"I conquered"
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"Honoka!" Maki shouted as she saw Honoka falling to the hard floor below her.
In an instant, her instincts took over as she dove after her body. She quickly stretched out her arms in an attempt to catch her in mid-air.
Her attempt was successful as she caught Honoka before any part of her hit the floor.
She gazed at the ginger-haired girl now in her arms. Looking at her with nervousness and worry as she gently laid her down on the floor and stepped back to give her some air.
"Somebody! Please help!" Maki shouted at the top lungs as she looked around, eyes full of pity as she asked for assistance from the surrounding people.
Fortunately, the waiter from earlier came to her aid.
"What happened?"
"My friend here collapsed all of a sudden as we were about to eat our meal." Maki explained to the waiter.
"I'll check on her condition, can you call an ambulance?" The waiter asked as he walked up to the seemingly lifeless body.
Maki upon hearing the request of the waiter did not hesitate to pull up her phone from her pockets and called for an ambulance.
The waiter checked for her the ginger's pulse as Maki shuffled around in sheer worry.
She didn't mean for this to happen. She only wanted Honoka but as she glances at her right now, She regrets letting her greed take control over her. She shouldn't have planned this. She shouldn't have even tried on doing this. She knew it was wrong, but she went on with it anyways. She didn't deserve Honoka in her own eyes and heart, not after what she did to her.
"Her heart is beating normally and her breathing seems stable. She'll be fine" The waiter said as he stood up.
Maki sighed in relief upon hearing the news. As if on cue, the ambulance arrived and took Honoka laid her gently on the stretcher and took her away.
She looked at the waiter and thanked her with sincere gratitude.
"Thank you for your help"
The waiter smiled at this and replied.
"There's no need to thank me, It's only the right thing to do"
Maki smiled back at the reply, she was happy that someone was willing to help a complete stranger in their time of need.
Maki shifted towards the exit and started contacting the other Muse members about what happened to the their energetic leader. She was about to leave when the waiter that helped her earlier tapped on her shoulder.
"Ma'm... You still need to pay for the meal."
Crap...
Maki arrived at the entrance of the Nishikino Hospital, she knew for a fact that she called their hospital for a reason and that was because she was well known there because of her parents and because of that she'd have no problem finding her.
She approached the front-desk, A woman was their who greeted her with a smile.
"Good evening Nishikino-san, How may I help you?"
Maki was well respected in the hospital because the doctors and staff were grateful to her father. Her father was nice to the staff and workers and even paid them bonuses and promised them days off from time to time and never did he once break that promise, In return the staff,doctors and maintenance of the hospital respected the Nishikino family and that also includes his daughter.
"I'm looking for a friend of mine, her name is Kousaka Honoka." Maki inquired
"She's located at the 4th floor, room number 169." The woman informed her.
Maki thanked the woman and proceeded to the room.
She arrived at the room in no time. She knew the hospital well because back when she was still a child her parents would constantly take her here to see them work as she would walk around the hospital, looking around and venturing around the endless halls as she took different routes to different places around the hospital and started getting used to the white boring hallways and rooms.
Maki gulped as she slowly opened the door, she still wasn't ready to face her. She knew she had to face the music someday and she decided it would be better to get it over with.
She entered the room only for Honoka to tackle her from behind.
"Ehhh!? Honoka what are you doing!? Get off!" Maki said as she pushed the Honoka away from her.
"Maki-chan's so mean.." Honoka pouted as she let her grip on Maki loosened as she sat back down on the hospital bed.
"I thought you collapsed earlier?" Maki asked still looking quite worried for her friend.
"I did but I feel much better now. See? See?" Honoka said quite childishly as she stood up and twirled around, indicating to Maki that she really is recovering.
"I see." Maki said. she gulped the saliva in her mouth and wiped the sweat of her forehead as she proceeded.
"Listen, Honoka. This was all my fault" Maki started a guilty look on her face as she looked down on the floor with nothing but shame.
Honoka was confused at the statement. What was the connection of her collapse and her friend Maki-chan. She trusted her as she was one of the most mature people she knew next to Eli and Umi.
"I love you Honoka" Maki boldly stated as Honoka's cheeks turned bright red. Maki however, failed to notice this as she was still looking down at the white tiled floor, as she continued.
"But due to that love, I was blinded. I wanted you Honoka, only for myself. My love was too strong that I did everything I could do for you to be mine and because of that I was afraid. I was afraid that to lose you. I was afraid that you wouldn't like me back. So in my shame, I created a potion that could have killed you" Maki said, pouring all her emotions into what she said as tears started running through her eyes and through her cheeks.
Honoka was flabbergasted with the statement. But unlike Umi and Eli who would have been angry given the scenario. She was calm and she understood that Maki didn't mean to inflict harm to her.
"What potion was that?" Honoka asked still quite confused about the said "potion"
"It was a Love potion, It was in the Iced tea you drank at the restaurant. Maki said with a low voice as she couldn't bare the shame any longer.
Everything was clear to Honoka. How the supposed "Iced tea" tasted different, How she collapsed and how she ended up in the hospital
Maki looked up to the ginger and Honoka saw how teary Maki's face was. It hurt Honoka to see Maki like this.
"I know you hate me, so please just do so. I deserve to be hated. I know you'll never love me back anyways but please forgive me."
"Maki-chan" Honoka said, it hurt her to see Maki-chan hating herself like this. She knew Maki didn't have much friends before she joined muse and seeing her like this was painful for Honoka to see.
"Please don't even utter my name, my name is nothing but shame!" Maki shouted as she continued to devalue herself.
"Please don't even see me even as a friend or an acquaintance. I don't deserve it." Maki stood up and tried to exit the room but something stopped her in her path.
Honoka grabbed by her arm, pulled her in for a kiss. The kiss didn't last as Maki struggled against Honoka and quickly gasped for air
Maki looked at Honoka confused by her actions.
"Maki-chan, I don't care about what happened. You're my friend and I'll always treasure you in my heart" Honoka said to redhead as she calmed her down
"But I could have killed you in my own desperation" Maki countered still seeing herself as a worthless friend.
"I am more than willing to die to the person I love than to live and to continue killing myself in the inside" Honoka said to Maki as she started fixing Maki's hair.
Maki was confused by the statement. Does it mean. Honoka loves me too?
"What do you mean? Maki asked Honoka as the redhead stopped sniveling.
"Maki-chan, I love you too. I was afraid these feelings of mine will be unrequited. I was afraid to confess for I was afraid it would taint our relationship. It killed me each day to keep it inside of me, to bottle it up and never letting it out" Honoka said as a smile slowly crawled upon her face.
"But now, I can finally let myself free Maki-chan." Honoka said as she narrowed the gap between their two faces.
"Does that mean."
"Yes Maki-chan. I accept your feelings and I'll be more than glad to be your girlfriend" the ginger said as she went in for a kiss.
Well, she could have had if the redhead's phone didn't ring.
Why does the world hate me!?
Maki grabbed her phone angrily and answered it.
"Maki-chan nya!" Rin answered with her usual energetic voice.
"Rin... This better be important or I'll buy every single ramen in the area and throw them away right in front of you." Maki said with a sinister voice.
Rin on the other line shivered at the sound of Maki-chan's voice but nonetheless continued.
"Rin needs her notepad back nya!" Rin replied to Maki.
"Just grab it from the Laboratory just tell the guards that you're a friend of mine" Maki said as she pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to calm her nerves down.
"Ok nya! Rin,out!" Rin said before she cut off the call.
Maki hid her phone back into her pockets and looked at Honoka with an apologetic face.
"I'm so sorry about that." Maki said as she sat right next to Honoka.
"It's okay Maki-chan" Honoka looked at the redhead, lust glistening in her eyes.
"So where were we?" Honoka said as they continued on where they left off, Oblivious to them was a certain little bird peeking through the door.
"Should we go in Umi-chan?" Kotori asked the blue archer who was at the floor, with her knees bent.
"Shameless! Absolutely shameless!"
A/N: Heyoooo! It's me CJNOV after a long break. I'm back! So this will be the final chapter of this story. I'll be continuing my old story "Clouds of Depression" so to all my loyal readers to that story! The wait is over! Anyways, I hope you guys enjoy this story! Please review about it and give me your feedback about it. It will be greatly appreciated! Time to answer some reviews and questions!
garasunomagnetic: Yeah.. I'm weak at punctuation. I'm really sorry about that.
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SooHonk: I'm sorry if the update took too long I took a break but here's the chapter so I hope you enjoyed it!
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Also here's a preview of the prequel! I hope you enjoy!
Short Preview of the Prequel:
"What's your business?" the guard asked the short haired girl as she was about to enter.
"I'm a friend of Maki-chan nya! I came here to get my notepad back." Rin replied to the guard.
The guard accepted the reason and let her enter the premises.
Rin, after getting lost for 2 hours along the big building finally reached Maki's laboratory.
She was fascinated with the different chemicals bubbling and with the different apparatus storing colorful chemicals and substances.
She looked around for a bit and saw her notepad on the counter. Alongside it was Iced Tea that Maki left behind.
Rin grabbed her notepad from the counter and glanced at the Iced Tea.
Maki-chan left some Iced Tea. What a waste.
"I know! Rin can give this to Kayo-chin nya!" she said as she grabbed her water jug and chugged down the remaining drops of water and began to pour the Iced tea in her water jug.
Rin gleefully left the laboratory then the building not knowing what she just did.
Thank you guys for your support! This is a such a short story but I'm really glad it got a decent amount of feedback. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and please review what you think about the preview, I'll answer this in the update of the story "Clouds of Depressions". Thank you guys so much! Remember to stay awesome! :)
