A/N: , Kiros Razer, Chinensis' Fan, Honulicious, silverice90, Syaoran Li Clow, CheeseXlover09, meatiecow, Slyfox00, leogrl19, kurakami, lilgumba, MissIzzyB, seirahErinyes and shygirluknowit – salamat (thank you ;) and you're welcome ;) I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope this one is worth your time, too ;) I re-read this as fast as I could. It's not much but still...
Chapter 25. Yeast
"I know you have every reason to be happy, Yumi-san, but that's too much already," Yoshino commented with a grin. Yumi was so happy lately that she couldn't help but be infected by her cheer. Her friend's mood was contagious. Besides, she was really happy, too, for her friend. After that rollercoaster sort of relationship with Touko, it ended well for both Yumi and Touko.
"Yumi-san is glowing," Shimako commented with a smile.
"Really? I'm just so happy, Yoshino-san, Shimako-san," Yumi replied happily. Everyone thought that her elated behaviour had something to do with the events last week, of her finally making Touko her petite soeur. There was no doubt that her heart would still soar with happiness due to that. However, that happiness had doubled, or probably more, since that night at Sachiko's house.
"We're happy for you, Yumi-san. But if you don't stop grinning like that, you'll really make me jealous," Yoshino threatened.
"I'm sure you won't be for long, Yoshino-san. Pretty soon and you'll have Nana-chan beside you, too," Yumi answered, remembering the middle school girl that Yoshino had an eye on. (42)
"Which only means that Rei-sama and Sachiko-sama will graduate soon. In fact, only a few days more," Shimako commented, then apologized immediately when Yumi's face fell.
"Don't worry about it, Shimako-san. Whether you say it or not, there's no changing the fact that Onee-sama and Rei-sama will graduate soon," Yumi placated.
"Yumi-san is right. Even if we're not happy about it, and yet also happy about it..." Yoshino paused, "Did that even makes sense? Anyway, let's not talk about that." She glanced at Yumi, her eyes glinting with mischief that the latter stepped back.
"I don't think I like where this is going," Yumi commented.
"True, but you won't escape us, Yumi-san. So tell us about it. Any developments between you and Sachiko-sama?"
If Yumi wasn't already smiling a lot, Shimako and Yoshino would have said that her smile grew wider.
"Nothing much. We're close, we've kissed as you have witness before already," Yumi said quietly with an uneasy smile, remembering the times that their friends caught them in the act at the Rose Mansion. Thankfully, it was only a few times, she could even count it in the fingers of her one hand. However, that didn't change the fact that they had been seen in an intimate position and that the embarrassment she felt wouldn't be forgotten easily.
"Are you sure? You haven't seen firsthand Sachiko-sama's gravity-defying..."
"Yoshino-san!" Both Yumi and Shimako exclaimed, halting Yoshino's words. The latter rolled her eyes at their reaction.
"Seriously you two..."
"You shouldn't be talking so loud about that," Yumi reprimanded uneasily, glancing around to see if anyone had heard them.
"Fine. I'll lower my voice then," Yoshino said with mischief. She knew that it wasn't really what Yumi wanted. What Yumi left unsaid was that she wanted to drop the topic. Nevertheless, she was a little bored and sad lately, mostly because of things that she dared not say to anyone. Not yet anyway. A little teasing about Yumi's love life, and intimate life, if there was, would be a nice distraction.
"You know that's not..."
"Tell me what's in a watermelon that had you biting mine and Shimako-san's head off a couple of weeks ago, if I remember correctly. You knew you haven't explained it properly and you know me, I'm a curious person by nature," Yoshino said with a grin. She was encouraged when Shimako looked at Yumi expectantly.
"That's...I'm...I was having a bad day that time," Yumi explained nervously.
"So we noticed," Yoshino drawled. Really. She couldn't think of any reason for Yumi to be so worked up about watermelons, except if it had something to do with... "It wasn't about breasts, was it? I don't think Sachiko-sama or you had sizes like those, Yumi-san. You two didn't even fit the category of a gravity-victim ingrate."
"Yoshino-san..."
"Or are you telling me that Sachiko-sama's preference..." Yoshino's naughty remarked disappeared in Yumi's palm when the latter covered her lips.
"Seriously. You're worse than Sei-sama, Yoshino-san..." Yumi paused when she realized what she was saying. "Sorry, Shimako-san. I didn't mean to..."
"It's okay, Yumi-san. We know that Onee-sama's mouth could be so...like that sometime," Shimako answered.
"Alright, alright. I'll keep my lips shut already," Yoshino said as she pulled Yumi's hand away from her face. Unknowingly, she had caused doubt in Yumi's mind that would plague her for the rest of the day, or until the time she had it settled.
---o---
"Yumi, why are you alone? Where's Yoshino-chan and Shimako?" Sachiko asked as soon as she fell beside Yumi's steps. It was afternoon and both of them were heading to the Rose Mansion.
"I went to the library first. I'm not sure if they're at the Rose Mansion already," Yumi answered gloomily.
Yumi's mood was a contrast to her mood that morning that Sachiko had to look intently just to make sure she wasn't mistaken.
"Yumi, is something the matter? Did something happen?" Sachiko asked, concerned. It took a long while before Yumi answered her.
"Well, you see, after last night, I'm happier than ever," Yumi started, blushing as memories of what happened between her and Sachiko resurfaced. She glanced at Sachiko, and was relieved that the latter was blushing, too. She would have teased her had it not been for the thing that was bothering her.
"I've noticed. But you don't look like it right now," Sachiko answered quietly, trying to understand the reason for Yumi's dampened mood.
"It's just that...after last night," Yumi blushed again, before she continued, "...we haven't had the chance to really talk. You helped me with my report and then afterwards we're too tired and immediately fell asleep. This morning, we were running late. And um...I...you..."
Sachiko watched with puzzlement as Yumi struggled for words. She didn't know where Yumi was going. For a moment, she was worried that Yumi didn't like what happened last night, but thought against it. It couldn't be true, right?
"You have never told me about...you know..." Yumi looked away, embarrassed, before she murmured something that Sachiko barely understood.
"Did you say watermelon, Yumi?" Sachiko asked, her brows knitted. Was Yumi still worried about that topic?
"...yes..."
Sachiko sighed and waited until Yumi looked at her again. When Yumi did, she held her gaze in place and said, "Yumi, we had talked about it already. You know that there's no way you have something like that. If you call yours like that, then what would you say about mine?" She finished her words with a quiet giggle, wanting Yumi to be at eased.
"I know that already," Yumi answered quietly, smiling a little before her face became serious again.
"Let me see. You're not being so down again because of you thinking that you have...watermelons," Sachiko started, wanting to get everything straight. She didn't like seeing Yumi sad, especially after what happened last night. Thinking about it raised goose bumps in her. She could still hear Yumi's moans and whimpers, her gasps and scream of pleasure, as if it was actually happening now. And she could still feel Yumi's skin against hers, sliding...
"...yes..."
Yumi's timid murmur brought Sachiko back to present. She took a deep breath to clear her head, which was a very difficult feat since she didn't really want to stop thinking about the greatest night of her life, even if just for a moment. However, Yumi's mood was the most important at the moment. She could go back to replaying the scenes in her mind once she had Yumi's problem solved, whatever the problem was.
"So then what are you worried about?"
Yumi heaved a sigh before she mumbled, "Is it really okay with you?"
"Okay about what?"
"Mine."
"What yours?" Sachiko asked, getting frustrated.
Noticing Sachiko's expression, Yumi quickly added, still in a low voice, "I know that I have grown since then, but I'm still small compared to yours and I was wondering if..."
Yumi stopped talking and gazed at the laughing Sachiko with shock. The shock then turned into hurt.
'Is she making fun of me because I'm...'
"Don't you dare finish that thought, Yumi," Sachiko said sharply, reading Yumi's expression. "Why are being so silly? Certainly I don't have problems about you. Nothing is wrong with you. Especially in that area. Stop being so insecure, because as I have told you before, I think your breasts…" Sachiko grinned at the last word, more so when Yumi's eyes widened and her face became so red, "are just perfect."
Before Yumi could say anything, a voice behind them beat her.
"Did I just hear breast there?" Yoshino asked with hopeful expression. Would she find out everything now?
"I told you, Yoshino-san, you shouldn't be so loud. And no, we're not talking about that. Onee-sama said yeast," Yumi said, her mind quick to find a cover for the first time that it even surprised her. She hoped it would work. She hoped that Yoshino hadn't been listening the whole time she was being silly, as Sachiko had put it. She hadn't heard their friend coming close to them. Or Touko.
"Yeast? I don't think so. Right, Touko-chan?" Yoshino asked with a grin to the younger girl a step behind her. Her grin faltered when Touko shook her head.
"I heard yeast and not...breast, Yoshino-sama," Touko answered calmly that had Yumi thinking that she should learn a thing or two from her soeurs. Both Sachiko and Touko could always keep a straight face on different situations.
Yoshino grinned again and said, "You're covering them up, aren't you Touko-chan? I don't blame you. They are your older sisters after..."
"No," Touko said flatly. "I'm not covering them up. What could I possibly gain in covering them up, anyway? It's their business whether they want other people to hear their conversations or not."
Yoshino wasn't still giving up. She glanced at the quiet Yumi and Sachiko suspiciously. "How do the words yeast and perfect blend in one sentence?"
"Yeasts are perfect example of fungi that have both beneficial and threatening species. Yeasts are used in making wines, beers, and in baking. However, there are species that could cause human ailments such as the yeast Candida albicans. It is a common pathogen of humans that could cause oral thrush and...(43)," Sachiko answered, stopping when she saw the expressions of the three people with her.
Yoshino looked surprised, probably not because she was proven wrong but rather of the fact that Sachiko just proven again to her that she knew a lot of things. Yumi was torn with worry that Sachiko's excuse didn't work and of awe and pride for her intelligent girlfriend. Time and again, Sachiko proved that she was a wide reader and that she had good memory. Touko, on the other hand, looked merely curious to how things would go. She wasn't surprised at Sachiko's display since she knew her cousin a lot and it was a fact that for any scholarly topic, Sachiko would be able to contribute a word or a hundred.
"Okay," was all Yoshino could say and started walking towards the Rose Mansion.
Yumi was about to comment when Touko spoke and said, "I don't know what I'm going to do with my hormone-driven onee-samas, but it would save you both from embarrassment if you would stop talking things in the open."
Both older sisters had the grace to blush at Touko's words.
"Touko-chan, would you like to go out on this weekend and have an ice cream with us or something? Winter is over and it would be nice to go out together," Yumi said with a sheepish smile.
"Certainly. You two owe me," Touko answered with a cheeky grin before she followed Yoshino. Sachiko and Yumi could only look at each other and then at Touko before they, too, started walking.
"She would keep you on your toes," Sachiko commented.
"I know. But I won't have it any other way," Yumi answered with a happy smile, watching her little sister fondly.
"You will have to go with her alone on the weekend, though."
At Sachiko's words, Yumi stopped walking and looked apologetic.
"Sorry. I committed us without asking your opinion first."
"Silly. I don't have a problem going out with my precious girlfriend and cousin. However, I have earlier engagement for the weekend and I can't cancel it."
"Oh..."
Yumi was quiet for a moment, and then in a sad voice said, "So we won't meet on the weekend then? It's a good thing that I haven't asked my parents yet for permission to stay in your house again."
They had agreed when they woke up that morning that Yumi would stay at Sachiko's house again for them to be together in an excuse that Sachiko would help Yumi studying. It was mostly at Yumi's insistence since she could hardly wait to make Sachiko experience what she had experienced last night without worrying about report or other things. That decision was cemented by the happiness when she woke up this morning to find herself wrapped in the warm embrace of her beloved.
Sachiko didn't comment, but inside, she was smiling. Yumi would be in for a surprise on the coming weekend.
---o---
She was surprised to find herself in front of the imposing mansion. She glanced at the person beside her.
"What are we doing..."
"She's waiting for you. Her engagement for today is about to end in..." the younger girl looked at her watch and said, "15 minutes. Don't worry. I'll accompany you until she's with you."
Yumi smiled as she replayed for the nth time what happened during the weekend. Before she could continue, though, the familiar persistent voice of her friend intruded her replay.
"Yumi-san, Sachiko-sama surprised me last time but this time, I won't be anymore. So tell me, what was that about yeast?" Yoshino asked with determination. Maybe if she asked her obviously daydreaming friend, she would get the answer that she wanted.
"You heard what Onee-sama said last time. There's nothing more to say," Yumi answered calmly.
She couldn't speak even if she wanted to. She wouldn't be surprised if she found out that she had swallowed her own tongue. She gazed at the beautiful person in front of her. Her eyes travelled from her face down to her toes, her gaze lingering on the gentle swells and the dark patch that had was oh so tantalizingly bared for her eyes. She swallowed again as her eyes returned to the blue eyes that were gazing at her confidently, challengingly, seductively. The blue-eyed beauty was so comfortable in her bared form, like it was the most natural thing to do. She, on the other hand, was frozen in her kneeling form at the bed.
"But how did that topic come about? I don't recall us having lessons about yeast," Yoshino persisted.
"It was a random topic. I commented about the wine Onee-sama let me tasted last time I was at her house."
Unlike what had been done to her, she didn't waste time talking. For several days, weeks even, or probably months or years, she had been waiting for this chance, not to mention the interrupted moments before. Her trembling hand cupped one tempting flesh. She was rewarded by a delighted sigh which she answered with a sigh of her own.
Yoshino wasn't contented and asked, "Why comment only that time? You could have said so when you tasted it."
"Why are you asking about that when a week had passed already? Isn't that more late than my comment?" Yumi retorted. She wasn't going to let herself be caught up in this interrogation. She wouldn't admit anything if she could help it. Who knows how much teasing she would received, how much embarrassment she would feel from the teasing that was likely to last for who knows how long. She brought her focus back on the event during the weekend.
She ignored the pressure placed on her shoulder when her hand started moving downward. She wasn't going to let the slight pain prevent her from accomplishing what she had started, what they had started. She inhaled sharply when her palm touched the most heated part of her lover. It was burning. It was scorching her hand, spreading the heat to the rest of her body. She didn't know who was breathing heavier. Her or her lover?
"I wasn't able to talk to you after that day until today," Yoshino answered with a frown. Yumi was very elusive today. Where had the stammering and blushing Yumi gone to?
"My answer is the same as yours. We weren't able to talk that morning because I was cramming on my report. Remember the one for music?" Yumi answered casually, trying not to giggle when she saw the growing frustration in Yoshino's expression.
It wouldn't be long. A few more strokes and she knew she would hear what she had been eager to hear. She would make her lover feel what she had felt last time. She increased her pace. She put more pressure. She could see her lover trying to stop from thrashing but failing.
Just a little more.
"Yoshino-san, why are you so concerned if we were talking about breast or yeast or what?" Yumi finally asked, beating her friend from whatever she would say. She wanted the conversation to end already, not because Yoshino's usual inquisitiveness was irritating her but rather because she was getting uncomfortable due to the scenes that she was replaying in her head. The wonderful scenes were making her feel warmer than usual and at the same time making her shiver. If Yoshino would notice her sweating and shivering, she wouldn't be able to avoid a conversation that she rather not have with her at the moment.
Yoshino crossed her arms and said, "Because I'm curious."
"If I'm curious and asked you questions, would you answer me truthfully?" Yumi answered, amazed that she could still speak something different when her head was so full of Sachiko.
Her shoulders were in a death grip, but she didn't pay heed. It was coming. She knew it was almost time. Her lover was almost there.
"Yumi!!!"
And her actions were rewarded.
She gazed with tired yet satisfied smirk as her girlfriend sagged at the bed, damped, breathless and dazed. She would give up everything she had, which wasn't really that many, just to see her love like this. It was a sight like no other, so mesmerizing, so beautiful. And she was the one who had made her be like this, she thought with pleasure and smugness like she had never felt before. She liked this feeling. And she wanted to feel this again, see her girlfriend reach the heights of pleasure and scream her name. They were the best things that she had experienced, aside from what she felt last time with her lover in-charged.
Yoshino took her time to answer, uncrossing her arms. She gazed suspiciously at the almost dazed-looking Yumi.
"That depends. Okay, you got me there, Yumi-san. I'll stop pestering you about yeast already."
"That's so unlike you," Yumi commented as she fought hard not to shiver. She could still hear the scream, echoing in her ears, spreading the fire within her. She needed to go. She needed to leave now. She needed to be alone to tighten the rein on her slipping control.
"You know, if I didn't know any better, I'd say you just came from a good, long sex, Yumi-san. You and Sachiko-sama were here early today and you two looked breathless when I arrived. Care to enlighten us?" Yoshino commented bluntly. There was something about Yumi that she couldn't put her fingers on. Discounting the fact about this morning, she was sure that there was something...
"No, we haven't done that here yet."
As soon as those words left her lips, Yumi knew that she made a mistake. Well, she hadn't expected herself to last this long without losing anyway. Especially with her mind so far away. Now though, Yoshino had finally gotten her undivided attention.
'Oops...'
"Yet? Yumi-san you mean...?"
Yoshino's eyes were as wide as saucers as she gaped at her friend. Finally, a confirmation from her friend. Even Shimako, Noriko and Touko who were barely paying attention to Yoshino and Yumi had their eyes lifted from whatever they were doing to look at Yumi questioningly.
"Yes. We haven't done it here yet, and we haven't done it in any place yet. But I'm sure eventually, something will happen and I know that everyone assumes that, right?" Yumi answered with a blush, her expression uncertain. She sounded like she was pleading for Yoshino to say that definitely something would happen between her and Sachiko.
The rest of the occupants of the room gazed at Yumi, perplexed. And then they looked at each other. They were torn. They didn't know what to believe. They had a feeling that Yumi was lying. Still, Yumi couldn't fake that confused and hopeful expression, could she? Yumi was a bad liar, right? She looked like she really was worried that whatever Yoshino said wouldn't happen between her and Sachiko.
"W-well, of course. No doubt about it. Right, Shimako-san?" Yoshino stammered, uncertain, still not getting over the fact that Yumi had her confused. In the end, the knowledge of Yumi's thoughts always shown in her face won over. Yumi wasn't lying. She hoped her friend would have what she couldn't at the moment. "I'm sure when it happens, it would be special, Yumi-san. I strongly believe that."
Yumi inwardly sighed with relief. She clenched her hidden hands tight. That was a narrow escape. Let her friends wonder what the real deal really was. More than ever, she was thankful that she had been hanging around Sachiko too much, and lately, with Touko, too. Those two had perfected the act of evading and skittering the truth if they didn't want to share it. At least, to other people. She was glad that she wasn't as ignorant before when it came to her soeurs. And she was learning a thing or two from them about not blurting the truth all the time.
When Shimako nodded albeit uncertainly, Yumi smiled brightly, still blushing, still on the act. She wondered though, on how long she and Sachiko could keep the truth from the others. Let their friends sweat for it. After all, she waited quite a while to have results. Both she and Sachiko waited for quite a while, so keeping their secret for a longer period wouldn't hurt. She had to prepare herself to the teasing that would never stop, and thought of a way to stop Sachiko from exploding if they were subjected to embarrassment.
(42) See Season 4 Episode 4
(43) Ammirati, Joseph Frank, and Seidl, Michelle T. "Fungus." Microsoft® Encarta® 2009 [DVD]. Redmond, WA: Microsoft Corporation, 2008.
A/N: If you're confused about the italicised texts, then let me say that those are the scenes that happened during the weekend at Sachiko's house, bedroom, (grin;) after Yumi's date with Touko.
Only one left (not counting the epilogue of some sort that I've written – a very long epilogue if you'd ask me). Who knows, I might just make it on or before New Year if I have enough motivation (cough review cough) haha ;) Come to think of it, it's 30 already. I don't think I can post the next one tomorrow. I'll try on the 1st day of 2010 then ;)
Also, Alphabet might just be the last story that you'd read from me (aside from Pillow). As of now, I don't have plans of writing or posting anything (even if I have four or five completed but unedited stories in my beloved Yash;) I'll focus on reading this time, reading a lot of stuffs that I couldn't focus on before. In almost two years as FFN member, I've posted 21 stories for only one anime, can you believe that? I've given all my energy to MSGM when it comes to writing! Though I've written something really naughty for a different one, for characters in a movie, last month (which I also don't plan to post at the moment). Just that, most of the time, I post depending on my mood (aside from my availability of course). If I don't return to posting stories after several months, I might just share the copies of not posted stories in Yash to you whom I've shared (and will share) Pillow with. After all, it would be easier since I've got your email ads now.
You folks going to miss me? (grin) Cause I sure am going to miss your comments ;)
Anyway, happy holidays folks! May we all be blessed for year 2010!
---Arvendell---
30 December 2009
12:20 PM