Woohoo, another chapter! Apologies for not getting this chapter out sooner, I wrote most of it on my phone and i-pod while at work and had to retype it and fix all the spelling and grammatical errors.
"Okay sounds good to me." Natsuki said with a grin.
They both changed before heading out to the mall.
After grabbing a few more sets of clothes, they decided it would be best for Natsuki to have a cell phone so that way she could stay in touch with Mai and Mikoto and contact Shizuru whenever she needed, especially once Shizuru went back to work tomorrow. So while at the mall they headed to the electronics store to find a suitable phone. As they entered the store they were greeted by a store employee.
"Well hello there pretty ladies." A short haired blunette greeted them with a charming grin while checking them out. Natsuki thought she might have to punch the other girl in the face when she winked at Shizuru and grabbed her hand. Natsuki wasn't going to resist the temptation anymore when the store employee brought Shizuru's hand up to her lips for a kiss. Her lips were millimeters away when...
THWACK!
"Aahhh! Owww.. Aoi that really hurt, what was that for?" Chie said turning to a pretty brunette standing behind her, while rubbing the back of her head where said brunette had just smacked her.
"What do you think your doing Chie?" The girl said as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I KNOW you're not flirting with other girls again AND harassing potential customers, are you?" she said in a berating tone, as she glared at the other girl, who also happened to be her girlfriend, while taping her foot.
"Of course not my darling Aoi" Chie said laying the charm on thick in hopes of getting off easy, "You know your the only girl I have eyes for." She said with a cheesy grin before moving forward to hug the scowling girl, only to get a hand in the face moving her out of the way.
Aoi gave a brief glare to her flirty girlfriend before turning to the two bemused women watching the fiasco.
"I'm so sorry about Chie, she really isn't as bad as she her first impression makes her out to be. I'm Aoi by the way, store manager, is there anything I can help you with?" She said to Natsuki and Shizuru, completely ignoring the injured prince charming behind her.
Shizuru watched the whole spectacle with an amused smile while Natsuki was a mixture of confusion and irritation.
"Well we were hoping to get a phone for Natsuki-chan." Shizuru finally responded to Aoi after a few seconds.
Chie popped up with a grin as if nothing had happened earlier. "Then you should talk to me as I am the expert when it comes to phones."
Both Natsuki and Shizuru looked skeptical of the girls capabilities. Aoi, noticing their expressions, stepped in.
"She really is the best when it comes to phones and I can guarantee that she will behave, won't you Chie?" Aoi said with a glare at the princely looking girl.
Chie gulped at the look her girlfriend was giving her and nodded vigorously in agreement. (Aoi can be very scary) She then put on her professional face as she turned back to Natsuki and Shizuru.
"If you will follow me I'll show you our collection of phone choices and different data plans." She said as she led the way to the phone section of the store.
Once Chie started acting like a professional (probably due to Aoi watching her carefully from across the store) their phone selection process went without any problems and Natsuki was able to get a phone that fit her perfectly. Shizuru insisted on buying her the highest data plan available despite Natsuki's protests that it wasn't necessary. The emerald eye girl was starting to feel bad about all the money Shizuru was spending on her.
-ShizNat-
"Ara ara, that Chie-san was quite the character." Shizuru stated as they walked back into the apartment after their trip to the mall.
"I didn't like her." Natsuki replied with a frown. 'How dare that flirtatious floozy try to kiss my Shizuru' Natsuki thought only to cause her frown to turn into a scowl at the memory of how close the girls lips had gotten to Shizuru's hand.
Shizuru chuckled before hugging the blunette from behind. "I think that Natsuki-chan is just jealous that I had more of Chie-san's attention." She said, her mouth positioned right next to the younger girl's ear.
"That is not why I'm jealous!" Natsuki said with a hint of disgust in her voice. Like she would ever be remotely interested in such a weirdo's attention.
"Oh so Natsuki-chan is jealous, but if not of Chie then what is she jealous of?" Shizuru responded with curiosity, tilting her head to the side in wonder.
Natsuki blushed at the feel of Shizuru's breath right on her ear and the strong arms embracing her. "She almost kissed you." She said softly, hoping she wasn't sounding like a petulant child. She started to get worried when Shizuru didn't respond right away, and the silence was making her fidget.
Shizuru was taking the moment of silence to get her head straight. 'Natsuki is jealous that Chie almost kissed my hand? Does that mean that she would rather be the one kissing me?' She decided to take a chance to find out.
"Oh so Natsuki-chan would like to kiss me instead? Well Natsuki should know that she can kiss me anytime she would like." Shizuru said in a purring voice, hoping that she didn't just scare the girl away.
Hearing those words caused Natsuki's whole body to warm up and her heart to start beating faster. She was elated to know that Shizuru felt something towards her and wouldn't be opposed to kissing her.
"Shizuru you can also kiss me whenever you want to." Natsuki said softly, glad that the brunette was behind her so she didn't have to look into Shizuru's eyes as she said such an embarrassing sentence.
Shizuru couldn't have been happier with the blunette's response. She felt drawn to the blunette from the moment she met the girl (well after the whole knife fiasco) and couldn't help but want to kiss her as much as possible.
"Ara ara, is that correct?" Shizuru said with a light teasing note in her voice as she spun the younger girl around, one hand on the girls hip while the other came up to the girl's cheek as she stared into emerald eyes.
Natsuki could only nod in response, her throat becoming tight from being in such close proximity to the gorgeous brunette. She doubted that any words could have come out, probably only jumbled noises.
"Well, in that case..." Shizuru said before leaning down and gently brushing her lips against the trembling ones of the girl in her arms.
Natsuki couldn't believe they were actually kissing, Shizuru was kissing her, and she was using everything she had just to stay up and not melt into a puddle of mush on the floor. Shizuru's lips were so soft, and tasted like tea. After getting over her shock she slowly started to respond to the kiss moving her own against Shizuru's a little more firmly wanting more.
Shizuru was in heaven, she couldn't believe they were kissing. She had this beautiful emerald eyed, blunette in her arms, and they were kissing. Natsuki was now responding to the kiss and it just made it more amazing. The fingers of the hand on the blunette's hip tightened as the kiss became more passionate, the taste of mint on her lips as they caressed the younger girl's.
They reluctantly broke apart due to lack of air. They stood there out of breath and staring into each others eyes, seeing their affection for each other reflected in the others' eyes. Natsuki broke eye contact first not sure what she should do or say. So she decided to do the next best thing and that was hid. The only problem was she didn't want to leave Shizuru's loving embrace so she compromised and decided to hide her face in Shizuru's neck. Burying her blushing face into Shizuru's warm neck as she wrapped her arms around the brunette's waist pulling them closer together.
Shizuru looked down at the other girl and just stroked her hair. The feel of the other girl in her arms made her feel complete; But she knew they needed to talk, so she cupped the girls chin and brought her face back up to meet hers and gave her a quick kiss on the lips that brought a smile to both their faces.
"Why don't we go sit down." She suggested to the blunette, grabbing her hand to sit down on the couch right next to each other. Natsuki followed along obediently, and once seated started playing with Shizuru's hand that was intertwined with her own.
"I… I liked k-kissing you, Shizuru." Natsuki said, surprisingly starting the conversation, albeit quite nervously.
"I liked kissing Natsuki-chan too, and would like to kiss her more." Shizuru responded, squeezing Natsuki's hand affectionately. "I was wondering if maybe Natsuki would like to try kissing more often with me."
"W-wait. Are..are you trying to say you want to go out with me?" Natsuki asked in disbelief.
"Yes Natsuki, I would very much like to go out with you." Shizuru replied slightly hesitant unsure of the girls reaction.
"You.. want to go out with... me?" Natsuki repeated once more in a slight daze not really focusing just lost in her head.
"If you do not wish to date me Natsuki please do not feel obligated to do so to spare my feelings or think I will throw you out. I just thought that is what we both wanted." Shizuru said slightly put off that she didn't receive the reaction she had expected. She had truly thought that Natsuki would have wanted to be in relationship together but apparently she had read the signs wrong. She moved to get up from the couch but was stopped because her one hand was still clasped with Natsuki's and the blunette wasn't letting go.
"Shizuru that is not what I meant at all. I was merely in shock that someone as amazing, beautiful and well off as you would have any true romantic interest in someone like me. I mean, I had wished that you would see me as a possible girlfriend but I never actually believed that you would!" Natsuki babbled out as quickly as possible, never her intention to hurt the woman's feelings or give her the impression that she wasn't interested in the brunette. Who wouldn't be interested in Shizuru, the brunette was perfect in every way. Natsuki was just well and truly shocked and had obviously screwed up communicating with the older woman already.
Shizuru knelt in front of the younger girl and clasped both of her small soft hands, "Of course I would be interested in you. Who wouldn't be, your sweet, cute, beautiful, strong and kind and I want to learn even more about you. Natsuki you are so special. Would you do me the honor of going out with me?"
"Yes Shizuru I would love to go out with you, if your absolutely sure you want me." Natsuki replied, still a little uncertain.
"I am sure." Shizuru said smiling at the green eyed girl in joy.
They both leaned in and shared their first kiss as girlfriends, both enjoying such a perfect moment and hoping for future ones as well.
I know that sounds like the end but it's not, I am merely curious whether I should end this here and then make a sequel with my other ideas or just continue adding chapters to this. Tell me what you think.
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