Broken Heart

Chapter 12 – Cinema Village

Disclaimer :

Haruka, Michiru, and all of the characters here are not belonged to me. I just borrow them for my story.

After about thirty minutes of walking, they finally arrived at the Cinema Village. The place was very crowded, many people walking around in miscellaneous costumes. Some of them wore Japanese costumes, while the rest wore costumes from other countries like European nobleman, countess, knights, scary characters, and many more. The Cinema Village was providing costumes for the visitors; in fact, they must wear costumes to take a walk in there.

Rei tried to find her way through the crowd while yelling to the others "Wow, so the rumor that I heard about this place was true. This place is so famous for the visitors"

"It seems to be that way." Ami tried to find her way behind her while trying to fix her glasses and finally she held onto Rei's shoulder to help her get through "Rei, could you lead us to the costume rental place? I can't see clearly in this crowd"

"Okay…"

Meanwhile, behind them Michiru squeezed between the crowd, she tried her best to get through, but she couldn't do much because she only can use one hand. Eventually she was pushed backward until suddenly Haruka came from behind and held her on the shoulder.

"Geez, we even can't get through the front door this way. Come on, we'll go this way" Haruka circled her right hand around Michiru's waist and took a different path from the others. They walked through a small alley until they arrived in front of an old house. There was a board with a writing 'Rental' beside the sliding door. "I guess this is the place where we must rent the clothes…"

"Yes, I think it is…. "Michiru look over to her waist, to Haruka's hand which circled around her waist to be exact "Um, Haruka, I think you should let go your hand or the others will think that…"

"Huh? Uh, so…, sorry, I, didn't realize I still kept my hands there" she released her hand and turned to her left while blushing heavily.

"It's alright. I know you have good reason for it, you wanted to help me back there, don't you?"

"Well, yes…" Noticing the smile hat Michiru gave her, Haruka gulped and finally she asked "Does this means you're not mad at me again?"

"Mad? At you? Why?"

"Because of what Lauri said…, and how she acted to you at your house…, I thought…"

"Don't be silly, I am not mad at you. I understand that she is your lover."

"No, Michiru, she is not my…."

"Aah, finaly we're here. Hey, Haruka-san, Michiru, why you guys can arrive here earlier?" Unfortunately, Haruka's words were stopped because Rei and the others have arrived there. When Haruka looked at the group, she noticed how Lauri looked at her so she went to approach her.

"Hey, are you tired? You're sweating, here, use my handkerchief…"

But Lauri not even looked up to her; she just looked down and whispered "Why you leave me back there to go with her?"

"It can't be helped. She was hurt, so I have to help her to get through the crowd"

"Then, if I am hurt, will you help me too?" Lauri finally looked up, her eyes were red, she was in the verge of tears, and from her words, Haruka know that she was serious.

"Don't be silly. Come on, let's go in and pick some clothes, okay?" Haruka grabbed Lauri's right hand and they went inside the rental house while the others were watching.

"I think their relationship was serious, they even don't mind to show their passion in front of us. Don't you think so, Ami?"

"Rei, don't gossip about the others. Come on; let's find clothes for our self too."

(Inside the rental house)

Tsukichi picked a European knight costume from the racks; he looked around and yelled at the others "Where is Lauri and Haruka?"

Rei looked up to look around and her attention were back at the dresses in front of her "I think they already changed into their clothes in the changing room. Hm, I am confused, which costume I should choose?"

"Why don't you wear the miko clothes? It will look great on you"

"Don't be silly, Ami. You know I wore miko clothes almost everyday. I want to try something different. Michiru, what costume do you wear?"

"I want to wear this kimono. The pattern looks really nice, I like it." She was holding a light green kimono, complete with its obi and the accessories. "I think I will change my clothes now, where was the changing room?"

"Michiru-san, the changing room is here!" She looked to where Tsukichi yelled and she noticed there was three changing room at the room corner.

"There was only three changing room? And too bad all of it was filled"

"I think the one at there is empty. Why don't you changed first. I will wait after you"

"Really, Tsukichi? Don't you want to change first?"

"Well, I am fine. Ladies first…" The small boy just scratched his head while playing with his foot.

"Thank you. That was so nice of you" She headed to the changing room and stopped in front of it. The room does open a bit, but the lights were on. "Is this room really empty? Oh well" She just opened the door and went inside; suddenly someone placed his or her hand on her mouth and closed the door.

"Don't shout. Just keep quiet and I will release my hand, okay?" When the person saw Michiru nodded, she released her hand.

"Haruka? Why did you do… that…?" Suddenly her eyes was fixed at the bandage at Haruka's chest "Haruka, you're a gi…, mmph"

"I said don't shout. I told you that before, don't I?" She released her hands again and released her breath. "I think I should keep the door closed with this. I should have done this earlier when I knew that the lock was broken. I am sorry, this is my fault too" she picked up a box at the corner and placed it before the door. "Now, where were we?" she looked at Michiru who pointed at her chest "Oh, yeah. About this, you know that my job is as junior racer, right? You see, when I was young, I have tried to become a racer, but they rejected me right away because I was a girl. Not long after that, Yamamura-san came to my house. He said that he saw many potential in me, but it's difficult for me to enter as a girl. So I have to disguise myself as a man, and now, here I am, as Tenoh Haruka, famous male junior racer. I hope you keep this as a secret, because this involves my career."

"Of course, I will."

"Thanks. Well then, I will look back. You can change your clothes there. This room is big enough for both of us. But if you mind that, I will go out first and…"

"No, you can stay here. Maybe I will need your help too to change my clothes" Michiru turned her back and hung her clothes near the door.

"Uh, okay" Haruka changed into her clothes, it was a samurai clothes. A sword as included in the costume set, made her looked like a real samurai. After she wore a bandana, she packed her pants and shirt and look at Michiru from the corner of her eye. "Michiru? Are you finished?"

"Not yet. Could you help me to tie this kimono? It's hard for me"

"Okay. Turn here now"

Michiru turned and handed her the small rope. She held the kimono together while Haruka tied the rope. Minutes seemed to pass like eternity, finally the tying process was done and now it's time for Haruka to place the obi. While Haruka was tying her obi, she could felt Haruka's breath on her neck. Both of them seemed to very enjoying the moment, but their moments were destroyed because of the knock on the door.

"Michiru? Can you change your clothes? I forgot your hands are still hurt, do you need my help?"

"Oh my God, it's Rei! What should we do?"

"Calm down. Tell her you can change yourself, she can wait outside the house and you will catch up later"

Michiru do as she was told and they waited until the voices in front of the room was gone. "I think its safe now to go out. Let's go"

The others seemed too gone outside the house. Only some staffs from the rental house that was inside the house. One of them approached Michiru and offered her a makeup as the facility for using their rental. So Haruka just nodded and go outside the house where her friends waited. Rei dressed as a pirate, Ami as miko, Tsukichi as European knight, Rin as vampire queen, and Lauri as European countess.

"The clothes look good on you guys"

"Thank you Haruka-san. Do you think I should wear this one eye blindfold or not?"

Haruka flashed her charming smile at the girls that passed her while answering her question "If you want to be looked like a real one, I think you should Rei"

"I told you so, Rei. Here, let me help you wear it" Rei handed the blindfold to Ami and she placed the blindfold at Rei's left eye. "There, how do you feel? Did it disturb you?"

"No…"

Haruka leaving their conversation aside and approached Lauri, who seemed disturbed by Tsukichi's effort to make a conversation with her. "Excuse me, Tsukichi, could you leave the two of us alone?"

"Uh, sure"

Haruka glanced at Tsukichi as he walked away, he tried to approach Rin, but she shot a death glare at him so he just sat down at a bench "Lauri…"

"You changed in the same room with her, don't you?"

"Yes, but how did you…"

"Know? Of course! The changing room is only three. One of it occupied when we arrived, so the rest is occupied by both of us. If you're not getting out from the room all the time, it means you're changing in the same room with her!"

"Lauri, calm down. Lower your voice, will you?"

"Hmph, so, did she know about it?"

"Yes, she did"

"And?"

"She will keep it a secret."

"So it means I am not the only one who knows about it anymore, huh?"

"What's wrong with that? I thought it would be easier for me if I could have more people who can understand…" But her words were stopped because of Rei's loud voice and she stopped to look at her direction.

"Sugoi, Michiru. You looked so beautiful."

"I agree with Rei, Michiru. The kimono looked great on you"

"Well, thank you, Ami, Rei" Michiru put on a sweet smile while walking to them. She sat down beside Tsukichi who couldn't get off his glance from her. "Is something wrong, Tsukichi-san?"

"No, No! You're per… perfectly fine…, I… I…"

Some American tourist stopped to look at the group and one of the females yelled "Aw, it's a Japanese princess with her knight! Can we take your picture?"

"Oh, okay." Tsukichi stood up and offered his hand to Michiru.

But the woman stopped him and pointed at Haruka "No, the princess is her. But the knight isn't you, but the samurai over there"

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Come over here. Now, please stand close to the girl and…., No, no, don't be so stiff. Hug her with a protective embrace. She is your girlfriend, isn't she?"

"No, she isn't…"

"Okay, one, two, and… three." There was no used to explain it to them, so she just hugs Michiru as she was told until there was a flash of light from the camera.

"Uh, Michiru. I hope you don't mind with that, I just…"

"No, I don't mind it." She shook her head and suddenly she realized something and headed to the tourist "Uh, Miss, could you send the copy of the picture to me when it was done?"

"Sure. What was your address?"

Haruka just watched as Michiru gave her address to the tourist. She seemed to be more open to other people these days.

"It was thanks to you, Haruka-san"

"Huh? What do you mean, Ami?"

"I know what you're thinking from how you look at her. She changed because of you, and I want to say thank you for that"

Haruka just kept talking with Ami, not noticing that there were two pairs of eyes watching her. Not one, but two pairs.

TBC

Author Notes:

Thank you for reading this far. This chapter is finally done. It took me a long time to update, but I hope you don't mind with it. I tried to update it sooner. But I have not been feeling well for about three days; maybe I was too tired because of the final exam days. But now I am fine, so I can update. By the way, the kiss scene will come up in the next chapter. I tried to put it in this chapter, but it would be needed to cut some scenes. So I decided to put it in the next chapter. Oh, in the next chapter, Michiru will get some trouble too.

Don't forget to leave a review for me, because it will boost my speed to write more, haha. Thank you so much.

Reviews response:

Kaiya Sara: Well, thank you. My girlfriend did ask me many times to update, but with the college activities, she needs to be patient before the next update. I am also sorry if you need to wait for it.

royal destiny: Here it is. I hope you enjoyed it.

miharu: Thanks for the compliment, and no, I can't speak Spanish. But I can understand it a little thanks to the website link that amnesia nymph gave me.

auraluna7: I wonder where you're gone for some time. But I hope you're reading my updates and tell me what you think of it. And about Lauri, I will need some chapters to get rid of her, so be patient, hehe.

sSojix: Wow, you're an amazing reviewer. Thank you so much for your reviews all this time. Sorry if it took me long time to update.

amnesia nymph: Hey, I wasn't hurt Michiru intentionally. Well, some part of it yes, but…, oh well. By the way, thank you for your support all this time. Oh, and about the kiss scene, I told you it will took two or three chapters from chapter 10, so eventually it will come in the next chapter. I hope you will be patient. And have a nice trip to London, send me some gifts from there will you? Haha, I am kidding

Angel2411: Hehe, sorry for the long time update

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Hi-Jinks: Hey, thanks, but please don't kill Lauri yet. I needed her for the more coming chapters, haha.

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