Disclaimer: Chobits is owned by Clamp. Yuzuki and Minoru are a special couple to me and so I share this fic with you.
Forever yours
By miyamoto yui
Chapter 16 - kimi wa soba ni iru.kara. (Because you're with me.)
She blinked her eyes at me as she let go of my hand. Her hands cupped my face as she closed her eyes to tiptoe and kiss me on the forehead. Still looking into my eyes, she shook her head.
"I'm like that glass pane, remember?" She tilted her head at me as the rain became more and more violent around us. People walked by, but I could only feel their presence lightly around Yuzuki and me.
"Through wind, sunshine, rain, and snow," she continued as she shook her head at me while her hands shook. "I will be here watching you."
"How could I always be sure of that?" I blurted out as she still held my face.
"I can't." She then tiptoed again and leaned her hands on my chest for support as she sang into my ear,
"Wish I could prove I love you
But does that mean I have to walk on water?
When we are older you'll understand
It's enough when I say so
And maybe some things are that simple…"
When she looked up into my face once more, I looked down at her with soft eyes.
"Believe me, Minoru," she said as she took the umbrella from my hand.
With a bright smile, she took my hand and we ran all the way home.
We came home soaking wet but as we went to our bedroom, I was going to take a shower, but Yuzuki just stood in front of me and took off my shirt. As she got a towel, she patted my arms and chest while my wet hair dripped on the carpet.
I took another towel and unzipped her dress as I dried her off also. As I began to rub the towel on her wet hair, I began to kiss her also.
"I thought you would hate me for all I've done," I told her as I wiped her hair.
She answered, "And I've thought all this time that there would come a time when you wouldn't need me anymore."
In silence, we changed our clothing and went downstairs so that I could eat dinner. Yuzuki served me dinner and then she sat down across me.
She took out something from her pocket and sighed as she handed it to me. "I cut this out because I think you need to read this."
I gave her a curious look as I took the folded paper from her hand. I didn't like the way she was looking at me, so I just put the napkin over my lap and unfolded piece of paper.
When I read what it said, my lips became thin and my eyes became more critical of the newspaper article. After reading it, I took a deep breath and then I handed it back to Yuzuki. With a grave, yet polite tone, I asked her, "Yuzuki, please search the internet immediately and find whomever wrote this…this…damn, there isn't even a word for this!"
Yuzuki just patted my hand and nodded her head. "Don't get too worked up over it. That's what they want you to do."
I shook my head.
Leaning to one side with my hand over mouth while looking from side to side and contemplating on what to do, I had lost my appetite and I was fired up as hell.
We were a silent for a while as she searched. I began to eat a little bit of the food, but since I couldn't anymore, I just stopped.
Unable to take it anymore, I just blinked blankly, still feeling very pissed off by the article. Just thinking about it made my blood boil.
"My business is my business! I've done what I've needed to do and with perfection, no less!" I got up and shook my head. "They have absolutely no right to say this!"
Yuzuki then stopped searching and came to me. "Calm down, Minoru."
I sighed as I said, "I'm going to call my grandmother."
She then hugged me. "Don't waste your anger on someone who doesn't deserve it."
I shook my head again as she let go of me. "Oh, that's where you're wrong, my dear. He or she will hear from me really soon. I suggest they leave the planet because I'll hunt them down."
At that moment, she laughed.
I looked at her in disbelief. "I'm ticked off as hell and you're laughing?"
Her head went up and down. "I'm…I'm sorry…but you're kind of cute. I never see you mad."
I sighed and my anger sort of dissipated with her laughter. I tilted my head and poked her nose. "I know I didn't make you with magic, but you seem to have a lot of it."
She smiled at me sweetly. "Now you can talk to your grandmother calmly."
I then went to my office and made the phone call. Sitting on my chair with the headset on, I resisted looking online and get upset all over again.
Ring…Ring…
"Good evening, Kokubunji residence?"
"Good evening. This is Minoru. May I please speak to my grandmother?"
"Yes, certainly," said one of the maid persocoms.
She then got on the phone and answered, "Hello, Minoru."
"Hello, Grandmother," I greeted back.
"The article," she immediately said to the phone.
Immediately, my blood began to boil. "Exactly."
She sighed. "These things happen, but I can't possibly imagine who could have written this."
"I'm trying to have Yuzuki look up whomever wrote this. Right now, I can't find any information except that it's from that newspaper. I can't believe that it says 'Anonymous' to protect the writer. Have you ever heard of this type of thing?"
"Minoru, these are things you are going to face in the future. And this will be smaller than what you have ahead of you."
"I understand, but it still gets me annoyed." I gulped while sighing into the speaker. "I only read it once, but I can't believe they said that. 'The heir of the Kokubunji company, why is his credibility questioned now? According to these statistics and some reliable sources, some investors are thinking of pulling back their support due to the fact the heir may be having many personal problems.'" Then, I continued, "And then someone had to say that if I can't even distinguish between a human and a persocom, then I can't be trusted with this business or his money."
"As my grandson, I have never doubted whatever you've chosen. I may have urged you otherwise on certain occasions, but I have a reason for that and I will tell you when it's time. Tomorrow, I will be having an emergency board meeting to strategize everything. This part of the problem is mine right now, not yours. You will deal with your end and I wish you support in whatever you decide on."
"Yes, Grandmother. Thank you very much." I smiled into the phone.
"Oh, and one more thing." She had that tone in which she was going to kill everything in her path. "No one says this about my grandson and lives."
"I know." I laughed at that statement. "And yet, you're the one who always tells me never to get emotionally involved when it comes to business because it clouds your judgment."
"Oh, I'm always not emotionally involved." She laughed into the phone. "Just that this time's different. Like with you."
I smirked and then we said good night to one another.
When I went to bed that night, I sighed as I looked out the window. Yuzuki put her arm over mine and intertwined our fingers. Snuggling next to me, she whispered to my ear, "I don't want you to get hurt more and more. You can't fight the world all by yourself, Minoru. That's just how it is."
"No, it can't be that way," I stubbornly replied back.
She squeezed my hand harder, but she couldn't find anything else to say as she went into standby mode.
I then whispered to the darkness while pulling her hand to my face and kissing it as if I were praying, "I can, Yuzuki. I can because you're with me."
Tsuzuku…
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Author's note: Whoa, I didn't know it had been almost a full two months since I touched this! Hounto ni gomenasai! But, I've been having a major writer's block. That's why I always have a variety of stuff going on at the same time to cover that. * sweatdrop *
This fic is hard to write for. Well, every story with any author is. I'm just saying that my problem for these past few months was time. But more than that, it's this whole concept of having Minoru falling Yuzuki. There are social views, mental perceptions, morals, physical constraints, and so many other problems that they need to overcome. Even if it's brief, I wanted to touch upon those things, but not deviating from the focus that Minoru had to fight with himself, convince Yuzuki to stay with him, and now they have to support one another because they know what the other is thinking. Finally, they've come to a mutual understanding that the didn't truly have in the beginning of the fic.
I know this is very long, but my main purpose for doing this for every fic is to leave an image in your mind as the reader of this fic. It comes out as cliffhangers, but I don't intentionally mean, "Oh, you have to read this fic to find out." I hoped you would continue to read because of the drive to learn more.
Forever yours
By miyamoto yui
Chapter 16 - kimi wa soba ni iru.kara. (Because you're with me.)
She blinked her eyes at me as she let go of my hand. Her hands cupped my face as she closed her eyes to tiptoe and kiss me on the forehead. Still looking into my eyes, she shook her head.
"I'm like that glass pane, remember?" She tilted her head at me as the rain became more and more violent around us. People walked by, but I could only feel their presence lightly around Yuzuki and me.
"Through wind, sunshine, rain, and snow," she continued as she shook her head at me while her hands shook. "I will be here watching you."
"How could I always be sure of that?" I blurted out as she still held my face.
"I can't." She then tiptoed again and leaned her hands on my chest for support as she sang into my ear,
"Wish I could prove I love you
But does that mean I have to walk on water?
When we are older you'll understand
It's enough when I say so
And maybe some things are that simple…"
When she looked up into my face once more, I looked down at her with soft eyes.
"Believe me, Minoru," she said as she took the umbrella from my hand.
With a bright smile, she took my hand and we ran all the way home.
We came home soaking wet but as we went to our bedroom, I was going to take a shower, but Yuzuki just stood in front of me and took off my shirt. As she got a towel, she patted my arms and chest while my wet hair dripped on the carpet.
I took another towel and unzipped her dress as I dried her off also. As I began to rub the towel on her wet hair, I began to kiss her also.
"I thought you would hate me for all I've done," I told her as I wiped her hair.
She answered, "And I've thought all this time that there would come a time when you wouldn't need me anymore."
In silence, we changed our clothing and went downstairs so that I could eat dinner. Yuzuki served me dinner and then she sat down across me.
She took out something from her pocket and sighed as she handed it to me. "I cut this out because I think you need to read this."
I gave her a curious look as I took the folded paper from her hand. I didn't like the way she was looking at me, so I just put the napkin over my lap and unfolded piece of paper.
When I read what it said, my lips became thin and my eyes became more critical of the newspaper article. After reading it, I took a deep breath and then I handed it back to Yuzuki. With a grave, yet polite tone, I asked her, "Yuzuki, please search the internet immediately and find whomever wrote this…this…damn, there isn't even a word for this!"
Yuzuki just patted my hand and nodded her head. "Don't get too worked up over it. That's what they want you to do."
I shook my head.
Leaning to one side with my hand over mouth while looking from side to side and contemplating on what to do, I had lost my appetite and I was fired up as hell.
We were a silent for a while as she searched. I began to eat a little bit of the food, but since I couldn't anymore, I just stopped.
Unable to take it anymore, I just blinked blankly, still feeling very pissed off by the article. Just thinking about it made my blood boil.
"My business is my business! I've done what I've needed to do and with perfection, no less!" I got up and shook my head. "They have absolutely no right to say this!"
Yuzuki then stopped searching and came to me. "Calm down, Minoru."
I sighed as I said, "I'm going to call my grandmother."
She then hugged me. "Don't waste your anger on someone who doesn't deserve it."
I shook my head again as she let go of me. "Oh, that's where you're wrong, my dear. He or she will hear from me really soon. I suggest they leave the planet because I'll hunt them down."
At that moment, she laughed.
I looked at her in disbelief. "I'm ticked off as hell and you're laughing?"
Her head went up and down. "I'm…I'm sorry…but you're kind of cute. I never see you mad."
I sighed and my anger sort of dissipated with her laughter. I tilted my head and poked her nose. "I know I didn't make you with magic, but you seem to have a lot of it."
She smiled at me sweetly. "Now you can talk to your grandmother calmly."
I then went to my office and made the phone call. Sitting on my chair with the headset on, I resisted looking online and get upset all over again.
Ring…Ring…
"Good evening, Kokubunji residence?"
"Good evening. This is Minoru. May I please speak to my grandmother?"
"Yes, certainly," said one of the maid persocoms.
She then got on the phone and answered, "Hello, Minoru."
"Hello, Grandmother," I greeted back.
"The article," she immediately said to the phone.
Immediately, my blood began to boil. "Exactly."
She sighed. "These things happen, but I can't possibly imagine who could have written this."
"I'm trying to have Yuzuki look up whomever wrote this. Right now, I can't find any information except that it's from that newspaper. I can't believe that it says 'Anonymous' to protect the writer. Have you ever heard of this type of thing?"
"Minoru, these are things you are going to face in the future. And this will be smaller than what you have ahead of you."
"I understand, but it still gets me annoyed." I gulped while sighing into the speaker. "I only read it once, but I can't believe they said that. 'The heir of the Kokubunji company, why is his credibility questioned now? According to these statistics and some reliable sources, some investors are thinking of pulling back their support due to the fact the heir may be having many personal problems.'" Then, I continued, "And then someone had to say that if I can't even distinguish between a human and a persocom, then I can't be trusted with this business or his money."
"As my grandson, I have never doubted whatever you've chosen. I may have urged you otherwise on certain occasions, but I have a reason for that and I will tell you when it's time. Tomorrow, I will be having an emergency board meeting to strategize everything. This part of the problem is mine right now, not yours. You will deal with your end and I wish you support in whatever you decide on."
"Yes, Grandmother. Thank you very much." I smiled into the phone.
"Oh, and one more thing." She had that tone in which she was going to kill everything in her path. "No one says this about my grandson and lives."
"I know." I laughed at that statement. "And yet, you're the one who always tells me never to get emotionally involved when it comes to business because it clouds your judgment."
"Oh, I'm always not emotionally involved." She laughed into the phone. "Just that this time's different. Like with you."
I smirked and then we said good night to one another.
When I went to bed that night, I sighed as I looked out the window. Yuzuki put her arm over mine and intertwined our fingers. Snuggling next to me, she whispered to my ear, "I don't want you to get hurt more and more. You can't fight the world all by yourself, Minoru. That's just how it is."
"No, it can't be that way," I stubbornly replied back.
She squeezed my hand harder, but she couldn't find anything else to say as she went into standby mode.
I then whispered to the darkness while pulling her hand to my face and kissing it as if I were praying, "I can, Yuzuki. I can because you're with me."
Tsuzuku…
--
Author's note: Whoa, I didn't know it had been almost a full two months since I touched this! Hounto ni gomenasai! But, I've been having a major writer's block. That's why I always have a variety of stuff going on at the same time to cover that. * sweatdrop *
This fic is hard to write for. Well, every story with any author is. I'm just saying that my problem for these past few months was time. But more than that, it's this whole concept of having Minoru falling Yuzuki. There are social views, mental perceptions, morals, physical constraints, and so many other problems that they need to overcome. Even if it's brief, I wanted to touch upon those things, but not deviating from the focus that Minoru had to fight with himself, convince Yuzuki to stay with him, and now they have to support one another because they know what the other is thinking. Finally, they've come to a mutual understanding that the didn't truly have in the beginning of the fic.
I know this is very long, but my main purpose for doing this for every fic is to leave an image in your mind as the reader of this fic. It comes out as cliffhangers, but I don't intentionally mean, "Oh, you have to read this fic to find out." I hoped you would continue to read because of the drive to learn more.