She is my Master

Chapter 12

"Shizuru!" the woman's voice called out.

"RENA?!" Shizuru blurted in surprise as she was hugged.

Shizuru felt the slightly taller woman pull back, looking down at her in amusement. "I just got back," Rena said, "It's so good to see you."

Shizuru felt Mai and Natsuki looking on in confusion. "Mai, Natsuki, this is Rena Sayers. She and her partner Elliot Chandler run this place."

"Hello," Mai bowed a bit.

Natsuki, interestingly, almost looked jealous as she saw Rena still holding on to Shizuru. "Ma'am," she said flatly.

"Shizuru, you've been so mean! It's nearly been a year since we spent... time together," Rena purred, then kissed her cheek.

"EEEHH?!" Mai, Natsuki AND the three shop girls reacted.

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Three years ago...

Shizuru Fujino had only recently returned to Fuka city, and was still in the process of settling various issues around her inheritance. While her parents had left her enough money and property to live comfortably for the rest of her life, there were claims on other things her parents possessed by other more distant relatives.

Her mother's family, the Kazahanas and her cousin, Mashiro, were arguing in court that they shouldn't have been excluded from the will. Despite their disapproving of the marriage and pretty much shunning her Mom. Even worse, the witch's lawyers had quietly approached Shizuru's to say they would drop the case in exchange for a cash payout. Frankly, Shizuru was tempted to just fight it out in court only to spite them.

"I need a drink," Shizuru decided. She had heard there was a lady's club in Fuka, so ended up there, having a drink and observing the pretty ladies.

A attractive brown haired woman and a boyish looking blonde were talking and drinking, the brown haired woman laughing at the other's comments. As Shizuru watched them she felt a twinge of envy. She had had a few flings in university, but nothing that had lasted...

Apparently feeling her gaze, the one woman suddenly got up and walked to Shizuru's table. "Hey, wanna join us for a drink?" the pretty blonde asked.

"I wouldn't want to impose...," Shizuru tried to refuse politely, though she found herself rather intrigued, honestly.

The blonde grinned, "Trust me, it'll be fine!"

The blonde practically dragged her over, while the other woman looked very amused. "Rena Sayers," she introduced herself, "and the impatient one is Elliot Chandler."

"Shizuru Fujino," she introduced herself bemusedly.

"I know it's a bit of a cliche for me to say this, but I haven't seen you around here before," Rena noted mildly.

"I just moved back into town," Shizuru admitted. "I'm looking into getting into teaching, soon." she added as she sipped her drink.

"Oooh," Elliot grinned, "I'd have liked to be in your classes."

Rena casually punched Elliot in the shoulder, who laughed. "We're partners in a small business," Rena added.

"Really? What kind?" Shizuru asked.

Rena hesitated but Elliot just grinned, "Sexy undies by mail order!"

"What." Shizuru blinked.

"That's a reaction I'm used to," Rena chuckled, "We have a storefront too, but yes... we're a lingere and sex toy shop, basically."

"On one hand I'm tempted to say 'best job ever' but I guess there's not much playing going on," Shizuru noted thoughtfully.

"Oh, we do SOME playing...," Elliot snickered.

Rena poked her, again, but Elliot ignored it. "It's our day off today, or we wouldn't be here," Rena admitted.

"We really need some part timers," Elliot sighed, "we work six days a week, basically." She brightened, "You wouldn't want a part time job, would you?"

"ELLIOT," Rena sighed.

Shizuru just laughed. All of them had had two or three drinks, and were more than a bit buzzed. "I wouldn't mind seeing your shop," she admitted.

All three soon rode there in a taxi, and Rena unlocked the store and shut the alarms off. "Ladies first," Rena waved her inside.

"Oh wow..." Shizuru managed to get out, gazing around her at the various displays, clothes racks and such.

"Come on! You'd look GREAT in this!" Elliot suggested, holding up a purple nightie set, with barely there bra and panties.

"Let's all dress up," Rena winked.

They (of course) ended up in bed together.

Well, they ACTUALLY started out on the desk. But they ended up in bed eventually.

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It turned out that Rena and Elliot were a committed couple, but they liked to bring in a third woman to 'spice things up' at times. Which Shizuru was basically fine with. Plus the two women were very 'low pressure' about things.

Which was nice, as the legal stuff was still dragging on in the background, not to mention Shizuru starting out as a part time teacher, then FINALLY landing a full time position. While she didn't need to work, she liked having a job.

"I still think you should just pay them off," Elliot suggested at her and Rena's house, talking about the inheritance law suit. Everyone was over for dinner, including a former girlfriend of theirs and her mate.

"I can afford the legal fees," Shizuru shrugged, "and my lawyer is hoping we can hit Mashiro for my legal costs too."

"Oooh, a very vicious bit of revenge," Una Shamrock smiled admiringly, her short brown hair falling into her eyes. She pretended to be wide eyed and innocent as she asked her, "How do you nurse such grudges?"

Shizuru gave the older woman a cool look, "Tough nipples."

Rena fought down a laugh.

As Elliot and Shizuru ducked into the kitchen for more drinks Shizuru had to mutter, "I can't believe Rena dated her."

Elliot sighed, "First girlfriends. What do you do?"

"True," Shizuru conceded as they carried out beer and glasses of wine.

Irma Vandervelde, Una's current girlfriend, gave them an apologetic look. "Thank you," she said, taking her wine.

"No problem," Shizuru answered Irma quietly.

"So, are you still running the porn shop?" Una asked Rena disdainfully.

"Yes. And it's doing very well, actually," Rena replied evenly, "we're planning to hire some staff for the storefront."

"And the sex toys are surprisingly profitable," Elliot added smugly.

Una scowled, but quickly plastered a smile on her face.

Irma picked up on the tension and quickly changed the topic. "Shizuru, you're a teacher, right? Where are you working?"

"The local high school," Shizuru smiled, "I'm English Literature, though because it's high school level, I do some of everything."

"Maths and phys ed and such?" Elliot asked. She dropped her voice to a purr, "Bet you look cute in gym clothes."

Irma snickered as she suggested to Elliot, "You should start selling adult sized school gym uniforms."

"That's... not that bad of an idea," Elliot admitted and Rena laughed.

They talked and drank, then as evening came the two guests left. Rena cleaned up as Elliot went to check on their site traffic. Shizuru helped collect the bottles and such, then moved to dry the dishes Rena was washing.

"There's something I wanted to talk about," Shizuru started.

Rena gave her a faint smile, "You're breaking up with us."

"Well, yes," Shizuru admitted. "Was I that obvious?"

Rena passed a rinsed dish to Shizuru, "You didn't seem happy lately..."

Shizuru gently dried as she mused, "Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed all this. But... I want something more, I suppose."

"You want the wife and two point five kids," Rena teased mildly. She added, "I can totally understand that, of course."

"I never really considered myself domestic," Shizuru smiled, "but I guess so."

"We'll still be friends?" Rena asked hopefully.

"Of course," Shizuru reassured her.

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Now...

'I haven't been as good about the friends thing,' Shizuru admitted to herself as she pulled away from Rena.

"How is Elliot?" she asked. "You both were in Europe, right?"

"Hitting the fashion houses," Rena agreed, "we have lots of new stock coming in, too."

To be continued...

Notes: Basically, if a major female character in Mai Otome Sifr existed, she's part of the 'older lesbian' community in this fic. Ha.