Chapter 12: Waiting For You

Haruka sat in the Café Metro, staring out of the window absent-minded. After she had managed to outrun the angered principal, she had made her way to the café, and now sat here waiting for Michiru. Only five more minutes, then the time would be there, and Haruka would see if Michiru came or stayed away. Sighing, the blonde took a sip of her by now cold coffee before she went back to staring out of the window. "I just hope she'll come." The blonde thought to herself. "I just hope…"

"Come on now, go there!" Minako cried into Michirus ear, causing the aqua haired girl to flinch. "I don't know, Minako." She replied as soon as she had recovered, "what if this is just some continuation of the bet?" Minako shook her head no in such a frantic way that her hair flew all around her head. "Of course not! Do you think he would sing and everything just for fifty bucks?! He really likes you, now go and meet him, before you're too late!" Michiru checked her watch, and her eyes widened. "In five minutes, the hour is over! He'll leave and hate me forever." She mumbled. "Don't worry about that, I'm sure he'll wait for a while! Now move your butt!" Michiru nodded, jumped up and ran over to the bus stop.

Haruka looked at her watch and sighed. Half an hour past the time when she had wanted Michiru to come, and the aqua haired girl hadn't shown up yet. "Okay, forget it then. You lost her." The blonde spoke to herself while she waved for the waiter. As soon as he was there, Haruka paid her drink and stood up, ready to leave. She made her way over to the door when it suddenly flew open, revealing a panting Michiru. "Haruka!" the aqua haired girl breathed out. Haruka just stood there, dumbfounded, looking down at the smaller girl. "Sorry for coming so late." Michiru now mumbled, looking down on the floor. "It's okay…" Haruka replied, "I was waiting for you." Michiru looked up at her, blushing. Haruka gave her a weak smile and pointed towards her car that stood parked outside the café. "You wanna go for a ride? We need to talk." Michiru just nodded, and they made their way out of the café and over to the car.

After a pretty long drive – in awkward silence – Haruka stopped her car at a cliff and got out. Michiru did the same, awing at the beautiful view of the ocean that laid in front of her. "So…" the aqua haired girl finally started, "what did you want to talk about?" Haruka finally turned to look at her and let out a deep sigh. "First…I'm sorry for hurting you with that stupid bet." The blonde turned to look at the ocean again, and Michiru walked up next to her, standing by her side. "It was a bet at first." Haruka spoke on, not daring to look at the aqua haired girl. "But then…it turned into something else. At least for me, if not for Brad. I really started to like you, Michiru…started to feel attracted to you." Michiru closed her eyes, trying to force her tears back. She finally failed, and a racked sob freed itself from her throat. "I'm sorry." Haruka repeated, at last daring to look at Michiru. "I know that nothing I say can repair the damage I caused." The blonde slowly spoke on. "But…still…I want you to know that I'm terribly sorry for what I did." Michiru looked at her, her eyes red from crying. "And there's one more thing you should know about me." Haruka spoke, causing Michiru to frown. What would come now? Haruka pulled in a deep breath and locked her gaze with Michirus before she spoke the words that either would destroy her or make her happy at last: "I'm a girl, Michiru."