AU
R&R
Edited version... I tried and found out I wasn't good at it...
Chapter 4
Michiru's POV
I'm standing outside the library waiting for someone I don't even know. It seems that I've been waiting for a stranger these past days: a stranger from the letter and now a stranger to accompany me at the concert.
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-flashback-
"Michi-chan?"
"Mako-chan, I'll be there soon."
"About today..."
"Hai?"
"I can't come… I have this important meeting with my boss and I can't skip-"
"I understand. I'll go alone then. Let's set another day for us to meet."
"No!"
"So you don't want to meet up?"
"No. not that. Sure let's set another day for us to meet. But you won't go alone."
"Huh?"
"I asked a friend of mine to accompany you."
"It wasn't really-"
"She obliged. She'll pick you up at the public library by 7:30pm."
"I can really go alo-"
"She'll meet you there! Bye!"
-end of flashback-
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And before I could even refuse, she already hangs up on me, twice in just a day! Now I'm outside the public library, standing and waiting.
'It sure gets cold during December...' I said to myself as I rub my hands together. I stop as soon as I heard footsteps getting louder and louder by the second.
"Kaioh-san?" I turned around and saw a figure with short blonde hair wearing a black tux under a black trench coat, and a dark and light green striped scarf around her neck.
"Tenoh-san?" I inquired as I saw her face
"Gomene for being late."
"Iie. It's okay." I smiled at her as I saw the worried look on her face. She then smiles back at me and started rubbing her nape.
"We should take a cab... to compensate for being late." she said as she gave me a grin
"That would be fine." I replied back. She then raises her hand to the passing vehicles. After a few seconds, a cab stops in front of us. She opens the back door and lends her left hand out to me.
"My lady"
"Charming, aren't you?"
"Just being a gentlewoman." I accepted the offer and entered the cab. She then entered the cab after I did.
"Tokyo Grand Theater, please." the cab driver nodded in return. He steps on the gas pedal, and made our way to the streets of Tokyo.
A cab stopped in front of a grand theater. A blonde woman first steps out of the cab and held her hands to a woman inside it. The woman accepted and with the blonde's help, she got out of the car properly. Both walked inside and handed out their tickets to the attendant. The attendant then guided the two women to their seats.
"Wow." Haruka gasps "Incredible place." the blonde continued to muse, stunned by the architectural design of the theater
"You should sit down right now. The show will soon start." The smaller woman said tugging the blonde's coat.
"Gomen. It's my first time being inside a theatre." She explains as she took her sit beside the aquamarine haired beauty.
After a couple of minutes, the curtain of the stage started to move sideways, revealing a group of people each having instruments.
"Orchestra?" the blonde said cocking her left eye brow as she looks at the woman beside her.
"Hai. And you, Tenoh-san, should just sit back and enjoy the music." She replied as she pushes Haruka's left shoulder, making her sit straight back from her chair. Haruka lets out a deep sigh and focuses on the stage in front of her.
The conductor walks out waving his hands to the crowd. He stops in the middle and turns to look at the orchestra. And with a simple flick of his wrists, the orchestra started playing as the crowd grew silent.
Haruka's POV
An hour had pass and the concert still wasn't finish. I never did like things like this. Ironic since I used to play the piano and I loved playing it. I covered my mouth as I let out another yawn. I turned to look at the person beside me, and saw how she was deeply listening to the music the orchestra's creating.
Her eyes were close and both of her hands were clenched together and are on top of her chest.
'Her heart must be on it..' I say to myself as I continued observing her.
Then I saw her lips curving up. She was smiling; smiling to the music that I don't even understand or relate to. I felt my lips starting to curve up as I watch her listening to the music intently
'She looks so peaceful...'
The image in front of me was beginning to be addicting that I stared at her than listened to the music playing. The tranquility on her face only warmed
my heart. I wonder to myself how her simple gestures assured me that everything will be okay, easing every bit of agony in my heart. I smiled again still never leaving the sight in front of me.
Then I heard the sound of people applauding, and saw her eyes opening. I turn away before she could even see me looking at her. I stood up hurriedly and joined the applauding crowd. I saw her with corner of my eyes standing up and applauding the performance.
"Isn't the performance fantastic!" she said, a huge smile plastered on her face. I smiled back as I stared at her.
'Yeah.. you look fantastic..' I thought then shook my head "It really was." she then gave me a confuse look but soon shrugged it off and gave me a smile. We then walked of the theater and went out to the streets.
Both women walks outside and into the streets of Tokyo. The blonde woman stops from walking and turns to her side and looks at the smaller woman
"Do you mind if we walk home?" Haruka asks.
"I don't." Michiru smiles.
The blonde then started walking again and the smaller woman walks beside her. They passed every building in the city with car lights passing them by. They continued walking until they reached an area where dozens of cherry blossom trees are all over the place surrounded by different colors and kinds of flowers. The tall lamp posts shone the beauty the place has to offer. The blonde went inside, the smaller woman on the other hand stops and questions the blonde's sudden change of direction.
"Tenoh-san, what are we-" she asks curiously but was cut off by the blonde
"Follow me" she grabs the woman's left hand with her right and started to drag her inside. Michiru was startled by the sudden hand touch Haruka made. She tried to protest but found herself being drawn to the warmth of the blonde's hand.
They stop at a bridge in the middle of the park and Haruka removes her hold from Michiru's hand. Michiru felt a little bit disappointed when she no longer felt Haruka's warm hands against hers.
"Teno-" Michiru tried to speak yet again.
"Sshhh..." Haruka hushed as she places her finger over the smaller woman's lips. She then continued whispering "I'll let you see something wonderful..."
Haruka then jumps off the bridge and walks over to the bed of flowers. She bends down and picked a white colored flower. She then walks back to Michiru, now holding a flower in her hand.
"Do you know why this flower is called light of hope?" Haruka asks. Michiru shook her head and looks at what the blonde was holding. She saw a firefly on the blonde's right point finger and a white bell shape flower on her other hand
"A wise man once said: 'when it's dark enough, you could see the stars...'" As she said these words, the blonde places the firefly inside the flowers opening. The flower in turn started to glow radiantly. The smaller woman looked in awe as she saw the image in front of her
"Beautiful..." was the only word that the smaller woman could utter.
The blonde smiles at the reaction of the woman in front of her.
"be not afraid, nor be discourage… The stars will always be there to guide you… Just look up and you'll see the light. It'll always shine upon you…" She walks closer to the smaller woman and gave the flower to her. The smaller woman subconsciously grabs the flower and gave the blonde a smile.
After a few seconds, the smaller woman woke from her daze and walks over to the empty bench under a cherry blossom tree. The blonde followed and then sat beside her. Haruka then looks up at the bright shining stars, while Michiru was still looking at the flower she was holding.
"This place calms my heart..." said Haruka "The whispers of the wind and the sound of flowing water soothes all my anxieties away... and I can't help but to feel happy... Don't you think it's weird… to feel this way?"
"Weirdness has its forms… Something may look bizarre or strange to one person yet the other may see it as something normal and may even admire him or her for that. Everything is just dependent on how people look at it… how openly they see things. You're just awake to the poignant beauty of the world, your heart breaks regularly. In fact, your heart is made to break; its purpose is to burst open again and again so that it can hold ever more wonders... It is not weird… I think it's opposite of that. " the blonde curiously looked at her. She continued as she saw the blonde's quizzical look
"...A wise man had once said... and I feel the same.." smiled the smaller woman now looking at the flower she was holding.
The blonde woman smiles as she heard the smaller woman's reply and stared back at the sky above them.
Then there was a moment of silence encompasses the two as both of them just stared at the sky and stopped from talking. Neither of the two minds the silent atmosphere around them. The feeling of solace unraveled as they sat together quietly, both enjoying the company of each other. It made them feel content in that single moment of silence. A couple of minutes had passed, the smaller woman then looks at the blonde
"Would mind if I ask you something?" said the smaller woman, breaking the silence encircling the both of them
"I wouldn't, Kaioh-san."
"Why such a famous person like you walks instead of riding her car?"
The blonde then looked at the smaller woman and smiled
"I'm savoring the beauty and goodness that the world has got to offer..." she then turned to look at the stars again and continued talking "Like the hummingbird sipping nectar from every flower, I fly joyfully through my days, seeing beauty in everything..."
"You sound as if this will be your last." Michiru commented, as she felt her heart ache from the Haruka's obscure response.
The blonde in turn, looks at Michiru again and gave the smaller woman a gentle smile. Michiru saw something in the blonde's eyes, something she couldn't decipher. Both stared at each other for a couple of minutes, until a drop of snow landed on the blonde's hands. Both women looked up and notice that it was snowing.
"White Christmas." uttered Haruka. She looks at Michiru and saw her slightly shivering from the coldness. The blonde reaches for her scarf and started to remove it. She then wraps it around the woman's neck "This will help you warm up." Haruka said softly.
"Arigato." Michiru smiles appreciatively and warmly. Again they look at the sky above them and then to their surroundings.
"I should take you home right now before the snow covers us here." joked the blonde in which Michiru released soft sound of laughter.
Haruka stood up and as gentlewoman as she is, she held her hands out to Michiru who gladly took the offer. Both women left the park walking side by side... Michiru still holding the white bell shape flower in her hand...
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