How could you?

By Auraluna

Disclaimer: Obviously I Don't own the characters of Haruka and Michiru. But I do own this story.

(The quotations mark a dialogue if this dialogue is in italics it means that Michiru is talking to herself.)

Chapter 2: Summer Blossom

The next morning Michiru was taking a nice and warm shower when the phone rang. She rush out of the shower shivering before answering.

"Hello? Who is it?"

"Morning … are you ready?" A soft low voice ask her.

" Haruka? Of course I'm not it's only 5 past 8 a.m."

"Ah…Not in Tokyo" she replied sarcastically.

"What do you mean by not in Tokyo? I set my watch last week when I got here."

"Did you change it to daylight saving time last night?"

"Crap!"

" Ha ha I guess by your silence you did not, so shall I wait for you in the lobby?"

"How thick can I get?" "No…. come upstairs I'll be ready in 10 minutes.." "Why did you say that? That's not truth…"

"mh….ok"

Miraculously she managed to slip in a light dress and a pair of pumps by the time Haruka knocked the door. Haruka came in looking sparkling and handsome (Doesn't she always?) she was wearing a very hip gray and black Vuitton suit with a white silk shirt and expensive looking Ferragamo boots.

"Good morning Miss Kaioh"

"Good morning Miss Tenoh" (Here comes the grin again!)

"Don't call me that!"

"Isn't that your name? How I'm suppose to call you?"

"Just Haruka"

"Fine then you should call me Michiru, could you please wait while I finish up myself?"

"Why? You look really good…."

"You're kidding me right? I haven't even brush my hair yet!"

"Well you know I like things wild and wet…..

Michiru's smile froze up, and she tried her best not to look puzzled. "What the….?""Take a seat please"

35 minutes later, while Haruka's stomach roared Michiru appeared with a nice hair do and some day makeup, she also change her dress to a blue chiffon one and matching sandals.

"So how do I look?"

"Mh I don't know….

"What? I look amazing don't I?" " Ah?"

" Hunger stops me from thinking….. (Obviously a little drop appeared on Michiru's face, you can't blame her Haruka has a rare sense of humor.) Come on get off that face it's a joke!"

" Oh…. Ok shall we go?" " Strange girl, I like her though" Finally they arrived to a fancy looking café after a 10 minute ride during which the conversation turn around Haruka's hunger and her incomprehension of Michiru's need of taking 35 minutes for a hair do.

After fulfilling her appetite (4 round to the buffet!) Haruka began a nice chat."So how long are you staying in Tokyo?"

"Hopefully a couple of years, that's of course if I can keep my spot on the orchestra"

"I'm sure you will, everybody sucks…."

"Oh thanks…"

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't meant you…. Your really sensitive"

" No I'm not, you're rude that's what happen…"

"Oh taking about rudeness! Not that face again your going to get wrinkles Michi I'm joking"

Trusting strangers definitely wasn't Michiru's thing but as the minutes went by she found herself trusting Haruka her story. She was born in Kyoto, heir of an ancient Geisha's blood stream, her parents story was simple and romantic and a bit tragic; her mother, Miyuri, a Great Geisha herself abandoned her carrier and married Sechiru Kaioh a nice wealthy man after just seen him once. She used to say it was "love at first sight", after a few years of happy marriage the couple died in a mysterious car crash accident, these unfortunate events left a 7 year old Michiru at the hands of unscrupulous relatives than in less than a year sent her virtually broke and abandoned to a border school which lucky for Michiru her parents had paid years before.

In that school Michiru continued her violin studies which she had began at the age of 3 guided by her father, even though she made good grades and never got enemies Michiru never had a real friend before, she used to hang out with popular girls but see never get to intimate with them so eventually after leaving the school she never saw them again. After finishing high school she won a scholarship in a prestigious music school and after graduating she was offered the position in the Tokyo City Orchestra and there she was.

" …So that's really all"

" So I'll assume you got no relatives in Tokyo"

"That's correct"

"Where are you going to live, I mean you cannot stay at the hotel forever"

"Oh, of course not I've been looking for an apartment but everything here is so expensive, I scanning the papers for a roommate or something…"

"Really? I thought you were a loner"

"I won't say that I have some trusting issues but I'm completely normal you see…"

"Right, so what kind of roommate are you seeking for?"

" Mh… she must be polite and not very loud, of course she must clean her own mess, and it would be great if she could pay must of the rent ……

"Anything else?"

"You're making fun of me again!"

"Oh no, I don't make fun of pretty girls."

"She's definitely making fun of me" "If you say so…oh look at the time I must continue my apartment search before my 5 o'clock practice, maybe we can lunch again sometime….."

"Don't go I think I know some roommate for you"

"Really can we go now?"

"Yes, let's go"

After insisting on paying the bill( to Michiru's embarrassment) Haruka drove toward fancy neighborhood. "Your friend rents here?" " I can't afford it!"

"Some thing like that" They pulled over a Victorian Mansion surrounded by rose bushes and fountains.

"We are there yet? Your kidding this place is so gorgeous!"

"Wanna come inside?"

"Yeah" "you can't afford don't forget" "You got keys to these place?"

"Let's say I'm close to the owner" Smiling at Michiru, Haruka open the front door to reveal an elegant an luxurious hall, every room was absolutely gorgeous but it seem a bit cold to Michiru's taste even though there where flowers on every vase and there wasn't a bit of dust the house looked inhabited. " So what do you think?"

"The truth?"

"Yes"

"I cannot afford living here, even with 50 roommates, I'm in a short budget." "Very very welfare like"

"But do you like it?"

"It's beautiful, but…"

"Don't say, just exactly how much could you pay?"

"Well if I make a huge sacrifice I might pay 300 or 400 bucks…" "Sacrifices? You should stop eating, anyway it's to little"

"and making no sacrifices?"

"Mh.. 200 bucks"

"Done"

"What?"

"You could live here by that price, this is my house and it happens I need a roommate"

"get out of here, 200 bucks? She's feeling sorry for me! I'll get no charity! But of course I cannot live in the Hotel for more than 3 days and it's the best offer I have…" " You live here? Is these your family house?"

"No, It's my house I live here by myself…. So what do you say?"

" I…. Well…"

"Oh but I must tell you there's another requirement to live here…."

"I knew it! Nothing so good"

"I need a roommate able to cook, you see I got a maid but she cooks dreadful.."

"That's it? Should I trust her? Like I've a choice…." " I can cook…."

"So it's a deal then, we could pick up your things at the hotel after your rehearsal, and…"

"Wait, are you sure? You don't even know me, what tells you I'm not a serial killer?"

"are you? Besides my aunt told me you got excellent references and I'm sure you won't stole the Picasso in the living room…or anything like that…"

"Picasso? Got a Picasso in the living room?" "How rich are you?"

"Oh of course not, It's a Van Gogh , the Picasso it's on the library, what mind of mine…what?"

"Nothing I'm just impressed, you do not seem to need a roommate maybe you could search for some other girl someone more…."

"I don't need another girl, you're demure and I like violin music so your practice won't disturb me, besides I don't spend many time here so you could supervise things, I believe you're dependable , I can't exactly say how but I've got the feeling that you won't deceive me, take the deal , surely you have no more options have you? Your alone, so I am…"

"Fine, If you are sure…"Haruka reached Michiru´s hand and shake it, the contact felt like silk but inexplicably Michiru's heart beat faster, never in her life she had felt attached to anybody with exception of her parents, and somehow the girl next broke her barriers in no time. But strangely she didn't feel scare, she felt warm and secure. What could possibly go wrong ? Even if the roommate situation cracked there were many apartments to look for and perhaps this could be the beginning of a friendship, a real one…..

(I really do not know if daylight saving time applies in Tokyo, but it's a really horrible way to save electricity –specially if you've got 7 o'clock classes- that consists on moving the clock an hour ahead during a few months during the summer)