Moshi moshi~ sorry again for the long wait...please remember what I said in the previous chappy- "I think I won't be so active during the month of May."—forgive me for it too… no flames! Enjoy or not~
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"Miki...you're friends are right." Hitomiko pat her back. Miki looked at the people around her...
'They're all smiling...smiling like... they're accepting me as a member of the family...' Miki fidgeted with the end of her shirt, she felt somewhat uncomfortable...
"Miki," Fuusuke called. "You may not have had the best childhood of your life...but so did we. Why can't you just go with the flow? Start new family Miki! Even if they don't like you or what...it's worth a shot!" Fuusuke beamed at her, lightening the burden kept inside her chest.
Miki hesitantly looked up to take a little peek of what their reactions were... she first looked at Hitomiko...
"We're accepting you...Miki-chan...even before you came here." the teen smiled at her. The purple-haired girl little by little had this appreciating smile etching slowly on her face.
All the orphans on the table shouted in unison:
"We are accepting you Miki-chan!"
-Meanwhile-
The carrot-haired girl continued to burst into tears, even if it was nothing to cry about...well, if children are that sensitive...let it be.
"Oi! Hasuike-chan!" the violet-eyed girl tried to catch up, when An was this angry, she could storm towards her room in less than a minute-even if it was 3 floors away.
The older girl (Honoka) grabbed her shoulder, but the other brat mercilessly slaps it away,
"I give up!" she yelled, scowling at her best friend, "I gave up!" she repeated, only changing the verb into its past form.
With bulging eyes, her best friend backed away, when her friend was this aggravated... she couldn't interfere with her, she really had to take a risk.
"But An-chan...this is only he begin-" she was interrupted,
"The beginning of losing over that-Miki!" she kicked her door open, throwing herself on the bed, lying on her belly. She took a pillow and plunged her face in it.
Honoka was turning a bit...confused about what An was so angry about...actually, she didn't hate Miki at all... she just feigned along with her friend so that she could accept her for who she is...since, when it was her first time in the Sun Garden...no one barely talked to her. An was the first kid to approach her...and that's how the simple past made them friends... it wasn't anything so special right?
"You know what," she clenched her fists, "I don't really get why you hate Miki so much...she isn't that type of someone to annoy you, me and even your crush Haruya-chan!" she shouted, grabbing the attention of the orange-haired girl who shot her confused face at Honoka... "I think you're just jealous..." she bluntly placed a haunting tone of voice in it,
"Jealous! What am I so jealous about- I mean..." the blue-eyed girl tried to find words to explain her point...
"Miki...she's...not doing anything...nothing at all to hurt your feelings...I actually think," she lowered her head, "She's a really good friend." she raised her head, putting up a confident look to tell her what her opinion was. "I'm through being your 'best friend'..." the turquoise-haired girl spun around and stepped out of the door.
"H-Honoka! Wh-What?" An couldn't believe what the other girl said, but it was too late. The purple-eyed girl made her decision.
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Moments had passed and dinner was done. Honoka made her way through the stairs... when she arrived at the living room, her eyes met a familiar purple-haired girl... she sucked in a breath, taking the confidence to-
"Miki-chan..." she met up with the brown-eyed girl. Miki was so surprised to see Honoka standing in front of her...after all that has happened. Miki was thinking: 'Maybe she's here for revenge!' she was taken aback realizing that, Honoka noticed how she was staying away from her inch by inch- before she could move a centimetre further...
"Forgive me!" she bowed with her beautiful hair settling on her shoulders...
"W-What?" Miki winced; did she just hear that right? Before she could ever think of anything, Honoka grabbed both her wrists, not letting her run away from her honest apology.
"I'm really sorry... really I am. It's just that... I followed everything An told me and... I guess it made me a total baka to do so... I'm sorry... if you don't want to be friends, could we at least... greet each other a plain hello every day?" she apologized, but suggested they would stay as good acquaintances or even better...as friends
The astounded Miki didn't struggle from her grip, Honoka gave her a while to scan the many words she just told her... still hoping she wouldn't reject her apology.
Smile.
Miki smiles... she thought of her apology as very and evidently honest...for the fact that Honoka didn't say a single blunt word at her... 'Maybe she really was just...playing along.'
"Of course... Honoka-chan!" she hugs her, even if they weren't so much of a close bond just yet.
"I'm glad you didn't reject my apology...Miki." she hugged her back,
"Eh?" Miki took a step back to look at her, "I wouldn't do that..." Miki shook her head as a gesture of the word: 'That's a no-no!'. "My mama said that we should give people a second chance all the time! Because no one's perfect! But if they betray me the third time... I don't think I would...err...you get my point right?" she grinned. Honoka just simply nodded in agreement.
-Flashback-
"Miki...she's...not doing anything...nothing at all to hurt your feelings...I actually think-she's a good friend."
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With envious eyes staring at the prospect of confessions and acceptances, she clenched her fists in disapproval...
"I will never forgive you...Miki..." the orange-haired girl secretly sent a fatal glare at her.
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Good news~ I'm on to their teens in the next chappy~ I think I should write 1-3 chapters a day... -touches chin- hehehe, wondering why my chappies are a little short? Well, it's because there aren't much cussing words and romance during their childhood period… and I honestly think that's where I'm usually active at… :D and lucky I'm skipping their childhood and going to their teens~