If Only the Fairytale: Chapter Ten
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A week after Natsuki's illness, Shizuru found herself sitting in the student counsel room with Kanzaki, Kikukawa, and Suzushiro. Her eyes quickly darted to the clock, once again, to see how long she was to remain there. What she really wanted was to be with her Natsuki.
The younger girl had successfully recovered from her illness and after a few days of weakness, she seemed to thrive. She seemed to have more…energy…than she'd had before.
Shizuru felt herself blush thinking about the younger girl's advances. Natsuki had been….eager. It still left Shizuru feeling a little mystified. Not too long ago her girlfriend hadn't even been able to admit to herself that she could love, and here she was overly eager to consummate their relationship.
It was wonderful being with Natsuki. She knew that she could never grow tired of the younger woman. She'd never believed that Natsuki could love her back, but then again, the other girl was always full of surprises.
As the meeting drew to a close and Kanzaki left followed by Kikukawa, Shizuru noticed Suzushiro lagging behind.
"Fujino-san…" Haruka looked oddly nervous and Shizuru had a few guesses as to where this was going to go. "I need to talk to you."
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"Stop."
Mikoto looked over at the dark haired girl. Natsuki was mad at her. She glanced around at the mess she had made and sighed. She needed to be more grown-up, and grow-ups didn't make messes like that.
"You're going to clean that up right." It wasn't a question. "God this babysitting is so stupid."
That one hurt. All of this hurt. Mai was out with Tate and Natsuki was…babysitting her. And was in a very bad mood. "Sorry. I'll clean it."
Natsuki scowled at her, then slowly, the look on her face changed. Mikoto questioningly stared at the HiME as her face paled.
"Natsuki?" The older girl was backing up against the wall, terror growing.
Mikoto looked around but could find no source of the sudden fear. As she was about to speak, Natsuki suddenly returned to normal. Mikoto stared wide-eyed at the other girl. "Natsuki?"
"What?" She was obviously back to her grumpy self.
"Is Natsuki okay?"
"I thought I saw a bug."
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Sakuya sighed, glancing once again at the redhead. That girl could be so frustrating. She wished she could tell her everything but her sister refused to allow it. Hell, Mashiro would kill her if she told Nao.
Nao. Sil. Nao. Sil. Nao. Keiko.
It didn't matter what name she went under, Nao, Sil, and Keiko would always be the same person.
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"Are you okay Natsuki?" Mai stared at Natsuki who had once again ranted on the lack of sex occurring between her and Shizuru.
"I'm fine!"
"You're not acting fine."
The blue haired girl sighed, "I'm just a little frustrated. That's all."
Mai frowned, "That's not all."
"I…I just have weird thoughts sometimes. That's all. Really."
The redhead laughed. "I'm sure your 'weird thoughts' are perfectly normal. Is Shizuru involved in them?"
Shame filled the older girl's eyes. "Yeah, some of them anyway."
"Ah, I get it now. Look Natsuki, it's perfectly normal to think about other people. Just no acting on those thoughts. And maybe you shouldn't mention that to Fujino-san."