A Collection of TMM Songfics
Chapter 5
A/N: yay. Pomegranate time. Suggestions please. (I have ideas for everyone except Tasuku and Pudding)
Disclaimer: Mia Ikumi owns Tokyo Mew Mew. Avril Lavigne owns "Naked"
You See Through
A Zakuro/Pie fanfic from Zakuro POV
"That's good for today, Zakuro. You can leave now," Ryou informed the model. "The others left almost an hour ago. You've done enough for one day."
Zakuro Fujiwara nodded in response to her employer's words and headed out of the café, turning the sign on the door to "Closed".
Walking home along the street, the werewolf sighed softly to herself. Her mind weighed heavy with thoughts, as it always did. You know, she was currently thinking, most girls' dream is to be a model. Or a superhero. Or able to transform into an animal. I'm all three…and nowhere close to achieving my dreams.
Of course, she told nobody this. Zakuro was a quiet "lone wolf" type who kept a lot to herself, and always had a façade ready to present to the world.
I wake up in
the morning
Put on my face
The one that's gonna get me
Through
another day
She had to, really. She was constantly in the spotlight, whether it be on the runway or battling monsters at Tokyo Dome in front of news crews from every major channel in Japan, and some foreign ones. People couldn't afford to see her fear, or sadness, or any feelings. Years in the public eye had taught her as much.
Doesn't
really matter
How I feel inside
'Cause life is like a game
sometimes
Sometimes, she did feel herself wishing that she could be more open, but she always pushed that part down. Models were always getting betrayed by friends or beaus they thought were trustworthy. Superheroes were always subject to investigations about their private lives. So her façade, the cool outlook she showed to the world, was permanent, necessary, and could never be lifted.
That is, so she'd thought until…
But then you
came around me
The walls just disappeared
Nothing to surround
me
And keep me from my fears
…well, until Pie.
Until that purple-haired, number-brained, aggravating…and handsome alien had come into her life. He'd been so cold at first, but then…she'd discovered the chill was nervousness, hidden feelings for…of all people, Zakuro. His enemy.
She'd been cautious, of course. Then, after spending time with him, she'd realized something: it was true love. He treated her in a way so different than the boys who just wanted her money or her looks.
And he let her be herself for once. He showed her how to trust people. He showed her what it's like to have someone who cares, really cares.
I'm
unprotected
See how I've opened up
Oh, you've made me trust
Life was so much better now. Though she was still cool, calm, and cautious around the people she mingled with in her day-to-day life, she was learning to trust them more. To open up to those who she knew were friends who actually cared about her, like the Mews or Keiichiro.
Because I've never
felt like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
For a while, she'd felt naked. The first couple days after she'd lowered her façade, she'd felt hideously vulnerable. Zakuro had been certain that everyone could see through her, read her innermost thoughts.
You see right
through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And it
feels so right
But now, she wasn't afraid. It felt amazing, actually being Zakuro, not just an icon. And to think, she had a stuck-up purple-haired mathematical alien to thank for that….
I'm trying to
remember
Why I was afraid
To be myself and let the
Covers
fall away
I guess I never had someone like you
To help me, to
help me fit
In my skin
Things were great.
It was getting to the point where she couldn't even remember what it had been like to guard her every word and facial expression. Now she went through life the way Pie—her amazing, wonderful Pie—had taught her. Being cautious, but not armored.
And it worked. She had a lot more friends now than she used to. Before Pie, she could count those she really considered friends on one hand. Now, the number almost filled up both hands!
I never felt
like this before
I'm naked
Around you
Does it show?
She'd never really be the "warm, fuzzy" type of person. She'd always be a little cold and guarded. Zakuro had had too many bad experiences to completely forget.
You see
right through me
And I can't hide
I'm naked
Around you
And
it feels so right
But thanks to Pie, she now felt a lot better about her life. She had a chance now to actually be herself most of the time. Like she had been a closed, locked room, and Pie had freed the rusty window-latch and let in the sun…
I'm naked
Oh
oh yeah
Does it show?
Yeah, I'm naked
Oh oh, yeah yeah
Thank you, Pie, she said mentally. When I first saw you, I never thought you'd amount to more than an enemy. But look what has happened…I trusted you, and now things are so much better…
I'm not the kind of person for elaborated words, she told herself, but I know exactly how I can word what I need to say to Pie: Thank you always. I am eternally grateful for what you did to me. I love you.
Always.
I'm so naked
around you
And I can't hide
You're gonna see right through,
baby