Disclaimer : I do not own the characters , they belong to Naoko Takeuchi , except if the names of some characters aren't familar to the ones of the show then I do own those characters but well..that's just random.

Summary : Michiru is a rich girl who has lived her life being someone she was taught to be ,but what happens when life suddenly makes an unexpected turn , causing her to meet the love of her life...Haruka/Michiru

Chapter 14

Now you can't hide or lie

Haruka hung up the phone while taking a deep breath. She just had Setsuna on the phone who told her she wanted to talk to the blonde after the vacation which had officially started today. Haruka was the only one left in the school building much to her own pleasure. She didn't like all the noise the teenagers made in the halls or all the yelling from the football players who were yelling and screaming as if they won an official football match instead of just a training game they had won.

She took another deep breath before getting up from the chair she was sitting on and started heading towards the door. She wanted to say her goodbye's to Michiru before her lover would leave to her parent's house. Somehow she secretly wished she could come with Michiru just to see the smaller girl but she knew that would never happen. Michiru was too shy to tell her parents she was dating another female, let alone stand taking Haruka with her. With that thought Haruka opened the door. She had planned to say goodbye to Michiru with a smile not with a frown. But just when she was about to close the door behind her she could hear her phone ring. Who was calling at this time of the day? It was past five in the afternoon already.

For a moment Haruka was about to just leave it like this and leave but something told her not to go and just to pick up the phone. She decided to obey as she walked back into her small office and picked up the phone.''Haruka Tenoh speaking, how may I help you?'' She asked ,not even bothering to sound nice or polite.

''Hello..'' Came an unknown voice. ''This is Michiru's mother speaking, i'm looking for Setsuna Meioh.''

''She's not here at the moment, she went on vacation two days ago, someone else took over for her but i'm afraid he's not here anymore either.'' Haruka answered a bit more aware of the fact she actually had Michiru's mother on the phone.

''In that case, if you won't mind. Could you come over this week. I know this might sound a bit weird and rushed but i'm actually a bit worried about my daughter's well being. She is not the type of girl to go to a public school. No offence ofcourse but...''

''I don't mind..'' Haruka suddenly interrupted the woman without any hesitation. She was wondering why she had agreed to this in the first place. Maybe it was because she knew Michiru would have no other choice than to tell her parents but on the other hand she knew the smaller girl wouldn't like this at all.

''Great.'' The voice on the other side of the line came, the woman sounded pleased. She somehow reflected the blonde's emotions. Haruka was pleased as well. Finally she would figure out why Michiru was so secretive about her family and why she feared they would take her away from this school. Then again Haruka felt scared and attacked. The woman's voice had sounded so certain when she said a public school wasn't fit for Michiru.

(the next morning)

''Michiru don't be so foolish and get out of that bed. Okay okay I have to admit you went a little too far on miss blue haired nerd but she deserved it. She had no right of accusing you for all those things but you have to get up...You're leaving to your parents house in less than two hours and you still haven't packed...plus you have to say goodbye to Har...''

''Nao, I like you very much...Don't get me wrong.'' Michiru interrupted the blonde who stood in the doorway.''But please shut your mouth for just one second. I don't want to go to my parents and I certainly don't want to talk to Haruka so just leave me alone to die in peace.'' The blonde rolled her eyes at Michiru's behaviour. The smaller girl was acting like a little kid who had to see the docter or something like that. Besides, If Michiru didn't want to talk to Haruka then there had to be something terribly wrong. After all, Nao wasn't so sure that Haruka even knew what she had done wrong or why Michiru had been ignoring her phonecalls this whole morning.

With that the blonde closed the door behind her back and walked into Michiru's direction. The smaller girl still lay in bed looking up at the ceiling.''Michiru...you love her right? And don't say you don't know because your eyes tell me enough.'' The aqua haired girl just ignored her friend's words. She didn't feel like talking to anyone at this point.

One more time Nao took a deep breath. ''Listen you can't stay here forever feeling depressed. Haruka does love you and you love her. She's just afraid of losing her job and I think the same thing is on her mind..''

''What's that supposse to mean ?'' Finally Michiru said something.

''I mean..'' Nao explained. ''You told us you said to Haruka you didn't want to tell your parents about your relationship with her because you were afraid they'd tear you apart. Maybe Haruka took it the wrong way and now thinks you are ashamed of your relationship with her..''

''Bullshit...'' The smaller girl muttered. She was acting really out of character. ''Haruka knows I love her, she must understand how I feel...''

'' Well maybe she doesn't...don't expect too much.'' Nao whispered. It wasn't her intention for the other to hear her words but when she gazed down she could see Michiru stare back at her with a questioning look on her face. ''Listen Michi, you're a great girl but Haruka is..Haruka, I mean don't expect her to understand everything you say at once. She needs time to let your words sink in. And besides that, I'm sure you haven't told her about your situation with your parents...Have you tried to explain why you are scared they will tear the two of you apart, have you tried to show her how sorry you are for making her feel like this...Have you ever heard of something called, TALKING to your lover?''

At once Michiru sat up giving the blonde a cold glare. ''What do you know about talking? You always fix things with your fists and you like Alexx but you are too selfish to let her know how you feel, you are too blind to understand she cares for you too but she's afraid of you...you wanna know why?'' Michiru yelled back at the now crying blonde. Michiru's words somehow hurt her in a way she couldn't explain.

''And at this moment Haruka may not know how I feel because of her. I don't know why I am here talking to you instead of her but I do know you are not the person to tell me what to do about my love life when you are just as foolish as I am..'' Nao nodded at the others words as she stood up from where she was sitting not bothering to look at Michiru anymore.

''Fine, I'll talk to Alexx tonight about my feelings for her but now you have to pack your stuff and call Haruka. If you both keep it up thne at this rate you'll need therapy before you even get married.''

''Who says I want to grow old with Haruka, she's just a silly crush of mine...nothing serious.'' The aqua haired girl hissed.

''If you really think that's the situation between the two of you...then why are you sitting here on your bed feeling depressed over the fact she may not really love you and be upset over it that maybe, just maybe she would choose her carrier over you?'' With that asked Nao walked out of the bedroom leaving a very confused Michiru behind. She knew Nao was right but she simply didn't want to believe it. She loved Haruka there was no doubt in that but, would Haruka feel the same about her? And until she would find that out Michiru would just continue pretending Haruka was just a crush and nothing more.

''Nao is right you know.'' Suddenly a voice came from the door which hadn't been closed completely by Nao. Shocked Michiru looked up at the black haired girl who stared back at her with two sad brown eyes. ''If you really think Haruka is just a crush then why are you acting like this? Besides that, I know you didn't mean what you said in the first place, but sitting here won't help you Michiru, if you really want to be released from all these questions, go talk to her. If you don't do it now you won't see her this whole week and who knows what she's going to do in the main time? Wait for you ? She won't...and you know it. She will expect you left her and move on with her life.''

''Go away!'' Michiru yelled not even bothering to reply Alexx and with that she threw a pillow at the girl who ducked away. Both her roommates were right. She had to talk to Haruka because their relationship could get in serious trouble because of this. With that thought on her mind she rolled over and reached for her cellphone. She gave it two more minutes thought before she finally dailed her lover's number in the hope Haruka wouldn't pick up the phone. She didn't know what to expect. Would Haruka be mad, angry or plain nice ?

''Tenoh...'' A voice came causing Michiru's heart to skip a beat.

''Ruka...it's me, Michiru. Uhm I was wondering if we could talk.'' The smaller girl said trying hard to hide her nervousness.

She could hear Haruka sigh at the other side of the line. ''Not now, i'm busy but we can talk tomorrow, or any time this week for that matter.'' Michiru shook her head which ofcourse the blonde couldn't see.

''Haruka I already told you I was going to my parents this week, I can't cancel...'' But she got cut off by her blonde girlfriend.

''I know, but i'm going with you. I'll see you there.''

''Huh...''

''Let me explain.'' Haruka said, she was obviously amused. ''You mother called the school, she wanted to talk to Setsuna about your stay at this school but as you know, Setsuna isn't present this week so your lovely mother invited me over to talk about your well being.''

It took Michiru a couple of minutes to let the blonde's words sink in. Haruka was coming along with her? Haruka would be there when michiru would face her parents after a few months of being seperate? ''A-and you agreed ?''

''Yep.'' Was the short answer but it was enough for Michiru to make her blood boil. She couldn't believe Haruka had agreed to something like that when she knew Michiru didn't want her to meet her parents. Not because she was ashamed of Haruka but because she was aware that if her parents would find out by just looks Haruka was giving Michiru or the other way around, they would send their daughter to a school for troubled childeren.

''How could you Haruka ? I hate you!'' She had totally forgotten about why she called her lover at the first place. She didn't even care anymore, if Haruka would try anything while she was with Michiru's parents she would be in deep trouble. The smaller girl knew she wouldn't be able to ever forgive Haruka for this. She knew this would end up wrong, she knew that after this week she would lose Haruka for good.

''Michiru don't be so angry about this, I swear it wasn't my intention to get inviting, your mother just asked me out of the blue. I couldn't deny could I ?'' Okay ofcourse that was a lie since she had said yes right away but she simply didn't want Michiru to be mad at her for this. Although Haruka had to admit, Michiru's reaction was a bit...too much.

''Ofcourse you could say yes, since when do you care about saying no to a girl, you seem to be pretty good at that!'' The smaller girl defended herself. She knew Haruka was lying, she just knew it.

Haruka took a deep breath. This was going into the wrong direction. Michiru was really close to making Haruka lose her temper and that was something they both couldn't afford at the moment.''Michiru calm down, I know you are upset but don't you think you are overreacting. Your mom invited me to talk about you and your coming to the school. She isn't inviting me to ask me about my intentions with you or how many times I slept with you already.''

The smaller girl blushed at that but decided to ignore that last sentence. ''Haruka how the hell can I calm down, what if my parents figure out about us? They'll get me off this school and they will make sure I will never see you again, is that what you want?''

''No ofcourse not.'' Michiru was really pushing her right now. ''Michi listen, this is a good oppertunity too if you think about it. Maybe your mother will like me for some reason if I play nice with her, then if you ever decide to tell her about us she won't take it too hard.'' Haruka wanted to applaud herself at that point. She didn't know where all those lies came from but whatever it was they seemed to be calming her lover. After all it weren't complete lies, if Michiru was ever going to tell her parents about her relationship with Haruka then atleast they would know her and maybe even like her. It depended on how Michiru's parents really were.

''Haruka, I do have the intentions to tell my parents about us but not yet, not now we're having some issues. I mean if they would try to break us apart and we're already having some problems then..''

''Wow wow wow.'' The tomboy interrupted her girlfriend. ''What kind of issues, are you still talking about how I got a little angry about you not wanting to tell your parents about us because...''

''And that's exactly it.'' This time is was Michiru interrupted the other.''You didn't even notice how i'm feeling at the moment. I'm talking about us and not be able to kiss or even touch in public because you are my teacher...'' She could hear Haruka sigh on the other side of the line. Was it really possible Haruka hadn't seen that little fact as a problem?

''Michi I know that must be hard for you but it's only for a few months, after that you can kiss me wherever and whenever you like. But if you really feel like my job and my status is going to be a problem then i'll find someone else to take over. Kim-Che owes me anyway.'' Haruka answered in a soft tone. She had her idea's about Michiru being bothered with something, she just hadn't known what it was exactly. Until now ofcourse.

'' A few months, promise ?'' The smaller girl's voice came. She sounded uncertain and scared as if she was afraid Haruka would never want to let anyone know they were dating or as if Haruka was ashamed of Michiru.

''I promise...'' Was the reply. Haruka obviously had calmed down a bit but Michiru's heart was still racing. She wasn't angry with Haruka anymore but she was now afraid of what would happen next. Were her parents going to find out about her and Haruka and how about Nao and Alexx, could they ever forgive her for the way she had threathened them? After all, the past few days she had been a terrible friend to them.The same counted for Ami and Makoto, when she would get back from home the first thing she was going to do was make up with all of them.

''Ruka, i'm sorry for what I said earlier, I don't hate you.'' Michiru apologized. She knew Haruka was going to forgive her but that didn't change she was feeling guilty for saying it.

''That's alright love, I know you didn't mean it. People say things they don't mean when they're angry.So what do you think, shall I give you a lift to your parents' house?'' The blonde finally asked.

Michiru gazed up at the clock on the wall before she went wide eyed.''No there's no need for that, my parents will pick me up. Well I think they'll send Rei our maid to get me but with other words, I already got a ride but you can ride along with us if you like.''

'' No thank you.'' Haruka said in a dramatic tone of voice. ''I'd rather drive myself.''

''Well I need to hang up now, I still have to pack my things.'' Michiru whispered. She really didn't want to hang up or go to her parents but what could she do about it?

''Okay, I have to go anyway too, it'll take me forever to find the right place.''

''Just look for the big house which has written ''filthy rich'' all over it. It can't be hard to find then.'' Michiru joked causing Haruka to laugh.

''It can't be that bad.''

''Wanna swallow poison to that ?''Michiru asked. Haruka just told her she'd pass and would wait with her judgement. ''Good, i'll see you tonight then. Have a save trip okay?''

''You too.'' Haruka whispered. It wasn't really what she wanted to say but the words, those three simple words just didn't seem to get out of her mouth.

''And Haruka...?''

''Mhh ?''

'' I love you..'' The smaller girl whispered. This was enough to make Haruka smile even when she heard the click her phone made saying Michiru had hung up. But that didn't matter because after today she was sure Michiru loved her.

Michiru took a deep breath. Okay she had said it, it hadn't been the first time but she had said it. The only thing that was bothering now was Jack. What would she do if her parents would have invited Jack too. She had to tell Haruka about her engagement herself, if her blonde lover would hear it from anyone else it wouldn't be pretty.

To be continued..

Thanks for all the reviews I got so far, i'm glad you still enjoy reading this story though i'm sorry it takes so long to update, but as many of you must know...it's hard to update during the vacation while being busy with so many other things at the same time..anyway let me know what you think. And i'm still using another computer so I can't check my spelling or grammar..Also In the next chapter Haruka will find out about Michiru's engagement and she won't handle it too well...