Chapter 13: Wish I Met You sooner

Scarlet sat on the couch of her living room, alone like usual because her parents worked endlessly and they were hardly ever around due to how demanding their jobs were so they hardly ever spent time with their daughter and so she lived alone hoping to get used to the loneliness. Ever since Scarlet almost destroyed Eleanor's relationship she had avoided talking with her and even though she already forgave her as did Miyuki, no one held any sort a grudge or any type of hatred towards her, in fact everyone was always inviting her to hang out with them but Scarlet wasn't ready yet and how could she? she was convinced that they hated her.

The only person she recently hung out with was Momomi and that was helping her search for an apartment, though the strangest thing happened, Momomi had invited Scarlet to hang out with her. Scarlet had no idea what to do, she didn't really know if Momomi hated her but just by knowing that she wanted to hang out with her meant that she didn't hate her...right? Strangely however Scarlet slowly felt herself attracted to Momomi, she didn't know what it was but the more she thought about her the more her heart felt warm.

Scarlet shook her head as she knew that something as simple as love would not come to her as she hoped it would and put her feelings aside.

Her phone began to ring, Scarlet lifted herself from the couch and grabbed her phone. She saw that it was an incoming call from Momomi and immediately her heart skipped a beat. Scarlet wasn't exactly sure if she hated her for what she did to Eleanor though she had told her that she wasn't mad and instead wanted to be friends with her.

"Hello."

-"Hey Scarlet."-

"Hi there Momomi."

-"Listen, uh…thanks for helping me move everything to my apartment."-

"Anytime Momomi."

-"And also for what you did for me."-

Scarlet only assumed she was talking about Kaname, "Hey what are friends for."

-"You want to hang out at my place… I mean if you want too."-

"Of course I want to, just let me know when."

-"Um… how about right now?"-

"Sure I'll be right over."

-"Great, see ya."- Scarlet hung up the phone, staring at it wondering if the conversation just happened as she was sure no one would want to see her again.

"Guess I should get ready." Scarlet stood up and began to get dressed, putting on a pair of jeans and a long sleeved silk teal colored shirt that hugged her body nicely then grabbed her jacket. She sat down in front of her mirror and began to brush her long sea of crimson hair and it didn't take her long to finish as she had grown used to this over the years. She looked herself over and headed out her door.

Momomi sat on her couch in her dim lit apartment wondering what the heck was going on with her, she surprised herself over inviting Scarlet. Was she really feeling that lonely? No that couldn't be it could it? Or did Momomi just want some company over, whatever the case she didn't know what came over her but one thing was certain in her mind that there was something different about Scarlet.

Momomi hated everyone she ever met, detested being in the same room with them and always pushed away anyone that tried to be her friend, the only exception to that was Eleanor. So why did she feel something for this girl, she just barely talked to her at all besides when she helped her find an apartment together. Momomi threw herself on the couch as she sighed heavily, she knew this girl was just going to be another annoyance to her and already began to regret inviting her over.

-"This day can't go by any faster can it."- As she lay there on the couch her thoughts began to run rampant over this girl, what if this girl was different, what if this was another girl she could call a friend after all she seemed really friendly and easy going almost like Eleanor was.

She turned over on her side as she awaited Scarlet and wondered just what was up with this girl.

Scarlet pulled up to a convenience store and purchased a few snacks and drinks for the two, as she was about to exit she saw a familiar face heading inside, bundled up in her cute jacket.

"Chikaru?"

Her face lit up, -"Scarlet-chan!"- But Scarlet's face only showed sadness and fear as Chikaru got closer, something she immediately took notice, -"Scarlet-chan? What's wrong?"- Chikaru stepped closer.

"No-nothing." She was sure they all wanted to slap her.

Chikaru was no fool, she could already see that Scarlet felt uneasy being near her. No doubt from what had happened between Eleanor and herself.

-"What happened between you and Eli, you must think we hate you. Is that it?"-

Scarlet was amazed at how perceptive Chikaru was, but Scarlet said nothing but turn her head.

Chikaru giggled, -"Scarlet-chan, none of us hate you."- she reached up and placed her hand on Scarlet's cheek, startling her a little which only made Chikaru feel awful, she could see how much this had been taking its toll on her, and it has, while she looked normal the last time they saw her she was only hiding what she truly was feeling.

"Nora's been your closest friend, to all of you. So is Miyuki…how could you all not hate me…after what I did?"

-"Scarlet, you're a good person like Eli-chan and you're our friend, we would never hate you. We all want to see you again, so does Eli-chan, everyone is wondering why you haven't come to visit."-

Scarlet looked away, "I felt…you all hated me…and you didn't want to see me again."

Chikaru shook her head, -"We don't, we are all friends Scarlet and we want to see you again."- she embraced Scarlet, which she kindly returned the hug.

"Even after what I did?"

-"I know why you did it, so does everyone but we know that you really regret it and want to make it up to Eli-chan, we don't hate you Scarlet-chan. I really want to see you with us."-

"Thank you Chikaru."

-"Of course,"- they broke off the hug, -"Would you like to come with us Scarlet-chan?"-

"I'm sorry but I already have plans, but I promise to come visit tomorrow."

-"Okay then."- she smiled, -"We'll see you tomorrow."-

With that she stepped back out to the cold and got back in her car, Scarlet almost wanted to break down as she couldn't believe how sweet and kind Chikaru was and along with that a big weight was lifted off her chest, no one hated her like she thought but they instead wished to see her again. She dried her eyes and turned on her car then headed towards Momomi's apartment.

The drive was a short one and she made it to the giant building and rode the elevator up to her floor. She stood by her door, nervous about knocking on it but eventually her hand found itself tapping the hard wood door. Scarlet shook her hair out while she waited for Momomi to open the door.

Momomi looked at the door and wondered if she even wanted to have Scarlet over, but she didn't want to just leave her out there, so with a sigh she stood up and headed towards the door. She looked through the peep hole to see if it was indeed Scarlet, though the moment she saw that familiar red hair she opened the door.

"Hey Momomi." She smiled.

-"Hi Scarlet."- it was strange, now that she was here Momomi no longer felt the need to be alone and it puzzled her.

-"come on in."- Scarlet walked inside closing the door and following Momomi towards the couch.

"You weren't kidding about the curtains." Scarlet looked at the thick curtains that didn't allow the sun to even so much as to shine inside the room.

-"It's a real pain when the sun is lighting up the whole house, thankfully I don't have to worry about that anymore."- since winter was still freezing the place the clouds still blocked any sort of sunlight.

"No kidding, I hate when the sun just shines on your face when you want to stay asleep and just rudely wakes you up."

-"Exactly, and I'm a girl who loves to sleep in."-

"So I'm not the only one." She giggled, "I love to sleep in sometimes since there's not much else to do."

-"Yup."-

Scarlet immediately noticed something different, "You know that suits you."

-"Huh?"-

"Smiling," Momomi was surprised, she didn't even realize she was smiling, "I don't think I've ever seen you smile."

-"I hardly ever do."-

"Well I like it."

Momomi blinked, -"…A-arigato."-

"By the way Momomi, I'm surprised you don't hate me either, I mean Nora is your friend."

Momomi looked at her and she felt strange, she felt at ease with her, -"So are you."-

"Really?"

Momomi nodded, -"I don't know why but I feel at ease when I was with you."-

"I actually feel the same way." They sat in silence as Momomi was enchanted by this beautiful girl, "oh I brought us some drinks and snacks…I wasn't sure what you like though." She rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

-"That's really nice,"- she grabbed one of the bottles, -"This is actually my favorite."- she took a whiff of the strawberry scented drink.

"Oh good, I wasn't sure if you would like them."

The two chatted for a while, getting to know one another though Momomi left out a lot of the horrible things she's done in the past because she wasn't sure how Scarlet would react and figured she would be like all the other people she's told before, making her feel awful and that she was the most terrible person. Though listening to Scarlet talk about herself Momomi strangely found herself listening to her every word, and was deeply lost in her sky blue eyes. Surprisingly Momomi found herself giggling and laughing over the funny stories Scarlet recounted about her past, such as gluing her father's briefcase handle to scaring her mother during halloween, and it was something Momomi had never done in so long, being able to talk to someone other than Eleanor.

"I take it you don't like to talk about yourself."

-"I…I'm not comfortable with it, such a drag."-

Scarlet smiled, "That's alright, I don't mean to push."

She looked at the time seeing it was getting late, "Well I have to go now, thank you for inviting me over Momomi."

Momomi snapped out of it, was it really time for Scarlet to leave already? There was no way, it felt like only a few mintues since she showed up and she would be lying if she said she didn't want her to leave.

-"You gotta go already?"-

"Yeah sadly, and I don't want to wear out my welcome too." She giggled, "But this has been fun." Despite how timid she was feeling about doing something but she got closer to Momomi and embraced her, Momomi was taken aback, not once has anyone besides Eleanor gave her a friendly hug and she loved it as she wrapped her arms around Scarlet.

Scarlet gently broke off the hug and began heading towards the door, -"Scarlet."- She spun around.

"Yeah?"

-"You want to come over tomorrow? Or go somewhere?"- a red hue flushed her face slightly, luckily Scarlet didn't notice it.

"Sure I would love that."

-"Great."-

"How about, we go someplace to eat and then we come back here and just hang out."

-"I like that idea."-

"Awesome, well see ya tomorrow." With that Scarlet left Momomi's apartment to head back home.

With Scarlet gone Momomi went back to her room, took a shower and got ready for bed though as she laid in her soft mattress, sleep was unable to come to her. She tossed and turned for a solid hour, she just couldn't get Scarlet out of her mind, her face, her eyes, and her kind heart, she just ran throughout Momomi's mind.

-"What the hell is the matter with me…"- she sighed as she took notice of her beating heart pumping faster, -"I cant be…can I?"- she asked herself wondering if she was indeed feeling what she thought she was feeling.

-"You'd think a girl would learn."- she turned over to her side just before she finally succumbed to sleep's hold and wondered what the next day would bring.

Morning had come and Momomi sat by her table waiting for Scarlet to arrive as the two were going to head to a place to get some breakfast. She switched on her radio to kill the silence in her home and see if any good music was playing right now.

KNOCK KNOCK

The startling knock drew Momomi's attention to the door and walked up to open the door.

-"Hi Scarlet."-

"Momomi hi!" Scarlet threw her arms around her, "You ready to get goin?"

-"Yea, let me grab my jacket."- Once she had her jacket the two stepped out of the building and into the cold winter winds and in Scarlet's car to find a restaurant. They found the restaurant Scarlet had mention that served the best breakfast, though Momomi was skeptical she humored her none the less. The pair stepped into the warm building, sat on the table and ordered their food.

While they waited, the two chatted amongst themselves, Momomi enjoyed hearing Scarlet talk about anything and it was strange because she felt so drawn to this girl. The more she was in Scarlet's company the more and more fun she was having, and she missed this feeling as its been a long time since she's had fun with someone and she had to admit she was loving every moment of it.

Their food finally arrived and the two wasted no time eating it while Scarlet told a few stories, though these stories were more awe inducing then Momomi figured. Scarlet revealed that she was part of a sports team once and made it to the finals in one of the tournaments won it but she didn't say anything else other then her leg was badly hurt because of it, Momomi could only wonder what happened. Though Scarlet recovered she stopped playing in any type of sport because sadly whenever Scarlet would run her right leg would end up hurting badly, though it healed completely now it still causes discomfort whenever she runs heavily. Of course she figured there was more to this then Scarlet let on, something Momomi picked up on but didn't press Scarlet about it.

-"That sucks that you couldn't compete anymore."-

"Yeah it sucked," Scarlet smiled, "Can you believe for two months I was walking around with a limp."

-"Really?"-

"Yeah, my mum and dad would help me around the house. It was sooo bad." Scarlet laughed.

-"I can only imagine the pain."-

"Oh trust me you don't want to." She giggled again.

-"Yeah, I don't think I could handle that."- she smiled at her, -"Hey listen you want to grab a few movies and head back to my place."-

"Sure that sounds like a great idea."

The pair slipped their jackets back on and headed out the restaurant then back in Scarlet's car to rent a couple of movies to watch. The video store luckily was only a few blocks away and the two got there in a few minutes as they entered the store and browsed the many videos that were on display.

"How about this one?" Momomi looked the video in Scarlet's hand which was a horror movie.

-"Are you sure you can handle scary movies?"- she smirked.

"Of course. Besides I heard this one was pretty good."

-"Don't blame me if you get scared."-

"Oh please." The two giggled, "Which one are you getting?"

-"This one."-

"Ooh nice choice, a bit of comedy to calm the nerves."

-"More like yours."- she laughed.

"I think someone might get a little scared."

-"As if."-

"Keep telling yourself that." The girls took shots at each other all the way to the counter wondering who would get scared first. As the lady in the cashier was checking out the movie she began to look strange, she hunched over holding her chest, she looked like she was in pain.

"Miss are you alright?" But Scarlet didn't take long to realize that she was having a heart attack, "Momomi quick call the ambulance!" As Momomi did that the lady fell to the ground before Scarlet could get to her, but Scarlet quickly took action as she flipped her on to her back pressed one hand on top of the other and began to give her CPR. Momomi could hear the sirens quickly approaching and that was when the lady gasped for breath as she panted heavily.

"You're gonna be okay miss."

"Thank you, thank you." She hugged her red headed savior as the medics rushed in and took the woman to the hospital. The two girls didn't say a thing as they drove back to Momomi's home where they sat in silence.

-"That was pretty amazing."- Scarlet turned her head to look at her, -"The saving her part, I don't think I would have reacted that way…"-

Scarlet said nothing but smile, -"You've done this before?"-

"Sorta."

-"It didn't seem like it."-

Scarlet chuckled, "I took first aid classes."

-"That's something I didn't know about you."-

"Yeah." She replied in a soft voice.

-"Something happened didn't it."- Scarlet nodded, -"May I ask what?"-

Scarlet sighed but she didn't mind telling her, "Three years ago I was heading to college to do a bit of research and in the library there was no one there, it was dead silent but there was a single student and he was on the floor, he was suffering from the same thing but he had no way of getting help so I ran to him. I didn't really know any sort of first aid back then and I called for an ambulance but…if I had only gotten there sooner then maybe…" she breathed then out, "I screamed for people to come help but nobody came, So I knew it, he knew it, he didn't have much time left so I held on to him and…he died in my arms. I didn't know him but he was somebody's boyfriend, son and…help never arrived, the doctors in college didn't even know."

-"Scarlet it's okay, I didn't mean to push."- Momomi couldn't believe Scarlet had endured something like that, how she could witness that and still be a wonderful person, and there was so much of this girl that she admired, that she…loved.

"It's alright Momomi, but that's why I took first aid classes just so something like that can turn out better I suppose." Though the event scarred her mind more then she cared to mention as Scarlet would have recurring nightmares of being unable to save any of her friends and would wake up gasping for air and in a cold sweat something she also told Momomi.

-"I…cant believe you went through something this bad."-

"It's gotten better…the nightmares have gone away." Scarlet looked at the movies that were on the table, "I'm sorry, I totally killed the mood didn't I?" she laughed.

-"No its okay Scarlet. You didn't kill anything."- Momomi's heart felt for this girl, she knew that she wanted her in her life to be there for her and as much as she couldn't admit it, she was in love but did Scarlet feel the same? At the same time she hated this feeling because having been with Kaname and leaving her in such a wrecked state Momomi didn't want to love again but she couldn't deny what her heart was beginning to feel for this girl and in the back of her mind she wondered if Scarlet was the one, the girl she could talk to, be there for her, that would love her just as much as she would love her too.

Scarlet looked at the horror movie, shoving it aside as she didn't feel like watching that one anymore and inserted the comedy one instead. As the movie rolled the two girls were enveloped in a fit of laughter and eye watering comedy, despite what Momomi had thought about this idea she quickly began to love it. Scarlet herself felt happy to have someone to hang out with and even though Eleanor and her friends had already told her they missed her and wanted to be with her, Scarlet wanted to give it some time before she goes with them after everything that's happened.

As the movie went on Scarlet slowly laid her head on Momomi's shoulder, gently startling her as she didn't expect this sort of affection from Scarlet but it felt…nice.

Momomi walked around her apartment getting everything looking nice, since she was going to have Scarlet over for movie night. Its been one week since the two would hang out and every day Momomi would learn something new from Scarlet and vice versa but now Momomi wanted to tell Scarlet how she felt for her and she was feeling crazy about the whole thing. She knew it now, she was in love with Scarlet but in the back of her mind she kept thinking that Scarlet probably did not feel the same and it killed her not knowing what Scarlet thought.

She grabbed the movie on the table, a romance movie to be exact and though Momomi shuddered over watching something like this she wanted the mood to be perfect because she wanted to confess what she felt for Scarlet. She inspected the refreshments for the evening and the snacks, everything was right and now all she needed was the beautiful red head in the room.

-"Hang on, I'm acting like a little girl with a crush."- she laughed inwardly, -"Get a grip Momomi."- she walked to a mirror and looked herself over, her light brown hair brushed neatly with her signature twin tails on the back while the rest of her hair flowed to her back and she wore a cute orange blouse with a thin silk jacket and a pair of dark jeans.

Knock knock knock

She looked at the door, -"Coming."-

The moment she opened it Scarlet threw herself at Momomi in a warm hug, "Heeey Momomi."

-"Hi Scarlet."-

"So what are we watching tonight?"

-I uh…well this."- the two walked over to the table.

"A romance?" she eyed Momomi, "I thought you hated these?"

-"Well I mean…I…I wanted to watch something different."-

"I see, well alright then." Scarlet hung her coat and made her way to the couch where she waited for her.

-"Here."- she handed Scarlet a soda then placed a few bowls of chips on the table as she inserted the movie and sat down next to her.

"Thank you." Scarlet lifted her knees to her chest and sat closer to Momomi as the movie began to roll. Thirty minutes had passed as the movie got into the more tender scenes and Momomi looked at Scarlet and thought that now would be a good time.

-"Scarlet."-

"Yeah." Scarlet took her eyes away from the movie and looked into Momomi's amber colored eyes.

-"I...Do you…"- Momomi was at a loss for words, her heart had began to beat faster but she could not muster the courage to tell this wonderful girl what she truly felt and it killed her inside.

-"Do you…want another soda?"-

"Oh sure, thank you." Momomi stood up as she sighed to herself in disappointment while Momomi was in the back Scarlet knew better, there was something she wanted to say but was afraid.

"Momomi?"

-"Whats up?"-

"That's not what you wanted to tell me was it?"

-"How did—"-

"You're eyes told me," she giggled, "My eyes also give me away to when I want to say something but cant, at least that's what Nora told me," Momomi sat down, "So what did you want to tell me?"

Momomi just wanted to tell her she loves her but first she wanted Scarlet to know who she was first, -"Scarlet, I'm not a good person as you think."-

"What do you mean?"

-"I've done some bad things Scarlet, I'm not exactly the person you think I am."- she began as she got more nervous over what she was going to tell her.

"What kind of bad things?"

-"I…tried to ruin my school back in japan, me and Kaname tried to screw things up…we constantly got in the way of Shion and tried to trick her into making bad decisions."- she hung her head back as the memories began to flood back, -"I've just… I've hurt a lot of people, I've done a lot of bad things and… and I don't want to say anymore about this but I'm trying to change."- Momomi wanted to tell her everything but she knew she couldn't, at least not right now.

The two sat in silence, Momomi was sure that Scarlet would now think differently of her and would hate her without a doubt. She was only waiting for Scarlet to tell her every awful thing everyone else had told her before she left Spica and the sad part was that there was still more things Momomi had done that were just as bad but she wasn't ready to speak about that yet.

She felt Scarlet's gentle hand on hers, "That's all in the past now Momomi, I mean from what I've seen from you, right now, you've been trying hard to be a better person and I think… that's what really matters."

-"I've been trying to change, I hate what I did back then…"-

"That's what's important Momomi, I know that you're a good person. You have a good heart and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise okay."

Momomi was surprised by her kind words, she expected Scarlet to just walk out of her life for good or think badly of her knowing what she was like and there was so much more she wanted to tell her but she wasn't ready, this alone was enough. Now, she knew what she felt for Scarlet, she didn't yell at her, belittle her or call her names or hate her for what she did but instead accepted who she was and would undoubtly be there for Momomi whenever she needed her and it was there that she finally realized that she loved this girl.

The two turned their attention to the screen seeing the on screen couple share a kiss, Momomi now more than ever wanted to tell Scarlet how she felt but the more she tried the more she was unable to. Sadly the movie came to an end and it was time for Scarlet to head back home.

"Thanks for having me over Momomi, we should do this again."

-"How about tomorrow?"-

"Tomorrow?" Scarlet thought for a moment, "Sure thing, I'll bring a pizza."

-"Sounds good."- Scarlet wrapped her arms around her, Momomi basked in her warmth and she didn't want to let go as she was loving every moment of this embrace.

Once Scarlet slowly let go of Momomi she headed outside as she closed the door behind her and headed back home.

Scarlet drove through the empty streets of London, everyone was probably asleep now as it was late and she wanted to head to bed herself too. Shortly after she made it back to her apartment, parked her car and headed inside. She turned the key to her home and unlocked the door then made her way inside, after fixing herself a little dinner she went towards her room and dropped onto her bed.

Though she found herself restless as she laid in bed so instead of trying to frustrate herself in trying to fall asleep she went back to her living room, sat on the large sofa and turned on the TV. She flipped through channel after channel seeing if there was anything that would catch her eye but there was hardly any show on, so she left it on a random show she's never seen just to have some ambience in her home.

Scarlet however was lost in thought over Momomi, every time she thought of her it was like little butterflies flying around in her stomach. But she's felt this before, this feeling of want, it was the same way she felt for Eleanor all those years ago, was she…was she in love?

The more she thought about it the more it was true, Scarlet couldn't ignore what she felt for this girl and she was right, she was in love with her but did Momomi feel the same way? If she didn't then Scarlet would be at a loss because her heart would not be able to take two heart breaks.

Her mind kept eating away at her, she needed to know if Momomi had feelings for her just as she does. Scarlet retreated back to her room and closed the blinds and curtains so the sun wouldn't disturb her in the morning, then laid on her bed once more. She closed her eyes hoping that sleep would come quickly and this time it did hoping to dream of the girl she cared about.

Scarlet walked around the store in the early hours of the morning grabbing a few things she needed, plus a few ingredients. She walked around the store hearing the idle the chatter of the few people in the building, though she was really distracted because all she kept thinking about was Momomi. As she was walking around she failed to notice someone creeping up on her.

She felt someone's hand press on her shoulder, Scarlet spun around, "Shion?"

-"Didn't mean to startle you."- she chuckled.

"I was a bit distracted." She looked around, "Chikaru not with you?"

-"She's…actually right behind you."-

"Wha— Ah!" She felt arms quickly wrap behind her.

-"Scarlet-chan!"- she heard the cheery voice behind her, seeing Chikaru really happy to see her.

"Chikaru its so good to see you too."

-"Same here."-

"What brings you here Chikaru?"

-"Well im buying a few things to make my famous blueberry pie."-

-"Her pies are amazing they'll have you craving for more trust me."- Shion added.

"That sounds tasty."

-"You should come over and try some Scarlet."-

"I uh—"

-"Still uneasy huh?"- Shion placed her hand on her shoulder, -"Scarlet none of us hold anything against you, we all want you to come over."-

-"See Scarlet, we all miss you."-

"It's just…I don't know if I can show my face at Nora's place after what I did."

-"But they miss you, Eli-chan misses you."-

"Really?"

-"Yeah, she's been asking about you."-

"She's really something isn't she."

Chikaru nodded, -"Yes, she's a good person and you two are practically sisters after having grown up together."- she smiled.

"Well…I promise to go over tomorrow."

-"I hope to see you Scarlet-chan and I need to brush your hair again."- she giggled taking Scarlet in her arms.

-"Yeah, we want to see you more often because our vacation is almost up."-

"Oh that's right, I definitely promise to go over more often."

-"We'll hold you to that."-

-"By the way Scarlet what are you doing today?"-

"Oh I'm heading over to Momomi's and hang out."

-"Really? Momomi hanging out?"-

"Is that strange?"

-"For Momomi yeah."- Shion said under her breath.

-"It's just surprising is all Scarlet-chan, she wasn't one for company."- Chikaru replied.

"I see."

-"Well don't let us keep you Scarlet."- Shion hugged her before letting Chikaru embrace her too.

-"I better see you tomorrow Scarlet-chan I really want to brush your hair."-

Scarlet giggled softly, "I promise." She watched them turn the aisle after saying their goodbyes and continued buying her things. Once she grabbed everything she needed she headed to the cashier and paid for her things, leaving the store and heading over to Momomi's home. She drove through the busy streets of London and she couldn't believe how packed the streets were and exhaled in frustration.

After an hour of being couped up in her car she finally made it out and continued on towards Momomi's home but she hurried over because nature called, she had to go to the restroom. She parked her car and rushed her way towards the elevator and headed up. She made it to her door and knocked loud enough for Momomi to hear.

The door opened up, -"Scarlet hi."- she smiled at her.

"Hey Momomi." She stepped inside and placed her bags on the table, "Hang on I have to use your washroom." She rushed to the bathroom.

A few minutes later Scarlet finally came back, "That's better." She walked up towards Momomi and embraced her.

-"I was wondering when you'd get here."- she spoke in a gentle tone.

"Traffic was killer." Scarlet went towards her bags, "So we still set on tonight?"

-"Oh yeah, Shion told me that this show was freaking hilarious."-

"Awesome," Scarlet led Momomi to the couch, "Okay now sit down," she playfully pushed Momomi to the couch, "Now wait here, im gonna make you the most delicious pasta you ever had." She quickly began to work as Momomi watched the TV but not without glancing towards the beautiful red head across from her.

-"Hey hows it going."- Momomi sneaked up behind Scarlet startling her, -"Smells good."-

Scarlet grabbed a bit of the pasta with a fork, blew on it to cool it a bit, "Here try it." She fed Momomi a bit of it, "What do you think."

-"It's really good, why didn't you tell me you cook this awesome."-

"I didn't think it was worth mentioning... and because i was never a good cook." She giggled while she served up a plate, "Here you go." With their food ready they sat on the couch just as their show was about to begin and started to eat their meals. With their meals finished they rested against the soft sofa as they laughed over the comical scenes of the show and the more time went on the more Momomi loved being with this amazing girl. She would always glance at her, her pale skin, her gorgeous ocean of red hair, her beautiful blue eyes and just how amazing it was to be around her.

The two sat comfortably as the commercials were going on till Momomi took a deep breath and said…

-"I love you."-

That definitely got Scarlet's attention, "What?"

Momomi looked into her eyes, -"I love you."- it was like having the wind knocked out of her, Scarlet couldn't believe her ears here she was about to tell Momomi how she felt not knowing if she felt the same but now it was all clear for her.

"I…I love you too Momomi."

Silence.

Momomi gently pounced on Scarlet, embracing her lovingly running her hands through her hair and caressing her face. She lifted her face as their eyes locked and Scarlet's heart pounded rapidly knowing what was coming next as Momomi slowly lowered her head. That's when the sweetest sensation took over Scarlet as their lips locked with one another's. Scarlet's right hand was interlaced with Momomi's while her free hand gently went down her back.

Now that Scarlet thought about it this was her first actual kiss, she had no idea this was how wonderful it felt.

-"Gomen I didn't mean—"- Momomi slowly began to get off Scarlet till her hands held her by her waist and pulled Momomi back to Scarlet.

"Shhh its okay." Scarlet wanted more which Momomi did without hesitation. Scarlet for the first time was now feeling happy and even more so now because she had joined her life with Momomi.

-"Scarlet…"-

"Yeah?"

-"Do you want to stay here tonight?"-

Scarlet smiled as she reached to place her hand on Momomi's cheek, "I would love that. Just gotta grab my book from the car, buuut I'll do that later." With that set, the two continued to watch TV as the two laid on their sides on the sofa, Momomi held her by her waist while her free hand was holding onto Scarlet's.

For the first time in Momomi's life, she was truly happy and now she knew what it was like to kiss and love someone that loves you back and now she has a beautiful girlfriend at her side. Now Momomi looked forward to the days ahead with Scarlet.

End Chapter 13

A/N: A very Momomi and Scarlet focused chapter i know, but i have reasons for that but anyway while i was writing this chapter i was really enjoying writing about these two that i may create a few stories revolving them but of what? you'll just have to wait till i put it them up because it gave me an idea on what i can do with this story but more info on this later, so see you guys later, have a good one.