I'm very very sorry for the hold up on this story… but I'm back/ I just finished my exams, so as what I promised, I'm writing this fic just after my exams. I hope I do not lose all the ideas I have in mind.
"Ara… I didn't expect you to see two here also…" Shizuru talked to the two of them. Shizuru's voice was normal, so I guess its something good. Opening my eyes, the bright sun pierced into my eyes causing tears to build. "Who…" "Shh… It is someone we know." Slowly opening my eyes, I look at Shizuru. "Who is the "someone" we know?" I asked. Shizuru just smiled.
"Just turn your head around Kuga-san. You'll know who we are then. By the way…what's wrong with your head?" The familiar voice said. Pissed, I laid my attention towards those two anonymous people and I was shocked. 'What is this? A reunion day!?'
"What… Chie! Aoi! What are you two doing here!?" I asked disbelieved.
"Hmm… why don't you rephrase it? What are YOU two doing cuddling together? Hugging Fujino-sama's arm like a pillow and sleeping on her shoulders? Chie asked back. Feeling my temperature shot up I replied, "I asked you first." "Can't it be obvious?" Aoi answered. "Peeking on Tokiha-san again?" Shizuru said giggling. "Unfortunately, we decided to stop peeking on Mai's relationship with Tate or Mikoto." Chie said shaking her head.
"What's with them? You were always the one who wanted to know about Mai," I said. "They are merely useless. Tokiha-san still has not made up her mind on who she really loves. Its either she leans to Tate, or Mikoto. They are just getting complicated. We decided to leave them alone." 'She still hasn't made up her mind? She was crying when Tate died.' "So… can you tell us why are you two doing here?" Shizuru asked in a polite matter. "Well… we'll be frank. In addition, I hope both of you tells us the truth also." Chie said. Shiruzu turn to look at me, asking for the permission. Looking at my lover, I only stare at her back. I don't agree on telling them but… what if they can help like Midori? Leaning towards me, Shizuru whispered into my ears. "Let's just tell them before they tell my father about this. I'd rather tell them then them blindly goes to ask my father which… only brings us disadvantages." "They wouldn't…" I tried to protest but Shizuru cut me short. "You won't know right?" Feeling uncomfortable, I laid no attention to Shizuru, Aoi nor Chie.
'What if the things that Shizuru said comes true? What is going to happen if they asked Shizuru's father… Maybe we should just tell them. However, I still do not want to tell them… and again… I don't want to lose Shizuru…' I thought while Chie and Aoi were waiting for my answer. 'Blah! Fine, it is better to tell them! I'd rather lose my pride then losing Shizuru!'
Turning towards Shiruzu, I gave her an immediate nod of agreement. Shizuru smiled and turn towards them and started telling them. I was too tired to follow up with the story; I almost fall asleep standing. Realizing that I was tired, Shizuru said "Natsuki… why don't you sit down and rest for a while? You look very tired," She offered. Without any further encouragement, I agreed. My head were too heavy to think. Immediately, I sat down, rested myself towards the pillar, and closed my eyes while Shizuru sat down beside me. Pulling my head to rest on her shoulders, I went back to my previous position. Hugging Shizuru's hand, resting my head on her shoulders and closing my eyes, ignoring the teasing and giggling from Aoi and Chie.
They started talking and every sentence replied, asked, and answered acted exactly like a lullaby song.
Dream…
"Shizuru, which one of these curtains suits our bedroom more?" I asked while scratching my head. "I was thinking on Blue. What do you think?" I continued. Circling her hands around my back and pulling me into a tight embrace from behind, She started planting kisses on my neck. "Shizuru… curtain first." I said while holding on her hand and closing my eyes, enjoying her warm embrace while waiting for her answer.
"Pulrple." Was all she said "Purple? Why…" Shizuru cut me short saying, "I'm not done talking yet." Smiling, I pulled her hand down and turn towards her. Looking at Shizuru with her usual smile, I felt excited. Shizuru leans down planting soft kisses on my lips. From a slow and soft kiss, we ended up with a passionate kiss. Leading the way, Shizuru laid me down the bed and continued her assault. Her kisses turned into touches, filling me up with pleasure and love. Her magnificent hands worked magic on me.
It wasn't long when our bedroom is filled with love scent. Both of us lay on the bed filled with sweat. "Purplish Blue…" Shizuru said before hugging me. "That's… a great idea, Shizuru." Shizuru giggled, "It was our favorite colors." Shizuru said.
"I'll get one later." "Don't bother to rush, love. We got plenty of time tomorrow. Let's just stay close today…" I smiled upon her words. "Tomorrow it shall be…" I said before planting kisses on her lips.
"Let's get to sleep. Your handy work drains all of my remaining energy already." I said. "Ara, I thought you were willing for me to "explore" you." Shizuru replied teasingly. "Shi… Shizuru!" I shouted embarrassed. She hugged me tighter and said I love you before both of us falls into a deep sleep.
End of dream...
"Natsuki? Wake up… it's already 1 hour and 30 minutes. Natsuki, honey…" The voice of an angel slowly woke me up from my slumber state. Refusing to wake up, I cuddles beside her. "Mo… Natsuki, if you keep on like this, I think my father is going to assign people to come after us and it'll just take a moment for them to reach here! Now wake up or I'm leaving you here!" Shizuru commanded.
Instantly, I jumped out of my position. "Okay! Let's go!" I said in a hurry pulling Shizuru's hand. "Wow… those words really are magic, from the sleepy and refusing to wake up Natsuki, turned into a highly energetically Natsuki. I'm impressed." Chie said. Shizuru and Aoi laughed forcing my face to turn chilly red. "At least I'm not as energetic as Tokiha's Cat! Her cat was overly energetic; she goes jumping and running like a cat!"
"You mean you're not energetic? Does that mean Mikoto wins?" Chie said in her expert style. "NO!" I shouted. Shizuru and Aoi just kept laughing. Unable to withstand their laughing I asked backup from Shizuru but all she said was "Ara, it was interesting to watch you like this" which only made me redder.
"I'm just kidding Kuga-san. You two better get going before your father catches up. I'll write a letter faking that Fujino-sama is invited to a party at Kagoshima and Natsuki already agreed on going there." Chie said. "In that case, your father won't know who wrote the letter which means we are save and they'll think that both of you ARE heading to Kagoshima." Aoi continued. I was in a complete shock just by hearing what they said. 'They… are going to help us?'
"Oh… god… Thank you…" Shizuru said as her tears started to build. Realize that I should thank them, I said "Thank you Chie… Aoi. Thank you very much. You won't know how much this means to us."
Chie smiled while Aoi walked towards me. "Here, take this. After you reached Tokyo, I don't think your going to be staying there since your plan was to withdraw money. So I think our house would help you to rest for at least a day." Confused with Aoi's action, I took the present that Aoi offered. 'It's a key' I thought. "Aoi… this" "Don't worry. We have spares. Just leave the key inside. The door can be lock without the key. It's our apartment located in Ashikaga. Here's the address." Chie cut me short while passing me a piece of paper. Taking the paper, I asked "You two…" "Just like you and Shizuru. Only that our parents have approved us."
"Oh… And thank you. For your help." I replied. "Yes… Chie-san, Aoi-san thank you. I'm sorry to be rude or leaving early since we just got a chance to meet up, but I guess we should take our leave." Shizuru said in a sad tone. "Yea… you both have wasted enough time. Now get going." Chie hissed. Both Shizuru and I agreed.
We then left the rest house and headed straight to Tokyo. "I never thought they would actually help us…" I said to Shizuru. "Hmm… you have to thank me then." Shizuru replied. "Huh? What for?"
"Because I was the one who told them the story? And some additional ingredient." Shizuru said giggling. Laughing, I should have known that Shizuru was always a smart wiz.Shizuru hugging me lovely from behind, I couldn't be happier then this. Even though I'm skipping my college and knowing that I'm not going to return there to study. "Ne… What were you dreaming just now. It seems you really have a nice dream." Shizuru broke my thought. "Something nice." I answered. I smiled as I hear Shizuru giggle. "Am I included?" Shizuru asked teasingly.
"Always. It was a dream when we wanted to choose our bedroom curtian." After hearing what I said, Shizuru laid her head against my back. No words were spoken except the sound of the wind passing and the sound of the engine running. Suddenly, Shizuru started to hum our favourite song as I'm busy ridding the bike. "Shizuru… sing it. I longed to hear your singing." Shizuru kisses my back behind before straighten herself.
If you haven't changed your mind,
Soba ni ite hoshii yo Tonight,
Tsuyogaru koto ni tsukareta no,
Osana sugita no Everytime I think about you baby,
Ima nara ieru I miss you,
It's so hard to say I'm sorry,
Shizuru started to sing. It was Eternal Story. It reminds me of the time when we fought. We shouted at each other almost breaking up. We lied to each other just to keep our secrets.
Tatoeba dare ka no tame ja naku anata no tame ni,
Utaitai kono uta wo,
Owara nai story tsuduku kono kagayaki ni,
Always tsutaetai zutto eien ni,
The time when we shed our tears, hugging each other tightly not wanting to be part.
Memories of our time together,
Kesa nai de kono mama don't go away,
Atatakaku toke dashite tashikameru no,
Yasashisa no shizuku kono mune ni hirogatteku,
Setsu nai hodo ni I'm missing you,
Kasaneta te hanasa naide,
Times when both of us begged each other not to leave and times when both of us had to part for our own work.
Tatoeba kanau nara mou ichido anata no tame ni,
Utai tai kono uta wo,
Owara nai story taemanai itoshisa de,
Tell me why oshiete yo zutto eien ni,
Shizuru sang this song to me on my birthday.
Tatoeba dare ka no tame ja naku anata no tame ni,
Utaitai kono uta wo,
Owara nai story tsuduku kono kagayaki ni,
Always tsutaetai zutto eien ni,
It was Shizuru, who sang this song with tears and trying her best to smile. All our misunderstanding, all our angry and all our hatred were turned back to love.
Tatoeba kanau nara mou ichido anata no tame ni,
Utai tai kono uta wo,
Owara nai story taemanai itoshisa de,
Tell me why oshiete yo zutto eien ni,
This song recovered our relationship. This song gave us back our happiness today, tomorrow and forever.
Tokyo.
"Crowded as usual…" Shizuru said holding my hand. "Yea… this is Tokyo after all. Now let's head to the bank." I said and Shizuru agreed. We headed straight to the bank and it wasn't easy. People were everywhere and they do not even bother to give way. Not to mention a perverted person who molested Shizuru received a massive blow from me. "Any perverted man who disturbed Shizuru will receive the same consequences!" I shouted to the person while Shizuru tilled her head down; embarrassed while standing behind of me.
After we reached the bank, Shizuru wasted no time and withdrew a large amount of money, which she mentions as "not much" and split it into two amounts. Then we bank it into my two accounts. Making sure the amount are not suspicious, we had to go thru a very hard procedure, which took us almost 2 hours.
"Natuski… before I give this cards to the kids or who ever to use… why don't we head to a restaurant and get something to eat?" Shizuru gave an idea. Being a little caution, I look at Shizuru and asked, "If we use the credit cards here, your father will know the place we ate… right?" Shizuru nodded. "Then don't. We will use mine. I have some cash for us to eat some proper food." "But… We don't have to pay if we use our… oh… ara… how come I didn't think of it." I smiled at Shizuru's reaction and said; "because you were too hungry to think," Shizuru did not say anything except pinching my cheek.
We went to an old restaurant and ordered some Japanese set meals. "Ara... Natsuki, not going ordering you usual fried chicken?" Shizuru teased me. "No… not now." I said blushing. Shizuru laughed on my reaction. "Now that's my cute Natsuki." "Shizuru!" I shouted, as everyone looked at us when she said that a little too loud. Once we finished eating, we headed back to the inter-section and spotted a group of teenage. We approached them and Shizuru asked them some question while I take my action and place Shizuru's credit card and bankcard. It was lucky for us that I get to place those cards without them realizing.
Once done, I gave Shizuru an accomplish sign and we excuse ourselves. "Natsuki, wait." I stopped moving, look at Shizuru, and realize that Shizuru was taking out her phone card. "I'm not letting my father trace me by my phone," Shizuru told me her intension. Just after, she took out the phone card; she threw it to the back. "Okay, done." Shizuru said and I nodded. Before we could continue our way back to my bike, someone walk straight to us causing our hands to part. 'Shit!' I thought. When I turn back to look at Shizuru, my mouth dropped. Shizuru vanished from my sight. "No… NO! SHIZURU!" I shouted and I hurried to find her. "NATSUKI! NATSUKI!" was all I heard but she was nowhere.
"Natsuki!!" I heard her voice staring to fade. 'DAMN!' I screamed in my heart. Panicking, I started to follow where her voice came from but in the end… I lost her… I completely lost her. I failed hear her voice nor able to spot her. I don't want to give up. I do not even plan to. I kept looking. I went back to the parking lot and she was not there. Then I changed from the parking lot to the bank. The result was the same… She's not there also. My hands started to tremble and the mixture and scared, loneliness and anger started to grow. I searched every place. From the shop lots to the ally then to the roads and the place we ate just now. None... she's not anywhere.
Searching high and low, I found someone who looked like Shizuru. Filledwith relief and happiness, I don't want to waste any more time, I hurried there and pulled her hand. "Shizuru!" I shouted. The girl look at me dumbfounded. "Sorry? I think you're mistaken. My name is Shoiri Masakase not Shizuru." She said. Embarrassed, I quickly apologized. "I'm so sorry. I… um…-lost Shizuru so I… thought that you're her… I'm so sorry." The girl accepted my apology and left after wishing me to find Shizuru faster.
Disappointed, I continued my search. I started to go around the area again and this time, I started to ask everyone. However, the reply I received was "No, I don't see anyone like that.", "There's someone that pretty? Geez I must have missed it. Anyway, sorry, I don't see anyone like that" or "Stop disturbing us! Go away!" Depressed, I stood at the same place, pushed around by people as my mind went blank. Clenching my hand tightly, it started to tremble.
'This can't be happening…" I said to myself and my tears started to flow. 'No… please… Kami-sama… please… give me back Shizuru…' Exhausted and sad, I dragged myself to continue the search… I could not imagine my life without Shizuru…I walked all my way round and round the particular area for hours. In the end, I decided to go back to the place where I parked my bike to take a rest and think of a possible place Shizuru might be. "Fucking people… I will have kill them one by one if I have Duran with me" I said in a low tone while clenching my hand. Dragging myself to the parking lot, I sighed hoping I could see Shizuru there. But… the result was so disappointed I sat down as I put my both my hands on my forehead.
Flash back…
"Natsuki? Is there something wrong? I heard some sobbing so I… " Shizuru said as she pushed the door open. Shocked, I tried to hide my tears but I failed. "Natsuki! What happened? Why are you crying!?" Shizuru quickly came beside me and started to wipe out my tears using her thumb. I couldn't speak, I was crying too much I barely could speak. I said nothing and hugged her close, burying my head on her chest.
"Shh… tell me what wrong dear. Please, let me share your sadness, your problem." Shizuru said. I shook my head lightly, not wanting to tell. Shizuru didn't say anything, she just hold me close to her and kisses my fore head. I continue crying as I held on to Shizuru, wetting her shoulders. "Sigh…Come on," Shizuru pulled me to our bedroom.
She started kissing me softly on my lips and I look directly into her eyes. "Shizuru…" I said between sob. My heart was hurt; I covered my mouth and cried more. Shizuru pulled me into an embrace and stroked the back of my head. "Shh… please… stop crying… I'm here Natsuki, dear. I love you, you know I do and I always will" Shizuru said. Upon hearing this, I tilled my head up. "I…" I tried to explain but I choked.
"Don't rush dear, take your time." Shizuru said as she places her hand on my cheek. "I miss my mom… I miss her Shizuru…" Shizuru look at me as she wipes away my tears. "I… I saw children… with their mom… and… and…" Unable to finish my words, Shizuru hugged me. "Enough dear, let's just drop it. You'll be fine in the morning… and… I don't think your mom would want to see you like this Natsuki, dear…" Agreeing on what Shizuru said, I hugged her tighly as Shizuru kisses my forehead few times.
End Flash back…
Tears started to flow uncontrollable. "Shizuru… Where are you…? I want you now… Please… I'll…I'll do anything." I said as I hugged myself. Loneliness… was all I could feel… The day started to turn dark. Moreover, there's still no sign of Shizuru. I decided to stay beside my bike. Hoping Shizuru would find her way back to the lot. I continue to cry and felt so guilty to have let my guard down causing this to happen…
"NATSUKI!!!" My head shot up as I heard someone calling my name.
To be continuing…
Sweat… how is it? I hope it satisfies all of you… and thank you… for those who had patiently waiting this chapter… its shorter then chapter 4 though… / By the way, the song that Shizuru were singing was Eternal story from Yuna Ito. It's a really nice song.