Michiru was standing by the mirror the next day, getting ready
while waiting for a honking cab to park outside the house. She was wearing
the clothes she had bought with Zuki from Space Flowers and she couldn't
help but smile at herself, thinking that she surely did suit in the
clothes. She soon looked at the clock on the wall in the hallway before she
looked at her own reflection again.
"You look somewhat boyish, Michiru." She whispered and smiled to herself.
Soon honking was heard from outside.
Michiru sighed, still with the smile over her lips as she picked up the small backpack that she had found in on of the boxes last night, which was going to take the old handbag that she had thrown into the empty box. She put on a pair of sneakers that she thought she would never use again, before she walked out of the house, locking the door and putting the keys into the back pack, while walking over to the yellow cab that was parked there. She got into the back seat and closed the door while looking at the driver. "I hope you know where Ultra-Night is." She said with a gentle smile.
The driver looked over his seat with staring eyes for a while, but soon a smile plaid on his lips. "I know where it is, miss." He replied and drove out of the yard. "Out for a party?" He asked as he started the drive downtown.
"Seems like it." Michiru answered and looked out the window, trying to fix her hair in the window reflection. The drive was only fifteen minutes and soon the driver parked the car outside the well-known club Ultra-Night, where some girls were standing outside, talking or even fighting with the guards. Michiru looked out the window for sometime before she sighed.
"Doesn't Kaioh Michiru live in the house, I picked you up from?" The driver asked and pressed the meter by the wheel.
Michiru smiled and looked at the driver. "She does. why?" She asked as she took out her valet from the backpack and handed the man some money.
"A sister?" He asked as he took out the change from his own valet.
Michiru looked at him for a while and soon smiled. "Yeah. And keep the change." She said as she got out of the car and closed the door. She looked at the club with a smile over her lips for a while and soon she walked over to the guards, who pushed the other girls to the side.
"ID please?" One of them said and held out his hand towards Michiru.
No one recognizes me? Michiru smiled to herself while taking out her ID card from her backpack. This might end up pretty fun. She thought as she studied the look over the guard's face, while he was looking at the picture.
"Sorry miss." He said with a smile as he gave the card back to Michiru. "Didn't recognize you." He added as he made gesture towards the other guard, who opened the door. "Have a nice time."
"Thanks." Michiru smiled as she walked into the club and passed by the third guard that was standing there. Michiru walked trough the short hallway that was painted in black and silver stars, and soon she stepped into the entrance of the first bar, where most of the other customers turned their heads towards her. Michiru smiled gently for herself and walked over to the bed, where the bartender almost shined up with the blush over her face.
"What can I get you?" The woman behind the counter asked with a wide smile over her lips, as she studied Michiru's clothes.
Suddenly an arm appeared around Michiru's shoulder, and soon Michiru found that the arm belonged to Hoshi, who was wearing a black bra under a white net top and a pair of black leather pants. "I see that you found my friend, Umiyo-san." Hoshi said with a smile over her lips as she leaned her head against Michiru's. "What's you having, cutie?" Hoshi said after a while as she looked at Michiru, still smiling warmly.
"I'll have a cider." Michiru answered and looked at the bartender who was staring at her.
Umiyo soon swallowed and nodded. "A cider it is." She replied and picked out a bottle from behind the counter and opened it, putting it onto the counter. "Glass?" She asked as she held up a glass after a short second.
"No thank you." Michiru replied and picked up the bottle, taking a sip.
"My, my. We sure are the happy little camper, aren't we?" Hoshi grinned as she sat down beside Michiru on the barstool. "So was the hair the big surprise or was it the clothes?" She asked while studying the pattern on Michiru's pants. "My, my. Very classy."
"If I say both, would you be shocked?" Michiru asked while raising an eyebrow.
Hoshi smiled and looked at Michiru. "I would have a heart attack and die." She replied and soon winked, before looking at Umiyo. "I'll have my first drink of the day, Umiyo-san. A cold one." She said now and nodded towards the bartender.
Umiyo nodded in response and soon put down a bottle of cider in front of Hoshi.
"Can't stand beer." Hoshi whispered to Michiru as she took a drink from the bottle. "So." She swallowed and looked at Michiru. "Who told you to cut your hair?" She asked after a while of studying Michiru's hair.
Michiru smiled and pulled her hand trough her hair. "I thought that I wanted a change in life. You like it?"
"It looks darling, darling." Hoshi winked and took another drink from the bottle. "You planning on becoming popular with everyone here tonight?" She asked with a grin over her face.
Michiru laughed gently and shook her head a little. "With those who try, I just might." She replied and took a drink from her bottle.
Hoshi just laughed in response and looked at the bottle in her hands.
The hour seemed endless as Michiru and Hoshi were sitting by the bar and having their second bottle, talking about the people who were looking their way with amazed and shocked looks over their faces. Hoshi suddenly jumped and looked at her watch and her eyes widened.
"Time flies when you're having fun, they say." She sighed and smiled, looking at Michiru as she picked up the bottle. "Well, cheers for me. I have to leave you for the rest of the evening, sadly enough. But I'll be keeping an eye on you when you're on the dance floor."
Michiru smiled and raised her bottle towards Hoshi. "Make the place shake." She replied as they drank their cider, Hoshi drinking up the last in her bottle.
"See you on the dance floor then." Hoshi winked towards Michiru as she put the bottle down and ran into the personal room.
Michiru smiled for herself and looked at the bartender, who raised an eyebrow towards her. Michiru held up a finger and nodded gently towards her, getting a smile back and soon she had a new bottle of cider at her hand. Michiru sighed and looked around in the room with a gentle smile over her lips. She hadn't had this much fun for some time, even if she was now left alone for everyone to just stare at her.
"Don't worry, miss." Umiyo said as she leaned over the counter and towards Michiru. "They're always like that when there's a pretty face at the bar." She claimed calmly as she picked up the empty bottle of the counter.
"You don't say." Michiru smiled for herself and picked up the bottle, when the music slowly changed and turned into something that she hardly ever listened to. It was pure hard techno mixed up with an amazing drum'n'base. Real and raw dance music. Hoshi's playing I believe. She thought and took a drink from the bottle, looking at two girls who suddenly had jumped up from their chairs screaming, while their drinks went flying over the table.
"So, she's in a good mood I hear." Umiyo said with a smile over her lips as she sat down on the stool behind the counter, lighting a cigarette.
Michiru soon looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"She always plays this beat when she's in a good mood." Umiyo winked towards Michiru and held up her coffee glass. "Hope that your night will be a pleasant one." She added as she nodded towards Michiru.
"Thanks." Michiru smiled back at her and held up her bottle towards Umiyo, before taking a drink. The music only got better as the songs were changed and more and more people were running around like crazy, jumping to the beat and just having clean fun. Michiru drank up the rest of her bottle and got up from the stool. "I hope you'll give me another one when I come back." She smiled towards Umiyo.
"If you like sitting here so much, you'll find a treat in the second and third bar when they open. I'll be standing in the second." Umiyo laughed warmly as she picked up the empty bottle from the counter.
Michiru just smiled towards the woman and walked into the dance floor entrance, looking inside with an amazed look over her face. The people dancing there where almost worshiping Hoshi, who was standing in the DJ booth with a pair of head phones on, while looking trough CD's and such behind the plastic wall around her.
"She's a goddess! I've just died and gone to heaven, Sora!" A young woman gasped as she slowly walked out from the dance floor, pulling another young woman after her, as the music ended and a new sound was put on.
Michiru smiled after the girls and soon blinked. She recognized the music and rhythm, it being one of the first dance songs she ever heard in her life. But the lyrics where different as so was the beat, which was a tad faster. Michiru soon looked at Hoshi in the DJ booth and her eyes widened. Hoshi was singing the song that she knew by heart, keeping her eyes over Michiru with a smile over her lips. The song was called Time after time, and Michiru just loved the original. Michiru couldn't help herself, she had to dance and she did it with a grace that everyone else on the floor lacked. The people around her just stared with smiles over their faces as Michiru danced perfectly to the music, keeping her eyes closed.
In the DJ booth Hoshi kept singing the song while keeping her eyes on Michiru, as well as her equipment.
The night went on and Michiru had a great time. She was standing by the second bar having some water after two hours of none stop dancing to amazing music that she didn't think existed. She had been given five numbers and several compliments for her performance on the dance floor, by people she didn't even, but she loved it.
Hoshi soon jumped out from nowhere and put her arms around Michiru's neck, while leaning her whole body against her from behind. "You never told me that you where a dancing queen!" She laughed and soon let go of Michiru, standing beside her by the bar.
"You didn't say anything about you being a pretty good singer." Michiru noted from behind her water glass.
Hoshi grinned at the remark and looked at the bar. "Umiyo-san! A cider!" She shouted and was answered with a bottle of cider that appeared in her hand two seconds later. "You've got the moves babe." Hoshi gasped as she put the bottle down, after a long drink form the bottle. She soon rested her eyes on Michiru who was looking back at her with a smile over her lips. "Having a good time?" She asked and raised an eyebrow towards her.
"I love this." Michiru answered and took a drink from the water glass. "I haven't had this much fun for ages."
Hoshi nodded and took a drink from her bottle. "Why don't you step up with me into the booth when we're done here. You could pick out five of your favorite singles from my collection." She challenged with a raised eyebrow.
"You really want me to?" Michiru smiled at her, answering the raised eyebrow with one of her own. "I just might give you a hard time mixing everything up."
Hoshi smiled at her and drank up the last in her bottle within ten second before she put the bottle down onto the counter. "Come on, Aqua- girl." She said and grabbed onto Michiru by the wrist and soon she pulled Michiru into the DJ booth, which was filled with CD's and equipment worth more than Michiru wanted to think of. "Pick out five and I'll play them just for you." Hoshi said as she sat down on the high stool by the players.
Michiru looked trough the CD's and singles for a while and soon she picked out five of what she found the most interesting, which she gave to Hoshi. "Can you really mix those together?" She asked as she took a drink of her water.
She looked at the singles in her hand and soon blinked. "Sure I can." Hoshi grinned as she fed the players the CD's. "I can mix Mozart and any Death metal music, and it still sounds good." She added and put the headphones on, while typing on the small computer, giving the system orders. "Hope you like the mix." Hoshi smiled over her shoulder while she looked at Michiru. "And I wouldn't mind seeing you dance to all of the songs." She added and turned around in the chair, facing Michiru with a warm smile. "I'm glad you came tonight." She said and soon held her hands towards Michiru.
Michiru smiled back at her and soon put the glass of water down, before taking Hoshi's hands into her own. "I'm glad I was asked here."
Hoshi just smiled at the aqua haired beauty. "I'll be changed out around one. And they close at four, so, we'll have a good time then." She said and got up from the chair. "See you around."
"You're hard to miss." Michiru smiled and kissed Hoshi on the cheek, before letting go of Hoshi's hands and grabbing her water glass, before she left the booth, closing the plastic door behind her.
"Well now." Hoshi smiled and slowly sat down on the stool again, still with her hands reached out, turning to the computer and started typing and flipping switches. The first song Michiru had picked out was the calmest that evening, it was a remix of a classic love song. Totally eclipse of the heart. I wonder if she had a hidden meaning with this song? Hoshi thought but smiled as she saw Michiru step onto the dance floor.
The clock had passed one and Hoshi had left the DJ booth to the second DJ, who was playing anything from calm love song to the hardest trance and rave on the marked, as Hoshi called it, which only made the crowd go wild or just die out and force them to return to their tables. Michiru and Hoshi were sitting in the VIP lounge by the third bar, having free wine with several other hot shots in the city, where they had their own DJ and where completely left alone by the rest of the club.
"So, this was nice wasn't it?" Hoshi smiled as she put down the glass of wine onto the table.
Michiru nodded in agreement as she leaned her head back in the sofa. "How come we ended up here?" She asked after a while and looked at Hoshi, who leaned back in the sofa as well.
"The owner wanted us to come by." Hoshi smiled, looking right at Michiru. "I didn't just tell her that you were a special someone, I told her that you where Kaioh Michiru." She added while the smile over her lips grew into a grin. "She just worships your music."
Michiru smiled and blinked softly. "You don't say." She replied and picked up the glass from the table. "Well, cheers Hoshi-san. My special someone."
Hoshi laughed and picked up her glass from the table, holding it towards Michiru. "Cheers, sweetie." She replied and they emptied their glasses, that where suddenly changed out into two new glasses with wine. "And may I add, all the drinks in this bar aren't free really. But the owner said everything was on her." She said and grinned, picking up the glass while crossing her legs and looking at Michiru with a slightly raised eyebrow.
Michiru laughed gently and looked around in the room. "Is she here? I wouldn't mind thanking her."
Hoshi looked at her watch and bit her lip a little. "She said she would be here around half two." She noted and looked at Michiru from behind the glass. "Michiru-san." She said after a sip of wine.
"Yes?" Michiru blinked and looked at Hoshi, resting her eyes on the silver chain around the woman's neck.
"What did your lover look like, and who was she?" Hoshi asked as she turned the glass in her hand. "Maybe I know her."
Michiru looked at Hoshi for sometime before she took a deep breath, looking at the wine glass on the table. "Her name is Tenoh Haruka." She answered slowly as she picked up the glass. "The famous racer." She added and looked at Hoshi, who was staring at her. "What?"
"She usually doesn't go out I hope?" Hoshi blinked and swallowed hard. "Like I said, most of these hot shots have been called here."
Michiru looked at her for sometime before she looked at the wine. She soon took a deep breath. "If she's here. I don't care." She replied, taking a sip of the wine before looking at Hoshi. "She has nothing to say me." She added and put down the glass.
Hoshi swallowed nervously, but kept her eyes on Michiru's blue eyes.
"Oh my god!" Someone suddenly gasped.
Michiru and Hoshi, like most others in at the bar looked at the entrance, where a tall well dressed young woman walked in wearing a black blouse and a pair of black pants with a white tie around her neck. She had short cut blonde hair and green eyes that almost shined in the dim lighting. Michiru's eyes widened as another young woman walked in after the blonde, taking her hand into her own as they stopped at the bar. "Haru." Michiru whispered and swallowed hard.
Hoshi blinked and looked at Michiru, seeing the beauty's face paling right before her eyes. "Is that her?" Hoshi whispered as she scooted closer to Michiru on the sofa, putting her arm around her shoulder.
Michiru nodded nervously and picked up the glass, with a slightly shaking hand.
Hoshi looked at Michiru for a while before she looked at the blonde and the other girl, who had black hair and was wearing a black dress that ended at her feet, and was held up by thin strings of silver thread. "What a pig." Hoshi whispered and soon looked at Michiru, who was looking into her glass. "I wont let anything happen here." She whispered now and carefully put her hand onto Michiru's cheek, trying to look her in the eyes.
Michiru soon blinked and looked at Hoshi, their eyes met now and soon a gentle smile shined on Michiru's lips, seeing Hoshi's dark eyes turning lighter in the dim lighting. She soon leaned her head against Hoshi's shoulder while putting her glass onto the table in front of them.
Hoshi smiled at the woman and soon she looked at Haruka and her date, looking at them as they sat down by at the table beside theirs carrying a glass of wine each. Haruka sat down on the chair, facing right at Hoshi and Michiru. What a swine. Hoshi though, swallowing hard as she felt Michiru placing a hand onto her knee. Hoshi soon blinked and couldn't help but smile as she looked at the aqua haired goddess beside her. "Don't worry." She whispered and put her hand under Michiru's chin, moving her head upwards. Their eyes met once more and they both smiled at each other.
"Thank you Hoshi. san." Michiru whispered after a while and picked up her glass. "Let's get stinking drunk and just have a blast!" She swore out loud as she held her glass towards Hoshi.
Hoshi's eyes shined up and almost turned green as she saw the look over Michiru's face. "Amen to that!" She yelled and picked up her glass as well.
Haruka suddenly looked away from her date, noticing Hoshi and Michiru sitting there, now laughing at each other. "Michiru?" Haruka gasped as she slowly got up from the chair. Her date turned around to see the two laughing at each other and soon focused her eyes on Michiru, while her face turned into a frown. Haruka walked over to Michiru and Hoshi and just stared. "What are you doing here?" She asked after a while of being ignored.
Hoshi looked up at her with a slight smile over her lips, while raising an eyebrow. "What can we do you for, lassie?" She asked with a made up Scottish accent.
Michiru soon looked up at Haruka and blinked. "Oh, it's you." She replied and smiled gently, having a nice time with your date I hope? I know I am." She added and put her hand onto Hoshi's shoulder. "Isn't that right, Hoshi?"
Hoshi laughed and nodded. "Sure are, darling." She replied and took a sip of her wine. "We're having a ball." She added after a short while, as her smile turned into a grin.
"Here you are!" A voice said suddenly. A woman with pale brown hair in a tight brand walked into the room, wearing a black tank top and a pair of black jeans that where ripped at the knees. She stopped by Hoshi and Michiru's table with a warm smile over her lips. "Having a good time I hope, Hoshi-kun."
"Sure am, Nancy-san." Hoshi replied while shaking hands with the older woman. "But this figure right here is bothering me and my special someone." She added and nodded towards Haruka. "Could you do something about it?" She asked after a short while as she took a sip of her wine.
Nancy James, a American since birth looked at Haruka and soon put her hand onto her shoulder. "Please leave our special guest alone, Tenoh-san." She said calmly while leading Haruka back to her table, where she had a serious looking talk with her, and her date.
Hoshi grinned and held her glass towards the table and soon she looked at Michiru, who started laughing hardly. "Was that good enough?" Hoshi asked while taking a sip from her glass.
Michiru smiled towards her while drying away a tear from the corner of her eye. "That was more than good, Hoshi-san." She replied and looked at the glass, before she looked at Haruka's table, which was now empty and Haruka, with her date were lead to another table in another corner by Nancy. "I didn't think she would do that." She said after a while and soon she looked at Hoshi, who was smiling at her. "You really do have a good hand with people."
"I guess I have my ways." Hoshi replied and emptied the glass, which was quickly replaced with a new one.
Michiru and Hoshi where walking out of the club, arm in arm two hours after the club had closed. They had been asking to stay by Nancy, who insisted that they'd have a drink or two with her. Haruka had been thrown out with her date an hour before the place closed, since she was, in Nancy's eyes, becoming a pain up the ass. Michiru and Hoshi stood by the street, looking out for a cab that they had called for.
"I hope you had a great time?" Hoshi asked as she gently stroked a strand of hair from Michiru's forehead. "I know I did."
"I had a wonderful time." Michiru replied as she looked at Hoshi, smiling warmly. "You'll be going home to you now, I believe?" She asked after a short while of studying Hoshi's face.
"I guess I am." Hoshi replied while looking at the street as a car passed by. "Care if we share the cab?" She asked suddenly as she looked back at Michiru.
Michiru shook her head a little while leaning her head against Hoshi's shoulder. "Not at all." She replied and closed her eyes, while slowly putting her arms around Hoshi's waist.
Hoshi smiled gently and put her arms around Michiru, holding her tightly but gently in her arms. Soon a cab stopped by the street and Hoshi opened the back seat door for Michiru who got in, and scooted onto the other side, giving Hoshi room in the back seat with her. Michiru gave her home address to the driver who drove off after a while of pressing the controls on his machine.
Michiru soon sighed and leaned her head against Hoshi's shoulder. "Hoshi-san." She whispered after a while as she closed her eyes gently.
Hoshi looked at the aqua haired girl while putting her arm around her. "What's on your mind, Aqua-girl?" Hoshi asked with a gentle smile over her lips.
Michiru opened her eyes a little and bit her lower lip slightly. "I had a great time." She said after a while of thinking. I can't ask her to stay over the night. It's to early for anything like that. I hardly even know what she thinks of me. She thought and swallowed hard.
Hoshi looked at her for a while before she stroked Michiru's hair. "I had a great time too." She replied and soon leaned her head against Michiru's. I shouldn't even think of asking her to come with me to my place. She thought now while looking out the window. It's not like we're dating for real. She added to her thoughts and before she knew it Michiru was reaching out for her right hand. Hoshi smiled gently and soon placed her hand onto Michiru's, squeezing it gently.
Not much more was said under the drive to Michiru's door. Michiru sighed and looked out at the house and soon she looked at Hoshi, who was smiling gently at her. "I'll call you." She said with a gentle voice while she slowly let go of Hoshi's hand.
"You can call me when you like." Hoshi replied and gently touched the palm of Michiru's hand, before they lost touch.
Michiru nodded and looked at the front seat for a while before she leaned over to Hoshi, kissing her gently on the lips. "Good night." She whispered as she slowly pulled away and got out of the car, almost skipping to the steps to her house, where she opened her back pack and dug out her keys, to open the door and walk inside.
Hoshi looked at the closed door for a while before she blinked and looked at the smiling driver. "What a pretty couple." The driver said and nodded a little.
Hoshi smiled after a while of studying the man's honest face. She closed the door and gave her address to the man, who drove out of the yard and started the ride back into the city, while Hoshi lied onto her back in the back seat.
"You look somewhat boyish, Michiru." She whispered and smiled to herself.
Soon honking was heard from outside.
Michiru sighed, still with the smile over her lips as she picked up the small backpack that she had found in on of the boxes last night, which was going to take the old handbag that she had thrown into the empty box. She put on a pair of sneakers that she thought she would never use again, before she walked out of the house, locking the door and putting the keys into the back pack, while walking over to the yellow cab that was parked there. She got into the back seat and closed the door while looking at the driver. "I hope you know where Ultra-Night is." She said with a gentle smile.
The driver looked over his seat with staring eyes for a while, but soon a smile plaid on his lips. "I know where it is, miss." He replied and drove out of the yard. "Out for a party?" He asked as he started the drive downtown.
"Seems like it." Michiru answered and looked out the window, trying to fix her hair in the window reflection. The drive was only fifteen minutes and soon the driver parked the car outside the well-known club Ultra-Night, where some girls were standing outside, talking or even fighting with the guards. Michiru looked out the window for sometime before she sighed.
"Doesn't Kaioh Michiru live in the house, I picked you up from?" The driver asked and pressed the meter by the wheel.
Michiru smiled and looked at the driver. "She does. why?" She asked as she took out her valet from the backpack and handed the man some money.
"A sister?" He asked as he took out the change from his own valet.
Michiru looked at him for a while and soon smiled. "Yeah. And keep the change." She said as she got out of the car and closed the door. She looked at the club with a smile over her lips for a while and soon she walked over to the guards, who pushed the other girls to the side.
"ID please?" One of them said and held out his hand towards Michiru.
No one recognizes me? Michiru smiled to herself while taking out her ID card from her backpack. This might end up pretty fun. She thought as she studied the look over the guard's face, while he was looking at the picture.
"Sorry miss." He said with a smile as he gave the card back to Michiru. "Didn't recognize you." He added as he made gesture towards the other guard, who opened the door. "Have a nice time."
"Thanks." Michiru smiled as she walked into the club and passed by the third guard that was standing there. Michiru walked trough the short hallway that was painted in black and silver stars, and soon she stepped into the entrance of the first bar, where most of the other customers turned their heads towards her. Michiru smiled gently for herself and walked over to the bed, where the bartender almost shined up with the blush over her face.
"What can I get you?" The woman behind the counter asked with a wide smile over her lips, as she studied Michiru's clothes.
Suddenly an arm appeared around Michiru's shoulder, and soon Michiru found that the arm belonged to Hoshi, who was wearing a black bra under a white net top and a pair of black leather pants. "I see that you found my friend, Umiyo-san." Hoshi said with a smile over her lips as she leaned her head against Michiru's. "What's you having, cutie?" Hoshi said after a while as she looked at Michiru, still smiling warmly.
"I'll have a cider." Michiru answered and looked at the bartender who was staring at her.
Umiyo soon swallowed and nodded. "A cider it is." She replied and picked out a bottle from behind the counter and opened it, putting it onto the counter. "Glass?" She asked as she held up a glass after a short second.
"No thank you." Michiru replied and picked up the bottle, taking a sip.
"My, my. We sure are the happy little camper, aren't we?" Hoshi grinned as she sat down beside Michiru on the barstool. "So was the hair the big surprise or was it the clothes?" She asked while studying the pattern on Michiru's pants. "My, my. Very classy."
"If I say both, would you be shocked?" Michiru asked while raising an eyebrow.
Hoshi smiled and looked at Michiru. "I would have a heart attack and die." She replied and soon winked, before looking at Umiyo. "I'll have my first drink of the day, Umiyo-san. A cold one." She said now and nodded towards the bartender.
Umiyo nodded in response and soon put down a bottle of cider in front of Hoshi.
"Can't stand beer." Hoshi whispered to Michiru as she took a drink from the bottle. "So." She swallowed and looked at Michiru. "Who told you to cut your hair?" She asked after a while of studying Michiru's hair.
Michiru smiled and pulled her hand trough her hair. "I thought that I wanted a change in life. You like it?"
"It looks darling, darling." Hoshi winked and took another drink from the bottle. "You planning on becoming popular with everyone here tonight?" She asked with a grin over her face.
Michiru laughed gently and shook her head a little. "With those who try, I just might." She replied and took a drink from her bottle.
Hoshi just laughed in response and looked at the bottle in her hands.
The hour seemed endless as Michiru and Hoshi were sitting by the bar and having their second bottle, talking about the people who were looking their way with amazed and shocked looks over their faces. Hoshi suddenly jumped and looked at her watch and her eyes widened.
"Time flies when you're having fun, they say." She sighed and smiled, looking at Michiru as she picked up the bottle. "Well, cheers for me. I have to leave you for the rest of the evening, sadly enough. But I'll be keeping an eye on you when you're on the dance floor."
Michiru smiled and raised her bottle towards Hoshi. "Make the place shake." She replied as they drank their cider, Hoshi drinking up the last in her bottle.
"See you on the dance floor then." Hoshi winked towards Michiru as she put the bottle down and ran into the personal room.
Michiru smiled for herself and looked at the bartender, who raised an eyebrow towards her. Michiru held up a finger and nodded gently towards her, getting a smile back and soon she had a new bottle of cider at her hand. Michiru sighed and looked around in the room with a gentle smile over her lips. She hadn't had this much fun for some time, even if she was now left alone for everyone to just stare at her.
"Don't worry, miss." Umiyo said as she leaned over the counter and towards Michiru. "They're always like that when there's a pretty face at the bar." She claimed calmly as she picked up the empty bottle of the counter.
"You don't say." Michiru smiled for herself and picked up the bottle, when the music slowly changed and turned into something that she hardly ever listened to. It was pure hard techno mixed up with an amazing drum'n'base. Real and raw dance music. Hoshi's playing I believe. She thought and took a drink from the bottle, looking at two girls who suddenly had jumped up from their chairs screaming, while their drinks went flying over the table.
"So, she's in a good mood I hear." Umiyo said with a smile over her lips as she sat down on the stool behind the counter, lighting a cigarette.
Michiru soon looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"She always plays this beat when she's in a good mood." Umiyo winked towards Michiru and held up her coffee glass. "Hope that your night will be a pleasant one." She added as she nodded towards Michiru.
"Thanks." Michiru smiled back at her and held up her bottle towards Umiyo, before taking a drink. The music only got better as the songs were changed and more and more people were running around like crazy, jumping to the beat and just having clean fun. Michiru drank up the rest of her bottle and got up from the stool. "I hope you'll give me another one when I come back." She smiled towards Umiyo.
"If you like sitting here so much, you'll find a treat in the second and third bar when they open. I'll be standing in the second." Umiyo laughed warmly as she picked up the empty bottle from the counter.
Michiru just smiled towards the woman and walked into the dance floor entrance, looking inside with an amazed look over her face. The people dancing there where almost worshiping Hoshi, who was standing in the DJ booth with a pair of head phones on, while looking trough CD's and such behind the plastic wall around her.
"She's a goddess! I've just died and gone to heaven, Sora!" A young woman gasped as she slowly walked out from the dance floor, pulling another young woman after her, as the music ended and a new sound was put on.
Michiru smiled after the girls and soon blinked. She recognized the music and rhythm, it being one of the first dance songs she ever heard in her life. But the lyrics where different as so was the beat, which was a tad faster. Michiru soon looked at Hoshi in the DJ booth and her eyes widened. Hoshi was singing the song that she knew by heart, keeping her eyes over Michiru with a smile over her lips. The song was called Time after time, and Michiru just loved the original. Michiru couldn't help herself, she had to dance and she did it with a grace that everyone else on the floor lacked. The people around her just stared with smiles over their faces as Michiru danced perfectly to the music, keeping her eyes closed.
In the DJ booth Hoshi kept singing the song while keeping her eyes on Michiru, as well as her equipment.
The night went on and Michiru had a great time. She was standing by the second bar having some water after two hours of none stop dancing to amazing music that she didn't think existed. She had been given five numbers and several compliments for her performance on the dance floor, by people she didn't even, but she loved it.
Hoshi soon jumped out from nowhere and put her arms around Michiru's neck, while leaning her whole body against her from behind. "You never told me that you where a dancing queen!" She laughed and soon let go of Michiru, standing beside her by the bar.
"You didn't say anything about you being a pretty good singer." Michiru noted from behind her water glass.
Hoshi grinned at the remark and looked at the bar. "Umiyo-san! A cider!" She shouted and was answered with a bottle of cider that appeared in her hand two seconds later. "You've got the moves babe." Hoshi gasped as she put the bottle down, after a long drink form the bottle. She soon rested her eyes on Michiru who was looking back at her with a smile over her lips. "Having a good time?" She asked and raised an eyebrow towards her.
"I love this." Michiru answered and took a drink from the water glass. "I haven't had this much fun for ages."
Hoshi nodded and took a drink from her bottle. "Why don't you step up with me into the booth when we're done here. You could pick out five of your favorite singles from my collection." She challenged with a raised eyebrow.
"You really want me to?" Michiru smiled at her, answering the raised eyebrow with one of her own. "I just might give you a hard time mixing everything up."
Hoshi smiled at her and drank up the last in her bottle within ten second before she put the bottle down onto the counter. "Come on, Aqua- girl." She said and grabbed onto Michiru by the wrist and soon she pulled Michiru into the DJ booth, which was filled with CD's and equipment worth more than Michiru wanted to think of. "Pick out five and I'll play them just for you." Hoshi said as she sat down on the high stool by the players.
Michiru looked trough the CD's and singles for a while and soon she picked out five of what she found the most interesting, which she gave to Hoshi. "Can you really mix those together?" She asked as she took a drink of her water.
She looked at the singles in her hand and soon blinked. "Sure I can." Hoshi grinned as she fed the players the CD's. "I can mix Mozart and any Death metal music, and it still sounds good." She added and put the headphones on, while typing on the small computer, giving the system orders. "Hope you like the mix." Hoshi smiled over her shoulder while she looked at Michiru. "And I wouldn't mind seeing you dance to all of the songs." She added and turned around in the chair, facing Michiru with a warm smile. "I'm glad you came tonight." She said and soon held her hands towards Michiru.
Michiru smiled back at her and soon put the glass of water down, before taking Hoshi's hands into her own. "I'm glad I was asked here."
Hoshi just smiled at the aqua haired beauty. "I'll be changed out around one. And they close at four, so, we'll have a good time then." She said and got up from the chair. "See you around."
"You're hard to miss." Michiru smiled and kissed Hoshi on the cheek, before letting go of Hoshi's hands and grabbing her water glass, before she left the booth, closing the plastic door behind her.
"Well now." Hoshi smiled and slowly sat down on the stool again, still with her hands reached out, turning to the computer and started typing and flipping switches. The first song Michiru had picked out was the calmest that evening, it was a remix of a classic love song. Totally eclipse of the heart. I wonder if she had a hidden meaning with this song? Hoshi thought but smiled as she saw Michiru step onto the dance floor.
The clock had passed one and Hoshi had left the DJ booth to the second DJ, who was playing anything from calm love song to the hardest trance and rave on the marked, as Hoshi called it, which only made the crowd go wild or just die out and force them to return to their tables. Michiru and Hoshi were sitting in the VIP lounge by the third bar, having free wine with several other hot shots in the city, where they had their own DJ and where completely left alone by the rest of the club.
"So, this was nice wasn't it?" Hoshi smiled as she put down the glass of wine onto the table.
Michiru nodded in agreement as she leaned her head back in the sofa. "How come we ended up here?" She asked after a while and looked at Hoshi, who leaned back in the sofa as well.
"The owner wanted us to come by." Hoshi smiled, looking right at Michiru. "I didn't just tell her that you were a special someone, I told her that you where Kaioh Michiru." She added while the smile over her lips grew into a grin. "She just worships your music."
Michiru smiled and blinked softly. "You don't say." She replied and picked up the glass from the table. "Well, cheers Hoshi-san. My special someone."
Hoshi laughed and picked up her glass from the table, holding it towards Michiru. "Cheers, sweetie." She replied and they emptied their glasses, that where suddenly changed out into two new glasses with wine. "And may I add, all the drinks in this bar aren't free really. But the owner said everything was on her." She said and grinned, picking up the glass while crossing her legs and looking at Michiru with a slightly raised eyebrow.
Michiru laughed gently and looked around in the room. "Is she here? I wouldn't mind thanking her."
Hoshi looked at her watch and bit her lip a little. "She said she would be here around half two." She noted and looked at Michiru from behind the glass. "Michiru-san." She said after a sip of wine.
"Yes?" Michiru blinked and looked at Hoshi, resting her eyes on the silver chain around the woman's neck.
"What did your lover look like, and who was she?" Hoshi asked as she turned the glass in her hand. "Maybe I know her."
Michiru looked at Hoshi for sometime before she took a deep breath, looking at the wine glass on the table. "Her name is Tenoh Haruka." She answered slowly as she picked up the glass. "The famous racer." She added and looked at Hoshi, who was staring at her. "What?"
"She usually doesn't go out I hope?" Hoshi blinked and swallowed hard. "Like I said, most of these hot shots have been called here."
Michiru looked at her for sometime before she looked at the wine. She soon took a deep breath. "If she's here. I don't care." She replied, taking a sip of the wine before looking at Hoshi. "She has nothing to say me." She added and put down the glass.
Hoshi swallowed nervously, but kept her eyes on Michiru's blue eyes.
"Oh my god!" Someone suddenly gasped.
Michiru and Hoshi, like most others in at the bar looked at the entrance, where a tall well dressed young woman walked in wearing a black blouse and a pair of black pants with a white tie around her neck. She had short cut blonde hair and green eyes that almost shined in the dim lighting. Michiru's eyes widened as another young woman walked in after the blonde, taking her hand into her own as they stopped at the bar. "Haru." Michiru whispered and swallowed hard.
Hoshi blinked and looked at Michiru, seeing the beauty's face paling right before her eyes. "Is that her?" Hoshi whispered as she scooted closer to Michiru on the sofa, putting her arm around her shoulder.
Michiru nodded nervously and picked up the glass, with a slightly shaking hand.
Hoshi looked at Michiru for a while before she looked at the blonde and the other girl, who had black hair and was wearing a black dress that ended at her feet, and was held up by thin strings of silver thread. "What a pig." Hoshi whispered and soon looked at Michiru, who was looking into her glass. "I wont let anything happen here." She whispered now and carefully put her hand onto Michiru's cheek, trying to look her in the eyes.
Michiru soon blinked and looked at Hoshi, their eyes met now and soon a gentle smile shined on Michiru's lips, seeing Hoshi's dark eyes turning lighter in the dim lighting. She soon leaned her head against Hoshi's shoulder while putting her glass onto the table in front of them.
Hoshi smiled at the woman and soon she looked at Haruka and her date, looking at them as they sat down by at the table beside theirs carrying a glass of wine each. Haruka sat down on the chair, facing right at Hoshi and Michiru. What a swine. Hoshi though, swallowing hard as she felt Michiru placing a hand onto her knee. Hoshi soon blinked and couldn't help but smile as she looked at the aqua haired goddess beside her. "Don't worry." She whispered and put her hand under Michiru's chin, moving her head upwards. Their eyes met once more and they both smiled at each other.
"Thank you Hoshi. san." Michiru whispered after a while and picked up her glass. "Let's get stinking drunk and just have a blast!" She swore out loud as she held her glass towards Hoshi.
Hoshi's eyes shined up and almost turned green as she saw the look over Michiru's face. "Amen to that!" She yelled and picked up her glass as well.
Haruka suddenly looked away from her date, noticing Hoshi and Michiru sitting there, now laughing at each other. "Michiru?" Haruka gasped as she slowly got up from the chair. Her date turned around to see the two laughing at each other and soon focused her eyes on Michiru, while her face turned into a frown. Haruka walked over to Michiru and Hoshi and just stared. "What are you doing here?" She asked after a while of being ignored.
Hoshi looked up at her with a slight smile over her lips, while raising an eyebrow. "What can we do you for, lassie?" She asked with a made up Scottish accent.
Michiru soon looked up at Haruka and blinked. "Oh, it's you." She replied and smiled gently, having a nice time with your date I hope? I know I am." She added and put her hand onto Hoshi's shoulder. "Isn't that right, Hoshi?"
Hoshi laughed and nodded. "Sure are, darling." She replied and took a sip of her wine. "We're having a ball." She added after a short while, as her smile turned into a grin.
"Here you are!" A voice said suddenly. A woman with pale brown hair in a tight brand walked into the room, wearing a black tank top and a pair of black jeans that where ripped at the knees. She stopped by Hoshi and Michiru's table with a warm smile over her lips. "Having a good time I hope, Hoshi-kun."
"Sure am, Nancy-san." Hoshi replied while shaking hands with the older woman. "But this figure right here is bothering me and my special someone." She added and nodded towards Haruka. "Could you do something about it?" She asked after a short while as she took a sip of her wine.
Nancy James, a American since birth looked at Haruka and soon put her hand onto her shoulder. "Please leave our special guest alone, Tenoh-san." She said calmly while leading Haruka back to her table, where she had a serious looking talk with her, and her date.
Hoshi grinned and held her glass towards the table and soon she looked at Michiru, who started laughing hardly. "Was that good enough?" Hoshi asked while taking a sip from her glass.
Michiru smiled towards her while drying away a tear from the corner of her eye. "That was more than good, Hoshi-san." She replied and looked at the glass, before she looked at Haruka's table, which was now empty and Haruka, with her date were lead to another table in another corner by Nancy. "I didn't think she would do that." She said after a while and soon she looked at Hoshi, who was smiling at her. "You really do have a good hand with people."
"I guess I have my ways." Hoshi replied and emptied the glass, which was quickly replaced with a new one.
Michiru and Hoshi where walking out of the club, arm in arm two hours after the club had closed. They had been asking to stay by Nancy, who insisted that they'd have a drink or two with her. Haruka had been thrown out with her date an hour before the place closed, since she was, in Nancy's eyes, becoming a pain up the ass. Michiru and Hoshi stood by the street, looking out for a cab that they had called for.
"I hope you had a great time?" Hoshi asked as she gently stroked a strand of hair from Michiru's forehead. "I know I did."
"I had a wonderful time." Michiru replied as she looked at Hoshi, smiling warmly. "You'll be going home to you now, I believe?" She asked after a short while of studying Hoshi's face.
"I guess I am." Hoshi replied while looking at the street as a car passed by. "Care if we share the cab?" She asked suddenly as she looked back at Michiru.
Michiru shook her head a little while leaning her head against Hoshi's shoulder. "Not at all." She replied and closed her eyes, while slowly putting her arms around Hoshi's waist.
Hoshi smiled gently and put her arms around Michiru, holding her tightly but gently in her arms. Soon a cab stopped by the street and Hoshi opened the back seat door for Michiru who got in, and scooted onto the other side, giving Hoshi room in the back seat with her. Michiru gave her home address to the driver who drove off after a while of pressing the controls on his machine.
Michiru soon sighed and leaned her head against Hoshi's shoulder. "Hoshi-san." She whispered after a while as she closed her eyes gently.
Hoshi looked at the aqua haired girl while putting her arm around her. "What's on your mind, Aqua-girl?" Hoshi asked with a gentle smile over her lips.
Michiru opened her eyes a little and bit her lower lip slightly. "I had a great time." She said after a while of thinking. I can't ask her to stay over the night. It's to early for anything like that. I hardly even know what she thinks of me. She thought and swallowed hard.
Hoshi looked at her for a while before she stroked Michiru's hair. "I had a great time too." She replied and soon leaned her head against Michiru's. I shouldn't even think of asking her to come with me to my place. She thought now while looking out the window. It's not like we're dating for real. She added to her thoughts and before she knew it Michiru was reaching out for her right hand. Hoshi smiled gently and soon placed her hand onto Michiru's, squeezing it gently.
Not much more was said under the drive to Michiru's door. Michiru sighed and looked out at the house and soon she looked at Hoshi, who was smiling gently at her. "I'll call you." She said with a gentle voice while she slowly let go of Hoshi's hand.
"You can call me when you like." Hoshi replied and gently touched the palm of Michiru's hand, before they lost touch.
Michiru nodded and looked at the front seat for a while before she leaned over to Hoshi, kissing her gently on the lips. "Good night." She whispered as she slowly pulled away and got out of the car, almost skipping to the steps to her house, where she opened her back pack and dug out her keys, to open the door and walk inside.
Hoshi looked at the closed door for a while before she blinked and looked at the smiling driver. "What a pretty couple." The driver said and nodded a little.
Hoshi smiled after a while of studying the man's honest face. She closed the door and gave her address to the man, who drove out of the yard and started the ride back into the city, while Hoshi lied onto her back in the back seat.