue to stop herself from bursting out in laughter. The usually boring lecture wasn't boring anymore, and despite other pranks Ruka pulled along the lesson, the lecture went quite smoothly. Michiru had never attended such amusing lecture ever in her life before.
"Okay, what's with the smiles?" the aqua haired girl was pulled out from her thoughts to see emerald eyes stared back into her own. She noticed that Ruka's blonde hair seems to glow into a bright gold because of the sun.
Only when the apparition cocked her head did Michiru answered with a smile "nothing. Just reminiscing the past." 'Here it goes again' she thought when she felt her stomach lurch at the sight of Ruka's charming boyish grin. Honestly, it's so not healthy to be feeling like this…
"Of course," the blonde apparition said confidently, an air of confident arrogance around her "by the past, you meant me, am I right?" and by the pinkish hue on the violinist's face, the blonde laughed good-naturedly.
"Arrogant flirt," the violinist shook her head with a sigh as she resumed her walk towards the car park, where her driver was waiting. She had a violin practice after this, and her driver usually waited on the car park 15 minutes before her lecture ended.
"Hey, I maybe a flirt, but I sure am not arrogant…" the blonde mumbled somewhere behind her. Michiru gave a small smile before turning to the apparition and raising her eyebrows, silently asking 'are you quite, quite sure?' as she crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Ruka blinked at the silent question and turned her head away, huffing and answering Michiru's question. The blonde's confidence was on the verge of arrogance, and if she was alive, she would've ticked people off with that attitude of hers. Other than ticked off, Michiru find Ruka's confidence to be endearing. The spirit's refreshing attitude was the fresh breeze to Michiru's usually dull days. It was amusing to see the blonde's antics and the aqua haired girl, unconsciously, grown to love the presence of the blonde.
"Michiru?"
Michiru turned towards the call and found herself face to face with a handsome man "ah, Morinaga-san. Good afternoon." She gave a small bow which was returned at once, albeit more enthusiastically by the man.
Ruka frowned at the newcomer. He was about 180cm in height, towering over Michiru with dark hair that jutted nicely framing his youthful face and clear grey eyes that was almost metallic. The spirit could see clearly that this man was the type that was ogled over by girls wherever he goes. And the same man was clearly smitten with the violinist Ruka had been hanging out with.
Emerald eyes narrowed in distaste.
"Ah, it's okay to call me Kouki, by the way," the man said confidently (Ruka snorted) "that's okay, Michiru."
"But it is not polite to do so, is it? As I am not close enough to have the privilege of calling you so," the violinist politely turned down the offer and at this the blonde spirit gave a 'ha, ha' smugly.
Morinaga Kouki blinked and lost his composure for a moment, no one had refused anything from him before "but, you let me call you Michiru, right?"
Michiru only smiled politely and Ruka, feeling totally pissed as hell, chose this moment to flip her middle fingers at the poor lad who can't see her. Michiru's elbow twitched, itching to elbow the blonde of the side yet she remember that it wont do a thing since her elbow would go through and it would end up in her falling graciously to the ground. Best not to do that and lost her cool.
"Uhm," feeling totally awkward, Kouki looked hard for a come back "ah, are you done for today? I was wondering to take you out for lunch, if you have the time."
Emerald eyes bulged out "whaaaaat? She has plans, you idiot!!" the pissed off blonde hissed at the spiky haired man who can't hear her.
"Unfortunately, I have to decline. I have violin practice after this, my apologies, Morinaga-san." Kouki's face fell, Ruka cheered and Michiru tried hard not to roll her eyes.
And after a few more exchange in which Ruka spend by glaring at the man, Kouki finally left.
Michiru turned to her companion with raised eyebrows, which rose even higher when she saw Ruka with a frown on her face, arms folded tightly looking away from her.
"Ruka, what's wrong?" the aqua haired girl found the apparition was more than bothered by Kouki's presence "have you met Morinaga-san before?"
"No way." The blonde answered petulantly, still not looking at Michiru. The latter blinked.
"Then why are you so bothered? Did he offend you in some way?"
Ruka's gaze flitted at her for a moment, before it went away again "…he called you 'Michiru'."
Well, Michiru didn't expect this at all. Was Ruka…jealous?
Her smile widening, Michiru headed for the kill "Ruka, are you jealous?"
A widened pair of emerald eyes, a huff and a mutter of 'I don't like him!' all meant yes to the violinist. And that made the smile on her face widened without making her grinning like an idiot. She decide to drop this for the moment, the blonde was starting to be difficult.
"Come on," she said as she resume her pace to the car park, not the least surprised when Ruka speed up to hover beside her, slightly closer than usual.
0.0
Aquamarine eyes glanced at the wrist watch for the 3rd time in 10 minutes.
"Tateno-san's late," Michiru informed Ruka with a sigh. Relieving her boredom, Ruka had succumbs to her curiosity and was playing with a kitten, who was unfortunate enough to have its tail tugged by something unseen.
Ruka looked up from her playmate (plaything?) "I can see that," and resumed back to what she was doing. Michiru sighed and let her eyes wandered.
"Setsuna!" she called, happiness seeped in her voice. This made Ruka look up to see a long haired woman walking over to Michiru with a little girl holding to the former's hand. Curious, she went over to hang out (AU: no pun intended xo).
"Michiru, it's been a while." The woman called Setsuna smiled at the violinist, Ruka noticed that the woman's garnet eyes twinkled. Seems like this 'Setsuna' really cared about Michiru a lot, Ruka mused. Feeling like she was being watched, Ruka looked down at the source of the piercing eyes directed at her.
A pair of wide violet eyes stared unblinkingly up at her as their eyes met.
'Shit, this brat can see me?!' Ruka was more than surprised even more so when the dark haired girl speaks out,
"Who are you?"
The two women's conversation halted and one pair of eyes turned to the little girl while another drift up to the dumbstruck apparition.
AU : ho-ho. The mystery starts now! I guess everyone would know who the little girl is, right? –grin-. Watch out for the next chapter, I think more of Ruka's past will be revealed, lol. Review please, and see you guys later!
