A/N: I swear I'm not dead I promise! I want to thank everyone who is still reading this story and has sent me messages and reviews asking me to update. It's been a really long few months since I last posted, between work and school. I couldn't find time to write. Then my flash drive with the first version of this chapter broke so I had to start over, but I like this version more than the other, so I hope you all enjoy! Thank you again! =D (And this is way longer than any other chapter I wrote)
Shizuru woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed, despite the fact that she was hospitalized the day before. She couldn't help but think that Natsuki had a hand in her current relaxed state of mind. The brunette smiled when she thought about Natsuki, everything about the blunette made Shizuru want to just hug her and not let go, from her tough-like attitude to the cute blushes she gets when Shizuru teases her.
"Ara, I'll have to make sure to see one of Natsuki's blushes today on our date."
Shizuru giggled to herself as she got out of bed to get ready for her date with Natsuki. After stretching a bit, she walked into the bathroom and drew herself a bath. Checking to make sure the water was a perfect lukewarm temperature she got in and let the water relax her muscles from yesterday. Shizuru wasn't really surprised that she was so sore after what happened the day before, so she laid back, closed her eyes and enjoyed her bath. Some time had passed and the brunette noticed that the water was getting cold, she opened her eyes and looked over at the wall clock, it was almost 11 o'clock.
"Ara, I must have been more tired than I thought. " Shizuru said. After cleaning up some more, she dried off and wrapped her favorite lavender towel around herself and went back into her bedroom to find clothes to change into. Shizuru decided on a pair of jeans and a light purple sweater. It was now 11:30 and Natsuki would be picking her up in a half an hour. 'I wonder if Natsuki is awake now." Shizuru wondered, wanting to call her, but then she realized she didn't have Natsuki's number.
(A/N: That was my fault he he.)
Instead the brunette went into the kitchen and made some tea, waiting patiently for Natsuki to arrive.
Natsuki was sleeping peacefully in her bed, dreaming about Mayo (because she just would) when she heard her door fly open and someone jumping on her very forcefully. "What the hell!" Natsuki screamed at the person who just jumped on her bed, it was Nina. "Nina, what the hell are you doing jumping on me like that?" Natsuki shouted angrily.
"The better question is why are you still sleeping Natsuki?" The blunette looked up to see Mai standing in the doorway with her arms folded, glaring at her friend. "You're going to be late for your date with Shizuru now get up."
"I'm up now okay, and how many times do I have to say it's not a date." Natsuki said getting out of bed. "Besides, shouldn't you guys be at the Café by now? Natsuki asked questioningly.
"We're going now, we just wanted to wake you up first Onee-san." Nina said waking out of the room.
"Hmm, well I'm up now, you can leave now so I can get ready and pick up Shizuru.
"You should bring her to the Café so we can meet her Natsuki, and let her know what she's in for when it comes to you." Mai teased with a grin on her face.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean? I'm not that bad." Natsuki said trying to defend herself.
"If you say so Natsuki, but you have to remember that your friends and family have to approve of her as well." Mai said laughing. She really did love giving her best friend a hard time.
"Yeah whatever I'll bring her by, but I can't really do that if you keep standing here talking to me." Natsuki said playfully pushing Mai out of her room.
"Hey, no need to be so pushy, see you later Natsuki.
After Mai and Nina left, Natsuki took a quick shower and changed into her clothes, a pair a blue jeans and a black V neck t-shirt with her silver wolf necklace that Nina got her for her birthday the year before, and a blue jean jacket.
After she changed she grabbed her keys, and spare helmet from the closet and headed over to Shizuru's apartment.
Natsuki parked her bike at Shizuru's apartment complex and ran upstairs to the brunette's door, looking at her watch. She had gotten there five minutes late, thanks to traffic. 'Please don't let her be upset.' The blunette said knocking on the door, waiting for a response. She didn't have to wait long at all, the door opened and she was greeted by the same beautiful pair of Crimson eyes she had first seen the day before.
Then Natsuki's gaze went to the brunette's appearance. Shizuru's purple sweater and blue jeans clung to her body in just the right way, it was simple, but Shizuru made it look absolutely perfect in Natsuki's eyes.
Noticing that Natsuki was in fact checking her out, Shizuru decided to play around a little bit. "Ara, is Natsuki okay? Does Natsuki not like what I'm wearing?" Shizuru said with a slight sadness in her voice, obviously teasing the girl standing in front of her.
Natsuki snapped out of her trance when she heard Shizuru say that. "What? No you look amazing, you really do. I'm sorry for staring like that." Natsuki said nervously with a slight blush on her cheeks.
"Ara, Natsuki is very sweet, but she should know I was only teasing." Shizuru said giggling.
"Hey that's not fair; I thought I hurt your feelings." Natsuki said folding her arms across her chest with a slight pout. 'She's so cute when she does that.' Shizuru thought to herself, resisting the urge to hug the girl in front of her.
"Ara, is my Natsuki ready for our date?" The brunette asked brightly. 'My Natsuki' that sounds heavenly.' Shizuru thought.
'Why did it sound so nice when Shizuru called me hers?' Natsuki thought fighting back a blush. "Yeah I'm ready when you are." The blunette smiled sweetly.
Walking down to Natsuki's bike, Shizuru linked her arm with Natsuki's.
"Don't worry Natsuki you could never hurt my feelings." The brunette said looking into Natsuki's stunning emerald eyes and smiled. Natsuki felt her heart skip a beat a little bit, and smiled back.
"That's good, because I never intend to." Now it was Shizuru's turn to feel her heart skip at Natsuki's words. She even felt her face grow hotter, luckily Natsuki didn't notice this. When they got to the bike, Natsuki helped Shizuru put on her helmet, then she put on her helmet, and they both settled on the Ducati. Natsuki started the engine and called back to Shizuru though her helmet "Hang on tight." She felt Shizuru tighten her grip around her waist and took that as a signal that she was ready so she pulled out of the parking lot and headed toward the café.
The entire ride Shizuru kept her grip tight around Natsuki's waist, she could feel the blunette's firm abdominal muscles under her fingers. 'I could get used to this.' She thought smiling.
Natsuki felt Shizuru's hands on her stomach, and she was desperately trying to control her breathing so she wouldn't crash her bike. 'What's wrong with you Kuga, Shizuru is not feeling you up, get a hold of yourself.' Taking a few deep breathes; Natsuki was able to focus more on the road.
A couple of minutes passed and they made it to Mai's Café in one piece, Natsuki got off the bike first, taking off her helmet, then helped Shizuru's with hers. Putting Shizuru's in the back compartment, and hanging hers on the handlebars.
"Here we are. This is my best friend's restaurant, she's a pretty amazing cook, you'll love it." Natsuki said helping Shizuru off the bike.
"It looks wonderful, I can't wait." Shizuru said with excitement. They walked into the café and they were greeted by a voice at first "Welcome to Mai's!" When the girl came out, Shizuru was shocked to say the least. The hostess looked almost exactly like Natsuki, she had the same striking blue hair, and facial features, the only main difference were their eyes, hers were a golden color.
"Onee-san, you finally made it, Mai was starting to get impatient." Nina said grabbing two menu's from the stand.
"I'm here now, that's all that matters. Nina this is Fujino, Shizuru. Shizuru this is my little sister Wang, Nina."
"It's nice to meet you Fujino-san." Nina said bowing politely.
"It's nice to meet you too Nina-chan, and please you can call me Shizuru." Shizuru smiled at the younger girl.
Nina smiled back and turned to her sister. "Do you want your regular booth Onee-san?"
"Yeah that's fine Nina." Natsuki said and she and Shizuru followed Nina to a booth in the back by the window. They sat across from each other and Nina gave them their menus. "What would you like to drink?" Nina asked both women.
"I'll take a coke." Natsuki said still looking over the menu, even though she already knew what she was going to order.
"Ara, I'll have some green tea if you have it." Shizuru said.
"Alright, I'll go get those for you, and I'll let Mai know you're here." Nina smiled and walked back into the kitchen.
"So Natsuki, tell me about yourself." Shizuru said looking at her date.
Natsuki looked up from her menu and gave Shizuru her full attention. "Okay, what would you like to know?"
"Ara, what does Natsuki do for a living?" Shizuru asked curious to know whatever Natsuki had to say.
"Believe it or not, I'm actually a teacher." Natsuki said with a small laugh rubbing the back of her head.
"Ara, why is that so surprising?" Shizuru asked laughing along with Natsuki.
"Come on, can you honestly imagine me as a teacher, my patience isn't that high."
"I think Natsuki could be a very good teacher. What is it that you teach?" The brunette asked smiling.
Natsuki felt her face flush a little at Shizuru's compliment. "Thanks, and I teach Chemistry at Fuuka High school.
"Ara, that's pretty impressive if I must say Natsuki, I think Chemistry fits you quite well actually." Shizuru said as Nina made her way back to the table with their drinks.
"Why do you say that?" Natsuki asked, taking a sip of her coke.
"It just seems like Natsuki has a liking to blowing things up from time to time." Shizuru said giggling softly behind her hand.
Nina heard this and starting laughing very hard. "You don't know the half of it Shizuru."
"Shut up Nina." Natsuki muttered while giving her sister her famous death glare, which didn't seem to have an effect, since the little blunette was still laughing.
"Ara, what does Nina-chan mean?" Shizuru asked slightly confused.
Nina stopped laughing long enough to tell Shizuru what was so funny. "After Onee-San graduated from college, she found a job pretty quickly, but she was required to do a chem lab for the teacher she was taking over for since he was retiring, I guess he wanted to make sure she was competent enough to teach high school kids."
"I'm warning you Nina." Natsuki said gritting her teeth.
"Well when Onee-San was doing the experiment the professor told her to do, and I don't know the whole story, because she still refuses to give us the details, but from what I understand, she mixed the wrong chemicals on accident and it blew up in her face, literally. She came home that day, and she didn't have any eyebrows left." Nina said trying to hold in her laughter but she failed.
Shizuru was trying to be sympathetic towards Natsuki who was sending death glares at her sister and was sporting a very cute yet embarrassed blush on her cheeks, but the brunette couldn't help but laugh a little bit behind her hand.
"Is that true Natsuki?" Shizuru said resting her hand on top of the blunette's.
"It wasn't my fault, that bastard of a teacher had everything unorganized, he even had the chemicals labeled wrong, I was lucky he didn't kill me."
"Yeah, you're right Onee-san, I'm sorry." Nina said controlling her laughter more. "It was just funny is all."
"Yeah, whatever." The blunette mumbled still blushing, but for another reason entirely. Shizuru still had her hand over Natsuki's in a comforting manner and was gently rubbing it with her thumb.
'That feels really good.' Natsuki thought looking up at Shizuru to see her smiling at her.
Natsuki smiled back, they both completely forgot about Nina standing there, who was just smirking at the two of them.
Clearing her thought, she snapped them both out of their little trance. "So do you two know what you're going to order or should I come back?"
"Ara, sorry Nina-Chan, I'll have tofu salad, with the dressing on the side please." Shizuru said handing Nina her menu.
"And I'll just have my usual." Natsuki said handing her sister her menu.
"Okay, I'll be back in a little while." Nina said and walked back into the kitchen.
"So now that you know what I do for a living and even got to hear an embarrassing story on my part. What do you do?" Natsuki asked.
"Ara, just like my Natsuki I am also a teacher." Shizuru said smiling and taking a sip of her tea.
"Really, what do you teach?" Natsuki asked giving the brunette her full attention again.
"I teach Introduction to Business and management at Fuuka University."
Natsuki looked at her date in amazement "That's really impressive, what made you decide to choose that field?"
"Ara, I grew up in a big business family, and instead of following them into the company, I decided I wanted to teach people about business instead." Shizuru said looking out the window smiling as beautifully as she had been.
Natsuki reached up and held Shizuru's hand in her own. Shizuru looked back at Natsuki and she saw the blunette smiling at her and Shizuru felt her face flush a little bit from this action.
"So is there anything else Natsuki would like to know?"
"Hmm…" Natsuki thought for a moment. "What's your favorite color?" Natsuki asked laughing a little bit. Shizuru joined in on the laughter and answered Natsuki's question.
"I would have to say purple, more specifically Lavender. What about Natsuki?"
"Blue is definitely my favorite color." Natsuki said nodding her head.
Before either one had the chance to ask any more questions Nina was back with their food in her hands and gave each of them their respective dishes.
"Here's your guys' food, sorry it was a little late, we're training a new chef today and he's still learning." Nina said with a slightly annoyed tone.
"Ara, it's okay Nina- Chan, we weren't waiting that long." Shizuru said with a reassuring smile. Nina smiled back.
"Thank you Shizuru- San, you really could be a good influence on my grouchy Onee-chan." Nina said hitting Natsuki's arm lightly.
"Hey I'm not that bad." Natsuki said with a slight glare towards her sister.
"Uh huh, anyway Mai said when you're done to sit tight because she wants to meet Shizuru too, she would have come out, but she has a lot of paperwork to do in the back."
"No problem with me. You don't mind, do you Shizuru?" Natsuki asked.
"Not at all, I would love to meet Natsuki and Nina's friend. Shizuru smiled.
"Okay, I'll let her know, enjoy your meal" Nina said and she walked back into the kitchen.
The two sat and ate their lunch and enjoying each other's company and just asking each other questions and getting to know each other more. Natsuki learned that Shizuru is an only child, but she did have a cousin that she considered to be her little sister. Natsuki also learned that the brunette had a slight obsession with tea, and that she drank tea with just about every meal. The one thing that Natsuki learned about Shizuru is something that she would have never guessed was true, is that the brunette liked reading Manga, and that her favorites were Yuri manga's.
Shizuru was also able to learn a lot of interesting things about Natsuki, like the brunettes love for dogs, and that she likes to play video games and ride her bike as much as she can. Natsuki also had a little food obsession herself, which Shizuru thought was a very unhealthy which was Mayo, but that was just one more thing that made Natsuki, Natsuki and the brunette liked that about her. One thing that Shizuru found out that peaked her interest was that Natsuki liked to collect Lingerie. The brunette made a mental note of that for later when she saw a busty red head coming their way.
"Hi you must be Fujino- San; I'm Tokiha Mai, Natsuki's best friend. It's so nice to meet you." Mai said introducing herself.
"It's nice to meet you too Tokiha-San." Shizuru said to the cheerful redhead. "Please, you can call me Shizuru."
"Okay, only if you call me Mai as well." Mai said smiling. "I hope you enjoyed your meal today."
"Ara, it was delicious, thank you very much for making it for us."
"No problem at all. I hope Natsuki was on her best behavior too?" Mai teased when she noticed that Natsuki was looking at Shizuru with a little blush on her face, hoping to get her to snap out of it.
"Wha- Hey I'm always on my best behavior!" Natsuki exclaimed glaring at Mai.
Mai laughed at this sudden outburst "I was just teasing you Natsuki, you looked preoccupied so I thought I'd snap you of it a little."
"Whatever." Natsuki mumbled, folding her arms across her chest and looked out the window.
Shizuru couldn't help but laugh at the banter between Natsuki and Mai, and decided she should help out her date. "Ara Mai-san, Natsuki has been a perfect date today."
Natsuki couldn't help but blush at this comment from Shizuru.
"I guess you're off the hook for now Natsuki." Mai said laughing. "I'd better get back to the kitchen now; it was nice meeting you Shizuru-san. Make sure Natsuki brings you by our place sometime so we can all hang out together.
"It was nice meeting you too. I'll make sure she does." Shizuru said smiling at Natsuki.
Natsuki's face flushed, she wasn't sure how to react to her date and her best friend ganging up on her like that, but she let it go for now.
"See you later Natsuki." Mai said walking back into the kitchen.
"I like your friend Natsuki, she's very animated." Shizuru said smiling at the blunette.
"Yeah that's one word to describe her." Natsuki said chuckling a little bit. "So are you ready to get out of here?" Natsuki asked.
"Ara, is Natsuki in a hurry to get me alone?" Shizuru asked a bit suggestively.
"What? No, of course not, I just figured we could go to the park or something, nothing like that!" Natsuki said blushing harder than she has all day.
Shizuru couldn't help but giggle at Natsuki's reaction. 'I couldn't help myself, I love seeing My Natsuki blush like that, she's too cute.'
"I'm sorry Natsuki, I couldn't help myself." Shizuru said.
"It's okay, I'll get used to your teasing eventually." Natsuki said. "So do you want to go anywhere else today?"
"I would love to spend more time with Natsuki today, but unfortunately I can't, my cousin is coming over later on today, to check up on me, since she found out about my hospital adventure." Shizuru said with a sad tone in her voice.
"That's okay; we can see each other again another time. Maybe I can go up to the university and have lunch with you sometime during the week when you're not too busy?" The blunette suggested.
"I would love to have lunch with you again during the week." Shizuru said smiling brightly.
Natsuki smiled back. "Let's get you home then, so you're cousin doesn't worry about you more than she already is."
The ride back to Shizuru's apartment was very comfortable; Shizuru had her arms around Natsuki's waist, not as tight as before, but still tight enough in case the blunette made one of her very sharp turns. She had her head rested on Natsuki's back, she did wish she wasn't wearing a helmet so she could feel more of the driver, but she was happy nonetheless. Shizuru really did enjoy being able to hold on to Natsuki like this. 'I hope I can be able to hold her when we're not on the bike as well.' Shizuru thought blushing.
Natsuki was also enjoying the ride, she normally didn't like people touching her, but with Shizuru it felt nice, and she didn't want to ride to end, but if luck was on her side, then she would have another chance to have Shizuru on her bike again, or to even hold the brunette herself. Natsuki blushed thinking about being able to hold Shizuru in her arms.
Pulling into Shizuru's apartment complex, Natsuki parked her bike up front and took off her helmet, and turned around to help Shizuru's out of hers. After Shizuru's helmet was off, they both noticed just how close they were to each other. Natsuki's eye's widened when she saw that their faces were just inches apart from each other's.
'She's so beautiful.' Natsuki thought staring into Shizuru's crimson red eyes, getting completely lost in them.
"So I was wondering if I could maybe give you a call later on, or you can text me when you're not too busy?" Natsuki managed say while blushing.
Shizuru couldn't help but smile with a little blush of her own. "Ara, I would like that very much. May I see Natsuki's phone?" Natsuki reached in to her pocket and pulled out her phone and handed it to Shizuru. She watched as Shizuru put her number into the phone, and she gave it to Natsuki.
"Now Natsuki can text or call me whenever she wants." Shizuru said smiling.
"I'll keep that in mind." Natsuki said, making Shizuru blush.
Shizuru watched as Natsuki started fiddling with her phone, not really sure what to do next. 'She's very cute when she's nervous.' Shizuru said smiling, deciding she should help Natsuki along a little bit.
"Ara, Natsuki." Shizuru said waiting for the blunette to look up. As soon as Natsuki did, Shizuru wasted no time is leaning in and giving Natsuki a small kiss on the lips. Pulling away slightly, she looked up to see Natsuki's open and she smiled at the brunette. Natsuki having more courage than before, she leaned back in and kissed Shizuru.
The brunette was shocked that Natsuki kissed her back, but she was very happy she did so. Giving the blunette more courage, she wrapped her arms around Natsuki's neck, pulling her in more. Taking the invitation, Natsuki rested her hands on Shizuru's waist, and continued the kiss. Before she could make it deeper, she heard a phone go off. They pulled away, and they both checked their phones, Shizuru sighed when she noticed that it was her phone that interrupted their moment.
"Ara, I'm sorry Natsuki, my cousin just sent me a message saying she's on her way." Shizuru said looking disappointed.
Natsuki cleared her throat and held the brunette's hand. "It's okay really, I don't mind. We can always continue this next time if you want." She said her face still red from the kiss.
They both smiled and Shizuru got off the bike so Natsuki could put the spare helmet in its compartment. They said their good byes, and Shizuru made her way up the stairs to her apartment. Looking down from the stairs, she waved to Natsuki and went inside just as Natsuki was leaving the parking lot. Both of them still mesmerized by the kiss and thinking about the next time they see each other again.
A/N: The kiss kinda sucked I know, but I was in a hurry to finish and post this before I went to work. I hope you all enjoyed this, Please Review, I would love to know what you guys thought. =)