LIES AND PRETENCES
Chp 4: A Breath Of Fresh Air And OMG Could That Have Been "HER"
"Good morning Sandra dear, How is my little kitsune doing today?" asks Akemi Fujino with a bright smile upon her face,
'She is doing wonderful this morning Akemi-san' replies the blonde woman.
'Well today is absolutely wonderful day because we can finally take my little kitsune home," Akemi says with a kind and caring tone in her voice.
Suddenly the door to bathroom opens up and reveals a beautiful honey-blonde goddess emerging from the room wearing a beautiful light purple kimono with pink sakura flowers adorning it. She was as breathtaking as the goddess Aphrodite herself. Once she notices the two other occupants in her room she gives them the most heartfelt smile they had ever seen.
"Ara, Mother good morning to you and to you as well Sandra" she says in her alluring kyoto-ben.
"Good morning ladies "Dr. Satoshi says to them with a bright smile. So, Shizuru how are you feeling today my dear she continues.
"I feel very well sensei and I am ready to leave this place," Shizuru comments with a twinkle in her ruby red eyes as she stares at her doctor.
"Ha ha ha, I guess since you are this eager my dear then you are free to go once you have all your stuff packed and ready" replies Dr. Satoshi.
"Oh, Kitsune have you finished pacing all your belongings" asks Akemi Fujino.
"Yes mother with help from Sandra I am all packed and ready to leave this place," states Shizuru.
"Alright then let's head down to the lobby so you can get your papers to leave the hospital and then you all can be on your way" declares Dr. Satoshi with a wide grin on her face.
The doctor would never admit out loud to the three ladies in front of her so this is just what she is thinking right now to herself. I really am going to miss seeing that beautiful face and those red orbs that shine as bright as the purest rubies ever created.
All four ladies walk out of the private room and head towards the security doors to the private wing of the hospital. Once the doctor swipes her key card the doors open and they walk through them heading for the nearest elevator. Punching the L button the doors to the elevator opens up with no one inside so they enter and watch the doors close feeling the movements of said machine. The doors open once again revealing the white walled lobby with many people waiting to see a doctor or waiting on someone to come out. They head towards the receptionist desk and ask for the release papers for Shizuru V. Fujino. The receptionist looks up at them and blushes automatically after locking her light brown eyes with those oh so magnificent ruby ones.
"Ara, you have a lovely blush Ms." comments Shizuru as she sends the receptionist a flirtatious wink.
"Reiko...Takashi Reiko," says the receptionist with an even redder face and a shy smile staring into those ruby orbs.
"Well it's a pleasure to meet you Reiko, I am Fujino Shizuru if you didn't already know" she replies with another flirty wink to the young woman behind the desk.
"Here are your papers so please sign in the patient area Ms. Fujino" the receptionist replies with a small hint of nervousness when Shizuru's finger brushes against hers when she reached out to get the papers from the woman. Once she finished with signing the release papers they said their farewells and headed out to the hospital parking lot. Sandra takes the suitcase that Shizuru is caring and walks to the black BMW with tinted windows with license plate A.F. 175 on the back of it.
"Sandra would you do me a favor and take Kitsune out on the town for awhile for a breath of fresh air considering how long she had to be in this place" exclaims Akemi Fujino.
"Yes it would my pleasure to take Shi-chan out on a date," responds the blonde with more emphasis on the word date.
"C'mon Shi-chan let's head to my car ok," says Sandra looking deeply into those red orbs that she lovesso very much.
"Kitsune, my child have a wonderful time out with Sandra ok" says Akemi while giving her daughter a bone crushing bear hug and a gentle kiss on her forehead before letting her go,
"I will mother and you enjoy your day as well" replies Shizuru as she makes her way to Sandra's red Ferrari GTS 110.
All three women enter their respective vehicles and head for the main street heading towards their desired destinations. One car makes a right onto the main highway and heads to the second largest Fujino Corp. building to do some corporate affairs. The red Ferrari makes a left turn heading for down- town Fuuka in the direction of the shopping district.
-MEAN WHILE IN DOWNTOWN FUUKA SHOPPING DISTRICT-
"Maii, I am not going to go in these damn stores with you today" remarks a blue-haired biker chick to an orange red-haired busty woman as they walk down the sidewalk of said shopping district.
'Mou, Nat-chan come on you KNOW that you want to go to Madame Elle's Lacy Lingerie Store," the busty woman states with a matter-of-fact tone with a hint flirtatiousness in her smile.
Glaring at her friend the bluentte gives her a light smack in the arm. The bluenette clears her throat and rubs the back of her neck sheepishly while looking at her best friend with puppy dog eyes. She stops dead in her tracks and grabs her friend by the arm to make her halt in her steps as well.
"Mai" she begins with a sad look on her face, "Can I talk to you about something very important?"she finishes while turning her head away in shame.
After seeing the sad look on her friends face the young woman pulls her towards an empty table located in the shopping mall area. She and the emerald eyed beauty sit at the table and an eerie silence engulfs the whole table.
"Nat-chan what is wrong with you because you are acting very un-Natsuki like today" asks the orange-red haired woman.
"I don't know what to do Mai, cause I don't want to keep hurting Nao" replies the biker chick.
'What are you talking about Nat-chan and how are you hurting Nao-chan?' asks the busty babe.
'I...um...err" she says as she staggers for the right words to say to her friend.
"I chose to be with Nao because I love her and that resulted in me breaking HER heart which lead to her committing suicide" she replies with a sad look on her face.
"My God Nat-chan, don't tell me that you are still blaming yourself for that incident that happened a year ago" exclaims Mai to her blue haired friend.
'Is that the problem between you and Nao-cahn your guilt over SH-HER death,' the orange-red headed woman sitting beside her at the table.
"No, Mai it's because I still love Her so much and I can't stop thinking about her or hearing that honey-coated Kyoto-Ben voice of hers," the bluenette says as tears begin to flow down her creamy porcelain skin.
"Oh Nat-chan I am so sorry" she says as she brings her friend in for a loving embrace.
As she is hugging her friend something catches her attention out of the corner of her eyes. She stops the hug and just sits there staring in the direction of what caught her attention in a single second. Staring into the distance across the street she spotted a tall blonde woman walking beside a woman with honey-blonde hair walking into the restaurant known as the Flaming Phoenix. Blinking a couple of times to make sure that she was not seeing things because one of the women looked so familiar to her but that just couldn't be possible cause the person that she is thinking about is DEAD.
OMG Could That Have Been Her kept repeating in Mai's head over and over again like a mantra chant.
Noticing her friends strange behavior the biker looks at her friend and says" Mai are you ok," with a worried look in her emerald eyes.
"Yes, Nat-chan gomen nasai I just thought for a minute that I had seen a ghost" she said while looking away sheepishly.
"A ghost where" enquirers the bluenette woman as she glances around from side to side looking for said ghost.
"Never mind Nat-chan because I couldn't have seen this persons ghost cause that person isn't here anymore, so I guess I saw just mistook her for someone that I use to know" replies Mai.
"What did the person look like Mai, would you give me a description please" begs the bluenette biker.
"No it was probably no one I knew Nat-chan so lets forget about it ok" says in tone that suggests leave it alone don't ask anything more.
"OK but what am I going to do about me and Nao though", asked the biker babe with puppy dog eyes and a puppy dog pout to go with it.
I think the two of you should talk about things Nat-chan and you should try to speak the name that you you would never utter again she told her friend.
"You know maybe if you can begin to say her name then everything will be ok again with Nao" uttered the busty woman.
-INSIDE THE FLAMING PHEONIX-
Two beautiful women are sitting at reserved table for two that Akemi Fujino had them set up prior to them leaving the hospital earlier that day. They sat their enjoying each other's company talking about where they will finish up their university studies. The two women were listing different college names in Japan as well as over seas but they both agreed to go to one in Japan cause Shizuru knew that her mother would worry about her well-being all the time.
"Shi-chan can I ask you something that is very Important and personal" asked the blonde to the brunette.
"Yes go ahead Sandra ask me anything" replied the brunette.
"Well I was wondering if you would consider being my girlfriend because you know how much I love you right" she asked while staring into deep pools of never ending rubies.
"Sandra, you know that I love you as well but I don't think that it would be a good idea for us to date because you are like a sister to me and I don't feel that way towards you I'm sorry" the brunette said to her friend in a gentle loving tone.
"You know, I knew you would say that but I won't give up Shi-chan" she stated in a matter of fact tone.
"I know you won't give up Sandra" was the brunette beauties reply.
"Thank you for the wonderful date and breath of fresh air Sandra I really needed it" the brunette says to the woman sitting across from her at their reserved table.
"Well Shi-chan, shall we go to meet up with Akemi-sama" the blonde asks as she reaches for the other woman's hand.
"Yes let's go meet my mother now shall we go" she replies with kind smile etched across her beautiful porcelain face as she grabs her friends hand and stands up to head up to the cashier to pay for their bill. Once there a blackish gray haired woman with spectacles continues to stare at the two women in front of her with a shocked expression upon her face. She lets them know that the bill has already been paid in full and then she tells them to wait a moment cause they had a bottle of champagne reserved for them to take home as well, The cashier went into the kitchen to the said bottle but she stopped beside a long haired brunette woman plating food.
"Aoi, babe you want believe this but there is a woman out there at the register that looks like Shizuru Fujino."
"Chie are you drunk or something cause you know that she died last year and I thought we all agreed to not mention that name because of Natsuki-san" replied the brunette to her girlfriend.
"I know and Nat-chan is not here to hear me say her name now is she but I need you to come and see this woman ok because she doesn't just look like Fujino but she walks and carries herself like she did as well" she states matter-of-factly with a Cheshire grin plastered across her face.
Once the two women made it to the front behind the register they only see the tall blonde standing waiting for the champagne. The brunette looks to her girlfriend sending her that look that says I-only-see-one-beautiful-blonde woman standing their.
"Um, excuse me miss but where did the other lady go" asks Chie.
"Oh, I told her to go on to the car and wait for me," because she doesn't need to overexert herself today replies the blonde to the nosy women in front of her.
"If you don't mind me asking, Is she ok or is she sick" asked the tall tomboy looking cashier.
"Well, it really is none of your business but she is my best friend and she just got out of the hospital today" the blonde responds to the asked question.
"I know that I am being nosy but could you tell me about your friend because she looks like someone that I use to know" states the cashier.
"You are to nosy but I guess that I could tell you a little about my friend" she said with a loving smile on her face at the mentioning of her friend.
"You see she had a really bad accident about a year ago and she was in a coma up until about a month or so ago" the blonde says with a little sadness in her voice.
"Thank you for telling me what you could miss and here is your bottle of Dom Perignon 1945" the cashier said as she handed the woman the bottle.
"No problem, well I guess that I better go cause she is out there waiting for me so good day ladies" she said to them as she leaves the restaurant.
"Good day to you too miss and come again soon" they both said to the woman in unison.
Both women turn to look at one another thinking the same thing and that one thought running in both of their minds was OMG Could That Have Been Her.
A/N
well here is the fourth chapter guys I hope you like it. I know this is a long chapter but I needed to get sightings in there pretty good. Even though it's long I hope that you all still enjoy it.