Forbidden Love
Eps. XVIII
"Mikoto!" Mai shouted letting go of the now wet and wrinkled picture and chased after Mikoto. Of course, Mikoto halted her steps when her name was called by the teen, but she didn't turn around fearing if she does she will faltered from her decision to keep Mai out of danger. "I-if you truly love me like you said, then you will not walk out on me." Mai said in a shaky voice due to her bursting anger. "I…" Mikoto paused taking in a deep breath to maintain her composure. "I never loved you," her voice was cracking but she hoped that Mai was angry enough not to noticed it. She pushed the wooden doors open, it somehow felt heavy this time around. She put on a pair of sunglasses before she turned around to face a shocked Tohkiha Mai, keeping the pain in her golden eyes hidden behind the dark shade as she mounted the bike. "Good-bye Mai…" Mikoto repeated once more before starting the bike and shifted it into gear.
"You're lying!" Mai shouted as she knelt down placing one hand on the ground, determined to not let Mikoto leave her. Learned from Mikoto during that camping trip, Mai sent spikes from the earth up right at Mikoto. If you do not love me, then you will dodge this. Even though she had no intention in hurting the person she loved, Mai was left with little choice in proving to both Mikoto and herself that the teacher still loved her very much. Mikoto was caught by surprised, but she didn't dodged the attack as it impaled her bike and her left thigh letting her dangled in midair.
It was a frightening scene to see as blood gushed out and quickly stained the pants, while the rest of the family looked on in shocked and dismay. Who would've known that Mai had mastered such a powerful spell without so much using an incantation of any kind, it was a spell that not even the Grand Master could master without a lifetime of training and even that only two to three people had ever mastered the spell. Mai put her shoes on and took off, running her best toward Mikoto just as the spikes slowly withdrawn back into the earth.
Mai caught Mikoto just in time, "You would've dodged it if you didn't love me, you're lying and I hate you. I hate you so very much, do you know that?" "If you hated me so much, then why are you hugging me?" Mikoto asked her voice ragged leaned on Mai's shoulder for support. "Because my love for you overrode everything else," Mai replied turning around so the two would be face-to-face. "I love you Mikoto, and if you run away I will keep on chasing after you until I caught you in my arms." Mai professed once more, but this time in front of her entire family as she stood on her toes and kissed Mikoto's passionately. "Mmm…" Mikoto answered as she parted her lips to deepen the kiss with the teen while leaned down slightly and wrapped her arms around Mai's waist to kept her in place.
"I love her father, and I will not let you decides who I should be with." Mai said calmly after she pulled away from Mikoto's hot lips. "I do not care if it's forbidden by the High Council or anyone, today's world isn't so old and close-minded anymore father. Love know no boundaries, I loved her as much as she loved me if not more. This is my decision to be with her, no matter what path she decided to tread on I will be right there by her side. I apologize for not being the daughter that you had wanted me to be, but I will not throw away my own happiness just to please you." Mai said bowing deeply at her parents. "Takumi, I'm sorry but we must part so soon just after seeing each other again. Remember that nee-chan will always love you." Mai smiled kindly at her only brother. "But the next time we meet, we might be enemies…" Mai paused smiling a faint smile remembering Mikoto had said the very same thing to her not so long ago. "By then, I hope you do not hesitate when going against me." Mai smiled one last time as she turned around with Mikoto limping slightly leaning on her for support.
Now we would all think that Mikoto would be able to heal herself quickly and wouldn't need to be helped by the teen, but unfortunately for Mikoto was that she had given up almost all of her nanonite to Nao just nights ago and now she's nothing more than a mere human that might as well bled to death if her wound isn't properly cared for. "That was very brave and bold of you," Mikoto said heaving in a breath of fresh air after they had gone a block away from Mai's home. "I'm just doing what I have to to be with the person I love," Mai replied calmly maintaining a blank expression on her face. Mikoto stopped walking, and Mai also stopped and gave her teacher a confused look. "I'm starting to lose feelings of my leg," Mikoto murmured letting go of Mai's shoulder and just flopped down on the sidewalk while putting pressure on the wounded leg. "I'm sorry, I forgot all about it..." Mai apologized as she got down and looked at the blood-soaked pants. "Don't worry..." Mikoto sounded a bit hoarse. "I'll teach you a secret healing technique, since I can't use magic I cannot heal the wound myself and the nanonite within my body isn't enough to regenerate the cells." Mikoto explained smiling softly at Mai. She slowly took Mai's hand and placed it over her wound, "Just concentrate and repeat after me. Madra patra daruka dia." "Madra patra daruka dia..." Mai repeated after Mikoto, just so her hand glowed a warm aqua glow giving Mikoto a warm and fuzzy feeling as the bleed ceased and the wound slowly closed up and vanished like it was never there in the first place.
With her brand new vehicle trashed so soon after she bought it, Mikoto felt like sulking but didn't as there are other things on her mind (though Natsuki would sulk if her bike got trashed like that). Together, the two looked for a secluded place to stay in for a day or two before heading back to Fuuka or to Tokyo as that's where the HQ of the High Council is at. "S-sensei, I don't think this is a good place to..." Mai trailed off as Mikoto looked at the screens in front of her before she stepped over and inserted her card into a vending machine, chose the room number and a set of keys dropped down. "Well, what's wrong with it?" Mikoto give the teen a quizzical look. Mai had to wonder if Mikoto was teasing her or seriously didn't know what kind of hotel this place is, "Well, for starters... This... this is a place where people go to do it." Mai looked very flustered, and a puff of smoke could probably be seen escaping her head as her face looked as red as a ripe tomato. "It?!" Mikoto asked with a raised brow as the two headed to their room. "Um... this and that... behind closed bedroom door..." Mai really couldn't believed the fact that her teacher didn't know what it means. "So does what we did last night considered this and that behind closed door?" the feral girl asked really didn't have a clue as to what Mai was so flustered about (she's really dense). "Ahh... I'm going to take a shower," Mai let out a frustrated groan and headed to the shower as soon as they got inside their room.
"Man, my bike..." Mikoto finally sulked over her brand new bike. Looking out the window at the darken sky outside, the weather was supposed to be sunny but it seemed that nature had other plans. Suddenly her phone ring and brought her out of her sulking state, "What is it?" "How did the meeting with the future in-laws goes?" Nao's voice filled over the line with a hint of amusement in it. "Shitty, how's things at your end? Haven't you got the rings and got down on one knee yet?" Mikoto said calmly. "That's as cliche and lame as that crazy dog, but I asked her and she said yes. Though not sure if she mean yes in marrying me or yes in the sex was great." Nao ranted. "Okay, that was something I didn't want to know. But you asked her to marry you after you two had sex?!" Mikoto asked as her eyes got big and round in desbelief. "Wow, that's just... disturbing... in a good way." Mikoto paused. "But right after sex is a bit mess up, she was probably in cloud nine when you popped the question. Which means, she totally didn't picked up half the words you said to her," Mikoto chuckled. "Oh shit... dammit..." Nao started her string of cursing. "Relax, just take her to watch the sunset and hold her in your arms and asked her again, it's romantic and only slightly cliche. She'll think you're the most thoughtful person in the world and cried in your arms and nodded her head," Mikoto adviced. "Good idea, though I'm not sure if I want to take advice from someone who haven't got some lovin'..." Nao laughed over the line. "Laugh it up, anyway, tell Yukino that there's a change in plan. Later," Mikoto said and hung up the phone just as Mai come out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her.
Mikoto left the phone on the table next to the bed and went to took her shower, and her phone vibrated as Mai went to closed the blinds. Curiously she reached over and took the phone, as it turned out to be a text message. Mai couldn't help herself as she took at peek at the message, knowing full well that she shouldn't be snopping around but her woman's intuition told her otherwise. "Hey sexy, I heard you got hurt on the job. Why don't you take a break and spend sometimes with me? Call me. Love~Aya," Mai looked steaming angry, as jealousy boiled over within her. First was the kiss between Mikoto and Nao, then with Shizuru, and now someone called: Aya, Mai practically wanted to know how many other women did her Mikoto slept with or had a fling with.
Mai played cool when Mikoto come out in her t-shirt and short, silence filled the room as Mikoto checked on her phone in case Yukino called and read the message. "Hey baby," Mikoto said in English with a slight British accent. "Hey sexy, how's it going? Things had been quiet here, so we're just having normal jobs like everyone else," a feminine voice streamed over the line. "Same over here, I've just been traveling around a lot." Mikoto laughed. "Oh, haven't settled down yet? Come over here and I'll introduce you to some very very hot ladies," the person on the other line giggled. "I think you're a fine lady yourself, except for the facial hair. Heard you and your man finally tied the knot, I'm sorry for not able to make it. I bet it was one hella wedding," Mikoto said sincerely. "Hahaha... yes, anyway... just checking up on you. Oh, I think my man is calling me, talk to you later sexy." The conversation ended abruptly as it had started and Mikoto placed the phone back and lied down on the bed feeling exhausted and completely forgetting that Mai was there also.
"Sensei, we need to talk." Mai said coldly addressing Mikoto as a teacher again. "Hm?" Mikoto opened her eyes and stared at a very angry looking Tohkiha Mai. "Why did you told me that you're not seeing anyone when you clearly are?" Mai said controlling herself from lashing out at the feral girl. "Hm?" Mikoto didn't get it but realized it soon after. "Oh, that's my uncle's previous student. He just got married to his long time boyfriend," Mikoto explained as she got up and walked over to the closed blinds. "Honestly, Shi-chan and I dated for a few years, but we done nothing more than holding hands. For a while, we did think of our future together until our grandparents decided to married each other. It was kind of a relief actually, because we're so much alike in certain aspects that it's disturbing. Shi-chan found the person she could fully give her heart to, and they eloped soon after they met. Took her a few years to gather the courage to ask for Shi-chan's hand in marriage, and I'm happy for both of them. Sometimes, Shi-chan lost her mind worrying about that fact that maybe I still haven't moved on since our breakup," Mikoto paused for a moment. "Which usually ended up in the pages of her books, I sometimes wished she didn't took me or the others as reference for her stories. Shi-chan is the great Kiyohime-sensei when she didn't have to deal with all the mess from the High Council," Mikoto heaved a sigh at the mention of the High Council.
"Oh... ohh..." Mikoto suddenly realized something else as she whirled around to look into those amethyst eyes of her student. "You were jealous, weren't you?" Mikoto asked snickering at the teen. "I-I was not!" Mai shouted feeling really embarrassed. "Admit it," Mikoto teased as she closed the gap between them. "Never," Mai said stubbornly. "Okay, guess I'll go find me someone who will then," Mikoto said shrugging her shoulder and about to walk away. Her attempt in leaving was only futile as Mai grabbed her hand and pulled her into a hug, "You're mine, so don't you dare look for someone else." Mai threatened the feral girl as she dug her face into the girl's chest hiding her jealousness and anger. "Possessive aren't we," Mikoto stated as she hugged the teen back crushing their bodies together. That action along loosen the towel the was wrapped around Mai, as the teen haven't got a chance to changed into her clothes yet.