Ardour - Sequel to Welkin
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Mine - fanfic; characters - I wish.
Author's Note: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! ;_; I'm being such a horrible person and not making time to give you the updates you need for this story, and I didn't expect that it would be enjoyed half as much as I thought it would be! Actually, after reading the sequel again (to get my memory refreshed), even the simplest scenarios pull the story together! I didn't know that I could write something that well. :D Here's another chapter for you fans!
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Chapter 09
(Here's Miyuki's POV for Sora. And.. what day are we on??)
Sora was in distress and downhearted as she arranged the flowers poorly in her mother's shop. There were even some stray, wilted flowers that she had paid no attention to and just added to the vase, lingering on the thought of what had happened in the past four days. Taking a broom, she stood in place, just sweeping with it in the same spot, making dust and flower petals gather about her. She sighed and looked at the masses of rows filled with vases. "Matt hasn't contacted me in a couple of days, and his passing me by at the park.. How did he not notice that I was there?"
She dropped the broom on the ground, not giving any more attention to it, and rest her hand on the table in front of her, with vases upon vases of flowers before her. She slightly put her weight upon the table and contemplated more. "Something happened between them, I'm sure of it. It's not like Matt to forget about me; he's always made sure to see me every day, or at least give me a call. Why do I feel as if we're drifting apart?"
A slight tear rolled down her cheek as she felt a deep emptiness well up inside her. 'Matt..'
A jingling sound was heard through the prolonged silence as the front door of the shop closed. Sora, biting her lip to make her seem slightly less hostile with her words, she called out, "The store's closed. Come back tomorrow."
She stayed in her place just staring madly at the flowers, and noticing that the bells had not resounded, she swiftly turned around to the figure who was slightly shocked by her appearance, and with the expression on his face, she began to cry even more. "Matt..."
"Sora, did something happen?" he asked giving her an embrace. He wiped the tears from her face and looked at her with such loving eyes that Sora regretted that she ever doubted him liking Mimi again, and returned his embrace.
"Matt," she began, looking intently in his deep eyes. After a longed silence, she gave into his mesmerizing eyes and continued, "am I .. your only one?"
Finding this question to be slightly confusing and deep all the same, his eyes grew a shade deeper in color as he slightly dropped his head to her's, their foreheads touching. "Sora.."
A feeling of dejection befell her as she bit her lip to wait for his reply. 'He still loves her,' she thought in her mind as a tear fell down her cheek and her eyes remained transfixed, though she didn't really notice she had her gaze still upon him.
Matt lifted her head up to face his, her face tear-stained; lingering silence remained in the shop. His eyes seemed to become a navy blue as she stared into them. She felt a growing sense of regret and helplessness as his eyes gazed intently in her's. As she was slightly becoming detached to the surrounding, Matt leaned forward, his lips softly touching her's in a most passionate kiss. Sora's eyes became wide-eyed at the gesture and she had fallen detached, not of the surrounding, but of her doubts and regrets. She had succumbed to the moment and returned this kiss, giving him an embrace.
The two had continued for quite a while, unaware of the wary passerby who had strayed onto the scene. The bell on the door had dropped to the ground when Matt closed the door behind him, and, upon opening the door, a slight scratching sound was made, yet, the two had been too preoccupied to pay heed. The passerby had come to the scene, in the middle of the osculatory moment, and stood in shock. The couple only stood but bout ten feet from her, and she continued to stare at the scene, her hand still rested on the door, a feeling of dejection welling up inside her to have been unfortunate enough to come in on the scene. Tears welled up in her eyes as she could no longer bear to see the two in their state and she quickly ran out of the place, the door hitting the bells sharply and the two were distracted from their embrace.
Finding that they had been so caught up, Sora glanced at the entrance of the door and noticed that it stood ajar; the bells lying on the ground. Pulling herself from her embrace with Matt, she took a couple of steps forward, "Matt.. someone walked in here."
Taking the bells in her hand, loud screams and shouts were heard outside the shop as a frantic of horns and honks and squealing tires burst into pandemonium outside. Sora's eyes widened as she turned her head towards the door.
The intersection had been badly backed up, and people who had fled from the area came to see what all of the commotion was about. A girl sat at the edge of the sidewalk opposite to Sora's mother's shop and stared with fright at the scene. Sora and Matt came bursting out of the shop and stared in confusion at the masses of cars jammed at the intersection, a fluster of horns were sounding as people yelled from their cars about what all the commotion was for. The girl who had fled from the flower shop was no where to be seen. In her mind, the same name kept repeating in her head as tears were rolling down her cheek. 'Yamato-kun..!'
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A/N: I was gonna have Matt bring flowers when he came in, but wouldn't it be strange that he was bringing flowers to Sora when she was already IN a flower shop? And for the turn of events.. I know, it's sudden and you're probably mad at the cliff-hanging moment, but from my writing, I suppose I gave you partial clues enough that you haven't gotten lost already. If the passerby had been hit in the collision, I know a lot of you readers would be upset, too. ^^; I have a lot in store for you in the next chapter.
edit // I changed the car crash into an intersection blockage due to "the passerby's" misaprehension to the flowing traffic outside of Takenouchi flower shop. In the next chapter, I promise I won't add Michael in it with -- yet another -- one of his "coming out of no where" entrances. ^^; I was getting annoyed at having to put him in the scene when I was having writer's blocks.
P.S. - Check out [http://mimi-chan.tk] for a weblog on Tachikawa Mimi. It's a new idea that I have made up of me Role Playing as Mimi writing on an online weblog. Since I don't normally have the time to update the stories (I'm too lazy to upload them sometimes), you can check that mi-chanTK every couple of days, since I am more comfortable updating things in a weblog-type feel. It's a whole different story, though, so it's better to start reading now than later when you have chapters upon chapters to read!
by: sakuramimato (sakuramimato@hotmail.com)
Disclaimer: Mine - fanfic; characters - I wish.
Author's Note: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!! ;_; I'm being such a horrible person and not making time to give you the updates you need for this story, and I didn't expect that it would be enjoyed half as much as I thought it would be! Actually, after reading the sequel again (to get my memory refreshed), even the simplest scenarios pull the story together! I didn't know that I could write something that well. :D Here's another chapter for you fans!
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Chapter 09
(Here's Miyuki's POV for Sora. And.. what day are we on??)
Sora was in distress and downhearted as she arranged the flowers poorly in her mother's shop. There were even some stray, wilted flowers that she had paid no attention to and just added to the vase, lingering on the thought of what had happened in the past four days. Taking a broom, she stood in place, just sweeping with it in the same spot, making dust and flower petals gather about her. She sighed and looked at the masses of rows filled with vases. "Matt hasn't contacted me in a couple of days, and his passing me by at the park.. How did he not notice that I was there?"
She dropped the broom on the ground, not giving any more attention to it, and rest her hand on the table in front of her, with vases upon vases of flowers before her. She slightly put her weight upon the table and contemplated more. "Something happened between them, I'm sure of it. It's not like Matt to forget about me; he's always made sure to see me every day, or at least give me a call. Why do I feel as if we're drifting apart?"
A slight tear rolled down her cheek as she felt a deep emptiness well up inside her. 'Matt..'
A jingling sound was heard through the prolonged silence as the front door of the shop closed. Sora, biting her lip to make her seem slightly less hostile with her words, she called out, "The store's closed. Come back tomorrow."
She stayed in her place just staring madly at the flowers, and noticing that the bells had not resounded, she swiftly turned around to the figure who was slightly shocked by her appearance, and with the expression on his face, she began to cry even more. "Matt..."
"Sora, did something happen?" he asked giving her an embrace. He wiped the tears from her face and looked at her with such loving eyes that Sora regretted that she ever doubted him liking Mimi again, and returned his embrace.
"Matt," she began, looking intently in his deep eyes. After a longed silence, she gave into his mesmerizing eyes and continued, "am I .. your only one?"
Finding this question to be slightly confusing and deep all the same, his eyes grew a shade deeper in color as he slightly dropped his head to her's, their foreheads touching. "Sora.."
A feeling of dejection befell her as she bit her lip to wait for his reply. 'He still loves her,' she thought in her mind as a tear fell down her cheek and her eyes remained transfixed, though she didn't really notice she had her gaze still upon him.
Matt lifted her head up to face his, her face tear-stained; lingering silence remained in the shop. His eyes seemed to become a navy blue as she stared into them. She felt a growing sense of regret and helplessness as his eyes gazed intently in her's. As she was slightly becoming detached to the surrounding, Matt leaned forward, his lips softly touching her's in a most passionate kiss. Sora's eyes became wide-eyed at the gesture and she had fallen detached, not of the surrounding, but of her doubts and regrets. She had succumbed to the moment and returned this kiss, giving him an embrace.
The two had continued for quite a while, unaware of the wary passerby who had strayed onto the scene. The bell on the door had dropped to the ground when Matt closed the door behind him, and, upon opening the door, a slight scratching sound was made, yet, the two had been too preoccupied to pay heed. The passerby had come to the scene, in the middle of the osculatory moment, and stood in shock. The couple only stood but bout ten feet from her, and she continued to stare at the scene, her hand still rested on the door, a feeling of dejection welling up inside her to have been unfortunate enough to come in on the scene. Tears welled up in her eyes as she could no longer bear to see the two in their state and she quickly ran out of the place, the door hitting the bells sharply and the two were distracted from their embrace.
Finding that they had been so caught up, Sora glanced at the entrance of the door and noticed that it stood ajar; the bells lying on the ground. Pulling herself from her embrace with Matt, she took a couple of steps forward, "Matt.. someone walked in here."
Taking the bells in her hand, loud screams and shouts were heard outside the shop as a frantic of horns and honks and squealing tires burst into pandemonium outside. Sora's eyes widened as she turned her head towards the door.
The intersection had been badly backed up, and people who had fled from the area came to see what all of the commotion was about. A girl sat at the edge of the sidewalk opposite to Sora's mother's shop and stared with fright at the scene. Sora and Matt came bursting out of the shop and stared in confusion at the masses of cars jammed at the intersection, a fluster of horns were sounding as people yelled from their cars about what all the commotion was for. The girl who had fled from the flower shop was no where to be seen. In her mind, the same name kept repeating in her head as tears were rolling down her cheek. 'Yamato-kun..!'
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A/N: I was gonna have Matt bring flowers when he came in, but wouldn't it be strange that he was bringing flowers to Sora when she was already IN a flower shop? And for the turn of events.. I know, it's sudden and you're probably mad at the cliff-hanging moment, but from my writing, I suppose I gave you partial clues enough that you haven't gotten lost already. If the passerby had been hit in the collision, I know a lot of you readers would be upset, too. ^^; I have a lot in store for you in the next chapter.
edit // I changed the car crash into an intersection blockage due to "the passerby's" misaprehension to the flowing traffic outside of Takenouchi flower shop. In the next chapter, I promise I won't add Michael in it with -- yet another -- one of his "coming out of no where" entrances. ^^; I was getting annoyed at having to put him in the scene when I was having writer's blocks.
P.S. - Check out [http://mimi-chan.tk] for a weblog on Tachikawa Mimi. It's a new idea that I have made up of me Role Playing as Mimi writing on an online weblog. Since I don't normally have the time to update the stories (I'm too lazy to upload them sometimes), you can check that mi-chanTK every couple of days, since I am more comfortable updating things in a weblog-type feel. It's a whole different story, though, so it's better to start reading now than later when you have chapters upon chapters to read!