~*~Chapter Five: Apologies with Roses~*~
~Silverium~
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Fore-note: I'm settled in university now, thanks for waiting so patiently. This fic is fluff, and we all know it. Whatever.
Miki sat on her bed hugging a cushion and looking livid. The two dancers at their mirror-counter had wisely said nothing, though Miki knew they wanted to. She had come inside with fury, slamming the door and kicking through the discarded costumes on the floor angrily before flopping on the bed.
Muttering angrily she felt both hurt and betrayed. How long had she known Nikki? How could he think that after their long past she's just go away? And if he really thought that why the heck hadn't he told her.
"Men are bastards."
Miki looked up sharply to see Yu studying her, "And Nikki's had a manly-man moment."
"How…?"
"Read your face." Yu answered instantly, "Cheer up Mik, and tell us what happened,"
"Nikki thought I was going to leave him. Come on Yu, you know me, I'm dedicated to the things—and the ones—I love!" Miki pleaded,
"He must be really anxious about something to think that, I mean, that's pretty dramatic," Yu mused, running a hand through her hair,
"Maybe he's not ready for this yet," Miki said uneasily, biting her lip, "I mean, in all the time we've known him Nikki's never had a real girlfriend, only the occasional groupie,"
"So go on a break or something, you guys hadn't made anything official had you?" Yu asked,
"Not really." Miki confessed,
"You vixen." Mi teased,
Miki threw the cushion at the girl but laughed. Inside she felt horrible, but if it were for the best, then she's avoid Nikki and let him sort everything out for himself.
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Nikki sat on a rock. In fact, he had been sitting on this rock for quite some time trying to figure out what had happened. He knew he had messed things up with Miki, but he wasn't sure why that had happened.
"I was surprised that's all…" He breathed out, troubled eyes looking over the ocean, "It's not everyday I get a girl saying she wants to spend forever with me. Well, actually…I do, but never a girl like Miki."
Why couldn't she see how amazing this was for him? The girl he had stared at for years, the dancer of men's dreams, had chosen to stay near him. She could have had anyone, yet she chose Nikki, she chose him.
"Maybe I'll get her roses," Nikki murmured as he closed his eyes and lay back on the rock, "Girls like roses."
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But he didn't give her roses, and Miki didn't see him much anyhow. She organized practices everyday for the upcoming concert and Nikki never had a spare moment to speak with her.
He would watch the three dancers spinning and moving across the stage, then go back to his writing and composing. The days drifted by in a stunned silence for him. Miki seemed oblivious to his searching eyes; she would turn her back on him and would gaze out over the ocean, content to let the wind play with her hair. So Nikki left her alone and composed songs.
On the day of the concert they all trooped down to the Dragon Fort, where the three ladies all split up to help set up their stage. Nikki helped with the speakers and larger equipment, setting up the mechanics that they'd work off of and testing them afterwards.
He became lost in thought, thinking of Miki. They played together as children, grew up and went through everything, the once-little ballet dancer had grown to a fiery woman, and the choirboy had become a bard. Who would've thought their childish dreams would come true? Laughter from behind drew his attention to the Goddess herself who had covered Mi in silly string and had the yellow tangles hanging off herself as well. The two of them had fallen to the floor with so much giggling and Yu was liberally spraying both since they were down and defenseless. Jogging over, Nikki looked down at the mess of string and girls and shook his head,
"We'll never get the stage set up with you two on the floor," He said with a slow smile,
"Nikki, have some fun for once," Miki laughed, tossing a balled up wad of silly string at him,
It smacked him on the chest and he raised his eyebrows, "Fun…Yu, if you please?"
"Sure thing," Yu winked and tossed him the can,
Miki screamed as Nikki coated her, but she managed to curl up in a ball and deflect most of it. When he ran out she got up and pounced on them, resulting in a four-way fight including smashing string down other peoples' garments and into their hair.
As he had Miki pinned down Nikki came to a startling revelation. This was what he loved about Miki, her free spirit, and her smiling face. He didn't need her in his bed, or holding on to him, he just needed her happiness, her presence nearby. Miki would only ever be a friend to him.
~*~ School has started. Aries knows what that will do to this poor fic, which, by the way, is almost at an end. Will I do another? I'm not sure; with each fic I'm getting more reviews, which is good, since I adore them. I'm lagging behind on my replying to some but hopefully I'll catch up. I'll be away from the comp this weekend. But there are numerous after-school dates where I can start jotting down the next chapter. So you know the drill, review it if you read it. As for you anonymous junkies, make it hard for me to get back to you much, eh? ^^;;; ~*~
