Disclaimer: I own the plot, and OCs, but I don't own UFO Baby and its cast.
Author's Note: As Always... thank you for those who reviewed! Without you all, this will come out later than expected... although I didn't gain much momentum, –sigh- anyway, please enjoy this Chapter!
The New Life: Eternal Love
By Hiroyuki11
Chapter IX: OUR Home...
I wonder, is this really hot in here? It's been just 5 minutes and I'm perspiring like I've been on a sauna bath... but... what the hell? It is raining... and we're at the middle of autumn! And my sweat is not really exactly what you call a warm sweat, sweating bullets and cold sweat. It isn't supposed like this! I should reveal to them the secret in a civilized manner... not like shouting like a caveman waving his club, or even Tarzan! This is supposed to be like this:
"Christine-san, Miyu-san... I have a secret to tell you." I said, as I sat on living room, dressed in a suit and tie.
"Oh... what is it Dumpling-san?" Christine said, in an overly passionate manner, holding of her hands in her chest.
"Ojisan... what will your secret would be?" Miyu said in a another overly passionate manner, that seems to go overboard when Miyu reaches for Bawmeow's hand and puts it on her chest. "Feel... can you feel it? My heart is already pondering, waiting for your secret." Miyu said in a sweet voice that Bawmeow shudders.
Miyu and Christine never use a sweet voice like that... nah, must be my imagination. "Oh, Miyu-san... to tell you the truth I'm..."
"Gay."
"Huh...?"
"You're GAY."
"NO! Really, I'm-"
"GAY!"
"WAIT!"
"GAY!"
"GAY!"
"No!I'mnotgayI'mnotgayI'mnotgay!!" Bawmeow shouted, while banging his head at the table.
Several other customers titled their head sideways to see what the commotion is about.
Kanata quickly put a distance between him and Bawmeow. "Will you keep quiet?!" Kanata hissed, looking around.
"Ano... we're not saying that you're gay, right Miyu-san?" Christine said calmly looking at Miyu.
Miyu nearly rolled her eyes, 'you're the one who said that he's gay... don't include me.' She smiles sweetly at Christine and nodded. 'And what's more... who the hell are you? You're not Kanata's girlfriend are you?'
"See, Dumpling-san? Even Miyu-san, agreed to me. We're not calling you gay..." Christine said reaching towards the sulking Bawmeow to pat him in the shoulders soothingly.
"Really?" Bawmeow looks up, his forehead was red.
"Yes, we mean it." Christine looks again to Miyu only to see her glaring at her before smiling.
"Ah... Oh! Yes, WE mean it, but I didn't I didn't accuse you being gay in the first place." Miyu said smiling sweetly. 'Although I almost believe her... or maybe I do believe her.'
Flashback
It's started on after Kanata said the bills on the Hospital, I don't know if he nervous as I am, because I saw that he's pale. We never had the chance to talk much because he's hurrying... as if he's late for work, oh, I think he does have work. What is the day today? Saturday? Sunday? Gee, I don't really know.
"Hey Kanata," I call out to him, "Do you have a girlfriend?" I suddenly said, and his reaction is cute! One moment he's looking serious, and the next, he's acting comically.
"W-Wha... I, what are you talking about?" Kanata said, chuckling to himself. "A-Aren't you excited that we're going home? I'll cook for you for celebrating your release." Kanata said looking anywhere but me, he's hiding something, I just know it. "I'll cook you pumpkin dishes, you know, that's my favorite dish... and... ahm..." I tuned off Kanata's obvious diversion, he's definitely hiding-
"... Kanata will tell you the truth about us..."
Huh? Isn't that Dumpling-san's voice?
"Christine... I'm not what you thought me to be... Kanata, Miyu and I had been keeping secrets with you... because when you found out, we think you'll flip."
Flip? What secrets? And I'm included in it? Hmmm... Maybe this is the answer to my question.
" Kanata and I are different... I'm-"
"Gay."
"Yeah, I'm...ga-WHAT?!"
Gay?! I look at Kanata, mouth opened wide, and don't know what to say... or think for that matter. Kanata is GAY? I-I... I can't believe it!
"It's because I always saw you and Kanata hiding something from me, sometimes Miyu helps you two... now that answers one of the 7 wonders of our school, whether Kanata is gay or not... I mean there are so many girls who worship him and he didn't give them a damn. He even made several girls cry... but I won't tell anyone, you've done so much for me that-"
Now that she mentions it, there's some kind of mysterious aura Dumpling-san have... just like when he and that girl Mitsuki that was fawning him over. He looks at her like she was some kind of an alien... that they didn't belong together...
"NO! WE'RE NOT GAY! I MEAN TO TELL YOU THAT ME AND LOU ARE ALIENS AND KANATA AND MIYU ARE HIDING IT FROM YOU!"
Huh? Alien? Or is it illegal citizen?
Alien?
End of Flashback
Kanata smiled faintly, here, they are... sitting at a café, talking about whether he or Bawmeow is gay or not. Kanata couldn't help but to be happy... first, he got the shock of his life... Miyu said that she was going home. Kanata felt that he look like a fish that opened and close their mouths... couldn't she just tell him after five minutes? Didn't she know that his brain is booting? Then another problem came when Christine woke up again... darn, since Christine is hiding... he'd have to pay her bills or THEIR bills, and now their broke, he was very happy that he could die at this moment, right?
And then now this...
Miyu and Christine are now looking at each other's eye, and it has been while since Miyu's outburst. "Now, now, Miyu and Melissa, you two are both friends right?" Kanata said, dismissing the situation as smoothly as he can.
Miyu look at Kanata and then smiles at Christine, "Gomen, Melissa-san," Miyu said ruefully, "Didn't mean it to sound like it sounds..." she said then looking at Bawmeow. "Dumpling-san, don't worry about it... I can see it in your eyes and actions that you're not gay." Miyu said... a gentle smile replaces her former.
Kanata felt that Miyu and Christine are now getting the concept of what he feared. It'll be hard to explain, and Bawmeow will do no good... look at what he'd done... he almost made a disaster by making Christine jealous or something... now that I mention it, Christine hadn't been jealous by anything I do for the last few months, it may be because she was now his friend and she understand him to the point that she knew that he didn't intend for some things to happen, happen.
Kanata didn't listen to the conversation anymore as he looked at the window towards the cloud... smile adorning his face as he found a cloud the looked like the continent of Europe, and then... -Kanata smiled even wider- a melon bread(1). Kanata remembers the day, he and Miyu argued over such small things... but a thought crosses his mind. The new Miyu wouldn't have the courage to insult him... but then again this new Miyu is still emotionally unstable...
"...are you Kanata's girlfriend?" At this Kanata whipped his head towards the one who spoke it... ugh, it seems that Miyu started again. She's definitely determined to know who's his girlfriend is, but for what reason he didn't know.
"..." Christine became silent and then she smiled, "No, I'm not..." Then Christine seemed to think, "Miyu... are you... okay?" Christine asks. Miyu was now the one who became silent...
Okay! This is definitely a taking a turn against me... Kanata thought sadly, "Hmm..." Then at the same time he waiter came and served him their lunch. Kanata smiled letting out his breath that he'd been holding, at least now he can breath freely while eating... "Guys, let's eat..!"
They are now walking on the streets of Heiomachi and walking towards the Saiyonji Temple, they never talk about what happened before they ate and now they were talking casually, except Miyu who looks a little out of place.
Christine looks at her friend closely... yes, Miyu did participate in the conversation, but it not the same... her old enthusiasm is gone. Christine's perception is unusually high, it sometimes intrigued her, but it really helps her keep in track of Kanata... She can smell his scent up to 300M radius, her eyes were like a hawk when she squinted her eyes, and her hearing is sensitive. All her 'special' abilities only works on Kanata... and because of that, she sometimes misunderstood him.
Now she's using it towards Miyu, she observes how she breaths, moves and the sound of voice, which is too innocent for her liking, she turns to look at Kanata, she heard him say that he found a good manga named, Hana Yori Dango(2), and asks if Christine heard of it. Christine shook her head, "I don't read Manga, all I do in my free time is Flower Arranging, Traditional Tea Ceremony, Improving my Culinary Arts... and things like that." she smiled gently to Kanata and then she look in the corner of her eye to look at Miyu.
"Is that so?" Kanata rubs his hands in his chin... "Do you read manga at all?" Kanata asks.
"No." Christine said simply, "I read romance novels." She then looks at Kanata, "It is the same thing... right?"
Kanata smiled a little, a little unnerve because of Christine's slightly different attitude. "No. Actually, it is a comic. I'll show you when we get home."
"Get... home...?" Christine said hesitantly, fully looking at Kanata, although he doesn't looks back. Her attention towards Miyu's attitude was replaced by this new news. Christine was already angry at herself not noticing things like this... Of course, she'll live with Kanata... she left home right?
Kanata looks at the sky... "Yeah." Somewhat worried because of the real secret he's going to tell both Miyu and Christine...
Miyu was in the background, looking at Melissa and Kanata, contemplating... and left out in their conversation. Miyu could feel her tears brimming in her eyes... so he does have a girlfriend, and they live at the same house... Miyu missed Christine tone replying to Kanata.
Kanata became quiet while Christine was looking down her whole head was covered from the hood of Kanata's jacket... Miyu knew it was Kanata's because of its aura and scent. Kanata's girlfriend has privileges... while I do not have one...
Miyu looks at both Kanata and Christine. She noticed that the distance between the two was little compared her distance to Kanata... Miyu wouldn't be surprise if there were holding hands, but it would be rude to crane her neck towards them to look at their hands. Kanata looks like he's protecting Christine from something...
Miyu lost her confidence, her strength... upon seeing Kanata's and Christine casual interaction... she lost her will to fight for Kanata. Her battle is already over... she lost to Melissa.
Kanata didn't love her... he love Melissa. He never loved her. He cared for her, as he was blaming himself of what happened to her... only guilt give him the reason to care for her... and Melissa is so understanding, that she waited for her and Kanata at the park.
Melissa doesn't get jealous as me... and yet she didn't visit me at the hospital. She's difficult. She teases Kanata being a bi, and yet she knew he was not. She isn't scared of Kanata's reaction. She's an outspoken person...
Kanata's girlfriend is something I am not...
Kanata and the others arrived at the Saiyonji Temple Stairs... all of them looked at the summit. As if, if they walk towards the stairs, their life would never be the same. It is like there was an invisible barrier stood between them and the stairs...
Christine looks at the stairs, the full implication of "Living" together with Kanata is now hitting her full force and her feet were now rooted at the ground. " Saiyonji Temple... is it different from the last time I saw it? Or it's just that..." The Saiyonji Temple didn't change a bit... but yet it feels and looks different when you'll live in it... call it your home. My home... it has a nice ring to it than my mansion... Christine smiled.
Miyu looks at it, she felt that she should know this place... she then walk towards the sign and looks at it. She was definitely here... and yet she couldn't remember. This is my home...
Kanata looks at the two girls beside him... "Let's go..." Kanata smiled. "Let's go to our home...!" Kanata said, running up the stairs, energetically.
I don't care if my life changes... I don't care if something bad happens after this... I would face the barriers in life with all my strength and I'll not run back!
Today... 3 people, run upwards the stairs... they forgot their identity, as they were running... they forgot all their problems as the wind caresses them in the face. For them... this is the start of their New Life. Only one walks... it was Bawmeow.
Ohayo!
Sorry for the late update. Got writer's block and then the supposedly a momentum went down the drain... the only powerhouse of this was because of my mood, and not to mention my muse. I deleted an 800-words scene because it was the cause of my writer's block... This is short as I didn't include the 'Secrets' being revealed... I just thought that ending this way is better.
By the way... do you like the love twist? It is basic but it does have its own appeal. XD, my muse is evil. I can't believe it so long to enter this phase of the story... Kami! Does the filler last that long?! Ugh... now that it is out... the focus of this story will be shown... you'll love it! -sarcasm- and hate me for it!
Q & A Portion:
1.) What do you think Miyu's and Christine's reaction upon knowing that Lou and Bawmeow are aliens?
2.) Do you think that Christine has recovered from her trauma being raped?
3.) What do you think Miyu's life would be now that she's living with Kanata and his 'girlfriend'?
(1) Melon bread is a piece of bread that has something inside of it... I don't know what it called on other countries, but in Japan such bread exists, and here on my country it was called by another name.
(2) Hana Yori Dango, literally means 'Dumpling over Flowers', but in this case this means 'Boys over Flowers', 'Dango can also mean Boys'. It's a popular manga that started in 1999 and finished on 2002, it's about love between rich and poor high school student. Kanata mentioned this to Christine because of the theme of the story.
See you in the next chapter, and I hope you review a lot! As it is one of the components into running my muse... ja! -Hiro