It was Natsuki first day of tutoring, it was a cold October's morning and it was damn early for her standards, she walked dragging her feet towards the student council room, where she would be meeting the Kaichou.
"Hey" She lazily greeted when she opened the door to find the brunette sitting at her desk with her usual cup filled with tea in front of her.
"Ara Good morning" Shizuru said smiling, she was going to greet her as 'Kuga-san' but after calling her 'Natsuki' aloud Kuga-san just sounded too improper. The blunette sat down in front of Shizuru and leaned her head on the desk
"What are we going to study today?" she lazily asked
"Well I was thinking, how do you like to study; A little bit of every subject till we catch up or one per one?"
"One per one…I think"
"Beautiful, I already have some of the books we'll need, and of course I have talked with the teachers and all. So the only thing we need to do is for you to decide with which one we'll be starting." Natsuki eyed the pile of books and sighed; she picked one and threw it in front of her, in a badgirl kinda move. "So, history is first, you want to start with the easy ones"
"Don't patronize me" Natsuki said giving Shizuru a lopsided smile "I actually love math and physics, is history and Japanese and all that boring subjects that are difficult for me, but only cause the minute the teacher's starts talking my eyelids start feeling heavy, so I can't stay awake during the lessons"
"Well, we should start with Natsuki's favorite subjects, and we'll leave all the ones that make you fall asleep for the last, so I can figure some way to keep you awake during the lecture" Shizuru said Natsuki's name cautiously as if proving if it was ok for her to call the blunette like that, while she said the last part of the sentence in a very seductive tone.
"Yo-you called me Natsuki…" she said blushing
"Ara, isn't it your name?"
"Well yeah but I thought…"
"Well I thought that since we were going to spend a lot time together and besides, we're technically out of school it was ok for us to drop the formalities, but if it makes Kuga-san uncomfortable…"
"It's ok…you can call me Natsuki" the blunette said and her blush intensified
"Well, then Natsuki should call me Shizuru" the brunette said smiling – one of her real smiles- widely, Natsuki was dazed by the smile and could only smile back.
After a couple of weeks Shizuru realized that fortunately or unfortunately in her case Natsuki was quite smart, which meant they would finish with the tutoring earlier than what she thought, during tutoring she would tease the blunette, joke with her, and talk, besides of course tutor her. During those lessons both girls had gotten to know each other a little bit better, besides discovering they quite enjoyed each others company and talking with each other. Now it was one week away from Halloween and she was supposed to meet Natsuki for what it would be her last tutoring session of the month.
"Sorry for being late Shizuru!" Natsuki said as she opened the door, instead of entering she grabbed her knees and panted trying to catch her breath, Shizuru stood up from her desk and walked towards the blunette offering her a cup of water, that she eagerly took.
"Ara, I didn't know Natsuki liked studying so much that she rushed all the way here, or perhaps she was just eager to see me?" Natsuki blushed at the remark and had to blink a couple of times when she thought there was a spark of hope in the red eyes in front of her.
"Shizuru! Seriously when are you going to stop with the teasing?"
"I apologize, I try to resist the temptation, I honestly do, but is Natsuki's fault, if she didn't make the most cute blushing faces, maybe the temptation wouldn't be that strong" of course this caused the blunette's blush to intensify which only made the Kaichou giggle. Natsuki opened her mouth to reply something when she felt a vibration coming from her jean's pocket, she answered without even looking at the caller ID.
"Kuga" suddenly Natsuki's eyes widened in surprise "seriously? ...That's awesome, I can't believe it, I have something to do right now, but I'll go as soon as I finish this, I'm so happy" Natsuki spoke about her lessons as if it was something bothersome, and Shizuru couldn't help the crushing feeling she got inside her chest "I love you too, see ya in a bit" Natsuki hung up with the hugest grin, Shizuru had ever seen in the blunette, and even thought she was dazed by the smile and how Natsuki's green eyes sparkled with happiness, she was also feeling broken hearted, like everything she had done for the past weeks was just a waste of time 'no, I shall not think like that, even if Natsuki is already taken, getting to know her and the great girl she is, would never be a waste of time'.
"Are you ok?" Natsuki voice snapped Shizuru, and when she locked eyes with the green ones in front of her, she saw them filled with concern, and she felt her stomach doing summersaults 'no don't be silly, don't get your hopes up' she scolded herself "Shizuru?" Natsuki said this time she even actually grabbed Shizuru by her shoulders.
"I'm sorry Natsuki, I was just thinking, let's start shall we? Natsuki wouldn't want to make her boyfriend wait for her" she said and had to make a superhuman effort to avoid saying it in a bitter tone, Shizuru walked towards her desk again, only to stop abruptly when she heard Natsuki's laugh
"You just don't get tired of assuming things do you?" Natsuki said when the laugh subsided.
"Ara, I'm afraid, I don't know what Natsuki is talking about"
"I don't have a boyfriend, and never had one" she smiled "I actually…" Natsuki blushed so intensely this time Shizuru was actually afraid her head would blow up "I actually…I-I like… ILikegirls" Natsuki turned around so her back was facing Shizuru "I uh understand, if you want to assign me another tutor…"
"Why is Natsuki ashamed of her sexual preferences?"
"I-I'm not ashamed" Natsuki said turning around, only to be frozen on her place, when a set of crimson eyes looked at her green ones from a very, very close distance. Shizuru didn't know what came over her, she knew what she was doing, but couldn't do anything to stop it.
"Good" Shizuru said as her hand rose to cup Natsuki's cheek, she leaned down as if she was diving for Natsuki's lips, the blunette closed her eyes and released a shaky breath when the brunette's lips were just inches apart from hers, Shizuru regained some sense when she felt Natsuki's breath on her lips and in the last minute before their lips touched she pulled a little bit back and instead whispered sexily "Because you shouldn't be".
Shizuru turned around to hide her blush, even thought she new Natsuki's was even worst than hers.
They spent the next hour in a semi-uncomfortable silence that was broken only when Shizuru gave an instruction or Natsuki answered something, other than that they both were pretty absorbed in their own worlds.
"Well Natsuki, due to the upcoming preparations for the Halloween festival the tutoring will be postponed till November, I do hope to see you around, but please try not to get in too much troubles" Shizuru said walking towards the door, she turned around to wave goodbye and the sight of Natsuki's badgirl lopsided smile made her feel all fluffy inside.
"I can't promise you I wont, but I can at least try" Natsuki cutely said before Shizuru left the room.
Natsuki opened the door of the room 113 and smiled at the girl that sat on the bed
"What took you so long?" the girl asked feign a frown and an upset expression
"I'm sorry" Natsuki said smiling
"No excuse?" she asked raising her brows, Natsuki just shrugged "Must be because of a girl then"
"Wha-what are you talking about?" Natsuki tried to seem nonchalantly despite her blush
"Oh common! Is written all over your face, is she pretty?"
"I…She…you..You, Nao and Mai are the only women in my life?"
"Oh please, I'm sick no stupid, besides I think I know my sister don't you think?"
"I think Nina that we need to go home, Mai and Takumi will be so happy when they see they finally released you; they told me that Fumi-san already signed the papers, so you are free to go"
"Yeah let's go, I'm dying to see Takumi-kun, Mikoto-chan, Nao-neechan and Mai-oneesan, even thought it was just a month, somehow it feel like it was forever"
"Well as long as you get better, I don't care how long" Natsuki said as she helped the girl down the bed
"But don't you think, I'm forgetting about your girl too" Nina reminded her as they left the room
"What!? She's so not my girl"
"Well if you are going to behave like that I can always go to Chie-san and if not I'll ask Mai-oneesan for the details" the little girl giggled and winked at Natsuki who could only shake her head and sigh.
I know, I know it took me damn long; I apologize and ask for your understanding because I'm having my finals. I'll finish the year on my next update which I hope it'll be this weekend, and I hope to have an extra chapter about this New Year n_n
Let me know what you think, cause you comments even the 'update soon' kinda ones makes me really happy, and a happy author is an author that updates constantly (?) xD or something like that but please do tell me what you think of the story.