Chapter 2: Fighting
"Sooooo" Jerry said when everyone had taken a seat in his office. "What do you wanna play?" "Classical Music" Michiru answered, while CJ shot out "Pop Music" the very same time. The two women glared at each other. "I can't play classic, dumbhead." CJ demanded. "And I can't play pop." Michiru answered, trying to stay calm and to ignore the insults. "Listen, Michiru" Jerry started. "CJ's right, she can't play classical music with her e-guitar. But you could play pop with your violin. Just think about it, okay?" "Hmph" Michiru said, shooting the grinning CJ another glare. "Why do I have to play with her? She's so annoying." the violinist thought to herself. A small little "click" ripped Michiru out of her thoughts, and she looked at CJ, who had just lightened a cigarette. "Oh no no no." Michiru jumped up. "Could you please stop smoking when I'm in the same room with you?" "No, I smoke whenever I want, dumbhead." CJ answered angrily. "Man, I wonder how anyone stands her" the blonde woman thought to herself. "She's a real pain in the ass." Michiru looked daggers at the other woman, and Jerry looked as if he was about to cry. "Please, girls...you shouldn't be fighting..." The two just ignored him, and Michiru yelled: "You aren't even able to drive your goddamn car carefully enough, and you want to play with me? Forget it!" "HA!" CJ yelled back. "I'm not able to drive my car? Well, maybe you should look out the next time before you run over the street, you moron!" "Girls..." Jerry started, but both yelled at him: "Shut up!" before continuing their fight. "All you can do is calling me stupid names!" Michiru hissed. "But you are not able to defend yourself without them!" CJ could feel hot anger boiling up inside her, and she said the meanest thing that came to her mind: "No wonder your boyfriend broke up with you! No one is able to stand you!" Michiru fell silent, staring at her opponent. "Haruka..." Hot tears welled up in her eyes, and before Jerry or CJ could react, Michiru jumped up, running out of the room. "There!" Jerry yelled at CJ. "Look at what you did! Are you happy now?" "Oh, shut the fuck up." CJ answered before jumping up and following Michiru.
The blonde woman found Michiru on the balcony, staring up into the darkening skies. "Hey." CJ said while walking over next to her. "I'm sorry." Michiru looked up at her with surprise. "You are?" she asked, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Yeah. It was mean to say that." CJ admitted. She lit up another cigarette, blowing a cloud of smoke into the skies. "It's okay." Michiru finally said, letting out a heavy sigh. "Maybe you are right. Maybe we did break up because she couldn't stand me anymore..." "What happened?" CJ asked, with a surprisingly gentle voice. Michiru sighed again. "Listen, if you don't want to talk about it..." CJ started, but Michiru interrupted her: "No, it's okay. It's just hard to talk about it, that's all." The aqua haired woman took a deep breath before continuing her story. "See, I was really famous in Japan. I had lots of concerts, and lots of fans. Most of them male." Michiru looked down at her hands while she spoke on. "Haruka always hated them. She looked a lot like a man, and so she always played my big strong jealous boyfriend...if I had admitted that she was my girlfriend, maybe all of this wouldn't have happened. " "Waitaminute" CJ interrupted her. "So Haruka Tenou's a girl??" "Yeah...I told you I'm gay, didn't I?" Michiru wondered. "Yes...I forgot. Sorry." "Well..." Michiru continued, "one day after a concert, a man asked me out for a date. I told him that I had a boyfriend, but he didn't mind. Haruka showed up and kicked him out – literally. The next day he showed up with a few friends of him, and they beat the shit out of Haruka, as you Americans would say." Michiru stopped talking and wiped away a tear. CJ offered her a handkerchief without any word and received a thankful look. "They didn't hurt her too bad, but they found out that she is a girl. And I...I made the biggest mistake of my life." "You denied your relationship." CJ assumed, and she was right. "Yes" Michiru whispered. "I didn't want anyone to know that I'm gay...I was afraid of homophobic people, and so I told the reporters that Haruka just played my boyfriend, and that we didn't have any sexual relationship. Haruka was so..." "Angry?" CJ suspected, but Michiru shook her head. "I wish she would've been. She wasn't angry or mad at all, just...disappointed. I remember what she said before she left. She told me that, if I couldn't stand by her and admit that she's my girlfriend, she would leave." A sob escaped Michirus lips. "And she did." CJ put one hand on the crying girl's shoulder, and without thinking, Michiru leaned on her. CJ wrapped her arms around Michiru and held her tight. "I miss her so much." Michiru cried. "I want her back..." "I'll help you." CJ whispered to her, and in her mind, a really weird idea came up.