Me: Oh you love me for this fast update!

Nao: That seems familiar..

Me: Yea I'm sure i've said it before some where...

Us: ...


Chapter 7 - True Blood


"Come on, Mutt! Pick it up!" Nao yelled, looking at her watch again. She watched as Natsuki lifted herself up again, and again, and again. Wow that looked like it hurt.. there was no way she'd ever be able to do 10 of those, let alone the 100 that Natsuki was determined to do.

The two of them were outside of the school as the sunset was about to light up the sky. After one comment made by a certain fiery red head that Natsuki's abs were.. well gone, the bluenette decided to get in shape. And how is she doing this?

Well she's hanging upside down on the pull up pole, by her knees, and is doing mid air sit ups.

"Count 'em out!" Nao yelled, grinning a bit.

"76! 77! 78! ..." Natsuki started counting out loud, grimacing every time she went back up. Damn, she was working pretty hard after a single sentence about her body. Well let's just say her abs were back..

'Oh fuck she's getting hotter!' Nao thought, feeling her mouth run dry. The look of determination on Natsuki face.. the way she was working so hard, her leg muscles tightening, her abs rippling with every move, the sheen of sweat against her skin in the sunset light.. plus the fact that she was only in small shorts and a tank top that was seriously ridden up... 'Great now I'm horny..'

"100!" Natsuki yelled, breaking Nao from her thoughts. She went up one last time, grabbed the pole, and leg her legs fall while she held herself up. Dropping to the ground, she spun and enveloped Nao in a hug, "That's for motivating me, Spider!" she said happily, pulling away and grinning.

"How was I motivating again?" the red head asked, throwing a towel at her friend and keeping her eyes up. Eyes up, Nao, eyes up! Look at her face! Nothing else!

Natsuki caught the towel and wiped off her face, grinning, "You kidding me? Those eyes watching would make anyone wanna look good." she said, throwing the towel over her shoulder and making Nao blush a bit. "Thanks again for helping me. So, how do they look?" she asked, lifting her shirt a bit and showing off her detailed 6 pack.

Losing control, Nao stepped forward and leaned down, running her hands over the bluenette's taunt stomach over and over again. Natsuki shivered and lifted her shirt even more so. "Yea, uh.. they look good!" Nao said quickly, standing up straight again and looking away, "Ya so, you go shower and stuff and.. I'll get us some smoothies."

"Ya, that sounds cool." Natsuki agreed, lowering her shirt and running away from the scene. More like sprinting.. The bluenette cursed herself as the urge to kiss Nao came up again. It had been happening only once a day since the whole classroom thing and it was pissing her off. Kissy her girlfriend, not her best friend!

A few minutes later, a fresh and clean Natsuki met Nao on the bench nearby, sipping their smoothies and watching the sunset, "So Spider, Grace still being all clingy?" Natsuki asked.

"Naaa, she's cooled down. Actually, she said that it felt like I was distancing myself from her, so she wanted to be with me more." Nao said, shrugging and moving off the bench so she could sit on the grass. "She's over that now; giving me my space."

"I uh... heard you yesterday." Natsuki said awkwardly, keeping her cup near her mouth, "The window was open and I heard you... tell Grace you love her, a few days ago." she said, feeling uncomfortable already. Her and Grace: still not on good terms.

"Oh... ya."

"Did you mean it?"

"Mean what?"

"Don't fuck with me. Do you love her or not?" Natsuki asked, getting impatient. For some reason she really wanted to know the answer to that question. No, she didn't like Grace. No, she didn't think her and Nao were a good match. Yes, she still kind of hoped that Nao didn't love her.

Nao shrugged and took another sip of her smoothie, "Well, I dunno. Maybe?" she said, the whole thing sounding like a question, "Well.. I guess not. I guess I just didn't want a goddess mad at me for nearly kissing you."

"Goddess?" Natsuki questioned, raising her brows. Nao froze in her place on the grass. Fuuuucking crap she let that slip! Think before you speak, Nao, it really works! And she mentioned the almost-kiss, too! "Alright, she's hot, but not goddess material."

"Ya I guess you're right..." Nao agreed, thankful that Natsuki didn't understand and that she missed the comment about the kiss.

They sat there for nearly half an hour. Not talking, just watching the sunset. Nao smiled to herself, enjoying this feeling. This is what Aphrodite didn't have... the ability to make her feel calm. To make her feel normal and relaxed; only Natsuki had it. With the goddess it was always heat and passion and touchy, yet she didn't like it.

"This is nice." Natsuki said quietly as the last bit of sun fell under the horizon. "I never get to just lay around and be lazy with 'Zuru. It's nice, Spider, we should do this more often."

'Wish we could have more moments like this...' Nao thought, putting her empty cup down and shoving her hand in her pocket. The vial slip into her hand as it rested in her pocket. The vial.. Aphrodite's grace... it enhanced feelings. Maybe... she could make it so that Natsuki felt more relaxed and stuff around her. She liked relaxed, right?

"Mutt... is that your bikes alarm going off?" Nao asked, leaning towards the parking lot.

"What?" Natsuki screamed, jumping up and taking off in the direction of the parking lot.

Nao got to work, fast. She got up and popped the cap off of Natsuki cup and taking the vial out of her pocket. She popped off the cork and tipped it just so, letting a single drop fall into the last bit of melted smoothie in the cup. The drink flashed orange for a second, then went back to it's cherry red. Nao quickly put the vial away and got the lid back on the cup, taking her seat again.

A minute later, Natsuki ran back to her with a huge grin on her face, "Nao, I so love you!" She yelled, pulling the red head up to her feet and hugging the life out of her.

Nao gasped at the force of the hug but welcomed it and wrapped her arms around her friend. When they pulled away, Nao rolled her eyes and pushed Natsuki away from her, "Alright, what'd I do?"

"You were right! My alarm was doing off and some jackass was trying to hot wire my bike, I kicked his ass and he ran away! You pretty much just saved my life; I have to make it up to you! Let me give you a ride to and from school for the next month." she said, taking Nao's hands in hers and looking at the girl pleadingly.

Her mouth dry again, Nao could only nod and let Natsuki hug her once again. They pulled apart and went back to the bench where Natsuki picked up her drink and was about to finish it off. Nao watched intently, waiting for Natsuki to drink the grace and hopefully feel more comfortable with her.

"Natsuki-chan!"

"Oh you're fucking kidding me!" Nao yelled. Looking across the field was non other that Shizuru fucking Fujino herself, making her way over to them.

"Cool it, Spider, still my girlfriend." Natsuki said, lowering the drink from her lips without taking her drink. Nao cursed to herself as Shizuru finally reached them and kissed Natsuki. The bluenette grinned, "'Zuru, what are you doing here?"

"Ara, there was a student council meeting." Shizuru said, smiling at both of them. She smiled widely at Natsuki she pouted and widened her big wine eyes, "Would Natsuki-chan mind giving me a ride?"

Looking back to Nao for a moment, and receiving a firm head shake from the red head, she turned back to Shizuru and backed off a bit, "Umm, actually me and Nao already made a pretty good deal and I can't let her down so..."

Cocking her head to the side, Shizuru raised her brows and glanced at Nao, "My own girlfriend is choosing her friend over me?" she asked, narrowing her eyes a bit at the red head, who glared right back.

Natsuki stepped in front of her friend and glared at Shizuru, scoffing at her, "Don't say that, alright! Look, I promised Nao something and I'm going to stand by that! No matter what you say I'm going to stay by Nao's side!" she yelled, stepped closer to her girlfriend and standing tall.

Reach out, Shizuru grabbed Natsuki empty and tried pulling to closer, "I just want to spend more time with you..."

'Damnit 'Zuru, just let me go so I leave with Nao!' the bluenette thought as she lifted her cup and drank the last bit of her smoothie through the straw.

Nao stepped forward and put a hand on her friend's shoulder, faking a smile at the two of them, "Look Mutt, take you're girlfriend home. I'll just get a cap or something." she said, looking to Shizuru. The president was looking back at her with the look of victory in her eyes and a smirk on her face.

"Come, Natsuki." Shizuru said.

"No!" Natsuki yelled, ripping her hand away from the brunette. She was gasping for air, wide eyed and looked scared.

"Mutt, you okay?" Nao asked, standing in front of her friend and cupping the girls face, trying to look into her eyes. What the hell? Did something go wrong when she drank the grace? Oh gawd, she messed up her best friend! Damnit!

"I'm sorry Shizuru, but we have to go. See you tomorrow." Natsuki said, wrapping an arm around her friend and walking away from Shizuru. She didn't look back, so she didn't see the look of shock and hurt on her girlfriend's face. She led a silent Nao all the way to her bike and climbed on, helping Nao on the back and driving away.

The two were silent the entire ride, afraid to say anything to the other person as not to piss them off. Natsuki had pretty much just forced Nao to leave with her, so she was scared that Nao would be mad and that the red head really didn't want to leave with her. Nao was afraid that she had helped Natsuki's anger or something bad grow and didn't want to get socked in the face, so she just went along with it.

Finally pulling up to Nao's apartment complex, the two walked up the stairs and stopped at the right door. Nao unlocked it and turned to her friend with a nervous smile, "Hey umm, thanks for the ride, Mutt." she said, leaning against her door frame.

Giving her friend on honest smile, Natsuki shoved her hands in her pockets and grinned right back at her, "No problem. I'll be back in the morning to take you to school." she said, feeling proud of herself for keeping up with her promise.

Shaking her head, Nao smirked a bit at the situation, "You're crazy, right? You just left your girlfriend alone, on a field, at a deserted school with no ride, at night, so that you can take me home and you still want to come pick me up in the morning?" she asked in a sarcastic, rolling her eyes.

"And then after school I'll take you home. And the day after that; the same thing. And the day after that and the day after that, because I made a promise to you and I plan to keep it. And I'm not crazy!" she yelled, glaring at her friend and crossing her arms over her chest, "You'll be the crazy one if you turn me down, Spider."

"Alright, alright, do what you want!" Nao said, feeling defeated. Can't argue with this chick, really.

"Cool, see you in the morning-." Natsuki said, cutting off a bit at the end. She suddenly had the unmistakable urge to learn forward and kiss the girl in front of her, who was still smiling away. 'No, instead I have to go back to Shizuru and feel the wrath... I'd rather be here with Nao.' she thought, crestfallen.

"Yea, see you." Nao muttered, wondering why the hell Natsuki had been staring off into nothingness for the last three minutes. She turned and swung the door behind her, but instead of wood hitting wood she heard wood hitting metal. Turning, she saw that Natsuki had stopped the door with her foot. "Can I help you...?"

"Nao.. erm, Spider, do me a favor?" Natsuki asked, letting herself into the apartment and looking at her friend with pleading eyes, "I don't want to have to go back to Shizuru tonight, so can I stay the night here?" she asked, stepping forward and taking Nao's hands in her own.

Looking to their connected hands, Natsuki's face, and repeating the action five of six times, Nao blushed a bit and turned away from her friend, shrugging, "Yea I guess. But I wasn't even planning on sleeping tonight."

"Yes, thanks Nao!" the bluenette yelled, hugging Nao and grinning. "Wait.." she muttered, pulling away and keeping her hands on Nao's shoulders. She cocked her head to the side and gave her friend a sly smile, "What were you planning on doing, then?"

Nao smirked and got away from her friend hold. She went to the living room and grabbed a box, holding it up, "The complete second season of that american show True Blood. Grace's present to me. So, you wanna watch this all night or what?"

"Fuck yea!"


"Ugh... what time is it?" Nao asked, rubbing her sore and blood shot eyes. She looked around the dark apartment and tried to find a light source other than the bright TV. Seeing a small green light in her kitchen, Nao squinted and red the numbers: 7:45. "Holy shit, it's time for school.. Mutt!"

A moan was her answer.

She looked back and saw a bright fucking light. "Fucking TV…" she muttered, finding the remote and shutting the device off. Looking at the couch, she saw Natsuki sound asleep. "Mutt, get up!"

"Fuck off, Nao…"

"When'd you stop calling me Spider?"

A snore was her answer this time. Rolling her eyes, Nao got up and kneeled by her friend, poking the bluenette's shoulder continuously, "Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Get up. Ge-"

"Fuck Spider, I'm going to slap you!" Natsuki yelled into her pillow. Nao smirked and slapped her friend back hard, earning another moan, "What do you want, anyway? Let me... sleep..." she muttered, yawning.

"It's almost 8. We have to get to school or we'll be late."

"Oh, fuck.." Natsuki said, turning and sitting up. She rubbed her eyes and sighed, looking into Nao's lime eyes. 'I still don't want to be anywhere near Shizuru.. and last night was so much fun, just hanging around with Nao and doing nothing. I never get to do that with 'Zuru. How bout...' she thought, her face lighting up with a wonderful idea, "Spider, do me a huge huge favor and skip school with me today?"

Nao smirked at her friend and got up, stretching her back and wincing at every pop she heard, "You don't even have to ask. But can we please get some sleep? My rooms right over here. Come on, Mutt, bring the blanket." she said, grabbing a few pillows and walking down the hall.

Natsuki jumped to her feet and dragged the blanket behind her as she followed Nao to the bedroom. Nao closed all the blinds as Natsuki made up the bed. Both of them crawled in without a word and laid down, easily snuggling closer to each other like they were kids.

"Hey Mutt?"

"Yea?"

"Thanks for not going with Shizuru yesterday."

"Ugh, no problem. I don't know why but at that point I just couldn't stand to be near her and I wanted to be with you- erm, near you. Umm..."

"Aww, my puppy loves me!"

"Yes, and my Spider's a bitch!"

"I don't care, you said you love me!"

"Fucking little spider gonna squish you..."

"Heard that!"

"Good."


I AM THE QUEEN OF OMAKE'S!

Me: TEEHEE

Natsuki: -facepalms-

Nao: Damn, you really aren't afraid to hurt Shizuru, are you?

Me: Still think she's creepy..

Shizuru: -glaring death at me-

Natsuki: o.o

Me: And that's why!

Shizuru: -leaves-

Nao: Thank gawd..

Natsuki: I feel kind of sorry for you, Shu

Me: I do too...

Shizuru: -comes back with a chainsaw-

Us: o.o

Me: Nao.. I love you -holding Nao-

Nao: I love you too, Shu! I'm sorry it had to end this way!

Natsuki: What about me?

Me: ... -pushes her in front of me and runs away-

Nao: -follows me-

Natsuki: OH WHAT THE FUCK?