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Thanks for your reviews, I love creating expectation, you know me right? Well then you expected this twist...

High School Queen

By auraluna7

Chapter 14: Rika

Haruka opened the car door so Michiru could get inside, the first droplets of what seemed to be quickly becoming a storm wetting her long aqua colored hair, Haruka got herself in the car as well and turned to look at the aqua goddess, she was crying in silence; she seemed shocked.

"What happened princess?"

"Take me home Ruka, please..."

"I will, just tell me what happened..."

"She...oh...she was there and I..." Michiru burst into sobs again; Haruka caressed Michiru's hair and brought her to a hug.

"She, who? Who did you see?" Haruka rubbed the girl's back, Michiru was shivering.

"Rika... she...she"

"Calm down and tell me what did this girl Rika did to you"

Michiru sat straight in the passenger seat; she wiped a few tears from her beautiful face. "She...she's my ex-girlfriend..." Haruka felt as if a bucket of water had just been poured over her head but manage to appear cool, the smaller girl look at her crying even harder. "Now you hate me! It's ok; I'll go home by myself..." Michiru opened the car door and ran outside to the storm; Haruka went out to and caught her.

"No! No, wait...I was a bit surprised but its ok, let me drive you home ok?"

Michiru sniffed she was unable to stop the cascade of tears from falling. "Are you sure?"

"Yes" Haruka got her back to the car, both of them soaking wet.

Haruka started the car and drove, Michiru had told her she had a house in the Daruma Heights so she drove there. All the way there both of the girls were in complete silence, Haruka thinking what to say and how to react, Michiru silently crying finally breaking the dam that had held her emotions for all these years. The past had managed to haunt her down and all those tears she swallowed long ago found finally a way out "Michi? Which one is your house?"

-o-o-

The Kaioh manor was a beautiful but quiet mansion. Michiru opened the door and they got inside, all the lights were out. "My parents are never home so there's no help this time of the year...sorry"

"It's ok... are you feeling better now?"

Michiru shook her head. "I'll understand if you don't wish to be friends with me anymore."

"Why? Because you're a walking fountain?" Michiru smile underneath her tears. "Don't cry I'm almost sure she's not worth it"

"Is just that...well is a long story"

"It's a long night, well don't call me insensitive but can you lend me some clothes? I think I'm catching pneumonia...

-o-o-

"I'm telling you this because...well it'll be all over school by tomorrow anyway and I want you to hear it from me, because I'm telling you the truth... I know you'll hate me..."

"I would never hate you...no matter what" Michiru looked at her with a big sadness in her eyes...

"It was three years ago, Rei was my roommate and best friend then, Paprika, well Rika I usually call her that, well she was also my roommate and well one day she...she kissed me" Haruka looked at Michiru, who seemed to be lost in her memories, Haruka found her so beautiful she had the impression Michiru would vanish into thin air in front of her like a perfect mirage. "I...I never told this to anyone, and I mean it, only Rika knows...not even Rei knows about this... I'll make the story short; we dated for over a year but in secret, Rika she said it was better for us, that there was no point in bringing trouble to ourselves and well I bought it. I wanted to tell Rei but Rika always stopped me, so I kept it quiet and then one day... "Michiru fell silent for a second her voice had broke. Haruka stood up from the couch she was sitting on and walked towards Michiru who glanced at the fireplace, she wrapped her in her arms...

"You don't have to tell me...it's ok" Michiru was still shivering; Haruka noticed she was very cold. Michiru refused the hug, she broke apart from her.

"I have to tell you, I need it..." Haruka nodded. "One day Rika and I were making out in the woods, when I felt something wrong was happening, when I opened my eyes I saw Rei looking at us, she must have followed us ...and well she was totally freaked out, I remember she looked absolutely horrified, she ran away. I didn't told Rika, I thought I could talk to Rei when I got back and fix things, explain her what was going on; after all she was my best friend... but she avoided me, and then the next day...

Have you ever got the feeling that everybody is talking about you? Everybody knew, she ran me out...it started as a gossip but you know how these things are; suddenly everyone was suspicious, doors that have been always opened to me were now closed... despite of it I was relieved, I wanted everyone to know because ...I loved Rika. But you know what she said to me? She said it was over 'at list for now' she said, she came up with a plan to vanish the rumors, she got herself a boyfriend it was even more horrible than the rumors... they got so big Haruka it was as if people liked to see me fall...and Rei she didn't even got the guts to talk to me... "

"Then what happened?"

"Rika was pulled out of school by her parents; she just left without saying goodbye, not a note, a call, nothing. I wrote her everyday and all those letters returned unopened, I called her house until she pick up the phone and then she said to me it was over that I was confused that I just couldn't be in love with her cause that was...unnatural."

Michiru broke into sobs, Haruka was about to cry herself. "Then... I was so sad, I felt so betrayed... I blamed the whole thing on Rei; I simply couldn't accept the fact that Rika never loved me. I was convinced it was all Rei's fault so I started my own rumor: I told everyone Rei was a witch... don't look me like that! I know it was wrong but it was not a lie...it was just a secret..." Michiru sat down in the couch looking really miserable. "I regret it every day because ... because it turned out I'm worse that they are...because I'm a traitor ... I tried to fix it Haruka, you have to believe me, but it was too late; people always want to believe that there are good guys and bad guys in every story, that the 'princess' of their fairy tale can't be as bad as 'the witch' ...I refugee myself in that. I focused on school and appearance and I managed to put it behind me...until you came and...Well that's the truth and now you have real reasons to hate me not just because I'm lesbian but because I'm a bitch..."

Michiru refused to look at her, Haruka was a bit shocked, over all her theories she never saw this coming; so Michiru liked girls? And Rei ran her out...but why? Rei was a lesbian too... obviously Michiru didn't knew that part...and then picturing Michiru all bitchy ruining Rei's reputation wasn't easy cause the Michiru she had come to knew was not like that...

Haruka sat down next to the aqua beauty, she held her softly while she cried. "You're not a bitch, everyone makes mistakes Michi ... is the way you learn through them that makes us better persons" Haruka lifted Michiru's face and wiped her tears away. "Just...tell me ...do you still love her?"

"Rika?" The blonde nodded. Michiru look into the green eyes. "No..."

Haruka smiled and she leaned over to kiss Michiru's lips briefly. The smaller girl was taken by surprise and pulled away.

"You didn't have to do that... friends ...even lesbian friends don't require their friends to kiss them."

Haruka smiled "Don't be silly Michiru I kissed you because I wanted to, because I like you."

(oh so much happened in this chapter no? How do you think Michi would react to the kiss? And this Rika girl is back in school...poor Michi no? And Rei...there's still a side of the story that is missing... review if you wish to ever find out!)