Chapter 25 - More Than Soeurs
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Sachiko looked up upon hearing the front door open and close, signaling the return of Yuuki-kun. She was seated in the kitchen listening to the two older women converse about cooking and past parties. A soft smile played across her lips as she regarded her mother, happy that she had found a friend in Fukuzawa-sama. She was well aware of just how lonely life had been for her mother with her father working a great deal since her Sofu had been hospitalized. Sadly, living there with Yumi, she had begun to see the same thing happen for Yumi's mother, now that the Fukuzawa Architecture firm had taken off.
While outwardly Sachiko appeared calm and collected, as any lady of standing should, internally she was nervous at what would happen when she stepped next door to Yumi's. The former Rose knew that it hadn't taken those gathered there long to tell that something had happened between Yumi and herself. The fact that I married Suguru-san would have been a clear indication of that, she thought to herself remorsefully. If that wasn't enough I then severed ties with all of them, turning my back on them. After what happened to Yumi I wouldn't blame them if they all hated me. Yuuki stepping into the kitchen broke her from her thoughts.
"Yumi says that it's time, Sachiko-sama," the boy told his sister's lover. "Everyone is there now."
"They're your friends, Sachiko-chan," Ogasawara Sayako offered after turning to regard her daughter. "I'm sure they will accept you back. It will be alright," the elder Ogasawara offered supportively.
"It's not me I'm worried about, Mother," Sachiko replied softly, her concern for Yumi far surpassing any thoughts of herself. "I don't want to see Yumi hurt."
"Yumi-chan knows the risks, Sachiko-chan," Miki said. "She is a strong girl and is capable of dealing with whatever the outcome of today will be." Miki smiled gently towards the younger girl, tilting her head slightly to one said as she continued, "Besides, she will not be there alone. You'll be there beside her, no matter what happens, won't you?"
"Yes!" Sachiko affirmed with a sharp nod of her head. Gathering her resolve the Ogasawara heiress stood and made her way from the kitchen, towards the front door. Even knowing Yumi would be there, she could feel her pulse quicken with fear. Fear that her friends wouldn't understand. That they would instead turn on Yumi for being associated with her.
"Sachiko-sama," Yuuki said as he waited while the older woman put her shoes on, having followed her from the kitchen, "Remember that Yumi loves you and you love her. In the end that is all that really matters. Everything else," he said, waving one hand about to indicate all about them, "is just background noise. Inconsequential and unimportant when compared to that one fact."
Sachiko stood and turned to regard the young man, realizing that he was correct. When you come right down to it all, what matters is that Yumi loves me and I love her as well. That will never change, regardless of what others think of us or our relationship. "How did you ever become so insightful, Yuuki-kun?" Sachiko asked in a teasing tone, feeling some of her apprehension melt away.
"I have two very wonderful sisters that continue to set good examples," Yuuki replied affectionately. "I hope to one day be as smart and as brave as they are."
"Arigato, Yuuki-kun," Sachiko replied, touched by the boy's words. "I had best go and rescue Yumi. If I know her, she is worrying herself silly with each passing moment."
"Sachiko-sama," Yuuki called, the tone in his voice causing the older woman to pause as she was in the process of turning away, and regard him seriously. "We…we…," Yuuki paused, his cheeks glistening a soft pink, "we love and care for you, just as we do Yumi. No matter what happens you are family and...and…I'm here to support you both if you need me."
Sachiko smiled gratefully, unable to force a single word pass the lump in her throat or the tightness in her chest. Giving a slight nod, the former Rose turned and made her way from the house alone. Though she had made the trek from the Fukuzawa residence to Yumi's place many times, never had the path seemed so long before. Upon reaching her destination she squared her shoulders, took a calming deep breath which did little of what it was supposed to do, and knocked upon the door.
It seemed like an eternity before the wooden barrier opened. Sachiko first gazed upon the woman that meant more to her than anything else in the entire world. For one long moment time seemed to pause, the world melted away and it was just the two of them. This, Sachiko thought to herself, this is the woman I will spend the rest of my life with. That truly is all that really matters! The Lillian University student felt a wave of warmth permeate her entire being as her love for the wheelchair bound woman threatened to overwhelm her.
Forcing her eyes from the beautiful sight that was Yumi's face, the younger girl's love for her evident in her almond eyes, Sachiko looked over Yumi's head at the mixed expressions on the faces of those gathered. "Gokigenyou," Sachiko offered, finally finding her voice. The expressions of those gathered ran from utter surprise, to hopeful and finally supportive in the case of Touko and Kanako.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Yoshino yelled, springing to her feet and pointing a finger accusingly at the raven-haired woman in the doorway. If not for the fact that Rei still held tightly to her cousin's hand it was apparent that the petite girl would have jumped across the distance to the door to physically confront Sachiko.
"Yoshino," Rei spoke, trying to gather her cousin's attention and having little success. The petite woman was having none of it and struggled against the older girl's grasp. "Calm down," Rei admonished Yoshino as she gained her feet and placed her body between Yoshino and Sachiko who remained at the doorway still.
"She has no right to be here!" Yoshino exclaimed while pointing another accusatory finger at the woman in the doorway. "Not after the pain she caused, Yumi!" The small girl's eyes seemed to blaze with righteous anger as she stared daggers at Sachiko. It was only the restraining hands of the woman she loved that prevented her from showing her displeasure in a direct physical manner.
"Yoshino-chan," Eriko said as she stepped to Rei's Petite Sœur's side, having set Aki down upon the couch, where she watched with wide frightened eyes. Eriko laid a hand upon Yoshino's shoulder drawing the girl's attention immediately. "Your scaring Aki-chan," Eriko stated in a soft whisper. The former Rose saw the petite girl's eyes flicker over to the small child for a long moment.
"Gomennasai, Eriko-sama," Yoshino finally replied, her stance deflating to a more normal one. "I had forgotten that she was here."
Eriko gave a slight nod in understanding. "Perhaps it would be best to see what Ogasawara-san has to say?" The former Rosa Foetida's eyes drifted to the small girl who was her charge for the day before she added, "and I do not think I am the one you need to apologize to, Yoshino-chan." Properly chastised the university student apologized to the smaller girl.
The rest of those gathered sat stunned by the sudden appearance of the Ogasawara heir. Their confused eyes drifted from the Foetida sisters to the petite brunette seated within the wheelchair. Yumi, in order to open the door all the way had rolled backwards far enough to allow Sachiko to have the entire space before the door. This placed her in a position where others could only see the back of her.
There was clear anger on Yoshino's face, while Rei's held trepidation at was going to happen. The raven haired heiress surveyed the others and saw many confused expression as well as a few knowing ones, mainly from Touko and Kanako. She was a little surprised to see that Sei had an 'I know something you don't know' smirk firmly affixed to her face. Shimako glanced several times at Noriko where she sat across the room on the couch. Sachiko saw the girl with the Japanese doll like appearance meet the older girl's initial glance only to look away sharply before a pained expression passed across her face.
The former Rose and star of Lillian had never felt more nervous than she did right at that moment. Gathering her resolve she bent forward till her upper torso was horizontal with the floor and her hands were clasped before her head. "Gomennasai!," the proud heiress exclaimed as her eyes stared straight down at the floor. "Gomennasai for my actions over the past several months. For reasons I cannot go into currently I thought it would be best if I distanced myself from you…my friends." Sachiko swallowed and licked her suddenly dry lips quickly. "I see now I was wrong and I beg your forgiveness!"
For several long moments there was a stunned silence as everyone replayed what they had witnessed within their minds. Several were certain they had heard the woman incorrectly. Even once they had heard it once again they were uncertain just how to respond to the professed admission of wrong doing on the part of the repentant woman. It was so out of character than none of them knew how to respond to the apologetic woman.
"WHAT!" Yoshino exclaimed angrily, being the first to recover from the unexpected apology. The last thing Yoshino had ever expected was an apology and for Sachiko to ask for forgiveness. How dare she come here and ask for forgiveness after what she put Yumi through! Still, she thought to herself, I never thought I would see the day that Sachiko-sama admitted she was wrong. It must have taken a great deal of courage for her to come and face all of us today. Yoshino's eyes fell upon Yumi, seated in her wheelchair, her heart aching for her friend as she could only imagine what the woman was going through right at that moment. This is Yumi's choice to make, Yoshino decided. I'll support her with whatever she decides!
Yumi felt her chest constrict upon hearing Sachiko's words as well as Yoshino's response. The former Lillian student was glad that where she was seated in her chair made it so that her back was towards everyone else. The young brunette's heart swelled with love as Sachiko bowed and begged for the forgiveness of their closest friends. Even in this she is beautiful, Yumi thought silently to herself as her eyes drank in the image of the woman she loved. That fact that Yoshino did not sound accepting or that the others remained silent behind her did little to ease her apprehension concerning today's event.
They're not going to forgive me, Sachiko thought as the sad realization dawned on her. Yoshino's angered outburst and the apparent silence of the others were clearly an indication to her of how this would all turn out. Why should they forgive me?, the young heiress couldn't help but ask herself. I separated myself from all of them after all. I wouldn't even return Rei's phone calls. The sapphire eyed woman recalled a letter than she had received from Yoshino early on. I returned it unopened because I didn't want to have to deal with it. If I couldn't tell Yumi, how could I possibly tell them?
Tears of frustration and anger welled up in her eyes before she could stop them. It was an anger born of her own actions and hence it was directed at herself alone and none other. She knew that her own foolishness and stupidity had brought her to this pass. Yumi said that I need to move past this, yet how can I? she asked herself for the countless time. I've wronged them and wronged Yumi most of all! For a moment Sachiko allowed doubt to rule her mind and clench ahold of her heart. Yoshino is right. I have no right to be here. Not after what I've done to them…to Yumi!
It is because of my actions and mine alone that she is bound to that wheelchair! She should be out and about, running through life like any other young woman. Instead she is trapped. A prisoner to that accursed metal chair and it is all because of me, Sachiko bemoaned her actions even as the first sniffle escaped her lips and the first of many teardrops splattered upon the hardwood flooring.
"Gomen," Sachiko stammered barely above a whisper. "I'm so sorry," she said as she scrunched her eyes closed in an effort to halt the flood of tears. "I am so sorry for what I have done to you," Sachiko's tear filled voice reached those in the room, further stunning them. The raven haired woman suddenly felt a pair of warm loving arms encircle her neck gently as tender words were whispered into her ear. Sachiko dropped to her knees and buried her head in the chest of the woman who held her.
"Enough," Yumi said softly into the ear of the woman in her arms. "Enough, Onee-sama," the petite brunette intoned in a voice so choked with love and understanding that it only caused the woman in her arms to break down into sobs all the more. Yumi tightened her grip as Sachiko slowly dropped to her knees in front of the wheelchair and slipped her arms around the seated woman. Because she knew the remarkable woman in her arms so well, Yumi well understood that the tears were not for just their friends but for her as well.
The two women held each other for several long moments before they felt another pair of arms slip around their shoulders. Yumi glanced up to her left and offered Youko a watery smile of thanks as Sachiko's Onee-sama hugged them both tightly. Yumi turned to her other side as she felt another pair of arms encircle her and Sachiko, only to stare in surprise. "Yoshino?" Yumi said in a slightly disbelieving tone of voice.
"Gomen," Yoshino offered softly with tears sliding down her cheeks. "I shouldn't have gotten angry like I did," she replied as she tightened her arm around Yumi's shoulder. "Gomennasai, Sachiko-sama," Yoshino offered as she leaned into the group hug. Sachiko's arm, slipping around the petite woman was the only answer she received to her apology. Yumi smiled her thanks even as she rested her cheek against the head of the woman she held.
Rei smiled affectionately at her cousin for a moment before she walked over and after kneeling down behind Sachiko, leaned in to add her hug and support to her dearest friend. Touko quickly joined the group hug from near Yumi's back, not wanting to be the only Chinensis sister not involved as well as wanting to be there to support her Onee-sama and cousin. It was only another moment or two before everyone else present joined in as well.
It was several minutes more before the group began to untangle themselves, most of them hastily wiping at wet eyes and cheeks with handkerchiefs that magically appeared from pockets. As the others resumed their seats Yumi remained at the door with Sachiko, adjusting her position so that she now sat facing the room filled with their closest friends. "While I have all of you here there is something that I…," Yumi started with, pausing long enough to look up at Sachiko with love filled eyes before returning her gaze towards those arrayed before them once again, "well actually we-"
"Wait! Before you say that I have a question for you," Sei announced loudly, cutting the younger girl off in midsentence. Kei and Youko both arched a brow at the woman with western features, wondering just what she was up to this time. Their twin looks let the Gigantea Rose know that if she we about to have a bit of fun at the expense of two standing before them there would be hell to pay afterwards.
Yumi felt Sachiko's hand come to rest upon her shoulder and give it a small squeeze. "Sei-sama," Yumi said with a slight nod to indicate that she should continue with whatever she wanted to say.
"Before you tell us what it is you plan to I just need to know one thing," Sei opened with, a knowing smirk starting to spread across her face. "Just how long has Sachiko been living here with you Yumi?"
Pandemonium erupted at the older woman's seemingly improbable question. Youko smacked the dirty blonde on the back of the head as she chastised her for her question. "Really Sei! How could you even suggest such a thing?"
"How cold hearted of you! To even suggest that Satō-san!" Kei reprimanded her girlfriend, nearly at a loss for words at Sei's actions. "Ogasawara-san has barely managed to apologize and already you're attempting to push them back together again!" The stern look the dark haired woman was giving Sei over the rim of her glasses clearly showed her displeasure with her girlfriend's comment.
"Why don't we let them answer?" Sei exclaimed with a gesture towards Yumi and Sachiko with one hand while attempting to ward off further abuse from Youko with the other. At her words all eyes turned to regard the two women at the doorway that had remained conspicuously quiet during the entire exchanget.
It's now or never, Yumi realized silently. The soft squeeze once again of her shoulder by the woman next to her was all the encouragement that she needed. Yumi reached across her body and rested her hand over Sachiko's affectionately. "Sachiko has been here for the past week and will remain here for as long as she would like to," Yumi confessed to their friends. Yumi felt that the fact that the apartment had only one bedroom served as a clear indication to the others that they were now together in more than just a soeurship, sisterly sort of way.
"Damn!" Youko swore into the resulting silence after Yumi's statement, startling everyone and causing them all to look at her questioningly both for her comment as well as the fact that she cursed. "Now I owe Sei lunch. She wagered back in our third year of high school that the two of you would get together before we graduated university!"
"Onee-sama?" Sachiko asked in a slightly hurt tone of voice, "You didn't believe that we would get together at all?"
"Oh I knew the two of you would figure it out sooner or later," Youko replied with a warm smile at her Petite Sœur. "I had bet on sooner rather than later though." Youko's admission and look of disappointment brought a hesitant round of chuckles from the others gathered there. "Who else knew?" Youko enquired. "How did you know for that matter?" Youko asked as she rounded on Sei.
"Like knows like," Sei answered with her typical 'All is well with the world because I'm in it' smirk upon her face. Seeing the skeptical looks upon Kei and Youko's face she reluctantly added, "and the fact that unless Yumi's taste in clothes has changed a great deal recently, a good portion of the clothes currently hanging in the bedroom closet had to belong to Sachiko."
Yumi gave a soft giggle at Sei's confession. The musical sound of the young girl's giggle brought an affectionate smile to Sachiko's face as a weight lifted from her shoulders that she hadn't even realized was there all this time. They both had spoken about their friends and just how today's event would play out. While they felt confident that their friends could be open minded and accepting they had realized that they really wouldn't know for sure until they had actually told them.
"As for who else knew," Yumi said, returning to Youko's question, "Touko and Kanako knew. It was due to Touko-chan that we managed to reconcile with each other," Yumi admitted even as she smiled at her Petite Sœur lovingly. "Yuuki knows as do my parents now."
"I bet that was an interesting conversation!" Eriko chimed in with as she pulled Aki back into her lap and loosely wrapped her arms around the small child who snuggled into the older woman in an attempt to get more comfortable.
"It went better than I thought it would," Sachiko stated in a relieved tone, recalling that night. "I think we gave Fukuzawa-san a scare at first, but he came around."
"That's because Sachiko is so loveable," Yumi said without thinking only to feel her cheeks heat into a warm blush at her admission in front of all their friends.
"I think it has more to do with how cute you are, Yumi," Sachiko said as she leaned down and kissed the seated girl upon the cheek quickly, causing Yumi's blush to deepen by several shades.
"Enough you love birds," Eriko admonished the two of them good naturedly. "Come and sit so that you can tell us the story properly of how Touko-chan was able to bring the two of you together again." Noriko relinquished her seat upon the end of the couch to Sachiko. Yumi wheeled her chair next to the raven-haired beauty as Noriko took up a seat upon the floor next to Shimako.
Yumi couldn't help but smile as her heart felt warmed but the love and acceptance of Sachiko and her friends. The petite woman knew that it would have hurt greatly if the women gathered here today had not been accepting of their relationship. Not that it would have prevented me from loving Sachiko any less, Yumi told herself even as she reached over and took the woman's hand in her own and drew it to her lap. "Well, I was all set to study abroad…"
-oOo-
Miki heard the front door close before Yuuki called out that he was going to watch some television and they should call him when they needed him. Shortly thereafter she could hear the soft mumble of some program on television from the other room. I hope everything goes well next door with Yumi and Sachiko, the elder Fukuzawa thought to herself. Their life from now on isn't going to be easy on them. It will be all the harder if they don't have close friends there to accept and support them.
"You have wonderful children, Miki-chan," Sayako told the woman next to her for the second time that day. "So very respectful and helpful. I always wanted more children," the elder Ogasawara matriarch confided in Yumi's mother. "I didn't want Sa-chan to grow up to be an only child as I was."
"What happened?" Miki enquired as she moved to the stove to check on the soup that was simmering there.
"Time? Age?" Sayako replied with a mirthless chuckle and a slight shrug of her shoulders. "Who can say? After Sachiko was born Tooru-kun found a different distraction," she confessed, referring to her husband's mistress. "For a while I was content with the new bundle of joy I was holding. After a few years I had wanted another child, but it was not my place to ask for such."
"EH?" Miki exclaimed, doing a perfect impression of her daughter, abet unintentionally. "Sa-ko-sama, did you not talk your wishes over with Ogasawara-sama?"
"Tooru-kun was unaware of my desire," Sayako replied softly as she began adding ingredients to a mixing bowl which would, when finished, be a cake for the party next door. "Tooru-kun's father spoke to me. He told me that Tooru was happy as things stood right then and that I shouldn't do anything to change them."
Sayako added the other ingredients and then started mixing them by hand. The elder Ogasawara preferred to do things the old way. Her kitchen back at the mansion was filled with the latest of cooking utensils, blenders and equipment all of which she refused to use. Instead she liked to do things by hand, saying that she could mix in her love while she did it that way. This didn't stop her husband from buying her new devices whenever he found one he thought she would like or didn't have yet.
"Of course it was many years later before Tooru-kun brought the subject up. I told him about my conversation with his father," she confided as she continued her story while working the ingredients into a respectable cake batter. "I don't think I have ever seen him so mad before. He told me that he had wanted more children and thought that I was the one that didn't want any more. It seems his father had a talk with him as well around the same time."
"Oh my!" Miki exclaimed, surprised by this startling turn of events. Though not of the same class of family as Ogasawara's, Miki's family on her mother side, was fairly well affluence. It was due to this that she understood just how the old customs could impact a family like Sayako's that still adhered to them. With Sayako being a direct descendant of royalty it made it even more difficult to change from the old mannerism and customs as they were engrained into everyday life. Not for the first time Miki was glad she had gone against her family's wishes and married Yuuichirou.
"By then Sachiko was well into her teens and we decided that we had survived all this time with just her so there really wasn't any need to change things," Sayako continued with. The former Lillian student left out the fact that it was right after their talk that Tooru's father decided to transfer him overseas for a year. Officially it was called training, as Tooru had been given one of the conglomerates smaller holdings to manage, however looking back on it now Sayako wasn't so certain. "Suguru-kun, being only slightly older than Sa-chan helped some as well. In many ways he is like the son we never had."
"Kashiwagi-kun is a very respectable young man," Miki offered, having met him several times. Miki understood that whatever had transpired between Suguru and Sachiko, it was Ogasawara family business. It would be considered rude for her to enquire concerning it. That didn't keep her from wondering though. Being a mother is never easy, she thought to herself as an image of Yumi flashed through her mind. At least they are happy now, she thought in regards to her Yumi and Sachiko, who was quickly becoming a second daughter to her.
"It seems just like yesterday when I was bringing Sa-chan home from the hospital," Sayako mused wistfully. "Now she is a university student and out on her own to make her own way in the world. I miss those times when she was small enough to carry about," the elder Ogasawara said, a soft smile gracing her lips. "It's so quiet at home these days."
"I understand how you feel," Miki offered, commiserating with the woman with her. "It seems like it was only last week that Yumi-chan was in diapers and now she was all set to move to a foreign country! It won't be long before Yuuki will be gone as well, off to University," Miki sighed dejectedly. "With Yuuichirou-kun working so much I can't help but feeling a little lonely myself, Sa-ko-sama," she said as she joined the other woman at the counter.
Sayako chuckled softly and then louder as she saw Miki turn next to her and give her a questioning look. "What are we, old ladies?" Sayako enquired good-naturedly. "Our families are healthy and for the most part happy. We have beautiful children who have the entire world ahead of them! And now," Sayako paused, her expression becoming more serious as her eyes met Miki's soft almond ones, "I have you, Miki-chan. What more could I want?" she asked in a soft tone.
Miki's breath hitched in her throat as her heart began to beat furiously within her chest. On one level she registered the words Sayako had spoken and she agreed with them. Life was all in all fairly good. Better than a great many others had it she figured. While I do miss Yuuichirou, he is working very hard to provide for us. The housewife knew that times were hard and she was thankful for all that her husband did for their family.
Miki knew that the issue was really the loneliness. She didn't do well with being lonely, never had actually even as a child. With Yumi discovering a new life, one that involved Sachiko-chan far more than herself, she was fearful that her children would no longer need her. Yuuki was already discussing several universities with his father, all of which were far away in other parts of the country. It's only a matter of time before he's off to pursue his own future, she reasoned.
Now that Yuuichirou is working so often I hardly ever see him. More often than not he eats at work with the other members of the expanding firm. I know I am just being selfish, she tried to scold herself however it didn't stop her from feeling like she was no longer needed by anyone. In a moment of honesty she admitted to herself that it was that feeling of being needed that she craved so much. It wasn't just having others around but rather being needed by those that were around her that she desired.
It was the second item that Sayako had said though that had the younger woman's heart racing. I have you, Miki-chan. What more could I want? she once again played the words over in her mind. Sayako needs me? Miki couldn't believe that after all these years she would not only be standing in her kitchen next to the one woman she had wanted to be her Onee-sama back at Lillian, but that the same woman would actually need her.
"S…Sayako-," Miki paused before adding the –sama, upon seeing the older woman arch a brow in disapproval. "Sayako, has me?" Miki asked slowly, a faint blush creeping into her cheeks at having called the woman next to her by her given name.
Sayako's answering smile was radiant upon hearing Miki speak her name as such. "And Miki has me," she quickly replied, a faint blush coloring her cheeks as well, from dropping the honorific from the name. "For as long as you'll have me," the elder woman added a bit bashfully, her hand dropping to cover Miki's where it rested upon the countertop.
Miki's smile spread ever growing across her face upon hearing the woman's words even as her cheeks blushed at feeling her hand being gently taken by Sayako. "Then S…Sayako shall have me till she no longer has need of me," Miki confessed, stumbling over the name slightly as she was still embarrassed to be saying it without the accompanying honorific that she was used to.
"Oba-samas!" Touko called just before stepping into the kitchen with Yuuki right behinds her. She smiled upon seeing the two women busy preparing the courses for Sachiko and her Onee-sama's party next door. "Onee-sama asked that I come over and start bringing the food over now that everyone has had a chance to settle down." The petite girl noticed that each woman appeared to be blushing but quickly dismissed pinkness of their cheeks as a byproduct of the heat within the kitchen instead. After all, what could the two of them possibly been discussing that would cause either of them to blush?, she thought to herself dismissively.
Author's Note:
It seems like forever since last I updated this story. Just goes to show that it is most certainly not abandoned. The updates will keep coming till I can get it finished. By now I'm sure you're tired of my excuses for the slow updates so I'll spare you them. Just let say in my own defense though that I do have other projects going on as well. Then there is that pesky little thing called life to that always seems to get in the way. Mustn't forget that! More recently my first grandchild, a granddaughter, was born January 31st! Needless to say I'm more than a little captivated with her!
Well, I guess I did offer excuses after all! I do hope to break past the 1 million words published on this site later this year (currently at 833,243 ) so I am certain I will be back to this story sooner rather than later. I hope you have enjoyed this chapter and that you'll take a moment to leave me a review concerning it. We writers live for your feed back so don't leave me starving please! ;-)
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EJ Daniels
All characters within this story, unless otherwise stated are the sole property of Oyuki Konno the original writer of the Maria-sama ga Miteru light novel series.