Disclaimer: I want them…sob… I really do…d'you think Naoko-sensei would let me have them for a day?
A/N : The words in Italic are the lyrics from TEGOMASS' Kiss Kaeri Michi no Love Song. I decided to put in some of the lyric coz they really match the situation (in my opinion XP). I got it from a friend of mine, and if there's any mistakes please tell me! This chapter is the most difficult to write, but I've tried my best and I make it long for you guys…XP. So, enjoy the last chapter!!
Be Mine Tonight
- Needless for Words -
The rain had come down hard as Michiru walked miserably back to her house, soaking from head to toe. She didn't even bother to stop by and take shelter. Her mind was in a daze, her heart was filled with the pain of guilt. Why does everything have to go wrong? Does God hate her so much?
As though seconding her statement, the rain fell even harder. You cant even see the difference between tears and droplets of rainwater. Everything was a blur in her eyes, a dull grey, just like what she was feeling now. Her eyes caught sight of the park near her house where Haruka kissed her that night.
Getting even more depressed every minute, she walked over to a wet bench and sat down with her face in her hands. The rain hasn't stop falling at all, yet the aqua-haired girl ignored it. Her sobbing and snuffling were concealed by the rainfall and other sound were blocked from her ears. It was just her, completely drenched, and the rain.
She cant see her way out of this mess. Maybe if she'd just forgot about Yuka, she could go back to Haruka and have their old relationship back, that sounds very tempting, yet the small girl knew better. She really care about Yuka and she doesn't want to lose her like she had lost Haruka a long time ago. If she had one more chance to talk to the brunette she swore she would tell her everything and, if it have to, beg for her forgiveness. She cant stand being left by another person she held dearly. Her hand reached beneath her clothes for the necklace that had her ring, given by Haruka. It was glinting slightly, as though trying to comfort her, telling her that everything will be alright…
"Haruka…" her voice were fairly audible thanks to the rain "I wish you were here…" she buried her face in her hands once more, leaving the necklace to dangle at the base of her neck. Faint vibrating came from her cell phone, but she ignored it just like she'd ignored the rain. Several moments passed silently except for the rain that got even harder if possible.
Suddenly rain stopped falling on her head. Startled, she look up to see a panting Tenoh Haruka covering her with an umbrella. Her face was pale and her back was all wet, so is her trouser that looked like had been drenched by mud. 'Did she came running here?' Michiru wondered to herself.
"What are you doing?" the blonde practically spat at her "I've been worried sick! You didn't reply any of my messages and you didn't answer my calls! Good thing I took a wrong turn and saw you here. Are you trying to drown yourself?"
Michiru stared silently up at those teal eyes which shone so brilliantly in the middle of the rain. They're full of concern, Michiru felt safe just by looking at them. Haruka had said to her once, that she'll be there whenever and wherever the violinist needs her. Michiru had always thought the racer was just messing around, but at this moment those thoughts disappear as she saw Haruka standing there, sheltering her from the rain.
"Michiru…are you feeling okay?" Haruka grew slightly worried when the smaller girl didn't answer her "how long have you been sitting here? Did something happen?"
Hearing Haruka speak so kindly to her made Michiru want to cry. She'd hurt the blonde so badly and here she was still caring for the aqua-haired girl as though nothing had happened between them. Flashes of her previous encounter with Yuka came to her mind as her eyes welled up with tears again.
"Haruka…" she stood up slowly, dropping her bag without a care as she went closer to the worried blonde "Haruka…!!"
The racer's eyes widened when the smaller girl had rushed to her and cried her heart out on her shoulder. But then her arm (other than the one holding an umbrella) went around Michiru, bringing her in an embrace.
"I'm so sorry…" Michiru croaked out "I've been very stupid…" she couldn't deny the truth any longer, she loved the blonde more than ever. Her feelings surfaced up as flowing tears as she told the blonde what had happened these last few days between her and Yuka and her true feeling towards the blonde. Haruka kept silent as Michiru told her everything, hiding not a single thing.
"I'm so stupid!" Michiru gave a big sob "I knew it was wrong, but I cant help it. I still love you, Haruka…I still do…"
A small smile appeared on Haruka's face as she stroked Michiru's head gently.
"I know…" she said, softly enough for the crying girl to hear "I know that since the beginning. But your high pride wouldn't let you tell me that…and being such a good friend that you are, I knew that you'll think about Yuka's feelings too…But you should be true to your heart, Michiru. Listen to what it tells you…face the truth. I know you're worried about Yuka, but you can't keep lying to yourself anymore. I know she'll come to her senses someday…" she pulled Michiru's face upwards and stared at her lovingly "then again…no one can fight love, right?"
Michiru let out a small laugh, but it soon fade away as Haruka's face inched towards her. And their lips met blissfully. It was different than the last time, this time it was sweet and wonderful. It brought so much warmth to Michiru, who was soaked and drenched in rainwater for about an hour. It was amazing how wonderful it felt to be kissing the blonde again. And Michiru knows, that with Haruka by her side, everything will be alright…
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Haruka helped the wet violinist got down from her car. After she met Michiru in the park, she'd brought the violinist (covered in her dry overcoat) to her apartment. Michiru had clearly stated that she doesn't want to go home looking miserable like that, so the blonde gladly brought her to her apartment.
"Nice place" Michiru said with a shiver. Haruka grinned as she unlocked the door "after you" she chivalrously let the smaller girl to go in first, before following and closed the door behind her with a snap.
"Michiru?" the blonde racer wondered again when the aqua-haired girl had stopped dead in her tracks. Following her eyesight she saw something that she was certainly not expecting.
Yuka was standing in front of them with a murderous look in her eyes; one of her hands was holding a knife.
"How d'you get in?" Haruka demanded, stepping in front of Michiru protectively
Yuka showed her a key, not leaving her eyes off Michiru "spare key"
Pregnant pause fill the air.
"I thought I told you to return my keys?" Haruka said rather suspiciously
"Yes, but I never did" Yuka was still staring hard at Michiru, who didn't dare to broke the eye contact "it actually comes in handy on several situations…like this one".
Michiru felt her eyes sting, the guilty feelings that had vanished during the kiss had came up again, slightly choking her for some reason. Haruka notices the tension between the two girls, she kept quiet as she knows that their fight was mostly caused by her. She didn't want to make it worse. Eyes wandering slightly, she realized a large chocolate cake was lying on her dinner table. Now she knows why the brunette was holding a knife.
"So…" Yuka said finally, breaking the silence "you finally won. Happy now?"
Michiru was desperate now "look, it's- it's not like what you think, I-"she clutched the coat tightly over her body in nervousness.
"I cant believe this!" Yuka cried at the aqua-haired girl "I thought you're my best friend!" her hazel eyes caught the glinting of the blue-dolphin ring on Michiru's left hand. In a painful rush she remembered that Haruka had one just the same. Her eyes wandered to Haruka's left hand and saw the same ring. Michiru followed Yuka's eyes and realized where she was looking at. Thoughts began forming in her head, but she don't know what to do. Haruka, on the other hand, was looking at Yuka with raised eyebrows.
Yuka's eyes returned to Michiru's hand which was still clutching the coat on her front "that ring…" she wandered closer to the aqua-haired girl. She took Michiru's left hand and held it up to her eye. Tears were forming there as well "I should've been the one wearing it!!" in anger, she use the knife to slash itself on Michiru's finger, as though trying to cut it off.
The aqua-haired girl cried in pain and shock as blood begin to trickled down her waist. In an instant, Haruka pushed Yuka off the violinist and the latter fell several steps backwards.
"What the heck are you doing?" the racer was angry now, this is way beyond the belt. She examined her lover's finger and almost cried in relief when she saw that it was still intact. It was a small cut, good thing she managed to push Yuka off before anything more happened.
"Are you alright?" the blonde asks Michiru worriedly, ripping some cloth from her shirt to stop the bleeding. Michiru nodded, but her eyes was still staring at Yuka.
"Yuka-san, please listen" tears were flowing down her cheeks now as she stared at her best friend "I know what I did was unforgivable, but still I ask for your forgiveness. I know I lied to you that day, but I'm going to tell you the truth now. I still love Haruka. Ever since that day I left Tokyo until now, I cant stop loving her. I tried to kill my feelings, but I can't deny it any longer, these past days had been very painful to me… I know you're mad at me, but there's nothing I can't do with these feelings…please understand…"
Yuka was staring at the 2 newfound lovers, it pained her heart to see them like that, especially seeing her best friend cried in front of her. But her heart is still filled with hurt and jealousy and rational thoughts were pushed far to the back of her head.
"I have something to say too" Haruka said suddenly "I tried to find the time to tell you, but I never found one. I'm a girl, Yuka. I'm not a man like who you thought me to be"
At this, Yuka's eyes widened in shock.
"It's the truth. I've always tried to tell you, but something always gets in the way" Haruka's eyes shown honesty that got through Yuka's angry hazel orbs "Michiru knows though, but she still loves me the same for all these years. I'm sorry for hurting you, but I cant stop loving Michiru. She'd been through lots of difficult things in the past just to save my future and I cant let her keep hurting by herself. I want to be by her side in every possible way and face everything together with her. If you want to be mad, angry and hurtful it should be to me. I was the one who cheated behind your back. She did nothing"
Several moments passed slowly in silence, Michiru's tears trailed silently down her face as its owner stared at the harassed brunette. Yuka's face fell as she stared to the ground, sobbing "I've been such a fool…" she said finally, Michiru's words echoing in her head; somehow it all makes sense now. Michiru's pains…she felt it too … why didn't she realized it before? These two are in love since forever, there's no denial in that. And yet Michiru is still able to let her go out with Haruka, it must be awfully hard for the aqua-haired girl. But she hid it all and still managed a smile for the brunette. Yuka can't help but to feel ashamed of herself. The sacrifices Michiru made just to see her happy with Haruka, and the brunette paid her back by hurting the aqua-haired girl.
"Hurting my best friend just because of jealousy…" Yuka continued again "I don't deserve to be looking at you anymore…"
"Yuka-san…" Michiru began, but the brunette shook her head to silence her.
"Death will be better…" Yuka raised the knife to her right wrist, Haruka and Michiru started giving out warnings, but the brunette ignored them. She only had her eyes on her wrist "…than having to live with this guilt!" with another sob she slashed her wrist open, cutting her skin and her veins as blood splashed everywhere. With that massive blood lost, her vision blurred and she fell to the floor, fainted.
Haruka and Michiru rushed quickly to the brunette "YUKA!!"
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Blinding sunlight shine brightly inside the white painted room. An old man was sitting in a chair beside a bed in which a brunette was sitting staring out through the window.
"Are you feeling better, Ojou-sama?" the old man asks as he put a plate full of freshly-cut apples on Yuka's lap. The brunette nod weakly, still looking pale to the incident the previous day. Her right wrist was bandaged heavily.
After Yuka's attempt of committing suicide, Haruka and Michiru quickly brought the girl to the nearest hospital, where she received urgent treatments right away. They both stayed through the night waiting for the brunette's family to come and found the family butler rushing to the hospital, saying that the brunette's parents were abroad.
"Tenoh-san and Kaioh-san left this morning before you wake" the old man informed Yuka "they wished you a speedy recovery"
Yuka nod silently, then her eyes wandered towards the calendar. Seeing 'January 28' brought a smile to her face.
"Ojou-sama?" the old man wondered what the cause of the sudden change of expression "is everything alright?"
"Yes" Yuka said smilingly, "everything is now alright" for then in her heart she knows that everything that had happened between her and Michiru has all been forgiven.
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1)Donna kimi mo, donna toki mo uketo meru kara..
Moshimo, kokoro ga kizutsuite namida koboreru toki wa
Haruka got out of the changing room with her racing suit in one hand. Her eyes caught the sight of a large shining trophy and a grin formed on her face. After loads of hours spent in the circuit, training hard for today's race, she felt contented looking at the shiny thing just beside her back. She remembered how she manages to pull out a tricky stun at that last turn and with every bit of luck, stepped on the pedal and zoomed towards the finish line grinning from ear to ear. The delightful roar of the crowd filled the whole place, making the blonde's ear to throb as she went to the platform to receive her trophy. Teal eyes scanned the crowds and found what they were looking for, a beautiful aqua-haired goddess standing there, glowing at the racer. The sight of her face raised the spirit of the handsome blonde racer as she brandished the gold trophy for everyone to see. The crowd roared louder than ever, chanting the winner's name. Girls swooning all over the place as Haruka tossed them the oh-so-charming trademark smile of hers.
"Ara…grinning to yourself in broad daylight isn't a good sign, Tenoh-san"
Haruka's grin spread even wider when she turns towards the source of the voice. Michiru walked towards her with a beautiful, beautiful smile on her face. Haruka suddenly realized that this was the first true smile she'd seen upon Michiru's face after their 3 years of separation. The aqua-haired girl stops a short way before the blonde racer, staring up at the handsome boyish face. It didn't take long before she was locked in by the deep bottomless teal eyes of her lover's.
2)Sekaijyuu wo tekii ni shite mo kimi wo mamoru yo
Wordless exchanges played back and forth, of love and longings. After months of repressing her feelings, the aqua-haired girl felt them all emerging at once. It was overwhelming to say the least; the weight of her own emotions prevented her from avoiding the inevitable. She didn't know that she was moving but when she realized it, she was dropping closer and closer towards Haruka, an inch away from meeting that inviting pair of lips. The blonde was so close; it would be so easy to close the distance between them. It was all so tempting.
She could feel Haruka's warm breath against her face, sending her heart into frenzy. Her own breaths had become shallower, as if she was afraid to breathe, fearing that she would disrupt the magical
moment. Finally, the blonde parted her lips slightly and brushed it softly against her beloveds. The kiss was respectful at first, but as they caressed their lips it , but suddenly exploded with all the yearning they suddenly felt for each other. The kiss represented all the right things. Forgiveness. Acceptance. Reassurance. Commitment. Their love shone bright and healed their emotional scars, washing away the pain, leaving their hearts beating as one.
Finally, reluctantly, their mouths parted.
"So…I never really get to hear your answer…" Haruka whispered into Michiru's ear, almost teasingly "what is it? Yes…or no?"
Michiru gave the handsome racer a playful smile "Do I really need words to say?"
Smilingly, they began to lean in for another kiss.
3)I love you, kotoba wa iranai yo
Kimi ga saigo no kissu itsuma demo…
A/N: After endless hours (ok, I'm exaggerating) I spent awake writing this chapter, finally this is the end. I want to thank you all of you guys that had been reviewing my stories!!esp. to: RaginFireDesire,LitaDelacour,Bound Dragon, petiyaka, Rushingwind, Urooj, Cogent, Amnesia Nymph, glowie, and all you out there. Honto ne, even a hundred thanks isn't enough…XP. you guys kept me going all till the end. I'm really satisfied with the ending and I hope you guys are too.
Lyrics Translations:1) No matter how you act, no matter when it is, I'll always keep a hold of you
2) If you're hurt and tears fall, even if everyone around the world turns into enemies, I'll always protect you
3) I LOVE YOU I don't need any words…your kiss is my last, forever…
- depression76