Kaoru finds herself in a restaurant, with her friends. The restaurant was their property and her sister, Tsubame, was one of the waitresses in there. She waited for her sister to come to their table and bring their menus.
Unlike Megumi, Kaoru treated her sister as if she really loved her. When Kaoru comes home from the mall, she always has something for her and Tsubame was glad...glad to have such a caring sister like Kaoru.
Every night, Kaoru and Tsubame exchanged stories, about school and what they think about that day. Tsubame spilled out that she liked the band's drummer, Misao, and hopes to meet her very soon. Whenever Kaoru has gigs or simple concerts, Tsubame was busy.
As Tsubame arrived, she handed out each of the girls the menus. As she handed the menus to each, her heart beated faster when she handed the menu to her favorite member of Beautiful Sakura. Misao and the others looked at Kaoru, meaning that they couldn't decide what to eat since Kaoru will pay for the food.
"Can't think of anything, eh?" Kaoru told them, putting down the menu in front of her. "I think we'll order the special, sister dearest." Kaoru told Tsubame.
Tsubame smiled and took the menu from her friends and hurried her way to the counter to tell their orders.
"Um...Kaoru-chan." Megumi spoke. "I'll excuse myself...I'll just go to the rest room to pamper my self...I think I didn't put on that much make-up."
Megumi stood and walked towards the restroom. Yumi stood up too and excused herself. "I'll go with her."
Kaoru smiled at her friends and understood them clearly. As she watched Yumi enter the rest room, she felt something tug at her uniform. As she leaned to see who it was, it was a small child, handing Kaoru a small flower.
The child was wearing a red t-shirt as an in-shirt and a blue jeans jumper over it. Her hair was tied apart and the clips that held her hair were two pink ponytails. To Kaoru, she looked cute and jolly. She child was smiling at her, waiting for Kaoru to take the flower from her hands.
Kaoru took the flower, the child giggled then it ran. Kaoru was surprised at the child's reaction. Then, she looked at the flower that was in her hands. Just like the child, it was cute and beautiful.
"It's cute, Kaoru..." Misao commented, looking at the flower that Kaoru held.
"Yeah..."
Kaoru twirled the flower by its stem and watched it turn around. It made her eyes sparkle and her feelings dazzle in amazement.
She looked up and searched for the child. She saw the child walk towards an old man that was sitting at the table a bit near them. Misao recognized the man quickly.
"Genzai-sensei!!!" Misao exclaimed, waving her hand.
Genzai heard his name being called and looked up to see Kaoru and Misao smiling at him.
"Oh! You're also here!" Genzai told them.
Kaoru nodded and smiled.
Genzai-sensei approached their table and smiled.
"Sensei, " Misao asked, "who is that child?"
Genzai-sensei looked at the chibi, small child that clung on his leg. He patted her back and then he looked at Misao to answer. "This is my grand daughter, Suzume." He introduced. "Suzume, say hi to Kaoru and Misao."
The child gave them a sweet smile and giggled. "Konnichiwa..." she giggled, waving her small hand at them.
Kaoru smiled back and pinched the child's cheek softly. "Hello also..." she replied, "You're a cute child you know."
Suzume smiled and approached Kaoru as she let go of her grandfather's clothes. She rested her small hand on Kaoru's lap and smiled at Kaoru. "You are beautiful, Kao-nee." She told Kaoru.
Kaoru let out a soft chuckle and held the small girl's hand then, the child was delighted.
The little girl noticed Misao, who was smiling at her. Suzume smiled back and waved her hand, "You are pretty, oneisan."
Misao rolled her eyes and sighed. "You too, kid!" she said, holding up a peace sign. Suzume smiled back ang let out a soft giggle.
Then, Yumi and Megumi came out of the bathroom with their faces pampered and make-up filled. As they saw whom Kaoru was talking to, they smiled at the visitor and sat down on their seats.
Yumi noticed the small child and also the flower that Kaoru was holding. "That's a cute flower, Kaoru." Yumi said. Then she looked at the cute child that was staring strangely at her. "And that's a cute child too."
Suzume made out a wry face, about to cry. Then, tears formed in her eyes as she pointed at Yumi and Megumi. "Waahhh!!!" she cried, "....y-you are...!!!" The child pounced on Kaoru's lap as she kept on crying. Genzai sensei was surprised at Suzume's reaction towards Yumi and Megumi. The two felt anger rose to their cheeks but yet they tried to calm down, their opponent's just a small child. Not a monster.
Genzai-sensei gave out his most sincere apologies to Suzume's attitude towards Yumi and Megumi as he carried the crying child from Kaoru's lap. He bade goodbye to the group and then he left the restaurant.
Kaoru and her friend's eyes followed Genzai-sensei exit the restaurant. There were a few fans that ate outside the restaurant, after all, Kaoru is famous.
Minutes later, their order came and they started eating. Their order was served with a few vegetables and a special soup. As they ate, they kept on talking about the flower...the flower that Suzume gave.
"Kaoru, you keep on staring at the flower as if you've never received one!" Yumi joked, sipping at her drink.
Kaoru looked at Yumi and stuck out her tongue playfully to her.
"Hmm...I think dear Sano doesn't give you any...want me to say that-" Megumi was cut off when Kaoru spat out, "Shut up, Megumi! At least I didn't like a nerd!!!"
"What nerd?!" Megumi replied, wiping her lips with a napkin, "He's cute!!!"
"Ha! Yeah right!" Kaoru scowled back, playfully. It was Shinta they were talking about. Megumi liked Shinta when she first saw him and when she found out that the red head was her classmate at one subject, Social Studies.
They all laughed.
After their conversation, Kaoru paid the bill and called her driver to pick her up. It was almost night already and the restaurant will close in an hour. She asked Tsubame, her sister, if she wants to go home with her but Tsubame resented.
"I'll just call one of our drivers." Tsubame explained.
Misao, Yumi and Megumi called their own drivers and in a few minutes, their drovers came. They bade goodbye to Kaoru and Tsubame as they left.
Kaoru sat on their table as she waited for her driver to come. A few customers said hi and asked for autographs or pictures, Kaoru gratefully accepted their offer.
Then, her limo finally came. Kissing her sister on the cheek, she bade goodbye.
She approached the exit and searched for her sunglasses in her bag then she put then on. The guard that was having his duty outside the restaurant escorted her towards her limo, letting theirselves squeeze into the crowd of fans that blocked their way.
Finally, Kaoru was inside the limo and then she quickly pushed the lock of the door, obviously locking it.
The limo made its way out of the fans as quickly as it could but careful not to hurt any.
Kaoru sat peacefully at her seat as she removed her glasses. She gave out a heavy sigh and then she searched for her cell phone as she placed the glasses in her bag. She felt some thing soft inside her bag, she pulled it out, it was the flower that Suzume gave her.
"You are beautiful, Kao-nee."
The child's voice recalled in her mind. The message was soothing and relaxing.
She has received many messages from many persons or many fans about her appearance but Suzume's was very different. It was sweet and innocent unlike the others, they shouted it and held it up on banners every time she would appear.
She carefully placed the flower in her back and then got her phone.
Kaoru dialed her father's number but then there was no answer. 'He must've gone overtime.' She thought.
Then, she dialed Sano's cell phone number.
A sweet message was first heard then started a sweet conversation. Kaoru curled a strand of her hair around her fingers as she talked back to the person she loved.
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