"There we go, Kaioh-san." The hairdresser said with a warm smile
over his lips. "I hope that it's everything that you hoped it would become.
But I have do admire you courage, giving little old me free hands with your
beautiful hair." He added as he took of the cloth from around Michiru.
Michiru smiled at her reflection for some time before she dared to touch her once shoulder length aqua locks, that now was short in the neck and by the sides, while the strands of hair gently fell over her forehead, ending at her eyebrows. "It's perfect Zuki-kun." She replied after a while, before touching the hair on the back of her head.
"And if you want I can give you some tips on making the hair look more wild and such." Zuki smiled warmly as Michiru got up from the chair. "As you personal hairdresser, may I come with a question, Kaioh- san?" He said after a while of studying Michiru's face in the mirror.
Michiru turned to the man that had been taking care of her hair since she turned eighteen. "Yes you may." She replied with a gentle smile over her lips.
Zuki unbuttoned yet another button on Michiru's white blouse and pulled it out from the pants, and soon pulling Michiru's hair back with some hair moose in his hand. "There you are!" Zuki laughed, charmed at his creation. "Now you can even try out drag, if your heart desires." He said and turned Michiru towards the mirror. "You look good enough to eat." He winked.
Michiru looked at herself, and the hair sure made her look more boyish when pulled back with some moose. She soon smiled warmly at the reflection. "I think I have fallen in love with you Zuki-kun. Will you marry me?"
"Stop it." Zuki smiled as he put his hand onto Michiru's shoulder. "Even if you do look like a handsome young man now, I would never leave my little Tsuki for anyone." He added and a gentle blush plaid at his cheeks.
Michiru smiled at her friend and they soon walked over to the counter, where Zuki started to write down some notes. "But you really think that this is worth it?" Michiru asked as she took out her valet from her back pocket, where she thought it never would have ended.
"I think your hair looks darling on you, sweet heart." Zuki said as he pushed some buttons on the cash register. "Why else would I have cut it that way?" He added with a warm smile over his lips.
"I hope that we'll go shopping when you quit." Michiru smiled as she gave Zuki the money. "I wouldn't mind giving you and myself, with your help, a treat."
Zuki smiled warmly as he put the money into the machine and closed it. "Sweet heart." He smiled and took Michiru's hand into his own. "I'll go shopping with you right now." He added as the door into the saloon opened and closed. "I quit work now." He added with a grin over his lips.
The young woman stopped by the counter with a sigh, as she threw her handbag onto the counter. "Morning." She sighed once more and suddenly blinked, looking at Michiru who was looking at her with a smile. "Oh holy mother of Jesus!" She gasped and jumped a step back. "Kaioh-san? Is that you?" She whispered while pointing at Michiru with her right and pulling the black locks from her face with her left.
Michiru just smiled at the young woman. "It's me Julia-san." She replied and tilted her head to the side a little.
"Don't you just love her hair?" Zuki giggled while brushing some strands of hair from Michiru's forehead.
Julia smiled warmly and nodded while taking off her coat. "I thought that you looked beautiful with you long hair, but this is far more than just plain old handsome." She replied.
"I thought I needed a change." Michiru nodded and pulled her hair back.
"This is farm more than a change, sweet heart. This is the start of a new life." Julia smiled at the woman with a gentle blush at her cheeks. "Remind me not to run into you in one of our clubs! I just might end up liking you a bit more than I do." She added with a laugh.
Michiru laughed as well and was soon handed her jean jacket by Zuki who was putting his leather jacket on.
"We'll be off. We're going out shopping for miss. I mean, Sir Kaioh here." Zuki said as he kissed Julia on the cheeks. "I'll see you tomorrow, darling."
"Sure you will honey. Say I to Tsuki-kun from me." Julia added as she kissed Michiru on the cheeks, like always. "Have a nice day you two! And buy me something nice too!" She shouted after them as Michiru and Zuki walked out of the saloon.
Zuki and Michiru were standing in one of Zuki's favorite clothing stores, called Space Flowers, later that same day. The place was filled with any kind of club wear, from see-troughs, plastic, leather to just plain neon colored tops and such.
"Since this will be your first real club night, with a lot of horny and drunk ladies, you'll have to look sexy and hot. But not sluttish." Zuki said while looking trough some clothes hanging by the store window. "I think you should suit in any shade of color." He added and looked at Michiru who was looking at a pair of green pants with thin white threads at the leg, which formed a classic tribal pattern. "Those pants would look darling on you!" He said and skipped over to her, taking out the pants and holding them in front of Michiru. "Beautiful!" Zuki smiled and looked at Michiru who was looking at the pants in front of her. "And you sure have the body to carry all of their clothes! How I envy you!" He added with a grin. "I think you should look trough, what's-her-names things when you get home."
Michiru smiled and looked at Zuki. "You mean the things that she left behind?" She asked and held up the pants, looking at the pattern.
"Yeah. And if there is anything you like, just wear it. A perfect way to start a new life is to try out new styles." Zuki pointed out and pushed Michiru towards the changing room, while picking out a shirt that he had been eyeing since they had gotten into the store. "Try these one honey, and show me what you've got." He added with a smile as he pulled the curtain in place. Zuki then skipped over to the counter to talk with the young woman standing there, and after a minute or two Michiru opened the curtain and stepped out. Both Zuki and the young woman stared at her with an amazed look. "Oh my god, honey!" Zuki gasped after a while and soon tears shined up in his eyes.
Michiru smiled and looked at herself in the mirror. The shirt was tight and was a sort of mixed army pattern and neon white patterns. The clothes made Michiru almost shine and it suited her more than well. "Does it suit?" She asked as she turned to look towards Zuki, who had let a tear run down his cheek.
"It suits more than well!" He whispered and skipped over to her. "It's beautiful on you, sweet heart. This uniform will make anyone drool over you!" He added while looking at Michiru, while she turned her back towards him. "Just beautiful!" He sobbed, letting yet another tear run down his cheek.
Michiru got changed into her own clothes and paid for the new clothes. She and Zuki walked out of the store and ended up in a men's store, picking out two suits for Michiru and two for Zuki, with shirts, ties and pants. Everything was split evenly between Michiru and Zuki, who after an hour walked out of the store, carrying their things in separate bags. "I had a wonderful time Zuki-kun." Michiru said as she walked some steps down the street. "I hope that we'll do this more often, now that I'm free."
Zuki laughed warmly at her. "But for how long will you be free, my beautiful young lady." He laughed on and kissed Michiru on the cheeks. "I hope to be seeing you soon at some club!" He added as he started to walk backwards away from Michiru.
Michiru smiled at him and soon waved her free hand towards him. "See you around love."
"Ciao baby!" Zuki shouted back while throwing a kiss towards her.
Michiru smiled and walked along the street with her bags. She didn't mind the people staring at her as she walked towards her car that was parked some blocks away. Young women blushed as she passed by and several guys just started after her, like if they were trying to see trough her clothes, trying to figure out what Michiru was. Michiru just smiled the whole walk to her car and as she got her things into the car and sat down behind the wheel, she couldn't help but smile. "Is this what it feels like to be free?" She whispered to herself as she started her car and turned on the radio. "I think I could start liking it." She answered herself as she drove out of the parking spot and started her way back home.
Michiru was sitting on the living room floor, looking trough some boxes with clothes that Haruka had left behind later that same evening. Michiru was wearing a white shirt that ended at her knees, which had been one of her favorites since she bought it on a trip to America. She sighed as she pulled some of the hair from her forehead and picked up the glass of white wine by her side, taking a sip before lying down on the carpet. She smiled gently, feeling much better about everything than she had done for sometime. She soon closed her eyes, listening to the stereo that was playing some old CD collection that she had found in the master bedrooms closet. She soon opened her eyes and put away the glass, looking into the box of clothes, she soon pulled out a black shirt that she hadn't seen in ages, as the phone started to yell.
Michiru picked up the phone from the sofa and put it to her ear. "Kaioh Michiru." She answered with a gentle smile over her lips, as she threw the shirt into a corner that was clothes she would use, sometime in the future.
"Well now, don't we sound happier?" A voice laughed.
Michiru smiled at the voice and picked up the glass of wine from the floor, before getting up and sitting down on the sofa. "I've had a great day for once." She replied and took a sip from her glass. "What about you? Didn't you have anything to do, so you called me?"
Hoshi laughed on the other end. "I was just looking trough some old year books from school. For no reason really." She replied and Michiru could hear a thick paper being turned. "Do you remember that Ohara teacher we had in PE?" She asked after a while with a chirping voice.
"You mean the one who liked to stand by the shower door in the girls changing room?" Michiru laughed gently and took another sip of her wine.
"The one and only!" Hoshi laughed. "Man, she sure looks like a ultra-dyke on her photo." She added after a while. "And she hasn't changed a bit."
"You've seen her?" Michiru asked as she got up from the sofa and walked over to the window that showed the backyard.
"Sure I have! She used to hang out a Isis before." Hoshi laughed and Michiru could make out a gentle sipping sound. "But damn, is she ever ugly." She added with a snort. "So, you excited about tomorrow?" She asked after a while.
Michiru smiled and nodded to herself. "Yeah and I bough new clothes, just for the event."
"My, my. Aren't we a happy camper?" Hoshi laughed gently and sighed. "Sounds great that you're excited. I'm just hyper enough about tomorrow, that I'm about to blow my mind."
Michiru smiled gently and looked at the dark sky. "And I have a surprise for tomorrow too." She said in a gentle voice while pulling the curtain a bit more to the side.
"Oh? Tell me!" Hoshi giggled. "I don't mind if you tell me now, I'll act just as surprised tomorrow anyway."
Michiru just smiled while stroking some strands of hair from her forehead. "You'll see tomorrow. By the way, when'll we meet and where?"
Hoshi sighed deeply and soon Michiru could make out the sound of a drawer opening "Well. we could meet at Ultra-Night and have a drink before I start my show. Dare we say, seven's?" She thought out loud while the sound of a drawer closing was heard. "Sounds good?" She asked after a while.
"Sounds like a start on a good evening." Michiru agreed and took a sip of her wine.
"Oh yeah! I've talked to the owner and she said that she would fix it, so that you would get drinks for the whole night free." Hoshi said suddenly sounding a bit silly. "I just told her that you're a special someone, and she just laughed."
Michiru smiled at the phone for a while before she laughed gently, putting the glass onto the windowsill while leaning against it. "Sounds like you have a good hand with people, Hoshi-san."
"Sure I do! No one has complained on me!" Hoshi laughed gently while ending up with a sigh. "Darn, is it that late? I should go hopping into bed about soon." She said after a while.
"Mmm." Michiru nodded for herself and soon looked at the clothes on the floor. "I should clean up and get some sleep as well." She noted, mostly to herself while biting her lower lip a little. "But I'll see you tomorrow at Ultra-Night then."
"Great!" Hoshi agreed with what sounded like a wide smile. "I'll be looking for you."
Michiru smiled gently as she pulled her hair back. "I'll be seeing you tomorrow then, Hoshi-san. Sleep well."
"Same, same." Hoshi echoed and sighed. "And don't let the bed bugs bite." She added. "Buh-bye."
"Bye." Michiru smiled and hung up the phone, pressing it against her cheek while looking at the clothes once more. She sighed and picked up the glass from the windowsill, taking a sip as she walked by the piles, not minding in picking them up, she walked up the stairs and into the bed room, putting the phone onto the night stand while drinking up the last of her wine, placing it beside the phone. She sighed gently and took of the shirt, putting it onto the chair by the mirror wall before getting into bed and under the covers. The second night sleeping alone in this bed. She thought as she turned onto her side, looking at the empty half of the bed with a studying look. She soon smiled to herself and slowly closed her eyes. "Who cares?" She whispered with a sigh before she slowly fell asleep, playing with a strand of her short cut hair.
Michiru smiled at her reflection for some time before she dared to touch her once shoulder length aqua locks, that now was short in the neck and by the sides, while the strands of hair gently fell over her forehead, ending at her eyebrows. "It's perfect Zuki-kun." She replied after a while, before touching the hair on the back of her head.
"And if you want I can give you some tips on making the hair look more wild and such." Zuki smiled warmly as Michiru got up from the chair. "As you personal hairdresser, may I come with a question, Kaioh- san?" He said after a while of studying Michiru's face in the mirror.
Michiru turned to the man that had been taking care of her hair since she turned eighteen. "Yes you may." She replied with a gentle smile over her lips.
Zuki unbuttoned yet another button on Michiru's white blouse and pulled it out from the pants, and soon pulling Michiru's hair back with some hair moose in his hand. "There you are!" Zuki laughed, charmed at his creation. "Now you can even try out drag, if your heart desires." He said and turned Michiru towards the mirror. "You look good enough to eat." He winked.
Michiru looked at herself, and the hair sure made her look more boyish when pulled back with some moose. She soon smiled warmly at the reflection. "I think I have fallen in love with you Zuki-kun. Will you marry me?"
"Stop it." Zuki smiled as he put his hand onto Michiru's shoulder. "Even if you do look like a handsome young man now, I would never leave my little Tsuki for anyone." He added and a gentle blush plaid at his cheeks.
Michiru smiled at her friend and they soon walked over to the counter, where Zuki started to write down some notes. "But you really think that this is worth it?" Michiru asked as she took out her valet from her back pocket, where she thought it never would have ended.
"I think your hair looks darling on you, sweet heart." Zuki said as he pushed some buttons on the cash register. "Why else would I have cut it that way?" He added with a warm smile over his lips.
"I hope that we'll go shopping when you quit." Michiru smiled as she gave Zuki the money. "I wouldn't mind giving you and myself, with your help, a treat."
Zuki smiled warmly as he put the money into the machine and closed it. "Sweet heart." He smiled and took Michiru's hand into his own. "I'll go shopping with you right now." He added as the door into the saloon opened and closed. "I quit work now." He added with a grin over his lips.
The young woman stopped by the counter with a sigh, as she threw her handbag onto the counter. "Morning." She sighed once more and suddenly blinked, looking at Michiru who was looking at her with a smile. "Oh holy mother of Jesus!" She gasped and jumped a step back. "Kaioh-san? Is that you?" She whispered while pointing at Michiru with her right and pulling the black locks from her face with her left.
Michiru just smiled at the young woman. "It's me Julia-san." She replied and tilted her head to the side a little.
"Don't you just love her hair?" Zuki giggled while brushing some strands of hair from Michiru's forehead.
Julia smiled warmly and nodded while taking off her coat. "I thought that you looked beautiful with you long hair, but this is far more than just plain old handsome." She replied.
"I thought I needed a change." Michiru nodded and pulled her hair back.
"This is farm more than a change, sweet heart. This is the start of a new life." Julia smiled at the woman with a gentle blush at her cheeks. "Remind me not to run into you in one of our clubs! I just might end up liking you a bit more than I do." She added with a laugh.
Michiru laughed as well and was soon handed her jean jacket by Zuki who was putting his leather jacket on.
"We'll be off. We're going out shopping for miss. I mean, Sir Kaioh here." Zuki said as he kissed Julia on the cheeks. "I'll see you tomorrow, darling."
"Sure you will honey. Say I to Tsuki-kun from me." Julia added as she kissed Michiru on the cheeks, like always. "Have a nice day you two! And buy me something nice too!" She shouted after them as Michiru and Zuki walked out of the saloon.
Zuki and Michiru were standing in one of Zuki's favorite clothing stores, called Space Flowers, later that same day. The place was filled with any kind of club wear, from see-troughs, plastic, leather to just plain neon colored tops and such.
"Since this will be your first real club night, with a lot of horny and drunk ladies, you'll have to look sexy and hot. But not sluttish." Zuki said while looking trough some clothes hanging by the store window. "I think you should suit in any shade of color." He added and looked at Michiru who was looking at a pair of green pants with thin white threads at the leg, which formed a classic tribal pattern. "Those pants would look darling on you!" He said and skipped over to her, taking out the pants and holding them in front of Michiru. "Beautiful!" Zuki smiled and looked at Michiru who was looking at the pants in front of her. "And you sure have the body to carry all of their clothes! How I envy you!" He added with a grin. "I think you should look trough, what's-her-names things when you get home."
Michiru smiled and looked at Zuki. "You mean the things that she left behind?" She asked and held up the pants, looking at the pattern.
"Yeah. And if there is anything you like, just wear it. A perfect way to start a new life is to try out new styles." Zuki pointed out and pushed Michiru towards the changing room, while picking out a shirt that he had been eyeing since they had gotten into the store. "Try these one honey, and show me what you've got." He added with a smile as he pulled the curtain in place. Zuki then skipped over to the counter to talk with the young woman standing there, and after a minute or two Michiru opened the curtain and stepped out. Both Zuki and the young woman stared at her with an amazed look. "Oh my god, honey!" Zuki gasped after a while and soon tears shined up in his eyes.
Michiru smiled and looked at herself in the mirror. The shirt was tight and was a sort of mixed army pattern and neon white patterns. The clothes made Michiru almost shine and it suited her more than well. "Does it suit?" She asked as she turned to look towards Zuki, who had let a tear run down his cheek.
"It suits more than well!" He whispered and skipped over to her. "It's beautiful on you, sweet heart. This uniform will make anyone drool over you!" He added while looking at Michiru, while she turned her back towards him. "Just beautiful!" He sobbed, letting yet another tear run down his cheek.
Michiru got changed into her own clothes and paid for the new clothes. She and Zuki walked out of the store and ended up in a men's store, picking out two suits for Michiru and two for Zuki, with shirts, ties and pants. Everything was split evenly between Michiru and Zuki, who after an hour walked out of the store, carrying their things in separate bags. "I had a wonderful time Zuki-kun." Michiru said as she walked some steps down the street. "I hope that we'll do this more often, now that I'm free."
Zuki laughed warmly at her. "But for how long will you be free, my beautiful young lady." He laughed on and kissed Michiru on the cheeks. "I hope to be seeing you soon at some club!" He added as he started to walk backwards away from Michiru.
Michiru smiled at him and soon waved her free hand towards him. "See you around love."
"Ciao baby!" Zuki shouted back while throwing a kiss towards her.
Michiru smiled and walked along the street with her bags. She didn't mind the people staring at her as she walked towards her car that was parked some blocks away. Young women blushed as she passed by and several guys just started after her, like if they were trying to see trough her clothes, trying to figure out what Michiru was. Michiru just smiled the whole walk to her car and as she got her things into the car and sat down behind the wheel, she couldn't help but smile. "Is this what it feels like to be free?" She whispered to herself as she started her car and turned on the radio. "I think I could start liking it." She answered herself as she drove out of the parking spot and started her way back home.
Michiru was sitting on the living room floor, looking trough some boxes with clothes that Haruka had left behind later that same evening. Michiru was wearing a white shirt that ended at her knees, which had been one of her favorites since she bought it on a trip to America. She sighed as she pulled some of the hair from her forehead and picked up the glass of white wine by her side, taking a sip before lying down on the carpet. She smiled gently, feeling much better about everything than she had done for sometime. She soon closed her eyes, listening to the stereo that was playing some old CD collection that she had found in the master bedrooms closet. She soon opened her eyes and put away the glass, looking into the box of clothes, she soon pulled out a black shirt that she hadn't seen in ages, as the phone started to yell.
Michiru picked up the phone from the sofa and put it to her ear. "Kaioh Michiru." She answered with a gentle smile over her lips, as she threw the shirt into a corner that was clothes she would use, sometime in the future.
"Well now, don't we sound happier?" A voice laughed.
Michiru smiled at the voice and picked up the glass of wine from the floor, before getting up and sitting down on the sofa. "I've had a great day for once." She replied and took a sip from her glass. "What about you? Didn't you have anything to do, so you called me?"
Hoshi laughed on the other end. "I was just looking trough some old year books from school. For no reason really." She replied and Michiru could hear a thick paper being turned. "Do you remember that Ohara teacher we had in PE?" She asked after a while with a chirping voice.
"You mean the one who liked to stand by the shower door in the girls changing room?" Michiru laughed gently and took another sip of her wine.
"The one and only!" Hoshi laughed. "Man, she sure looks like a ultra-dyke on her photo." She added after a while. "And she hasn't changed a bit."
"You've seen her?" Michiru asked as she got up from the sofa and walked over to the window that showed the backyard.
"Sure I have! She used to hang out a Isis before." Hoshi laughed and Michiru could make out a gentle sipping sound. "But damn, is she ever ugly." She added with a snort. "So, you excited about tomorrow?" She asked after a while.
Michiru smiled and nodded to herself. "Yeah and I bough new clothes, just for the event."
"My, my. Aren't we a happy camper?" Hoshi laughed gently and sighed. "Sounds great that you're excited. I'm just hyper enough about tomorrow, that I'm about to blow my mind."
Michiru smiled gently and looked at the dark sky. "And I have a surprise for tomorrow too." She said in a gentle voice while pulling the curtain a bit more to the side.
"Oh? Tell me!" Hoshi giggled. "I don't mind if you tell me now, I'll act just as surprised tomorrow anyway."
Michiru just smiled while stroking some strands of hair from her forehead. "You'll see tomorrow. By the way, when'll we meet and where?"
Hoshi sighed deeply and soon Michiru could make out the sound of a drawer opening "Well. we could meet at Ultra-Night and have a drink before I start my show. Dare we say, seven's?" She thought out loud while the sound of a drawer closing was heard. "Sounds good?" She asked after a while.
"Sounds like a start on a good evening." Michiru agreed and took a sip of her wine.
"Oh yeah! I've talked to the owner and she said that she would fix it, so that you would get drinks for the whole night free." Hoshi said suddenly sounding a bit silly. "I just told her that you're a special someone, and she just laughed."
Michiru smiled at the phone for a while before she laughed gently, putting the glass onto the windowsill while leaning against it. "Sounds like you have a good hand with people, Hoshi-san."
"Sure I do! No one has complained on me!" Hoshi laughed gently while ending up with a sigh. "Darn, is it that late? I should go hopping into bed about soon." She said after a while.
"Mmm." Michiru nodded for herself and soon looked at the clothes on the floor. "I should clean up and get some sleep as well." She noted, mostly to herself while biting her lower lip a little. "But I'll see you tomorrow at Ultra-Night then."
"Great!" Hoshi agreed with what sounded like a wide smile. "I'll be looking for you."
Michiru smiled gently as she pulled her hair back. "I'll be seeing you tomorrow then, Hoshi-san. Sleep well."
"Same, same." Hoshi echoed and sighed. "And don't let the bed bugs bite." She added. "Buh-bye."
"Bye." Michiru smiled and hung up the phone, pressing it against her cheek while looking at the clothes once more. She sighed and picked up the glass from the windowsill, taking a sip as she walked by the piles, not minding in picking them up, she walked up the stairs and into the bed room, putting the phone onto the night stand while drinking up the last of her wine, placing it beside the phone. She sighed gently and took of the shirt, putting it onto the chair by the mirror wall before getting into bed and under the covers. The second night sleeping alone in this bed. She thought as she turned onto her side, looking at the empty half of the bed with a studying look. She soon smiled to herself and slowly closed her eyes. "Who cares?" She whispered with a sigh before she slowly fell asleep, playing with a strand of her short cut hair.