CAIE: Hi folks! Sorry I kept you waiting far too long for the update. Got so busy with work that I hadn't had the time to fantasize on what's going to happen next or on how I would end my fanfic. Ugh. Hate to end it now but I guess I won't be having the time anymore to do something I love to do. I'm overworked and underpaid and the only thing that makes me happy is anything yuri. Hehehehe. Alright! Enjoy the final chapter!
The long tiring trip didn't wear her out. Her veins were pumped up like she took a great doze of caffeine. She made a big decision to go all on her own and save Natsuki . She's going straight to the dragon's lair.
'I'm sorry Akira. I don't want you guys involved in this.'
All her inhibitions were laid on the ground for her dear Natsuki. 'My time has come…'
She didn't waste time and went straight to where the fearful man is: Fujino Industries. But before she does that, she has to make a short trip to a nearby marketing district.
She was ready to go for it when someone dragged her towards a dark alley. She tried to free herself, doing all sorts of ways to inflict pain to her captor.
"Hey! It's me! Sheez! You can be so aggressive! I can't believe it. So his suspicion was right. He just couldn't point it out until he saw you," said a friendly voice.
'Tate?'
She found herself in a classy restaurant. She was forcibly guided in a private room. She eyed a man sitting by the window. His neat black suit hugged his body emphasizing his well-trimmed body. She remembered how she used to secretly admire him and how she'd been rude to cover it up.
"Huit-san. How long has it been? You're still as beautiful as you were back then."
"Haha. How charming. But does it matter?"
The man laughed at her sarcasm. "Looks like some things haven't changed."
"You're up to something. Dragging a woman by force? What do you want?"
"I have no intentions to upset you. I need your help."
"If this is about saving your jackass of a friend, then screw you down to hell!"
"No. That's you and your Ta—err ex-husband's personal feud," he was glad he stopped himself from blurting it out knowing that it would upset her. "This is something about my precious sister. How long has she been staying with you?"
Huit-san looked at the man's solemn face. She grunted.
"Ah. So you had it all figured out being all Mr. Smarty Pants like you always have. I kept on wondering how you ended up having a friend like that stupid prick. Your sister is in a safe place, away from your horrid father and from everything that deprived her of what she deserved."
"Or so you thought. Our dear father's men are skilled enough to track people. Whether the man is here or not these people would always make sure he has what he wants. Nobody could outsmart him."
Annoyed, she grabbed him by the collar.
"Well tell your father to rot in hell! She finally found her happiness. Don't ruin it."
"I know but through lies and deception? How would the person she loves feel when she finds out?"
Shiho was about to answer when one of the bodyguards reported in.
"Reito-sama, she's here."
He ignored Shiho's glare and upcoming squabble.
"Let her meet me in the office."
He glanced at Shiho. "You've been treating her like she's your own sister. Thank you for protecting her. Now it's my turn to let her feel that she's not alone in this fight; that she has a brother to depend on too."
Natsuki struggled from the hold of two burly men. De ja vu.
But this time, her strength was not enough. The man guarding the door of the office opened it. She was pushed inside. She was lucky her body smacked on a soft carpeted floor.
Mr. Fujino glared at the men then turned to her. His face was gentle and warm.
"Forgive their rudeness, my dear. They were trained by my father that way. Please have a seat," he gestured.
She rose and assaulted the man behind the desk. "You son of a bitch!"
He winced at her words. He dodged her fists and toppled her down on the carpeted floor.
"Ara. You were not this violent before. You sure had changed Natsuki-san."
Her heart skipped. 'His accent…'
She helped herself up not minding her aching side. She studied him. He was in a black suit, hair held in place with mousse, face emotionless, and eyes dark reddish brown. "Who are you? What do you want?!"
He calmly held out his hand. "I am Reito. Reito Fujino. I am the brother of Shizuru."
Her eyes widened when he showed her a picture of him with two ladies. The older one had brown tresses like the young girl but her eyes were that of the bluest sky. The young girl made her tears stream out. "Sh-Shizuru…"
Tate touched his sore hands and his aching jaw. 'Damn! Kid's pumped up. She got me good alright. '
"Stop following me," Shiho said coldly. "I have important matters to attend to."
Tate scratched his head. "Hey—this kid—really ..." "I told you there is nothing to worry about. The old man's about to croak. You've been gone for too long. Many things happened while you were away. Hey-!"
He matched her long strides. "Where are you up to—wait a minute… You're really going there?" he asked appalled.
"I thought you said the old man's about to croak," she mocked.
"But that blue haired chick…She's there."
"I know. I came to get her back."
Without any further ado, she entered the building of the Fujino tower.
All eyes were on her. There were murmurs around but nobody dared to question her sudden appearance. Some were frightened at the sight.
"You sure make a very good entrance," Tate jeered.
She went straight towards the elevator.
"Hey. At least wave, dear princess. You're in his empire."
"You should know that this isn't a friendly visit," she dead panned.
Her knowledge of the structure gave her an easy access towards the twenty sixth floor: the president's private lounge.
Her eyes widened when she saw the woman inside the room. Tate was speechless.
"What the heck are you doing here?!"
On the hallway, Mai assisted Natsuki. Her friend had been crying too much. Reito suggested she bring the blue haired lady to his private lounge.
'Natsuki, I know this is all too much for you but you have to bear with it. You have to be strong. She's coming for you. And your strong willed wish will finally come true.'
They entered the lounge only to see a man being clobbered by a fierce red haired woman.
"You dare show your face here you piece of rotten shit!"
"Hey-! I didn't know you'd be here-! Agh!"
"Serves him right," Mai said amused. Then she noticed that it's turning bloody. Tate's not defending himself. "He's crazy. Wait here Natsuki. I have to help up."
Mai went to stop the fight leaving Natsuki.
The blue haired lady couldn't believe what she sees. A lady who just came from another room met her eyes. Her heart hammered. Her body trembled. She couldn't move from where she was.
Reito paused for a bit gasping for breath after running on a flight of stairs. He took a deep breath and entered the room. She did return. She's alive.
Natsuki tried to open her mouth but no words came out. Her eyes blurred, tears forming on her eyes.
"N-Natsuki…."
Crimson eyes were filled with tears. Her brown tresses swished as she ran towards her beloved Natsuki. "NATSUKI…!"
She clung tightly to the lady. "Natsuki…."
She kept on saying the blue haired lady's name lovingly.
Reito couldn't hold back his tears as well. "Zuru…."
"Oy, Reito! I need your help!"
Mai was trying to dodge all of the red head's hits while Tate uses her as a shield.
Reito went to help her immediately. Huit-san managed to grab Tate's hair making him scream in agony. She won't let go. "Ahhh! Stop it you witch! AHHHHH! Shiho STOOOOP!"
Natsuki suddenly pushed the lady away. Her eyes were filled with anger and disgust. "Don't touch me!"
Crimson eyes elicited fear from the immediate rejection. "Natsuki….I…."
Natsuki ran away before she could explain.
Reito couldn't bear to see a girl cry. His intention of calling for Natsuki was to help the two up. The men did their jobs way out of hand again.
He tried to give Natsuki comfort only to be shut out immediately. He doesn't know what to do so he called up the person who knows Natsuki a lot.
Mai came just in time. He was relieved. He left the two alone.
'Shizuru, come home. You don't have to worry about him anymore.'
He remembered how they struggled to get their freedom from their father. He succeeded alone. His sister chose her friends than her own freedom. He felt so betrayed. Then he discovered that their father threatened to destroy the families of Yukino and Haruka. His sister saved them but the cost was very painful.
He was happy when his sister introduced a new friend. Her name was Natsuki. She's a modest and a reserved girl. She loved Duran and most especially her sister. He didn't fail to notice all that.
Unfortunately, Natsuki was caught in a cruise ship terrorist attack. Shizuru's old friends were also there. Shizuru was forced to marry the son of a very successful businessman in exchange for the services of the search party for her friends. But their father really didn't mean it. He made Shizuru believe that his men were doing their best to search.
Together with Miyu, she would personally join the search party. All she could think of was finding Natsuki alive.
Then they found evidence declaring Natsuki was already dead. Haruka and Yukino were never found. The victims' families already gave up and so did Shizuru.
Carrying their father's name had instigated fear and despair to the people around them. Nobody wants to help up anymore.
Her fear had always hindered her realization of the fact that Natsuki had become a part of her; that she finally felt that she could own something their father wouldn't be able to take away or destroy. Death was her way out.
His sister, withstanding all the pain caused ever since she was young, deserves to be free. His pain of losing his only family faded when he discovered that his sister didn't die.
"Indeed I was fooled by her looks. She can fake it really good. But with Natsuki ojou-sama, she would always be herself. Think about it, Fujino-san. Would you believe that your sister's body ended up as fish food? A whale patrol boat was around during the time she died."
Miyu's words gave him hope. He investigated again.
Their meeting in the restaurant made him doubt a little but Mai strengthened his suspicion. The biologist who dropped by to inform them of Natsuki's where-aboutgave answers to them.
"She should be the one telling you that she's alive. But hey, you figured everything out. I was after one of my babies when I saw her sinking like a rock. She was too far but I made it in time. I wanted to report it but after she told us her story. My partner and I decided to keep it a secret for a while. We let her stay with the temple woman since the waters always make her think of suicide. During one of our visits, we were not able to recognize her. She would guise herself like Huit-san when she goes out."
Their father had an attack when he saw the video of Shizuru's suicide act. He stayed in the hospital unconscious for one and a half year. When he woke up, series of problems occurred in his company. He needed to stay longer in the hospital. That was the time he called Reito to act as his proxy. He never liked the idea but he accepted. He needs all of Akihiro's connections to investigate further on his sister. He just couldn't take it that his sister was dead.
The real Shiho stopped clobbering at her ex-husband when she noticed what was happening to Shizuru and Natsuki.
Mai slumped on the floor out of exhaustion. Reito lent her a hand. "Can you still stand?"
"Yeah. I'll see to it that I'll never involve myself again with 'couple fights'," she replied wearily. He smiled at the honest lady.
Shiho pointed with her head towards Shizuru, getting Reito's attention. His face became serious.
Shizuru was held back by her brother. She glared at him. She needed to go after Natsuki. "Onii-san…!"
She fought back the urge to claw at her brother when he hugged her tightly. "Zuru…You silly girl…"
"Kanin na… I know I have a lot of explaining to do but I need to go after Natsuki."
"You don't have to."
Reito let go of her. They stared at the group coming towards them.
The rasped voice from the old man made her blood boil. 'I almost forgot. The old man would probably be here.'
"When-"
The man laughed at his son's reaction. "So you've always thought I was still in a coma."
She gritted her teeth when she saw an unconscious Natsuki carried like a sack of rice.
The powerful tycoon sat authoritatively on a wheelchair.
"How dare you hurt Natsuki!"
Her sudden assault surprised the man holding Natsuki. With her wrath, she pounded the poor man's face. It took three men to restrain her.
"Fujino-san! Tell them to let her go!"
Reito's words didn't make the old man budge.
"No. Your stupid sister needs to be punished for deceiving me…! You did a good job by the way on bringing her back, my boy. Though, I have least expected that you'd bring her back alive."
Reito ran towards one guard and knocked him down. Tate, Shiho and Mai helped up. The three handled the other guards.
"You insolent fool! Guards!"
More of Akihiro's men entered the room. "Get them!"
Natsuki woke. She ranaway from the room when a man suddenly blocked her way and punched her on the gut making her pass out. She finally saw who she had been looking for all this time but she ran away. She was so ashamed of herself that she could not bear to stay before Shizuru. She was laid on the floor completely immobile due to the ropes around her body.
"You're awake. Thank goodness…"
The soft, gentle voice made her heart pound fast again. She looked at the person sitting poised even with all the ropes.
"The others had been taken to another room."
She tried to sit up. It took her a great effort before she finally did it. Shizuru giggled.
"My oh my…That old man really knew what I long for…Such a nice way of sending me off to the netherworld. Though I just want to make sure you're not going there with me…You just had a new life and made me so happy to see you leading a happy one. I wished for Shiho to have stayed longer but your memories of me haunted you. This is my fate: lead people towards despair…"
Natsuki's eyes watered. Her frustration snaked its way back to her head. "Why are you saying such things you dummy? I'm the one who caused you too much pain! My love had suffocated you! I don't know how I could ever atone for my sins…!"
"Kanin na, Natsuki. I was too afraid of my father that I neglected the love you had for me before. i can never have anything I could call my own because ever since the start, I am my father's puppet…"
Her crimson eyes also shimmered with tears.
"You're not listening…!Don't say that…Shizuru…!I have defiled you…I let my desire take over—"
"I love you, Natsuki…"
Natsuki was speechless. Shizuru smiled. "Will that do? I have been selfish myself; containing you in the lie I have created. I told you to forget about the past because I wanted to call you mine as long as I live without my father's interceding…"
It dawned to her then that Shizuru had always been with her.
Two men suddenly came in to get Shizuru.
"Hey! What are you doing?! Where are you taking her?!"
The men ignored her.
"Thank you for everything Natsuki… Sayonara…"
Natsuki tried to free herself. The door slammed shut. "No!"
She struggled more loosening the ropes on her legs a bit. She kicked her legs more and loosened the ropes totally with her efforts. Then two women entered while she was working on the ropes around her upper torso.
The guards on the surveillance became alarmed. All the monitors and the cameras had been acting weird. Creepy things like a girl in a white gown with her hair fully covering her face kept appearing on different locations of the building.
They phoned the management for support.
"Shhh… We're here to help. Akira sent for us."
Later, the two introduced themselves as Miya and Sayuri.
"Whatever happens, just stay behind us, ok?" Miya said sweetly.
"Hey! I can also fight!" she protested.
"Chill, Romeo. We're trying to help you get your princess the easier way. We can't just waste energy with all those bulky thugs. They have more of that," Sayuri informed.
Natsuki shut her trap and followed behind. They guised themselves as regular office came across a room where Mai, Shiho, and Tate were held. "You guys get out of here immediately," Sayuri commanded.
"Follow me," Miya gestured to the three. They followed without a word. Before they left, Mai turned towards Natsuki.
"Be careful, Natsuki."
"Yeah. I will. You too."
"Oy, Natsuki. Better bring Shizuru with you when you come back. She'd been shedding tears for you far too long," Shiho added. She nodded and followed Sayuri.
"Fujino-sama, we've located the hacker responsible for the system crash. He's within the vicinity, 24th floor, the utility room and he's not alone."
"Send men to get them."
"Yes, sir."
Men were dispatched to the location.
"Sir, there are other suspecting subjects in the 23rd floor rest room."
"Get men to check it out!"
Several men were dispatched to different locations.
Akira smiled. She was in a van just at the parking lot of the building. "Miya, Yayoi, Sayuri the preys took the bait. Get ready to smoke it up."
"Yes Ma'am!" the three answered.
She smiled at the guy hacking the computer system of the vicinity. "Very neat, Ginn. Your illusions never cease to amaze me."
The boy blushed. "Thanks boss."
Before they could celebrate, the computer started beeping red. "Someone's trying to crash my program!"
After releasing Natsuki's companions, Sayuri received a message on her earpiece.
"You guys exit quietly and you have to hurry. The illusion Ginn built in their system will not take long. Someone's going against him," Akira informed.
"Copy that. How much time do we have?"
"Approximately 10 minutes."
"Connect us to Yayoi."
There was buzz then Yayoi answered. "We have ten minutes. Have you located the subject?"
"Affirmative."
"As expected from Akira-san's longtime partner," she managed to tease.
"Shut up. She's no longer that."
"Hey. I heard that. Are you still mad at me?" Akira sulkily said.
"You're supposed to be on a maternity leave Akira! What sort of a husband sends his wife to work when she's eight months pregnant?!"
"Whoa. Hey you guys. It's not time to fight. We don't have much time," Sayuri interrupted. " bitter are we, Yayoi? Hehe. Well, good luck."
Natsuki furrowed her brows. "What's taking us too long?"
"Sheez little girl. Just tag along and let us do our work. Praise us later."
"Whatever. And I'm not a little girl! Let's go."
Reito bared his teeth when the man behind the chair he's on grabbed him by the hair. He was securely tied on the chair.
"I see. You're playing your cards. What a clever, clever boy. That's what I want from you. But something's stopping you from going further than I did. Now what could that be?"
Two men escorting her sister let her sit on the empty chair in front of him.
"Ahh…Isn't she a beauty? All these years we thought she died. It caused me pain I could barely handle. I had to spend years in a hospital room. She had lied to us, betrayed our trust like her mother."
Shizuru's expression darkened.
"Yes. She is indeed a beautiful sight. If only I'm not her brother I would have courted her."
Shizuru gave Reito a confused look. She gave a knowing look when she realized the game he's playing.
"But she will be the reason for your downfall in gaining power."
The old man signaled one of his men. A pistol was handed to him. "We have to end her life. You don't have to worry. It's what she wants, right Shizuru?"
"As long as I take you with me, old man," she answered venomously.
A slap came across her face. "You've lost your manners after your so-called friend died on a suicide trip for your stupid violin. I can't fathom how such an idiot moved you? Ha! You should have been my next heir! It turned out you are such disappointment and a disgrace! But now that your brother is here, I have to give up on you."
The gun was pointed right on her temple. Reito kept on shouting at his father and struggled to free himself.
"Watch Reito and thank me later on for my deed. Affections will give you nothing but failure in life."
BANG!
Natsuki was too late. They heard a bang inside the room where Shizuru is.
"NO!"
Sayuri pulled her back. "Don't go in there!"
"Let go! I have to save her!"
A slap on the face made her stop for a minute.
"You'll pass out without a mask, you idiot. Wear this."
Natsuki ducked when she heard other loud bangs from different locations.
"That would keep the other goons out of reach. Time to rescue."
Sayuri handed her a gas mask. She wore it immediately and together, they entered. She searched as fast as she can for Shizuru.
Men were down on the floor. She saw an old man slumped on the chair where a masked lady was. On the other side was a masked man. A masked woman was helping him out from the ropes. She immediately approached the other person.
She loosened all the ropes. Sayuri was securing the perimeter when a man who was still partially conscious shot her. The man then looked at Natsuki and Shizuru's direction and shot aimlessly. They were not able to take cover immediately. The first bullet missed. The second got the old man. The third missed but the fourth got Shizuru.
Sayuri shot back at the man. Yayoi, the woman who freed Reito, helped her up. She got shot on the shoulder.
Immediate assistance came for them. Natsuki held Shizuru's hand tightly. Shizuru's eyes were closed but she was gasping for breath. "Shizuru…. Stay with me… Please…"
Shizuru can vaguely hear the voice of her beloved. 'Natsuki…'
"You stupid woman! This is what happens when you go alone! Good thing I called Mai-neesan just in time. I was able to dispatch my team. And now look at you…"
Mai grabbed Akira's arm and gestured her to stop. Akira sobbed. "Dummy…"
Shizuru was sent to the nearest hospital.
The doctor came out after a few hours to inform them. Natsuki hugged Mai tightly. "She made it…!."
Akihiro opened his eyes. He was in a hospital bed.
"Hello, Fujino-san. I'm glad you're awake after three days."
He looked at the man seated on a foldable chair right beside the bed.
"Reito."
"This won't take long, I promise. I know you're in pain. Anyway, thank you for finally giving up the business to me. We've been doing too much 'go behind the backs' but it was all worth it. I get to have my sister back and I get to bring you down."
"What are you talking about?!"
His veins started to bulge. Reito brought out his laptop and showed him the video of the incident three days ago.
"The help my sister sent sure did a lot of wonderful tricks. You led your men to suffocation and tried to kill your daughter. There are also evidences of you dealing with a syndicate, ordering men to assassinate people who go against you, and the abusing of your family… Surely, you know all the things you've done. I can't enumerate it all."
"You-!"
"You should be grateful. They just declared you insane. You're supposed to be in jail but judging from your condition, you wouldn't last there. Here, they will make sure you stay alive and suffer."
"This was your plan all along! I forgave you when you begged to return to my side…!"
"I have hated you ever since you did that to Okaa-san and Shizuru. And you said so yourself, affections for a father like you will lead me nowhere. Now, all the power you once had now belongs to me."
"Reito!"
The man left him screaming to himself. Later on, nurses came to sedate him.
'It's been months since that incident.' Mai thought as she watched her friend from behind. Shizuru stayed in a coma for four months. She approached Natsuki. "Ahhh…What a fine day," she said happily, breaking her friend's thoughts.
Natsuki glanced at Mai. "Yeah."
Her friend stared blankly again at the sea. They're spending a vacation on Mai's house near the sea.
"Mai!"
"Nee-san! We caught a lot of crabs!"
Mai chuckled and waved at the boat heading towards the shore. Takumi and Mikoto waved back. "Put them in the kitchen," she instructed. The two happily obliged. Natsuki chuckled.
"He doesn't look so lame now. Chidori surely changed her dad."
"Uh-huh."
"I heard Tate and Shiho are patching things up again. They're planning to re-marry."
Natsuki snickered. "You've been going out a lot with Reito, have you? Otherwise you wouldn't get such information."
Mai blushed. "N-No!"
"Come on. You don't have to deny it. It's written all over your face."
"Yo! Nat-chan!" Midori called.
"Argh! I told you to stop calling me that!"
Midori and Yohko walked hand in hand. They're also done collecting clams.
Mai, Yohko, and Midori laughed.
"Aw. You're really cute when you're upset."
"Quit it. Three on one? It's not fair!"
Yohko grabbed Natsuki and hugged her tight. "Then I'll be on your side, cutie!"
"Y-Yohko!"
"Stop! I can't breathe…!"
Natsuki accidentally held on Yohko's breast. "Whoa. They're big," she unconsciously muttered.
"Why thank you," Yohko answered gleefully and winked at her.
"Uh-oh. You're in trouble Natsuki," Mai warned.
"Natsuki! I'm going to kick your butt!"
"I didn't mean to-!"
She dodged Midori's kick and ran as far as she could.
Mai rolled on the sand laughing her heart out. Midori dropped her pretence and laughed as well.
"Midori. You scared her away. Oh, that poor thing," Yohko said sympathizing Natsuki.
"Well, we need to keep her worked up. Otherwise, she'll be thinking again on what the doctor said and start giving up on Shizuru."
"Reito's taking it hard too. After the doctor said that there's no response from Shizuru's body and that they think it's about time to take out life support, he started locking himself in his room."
Midori sighed. "Seems like fate doesn't want them to be together."
"We all have to believe in the two of them. They will have each other back surely."
"You're right, Yohko. Miracles do happen."
She settled on a rock after securing that Midori did not follow. She stared at the sky.
"Shizuru…"
Her thoughts drifted back to the time when she was in the ambulance with Shizuru.
"Hey…Stay with me… Stay with me….Let's get through this… Let's start anew but this time, not you as Shiho or the old Shizuru. Just be what you really are. Not a puppet or an imposter. I want to live a life with you again, Shizuru. You are my reason. I am yours to own…"
Shizuru's eyes began to water too. She partly opened her eyes and smiled lovingly at Natsuki.
"I love you…" she whispered.
"I love you too, Shizuru…"
She felt tears on her eyes. "Shizuru…Please return to me…"
Mikoto lit the fireworks together with Midori and Takumi. They just finished having their evening meal and wanted to try something fun. The watched with awe as the flowery colorful pattern of lights registered in the sky. After all the fireworks they brought were lit up, Midori insisted they have karaoke. Akira put her baby to bed before she joined the others for a karaoke session.
"Okay. Let's play janken to see who goes first!"
"Is it really necessary for me to join?" Natsuki protested.
"Those who refuse will have to eat five live young octopuses," Midori threatened.
Midori smiled victoriously at the disgusted reaction of Natsuki.
"Alright. Let's go on with it," Natsuki answered forcibly.
"Ready? JANKEN!"
Everyone except Natsuki showed rock. She showed scissors.
"Alright! Natsuki you are it!"
"You planned this!"
"No more protests. You have to dress up for you song," Midori snickered.
She ended up dressed as a Neko girl: cat ears, black furry two piece, fishnet stockings, and a high heeled boots.
Her song: Careless Whisper.
Her face was painted red until the song ended. Her crowd could help but laugh. Takumi passed out.
"That was great! Give a hand to Natsuki Kuga!"
She immediately dressed up and left without a word.
"Is she going to be okay?" Yohko asked.
"Yeah. She's just embarrassed. She'll be back," Mai assured.
They played Janken again. It was Akira's turn now. She wore a one tight leather suit which exposed her cleavage and her gorgeous butt. Takumi had nosebleed and fainted. Strong hands supported him before he bump his head on the floor.
"R-Reito!" Mai exclaimed.
"Sorry it took me long to come here. I had to take care of things," he said apologetically.
"It's fine. You made it."
Reito gave her a peck on the lips making her blush. Her companions whistled. She pinched the guy on the arm. "Not in front of everyone…"
The man just chuckled.
The next one to sing was Mai. Reito could take his eyes off from the woman dressed with the pink ranger suit.
Natsuki sighed and stared up at the dark sky. She groaned as the memory of what she did a while back entered her mind. "That's so embarrassing…!"
She stopped messing and pulling on her hair when she heard someone playing the violin. Her heart skipped.
"I heard this before…"
She listened more. The sound kept coming closer and closer until she saw a figure of a lady. She can't see clearly but she knew then who it was. She ran as fast as she can and pounced at the lady. They both fell on the sand.
"Natsuki…Roll off…"
The soft sweet voice made her teary. She rolled off the lady and helped her sit upright.
"How did you-When?" she asked immediately.
The lady laughed softly. "Ara. I've been up for a month now."
"What? And all this time I thought you're going to sleep forever!" she uttered fuming mad.
"Hey. I wanted to surprise you the moment I woke up but you never visited me for two straight weeks. Imagine how lonesome it was if the person you love started to forget about you," Shizuru stated sulkily.
"I went to a training, damn it! I wanted to put up my own business so that I would have a house for the both of us! So I can provide what you need once you come back! I longed to see you every single day during the training but I have to think also about our future!"
Shizuru's eyes widened, tears starting to form in her eyes. She hugged Natsuki and whispered on her ear after a minute. "Kanin na. I've acted childish. I deceived you and our friends again. I even let my brother scheme with me. "
Natsuki's stiff body started loosening a bit. "I don't know what to do when the doctor said you're not going to make it. It makes me crazy thinking that we won't be together. I'm sorry too, Shizuru… I left you alone without even leaving anything to assure you that I'll surely come back."
Shizuru sniffed. She wiped her tears away and suddenly thought of something wicked. "Natsuki…I want to make up for what I did…"
She began to nibble on Natsuki's ear.
"Sh-Shizuru…!"
Natsuki held on tight to her. "N-No…"
Shizuru stopped what she's doing. "You don't want to?" she asked disappointed.
"That's not it…S-Someone might see us…"
"It's just us…"
Shizuru slowly closed in until their faces were breaths apart. "Kiss me…Natsuki…"
Natsuki gulped. With trembling hands, she held Shizuru's face and kissed her. As minutes passed, the kiss deepened. Natsuki demanded for more. She pinned Shizuru on the sand, kissing every angle of her face.
A light shone at them. They quickly separated from each other. The two of them were blushing hard.
"Uh… S-Sorry… I thought Natsuki was battling a bear or something… Excuse me!"
Takumi nervously strode away from them. Akira ordered him to go look for Natsuki who had been gone long enough.
They both looked at each other and laughed.
Natsuki got the violin, stood up, and held out a hand to Shizuru. "Sheez. That's why I told you, someone will see us."
Shizuru smirked. "We'll all have the time in your room then."
Natsuki turned beet red again. "Shizuru…!"
Hand in hand, they walked to where their friends were.
"You looked pretty cute by the way with the Neko costume," Shizuru teased.
"You saw that?"
"Yup. Took pictures of you even. I made sure I got the seductive angles."
"Pervert. So you've been peeking at me."
"Ara. If I know, you used to do it yourself-"
Natsuki threw the violin somewhere, stared at her with a straight face and grabbed her. The blue haired lady tickled her until they were both rolling on the sand. They took a deep breath when Natsuki stopped and they lay still on the sand.
"Let's stay like this for a while."
"I thought were going to meet with the others? They might be looking for you."
She looked at Shizuru lovingly. "Nah. Takumi saw us. They'll leave us alone."
She held out her hand. Shizuru took it.
"I love you, Natsuki…"
" And I love you too, Shizuru…"
The end!
CAIE: (-.^,) I want to thank all those who gave their reviews. I had always been looking forward to it. It keeps me in high spirits.(It makes me anxious at times not finding any. )
The twists of events were quite random and way disorderly just like my crazy self (^.^,). I hope you stayed on the tracks. (heehee. I myself got lost with it…)
This is for the girl I once loved and still love after all my denials (to have you is impossible after all). I hope she finds happiness with the guy she's with. She had always been my inspiration with this fic. (HAha! I forgot to mention at the beginning.)
I'm glad I had finally got the confidence to express what I've been keeping inside me. Thank you all for reading! (-.^,)