Chapter 2

The Reveal

Author's Note: It's been far too long since I wrote this. XD Buuuut…with a little *ahem* I'd say encouragement from my very good friend, Mike Powell, I was able to write this final chapter. Yep, it's just two chapters, everyone. I can't write Girlfreind Beta even if I wanted to since this isn't as popular as I thought.

A-anyways, please continue to enjoy it.

Early the next morning, Chloe and Kokomi wake up at the same time, still a little nervous about what they were about to do. First off, they need to come out to Kokomi's parents before coming out to Chloe's father. Doing it in front of Kokomi's parents isn't a problem. It's just that they were very nervous about how Chloe's father would react since the French Blonde cutie was paranoid about it.

But they know that they would always support each other no matter what the circumstances. After getting dressed in their school uniforms, they look at themselves in the mirror and put on determined expressions on their faces. They take each other's hand and squeeze it firmly. With a slight nod, both of them head downstairs toward the kitchen where her mother is cooking breakfast and her father is sitting on the chair, reading his newspaper. After saying "good morning" to each other, both Chloe and Kokomi exchange determined looks, swallow hard and nod.

"Ummm…excuse me?" Kokomi squeaks. "I-I want to tell both of you something really important!"

"Hm? What is it dear?" Kokomi's mother asks.

"W-well ummm…Chloe and I…well…" the soft spoken brunette taps her fingers together nervously. "It's….it's about our relationship and….well…"

"Haha! You're going to tell us you two are going out?" Kokomi's father asks, looking up from his newspaper, making the gymnast and French girl gasp.

"Eh…EEEEEEHHH!?" Kokomi and Chloe shout at the same time.

"Ehehe! It's kind of obvious you two are so close to each other," Kokomi's mother explains. "I mean, you talk about Chloe-san almost every day and bring her over to your home since you became friends with her."

"And your expression seemed like you like her very much," Kokomi's father adds. "So, your mother and I came to a conclusion that you two are in love with each other."

"So then…?" Kokomi cannot believe it.

"Mm-hmm!" Her mother says with a smile. "Your relationship is okay with us."

Chloe and Kokomi want to jump for joy. They can't believe it's THAT easy for them to accept them. At least they got that out of the way for now. Now all that's left is to tell Chloe's father. But that's the hard part since Chloe mentioned that she's never seen any other lesbian relationships before, especially at her own country. Chloe thinks about it as she sits down to eat her breakfast while Kokomi exchanges glances at her girlfriend. She knows that Chloe really needs the support when coming out to her father like this. It can be very frightening for them actually. Chloe is not sure if she can do it.

After breakfast, the two of them wave good-bye to Kokomi's parents and they head to school together. But during the ride to school, Kokomi notices that the French girl is looking down at the ground, clutching her school bag nervously. The gymnast comes closer to kiss her on the cheek.

"Eh!? K-Kokomi?" the blonde squeaks.

"I want you to know that I'll always be there for you," Kokomi says softly. "Remember what I told you last night?"

Chloe looks at her girlfriend, but turns away. "But…but…I'm still afraid. Just thinking about it makes me not want to do it."

"Chloe…" The brunette understands where she's coming from, but they cannot let this slide until they actually try. She takes her hand in hers with a determined expression on her face. "Listen, I know it's very hard for you, but we have to come out sooner rather than later. We cannot hide this forever."

"I know…I know, but…"

"I'll be by your side, no matter what." Kokomi embraces her.

"Oui…" Chloe mutters as she returns the embrace. She has no choice but to go with what her girlfriend is saying. The gymnast is THAT determined to come out to Chloe's father.

Classes come and go throughout the day. Chloe and Kokomi concentrate on their classes like the good students they are the whole school day. However, Kokomi is lost in her thoughts while the teacher is giving lectures. Like how she will come out to Chloe's father and such. This is indeed hard for her, but it's not like her to give up so easily.

On the other hand, Chloe needs some advice to cool herself down. She knows her girlfriend is willing to stay by her side forever, but the nervousness is getting to her. She in fact is planning to meet someone by the school gates during lunch break just to make herself feel better. Though, she might take her girlfriend with her to meet that person. It's a close friend of hers that's from her own country and they used to contact each other often. However, due to that person's busy schedule, they never talked since.

But Chloe still has that person's number, so she texted her not too long ago and she received a reply right away. It makes her super excited to show Kokomi that close friend of hers. So right when lunch time comes, she texted Kokomi to meet her by the school gates immediately. She trots toward the entrance, while looking around for a certain limousine that will be coming around in a few minutes.

"Chloe!" Kokomi's voice calls out from behind her.

The blonde cutie turns around to see her girlfriend trotting towards her and then embraces her. "Kokomi! You're just in time! The limo's going to come around any second!"

"Huh? A limo?" the brunette tilts her head in adorable confusion.

And speak of the devil, that said vehicle hovers over toward the school gates and the door opens to see a handsome butler walking over to open the passenger's door. A leg sticks out and out comes a beautiful girl with long blonde hair, wearing a white short dress with white knee high heeled boots and white fingerless gloves. Kokomi is in shock to see this girl that pretty before.

"Who…is that?" Kokomi whispers to her girlfriend.

"Ehehe!" Chloe trots over toward the other blonde who smiles at her. "Meet Emilie De Rochefort! Her friends call her 'Lili'! A close friend of mine who is rich and from my country! We haven't really contacted each other in a while, so I thought I'd bring her here."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, little cutie~!" Lili says with a giggle.

"Eh!? Close friend?" Honestly, Chloe has never mentioned someone like Lili before. "But…why is she here?"

"Well…ahaha…" Chloe rubs the back of her head nervously. "I-I just needed some advice to cool myself down. The nervousness was getting to me too much."

"Eh!?"

"Y-yeah. Weird isn't it?" Chloe glances at the rich girl beside her.

"N-no! I mean, that's was unexpected, but…"

"Hahaha!" Lili stifles her giggles, putting the back of her hand to her mouth. "Pas besoin de t'inquiéter, ma chérie. (No need to worry my dear)."

"Hey! Ne l'appelle pas 'ma chérie' (Hey! Don't call her 'my dear'!) Chloe counters.

"Désolé" (So sorry~)" Lili says. "Quoi qu'il en soit, quel semble être le problème?" (Anyways, what seems to be the problem?)"

Kokomi just stands there, sweat dropping as the two of them speak to each other in French. She feels a bit left out of the conversation since the two were talking amongst themselves.

"I have no idea what they are saying…" she mutters to herself.

Once they are done, Chloe turns to her girlfriend with a smile on her face. "So sorry, so sorry! Lili here actually has a girlfriend of her own. Her name is Asuka-san! And frankly, she came out to her father since her butler, Sebastian, is sooooo open~!"

"Mm-hmm!" Lili nods in agreement. "It's no sweat. But seriously, little Chloe needs to have faith in herself. If you want to come out to your father, all you need to do is not only have faith in each other, but yourselves as well. I know it's not easy, yes, but believe me, I had the same problem. Especially when coming out to Asuka's parents." Lili walks over toward Kokomi and smiles at her while petting her like a puppy. "Take this from me, mon cher. No matter how hard it is, no matter how nervous you'll be, always have faith in yourself."

"Th-thanks…Lili-san!" Kokomi says.

"Yes, thank you very much! I feel a lot better talking to you~!" Chloe says.

"It's no problem. I'm very glad I got to see you, little Chloe~!"

"You do know that I'm a year older than you…" the other blonde pouts.

"Hahaha!" Lili stifles her giggles with the back of hand once again. "I just love teasing you cause…tu es trop mignon (you're just too cute~)" She twirls around elegantly with her long blonde tresses swaying gracefully from the movement, plus her skirt fluttering as well. "Eh bien, je ferais mieux d'y aller. Au revoir (Well, I better get going. Bye!) With that, she gets back in the limo, closing the door and the vehicle drives away.

"She said she has to get going," Chloe says. "Anyways, I feel a lot better thanks to her. What do you think?"

"Ah, I-I feel better too," Kokomi replies. "She's a nice person!"

"Yeah? Y-you could say that. Though, knowing her, she's just very spoiled and arrogant," Chloe pouts adorably while crossing her arms. "It's kind of hard to deal with her on a regular basis."

"I-I see…" Kokomi sweat drops. "Anyways, lunch is almost over. We should head back before the bell rings."

"Good idea!"

**Later**

Finally when school is over, Kokomi and Chloe meet each other by the school gates again and they walk together. But they are on their way toward Chloe's home. They wanted to come out to Chloe's father as soon as school is over, just to get it over with. They've been hiding their relationship long enough. Chloe takes a few deep breaths as she keeps on walking while Kokomi gently squeezes her girlfriend's hand with a reassuring smile.

15 minutes pass and they arrive at Chloe's home. The French girl takes a few deep breaths again and proceeds to enter.

"Father, I'm home!" she calls out.

They arrive at the living room where her father is sitting on the couch, watching television.

"Oh, welcome home, honey," he says. He turns down the volume as soon as his daughter enters the living room to give him a hug and kiss on the cheek. "How was your day?"

"It was fine," Chloe replies.

"That's good," he says. "Say…is something the matter? You have a pained expression."

Chloe looks back at Kokomi, who nods with a reassuring smile again. The French girl turns back to her father and steps back.

"F-Father…" she says. "There is….there is something important I need to tell you."

"Okay?" her father raises an eyebrow.

Chloe lets out a couple deep breaths and takes Kokomi's hand. "We…Kokomi and I…we're going out! I'm a lesbian, Father! Ever since she found our family photo I dropped and returned it to me, I fell in love with her. I can't help it. Father, please forgive me if this may be all weird to you, but this is who I am. I love Kokomi with all my heart. I am not going to lose her if you won't accept it."

Both she and Kokomi shut their eyes tightly, awaiting Chloe's father's reaction. However, they hear no yelling or screaming. Chloe opens one eye to hear him chuckle a little while shrugging.

"So?" he simply says.

"EEEEEEEEHHHHH!?" Both Kokomi and Chloe were shocked. Him too?

"Wait, wait, wait!" the brunette steps forward. "That easily? That's the same reaction I got from MY parents!"

Chloe's father gets up from the couch and pets his daughter like a puppy. "Listen, I really don't mind you going out with a girl, Chloe. Did you know? We French people are well known for being….sexually liberal. Why, I remember this one time, by the time I was your age, I already had two boyfriends and one girlfriend. Ohhh the things we did together...especially one of those boys and his wife years later...oh, and this other devilishly handsome younger man I met once...ohhhh I still dream of everything we did, especially when his sister joined in and-!"

"Father, please, stop! Stop! I'm going to need therapy after this! Mérde!"

"Hey, language, darling!"

"...sorry."

Kokomi is surprised as well from his tale. Were they REALLY that sexually liberal as he says? Not that she knows anything from France, but she is trying to wrap her head around about people's culture. And that's including French people.

"So…the point is," Chloe's father clears his throat. "Yes, I fully accept your relationship, darling. There's no need to fret over how I'm feeling about this. You know you can always talk to me when something's bothering you right? We talked about this hundreds of times."

"Yes…I guess you're right," Chloe says, fighting back tears of happiness. "Thank you, Father!"

Kokomi smiles and bows. "Yes, thank you so much, Mr. Lemaire!"

"Hey, hey! Let's go celebrate! We can invite Erena and Fumio as well. I heard THEY are going out as well~!" Chloe suggests.

"Great idea!" Kokomi clasps her hands together happily. "We can make reservations at a restaurant! I'll go make them right away! It's nice to see you again, Mr. Lemaire!" With that, she waves good-bye while whipping out her phone to make a call.

But before Chloe leaves, she turns to her father with a raised eyebrow. "...Father...does Mother know about these... ahem ...escapades of yours?"

"Huh? Ah, oh oui! Yes! She absolutely does. In fact, she and I still keep in touch with some people. Sometimes we go out and get together with them and~"

"Kokomidearlet'sgocelebratenowbyeFather!" Chloe speaks so fast that she runs out the door, slamming it closed.

Mr. Lemaire just chuckles and puts his hands in his pockets, staring at the door.

And by that time, Kokomi finds herself sweat dropping with a nervous smile while Chloe is rambling, mixing Japanese with French and it makes it hard for her to keep up.

A/N: Thanks for the idea, Mikey! So sorry it took so long! Hope this meets your approval. And…that cameo was all my idea since I didn't want to rush things. Random, I know, but I wanted to do that.

With that out of the way, it felt really good to finally finish this even though it's 2 chapters long.

Have a nice day~!