A/N: whew! sorry for a late update... very problematic these days... and its affecting my writing/typing/ideas.. T-T
taong_bundok: yea busy din sa midterm haay...
well hope you like this.. i tried to squeeze the idea from my brain...
Chapter 10: not just A girl.
"Sometimes I wonder if you're just being cool or just trying so hard to not let Shizuru see your tears." Kanade broke the silence. She and Natsuki were on their way to the hospital cashier area when Natsuki stopped and looked at Kanade with a fake smile. "Do I really have to answer that kaichou?" she answered with a question.
Kanade placed her hand over Natsuki's broken arm and looked at the blunette with concern in her eyes. "Natsuki I must say that she didn't enjoyed seeing Kanzaki-san. I know you saw her façade."
"She always wears a façade to everyone…"
"Everyone except for you."
"kaichou you know I'm her best friend that's why she doesn't give me that shit of a façade."
"Yeah, but she knows Kanzaki-san longer than you and still she only shows her façade on him. But you, I can see that her smile is different when she's with you."
Natsuki looked at the ceiling and took a deep breath. "Should I be happy with that? You saw what that did as soon as he saw Shizuru!" she said in a harsh tone. She was now clenching her left fist tightly.
Kanade reached out to Natsuki's cheek and made the blunette face her. She stared at the pained look on Natsuki's emerald orbs and smiled calmly. "But Shizuru didn't hug back. She gave you breakfast that you and I know she hated to give, she kissed you in front of me, and she did told Kanzaki-san that she's worried about you." She caressed Natsuki's cheek gently and gave her a comforting smile. "And besides, aren't wolves supposed to fight for what they want?" Kanade added with a smile.
Feeling motivated with Kanade's words, Natsuki nodded and smiled weakly. She held Kanade's hand that's caressing her cheek and removed it from her face. "You know too much with that covert ops digging information, maybe I should teach them not to mess with personal profile. Oh and by the way, personal space kaichou. It seems you've been having fun of trespassing my personal space." She jested with a grin.
"Indeed I am little puppy. So shall we go and pay your hospital bill?" Kanade replied.
Natsuki nodded and they continued their way to the cashier. Back at the room, the whole Miyagami seitokai was enjoying the argument of Shizuru and Reito. Well Reito was the one arguing and Shziuru was the one not listening and calmly drinking her tea. While Mai and Mikoto were busy looking at Puuchan.
"C'mon Ru-chan, let's go and have breakfast together!" Reito said in a mild loud irritated tone.
Shizuru was ignoring Reito and still calmly drinking her tea with a smile on her face. After a nice sip from the cup, she placed it on the nearby table and made her usual thinking pose. "I wonder why Natsuki is taking so long. Usually she hated going to the cashier because…"
Even before Shizuru could finish her sentence, the door opened up loudly and closed at the same time with a pale Nastuki panting and leaning her back by the door. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the sweating Natsuki. Shizuru on the other hand has a sweet smile on her face and has crossed her arms below her chest.
"Ara! I believe you already saw Youko-sensei and you came running back here, Nat-su-ki." Shizuru said playfully.
"H-Help me… please… Shizuru help me." Nastuki pleaded.
Shizuru smiled and asked the blunette to approach her in a hand gesture. Natsuki wiped the sweat from her forehead and approached Shizuru. She led Natsuki to sit to the bed by her side. "Natsuki's cute whenever she's scared of Youko-sensei."
Natsuki weakly waved her left hand and took a deep breath. "Like hell will I ever deal with that doctor. Please Shizuru make her not touch me!" Natsuki pleaded.
"What's up with you and a doctor Natsuki-san? Why don't you just use your usual death glare if you're scared of a doctor." Nanaho suggested with an amused look on her face. It was the first time she saw the blunette scared of something or someone.
"I'm not scared! It's just that woman creeps me." Natsuki replied with a soft tone.
"Youko-sensei doesn't creep you out, it's just her usual check-ups that creeps you out." Mai added with her palm on her forehead.
"Shut up Mai! Shizuru whatever happends don't let that woman touch me! Or better yet, why don't we go out now and eat the food that Mai made." Natsuki pleaded again, she was looking at Shizuru straightly with her eyes gleaming with plea.
"Should we even ask what checkups does this doctor Youko do to Natsuki-san?" Koun asked. But Natsuki glared at her which made her cough and look away.
"Koun-sempai shouldn't use her covert ties or your covert spy would be in for a beating. That goes for you too Siena-sempai" Natsuki threatened, eyeing both Kuon and Siena.
Shizuru patted Natsuki's head to calm her down. "Natsuki shouldn't crease her brows or else you'll get wrinkles. I liked the idea of having the picnic with Tokiha-san, the fresh air would do good on Natsuki."
"I agree! I want to eat Mai's food as well as the food that Natsuki's friends brought!" Mikoto said with a plate of food in her hand.
Everyone agreed to the plan and had gotten ready to leave the hospital room. Almost everybody had left the room, leaving only Mai, Natsuki, Shizuru and Reito.
"So let's go? Before Youko-sensei finds me here." Natsuki said, standing up from the bed.
Shizuru smiled and nodded as she was standing up as well. She looked at Reito who was leaning by the closet. "Reito-kun, I'm sorry but I think I'll decline your offer." She said with a smile.
Natsuki raised a brow, looking at Shizuru with curiosity. "Are you going somewhere with Kanzaki?" Natsuki asked.
Shizuru held Natsuki's left hand and dragged her to the door. "Yes I have to go somewhere. Aren't we supposed to celebrate your birthday with Tokiha-san and the others?" she said playfully as she continued to pull Natsuki out to the door.
Mai, who was walking slowly stopped on her tracks. Without even looking at Reito she spoke in a cold and warning tone. "Kanzaki-san, it would be better if you would stop lying to Fujino-san before Natsuki recover from her injury. She might do something terrible with your face, or worse, your toothy smile." After giving her fair warning, Mai left the room leaving a very confused Reito.
Natsuki felt her heart skip a beat as she and Shizuru went to the exit of the hospital. She was smiling as she looked at her left hand being held by Shizuru, but her smile faded when the thought of Reito was still going to be with them struck her. She frowned and pulled her hand back which made Shizuru to stop walking and look at Natsuki. "Natsuki?" Shizuru asked, blinking a few times.
"Why… why are you letting him hug you?" Natsuki asked in a pained tone. She was looking away from Shizuru's crimson eyes.
Shizuru had a perplex look and made her usual thinking pose. "What does Natsuki mean?" she lied. She knew perfectly well what Natsuki meant.
Natsuki gritted her teeth and clenched her left fist. "Don't play dumb! You know what I meant Shizuru. Why are you letting him hug you? You never let anyone hug you!" she said without thinking. There were a few seconds of silence before Natsuki processed what she said. She went pale and looked at Shizuru, flailing her hand in front of her. "F-forget what I said." She said with a blush.
Shizuru had a sweet smile on her face. "Reito-kun's a friend Natsuki, aren't friends suppose to hug each other if they're worried?" Shizuru said playfully.
"But you NEVER let anyone hug you. Not even that -I mean- Kanzaki before I left Fuuka." Natsuki grumbled softly for Shizuru not to hear.
Unfortunately for Natsuki, Shizuru heard her and placed a hand over Natsuki's shoulder. "I let someone hug me, silly Nat-su-ki."
"Yeah and that's Kanzaki. You know forget what I said and let's go." Natsuki said, hoping Shizuru to drop the subject. Her heart was internally bleeding and she was stopping herself from crying.
"Is Natsuki jealous?" Shizuru teased.
Natsuki just put up a fake smile and removed Shizuru's hand away from her shoulder. She walked past Shizuru and stopped by Shizuru's side. "What if I am? Would you do something about it?" she whispered before walking away.
"ara, I was just teasing." Shizuru said softly.
"Maybe your teasing is a little too much for a prideful wolf." A sweet voice said behind Shizuru.
Without even looking, Shizuru put up her unusal façade. "I assume you know what I'm already thinking, Reito-kun." Shizuru said turning around to face Reito.
"I guess I've been busted, ne Ru-chan? Should I say, Shizuru-kaichou." Reito said with a toothy smile.
Shizuru walked towards Reito and gave him a venomous smile. "Reito-kun shouldn't deceive people, especially with their hearts. Since I now know who owns my heart."
Reito felt a cold wind pass his spine as he heard Shizuru's words. He maintained his composure and just smiled. "I thought you wouldn't return 'K's feelings if that person was a girl?" Reito asked.
Shizuru chuckled. "Apparently, I was just too blind to see that from the start that 'K' isn't just an ordinary girl. She's Natsuki Kuga, and never did Natsuki have been just A girl to me." Shizuru said cheerfully. She patted Reito's arm and left.
"But what would you do now Ru-chan. Kuga-san's not in Fuuka anymore." Reito said to no one as he trailed the walking brunette with his sight.
Outside, Shizuru saw the whole Miyagami seitokai together with Mai and Mikoto riding a minibus. She smiled as she saw Natsuki, leaning by the bus' door as if she was waiting for her. She waved at the blunette who just gave her a glare. But being with Natsuki for so long, she's already immune to it, infact she thought it was cute.
"Oi Shizuru! Let's go or else we'll leave you!" Natsuki yelled with an irritated look.
Shizuru chuckled and walked towards Natsuki. Natsuki turned around and stepped on the bus' first step. "Tell your boyfriend to hurry up." She said coldly before getting in the bus. Shizuru could see a small hint of jealousy at Natsuki's face before the blunette entered the bus.
"Ara, now why did she say that Reito–kun was my boyfriend? Ara, ara…" she said in dismay, placing her hand on her cheek. She just sighed and entered the bus.
As she entered the bus, she found that everyone has seated down on their seats. She looks around for a bit and saw an empty space beside Natsuki. "May I?" she asked the blunette.
Natsuki looked up to Shizuru then around the bus. She nodded and moved a little to the side to give Shizuru a lot more space to sit at. Shizuru smiled and sat beside Natsuki who was now looking outside the window.
"Where to?" Cindy asked in English. She was looking behind to Kanade and Nanaho who was sitting at the first row seat of the bus.
Kanade smiled and looked at Mai who was sitting at the other side of the bus with Mikoto leaning her head at Mai's lap. "Tokiha-san, where should we go?" Kanade asked sweetly.
"Oh, just to the park at the next intersection. I have my food and blanket in the basket that Mikoto put in the back of the bus. Thanks for giving us a lift Jinguuji-san." Mai said in her cheerful tone. She was scratching Mikoto's ear which the feral girl obviously liked due to the childish smile on her face.
"Don't thank me Tokiha-san, it's all for Natsuki after all." Kanade said with a smile. She then looked back to Cindy who was still waiting for the directions. "Cindy let's go to the park where Mai said."
"Yes boss!" Cindy said in english.
"Cindy… its kaichou." Kanade corrected with a smile.
Cindy looked at Kanade for a few seconds and just nodded and drove to the park. At the back where Natsuki was silently sleeping and having a slight drool fall down from her mouth, Shizuru was smilingly watching the sleeping Natsuki. 'ara! I can look at her sleeping all day if it's possible. She's so cute!' she squealed mentally.
Everyone except the two fuukukaichou, Kanade, Shizuru and Natsuki (who is currently sleeping), are cheering and singing happily.
"They have so much energy, right Nanaho-san?" Kanade said, chuckling from the sight of Rino having fun. Nanaho sighed and smiled at her kaichou. "Yeah… Rino's been a lot worried of Natsuki ever since the news of her having an accident arrives in Miyagami." Kanade then have a sad look on her face. She never wants Rino to feel sad. Nanaho saw the expression in Kanade's face and gave her kaichou a warm smile. "kaichou, Rino's happy now that Natsuki's alright so don't worry too much." Kanade smiled comfortably and looked at Rino who was having a fun conversation to Mikoto. She sighed and let her head rest at the soft cushion of her seat and she closed her eyes. "I guess I can rest a bit later after the party. I hope Natsuki would too." She said to no one.