Chapter 10: Broken Trust
„It will take us at least one week to get your car back to it's former condition." The mechanic of the garage Haruka had taken her car too spoke, causing the blonde to groan. "Dang." She then spoke, looking at the sad remains of her car frowning. "We'll call you as soon as we are done, okay?" the mechanic offered, earning a nod in reply. "Okay. I'll be waiting for your call then." The blonde said her goodbye to the mechanic and left, meeting Michiru who had been waiting outside. "What did they say?" Haruka let out a sigh and replied: "It will take at least one week to repair my poor baby." "Aww." Michiru cooed, gently patting Harukas shoulder. "It'll be okay." Haruka smiled at her girlfriend before she pulled out her cell phone. "Let's call a taxi, shall we?" she then suggested, earning a nod and a smile from Michiru.
After the two women had finished lunch, they also spent the rest of the day together, much to Michirus happiness. Finally, when it was already 9 o'clock PM, the blonde drove her girlfriend home. "See you tomorrow?" Michiru asked, hope in her voice. Her heart sang when Haruka nodded and smiled. "I'll pick you up from school again, ok?" Michiru beamed and nodded before she kissed Haruka goodbye and climbed out of the car, hurrying into her house.
The next morning, Haruka was torn out of her sleep when her father banged at her door and yelled: "Haruka! Haruka, wake up!" The blonde groaned and opened her eyes, rubbing them a while before she got out of bed and staggered over to the door, opening it. "What is it?" she asked groggily, but awoke immediately when her father shoved the newest edition of Tokyo Sports Magazine into her face. Her eyes fell on the headline, and her blood froze.
Haruka Tenoh admits: Yes, I am a Cyborg!
"What…how…who…" Haruka stammered while her father threw the newspaper to the ground. "Your girlfriend!" he then accused, glaring at Haruka as if all of this was her fault. "She is the daughter of the one who owns Tokyo Sports Magazine! Your career is probably ruined and it's the fault of this little bitch!" "Don't talk about her like that!" Haruka shot back, feeling how anger rose inside her. "She didn't do it!" "Then who else could have done?" Hiroshi asked, while Haruka shook her head in denial. "She, you and I are the only people who know, and I know that you and me didn't tell the newspaper. So whom?" "She can't have done this." Haruka whispered, though realisation slowly dawned in her brain – and in her heart. "No…it can't have been her…" "I'm sorry, Haruka." Her father softly spoke, putting one hand on her shoulder, while finally, Haruka started to cry.
Michiru stood in front of her school, a disappointed expression on her face. Although Haruka had promised that she would pick her up, the blonde hadn't shown up yet, and slowly, Michiru started to worry. Finally, a dark blue Rover pulled up to the school yard, and Michiru started to beam. Her smile slowly vanished though when Haruka got out of the car and the aqua haired girl could see her girlfriends face. It was as hard as stone and as cold as ice. "Care to explain this?" Haruka now snarled, not bothering to greet Michiru, but instead throwing the new issue of Tokyo Sports Time over to her. Somehow, Michiru managed to catch it, and the headline practically sprang into her eyes. "Why did you tell him?" Haruka now asked, her voice full of hurt and grief. "Why? I trusted you, and you…" "I didn't tell anyone." Michiru whispered, her eyes filling with tears when she realized what was happening. She was losing Haruka, and there was nothing she could do about it. Haruka just shook her head and slowly turned away from her. "I trusted you…and I loved you." The blonde spoke, not looking at the aqua haired girl anymore. "You destroyed both of that." With that, Haruka got back into her car and drove off, leaving Michiru behind alone – who now started to cry heavily.
"I can't believe she did that!" Hitomi cried out while she held her crying daughter in her arms. "And she just didn't believe you?" the elder woman then asked. Michiru shook her head, still crying. "Her father and I are the only people I know besides herself…" the aqua haired girl then sobbed. "And she assumes that her father wouldn't tell anyone, so in her eyes, it only could have been me…" Hitomi continued holding her daughter and stroking her back while she decided to have a little talk with her husband to find out who told him about Harukas secret.