A/N:

WOW! Let me first start off by saying that I am amazed at all the people who have stated that they are enjoying the Yukinao/Naokino pairing! Good on ya gang for being open minded! I also want to say that I started this fic off hoping to be a bit more serious. When I said serious I meant that it wasn't going to be a crack-fest like fics prior, not that I wouldn't add some humor here or there. I apologize in advance because I just can't seem to write a really angst-driven fic. Maybe it's because I enjoy comedy way too much !

Anyways glad to see that even with all of that said, everyone seems to be enjoying it so far! Please keep the reviews coming as always, because your feedback does help shape the course of the story.

Disclaimer:

I don't own Mai Hime/Otome.

Chapter 7:

"I want you." Touya whispered into Haruka's ear seductively.

Haruka traced a finger along the handsome young man's jawline and right to his lips. Touya didn't waste any time as he pushed his lips against the blond's and began to kiss her passionately. He had his shirt off in seconds and he was now slipping his hands under Haruka's shirt as he gently massaged her chest, before removing her top easily. Haruka helped him with her bra as he looked hungrily at her body. Haruka looked at him and then gave in to the desire she felt in her body. With one swift motion she was kneeling between his legs, undoing the zipper on his pants. Touya began to stroke Haruka's hair as he held her head down, firmly between his legs.

"I want to taste you." said Haruka hotly.

"Yeah baby, yeah take it all, take it all in your mouth." Touya coaxed.

"Nooooooooo!" yelled a voice. "

Yukino awoke with a start and blinked twice. What a horrible dream!

"Come back to bed Yuki-chan." Nao cooed, as Yukino took her hand.

Nao then proceeded to take off her shirt and was only in her underwear.

"How do you like me now?" Nao purred, arching her back.

"Me likey! Me likey!" gasped Yukino, as she took Nao into her arms.

The two began to roll around, not being able to get enough of each other. Mouths, tongues, hands, and legs were all entwined into one.

"I want you to fuck me." Nao breathed heavily, between kisses.

"Mmmm with pleasure." replied Yukino, wasting no time in pulling her boxers off.

Nao threw her underwear on the floor, and Yukino mounted her.

"Oh yessssss!" screamed Nao, raking her fingernails against Yukino's back.

"OH NOOOOOOOOOO YOU DON'T!!" yelled an angry Haruka, from out of nowhere.

"Thud."

Haruka found herself on the floor of her dorm room. She was completely entangled in her bedsheets and drenched with sweat. It took a few minutes, but finally Haruka realized that none of what she dreamed had actually happened

Haruka didn't know which dream was worse, the one with Touya or the one with Nao and Yukino. She shuddered thinking of her back-to-back dreams. Why was she haunted even then?

"All I wanted was a good night's sleep." she exclaimed, to the empty room.

Haruka's eyelids then began to droop once more. She tried to fight the sleepy feeling, but was unsuccessful and once again things got hazy as she was transported into a dream-like state.

"Haruka?" called a voice.

Haruka looked around. The room was completely dark.

"Haruka?" the ominous voice called out again.

Haruka grabbed her head. She felt a throbbing pain, like none she had experienced prior.

"HARUKA!!" the voice growled impatiently.

Haruka looked up as a spotlight shone in the corner of the room. It took a few seconds for her eyes to adjust but once they did, the sight before her was unbelievable. There sitting in the corner of her room was a giant BRAIN!

"Who—who are you? What are you?" asked Haruka slowly.

"Finally! A response. You've never listened to me in the past, so it's understandable you don't recognize me." the brain said.

The brain waited for any sign of recognition to show on Haruka's face. When none did, it sighed slowly and continued.

"I'm YOUR brain Haruka!" the brain bellowed, while dusting cobwebs off of it's frontal lobe.

"My brain?" asked Haruka, dumbfounded.

"That's right. Underused and unappreciated but still at your service." the brain answered.

"Wh-Why have you brought me here? Haruka asked, realizing at once that out of all the questions she could have asked her giant brain, this was probably a pretty silly one.

"Well..." said the brain, looking thoughtful, or as thoughtful as a brain can look. "Every since you were young you've had a talent for acting before thinking. Instead of listening to me, you've always done your own thing."

"Sorry about that." said Haruka meekly.

"Whatevs." shrugged her brain.

Haruka looked at her brain, annoyed. Why was it being such a jerk?

"Anyways, of course without constant use I became lazy and subdued, making it a lot harder for me to do my job when needed. Luckily most times I don't seem to be needed, as in typical Haruka fashion you just go, go, go without thinking through the consequences."

Haruka was about to speak when she stopped herself. She couldn't believe she was being lectured by her brain. Her brain soundly slightly like Yukino, as Yukino would tell her those types of things all the time when she got carried away.

She was always looking out for my well being.

Haruka's brain, clearly irritated, got up from the chair it was sitting on and kicked her in the kneecap.

"Owwww what was that for?" she cried out.

"Stop daydreaming while I'm trying to tell you something important! That's rude!" the brain lectured.

"Sorry." Haruka mumbled.

"Anyways for the past two days, you've been thinking so damn hard that IT HURTS!." her brain said angrily.

Haruka thought about what her brain said.

"ACCCK! It burns!" yelled her brain, pointing to the temporal lobe.

Haruka, once again looked at her brain shocked.

"Listen lady THINKING ISN'T YOUR STRONG POINT!" cried the brain. "Bring back your cute spiky haired friend so SHE can do all the thinking for you!" the brain begged her.

"Yukino?" asked Haruka, suddenly remembering how Yukino was always the calm to her storm.

"That's the one! She's the ketchup to your mustard, the salt to your pepper, the Bonnie to your Clyde, the Michael Jackson to your Neverland Ranch..." the brain trailed off. "Er-scratch that last one. My point is YOU TWO, like all the other pairs, minus one, are better TOGETHER!" the brain exclaimed finally.

Recognition dawned apparent on Haruka's face.

"You're right. Yukino and I are a team. I need her!" Haruka proclaimed.

"Hallelujah!" praised her brain.

"I'm going to form a plan so devious, that skank Yuuki-san will never see it coming." Haruka laughed maniacally.

Haruka's brain sweatdropped.

"Why do I even try?" the brain asked the room.

"What do you mean?" Haruka asked her brain.

"Didn't I just tell you that you're not a thinker?" the brain stated.

"Yeah but--" Haruka was interrupted.

"No buts! Stop being a dumbass and tell her you feel about her." the brain commanded as it began to disappear.

"Wait! How I feel? What do you mean how I feel?" Haruka begged the brain to answer.

"Sorry lady, this is one problem you need to figure out for yourself. I'm just your dream-like brain, I don't perform miracles." the brain answered as it disappeared completely.

Haruka awoke with a start. The sun's rays cascaded through the small dorm window and onto the floor where she lay, wet with drool, and still entangled in her bedsheets.

"Bah." Haruka mumbled, incoherently. "Stupid brain what do you know anyways?" she asked out loud.

Bracing her hands on the floor, she pushed her body up and into a sitting position. She then looked at the clock. It was eight o'clock and time to get up. Haruka sighed and began to unravel her body from the tightly knit cocoon she had somehow managed to form on the floor. Unfortunately in another moment of stupidity she had agreed to go with Shizuru and Reito to check out their dorm rooms at the University. All three of them had applied to room at the University, and with school starting in only a few weeks, Haruka knew she needed to start getting her things organized for moving.

This will be the first time in three years that I won't be rooming with Yukino...

Haruka got up and went to the shower. As the water poured down over her head, she remembered like yesterday, the first year Yukino had attended Fuuka. Haruka had specifically requested the younger girl as her dorm mate. Since then the two had really become inseparable. Haruka had applied for a single dorm room, but depending on availability she knew she may be stuck with a new roommate. Haruka shuddered, imagining a Natsuki look-alike, complete with the bike leathers, tattoos and a nose ring being her dorm mate.

"No freaking way! I'll live in a cardboard box before that happens." Haruka mused to herself.

Haruka finished showering and got dressed. She didn't have much more time to think before she heard a knock on the door.

"Come in." she shouted.

Before Haruka could react she felt arms being once again wrapped around her.

"Good morning Haruka-chan." Touya said, pressing her lips softly against her neck.

"T-Touya!" Haruka quickly whipped around to face the smiling young man. "What are you doing here?" she asked surprised.

"I came to pick you up." he grinned. "Reito, Shizuru and the others are already in the car." he explained.

"The others?" Haruka asked, eyebrow raised.

"Yes, Natsuki, Mai and Mikoto." he said.

Oh hell ...

Haruka grabbed her coat, as Touya linked his arm through hers.

"Shall we go?" he asked politely.

"I don't know Touya." Haruka said calmly. "That's a whole lot of people to be squished into one car."

Not to mention a whole lot of people I will have to have body contact with...

"You worry too much Haruka-chan. There's room for all of us in the Lexus." he said, referring to Reito's SUV. "Besides if there's not enough room, you can always sit on my lap." he joked.

Haruka gave a fake laugh.

Yeah right. I think I'll take my chances with death, thank you very much...

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Reito, Mai, Mikoto and Touya had headed off towards the direction of the boy's dorms. Mikoto had claimed she had wanted to see Reito's dorm just as much as Mai did, but Haruka got the feeling that the feral girl was actually keeping tabs on Mai. Although she was happy to be rid of Touya, Haruka was less than thrilled with her other two companions.

Shizuru led the way through the girl's dorms with Natsuki following right behind her. Haruka brought up the rear. The three walked in silence before finally Natsuki, who had made the group stop at the 7-11 before coming here, looked up from her Slurpee and let out a loud burp.

"Burrrrrrrrrp."

Shizuru looked at Natsuki and giggled. Haruka rolled her eyes.

Really? How old are you?

Haruka, who was lost in her thoughts, didn't see the girl walking past her, carrying a large box until it was too late.

"BOOOM."

"Oooof." said Haruka, slightly winded, as she looked at the girl she had just hammered.

"Gomen. I'm so so sorry. Please forgive me." said the overly apologetic girl.

"Eh well it wasn't your fault." said Haruka shakily. "I wasn't watching where I was going."

The brown-haired girl quickly began to recover the items that had fallen out of the box. Haruka bent down to help her. Shizuru and Natsuki had gone on ahead, so absorbed in each other that they hadn't even heard the loud crash of the two girls in the hallway.

"Are you moving into the dorms?" asked Haruka slowly, trying to make conversation.

"Hai." said the young girl. "I'm going to be a first year student and I'm so excited."

"Yumi-chan." called an angelic voice. "Can you help me with the rest of these boxes?" continued the unseen voice.

"Hai Onee-sama! I'm coming right away" said the dark haired girl, then turned to Haruka. "Thank you so much for helping me. I'm Yumi Fukuzawa." she said, introducing herself.

Haruka looked the girl over once more. "Haruka Suzushiro." she said quietly. "I'm supposed to be moving into this dorm too, but I think my friends went on ahead." she then laughed at her own use of the word "friends".

At that moment the person who had been calling to Yumi appeared behind her. Haruka looked up to see one of the most stunning women she had ever seen. The girl had gorgeous jet black hair and stunning blue eyes.

"Onee-sama!" exclaimed Yumi, eyes lighting up as soon as she saw the girl.

Haruka looked from Yumi to the stranger and then back. The intense way the two of them were looking at each other made her get a funny feeling in her stomach. She instantly missed Yukino.

What feeling is this now?

"Yumi-chan it is impolite not to introduce me to your new friend." the stranger teased.

Yumi blushed and turned to Haruka. "Haruka Suzushiro this is my onee-sama, Sachiko." Yumi beamed.

"Sachiko Ogasawara, second year." Sachiko stated politely, offering her hand to Haruka.

"Nice to meet you." Haruka managed to say, still entranced by the older woman's beauty.

At that moment Natsuki and Shizuru rounded the corner.

"There you are Haruka-san." said Shizuru. "Natsuki and I thought we lost you." she finished.

"You mean "hoped"." Natsuki snickered, taking another loud sip of her Slurpee.

Sachiko and Yumi, unsure what to make of the situation began to laugh. Haruka raised her eyebrow and then laughed too.

It was sort of funny...

Shizuru looked from Haruka and then to Yumi and Sachiko.

"Ara, is Haruka-san going to introduce us to her new friends?" she asked slowly.

Haruka quickly scrambled. "Oh right. This is Shizuru Fujino who will also be attending school with me this semester, and her puppy Natsuki Kuga, who is still in high school."

Natsuki stuck out her tongue at Haruka, which was now blue from the Slurpee.

"Puppy?" asked Sachiko, surprised. She and Yumi exchanged glances again and both began to laugh once more. "Sachiko Ogasawara." Sachiko continued. "And this is Yumi Fukuzawa. It's her first year as well and we were just in the middle of moving her in."

"I see. We are sorry to have disturbed you." Shizuru said, grinning at the two girls.

"It's not a problem Shizuru-san." Sachiko said calmly. "Besides we needed to take a break anyways, right Yumi-chan?" she said affectionately.

"Hai onee-sama." Yumi said, smiling brightly.

Shizuru could feel the electricity between the two girls. It made her want to take Natsuki home right now and hold her tightly.

Yumi, who was standing by Natsuki decided to ask the younger girl a question.

"Which one is your onee-sama Natsuki-san?" asked Yumi innocently, pointing to both Haruka and Shizuru.

"My wha?" asked Natsuki, having no idea what Yumi was talking about.

Haruka once again found her eyes rolling back into her head.

Could Kuga be any more of a Neanderthal?

"Ara, Yumi-san please excuse my Natsuki." said Shizuru, playfully grinning. "You must have attended Saint Lillian's Academy correct?" she asked.

"Yes." stated Sachiko. "You've heard of it?" she asked surprised.

"Oh yeah, that's the school where older girls are allowed to take younger girls as their SLAVES right?" asked Natsuki, completely serious.

"Natuski!" Shizuru cried, embarrassed.

Sachiko looked stunned, before giggling. "Hai, something like that."

Shizuru pouted at Natsuki, while Haruka smirked.

"What? What did I do?" asked Natsuki, fearing her girlfriend's wrath.

Yumi squealed. "Ahhh so SHE'S your Onee-sama!"

At Yumi's declaration, Natsuki went red. A moment passed and then the whole group began to laugh at Natsuki, including Haruka.

"Natsuki is such a cute slave." remarked Shizuru, putting her arm around Natsuki's waist.

"Shi-zu-ru!" Natsuki growled.

Just then the group heard voices coming towards them. Then Reito, Touya, Mai and Mikoto appeared, followed by another stranger.

"Kashiwagi!" exclaimed Yumi, running to give Sachiko's cousin a hug.

Sachiko sighed. Suguru Kashiwagi was not only her cousin but also her fiance. The funny part about that was that they were both gay. Yumi liked Kashiwagi, after all it was he who had convinced Sachiko's parents to let her attend the co-ed school, thus allowing her to be with Yumi and Kashiwagi to be with any hot young guy who happened through the dorms.

"Suguru Kashiwagi." Kashiwagi introduced himself to Haruka, Shizuru and Natsuki.

"Kashiwagi-senpai used to be the Student Council President at Hanadera, the school I attend." explained Touya.

What a small world it was. After the large group of people finished their introductions, much small talk was made before Haruka realized she still hadn't seen her dorm room yet. She had been entranced by Yumi and Sachiko. The way they looked at each other. The way they touched each other. It seemed as if they needed no other. At that moment a certain realization dawned on Haruka.

I need Yukino...in THAT way...I love...her...i love ...Yukino...

Haruka almost fell over. She loved Yukino? She loved YUKINO! Haruka's heart immediately seem to feel better than it had in ages. As she stood there pretending to listen to the idle chit-chat she could hardly contain herself. She HAD to see Yukino NOW!

How could I have not seen it? How could I have missed all the signs! I was HER most important person for god sakes! Does she love me? Does she feel the same way I feel right now? I have to see her! Er him...er...whatever IT DOESN'T MATTER! I love Yukino...

Her emotions were out of control. All she could think about was getting out of this god forsaken University and seeing her best friend. No the person she loved.

Somewhere, tucked far away in her head, Haruka's brain got up off the couch, put down the bag of potato chips, turned off the smutty television program it was watching, and hopped onto the treadmill.

"Hallelujah!" rejoiced her brain. "She finally got a clue."

End Chapter 7

LOL OK so I apologize to those of you who have never seen Maria-sama ga Miteru. I added that little back story because I always wanted to write a story where Sachiko and Shizuru are dorm mates lol. I also think Sachiko/Yumi are a lot like Haruka/Yukino because there's that "more than friends, less than lovers." vibe from both sets of girls.

Anyways hope you liked.

Take care everyone

ShotgunNeko