A/N: Sheeze, these weeks I've lots of encouragements. Nope, it's not helping at all. Moreover, the fact that my sister is soooooooo against yuri/yaoi, it's just really annoy me. In my family, I might be the only one who likes those types of things and yes, I do trying to survive.
Gomen for the delay! A bit hint: Next chappie is the last one.
Summary: "When you are in love you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams." -Dr. Seuss
Based on: Because You Live/Obvious by Jesse McCartney/Westlife
Genre(s): Hurt/Comfort/Romance
Pairing(s): Mio/Ritsu; Slight YuiAzu
POV(s): Akiyama Mio/Tainaka Ritsu
BETA: -
Mio's POV
Bzzt! Bzzt! Bzzt!
My cellphone vibrating three times already as I finish preparing myself this morning. As usual, I woke up early and surprisingly, my phone is vibrating so early in the morning. Yes, vibrate means I got a text message, which is why it's kind of odd for me. I don't usually get a text message in the morning, not unless from a certain someone. I walked and grabbed my cell phone on my bedside table with my other hand holding my bag.
The text message? Just like what I thought. "I'm outside your door now." -Ritsu
I reached the doorknob and pulled it open to see Ritsu standing right there. She was grinning at me; oh, how great it is to see that smile on her face in the morning. I put a small smile and greeted her, "Good morning, Ritsu." Before she speak up, she gave me her trademark grin. Oh well, I secretly love that grin really much. It's cute, really, if you just can see it with your own eyes.
"Good morning, yourself. I'll walk you to your faculty, kay?"
"Any particular reason why you want to do that this morning?" I asked back as I locked up my dorm's door and turn around again to face her. She was giving me an obvious look, the look when she thought that I ask something that I already know the answer myself.
"I feel it's the appropriate thing to do."
"Oh really?"
"Is it just me or you really in the mood of playing this dumb game in the morning?" Ritsu waited for no reply from me as she grabbed my hand and intertwined it with hers. Well, maybe Ritsu already said this, but the people around the dorm and either our faculties doesn't know that we're going out. They don't even know about us, being best friends for years.
That explains why those eyes staring at us with a weird look. "We sure catch pretty much attention, huh?"
"And you're quite less shy. That's a good change~ I wonder what would be the reason."
"Uhm… Probably…" Now if I say she is the reason, it will be too embarrassing. Oh well, I need to get myself used to do this. "…You?"
I don't think she heard what I said there, since she didn't reply me back. I feel odd and really, think that she got embarrassed of what I said, but I guess- Cup.I stunned and stopped walking all in a sudden, trying to proceed what happened just three seconds ago. Ritsu just kissed me on the cheek while we're walking in the dorm hall! She kissed me! Now how can I walk while hiding this red-face of mine! ?
Okay, another thing, it's not like I hate what Ritsu did, but… she's really can't find a good time and place.
"Oi, Mio, we need to move out now or you'll be late for morning class."
I really am too stunned; because none of these people knew, we're going out or even a really close friends. Yes, college made us rarely meet each other, plus the fact that Ritsu and I took different faculty of our own, it's just really hard to find the right time to hang out. Ritsu noticed it and in the end, she just pulled me to walk until we're out from the building. I suddenly remembered that she keeps something for me today, probably a surprise and she's trying to be really sweet towards me ever since last night.
Maybe I shouldn't be too sensitive and yell at her for kissing me right in the hall where everyone's watched it clearly. In fact, I'm sure enough I'm the reason why she did that. "I'm sorry; I won't do it next time. I was so-"
"No, it's okay. I know how you felt, besides most of the girls in the building are just as same as us, so it wouldn't be too awkward or something for them"
"It's not them that I'm worrying about, Mio."
I gave her my usual smile whenever she worries about me too much. "I'm fine; now let's go to my faculty before I'm late."
Ritsu's POV
This morning I decided to walk Mio to her faculty. We're walking hand-in-hand and the new thing is, Mio doesn't really mind it with this. C'mon, Mio is so secure with PDA and none of these people around knew we're dating. That's why this is kinda odd and new, especially seeing that she's not yelling at me for kissing her back in the dorm hall. No, there's no single protest I get from her, not even a hit on my head, like she used to do.
Therefore, we continue our trip to Mio's faculty, which is not so far from our dorm. "You know, this is the first time you walk me to my faculty." Mio said unexpectedly.
"True, but I just thought you don't want to be too open with people about our relationship and you're always gone to your faculty early in the morning, which is one of the reasons why I never walked you there. Oh well, I will just take this as a good thing. You should too, Mio~"
"Actually, it is a good thing."
Maybe I should just ask her later or maybe I shouldn't ask anything about her sudden change. I mean, it's a good thing if Mio being less secure about PDA, that means it's also less harder for me to show my affection. Everything went smoothly as we walk towards Mio's faculty; we're just five feet away now and I felt a squeeze from Mio's hand. I turned my head to see why she squeezed me that way, but instead of asking, I sighed.
She lowered her head and I knew she's really nervous. Her faculty is quite crowded and unlike mine, she seems to not getting one single friend. I knew she will be too shy to approach a complete stranger, but no matter how jealous I'd be if she ever had a new friend, I know she need it. Since I can't be around her twenty-four hours. Aside from Mio who doesn't have any friend, there's something else bothers my mind.
What the heck is wrong those eyes on us? Or… is it me? Noticing this, I turned to see Mio and just like what I thought, her head still hung down low. She's still not used with this and it's not like I'm used, this is new for me too, but Mio is not really good at hiding what she felt, especially when it comes to embarrassing things. I tried my best to ignore the attention these people gave us, but then suddenly-
"Excuse me!"
A dark-red hair girl jumped right in front of us; stopping us from walking furthermore. "Is something wrong? Do I know you?" I instinctively asked.
"There's nothing wrong and you probably don't know me, but I do know Akiyama-san!"
I raised an eyebrow. Okay, I was wrong; maybe Mio really did have the guts to get a friend. Here's the live proof, right in front of me. I turned to Mio with a curious look, "How come you never told me you had a really cute friend?" Oops! That's a slipped tongue! Well, she is cute, but damn, I never knew I'd blurt it out so obviously like that. "So, is there anything you want to say?" I quickly changed the topic.
Oh great, she even got flustered of my words. Mio would kill me; literally kill me. "Well, not exactly a friend, I'm actually a junior. Akiyama-san is actually my new tutor; I was just going to say 'hy' but then I realized that she's not coming here alone. Uhm, I never saw you around here before. My name's Aki Miyazaki, second year. How about you?" Wait, what? She asked for my intro and totally ignores the girl next to me, who is my girlfriend AND her new tutor. That's rude, if I think about it again.
"Uh… Ritsu, Tainaka Ritsu. Third year, from the faculty next to this one. Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think having a chit-chat now will be a good thing. I don't want Mio to come late for her morning class, so if you'll excuse us, we need to go now."
"Oh, I'm really sorry, I didn't know!" She bowed down on us in an apology manner. Sheeze, it feels weird somehow.
"Eh? No need to do that, it's not your fault. We'll go first, okay? I'll see you later."
I walked passing by the girl and dragging Mio along with me. Now I really need to ask her why she wouldn't say anything to that girl. I mean, I thought she'd be more jealous or something, because she did ignore her new tutor. Anyways, despite the rudeness of that girl ignoring Mio, she is kinda cute, but I won't be able to like her if she's rude to Mio. A definite no-no. "I guess you can just drop me here."
"Oh, right, uh…" Snapping quickly to the reality, I realized that I'm so focus on my thoughts. Well, at least I'm not talking my thoughts out loud. "I'll text you when I'm done. We'll meet at the cafeteria."
She nodded in agreement, but it doesn't seem like she's going to walk inside the class yet. The class hasn't started yet, so there are still people going back and forth. I shot her a puzzled look, because I know she really have something to say but it's just not easy for her to confess it. Back to the fact that this is Akiyama Mio.
I was hoping she'll say it soon enough, but as time passes by, it only filled with silence. I sighed in defeat, "I'll go to my faculty now, okay?" Before I could turn the other way, Mio pulled me back and planted a kiss on my cheek.
My face heating up in seconds, not to mention it might be matches with Mio's. She's smiling at me afterwards, "Thanks." Then she goes inside her class.
Now I know how it feels being kiss all in a sudden, where people could watch it freely and clearly.
Afterclass
"Oi, Tainaka, are you comin'?"
"Tch, told you to call me 'Ritsu'~ It's totally fine, seriously!" I sighed, and then hung my bag on my shoulder. "Anyways, where to?"
"Arcade! Sheeze, you know everytime we're done with class earlier, we always go to the arcade and today is arcade weekend! So are you comin' or not? They're all waiting at the front gate." Right, it's arcade weekend and here I thought I'm selfish while I sacrifices my fun with those guys just to celebrate my dear girlfriend's birthday party. Besides, I've prepared everything already. It won't go for a waste.
"Oh, I forgot. Gomen. I can't come, there's something I need finish today."
He sighed in a bit of disappointment. Well, I did have a deal to challenge him at the arcade, but that could wait. "Alright then, we're going now. Oh, one more thing," He stopped and looking at me with that 'knowing' look. The kind of look Mugi would have whenever I slipped tongue about the relationship. Hold on, did he notice? "You know, you should bring your boyfriend along next time~" He said followed by a wink. "Ja ne!"
In addition, he goes out of the class. "He noticed, but he missed the 'boyfriend' part." I muttered as I walking out of the class, and then pulled out my cell phone from my pocket to text Mio.
"Change of plan, wait for me at your faculty's front gate, okay? See ya there, Princess~ ;)" -Ritsu
I chuckled at the message I just sent to Mio, and then made my way to the bus stop. Why a bus stop? You must be wondering. Well, I just realized something after my brother, Satoshi, texted me and told me about my parents who is going outside Japan. It did makes me wonder about Satoshi who's not coming along in the trip, but then again, Satoshi can't take too much day to skip school. Enough about him, back to my plan…
My brother told me that he needs someone who is old enough to drive a car and take him to his friend's house. It might be his girlfriend, but who cares? He'll tell me soon. He told me I can use the car as long as I want, but if he text me to pick him up, I need to dash off to where he is. That's when I see the chance that I could just use the car, rather than taking a bus! See? I'm a genius! Satoshi will be done the next day, I'm sure that he'll end up staying over at his friend's house. Then Mio and I will be done the next day too, but we'll be back before Satoshi text me. Therefore, he wouldn't blabbers about anything to Mom and Dad, that I had used the car without permission.
You know, it's good to have a brother who can easily make a deal.
A/N: Right, it ends like this… gomen~ I promise, next chapter will be… uhm… really really simply romantic and of course, fluffy~ :3
iDutchman | Signing Off
