Chapter 2
In the Present Days: Let's Open Up the Curtains and Let the story Roll
Shizuru Fujino
It's been a year since Shizuru received a heart operation. The surgery was a success, no complications showed after the operation. Her body normally accepted the donated organ.
Shizuru Fujino, was currently 23 years old. She was the daughter of a well-known business man who owned many hotels and resorts in Japan. Her mother was a famous pianist and a brilliant composer.
She was born with a weak heart plus she had a rheumatic intermittent fever when she was 8 that leads to a rheumatic heart disease afterwards. Since she was sick, she disengaged herself to any outdoor activities. She didn't experience playing with her neighbours outside the snow, or under the hot sun. She even tried once to play with them one rainy afternoon, her neighbours' carefree smiles and laughters tempted her to play and forget that she wasn't like them, her heart wasn't like theirs, strong and active and the night after that, she had an angina heart attack, making her parents worry to death. Seeing her parents' faces, she promised that she will never ever dare to risk her life again by violating her doctor's orders. From then on, the piano became her bestfriend, she played with it till she's tired and sleepy. She dreamed to become like her father, managing large companies and people but due to her condition, she decided to compose songs like her mother does.
When she was in high school, there was a time when she had a piano recital, she was about to hit the first note when her vision and hand coordination failed. Audiences were shocked upon seeing her knocked on the floor.
Though she grew into a fine woman with her heart always failed her.
She was 22 when she had a very serious attack. She's from her father's office tired and stressed out when she saw her sibling bled itself in the bathroom. Shocked, she was about to yell for help, but she ran out of air and can't hardly breath. Her heart stopped, and her vision turned black. That night both of them were rushed into the hospital. Her sibling wasn't in that bad situation due to the fact that she hadn't lost blood that much, while Shizuru's condition was worst, her heart often stops and the doctors said her heart's about to gave up...
That was Shizuru's life before the surgery.
Now that she's well and fine. She help her father with their businesses, she managed 2 of their resorts in Okinawa, and a hotel in Kyoto. Her dreams were fulfilling, one-by-one. But she wasn't contended of what she had now for there was still a missing piece that she can't figure out. A piece she needed that would make her life complete, a piece she needed to cover up the hole in her life. It was something that her heart wanted to see, something she wanted to feel...
Natsuki Kuga
A 22 years old, with a deep green sparkling eyes like an emerald gem, who was about to marry a guy she loved and dreamt to be with forever. Her dreams shattered into pieces like a fragile mirror when her fiancé died in an accident a year ago just a month before their wedding. Now she was staying with her 'superstar' mom, the famous Saeko Kuga who was very busy with her upcoming movie.
"Morning mom!" A blue haired woman greeted her mom who looked just like her who sat in a stool in their mini bar, reading .
"Hey darling, you will come in the premiere night on my upcoming movie, right?" her mom said, gluing it's green eyes on the newspaper she read, while sipping up her hot coffee.
"I don't know mom, I'm kinda busy next week, and you know I can't just leave the shop to anyone else."
"Oh com'on darling, it'll be fun. Plus you might spot a young hot man there" her mother stopped reading and gave her a playful wink.
"Geez, mom! I'm not yet ready to enter another relationship, and besides I'm really busy." She grabbed a glass of milk in the fridge and sat beside her mom.
Her mom gave out a deep sigh as Natsuki rested her head to it's shoulder. " Dear, don't stressed yourself to much just to forget, I know the pain. Remember your dad left us when you're still in preschool?"
"Yeah, maybe that's the reason why I can't just put my trust to someone, I'm afraid they might leave me in the end." Natsuki replied with a serious tone. "I loved Takeda, and I trusted him, but he left." She continued.
"Shhh... It wasn't his fault dear, it was his fate. A terrible fate. Don't think that everyone was like your father, take Mai as an example, she was your bestfriend since you two were kids, even though you've got plenty of fights and misunderstandings, look, she's still there. She didn't leave you." Her mother said with a sad smile on her face.
Natsuki stood up and smile, " Nice line mom, you're really getting the best actress award this year!"
"Yeah? You think so?" Her mom replied, and both of them laugh.
"I'm really thankful to have you mom."
"You should be, it's very rare to have a superstar mother" her mom joked, half meant. And both of them laughed again, warm smiles greeted their mornings. A sign of a good day ahead.
Mai Tokiha
A busty orange haired friend of Natsuki, and the eldest child of Saeko's rival in show business. Rivals? Yep, but they're friends whenever cameras are out.
Mai knew Natsuki like forever, she's the best-fuckin'-friend Natsuki ever had. She always supports Natsuki's decisions and she sometimes, no, always treated Natsuki like her daughter, since she was a year older than the blue haired girl. Yep, daughter, not younger sister. She cheers Natsuki up whenever the girl was lonely and her cheering talent was tested badly when her best friend's fiancé died
*RING
*RING
*RING
"Hello! Kuga's residence. How may I help you?"
"Uhmm... hey, can you tell Natsuki Mai's over the phone?"
"Hai, just hang on."
"Uhm, excuse me Natsuki-sama, your friend Tokiha-san was over the phone. She wanted to talk to you." A faithful servant came in the large living room of the Kugas, disturbing the mother-daughter bonding moments of Saeko and Natsuki.
"What could be this time Mai?" Natsuki grumbled as she stood up.
Natsuki excused herself to her mom and grabbed the phone and answered the call.
"I believed, it was still 7 in the morning Mai, is this call that important?" Natsuki said with a husky voice, showing the sign that she wasn't that pleased that Mai called.
"Hey Natsuki-chan, let's go out tonight! I met someone hot yesterday and he's inviting me out to a party tonight." The girl on the other line said excitedly ignoring the fact that Natsuki didn't appreciate her early call.
"And? What was that supposed to do with me?" the raven haired reply, her voice was enough evidence that she wasn't interested.
"I want you to come with me, and I won't take no for an answer. So it's yes then. Awkie, BYE! See yah tonight!" the phone went dead after Natsuki could react to her.
The emerald eyes blinking like a dumb folded man. It takes seconds for her to realize that she can't back out to Mai's news. "MAI!" her shriek can be heard all over the house.
Natsuki came back to the living room, with a storm forming up above her head. Her mother saw her expressions and just chuckled. "What did Mai said?"
"She'll be attending a party... tagging me." Natsuki replied ignoring her mother
"Wow! So you'll meet hot people there, don't you think my child? You might find a date that you can tag along at my movie's premiere night." Her mother said playfully, she seems to enjoy teasing her own daughter. Who wouldn't be? Her daughter's really cute.
"NUHH!"
A/N: Now I've introduced you to some of the characters in this fiction. To some people who dislike the idea of Natsuki loving Takeda, I'm really, really sorry. And for those who reviewed my story, thanks a bunch!