Disclaimer: I don't own Chobits or any of its characters.
Cupids Bullet
Indifference
A/N: Thank you all for the reviews, and if any of you would be curious in what you would like the characters to do or anything like that, please feel free to e-mail me or anything like that with the ideas, thanks!
The scent of coffee ghosted over the bodies meshed together under the covers. Noku slowly opened her eyes as her leg wrapped tighter around the slim leg that was currently between her. "Yuzu-chan..." Noku said sleeping leaning against a hard chest.
Blinking her eyes open she tilted her head up from her spot in the bed and noticed Tsutomu looking directly to her, his face red hot. "N-Noku..." he said a bit flustered. Her face turned beet red, "I-..I'm sorry." she said her eyes scanning the bed, they were alone.
"Didn't she fall asleep between us?" Noku asked her face flushed. Tsutomu stood up suddenly seeing a body enter the room, it was Luna. Dressed in a plain white baggy long-sleeved shirt and accompanied by a long cerulean skirt. "Good morning." She spoke holding a tray with three cups of coffee and some sweet bread.
"It's not much, but I think it will do." She said as she put down the tray, her pretty clean nails shinning off the light from the room. The sleeves were long, almost covering her hand completely. Tsutomu smiled when she leaned over him to hand Noku a cup of coffee, giving her a plate of some bread.
Her scent, he wanted to reach to her and hold her close. This was Yuzuki, everything about her. She tilted her head to him, her blue eyes meeting his own. "Good morning Tsutomu-kun." She said in her usual gentle voice as she reached to give him a cup of coffee, while taking it Tsutomu's hand overlapped her own small ones. "Thank you..." he said tenderly to her as she handed him the plate of bread, finding herself a seat by the table next to the bed.
Tsutomu noticed her wince slightly when she sat. How hard did they treat her?...How roughly did they... He found her looking back to him, and smiling. He looked back into his coffee cup and blushed. 'I haven't felt like this in a long time...' He thought and smiled.
'Even with everything that's happened... I'm happy that she's back.' He thought and looked to her.
"So what are you planning on doing today, Yuzu?" Noku asked looking to her with a smile on her face. Luna smiled to both of them brightly, "Job hunting."
They both almost spit out the coffee. "Work? B-but Yuene you... l-look at what just happened! And you want to go out and get a job?" Noku shouted angrily slamming her cup down. Luna blinked to both of them, noticing the stares both gave her.
She smiled, "I love you both..." She said as they both blushed darkly, she stood up and crawled on the bed, nuzzling between them as they hugged her. "If you two are with me..." She said and looked to both of them, her eyes pleading, glassy.
"I know I will be strong enough to pull out of this." She said, as they held her. "Yuzu/Yuene-san."
After a silence they both gave a reluctant sigh. "So...you're not against me getting a job right?" Luna asked hopefully looking at both of them. Noku smiled, looking to Tsutomu, he too turned back to Luna and gave a warm smile. "No, we don't mind."
"Yes!" She cheered and hopped out of bed, "Wait what you are doing?" They both asked her, she turned to them and smiled, "I'm going to go ask her father." Yuene spoke smiling brightly. "You mean... your father." Noku corrected as Luna stilled.
"Hai. My father..." She said in a shy little voice, 'I'll show him what a real daughter acts like. I'll work hard and do my best to fit in. I can't let myself be rubbed down by Minoru-san.' She thought as she jogged out of the room, her body aching madly. 'Little by little, that's how I've always done things right?' She thought heading to her father's room, smiling happily.
"Mr. Yuene?" Luna asked as she knocked on the door excitedly, "I have something very important to ask, and I want to make sure that you're going to be ok with it." She said in a giddy voice. "It's about a job-"
The door swung open revealing a very angered older man; she stiffened noticing his angry glare. "You are NOT getting a job!" He shouted in her face, Yuene whimpered and wrapped her arms around the old man. "Pleeease?" She begged, "I promise I won't do anything rash, I want to work in a book store or something, oh please?" She asked him hopping in front of him.
"Mr. Yuene-"
"Call me what I told you to call me for Christ sake." He ground out. At this Luna covered her mouth quickly, "I'm sorry!" She exclaimed and bowed many times in apology, the old mans frown turned up slightly as he noticed her flustered. "Well?"
Luna smiled and leaned in slightly, her small form shrinking as she looked to the older man. "Please Father?" She asked with a smile. He chuckled, "No." Luna's look faltered as he tugged on his sleeve, "Don't be so mean to me, all I want to do is work a little."
"Why do you want to work if I offer you everything already?" He asked her not noticing the other body in the room, "Luna." Said a voice. 'Minoru...' She thought her body stiffening.
Luna's father noticed her eyes widen, her pupils go small. Her eyes begin to turn glassy. "So nice to see you, Luna." Minoru spoke, he walked closer to her. She felt his presence behind her, Mr. Yuene seemed annoyed. "I want to get that job father." Luna spoke to her father, completely ignoring Minoru.
Shocked by her actions, he noticed her eyes still. She was fighting not to cry, and reluctantly, he nodded. "As you wish." He spoke, and then received a kiss on the forehead and a hug by his daughter. "Thank you." She whispered as he stilled in shock. His emotions stirred as he held her back tightly.
"Luna." Minoru repeated as she heard his voice break slightly. As Yuene released her father she turned to Minoru, her eyes glassy while she turned, "Good Morning Mr. Kokubunji." Luna spoke as she bowed, refusing to look him in the eye. "You seem well." He told her as he noticed bandages along her neck and arms. 'That's right, you got hurt." He reminded himself coldly as he gave her a hard stare. 'And yet you manage to smile...'
"Would you like to have lunch with me-"
"Absolutely not." She snapped to him gently, "I would never think about dining with a despicable person like you." Yuene spoke to him her back straightening. Minoru smiled to her as she stared him down. "Despicable? What about you, where is that engagement ring you never gave back? All the money you've made me waste over you." He snapped at her reaching as he took her by the arm, she gave a pained wince.
She looked to him and smiled, "Then I shall pay you back every penny-"
"By taking your fathers funds-"
"Of course not!" She shouted as she shoved him away, "I will NOT take anymore of his money. He does enough for me giving me a roof over my head and letting me stay in school. I will work and pay you back every penny Mr. Kokubunji."
Then she stilled, "Oh!" She shouted and ran out of the room quickly, leaving both frozen stiff. "She acts differently." Minoru spoke as he heard yells come, Tsutomu charged into the room and gave Minoru a punch that directly hit his nose.
Luna rushed in holding a box in her hand, her eyes turned wide. "O-Oh my god!" She shouted as she stood in the middle of the two males. "Stop this!" She screeched making Tsutomu stiffen suddenly as she touched his arm, dragging him out.
Minoru's anger spiked as his hand touched hers. 'Why...' he thought as he noticed the box she was holding while Minoru touched his nose, good. 'The bastard didn't break it." He thought while he reached to grab him again, pushing Luna back slightly. She fell back, her back hitting the wall slightly; both men stilled seeing her slide down.
"Yu-..ene!" Tsutomu shouted as he went to her forgetting about his objective. Minoru blinked seeing Tsutomu kneel to her, his voice going low. 'Did he call that bitch what I think he called her?' Minoru thought as Luna was helped to stand. She did seem a lot smaller, her body, and her legs.
"I want to give you something back, Mr. Kokubunji." Luna spoke her voice strained as Tsutomu apologized repeatedly. She asked him to leave the room, and he did so quickly, red faced but before he left he reached to hold her tightly, glaring at Minoru as he gently held her, whispering something in her ear that he couldn't understand.
-there was that annoying tinge again. Why didn't he like it? He caught himself matching his glare when he left the room. She then looked to her father and walked to him, pleading with him to leave them alone; she was holding the box in both her palms.
Minoru became a bit disturbed when the father agreed and gave them nothing more than 15 minutes alone. With that he left the room rather angry and slammed the door.
Luna sighed and then turned to Minoru. "I have something to give you." She spoke and walked to him, "What is it? Another one of your slutty kisses?" He asked seeing her face crunch up in dislike, "Honestly is filth all you have in that mind of yours, Kokubunji-san?" She told him and handed him the box in her hand.
"This isn't much to you obviously, but I want you to know that after yesterday I've figured out that you are not the person I thought you were." She stated, Minoru chuckled and curiously took the box and opened it.
His breath halted when he saw the ring he had given her, along with all of the jewelry he had given her over the times they had dated. "If I could throw up all the food you've wasted on me, I would do that also." Yuene spoke her head bowed low, "I realize that you hate me with your all, enough to stoop so low as to pay to have me raped." She spoke and then straightened.
"I refuse to be near you anymore Mr. Kokubunji and I am aware that you want to be near me much less." She spoke and then folded her arms over her lap while she looked to him, 'Yuzuki's pose.'
"I assure you that I will do whatever I can to pay you back every cent, with my own hard work." She spoke being cut off by one of his laughs; this one was loud and mocking. 'I don't know you...' She thought as she looked straight in his eyes.
"What do you know about work?" He chuckled; he didn't expect her to genuinely smile back to him. "If a persacom can dedicate her all to serving one man. I am most sure I can do just fine." Yuene spoke, before he opened his mouth to say something else her words cut him short.
"After this conversation with you, I will never seek you again." She spoke. "I will have one of the girls wire the money to your account-" "Girls?"
Yuene nodded. "Yes, My persacoms."
'Luna never even considered the persacoms close to anything living before.' He thought as his eyes darkened, 'He would never be able to see himself in her eyes. He reached to her suddenly; an alien feeling entered him when she refused him to have him touch her.
'What?' He thought in shock, his hand still in the same spot where he wanted to grasp her elbow. She recovered her surprise with a quick bow, "Good-bye Kokubunji-san." She said before she headed back to out the door. He still stood there, mind and heart confused. Did his heartbeat actually skip a beat when he was about to touch her? His mind had recorded all of her movements, actions, and her rejection to him.
Even though his dislike to her appearance. He felt insanely attracted to her just being near him, a small annoying spark began to form as he watched her pace to the door, and his body began to ache when he finally saw her leave.
"Luna wait-"
"Good-bye Mr. Kokubunji." Came out Luna's firm voice as she left.
Before he could walk out the door to follow her, her father walked in, blocking his exit. "I think we should proceed on what we were talking about before, you want me to pay you back what she's supposedly stealing, correct?" Mr. Yuene spoke.
Minoru's face hardened. "Yes, she's stealing my money and wiring it into her account. I'm most sure of it." Minoru spoke while the older mans face turned quizzical. "That can't be possible." The man spoke, Minoru's anger flared. "What do you mean?"
"My Luna canceled her bank account today and for some reason opened another with the little bit of money she allowed me to give her. All the money in her previous account was wired to you that instant." He spoke making Minoru still.
"You mean... everything? All of her money?" Minoru asked as he looked to the open door way. 'But that's...a lot of money. Too much for her to be so selfless.' The old man laughed and shook his head, "She only gave half her fortune to you Minoru." The old man spoke, his eyes shined slightly. 'Figures for her to be that kind of person.' He thought, his mood going sour again.
"What did she do to the rest of the money?" Minoru asked, expecting an answer. "That's what baffles me about My Luna lately." He father spoke as he gave her a wide smile. "She donated it."
'She WHAT?'
"Do you know where she's going to go work?" Yuene's father asked the thought blue haired male. "No..."
'Some nude bar maybe, seems to fit her.' He chuckled to himself, His face turned pail when he told her. "Bookstore?...what?"
The older man smiled, "Yes, she also worries more for me now. Calls me often, we talk... I'm happy that I am able to get to see this side of her." Mr. Yuene spoke seeing Minoru stagger back, "I believe you have a restraining order against her." He said his smiled going wider. "Hopefully soon she will take note of this and file one against you too."
Why did the idea of that bother him so much? Luna would always bother him, stalk him. Force him to meet her...why was he so distasteful to her now? Of course he had to admit that she did seem a lot more attractive without pounds of make-up on her. Her body was a lot thinner, not bulgy like it was before.
Her scent, that's what was getting to him the most. That and her eyes... her body language, the natural grace she had managed to get within such a short time. He was fighting the urge not to touch her himself, but his memory showed him the bandages on her face, neck and arms.
He asked the father if he knew what had happened. She could sew him easily; have Minoru thrown in jail if she wanted to. 'Why in the hell did she say? She fell?'
"I still say your nuts Yuzu-chan." Noku's voice spoke, Minoru stiffened and hid behind the door. "I understand no matter what I do now won't convince him otherwise, I'm stuck in this body." Luna spoke and then ran her fingers through her hair. "The nerve she has of stealing his money, I had no idea she was doing such a thing with my body."
"Maybe we could convince people that you are-"
Luna covered her mouth with her palm. "No, you two believe me. That's enough for me," She smiled, "C'mon if you two want to come with me, I suggest we go try and get a job application for me as soon as we can." Luna spoke as she reached for her bag.
Walking out she noticed Minoru, covering her surprise with bow. "Good-day Mr. Kokubunji."
'So formal...' He thought before he reached to her Tsutomu blocked his hand, glaring at him as he followed behind her, Noku hopping out and closing the door. 'Completely ignoring me...'
'Is that really Yuzuki?'
To Be Continued.
