Facing the Takara residence Minami slipped in silently. Mrs. Takara had been very strict with her knocking, she just wasn't allowed to do it. Though it warmed Minami's heart to hear her claim her as family, it brought out the anxiety of going against the polite nature deeply imbedded within her very soul. She had made it routine to stop herself at the front stairs every time and remind herself not to knock.
She creaked open the door to see a hurried pink bundle of Miyuki tumbling around the apartment. Her hair was in a complete messy fray as she traveled, seemingly randomly, from one area to another. For a moment Minami debated merely slinking back out, coming again later perhaps, it just did not seem like a good time right now. But the option was quickly murdered, screaming in agony as it crumbled near instantly, as Miyuki set her panicked eyes upon her.
Oh the humanity...
"Oh oh oh It's simply terrible." Miyuki panicked, brushing her hair as quick as her clumsy hands could manage while talking at the same time. This apparently was a feat left only for the gods, as Miyuki, a mere moe mortal, was doing the exact opposite of fixing her hair. A curse Minami felt, would do no good when pointed out.
"Please Minami oh I hate to ask. But would you please wake John up? I'm late for my dentist appointment today and he's got training. I fear we may both wind up late if he doesn't move soon." She informed, her look pleading. With a slight nod of the head from her mint haired companion Miyuki was out the door.
Minami walked the hallway towards the guest bedroom. Passing the fancy paintings that hung nicely upon the beige walls, all perfectly aligned with one another. She stopped at the mahogany door, recalling perhaps, that a near stranger was in the room.
Her hand left its place inches from the doorknob, instead choosing a much safer path towards the door itself. There she knocked her knuckles softly against the door, being the quiet and timid girl she was it would be rather difficult to wake even the lightest of sleepers this way.
"John?" She whispered, knocking thrice more. She tried to do it harder than before, but was left disappointed. She tried mentally preparing herself. She couldn't over think it. She was just waking up John. Just John. A boy she had met the other day... Just the other day... A boy... "So much for not over thinking it." She sighed as she forced herself to just open the door.
The entire inside was pitch black. Minami could only stare at the doorway in horror as she gazed upon the boys room. Eye twitching at the diabetes inducing sweetness of the piles of stuffed animals. It was like Armageddon, sweet, fluffy, disastrous Armageddon.
Shaking the terror from her heart she snuck silently into the room. "John?" She whispered. Unfortunately the lump under the fluffy covers didn't budge. Instead it remained motionless, other than the soft, slow, constant rise and fall of his breathing. To Minami, who grew ever closer, it sounded like a tiny, sweet voice. Not the kind you got from a behemoth like John.
Curious, she reached out. Taking his shoulder in his hand and shaking it ever so gently. This earned her a tired girlish groan.
Sitting up Tsukasa rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes "Five more minutes onee-chan." She whined. Though she knew her sister would not allow such a thing. She turned her tired eyes over to see that it was in fact not Kagami, her twin sister, but instead it was Minami Iwasaki, a younger girl from their school.
"Oh... Hi..." She whispered, her mind sluggishly moving along. Being the airhead she was it took her a few minutes to realize that perhaps she should be panicking.
Minami stared, dazed and confused at what she was seeing. This was not John, this was Tsukasa. The senior from Yutaka's cousin's class. No... It couldn't be, her arms were well toned, she filled up the entire bed, the Tsukasa Minami remembered was dainty, soft. She could only stand their and speculate as to what purpose this hybrid creature had been spawned. The mixture of power, cuteness and airhead was not one to be trifled with.
Their eyes met. Tsukasa now realizing the state she was in. Who she was supposed to be, and who was seeing her now. Holding up her hands to explain, she was frozen by the sudden movement of Minami. Who, not taking her eyes off her, was slowly backing away towards the door. In mere seconds she was out, door shut behind her.
Tsukasa sat in a state of confusion, when all of a sudden there was a silent almost inaudible knock at the door.
"John?" Minami asked, hoping this was some sort of magic trick, and thusly, once she opened the door again everything would be normal again.
The two sat in the middle of the room. Both with heads downward in embarrassment. Minami, for what she had seen, and Tsukasa, for what Minami had seen. Tsukasa had just finished explaining her predicament to her new found friend and now Minami understood, the stuffed animals and girlie nature was just Tsukasa. Only her exterior had changed.
"Please don't tell." Tsukasa pleaded, her eyes downcast in a sad, kicked puppy like manner. Minami could feel a pang of sadness at the display, for a giant, the girl was cute. With a small little nod Minami agreed to keep her secret.
Faster than the speed of light Minami was lifted from the ground, her feet dangling in the air as Tsukasa had pulled her into a bone crushing hug. It had been a long time since Minami had been given such a giant bear like hug, even longer since she'd been lifted from the ground by someone bigger than her.
It started out pretty nice, a little tight, but nice.
Until she squeezed harder and she felt her ribs snap like twigs. Now, struggling like a worm in the giants grasp her mind raced as she searched for a way out. "Uh um n- AH you're gonna be late for your first day of training!" She shouted uncharacteristically. But she couldn't help it, if she didn't act fast she might have suffocated.
Immediately she was dropped, forgotten like a child's plaything as Tsukasa ran for her uniform, snatched it, and bolted for the bathroom. "Oh no I'd better go!" She realized, slamming the door behind her so she could change.
Minami, body sprawled out on the floor, attempted to crawl away. She had to get out.
Or face another Tsukasa hug.
Authors notes
Originally It was longer. But I cut out the end and decided to turn it into the beginning of the next chapter, it just seemed to work better that way, at least to me it did.
School lately is really kicking my ass, it really takes time from writing, plus i have to make times for friends, my girl, and the clubs I'm in as well as the bit of volunteer work I do for the community center I go to. But my creative writing class is really helping me improve my writing. Or at least, I think it is. Anywho, I'm pretty sure the next thing I'm working on will be the third chapter of Too Antique for Love.
Enjoy.