*Disclaimer: I do not own MGLN* /edited
She was sitting at the edge of the bench, her back was straight, with her arms relaxed and straight in front of the piano, playing her favorite piece "Love's Sorrow by Liebesleid" when she felt a hand on her back. A gentle voice spoke to her ear and said to her ear–
"Fate-chan we need to talk." She turned around and smiled earnestly when she met the lovely gaze of those sapphire eyes but she continued playing the song. There was a warm feeling in her crimson eyes and was changed by a feeling of desolation, sorrow as she proceeded to the next movement.
The emotions of the musical notes flooded the room as she was gently gliding her fingers over the keys of the piano. She was appearing to dance and sway her body along the music as if she was in her own little world. But in reality, she was being consumed by the fear of separation from her beloved who has been her major support to get herself back to her feet.
In respect to Fate who does the same to her when she was playing her own music, Nanoha stood behind her back and waited for her to finish playing the piece. She had wondered why Fate was acting weird right after she went back from her grandmother's place and her gut told her that she must talk to her as soon as possible or it would be too late.
When Fate was done playing the music, she stood up and faced the person who tapped her back. She looked at her intensely straight to her sapphire eyes and said earnestly. "Come and sit beside me."
When Nanoha saw those crimson eyes that were filled with love for her, longing and fear, she already knew that there was something wrong with Fate and she badly wants to know what was bothering her love, so she approached the blonde and sit beside her and waited for her to speak.
Fate lightly caressed her smooth and silky arms, tracing her skin up to her neck, she cupped her face and gently kissed her forehead which the blonde always did and spoke softly to her – "Yes, we need to talk Nanoha. There is something important that I must tell you. I want you to listen to me carefully and I wish that you would understand me." Nanoha nodded as a response, then she reached out to her to close the distance between their lips.
~N~F~
"Boom! Claaaaang!" A loud of a cracking noise from the downstairs woke her up from a tearful dream. She was not supposed to hear the noises from downstairs since her room was soundproofed but her doors were wide open.
Bewildered by what was happening, she jumped out from her bed and landed herself on the carpeted floor. She opened her eyes in tears, confused about everything she muttered to herself. "Ouch! What was that sound? It seems that it came from the kitchen!"
She placed her hand on her forehead when she remembered what she dreamed about the whole night. Fate has been occupying her mind since yesterday and it seems that she was not appreciating it. Her head throbbed and heart felt so heavy as she rose up from her fall. Still wondering on what happened to her she asked herself. "–What the hell is going on in the kitchen? If I'm not mistaken it was the sound of shattered plates!"
With that thought, she strode imperiously to where the sound came from. When she was about to enter the kitchen, her eyes widened in horror when she saw a tall figure near the kitchen sink who was trying to clean up the small pieces of broken plates and glasses. She was wearing a black free swing tennis bra and a black women's tennis skirt. Her long golden hair was tied in a ponytail which made her look alluring. The first thing that grabbed Nanoha's attention was a pair of sexy thighs. Unconsciously, her gaze wandered admiring those long, slender, soft, smooth and perfectly toned legs.
Nanoha's wondrous gazed at the pair of delectable leg of the blonde stopped when Fate felt a pair of eyes was feasting on her, she turned around to find out that it was the auburn-haired girl which made her heart skipped a beat.
Nanoha bit her lower lip when their eyes met. Her face was flushing in red, she felt so silly for being a little pervert just by seeing Fate's glorious body first thing in the morning, but she tried her best and summoned all the demons from hell to help her appeared composed in front of the blonde. Bewildered, both of them were not able to gather words from their mouths. No one averted their gaze from each other and only the demons know what they were thinking.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know that you were still here. Did I disturb your sleep? Fate broke the silence when she saw that Nanoha was the first one to break their stares. "The girls already left for school." She spoke gently while she was picking up some shards. Her face looked apologetic, yet she was not smiling.
Nanoha snorted and massaged her forehead she mentally grumbled "Oh great! The whole night I was dreaming about Fate-chan and the first person that I got to see this morning was her! Why is she here anyway? And hell! She's oozing hot with her outfit!" Trying to destruct herself from her perverted thoughts, she checked on the clock and was surprised to see that it was already 7:30 am.
Since Nanoha wondered why Fate was there she asked her in a hoarse sleepy voice which the blonde found that it sounded so sexy in her ear. "W-w-what are you doing here Fate-chan?"
"Cleaning up some mess and ended up making more. You know I can't stand to see a pile of dishes in the sink. It's disgusting!" Fate answered innocently which made Nanoha arched a brow. Little she know, Fate was also fighting her own demons inside her that moment.
"Fate-chan baka! You really knew how to evade answering my questions." Nanoha did not respond to Fate but instead, she just muttered mentally which sent a negative thought to the blonde.
Fate tend to think overboard when it comes to Nanoha. The thought that her presence was unwanted by the girl who was standing in front of her was killing her, she spoke without pausing herself a little. "If you were asking why I am here now, don't worry I will be leaving today. I just came to have an overnight visit to my sister. I didn't know that you are staying with them. I didn't expect to see you at school and be my classmate either. I know my presence is giving you inconvenience, I will leave right away. Let me finish cleaning up this mess first." Her melancholic voice hit Nanoha down to the core and felt a knife burying in her chest. She was hurt to see that Fate turned her back from her and continued what she was doing. She wanted to embrace her and tell her that she was not unwanted but her pride was preventing her to do so. Instead, she started picking up the big shards with the fear of Fate might get hurt by the fact that the blonde, even after few years was still clumsy when it comes to doing chores. "No, let me finish cleaning up these!"
Sulking, Fate did not appreciate what Nanoha was doing, trying to help her. "She really wants me to leave her alone so bad huh?" She carefully grabbed Nanoha's wrist and tightened her hold and said. "I was the one who broke these, I must the one who's going to clean out this mess and not you Nanoha."
Nanoha froze up when she heard Fate spoke to her coldly, antagonizing her. She looked up to her and saw that her brows were knitted together and her eyes felt so distant. Nanoha started to get irritated, even that she was just being considerate and just offered her help, and yet she was just bluntly rejected. She tried to break free from her hold when she felt that Fate's grip become more tightened. "You're hurting my wrist! Let me go! What's wrong with you?!" Nanoha lashed out her irritation which made Fate realized that she unconsciously hurt the girl's wrist.
She drooped her head and stared blankly at the floor and spoke in a low voice. "I'm sorry."
Nanoha never expected that Fate will hurt her wrist. She was the gentlest person that she had known since they were kids. Even when they used t have a lot of misunderstandings and quarreled with each other a lot before, the girl was really patient with her and tried to resolve all their issues as soon as she calmed down herself. She couldn't blame Fate though, the girl was finally fed up on her stubbornness almost a year ago and it has hurt her a lot everyday single day.
Nanoha decided to go back to her room, she stood up and was about to stride her way when she heard a short cry from Fate. "Ouch! That hurts!"
Nanoha looked at Fate and saw that she accidentally cut her finger with a shard. She jumped on her and took her hand without having second thoughts to see how bad the cut was which made Fate slacked jaw. "Mou! You are clumsy as ever when it comes to this, Fate-chan!" Fate saw Nanoha's face that was showing a genuine concern and worries for her. "I told you that I should have cleaned the shards for you but you didn't listen!" She sighed exasperatedly and said, "I can't let you hurt your hand especially your fingers!"
Fate felt so warm with Nanoha's actions. She knew the girl so well and it gave her hope that there might still a chance that they can still recover what they had lost, but on the other hand, she was also aware that Nanoha was the one who threw her away for a stupid reason that even she couldn't even understand.
"Stay here. I'll go get the first aid kit." Fate heard Nanoha spoke, the girl started rummaging the kitchen cabinets to search for the item. When Nanoha finally found it, she held Fate and sat her on the kitchen chairs. The blonde didn't miss a second to stare longingly at Nanoha wishing that the girl will not stop holding her hand, that her warmth will never leave from her skin. The skinship made Fate blushed like a tomato and her body couldn't deny the fact she was enjoying it. She carefully observed every gesture of the worried girl in front of her after Nanoha looked up to her when she was done dressing the small wound.
When Nanoha realized that Fate was staring at her the whole time, and seeing her gentle expression on her crimson-colored cheek, her eyes widened and her whole body heated up in embarrassment. Nanoha felt that her stomach was turning upside down, being so close to Fate wasn't really good for her heart either since the girl was irresistible that made her heart pound so hard. It wasn't surprising that both genders were attracted to the blonde, who wouldn't be? Fate was a good catch; smart, beautiful, athletic and talented.
Nanoha jerked back from her seat when she finally realized what she had done, she felt so embarrassed and she stammered when she spoke "Neh? It's s-so-so h-hot in here! He, h-he, he-... It's spring but- O-oh.." She averted her eyes away from the stares of Fate and unintentionally looked down on her delectable thighs which made her blood rushed in her whole body.
"O-oh.. He-he! We're late.! I n-need to go in the bathroom!" Nanoha strode imperiously as fast as she could towards her room, leaving the blonde having a dumb look on her face.
When Nanoha entered her room, she slammed the door and leaned her back on it, feeling her raging heart she thought to herself. "Her beautiful face… I thought to myself. What am I thinking?! What did I just do?! It was just a small cut and yet I freaked out! I shouldn't have done it! I have to stay away from her. I really don't like this feeling." Remembering the dream that she had last night, she massaged her temples and said.
"Mou! I have to take a long shower to calm down!"
Fate was left dumbfounded as Nanoha was storming her way to her room. She blinked so many times and was taking some time to reassess on what just happened a while ago. She even slapped her face to make sure that she wasn't dreaming. The sting that came from her wound was real and made her think that Nanoha was still the same.
She smiled when she remembered the attire of Nanoha when she saw her standing behind her earlier. Nanoha was wearing her pajamas without her bra beneath, her auburn hair was tangled; her eyes was watery; it was obvious that she had just woken up that time. While Fate was busy gawking at her from head to toe, admiring her beauty, her body started to heat up.
"She looks so lovely even with those messy hair and sleepy eyes. And those.." Fate shook her head and reprimanded herself.. "No. I shouldn't be thinking about that. Fate you're not like that!" She sighed.
"She held my hand. She was concerned. She took care of me as usual. She was blushing. It was so awkward and yet why would she bother herself to me?" She looked up on the ceiling looking for an answer. "Maybe, she was being her usual self. Kind as always and yet very cruel.." Fate settled with that answer and then she frowned. "That's how it is Fate. Getting close to Nanoha is dangerous. My heart might have ended up being murdered her again… "
