HOKAY!! My update is late, yes I see that. Graduation crap took lot out of me and my time! lol anyways, many of you will definitely want to shoot, stab, beat, stone, etc., or all of the above me for this here chapter. EVERYONE shall be angry for at least ONE reason :D. But half of you will still love me at the end of this fic. and the other half will still be angry! I'm not tellin' which half though hahahahaha. Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter nonetheless lol, or at least try to.

Chapter 7

Before Natsuki knew it, it was already Friday, and it was time for her to move out. She had packed her bags and other personal belongings. The said bags and 'stuff' were placed near the door as Natsuki took one last look at her apartment. She had respect for this dorm/apartment. There were times that she just needed time alone, and she came back home finding that time quite easily. Natsuki took in a deep breath, breathing in the scent of her old apartment, and then turned around to face her bags. Before long, Nao and Kyoko were already at her door. Nao came up to her and kissed her lightly on the lips, knowing her mother was probably giggling her ass off behind her, "Ready?"

Natsuki sighed and smiled. She walked over to her bags and picked them up, there were few, so she didn't really need any help, even when Nao lectured her about a bad back, breaking an arm, or tripping because of all the weight she carried. The bags and belongings were placed in the trunk of Kyoko's car. Nao's mother drove a 6 series BMW M6 convertible, so Natsuki decided to ride her bike down to Nao's house. Nao had decided to ride with her friend, so she hopped on the back of Natsuki's bike and nodded when Natsuki asked if she was ready. Sighing, Natsuki revved the engine of her bike and sped off…

It was Tuesday morning and Natsuki had woken up in Nao's bed, but found no Nao. She rubbed her eyes and climbed out of bed. Cool, I'm still dressed…She slightly opened the door of Nao's bedroom and peeked around, finding no one except for the voices coming from the kitchen. Naturally curious, Natsuki slowly stepped out of the room and towards the kitchen. There, she found a slightly more dressed Nao, being that she put on shorts, and her mother talking at the table. When they noticed Natsuki, Kyoko smiled and tilted her head to the side, "My, good morning Natsuki-chan! Nao-chan and I were just talking about how you must move out of your dorm room on Friday…"

"Mama! I thought we were going to wait to tell her…" Nao mumbled

"Hmm? What did you say Nao-chan?"

Nao sighed at her mother's lack of understanding, "Nothing," she turned to Natsuki who was completely confused at this point, "So…yeah, mama wants you to move in here. I mean, we've got an extra bedroom," she pointed to the door of the empty room, right next to hers, "I mean…it'll save you the trouble of bills, and you can go to college without worrying for rent and stuff. We both think it would be a good idea, besides; it gets lonely with just the two of us here. It'll be nice to have company." By the time she finished, the blush that had been growing on her face since she started was already huge and a deep red.

Kyoko nodded at Natsuki while she continued to process the thought of living with Nao and her mother in her mind…, "Wait…LIVE HERE???!!" Natsuki nearly fell when she yelled those words, her mind going blank.

Kyoko laughed and then said, a hurt tone in her voice, "Oh dear…does Natsuki not want to stay with us?" She looked down, pretending to be depressed.

Natsuki looked at her and put her hands up defensively, "Ah, no, it- it's not that, it's just…" she turned to Nao, "It…I don't know it just wouldn't feel right, if you catch my drift…"

"Well…if you're worried about getting too close to my Nao-chan…then don't worry! I don't really mind. I won't stop you if you try anything." She smiled with her eyes closed as she sipped her tea calmly.

Nao was staring at her mother with her eyes and mouth wide open. She then turned to Natsuki, who was rubbing the back of her head from embarrassment and thought. Nao was about to object what her mother said, but decided to keep her cool and instead said, "Ok then, so it's settled…Natsuki, we'll move your bags in on Friday, I'm guessing you want to spend the rest of the time with your apartment. I know what a safe place feels like…"

Natsuki was snapped out of her abyss when Nao spoke. She smiled and sighed. Even if she were to argue with the both of them, this was not a battle she could win…

Natsuki and Nao arrived before Kyoko did, probably because Natsuki ignored speed limit and the rest of the traffic, waving and dashing through the rows of cars as if it were nothing. Hell, if I've killed and have never gotten caught, why would a few traffic violations bother me…Natsuki parked her bike inside the garage. Nao had given her a key to all the locks of the house and also an opener for the garage the day before. She opened the door leading into the house and looked around. She continued to look around before a pair of arms wrapped around her neck and she heard Nao whisper, "Welcome home…"

Natsuki smiled and reached her right hand to touch the hands that were gripping her neck before replying just as quietly, "Yeah…"

The two made their way to the kitchen, Natsuki in tan khakis, a tight black tank top, and white socks, while Nao wore a plaid red and yellow mini skirt, a red sleeveless midriff, and red socks. When they got there, Nao looked into the fridge and asked, "So, are you hungry? Mama's been teaching me to cook for a while now. I think I'm pretty good, but I don't know. I'll attempt anything today; think of it as a welcoming kind of thing."

She was still looking when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her and pull her towards the counter. The kitchenware rattled as Natsuki raised Nao up to a sitting position on the edge of the tile counter. Nao shivered as the cold of the tile hit her thighs. She looked at Natsuki with her arms crossed, Natsuki's hands on the edges of the counter. She pouted at Natsuki and said, "You could have told me you weren't hungry instead of making me look through my fridge for all this time."

Natsuki's smile only grew, "What can I say; I liked the view…also…" Natsuki started kissing the crook of Nao's neck, "Who said I wasn't hungry…" Nao tilted her head back and wrapped her arms around Natsuki, who was still busy with her neck, but then moved up, finding Nao's lips in the process. They kissed for a long while, it was passionate and soft at the beginning, but turned into a lustful one after the first few seconds. Natsuki pulled away in need of air and the two were breathing hard and heavy. Natsuki began her assault of Nao's neck once more, making her move her head to the right side as she granted Natsuki more access.

Natsuki's hands had grown weary of their place on the cold counters. They needed to feel the warmth of another person, and so they did. Her right hand moved to Nao's left thigh as her left slid under Nao's shirt and to the small of her back, causing Nao to arch a little bit while biting back a moan she knew Natsuki would use against her in some way. Biting back that moan only encouraged Natsuki more as her right hand slowly made their way up Nao's skirt, pushing it back little by little revealing about an inch of skin each time. When Natsuki finally reached Nao's soft panties, she scoffed and smirked, her lips still glued to Nao's body, though now she was at Nao's stomach while Nao wrapped her arms around her head.

She had already hooked a finger in Nao's panties and she could feel Nao's anticipation. She was about midway to pulling Nao's panties down enough to reveal her womanhood until the two heard a loud beeping noise from the entrance to the kitchen. There, Kyoko was standing, her digital camera in her hands and a disappointed look on her face, "My my, I thought that I had more memory than that left in this card…"

Natsuki and Nao just stared at her. Natsuki's whole body was twitching and sweating with embarrassment, fear, and disbelief, while Nao was still the entire time, sweating for an entirely different reason. Nao knew her mother wasn't the type to get mad at this sort of thing because she knew how much she more than approved of Natsuki. She also knew how tricky her mother could be, how devious, how sneaky, it almost reminded her of herself. She cursed herself for letting it happen, inwardly of course. It was a moment before Kyoko sighed and then said, "Well, I guess this will have to do…now, where did I put that extra memory card…" She walked into the hallway with her hand to her chin and then into her room.

Natsuki still couldn't believe what had just happened. Nao sighed and closed her eyes, then pulled away from her current position crushing Natsuki's head to her chest to look at her friend. She gave an apologetic smile and said, "Uhh…sorry about that…I should have known she was going to do something like this."

Natsuki gave Nao a calm smile and said, "Y-yeah, it's not a big deal…" Not a big deal??!!! What the fuck are you talking about??!! Your girlfriend's MOM just caught you and her basically having SEX on her kitchen counter!! And she took a VIDEO of it!!! It's a pretty big fuckin' deal!!! Natsuki kept her thoughts to herself as she let Nao down from the counter. Nao brushed herself off and then turned to Natsuki, "So what do you want to do now? I doubt that even in my room we'll be safe from Mama, and neither of us are hungry for any food…"

Natsuki thought about it for a bit and then said cheerfully, "Well why don't we just watch TV then, there's not much choice is there?"

Nao sighed and smiled. The two made their way to the living room holding hands as if they were a married couple still very much in love after countless years of marriage. Natsuki lied down on the couch first, finding a comfortable position and then spreading her legs to let Nao settle on top of her. Nao found a suitable position lying on top of Natsuki and grabbed the remote. Natsuki wrapped her arms around Nao's waist as she leaned against the back of the couch, her head resting on Nao's shoulder.

Nao was flipping channels and looking bored at what was on, Natsuki also found everything on the TV boring. After going through all the channels more than twice, Nao finally gave up and left the channel on a boring news broadcasting. Currently, they were talking about the latest in the arrest of a local disturbance. Apparently, most of the population's cats had gone missing. They were also discussing the cause of the huge cat stampede last week, drawing blanks on who or what could have gathered all those cats.

The two were about to kiss when Nao's mother walked into the room, "Oh my, am I interrupting something? I see you are taking advantage of that new couch we got in on Wednesday Natsuki-chan. I like people who think like that!" She clapped her hands together while Natsuki let out a forced chuckle and Nao sighed and buried herself in her hands in embarrassment. Kyoko walked to the large plasma screen Television and began to fiddle with the cables surrounding it. Nao's mother was a nurse at a very prestigious Hospital for the rich on weekends. Just a weekend of work brought in enough money to pay for nearly all the bills, which showed up from Nao's unhealthy use of electricity and destruction of public property from the past and sometimes present.

Nao had moved to get off of Natsuki as Natsuki fidgeted in discomfort, of the situation of course, under her. Nao had no problem just lying there with Natsuki even with her mother around; she knew her mother was happy when they showed affection for each other. They sat up and watched Kyoko look through cables and different ports. It was a couple of minutes before Nao spoke up, "Mama, what are you looking for anyways?"

Kyoko turned to face her bored looking daughter and gave a concerned look, "Hmm? I'm trying to find the right cable to connect the DVD player."

Natsuki got off of the couch and said, "Oh, let me help you out. I'm sure I can find the right one."

Natsuki knelt on one of her legs next to Kyoko who was on all fours. While Kyoko was explaining what she was looking for, Natsuki found her eyes wandering up and down her body. She was in her early to mid thirties and she looked good. Her body was as nice as Nao's. She looked to her bust…but a lot more mature…Kyoko always kept up with the bodies of the young teens these days, she made sure she didn't look old or worn out. Her skin was soft and her legs were nicely shaped. This particular day Kyoko was wearing tight jeans and a forest green v-neck long sleeve that was rolled up to her elbows. When she shifted her legs, Natsuki turned the other way, only to find a nice view of her black bra and a very nice amount of cleavage showing from her V-neck. Natsuki swallowed the lump growing in her throat. Nao was filing her nails and wasn't looking her way, so she thought she was safe.

She decided to linger on Kyoko's bust a little longer, "Double D's…" she mumbled, until she heard Kyoko's voice stop and she felt a pair of eyes digging into her back. She knew she was in deep shit. She looked up to see an astonished Kyoko and then turned to find an angry Nao. Her right hand was clutching her nail file like she was going to snap it, while her left was in a fist. She gave Natsuki a 'hmph' and got off of the couch and stormed off into her room.

Natsuki was about to say something before Kyoko's voice stopped her, her voice playful, "Oh my, Natsuki-chan," She put a flattered look on her face, "I don't know what to say…but we can't. You belong to my Nao-chan, and I wouldn't want to hurt her, as I'm sure you feel the same way. Maybe you should go apologize?" Kyoko's smile never faltered.

Natsuki blushed and tried to give a response but nothing came out of her mouth. Instead she nodded sheepishly and headed for Nao's bedroom. She knocked…there was no answer…she knocked again…still no answer…once again…, "What, are you done checking out mama already?" Her voice was hurt, but still strong enough that it hurt Natsuki to hear it being said.

Natsuki sighed and said loud enough so she could hear, "Oi Nao, open up the door before I force my way in there." Natsuki's voice was calm, but commanding as well.

Nao scoffed and said back, "Try it and see what I do."

Natsuki sighed and replied, "Suit yourself…"

Natsuki stepped back a little from where she was standing in front of Nao's door and steadied herself. Then, she swiftly kicked the side of the door where the doorknob was, opening the door. She found Nao sitting on the edge of her bed, shocked that Natsuki had done what she did. Natsuki looked at Nao with a calm look and moved towards her. When she reached Nao, she gave an apologetic smile, "Nao, come on. You know it wasn't like that."

Nao glared at Natsuki, who stood in front of her. She had her arms and legs crossed, "It wasn't like what? Like you were checking out my mom? Or like you wanted to straddle her there and then and then fuck her right on the spot?"

Natsuki's determined face didn't falter, but she couldn't help but feel a sting of pain in her heart at Nao's hurtful words. She moved to place a hand on Nao's face but found it slapped away, "Come on. I'm sorry. I won't make lame excuses like, it was an accident, or she just happened to be where my eyes were looking, I'll take responsibility for what I did, and I really am sorry. Besides, you know that I'd only do the latter to you." Natsuki smiled a bit when Nao blushed and turned the other way.

They spent the next thirty minutes or so of fighting about how when they went out, Natsuki's eyes were always wandering everywhere, as if they weren't even paying attention to Nao. Nao often found other women looking at Natsuki and then blushing and giggling to their friends this past week they had been together. It seems that this was the first time Natsuki had done the looking.

After they had finished talking, they ended up in Nao's bed making out. After the talk the both of them had been feeling unusually hot for each other. Their kiss was passionate and long, with the two of them feeling love in the other…They made love, and they basked in the other's embrace. As they did, they felt like nothing or no one could possibly separate them, no matter what.

When they finished, Natsuki was the first to dress, as usual, "Why don't you just leave those off?"

Natsuki scoffed and said, "I don't like the cold air, and I feel really exposed and vulnerable."

Nao shrugged it off and moved to get up herself. She checked the clock, it was 8 at night. The two dressed and stepped outside of the room. No words were said. The actions they had just committed portrayed the love the two had and they knew that words only ruined their moment. They walked hand in hand to the living room and plopped down on the couch, Nao once again lying atop of Natsuki and flipped on the TV. The TV flashed on and they found that Kyoko never did find that cable, seeing as she didn't even change the TV to the proper channel.

The channel was the exact channel that they had left it on, Fuuka news, channel 3. Nao was about to flip the channel until she heard something interesting on the news. She could feel Natsuki's interest growing as well, so she left it alone for the time being. In the news, the female reporter, Minamoto Floe, was talking about a tragic car accident where a wealthy heiress' car received heavy damage due to a drive-by. A black S.U.V. was seen leaving the crime scene. The vision switched to a LIVE feed from the accident. There was huge wreckage. A black Mercedes sedan was found totally destroyed with bullet holes on the side of the car and plenty of broken windows. It had run into a lamp post after the driver had been shot. It seems the maid was the only one who wasn't shot in the car and had a very good chance of surviving, but still received heavy damage from the crash. She was unconscious and brought into an ambulance.

The heiress on the other hand was in a critical state. She was found lying atop of the maid in a protective state, a bullet in her arm and the left side of her back. Her blood loss was enormous and her pulse was said to be slowing by the second. The reporter turned as the ambulance crew brought another hospital bed to a separate ambulance. They had an oxygen mask on her face and it was also distorted from the movement of the camera and the shuffling of people. Natsuki's eyes struggled to see who it was, but they shot wide open and her body stiffened as she saw beautiful, though blood-stained, chestnut hair flowing in the cool night air.

Her heart pounded fast and ruthlessly, hoping and praying that it wasn't who she thought it would be. Nao's grip on the remote became stronger as she too stared in disbelief at what she was seeing, and what she felt behind her, the heartbeat of an enraged Natsuki. When the next line was said, Natsuki's heart seemed to stop for a second before resuming their enraged beating once more. Natsuki tightened her grip around Nao's waist and gritted her teeth. Nao could feel what Natsuki's reaction was and she felt a wave of sudden depression come across her feelings. She felt lost, unaccepted, thrown out of Natsuki's heart like an old newspaper. She bit her lower lip and she could only hold back the tears trying to stream down her face in endless waves.

The words that triggered this wave of unpleasant feelings were, "It has been confirmed. The heiress that was caught boldly protecting her maid was indeed the heiress to Fujino Enterprises, the young Miss Fujino Shizuru."

Natsuki slipped out from under Nao and headed towards the door, not even bothering to bring a helmet or a jacket. Nao stood and looked towards Natsuki. Her heart was being torn in two as she watched Natsuki reach for the doorknob. In her mind, she wanted to yell out, "Natsuki! If you honestly and truly love me! Don't go!" But her heart would not let her. Instead, she called out to Natsuki softly, but loud enough for Natsuki to stop in her tracks though her head was still facing the door, "Natsuki…Be careful…" Natsuki resumed what she was doing and walked out. Closing the door behind her, leaving a softly crying Nao where she stood, "And please come back to me…" she whispered to herself…She hugged herself and fell to the ground, crying harder than she had ever cried before.

Kyoko had heard her daughter crying and dashed to the living room. She found Nao on the floor crying, bawling, and sobbing. Kyoko sank to her knees and asked her daughter frantically "Nao-chan! Nao-chan! What's wrong??!!" She looked around, and found no Natsuki, "Nao-chan! Where's Natsuki?!" Nao's cries became stronger. It was then that she realized, Natsuki had hurt her daughter, she had made her cry. Kyoko was thinking of a good reason Natsuki would do this, but found none. Instead of thinking anymore, she held her helpless daughter in her arms and sang her a lullaby, one that she used sing to Nao when she was just a child…

"Kazega yoseta kotoba ni…oyoida...kokoro…kumo ga hakobu ashita ni…hazunda koe…tsuki ga yureru kagami ni furueta…kokoro…hoshi ga nagare koboreta…yawarakai namida…Suteki da ne…futari te wo tori aruketa nara…ikitai yo kimi no machi ie ude no naka…"

Natsuki turned toward the house as Nao's cries died down. She had heard Nao screaming and crying…but did nothing. It hurt her…it pained her…it killed her…but she had to. She needed to. She wanted to see Shizuru. With her destination in mind, she kicked up the kickstand and revved her engine, a tear escaping her eyes. She closed her eyes and then opened them, wiping away the tear with her arm. Before she left, she quietly whispered, "Nao…I'm sorry…" With those words she pushed all thoughts of Nao, no matter how it pained her, out of her head as she sped off into the night, one person on her mind. Shizuru…

Oh my, I wonder how people will react?! Well you can tell me your reaction by reviewing lol, that's my 'please review' ad. It's terrible, I know. Well w/e, anyways, I know that you all want to kill me right now. yes yes I know you do. But think about it this way. If you kill me now, you won't find out what happens to these three! Or at least how it happens in my sick and twisted mind. Speaking of sick and twisted, I wrote out the lemon for the scene with the makeup sex, but I turned it into a seperate fic to keep from offending the clean minded people who read this and want to know what happens lol. BUT i don't know if I'll get in trouble or not even if I post it under the 'M' rating. So...yeah...lol. Now...WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE THREE LOVELY YOUNG LADIES??!! Will Natsuki come back to Nao??? Or will she willingly stay by Shizuru's side??!!! Find out when I'm bored! p.s. I'm sorry for errors both gramatically and spelling. Especially for the Romaji. I did my best. I'd be happy if you pointed out errors and such! Whine ON!!! R&R plz!