Hint: I do made Ritsu taller than Mio, probably because she's one year older than Mio.
~ Enjoy and keep R&R ~
WARNING: No BETA Version (in-progress), Yuri, OOC-ness, AU.
"AFFECTION is always greater than PERFECTION." -Anonymous
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"I Want To Hear You"
Chapter 9: The Camping Trip ~ Day 3
"Hooaaam~" The brown-haired girl yawned and stretched her body a bit. Gosh! My body felt so hurt! She groaned then looked down, just to see a black-haired girl who was sleeping so peacefully beside her in the futon. The black-haired girl's arms were wrapped around the brunette's waist.
The brunette chuckled, and smiled on last time before she slowly getting off the black-haired girl's arms, then she got up. She let out another yawn, as she walks towards the door and slides it open.
She stretched her arms freely, as she steps outside her room. "She's the one who got drunk, but why am I the one who got hurt like this in the morning?" She mumbled.
"You got drunk too, Ritsu?" Ritsu jumped a bit as she heard someone.
Ritsu turned her head to the left, and saw Ichigo standing beside her with a confused look, "Hm? No, I'm not drunk last night" She said, sighing.
"So... Did something happen last night?" Ichigo asked, curiously.
Ritsu scratched the back of her head in nervous, "W-what do you mean? Nothing's happen," She claimed, looking away.
This made Ichigo frowned, "Whatever," She said, irritably as she walking pass by Ritsu. "It's not like I care about what you did with her last night"
Ritsu only let out a small sigh. When Ichigo far enough, she whispers to herself, "I'm just hoping that no one would talk about what Mio and I did last night" Sighed, "It's her fault for mistaken sake as water and get drunk"
"Who's get drunk?" A girl voice said, which made Ritsu jumped in surprise.
Ritsu turned her head, and saw Mio standing by the door with her sleepy eyes. "Gosh~ Why did you always surprised me like that? What if I get a heart-attack?"
Mio rolled her eyes, "You're not gonna get a heart-attack until you've reach forty and over" She said, as she walked back inside the room.
"You know, it's kinda weird. Because either you mute or not, you've always shocked me" Ritsu sighed, and smirked at Mio. She sat down beside the black-haired girl, chuckles, "Still sleepy, eh?"
Mio rubbed her eyes, and shook her head lightly. Not long after that, she ran her hands to her forehead, feeling a bit dizzy. "Ne, R-Ritsu..." She whispered.
"Yeah?" Ritsu raised an eyebrow.
Mio groaned a bit, "M-my head... W-why does it felt so hurt, Ritsu?" She asked, whispering and still holding her forehead by her hand.
"Well..." Ritsu looked at Mio in a sympathetic look. "There's something happened. Last night" She said, scratched the back of her head.
"W-what happen l-last night?" Mio asked, looked rather hurt. "Ow~ I feel so dizzy"
"H-hey- !" The brown-haired girl hold Mio's by the shoulder to keep sitting down, "I-I'll tell you... but... I think you better just lay down while I tell you what happen last night"
Ritsu was replied by a nod from Mio. Then the black-haired girl slowly laying her body on the futon. "So? What h-happen?" She whispered.
"You're drunk," Ritsu said, plainly. "You've mistaken sake as water," Even though Ritsu knew Mio's eyes went wide when she said that the shy girl got drunk, she keep telling the story with a plain expression.
A few moments, Ritsu already finish the short story. Of course, she didn't tell anything about the kiss, the confession or anything intimate that happened last night. Mio said sorry for bothering Ritsu while she's drunk, so she tell Ritsu that she'll do anything to pay her back. Ritsu smirked at that, and managed to speak up, "You sure? Anything that I ask? No regret in the end?" Ritsu asked, curiously with a teasing tone.
Mio nodded slowly, "W-well, just one though. But yeah..." She paused and looked away, "...anything" She said, more like whispering but loud enough for Ritsu to hear.
Ritsu catched the slight blush on Mio's face while she said that. The brown-haired girl sighed, "Okay," Ritsu paused a bit, then took a deep breath. "I want you to..." She stopped again and thinks again.
"What?" Mio asked, there's a bit of hesitation in her word.
"Hm..." Ritsu looked up. What would be good? Ask her to wear a neko-mimi outfit? Nah~ Nurse outfit? GAH! I'm thinking like Sawa-chan now! Ritsu was lost in her thought.
Mio tilted her head when she knew that Ritsu didn't continue what she was going to say. "Ritsu? You there?" She asked, waving her hands in front of Ritsu's face.
"Huh?" Ritsu shook her head. God, I'm spacing out? Okay okay, I'll just go with that. I bet everyone will be SHOCK with this. The brown-haired girl took a deep breath once again, "Pretend as my girlfriend"
The black-haired girl stunned. What? Did she just ask me to pretend as her girlfriend? I must've heard wrong. Mio shook her head a bit, "What did you say?"
"Geez~" Ritsu rolled eyes, "I want you. To. Pretend. As. My. Girlfriend." She grinned, "Does that clear enough?"
Mio nodded slowly, "Y-yes. Clear enough... b-but... w-why did you want m-me to do t-that?" She asked stuttering.
"It's a secret and I'm not gonna tell you" Ritsu said, as she get up. "Now, c'mon. We need to make some announcement for the others" She offered a hand to Mio.
Mio panicked, "W-what? I-I thought that there are only us, who knew about this" Mio said, blushing and looked away.
"Are you kidding?" Ritsu chuckled, "For what I ask you to pretend, if only you and me who knew about it?" Ritsu sighed, "So? You comin' or not, girlfriend?" She teased.
She's evil. Mio thought as she got up, "I can stand by myself" She said, and walking away.
Ritsu laughed a little. Today's gonna be fun. It's just begin.
"mmhm... Y-Yui..." The pig-tailed girl struggling to get away from the older girl's action.
The air-headed girl tightening her grip on the shorter girl's hand on the wall, while her other hand caressing the other girl's waist, up and down.
After a few moments, the younger girl gave up on her girlfriend's attack. Gosh, she's so strong when it comes to this. She thought, as she lessens her struggles and started to let the older girl's takes the lead. Suddenly, Yui pulled away, panting because of the need of air. "Give up already, Azusa?" She asked, whispering seductively in Azusa's ear and made the shorter girl shivers a bit.
"I'm just wondering..." Azusa looked away, "Where did you get that power whenever it comes to this?" She said, blushing.
Yui laughed a bit, then started to give Azusa hot kisses around her neck. Azusa purred in pleasure, and it's a sign for Yui to take it furthermore.
The older girl ran her hand in the shorter girl's hair, then took off the tied-up hair. Azusa's hair fall down freely, which makes her looks more like a certain someone.
Azusa flinched a bit, when she felt something touching her private part down there. She bite her lower lip, getting ready whenever Yui started to make another move.
The younger girl groaned, when Yui teased her by caressing her private part. The brunette felt like take this one slow, but it seems like it's not in the same track with the other girl.
"Yui, would you stop?" Azusa groaned once again and looked away, "Just take it off already," She said, whispering and blushing.
Yui smirked, "Now look who's the one who beg for it?" The brunette lifted her head, then catch her girlfriend's lips. While her other hand working on Azusa's private part.
The younger girl shut her eyes closed, then purred in enjoyment, as she felt Yui goes faster with the move of her finger. N-no...I can't scream now... T-the others might hear u-us.
"Why won't you say anything, Azusa?" Yui said, whispering and made her movement a bit slower.
Azusa groaned, the fact that Yui slowing down when it's close already was just so disappointing for her. "T-they might hear us..." She said, as she laid her head on the older girl's shoulder.
"Don't they already?"
"You pervert!" A voice from the direction of the other side of the door said.
No. Way.
"W-why are we standing in front of other's room, Ritsu?" The black-haired girl asked.
Ritsu grinned, "Education?" She said when she pulled her own body off the door.
SMACK!
"What? What was that for, Mio~?" Ritsu cried, rubbing her head.
There's a slight blush on Mio's face, "You pervert!" Mio said, with a rather loud voice. "T-they were d-doing something p-private... We shou-"
The door slides open, "Mio-senpai...?" The younger girl stared down, "Ritsu-senpai...?" Azusa said.
Ritsu stared at the younger girl with a disbelief look. "M-Mio?" She said, tilting her head to the side.
"Wh-what?" Azusa blushed when Ritsu stared at her like that and called her 'Mio'. "W-what are you talking about, Ritsu-senpai?"
She looks a lot like me with her hair like that! Mio thought. "U-uhm... Forgive us, Azusa," Mio bowed in an apology manner. "This idiot having too much fun in the morning" She said, as she glared at Ritsu.
Ritsu gulped, then she got up. "Y-yeah. Gomen ne. But really, Azusa. You, really look like Mio with your hair like this"
"Weird, but I agree with Ritsu on that," Mio said, nodding in agreement.
Azusa looked away, blushing. "Eh? I was right, Azusa~" Yui popped out her head behind Azusa's shoulder. "Ohayou ne, Ricchan, Mio-chan~"
"Ohayou, Yui" The two said at the same time. Then looked at each other, but Mio looked away instinctively while blushing.
Yui and Azusa exchanged puzzled look at each other. Yui managed to speak up, "Congratulation, Ricchan and Mio-chan~!" Yui said, all of a sudden.
"W-what?"
"What? Congratulation? For what?"
"You two already got together, right, Ritsu-senpai and Mio-senpai?"
It's just an act. But they really fast to figure it out and believe it without any hesitation. Mio thought, but stay silent. As expected from Ritsu's friends.
Ritsu scratched the back of her neck, "Well..."
"YOU SHOULD THROW A PARTY TONIGHT!" The curly-haired girl cheered.
The brunette grinned, "Yeah, Ricchan~!" Yui said.
"I don't that's good idea, don't you agree, Mugi?" Sawako asked, winking at her now official girlfriend.
Mugi nodded, "Yeah. We're going back to Tokyo today. That'll be really tiring for us, if Ricchan throw a party tonight"
"Agree. I can't, even though I want to. But you know, I'll be super busy after we back to Tokyo" Ritsu said, scratching the back of her head.
Satoshi sighed, "I still can't believe that you and Mio-neechan are together now," He said, pouting.
"Ne, Satoshi-kun~ You can't have two girls, you know. How about Sakura if you date Mio-san?" Dave said, laughed a bit.
"Yeah, Satoshi, what about her?" Ritsu said, joining with the teasing on her brother.
Sakura instinctively shrugged, then looked away to hide her blushing face.
"Will you two stop that already?" Ichigo and Mio said at the same time, then looked at each other in embarrassment.
Ui and Mugi giggling in the background, when they saw Dave leaned closer to Ichigo and kissed his girlfriend on the lips.
However, the other new couple doesn't seem to have any intimate actions at each other. No kisses, no flirting, no complimenting, and not even hold hands.
Ichigo noticed the weird style of dating from Ritsu and Mio. They're not really together, are they? I'm not that stupid to be fooled, Ritsu. Ichigo thought. "Hey, Ritsu"
"Hm?"
"Can I talk to you for a minute? Just us, please?"
"But I- Whoa~" With that, Ichigo pulled Ritsu up, and drag the brunette outside to have a private talk.
Dave chuckled, then started to stood up and excuses himself from the others.
After Dave gone off, everyone exchanged a questioning look. "Is there something wrong?" Azusa asked.
Mugi smiled warmly at her friends. "I guess they had something to talk about"
"The three of them acting kinda strange, you know" Sawako claimed, as she take another sip of her tea.
Ui frowned, "Yeah," She turned to Mio, "Do you know something, Mio-san?"
Mio flinched a bit, "H-huh? Well... I'm not really sure, but I guess it was kinda private" Mio said, a little hesitate with her answer.
"I'm afraid they'll end up fighting. You know... Ichigo-san seems to like Ritsu-senpai, which makes Dave-san jealous of it," Jun said, "But don't mind me. I'm just jumping off the conclusion~ Ha ha" She laughed nervously. But it could be happen though.
Hearing that, Mio stood up and excuse herself, then chasing after Ritsu, Ichigo and Dave.
She walks in the long wooden-corridor, then stopped when she heard someone's having a conversation.
"I've told you, it's not an act! We're really together, so just bear with it, Ichigo" A familiar voice said.
"I can't believe you will act so childish like that, Ritsu" The dark-brown haired girl said, scolding the other girl in front of her.
Ritsu stared at her with a disbelief look, "What are you talking about?" She asked; completely don't know what Ichigo was talking about.
Ichigo chuckled, "You think I didn't notice it? It's so obvious, Ritsu!"
"Wha- ?" Ritsu really had no idea what does Ichigo trying to tell her, "Wait- Were you talking about Mio and I?" She said, with a serious tone.
"Of course, what else?" Ichigo sighed, "How childish were you pretending to be a couple in front of everyone?"
"I'm not pretending..." Ritsu said, with a low voice.
Chuckles, "Oh, really? Don't worry, Ritsu. I won't tell anyone that it was a lie"
"How many times should I tell yo-"
"Stop that, Ritsu! I knew it already, so stop saying that you're together with her!"
"I've told you, it's not an act! We're really together, so just bear with it, Ichigo" Ritsu shouted back at Ichigo.
"Ritsu... please... please just tell me you are pretending to be together with that girl..." Ichigo said, almost crying.
Ritsu looked away, feeling a bit guilty for shouting at the girl. "Why? Why did you want me to say that?"
"Because..." Ichigo sobbed silently, "...It's because...I still love you, Ritsu... I can't stand seeing you with her..." She said, looking at Ritsu in the eye.
"Did you even realize what you've said?" Ritsu chuckled, "You said you still love me, yet you're still in a relationship with Dave"
Ichigo took a deep breath, "I love him too, but I can't love him as much as I love you, Ritsu..."
"Unfortunately, I can't return your feelings... Moreover, I don't want him to get hurt like I do, a few months ago"
"Ritsu, I'm sorry for what I've done to you. That was a big mistake I've ever done..." Sobs, "Will you give me another chance, Ritsu?"
Ritsu shook her head lightly, "Sorry... I've forgotten what had happened, what I've seen or feel that time. But I don't think I can accept you again"
"Why? Did you like another girl?"
"Yeah, I like someone. But that someone, is not the reason I can't accept you back, Ichigo"
"Then what? What makes you can't accept me back?"
"I... never had any feelings towards you..." Paused, "Please... I don't want to hurt you"
"But you did, Ritsu..." Ichigo said, whispering.
"I know. I'm... I'm really sorry... but this is the best that I could do"
A few of silence came, no one's say anything. Ritsu could only stare at Ichigo, who was staring down at the ground.
However, Ritsu knew, she just had to break this soon. "I guess that's explains everything"
"I guess so..."
"We gotta go back now. We have to walk down the mountain in..." She looks at her watch, "...one and a half hour"
She got no response.
"I'll... go now-"
Ichigo grab the sleeve of Ritsu's shirt, "Wait... I have one last request..."
"What?"
Ichigo leaned closer; she lifted her body up a little, and kissed Ritsu on the lips.
Just one, and she said this is her last request. Soon, Ritsu found herself enjoying the kiss.
The black-haired girl looked away when she saw the kissing scene between Ritsu and her ex-girlfriend. I shouldn't be here. Mio couldn't let herself leave the spot, so she's only stood there and looking away. It's hurt, Ritsu. She took a little glance back at the two girls.
Ritsu pulled back, "That's enough" With that, Ritsu walked away. Leaving the dark-brown haired girl stunned.
That was not Ritsu's first kiss. Ichigo thought.
Ritsu walked back to her room, but instead of preparing her stuff, she's only plopped herself on the futon. I can't believe she's still managed to said that to me. She sighed and chuckled, "Dave was there, wasn't he?"
Then she heard someone knocking the door of her room. Ritsu glanced at the door and frowned, "Comin'" She said, as she turned her position. Then covering her eyes with her arm. "You need something?"
No answers, the black-haired girl walks in and sat beside the brunette. "No..." Mio replied, softly.
"Mio?" Ritsu put down her arm, then saw Mio sat beside her, with a bit of troubled look. She frowned, "You okay, Mio?"
"That should be my line" The black-haired said, forcing a smile on her face.
Ritsu chuckled, "Why should it be your line?"
A few silence, then Mio finally replied, "Ritsu... I... I'm sorry but..."
Ritsu tilting her head to the side. "'Sorry'? For what? You did nothing wrong"
Mio shook her head, "No. I did something wrong..."
"And what is that?" The brunette said, frowning even more.
"But first, promise me you won't get mad..." Mio said, looking away.
Ritsu laughed rather aloud this time, "Ha ha~! No, of course I won't mad at you~" She paused, "I couldn't ever mad at you, Mio"
The black-haired girl couldn't hide her blushing face even more. "W-well... I... I overheard you and Ichigo-san talking just now..."
"Oh," The smile on Ritsu's face faded out all of a sudden. "So uh... You heard that... she noticed about us, pretending to be a couple..." Ritsu said, scratching the back of her neck.
"I don't want to talk about that, Ritsu..." Mio said, a bit whispering.
Ritsu frowned, "Not that? So... What did you want to ask? Just ask, okay?"
The brown-haired girl acted normally, like it was not a private thing to talk about. In fact, Ritsu doesn't mind to talk about anything with Mio.
"You heard everything back then?" Ritsu asked, curiously.
Mio nodded, "Yeah, but not all of it..."
Oh no. Ritsu felt a bit nervous. "U-uh... How many did you seen?"
"I stopped when... when she leaned closer to you..." Ritsu stunned, then Mio glanced at her and waves her hands in front of Ritsu's face. "B-but don't worry... whatever you two were doing, I don't really care... it's not what I want to talk about, remember?"
Ritsu nodded slowly, "Okay then... what is it?
The other girl stiffened, and gets all-nervous.
Ritsu noticed it, then she chuckled, "Gee, Mio~ I've told you, I'll be open to you. So just ask anything you want to know, I'll answer it"
"But... I was thinking this is your privacy, I don't feel right if I ask you. Moreover, I'm not your-"
"Close friends?" Ritsu raised an eyebrow. "Is that what you mean?" Mio nodded slowly, "Listen, if you want to know about me and Ichigo, I'll tell you everything you wa-"
"No. That's not what I want to know..." Mio took a deep breath, "I don't care about what had happened between you and her at all. There's something else..."
Ritsu stared at Mio with a serious look. "Okay, let me help you then..." She thinks a bit, "Is it about Dave?"
Mio shook her head, "No... It's not about any of your friends"
"Is that so...? Well... Lemme think..." Ritsu thinks again, "Is it about... Me?"
Mio nodded slowly, "Y-yes..."
"Alright... Let's see... Is this about my family again?"
"No..."
"My brother, Satoshi?"
"No... it has nothing to do with him"
"Okay... Well, is it about my past?"
"Not really... but I kinda want to know that too... but that's not it"
"Hm... Oh, wait- Is it about... My love-life?"
"I think it's related to that too..."
Ritsu nodded, "Well... Just tell me already, Mio. I'm started to get so curious here~"
"U-uhm... I... I heard when y-you said..."
"When I said I like someone?" Ritsu smirked at Mio's blushing face. "Well, yeah. That's true. I do like someone, but I'm too coward to let that person know about my feelings..."
So she's not lying. Mio's heart felt a bit hurt when Ritsu said she's really do like someone. "W-why?"
Chuckling, "I'm afraid it's too fast, I'm afraid to know if she's not the same type as me, I'm afraid of... Rejection."
"Just that? That's what makes you hold yourself?"
"There's this one last thing that I'm afraid... That is..." Ritsu took a deep breath. "I'm afraid to lose her," Ritsu didn't leave any eye contact. "I can see her now. But I'm afraid it's not gonna last for a long time"
"Why don't you just try to tell her?"
"It's easier to say than done... However, I was thinking that maybe she's already had a boyfriend..." Ritsu said irritably. "So maybe it'll be-"
"No." Mio looked away, "I don't think she's ever had any couple before..."
Ritsu frowned, staring at Mio with a disbelief look. "You knew?"
"Of course I knew..." Mio turned and stared back into Ritsu's eyes, "I'm not that stupid"
Ritsu stunned. So she already knows that I like her? Wait- This is so ridiculous. She didn't say anything, just staring at Mio.
The staring contest keep going for another seconds, until Mio speak up. "I..." Mio shut her eyes closed, "I love you, Ritsu..."
"What?" Was all Ritsu said, after hearing Mio's sudden-confession.
"I'm not gonna repeat what I've said..."
"Wha- ? That's mean! C-c'mon, Mio~ You were whispering and I couldn't hear you so well~!"
"No means NO. It's your fault for not hearing what I've said earlier"
"You're no fun~" Ritsu pouted, "How could I answer you if I didn't hear what you said?"
Mio groaned, "You're really a coward and an idiot, Ritsu" She said, turning around.
"Yeah yeah~ I know that, Girlfriend..." Ritsu chuckled, embracing the other girl from her back. "but yet, you still said you love me..."
"Anyway, I haven't heard any reply from you... Was this actually a one-sided confession?" Mio said, irritably.
Chuckling, "I thought you knew it already~"
"You never said it, how could I know?"
"Sheeze~ Okay then..." Ritsu took a deep breath, "I love you too, Akiyama Mio" She said, softly as she tightened her hug with the other girl.
Mio put a little smile on her face. "You really really are a big coward..."
"At least there's one of us started it..."
"Still... I put a lot of efforts to said it... you're the most cruel couple I've ever had"
That made Ritsu frowned, "Was there someone else before me?" She said, as she let go of the hug.
Mio turned around to face Ritsu. "No... You're the first one, as what I remember..."
"Really?" Ritsu said, a bit doubting Mio. "The first couple? Or first girlfriend?"
"Both. What? You don't trust me?"
"No... It's not that... It's just- Well, just forget it, okay?" Ritsu smiled, "I don't care either you do have an ex-boyfriend or not. Now let's just pack up the stuff..."
I really don't have any. Ritsu was my first, and hopefully last girlfriend or couple that I had. Mio nodded and started to helped Ritsu packing up the stuff.
After packing up the stuff, they all were gathering in front of the Hot Spring enterance. Then walks down the mountain, it's easier than walking up to the mountain so they only spend thirty minutes walking down.
As what they had arrived two days ago, the seats were not changing. Everyone put their bags and stuff in their car and some on Satoshi's car.
On the way back. Azusa and Yui was sleeping as usual. Ritsu's cell started to ring several times already, she keep rejecting the phone call without seeing the caller on the cell.
Mio noticed it, then she grabbed Ritsu's cell, when the other girl was about to reject another phone call. "Wha- ? Hey, give it back, Mio" She said, eyes still on the road.
"You shouldn't rejects all the phone call, Ritsu. At least take a look at the caller, what if it's urgent?" Mio said, as she opened the missed calls and incoming calls.
Ritsu groaned, "You had no idea about that, Mio~ I knew who's calling me over and over again, and just so you know, they've always said it's urgent just to make me come earlier,"
"Business again, isn't it?" Mio asked, turning her head to Ritsu, who replied her with a nod. She looks back at the cell, "Wow, you've got like... more than one-hundreds calls since last night?"
"See? Just turn it off," Ritsu said, trying to grab her cell phone from Mio.
Mio tried to get away, so Ritsu wouldn't get her cell phone. "Ritsu! Keep your eyes on the road!"
With that, Ritsu tickles Mio and grabbed her cell back. "Okay," She grinned, then continues driving.
Mio sighed, "Gosh, Ritsu... You don't have to do that, and next time, don't take your eyes off the road! What if we hit something?"
"No, we're not gonna hit anything" Ritsu said, calmly.
Mio rolled eyes, "Such a careless-idiot..." Then laid her body on the seat.
"Yeah yeah," Ritsu chuckled, "You're in love with one" She said, took a little glance at Mio then back to the road.
The black-haired girl yawned, then closed her eyes slowly to sleep.
Somewhere on the other side of the world.
"I heard Ricchan already had a girlfriend, Honey"
"What? A girlfriend? She should've had a boyfriend instead!"
"But isn't it obvious? You know, we're planning to paired her with your business relative, but sadly, that friend of yours only has one daughter"
"That's why we have Satoshi, so he would be the one to be paired with their daughter"
"What if Satoshi already had a girlfriend? Did you even realize that you have less attention for them?"
"They're grown ups, they can take care of themselves"
"Whatever~ You know, if Ritsu really had a girlfriend, don't you dare to separate her from her girlfriend. I won't let you"
"She reminded you of yourself, doesn't she?"
"I just don't want my only daughter suffered because of her parents..."
"She better be had a nice and high-class girlfriend there. Maybe I could try to think about it once again"
Tokyo, four-thirty pm. Ritsu's apartment.
Ritsu sat on her desk, opened her laptop and started to checking up her email. While the other girl, going to the bathroom to take a bath. Mio was always like this whenever she got home from going somewhere, but not for Ritsu, the brown-haired girl didn't say a thing after unlocking the apartment door, but off to her desk. Mio could only sighed, "She's back to her business form..." Then get inside the bathroom.
Not long after that, Mio walks outside the bathroom with only towel wrapped around her body. Revealing a bit of her legs and boobs. I can't believe I forgot to take my clothes in the bathroom! She walks silently, hoping that Ritsu didn't notice her half-naked appeareance.
Too bad, Ritsu felt something walking behind her, then she turned her head around. "M-Mio?" She almost laughed, when she catch Mio flinched after she called her out. "What are you doing sneaking behind me like that?" Mio instinctively crossed her arms around her chest. Ritsu chuckled, "It's not like this is my first time seeing you half-naked~"
"Such a pervert..." Mio said, whispering then ran off to the bedroom. Ritsu bursting out a loud laugh after that.
Five minutes later, Mio walking back to the couch and turning the TV on. Ritsu was still on her desk, sometimes picking up a call, but then back to the desk again. The black-haired girl noticed how busy Ritsu are, but that's not the point because Ritsu was not even changing her clothes after they arrived.
Mio groaned, "Ritsu, why don't you take a bath?"
"I don't have time for that, need to finish this off" Ritsu said, typing something on her laptop.
Mio stood up and walked towards Ritsu, she closed the laptop and caused it to hit Ritsu's hands.
"Geez~! That's hurt, you know!" Ritsu tried to hold her tears of the pain on her hands. "You're so violent at your girlfriend~" She said, pouting.
Mio rolled her eyes, "I won't if you're not being so hard to advised" She sighed, "Now go take a bath, you smells so bad, just so you know" Mio joked, and looks away.
"Oh, really?" Ritsu stood up and embraced Mio, "Is it really smells bad? How bad it is, huh?"
Mio struggling to get away from Ritsu's embrace, "Yes! You are smells so bad! Now let me go, Ritsu!"
"Ha ha! Okay okay," Ritsu let go of her hug, "I'll take a bath now, Mom~" Then she walks towards the bathroom.
Mio sighed and looking away. I was more like her mother than her girlfriend.
BZZT! BZZT! BZZT! Ritsu's cell phone vibrating on the desk. Mio took a glance at it, a bit hesitate if she had to answer the call or not. She tried to see the caller, but it says "Private Number".
The black-haired girl finally took the cell phone, then press the answer button, "H-hello?"
"Ricchan?" A woman voice said on the other side of the phone. "Is that you, Ricchan? Your voice getting softer, huh?"
"U-uhm... I'm sorry but I'm not Ritsu" Mio said, a bit stuterring. "I'm Ritsu's friend..."
"Oh, Ricchan's friend, was this Azusa-chan?"
"No, I'm not Azusa... I-"
"So this is Mugi-chan?"
"Uhm... No, Ma'am... I'm Ritsu's new friend"
"New friend?" The woman gasped a bit, "You must be Ricchan's girlfriend, right?"
How could she knew about it? Mio went silent. "I... don't think I can talk about that with a stranger, Ma'am"
"Oh, sorry, I'm really sorry. I haven't tell you who am I, correct?"
"Yes. If I may know, who am I talking to?"
"I'm Tainaka Satomi[1], Ricchan's mother. How about you then?"
What? Oh my God! I'm talking with Ritsu's mother now? This is crazy, I don't know what to say! Mio didn't say anything.
The woman tried again, "Hello? You still there?"
"Uh..." Mio gasped, "I-I'm so sorry, Tainaka-san!" She instinctively bows down as if she talk to the woman face to face.
Ritsu frowned when she saw Mio bowing down. "What is she doing?" She said, whispering to herself as she walks towards the black-haired girl.
"Oh, please, don't call me that~" The woman giggles, "So, what is your name?"
"I'm Mio-"
"Aww, cute name~ Mio-chan then!"
"Who do you talking to?" Ritsu asked, standing behind the black-haired girl.
Mio jumped a bit, "R-Ritsu?" Mio gulped, "I-It's... I'm sorry for picked up a call from your cell..."
"That's fine, but who do you talking to?" Ritsu grabbed the cell from Mio, "Hello? Who is this?"
"Mou~ That's not a good way to greet your mother, Ricchan~"
"Mom?" Ritsu pulled the cell off her ear, then turned to Mio. "You were talking to her?" She said, with a low voice at Mio.
Mio could only shrugged and nodded slowly.
Ritsu put her cell back to her ear, "Uh... Sorry mom, but why did you call me? Moreover, with a private number?"
"Well, you never pick any phone call from me or your dad, so I put a Private Number to call you"
Ritsu sighed, "Sorry but I'm really busy this time~"
"Okay okay, I understand how busy you are, I blame your father for that, but there's something I wanted to ask you~"
"What is it? You sounds so... excited about something"
"That girl that I just talking to, she's your girlfriend, wasn't she?"
Ritsu choked, "W-what?" Mio pat Ritsu on the back, the brunette smiled and back to the phone. "What are you talking about now, Mom?"
"Oh, c'mon, Ritsu~ You don't have to hide it, she's your girlfriend, right?"
Why does she getting so excited of this? Does she even realize this is her daughter dating another girl? Ritsu sighed, "God, Mom... Can we not talk about this?"
"You're no fun~" Ritsu heard a sigh from the other line. "Alright then, you'll tell me once we come back to Japan, okay?"
Ritsu groaned, "Alright then~"
"Okay, will you say to Satoshi-kun that I miss him?"
"Yes, Mom, I'll say that to him..."
"Okay, you must be working now. Bye and tell Mio-chan to call me 'Mom', okay?"
"Wha- ?"
"Love ya, Ricchan~" The phone ended.
Ritsu sighed, then plopped herself on the couch. "Gosh~ I can't believe you were talking with her, Mio" She said, covering her eyes with her arm.
Mio stared down at Ritsu, "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to, I'm rea-"
"Stop." Ritsu got up and laid her body on the couch. "It's just that... My mom already know about you who lately being my girlfriend..."
"It's not like I was your first girlfriend" Mio said, as she sat next to Ritsu.
Ritsu let out another sigh, "We're secretly dating, remember?"
"Oh, yeah, sorry, I forgot about that... Well, I thought it was a good news to know your mom doesn't mind about you dating another girl"
"Ha ha, I guess so~" She paused, "Oh, I just remember, she said that you should call her 'Mom'" Ritsu said, as she got up and sat on her desk.
Mio frowned, "What? W-why would I call her 'Mom'?" She looked away, "She's your mom, not mine..." The black-haired girl whispered, then lowered her head.
"So what? Soon, you'll be her daughter-in-law..." Ritsu claimed, saying it so easily as if it was a normal thing.
WHACK! "Think before you say anything, Baka-Ritsu!" Mio said, looking away and totally embarrassed. Does she even realize what she just said? Stupid.
Ritsu rubbed her head, and groaned in pain. "You don't have to hit me so hard, Mio~" Still rubbing her head.
"S-sorry... I guess I got used to that..." Mio bend down, then pat the spot that she just hit on Ritsu's head. Staring at the other girl symphateticly, "Did I hurt you that hard?"
Ritsu couldn't resist that look on Mio's face. Gosh, why did you have to be so cute? This is so unfair! The brown-haired girl pouted her mouth, "Kinda..." She mumbled.
"Well, I'm really sorry..." Mio looks away and blushing, "I wouldn't hit you, if you didn't say-"
"If I didn't say that?" Ritsu looked up to Mio, who was still looking away. "If I didn't say that soon you'll be my mom's daughter-in-law?" She asked, as she pulled herself up.
Mio turned her head to face Ritsu. The brown-haired girl had a serious look on her face, which is rare. Mio was taken aback, because Ritsu was now standing in front her with their faces inches away from each other. The black-haired girl felt a bit light-headed for a moment, then she realize that the other girl was moving forward, closer to her own face. "R-Ritsu..." She whispered, but it's no use because Ritsu didn't intend to pull away.
The black-haired girl somehow felt a bit familiar with this situation and position, as if she's ever done this before. In truth, yeah, she is, or more likely, they does. However, that time, Mio was unconscious or drunk, so she's not in her true-self. As Ritsu came closer, and closer, slowly but sure, the other girl felt her body move by itself and started to move forward slowly.
Ritsu tilted her head to the side, to get a better angle. But as soon as their lips almost met... BZZT! BZZT! BZZT! The phone vibrating right when they about to have a second kiss and it's the serious one.
This better be important! Ritsu groaned, then grabbed her cell. "What?" She asked, irittably as she walks towards the balcony.
Mio was blushing so madly, then take a seat on the couch. Why does it have to be in the right moment? Could that phone just wait a little bit longer? Mio groaned softly as she laid her back on the couch.
"Why did you sounds so angry, Ricchan?"
Ritsu groaned again, "Gosh! Yui, you really had a bad-timing to make a call!" She whispered
"Ehehe~ Gomen ne... You ever did that too, you know~ Oh well, that means we're even now~!" Yui giggled on the phone.
Ritsu sighed, "Yeah yeah~" She put her arms on the border-fence of the balcony. "So what do you want?"
"Uhm... It's not so important though, but Azusa asked me to ask you this"
"Ask me what?"
"Etto... Where's Mio-chan's Uni?"
Ritsu paused a bit. "I... don't know..."
"Just like what we thought, Ritsu-senpai"
"Eh? Azusa? Where's Yui?"
"Taking a bath, so... why don't you ask her now?"
"Ah, yeah... I'll do it"
"Good, please tell me after she tell you her Uni"
"Alright then..."
"Ja ne, Ritsu-senpai~"
"Ja..." Phone ended. Then she pocketed her cell.
Ritsu let out a sigh then turned around, walking towards the couch, then sat next to Mio.
"I suppose, it's from your friends?" Mio asked, eyes on the TV.
Ritsu nodded slowly, "Yeah~ Come to think of it, you haven't tell me your university," Ritsu turned her face to fully faced Mio. "So... Where's your University?"
"Uhm..." Mio thinks a bit, "I think it's Tokyo University, if I'm not wrong..." She said, a bit hesitated.
"Tokyo-U, huh?" Ritsu chuckled, "It suit you somehow~ Wait- Lemme guess, is it Literature class?"
Mio shrugged, then stared down at her lap. "H-how did you know?"
"It's easy to guess that~ Well, I'll make a call for your Uni then!" Ritsu grabbed her cell, but Mio grabbed it from her. "What the-?"
"It's better if I'm the one who call them, okay?"
"Alright then~ but... Do you know the number?"
Mio shrugged again, looks away and shook her head slowly.
"Let me dial the number then" Ritsu said, as she took the cell from Mio's hand.
Ritsu gave the cell to Mio, "Good evening, Is this Tokyo University?"
"Yes, can I help you, Miss?"
"Ah, yes. I'm one of the transfer students from London, Akiyama Mio"
"Could you wait for a moment, Akiyama-san? Let me check your name"
"Of course," Mio waited for few seconds.
"So...? What did she said?" Ritsu asked, impatiently. "C'mon, I'm curious here~"
Mio shushed Ritsu, "Will you be patient? I'm also curious here" She said, whispering at Ritsu.
"Akiyama-san? Are you still there?"
"Y-yes, I'm here. Did you find my name?"
"Yes, but it says here that you should've come to this University four days ago. According to your arrival, it's two days after your arrival from London"
"Is it still available if I come to the University tomorrow?"
"It's not pass five days, so it should be fine if you come tomorrow, Akiyama-san"
Mio smiled, "That's great, but what time should I come?"
"I think you can come about nine am to twelve pm"
"Okay, thanks for your help"
"It's good to help you, Akiyama-san. Have a nice evening" Then the woman hung up.
Mio looked at Ritsu, there's spark on her eyes, she smiled so widely. Then throw herself to Ritsu, she embraced the brown-haired girl so tightly.
Ritsu knew what this means, so she hugged back the girl. "So... What time should you go there?"
"I guess it's about nine until twelve in the morning..." Mio said, mumbling in Ritsu's shoulder.
Ritsu slapped her head, "Dammit! I forgot..."
Mio pulled back, "What did you forgot?" She asked, frowning.
Sighing, "Tomorrow... I don't think I can accompany you to the Uni"
"That's okay, I can go by myself. I'm not a little kid, you know"
"What? Going there alone? I'm so not gonna allow you..." Ritsu thinks a bit, "Wait-" She said, as she got up from the couch.
Ritsu grabbed her cell and dialed a number, "Hello?"
"Ritsu-senpai? Did you already asked her?"
"Yeah, it's Tokyo-U. Anyway, I need a favor here, Azusa"
"If you ask me to take Mio-senpai to Tokyo-U tomorrow, you don't have to. Because I'm going there too"
"What?"
"I was confused to choose a good Uni. But since Mio-senpai was like my mentor, I decided to go to the same Uni with her"
"I thought you're gonna take Music Department like the others"
"I want to, but I also want to try out something new~"
"Yeah yeah, whatever then... So..."
"I'll pick her up tomorrow morning, okay?"
"Nice, thanks Azusa~ Ja"
"Ja..."
Ritsu chuckled, "What a coincidence~ Azusa was going to the same Uni as you"
"Huh?" Mio looked at Ritsu with a questioning look, "She's should be in some Uni as the first year, right?"
Sighing, "Well, Azusa got the same case with me here" She paused as she sat on her desk, then tried to work again. "Her parents was a great musicians, they wanted her to be like them but Azusa don't really like that. She decides to play with a few people in a band, rather than a solo-carrier"
"So... She's not in College now?" Mio asked, putting her chin on her arms on the couch.
Ritsu nodded, "Yap! She just finish her little tour, so I guess she wants to get in College. I mean, Yui was in College, so everytime Yui go to her College in the morning, Azusa was left out alone at the apartment"
"Well, the same goes for me, if I'm not going to College" Mio said, mumbling. Or maybe worst, knowing how busy she was.
Ritsu was still busy with her work, "Hm? What did you say?" She asked, but not turning around. Instead, she's still focusing with her laptop.
Mio pulled herself back, then laid her body on the couch. "Nothing"
[1] Tainaka Satomi - The only name I could think of! -Lol-
A/N: Not even reach 10,000 words. Ha ha! I'm kinda lazy, and busy as always, so please bear with it, kay? Anyway, I need suggestions, for their parents' name!
Mr/Mrs. Akiyama & Mr. Tainaka - Please help me to find their names! Im really bad at finding a good Japanese name. xP
~ Thanks for read & Keep RnR ~