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'Italics' - Thoughts

"Words" - Dialogue


I Never Have Thought

Chapter 7

They are near the area when they heard a scream, so they rushed to the direction of the sound. When they opened the door, they witnessed two persons affectionately hugging with smiles on their faces.

"What is the meaning of this?" Mai asked a mixture of anger and hurt directed at the red-head beside Shizuru.

The three of them on the doorway looked at the two inside with surprise written all over their face.

Nao and Shizuru broke their embrace but still stood close to each other. They eyed the newcomers still smiling but turned to confusion when Mai and Natsuki looked at them, accusingly mad. They have no idea of what they did that would cause them that reaction.

Natsuki stepped forward still wearing a frown. "We asked you what you two were doing?" She asked in a low shaking tone. She's definitely angry; she can barely hold it in.

Nao and Shizuru looked back at each other. Although still confused, they shrugged and just answer honestly."Nothing, were doing nothing." It was Nao who answered feeling annoyed to the stupid questions asked to them. But looking at her love full of hurt, she felt like running across the room to wrap her arms around her, willing the hurt to go away.

With glistening eyes and a shaking voice, Mai countered in an angry countenance, pointing at Nao. "You liar! After I gave myself to you last night, this is what you will do to me?"

The two clueless girls just stared at them puzzled. Still not clear about what this confrontation is all about.

Even Natsuki didn't blush at what Mai implied since she's too busy glaring with a deep frown at the brunette. 'Why are they hugging?! Arrrgh...This is really pissing me off.'

"What! What are you talking about? What did I do?!" Nao asked not knowing what to do. Not knowing the situation is really chaotic. Her head is in disarray.

"Don't act innocent, Nao. After you've taken what you want from Mai, you jumped to another girl in a blink." Natsuki angrily stated, her fist forming as she looked menacingly to the two but mostly to Nao.

Nao is dumbfounded. Did they think that she has a romantic relationship with Shizuru? She faced the brunette, and it looks like she also got the meaning. Then, not a second after, the two laughed. Honest to goodness laugh.

The three scrunched their faces in confusion, especially Mai and Natsuki. 'Why are they laughing? This is not funny!' Mai thought as she deepens her frown showing them that she is really upset.

Nao, seeing the reaction of her love, took a step, and another, and another towards the perplexed Mai with a very wide smile that could possibly brighten a dark room. Without saying anything, she circled her arms and pressed her lips on Mai's and stayed like that for a moment. Mai struggled at first but after a few seconds, gave in and had gone limp during the kiss. Then Nao broke it, still smiling from ear to ear.

"There's nothing going on between me and Shiz. We are just best friends and nothing more. What happened last night is surely my happiest memory, because it's when my dream has finally came true. You are the one I love." Nao explained cupping Mai's face with gentleness as if handling a very fragile thing. Her eyes showing all the love she has and subsequently hugged the frozen girl she longed for.

Mai shook her daze from the actions that Nao did. She's still not convinced. As Nao hugged her, she turned her head to whom Nao called her best friend, and saw the genuine happiness for the two of them, no hidden malice or jealousy. That made her suspicions vanished. But she has to know the explanation of what they witness a little while ago. "Then why were you hugging?"

Shizuru walked forward nearing Mai with a warm smile. "I was the one who hugged her Tokiha-san." She bluntly said which almost gave Mai another suspicion but she hurriedly added.

"I am just super happy that after three years of Nao waiting for you, all her pain and hardships; all were paid off when you gave yourself to each other last night. I'm so glad that her love isn't unrequited after all."

What Mai heard from Shizuru made her gently pushed Nao back to look her in the eye. "Y-you loved me for three years?" She asked in amazement and disbelief.

Nao gave her a smile that could melt anything. "Yup! I loved and still love you. Everyday, my love for you never weakens, it only grows." She passionately declares.

Touched by what she have learned about Nao, she gave her lover a kiss full of passion which only escalates and forced Chie, with a red tainted cheek, to break them apart before it could lead to something inappropriate with them right now. "Okay lovebirds, break it up. We don't want to be arrested for public indecency, aren't we?"

The three just laughed at Chie's comment, but Natsuki doesn't seem to have the same sentiments. Before any of them could turn their attention to the said blunette, a loud thud was heard. All of them turned to the source of sound and there on the floor, a blue-haired woman was unconcious and is very red.

"Ara, I think there's something red on her nose." Shizuru pointed out.


A white ceiling. A white bed. The surrounding are mostly white. And a smell of antiseptic solutions. The awakening blunette attempts to blink her drowsiness away, but she still felt a little sleepy. "Where am I? What happened?" She asks no one. She groaned in discomfort when the light of the room hits her eyes and makes her a little dizzy. She then slowly puts an arm over her head to block the light. 'Why am I so weak? What happened?'

Natsuki tried to recall what happened before she fainted. At first, her mind is in chaos. And the thinking made her head hurts. So she rubbed her forehead with her hands to ease the headache. After sometime, the events that took place before she loses her consciousness gradually became clearer in her mind.

Flashback

Natsuki, together with Mai and Chie, confronted Shizuru and Nao about what is their real relationship. There are yellings, jealousy and hurt at first. But when the situation becomes clearer, they realized that Shizuru is really just a best friend of Nao and Nao only loves Mai. She can see it in her eyes. The way she looked at Mai with all the love that she had, like she is her world.

What follows is a series of love confession and expression of love. Luckily, the attention of everyone is centered to the red-head and fiery haired girl, and no one pays attention to the blunette woman silently squirming in her place.

She could take the Love confession part and the light kiss given by Nao to Mai. But all hell went loose when Mai go in for a deep kiss. She remembered the kiss she shared with the Shizuru which haunted her throughout the day. And with the sight of two woman going at it in front of her, she imagined herself in that position and doing it with the brunette. 'Oh how I want to feel her tongue caressing mine and explore my hand in every part of her body.' Natsuki verbalized in her thoughts.

With all those thing coming to her mind, all the blood in her body rushed to her face and made her very light headed until when Chie separate the two intimate girls in front of her. That's when the dark consumed her and then nothing.

End of Flashback

"Oh, I see that you're awake. How are you feeling?" A mellow sounding voice, which is already engraved in her mind, reached Natsuki's ear.

She gasped loudly as she suddenly sat up on bed not expecting anyone was with her. The action made her see stars and how her surroundings was distorted, thus she closes her eye. She was about to fall back on bed again when she felt a gentle embrace.

"You shouldn't force yourself to move." The blunette felt herself being lied down in the gentlest possible manner, which made her heart skip a beat. When she opened her eyes, she saw the face of her companion inches apart from hers because she is leaning towards Natsuki to properly tuck her to bed. This the first time that she could see the intricate details of the chesnut-haired girl's face.

Natsuki could see that Shizuru's face is so smooth and devoid of any blemishes. Her eyes, though obscured by thick glasses, are the colour of a vibrant crimson which could drown anyone caught in it. She has slim, not so tall nose that complements perfectly to the other parts her face. And when the blunette's eyes fall on pink, kissable lips, she could feel her blood rushed to her head as she remembered its softness. 'She's really beautiful.' She thought in daze.

Then red clashed with green.

The both of them could feel the pull towards each other. Natsuki doesn't know what it is but something is pulling her face closer towards the brunette. On the other hand Shizuru snapped out of her daze and graciously stood from bed and a foot away from Natsuki and with her ever present smile.

That movement also brought Natsuki back to reality. 'Did I just attempt to kiss her?' Her thought before she shook her head to get rid of that thought..

"I'm sorry. I really don't know what's happening to me." Natsuki explained embarrassed with her blushing cheeks.

Shizuru saw the blush but she has to get a hold of herself and not smooch Natsuki all over. 'Calm yourself, Shizuru. It's just a blush, but it's cu-STOP! Breath in, breath out. Control yourself Shizuru.'

So she just contented herself by giving the blunette a small genuine smile, but enough to melt her heart."It's no problem Natsuki."

Silence reign between the two women as they walk along the deserted corridor on their way to their dormitory. It is a bit awkward but not uncomfortable. It's like, it's natural.

During the walk, Shizuru took a glance behind her and saw that the blunette has weird strides. "Are you sure you're alright, Natsuki?" The Kyoto-accented voice break in the silence as worry for the woman, who's staggering on her feet, flooded her.

Hearing what Shizuru said, she straightened her posture and gave all she got to walk as normal as possible. "Y-yeah, don't worry about it, Shizuru. And t-thank you for accompanying m-me while I'm unconscious." Natsuki stuttered looking at anything but the brunette. A faint colour of redness adorned her cheeks. Hearing Shizuru's worry about her made her feel warmth inside. 'I wonder if this is because I like her. Ahhh... Mai's words are going in my head.'

Shizuru turned her head to Natsuki and gave her a big dazzling smile. The red hue on Natsuki's face with her being bashful made her even cuter that she can't help it. She slowed her pace down to match Natsuki's and when they were now walking side by side, Shizuru suddenly twists her body and landed a soft kiss on Natsuki's warm cheeks. Then she withdraws instantly the moment she touched the blunette's skin and face towards their destination with a mischievous smirk on her face.

The duration of the kiss is very abrupt. Like, Natsuki didn't even know it was real or it really happened. But she can still feel the lingering softness of the lips that connected to her cheeks. 'Her lips is really soft.' She thought as she caressed the kissed cheek with her hand. She could feel her face already burning. She looked at Shizuru, curious on why she did it.

Still walking, Shizuru could feel the questioning gaze of Natsuki directed towards her. Without stopping, she stared at the blunette straight in her eyes with her playful smile. "That is your payment, Nat-su-ki." Teasing so heavily laced on her words together with her sultry way of saying Natsuki's name.

The tone and the way it was said made Natsuki divert her eyes. Embarrassed and she doesn't know what else he felt. But the way Shizuru said it sent a shiver down her spine. Even though she's not looking at Shizuru, she could still feel the brunette's gaze and smile which made her feel some fluttering in her stomach. Natsuki didn't reply as they continue walking, but when one look carefully at the blunette, a glimmer of a tiny smile can be seen.

Seeing that Natsuki didn't react badly to her teasing, Shizuru thought that she's okay with it. That thought made her smile wider as she turned her head back on the corridors. 'I can't be myself without teasing. Watch out Natsuki.'

Then, as they made a turn in the left, the tranquillity of the two women was shattered when...

"Natsuki!" the loud voice made the two women slightly jumps on their place. Shizuru's glasses slid a little bit, which was caused by their surprise, she pushed it back properly before directing their eyes together with the blunette in front of them to face the person who called Natsuki.

There, in the middle of the corridor, a dark-skinned, 6ft-tall man is standing arrogantly with a smirk on his face. His built is not so grossly muscular, but can't really hide his perfectly formed body by how his uniform fits him. He's got a scar on one side of his face but it doesn't deter his ruggedly handsome look.

Shizuru, on the outside, not knowing the man, just looked at him blankly. 'I wonder if Natsuki knows this man.' But, deep inside her, she is praying to let him be no one in Natsuki's life. The man looks like a typical player and experienced in getting any girls he wants. She felt an unpleasant stirring in her gut, making her want to punch the guy senseless when she thinks of Natsuki having a relationship with this guy. Thinking that looking at the man for another second would make her reach her limit, she turned her head towards the blunette and saw the scowl adorning her beautiful face as her emerald gaze was directed at the obviously arrogant man.

On Natsuki's side, the moment she heard the voice calling her name, she immediately pursed her lips into thin line holding a silent growl. When she looked at him, she instantly sends him her famous Kuga glare. "What do you want Takeda?"

The man called Takeda slightly jumped at the glare and tone that Natsuki used, but he ignore the shaking of his bones due to the terrifying stance of Natsuki. He feigned worry as he puts and overdramatic display of concern. "Well, I heard that you were brought to the infirmary, of course I was so worried."

Seeing that Natsuki is not alone, he swallowed his fear, not liking that anyone would see him terrified with a girl. Still not answering Natsuki's question, he turned his attention to the nerdy girl beside the blunnete. "Thank you for accompanying Natsuki." As he smiled smugly and bowed maybe in gratitude which have no sincerity at all. This made Shizuru tilt her head in confusion.

Shizuru looked at Natsuki with a questioning gaze, where she saw that Natsuki's eyebrows meet halfway making a scowl and still glaring at the man. Still not sure of what Natsuki's relation to the man in front of them, Shizuru turned her attention back to the man. "Your welcome. I'm glad I was able to help." Then she gave him a very dazzling smile. "May I know who you are?" Shizuru asked as she could see that Natsuki has no intention of introducing him to her.

"Ah, I'm Masashi Takeda, Son of the Masashi group Enterprise, captain of the Kendo club of this school and I'm gonna represent the school for the upcoming kendo tournament. I am also Natsuki's love." He grinned conceitedly.

The last sentence snapped Natsuki making her blood boil with rage. With a growl, "Shut the fuck up Takeda! How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not interested in you! Or maybe you want me to send you back to the hospital again. And also, don't you dare call me by my name. It's Kuga-san to you." She yelled.

Shizuru slightly jumped to Natsuki's outburst but she covered it up by looking down and pushing her glasses back to the proper place. That is the first time she saw Natsuki shout like that as the blunette glowered at him. 'She is one scary lady, but still cute.' Shizuru thought with small smile, though not evident if you don't really look into her.

The fuming statement made by Natsuki waivered Takeda's valiant stance. But he put his fear at the back of his mind which would nearly reduced him almost into a whimpering mess if not for his pride as a man. "Oh c'mon Natsuki, I know you secretly like the way I worried about you. And you know that I love you so much. I know you will find it in your heart to admit that you love me too someday." Then he showed his make-any-girls-faint-smile to both girls, but mainly Natsuki. Too bad, both girls don't seem to be affected by his charms.

His attempt to mesmerize the blunette fell down the drain. And to add insult to his bruising ego is that the dorky looking girl beside Natsuki is also not affected. 'What the hell is her problem? Maybe her glasses is too dusty to see me.' He convinced himself internally as he let out a smirk turning his gaze to Shizuru.

As Natsuki look angrily at the smirking man in front of her, her vision turned into red. "And you might be?" She heard him asked Shizuru in a flirty tone. That sends the blunette over the edge, charging towards the man. And before Takeda could blink, one swing of Natsuki's fist sends him falling down to the ground.

Takeda gasped at the force and pain that the punch brings. Clutching his right cheek that got hit, he stared wide-eyed to the enraged blunette, who is still shaking with her tightly clenched fist. Her eyes narrowed and the green is becoming darker. It's like he is looking at a devil's eyes before him. And with a threatening voice, "She's my GIRLFRIEND, so don't you ever bother us again." Natsuki threatened before she suddenly grasped Shizuru's hand, pulling her towards their dorm.


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