Once they were in Luka's apartment Miku realized that they had been holding hands all the time and blushed. Luka didn't seem to mind. She took off her coat and sat in the coach.
"I know you probably want a cup of hot chocolate, am I right?" Luka asked.
"Umm… yes… but I need to call Gumi, she must be worried about me." Miku said guiltily.
"Oh, right… you can call her from my phone." She said as she handed the phone to Miku. The girl dialed the number and waited patiently for an answer.
"Yes?" Gumi's voice was heard through the other line.
"Yes? Gumi?" Miku answered relieved.
" Miku?! Where are you?! I was worried about you, you know! Did something happen?" Gumi asked concerned.
"Well…" Miku said reluctantly. "I was going to hang out with Luka-san but… I got lost and… then she found me and now I'm at her home." Miku admitted.
"Ah… I see…" Gumi replied a bit disappointed. "I presume you can't come now…"
"I'm really sorry… I promise I will…" Miku tried to apologize but she was interrupted.
"It's okay, Miku. I know that you are in love with Luka-san… I knew all this time…" Gumi smiled.
"You… knew?" Miku asked surprised. Luka glanced at her, wondering what they were talking about but she quickly looked away.
"Please don't get hurt…" Gumi smiled worriedly. "And…" she blushed. "Once you get to know Luka-san better ask her whether we can all go out to together… along with Kaito-san…" She said embarrassed.
"Eh? Who is that?" Miku asked clueless.
"Eh? No one! No one!" Gumi denied the truth. "I'll tell you some other time… okay?"
"Okay…" Miku replied still not sure of what was going on.
"Well, I'll be hanging up now…" Gumi said.
"Umm… Gumi… Merry Christmas." Miku smiled. "It's a bit early but… I thought it would be better to tell you now…"
"Merry Christmas!" Gumi answered cheerfully.
"Oh! Could you please let me talk to Rin-chan too?" Miku asked concerned.
"Sure." Gumi replied as she went to find Rin.
"Miku-senpai?! Where are you?! Where are you?!" Rin asked. She was ecstatic.
"I'll explain you later Rin-chan." Gumi scolded her. "Miku can't come tonight…"
"Eh? Why?" Rin complained.
"As I told you…" Gumi smiled uncomfortably.
"Okay, okay…" Rin said, getting a bit scared.
"I just wanted to say Merry Christmas." Miku smiled.
"Merry Christmas, Miku-senpai… please promise you will be here tomorrow!" Rin said.
"Of course, it's a promise." Miku smiled. "But wait… since I'm so clumsy I'd like to tell you that if something weird happens I might not be there!" Miku said worried.
"Eh?" Rin whined. "Well… it better not happen!" She pouted. Miku giggled.
"I'll be hanging up." Miku said after glancing at Luka. "Good night."
"Good night." Rin replied as she hanged up with a smile. Gumi smiled back.
Miku handed the phone back to Luka. "I'm sorry it took me so long…" she apologized.
"It's okay, it's your friends. They are important, right?" Luka smiled.
"Yes…" Miku smiled back bashfully.
"Oh, Miku-hime wants hot chocolate, right?" Luka asked gently.
"Yes…" Miku answered with a smile. "Miku-hime…" a different voice echoed in her mind and Miku widened her eyes. A male figure appeared before her eyes. "Miku-hime…" he smiled. Soon, tears started falling from Miku's eyes and she wasn't even sure why.
"Miku? Are you okay? Why are you crying?" Luka asked surprised and worried at the same time.
"I… my father…" Miku said unsure.
"Your father?" Luka asked worried.
"Did you remember him?" She said after sitting close to Miku and wrapping her arm around her wait.
"He used to call me like that…" Miku answered in grief and a bit afraid too. She was afraid to remember.
"I won't call you like that anymore if it hurts you…" Luka reassured.
"No… that's not it… I just… I like it… I like it but… I feel this nostalgia…" Miku answered uncertain. Luka nodded and hugged the girl tightly. She slowly caressed her head and back. "I… I do like it when you call me like that…" Miku finally said and hugged Luka back. They remained like that for some time until Luka decided it was time to go make something to drink. She stood up and gave a quick look at Miku just to see the girl staring at her more intensely than ever before. Luka couldn't help but blush. "Can… can I come with you?" Miku asked cutely.
"Yeah…" Luka answered a bit flustered. Miku silently followed Luka to the kitchen. She stood very close to her. Luka glanced at Miku everyone now and then but didn't say anything.
"Mi… Miku…" Luka began a bit reluctantly which was unusual for her.
"Umm… yes…?" Miku answered curiously. Luka looked at Miku with a very serious expression but didn't say anything. Suddenly she leaned and placed her lips on Miku's cheek. Miku blushed.
"Kiss her cheek and if your heart races and you feel like kissing her lips then there's no mistaking it :P" Kaito had written in one of his phone messages. Luka had had the opportunity to look at it before she had given her phone to Miku. She widened her eyes; she face palmed herself and looked at Miku reluctantly as she blushed.
"Luka-san?" Miku asked a bit worried. Luka took a deep breath.
"Don't worry Miku, I'll make that hot chocolate for you!" Luka smiled reassuringly trying to forget what she had just realized…
"Thank you Luka-san." Miku smiled.
"Oh, would you like me to cut some Christmas cake?" Luka asked gently.
"Umm… yes…" Miku smiled bashfully. Luka cut a piece of cake; she put it in a plate and left it on the table for Miku to eat. Then she sat in the couch next to her. She still was confused about these feelings. Did she really feel that way about Miku? She probably did… thought she still wasn't very sure about the reason she had been running away from those feelings for such a long time. Luka was lost in her thoughts and when she stopped for a moment to look at Miku she saw the younger girl devouring the cake happily. Luka giggled.
"You are a glutton, Miku." She joked.
"Eh?" Miku complained after swallowing. Luka laughed. Miku looked at her confused and took a sip of her hot chocolate. Suddenly the lights went off and when Miku looked back, Luka was nowhere to be seen. She froze. She was utterly scared and didn't even understand what had just happened. She stood up and tried to look for Luka. In the end she just ended up kneeling down with her eyes open wide. She shut her eyes closed and didn't open them until she felt snow falling on her back. Then, she saw the street. Where was she? What had happened?
"Kyaa!" Miku screamed as she opened her eyes.
"What's wrong?" Luka asked surprised.
"Luka-san? You are here?" She asked worried with teary eyes.
"Of course I am." Luka replied and caressed her shoulder. "Did you have a nightmare?"
"Oh… I think I did…" Miku answered still a bit confused.
"You fell asleep on my shoulder." Luka giggled.
"Luka-san…" Miku hugged her tightly, almost unable to let her go.
"It's okay, now, don't worry." Luka said comfortingly as she stroked her head.
-o-o-o-
"I once had a friend…"
"Michi, how are you?" Luka waved at a girl with brown short hair.
"Luka." The girl hugged her. They spend endless hours talking and playing games when they were in high school. But Michi was being bullied so… one day nothing of those beautiful memories was left. Michi's face as she fall off the building, her tears, her dirty uniform and her last words before she disappeared was something Luka would never be able to forget. "Luka… I love you…"
"Michi! No!" She yelled as she run towards the edge of the building.
Luka, unable to come over that fact and accept Michi's death soon began dating Gakupo. However all he did was make her feel more and more frustrated. She didn't understand it… She never worried for him, never felt any type of affection towards him and yet she didn't want to leave him. Luka was a liar, she had deceived Gakupo she had lied… She had even lied to Miku. That day when she first saw her in the train station her coat was stained with blood. That blood was hers. After her friend's death Luka had attempted suicide multiple times, but in the end always regret and just hurt herself as a result.
This chapter wasn't as long as the last one but I felt that I had to write the rest in the next chapter. Initially is was supposed to be very different but after writing it I felt like there was something very wrong with it... The idea was to make Luka involved with some kind of mafia that blackmailed her due to the heart transplant her cousin had undergone some years ago... So she had to pay but wasn't able to. However after writing it I thought it didn't have any relation to the main plot of the story and just made it seem weird and it was too sudden... plus I didn't really know what they were supposed to do when the mafia surrounded them. They ended up in a dead end where they would surely have died. So...
~I hope you liked the chapter~
