Chapter 2: Dancing Around The Truth
The house smelt of cinnamon rolls baking in an oven, a stove creaked open and she swore to herself again that she would fix that soon. Himemiya Anthy checked her baking treats carefully. Over the years her cooking skills had only increased slightly, she cursed the people who easily created dishes for friends, family and guests. However, she learned to bake quite well. She was proud of that skill at least. From across the kitchen, the little rodent, chu-chu, scurried to her side to sneak a peak at the dishes.
"Chu?" He squeaked, which made Anthy grin delightfully.
"They're not done yet, because they have to cool. Soon, just try to be patient. Wakaba will be here soon."
Anthy smiled to herself. She was on the proper trail. Wakaba would remember her long lost Prince. She hoped to have a conversation about Utena while walking through a parks flower garden--Anthy had taken a part-time job more for pleasure than for money. The chime of the doorbell interrupted her thoughts. She set the tray down to cool, gave Chu-chu a look and left the kitchen. She smoothed her long purple tresses, opened the door and greeted Wakaba with a smile.
"Konnichiwa, Himemiya-san!" Wakaba greeted with a huge smile.
"Good day! Please! Call me Anthy!" She returned the greeting whole- heartedly. "Please come in."
Wakaba pranced into the home and looked around with stars in her eyes. She sniffed the scent of the baked goods on the air and almost melted.
"Oh, Anthy-chan! Your house is so wonderful! I keep trying to talk my girlfriend into moving into a place with me but she insists that we're too young. Dull." Wakaba sighed and shook her head. Her smile returned to her and she took a seat on Anthy's living room couch.
"Would you like some tea? I just baked some cinnamon rolls as well. If you'd-"
"Please and thank you, they smell so good." Wakaba blushed and waited for Anthy to return with the treats. Chu-chu jumped onto a table and sat munching a cinnamon roll that Anthy had given him. She followed behind him a moment later and smiled with a tray in her hands. After pouring tea and sharing the food, they began to catch up on details between the two.
Wakaba laughed. "My girlfriend would never talk like this.she's so quiet. I hang around her so much I think I've begun to forget what its like to talk to people."
"You must really love her." Anthy grinned sadly and felt loneliness fill her heart.
"I do.Hey.Y'know, she's got a tattoo like that one there. Actually, she has a lot of tattoo's."
Anthy had decided to wear a spaghetti strapped tank top that day as it was hot outside and the heat of the oven only caused it to heat up more inside the small house. Wakaba had pointed to a single tattoo that rested itself by her left shoulder. Just over her breast.
"Ah.. Well.Rose tattoo's are popular these days." Anthy felt her insides smolder with pain. The tattoo was not a choice of hers, it had appeared there when she left her brother's fake world. She looked at it as a reminder that she had not found her Prince yet. It was a single white rose that had a kind of tribal design in its background.
"I've always wanted a tattoo. Scared of the pain though." Wakaba changed the subject and Anthy gladly accepted the change. She plastered on a practiced fake smile on her face as the subject of her tattoo continued to plague her at that moment. She enjoyed Wakaba's company; don't get her wrong because she really did. Even in Ohtori she did enjoy the company of this girl. She really understood how Utena felt around her. But she craved her Prince. She was so close and this girl might have a way of drawing them together.
"Shall we go to the gardens than?" Anthy rose from her seat and began clearing the living room and Wakaba offered her help. "We shall!" Wakaba shouted happily.
The house smelt of cinnamon rolls baking in an oven, a stove creaked open and she swore to herself again that she would fix that soon. Himemiya Anthy checked her baking treats carefully. Over the years her cooking skills had only increased slightly, she cursed the people who easily created dishes for friends, family and guests. However, she learned to bake quite well. She was proud of that skill at least. From across the kitchen, the little rodent, chu-chu, scurried to her side to sneak a peak at the dishes.
"Chu?" He squeaked, which made Anthy grin delightfully.
"They're not done yet, because they have to cool. Soon, just try to be patient. Wakaba will be here soon."
Anthy smiled to herself. She was on the proper trail. Wakaba would remember her long lost Prince. She hoped to have a conversation about Utena while walking through a parks flower garden--Anthy had taken a part-time job more for pleasure than for money. The chime of the doorbell interrupted her thoughts. She set the tray down to cool, gave Chu-chu a look and left the kitchen. She smoothed her long purple tresses, opened the door and greeted Wakaba with a smile.
"Konnichiwa, Himemiya-san!" Wakaba greeted with a huge smile.
"Good day! Please! Call me Anthy!" She returned the greeting whole- heartedly. "Please come in."
Wakaba pranced into the home and looked around with stars in her eyes. She sniffed the scent of the baked goods on the air and almost melted.
"Oh, Anthy-chan! Your house is so wonderful! I keep trying to talk my girlfriend into moving into a place with me but she insists that we're too young. Dull." Wakaba sighed and shook her head. Her smile returned to her and she took a seat on Anthy's living room couch.
"Would you like some tea? I just baked some cinnamon rolls as well. If you'd-"
"Please and thank you, they smell so good." Wakaba blushed and waited for Anthy to return with the treats. Chu-chu jumped onto a table and sat munching a cinnamon roll that Anthy had given him. She followed behind him a moment later and smiled with a tray in her hands. After pouring tea and sharing the food, they began to catch up on details between the two.
Wakaba laughed. "My girlfriend would never talk like this.she's so quiet. I hang around her so much I think I've begun to forget what its like to talk to people."
"You must really love her." Anthy grinned sadly and felt loneliness fill her heart.
"I do.Hey.Y'know, she's got a tattoo like that one there. Actually, she has a lot of tattoo's."
Anthy had decided to wear a spaghetti strapped tank top that day as it was hot outside and the heat of the oven only caused it to heat up more inside the small house. Wakaba had pointed to a single tattoo that rested itself by her left shoulder. Just over her breast.
"Ah.. Well.Rose tattoo's are popular these days." Anthy felt her insides smolder with pain. The tattoo was not a choice of hers, it had appeared there when she left her brother's fake world. She looked at it as a reminder that she had not found her Prince yet. It was a single white rose that had a kind of tribal design in its background.
"I've always wanted a tattoo. Scared of the pain though." Wakaba changed the subject and Anthy gladly accepted the change. She plastered on a practiced fake smile on her face as the subject of her tattoo continued to plague her at that moment. She enjoyed Wakaba's company; don't get her wrong because she really did. Even in Ohtori she did enjoy the company of this girl. She really understood how Utena felt around her. But she craved her Prince. She was so close and this girl might have a way of drawing them together.
"Shall we go to the gardens than?" Anthy rose from her seat and began clearing the living room and Wakaba offered her help. "We shall!" Wakaba shouted happily.