Okay, I can't sleep. There's no use to it anymore. I'm writing the chapter.. now, out of boredom.
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In a café , 1:00PM
Shizuru and Natsuki just finished the tour of the school, having to run away from god knows how many fangirls. They escaped into Mai's café , which was 'closed'. Mikoto and Mai were there with the two other girls.
"Eh!? You really went through all that just to give someone a tour?!" Mai gasped from the other side of the counter, staring at Natsuki in disbelief.
"I did it for the money." Natsuki corrected, smiling slightly as she scratched her cheek. Her bandaged, almost bruised cheek. Shizuru chuckled. Mai looked at Shizuru with a smile. "Where are my manners? I'm Mai Tokiha, Natsuki's personal counselor." she introduced, Natsuki flicking Mai's forehead. "She's my friend." the blunette corrected.
"Pleasure to meet you, my name is Shizuru Fujino." she replied, an equally kind smile on her face. Mai stared at the brunette blankly, then shook her head. "Oh, I'm sorry, I kind of blanked out. Mikoto-chan is kind of sick, I guess it might be getting to me. Ahahah.." she laughed nervously, Shizuru and Natsuki raising an eyebrow at her. "May I see you alone, Natsuki?" she asked, looking at Shizuru. She nodded, and literally dragged Natsuki into the girls bathroom.
"Something wrong, Ma--"
"Yes! Yes, there is something wrong!" she stated, shaking Natsuki's shoulders. "That's Shizuru FUJINO. Chie told me that her family is one of the most dangerous yakuza families in Fuka! What are you doing hanging out with her?!" she asked, still shaking her. "Well if you stop shaking me, I'll answer you!" Natsuki exclaimed, holding her head with both over arms.
"Ugh.. I'm so dizzy." she groaned, rubbing her forehead when Mai stopped shaking her. "Midori gave me money to tour her around. She's cousins with Ahn Lu, the old kaichou." Natsuki explained. Mai stood there with her jaw hanging open, trying to gather words to say. "Cousins? Ahn Lu is cousin's with her!?" she asked. "Still, she's a yakuza."
Little did they know, Shizuru was standing in front of the door, hearing every word clearly. She crossed her arms and smirked. 'Ara, it seems I've been found out..' she thought with a light smirk on her face. She played with her skirt for a bit, wondering if she should keep her act up.
Meanwhile, in the bathroom, Mai's mouth was dragging farther then healthy for the body the more Natsuki would explain what happened. "I don't think it's safe to keep your mouth like that.." Natsuki mumbled. "That not the point, idiot!" Mai exclaimed, shaking her again. "She's a yakuza kid! She can kill you! Blackmail you! Manipulate you!" she warned, saying all the what-ifs.
Natsuki shrugged. "And what if she pays me lots of money? I'm kinda broke right now anyways." she sighed. "Fujino might get suspicious, let's talk about this later.." she sighed, turning on her heels for the door. Hearing this, Shizuru rushed over to her chair and sat down, playing with a straw. Natsuki and Mai were both kinda nervous. "Wait, you skipped classes?" Mai realized.
"Why thank you, captain obvious, Midori gave us permission. Sorta." Natsuki rolled her eyes, then rested her arm against her fist. They ate food together for a while, Mikoto being kinda sick and eating 1/536 less of how much she usually ate, even with her light fever.
"You know, Aoi and Chie are going out now!" Mai grinned, Natsuki looking bored. "I know." she deadpanned. "I walked in on them making ou--"
"TMI! Don't speak of it!" Mai exclaimed, covering Mikoto's ears. When they finished eating/gossiping, and a few track members were slamming on the café doors, Natsuki and Shizuru left to continue the tour.
Fuuka Academy Grounds, 2:30 PM
Natsuki and Shizuru were walking around campus, and girls either stared at Natsuki or shot daggers at Shizuru, and a few Natsuki fangirls became Shizuru fangirls. Natsuki sighed, and they continued to walk around campus. "And here's the fountain. It's pretty big and a relaxing area to sit around." she said, pointing to the benches and the fountain. She was trying to hide her frustration of the fangirls stalking her and Shizuru, but exhaled in slow, steady breaths to prevent running away. Shizuru giggled at Natsuki's alarm once again. "Why don't we rest for a few minutes here, Natsuki-san? You look quite tired."
"Uh.. Sure. I ate a lot anyway." Natsuki mumbled, sitting on the bench. Shizuru looked at all the fangirls, taking out cell phones and calling other friends.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
Natsuki jumped slightly at the sudden break of silence, searching her pockets. "It's not my phone..." she said, Shizuru already holding her phone. "I'm sorry, Natsuki-san, may I take this call?" she asked, holding up her phone.
"Sure, sure, no problem." Natsuki waved off, then Shizuru smiled and walked away. The bluenette groaned as she laid her head against the bench, watching all the fangirls take pictures. What was the point of hiding anymore?
Meanwhile..
Shizuru stood a bit far from Natsuki's line of sight, sighing. "Yes, mother?"
"Shizuru. Reito-san is at my house right now, and we are discussing wedding plans." her mother informed.
"Mother, I haven't even agreed to this." she said, her tone lowering slightly out of anger. Her eyes narrowed, and her shoulders slightly tensed.
"It's not like you found a true suitable person to continue our family name, Shizuru. Do you know what you are risking to not marry?" her mother inquired, sounding also angry.
"Yes, I have. Now please call off the wedding." Shizuru replied calmly, then shut her phone. She inhaled and exhaled a few times, calming herself. She normally wouldn't get so ticked off or show emotions so quickly, but her mother was just so.. controlling and impatient. Shizuru sighed. When she walked back to Natsuki, the girl was blushing as girl surrounded her. She looked at Shizuru with pleading eyes. Shizuru giggled at Natsuki's helplessness. "Can you please err.. Leave?" Natsuki asked again, but the girls only squealed.
"Kyaaa! Kuga-sama spoke to me!" one girl said. "No! She spoke to me!" another exclaimed. Soon, every girl began to fight over who was spoken to. Natsuki hopped over the girls a few times to escape, sighing. "Sorry about that.." she mumbled, blushing in embarrassment. This always happened when she hung out with people. She stood next to Shizuru and they began to walk together, continuing the tour.
"That's the main exit, and that's the coffee cart." Natsuki mumbled, pointing to each mentioned area. "If you go up this path, it splits up to three branches, the left going to the guy dorms, middle going to the main building, and right going to the girls dorms." she mumbled. "Want some coffee?" she asked, and Shizuru couldn't help but say yes. Natsuki was about to pay for Shizuru, but the girl pulled out a bulging wallet. 'Oh my god..' Natsuki stared, then cleared her throat as the brunette paid.
"Thanks." She said before she took a sip of her coffee. They continued to walk in awkward silence. "So.. Err.. Mai and I were talking earlier and uh.." she trailed off, trying to find a way to say this without being smacked in the head.
"Well, I'll be blunt. Are you a yakuza kid?!" Natsuki asked. Shizuru blinked. 'I suppose there's no point in hiding it.. Mai-san's sources are quite dependable..' Shizuru thought. "Ara, I've been found out. Yes, I am." she smiled.
Natsuki stared at her for about thirty seconds. "Wait, what? Shouldn't you be married by now?! Movies always have like, 16 year olds married, right?" she asked.
Shizuru smirked. 'I would have seen this harder to bring up..' she thought. "Ara, let's continue walking. People are starting to stare." she stated. Natsuki nodded lightly, now completely throwing the tour subject away and yakuza being the new subject between the two girls. Natsuki took a large gulp of coffee in anticipation for what Shizuru would say, but Shizuru just asked the most random question.
"What's your sexual orientation, Natsuki?" Shizuru asked with a bright smile.
Natsuki spit her coffee out by at least one yard and one foot.
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