I love how I get 10 reviews within one day of a chapter being up. Things like that make me continue to write. Thank you Reusch for helping me to narrow down my ideas for this chapter.

This chapter's going to be broken up differently due to the events that will be happening in it, it won't be completely in Haruka's POV.

Teacher's Pet
Chapter 11

Monday Morning – At School

Michiru looked up at the clock, it was 5 minutes before the bell was to ring. There was still no sign of Rune, nor Haruka. She took a deep breath in a vain attempt to push aside the horrible thoughts that were flooding her head. 'What if she hurt herself? What if she was in the hospital? She didn't answer any of my phone calls.'

"Ms. Kaiou what's wrong? You look sad." A small raven haired boy looked up at her from her side.

She simply forced a smile and nodded. "I'm alright. There's just something bad that happened to me over the weekend." She sighed. 'And I hope she's alright because of it.'

"OK." He nodded before going back to the play area to grab some toys.

"Sorry we're late." Michiru looked up to see the tall-bitter woman that she had a confrontation with last week.

She frowned when she saw Rune with her, but no Haruka. After standing, she approached them both. "Where's Haruka?"

Setsuna helped Rune out of his jacket and looked at her. "I thought you might know. She never came home Friday night."

The smaller woman frowned. "She left my apartment at 8 that night." Michiru watched Rune go to join a group of boys in the corner. Setsuna frowned down at her. "Something happened Friday night…"

The stepped out of the room to talk in the hallway. "What happened?"

"I swear to you I had no idea…" She lowered her voice before speaking. "One of the guys…from her past…" Setsuna listened with open ears. "He's my cousin."

"WHAT!?" The rage that filled Setsuna's face was quite visible.

"And I only found that out after he decided to come over and ruin our date." Michiru was visibly shaken by the fact that Haruka seemed to have disappeared. "Do you have any idea where she may have gone?"

The green haired woman shook her head. "Whenever she gets upset she normally just goes for a drive, but to be gone for two days, that's not like her. Have you tried to call her? She won't pick up any of my calls."

"Yes, I've tried all weekend, I wanted to make sure she was alright. Setsuna last week, when we had that meeting, she called me that night. She said she hurt herself."

"What…?"

"Yea, she wouldn't tell me how though. What if she hurt herself again this time?"

Across Town – Haruka's POV

I hummed to myself in a methodical manner as I looked down at the task on my lap. I was carefully piecing together Michiru's statue. I figured that it was my job, since I was the one to have broken it.

My back pressed against the wall of Michiru's apartment building, I haven't strayed far from it since Friday. I wish I could just call her to tell her that I'm alright. Or to call Setsuna to tell her the same, she's probably blaming Michiru for me not being home all weekend. I do hope she took Rune to school today. 'There!' I looked down as I glued the final piece to the mermaid's tailfin and smiled. I hope she likes it.

I stood up slowly to make my way back to my car. My body swayed slightly as a drop of blood fell from my fingertips. It was running down from the still open wound on my left wrist. Nobody seems to understand that this is the only way I can deal with my pain. I climbed into the driver's side and stared at the building until my eyes finally closed.

Afternoon – School

"Has she picked up any of your calls Setsuna?" Michiru looked up at the tall woman with hope in her eyes.

"No…I'm really starting to get worried." She watched Rune put his backpack on his shoulders.

"Where's mommy at?" He held onto Setsuna's leg and looked up at both of the women.

"She went away for a little while, she'll be back soon though alright?" Michiru watched she exchange between the two and smiled softly. She really did have a way with that little boy. "Do you think you could try calling her again?"

Michiru nodded. "I'll give it a try when I get home, do you have a number where I can reach you in case she does answer." Setsuna proceeded to write down several numbers on a scrap piece of paper before handing it to the younger woman. "I'll call you if I hear anything." She watched the woman and child walk out of the room. 'Where are you Haruka?"

After much grumbling and station changing Michiru finally gave up and shut it off. She couldn't find anything to listen to that would help her mood any. She was worried sick about the woman she had come to know and adore. What if something worse had happened to her? What if she was off the side of the road somewhere whispering for help that nobody could hear. She shook her head, the last thing she needed right now was images of Haruka seriously hurt.

She turned into the driveway of her apartment building and frowned slightly when she saw, what appeared to be, Haruka's vehicle. 'That can't be…' She pulled in beside it and saw Haruka sitting in her seat, her head slumped to one side. 'Oh my god.' Her fingers couldn't work fast enough to unhook her seatbelt and get out of the car to go and check on the blond.

"Haruka!" Michiru tried to open the door only to find it was locked "Haruka wake up!" She tried pounding on the window, to no avail, the blonde on the other side of the glass did not stir from her apparent slumber. "Shit…" She fumbled through her purse, looking for something she could use to break the window with. She quickly thought against it after she saw the extent of the blonde's injury on her wrist. 'She doesn't need to be cut anymore.' Michiru pulled her cell phone out of her purse and quickly dialed for an ambulance.

At the hospital

"Are you related to Haruka Tenou in any way?" Michiru looked up at the doctor and nodded. "How are you related?"

She quickly lied to him. "Her girlfriend." She stood up to look into his eyes. "How is she doing?"

"She's being prepped for a blood transfusion now. But we have to wait for the blood bags to get here from Kyoto. We don't have any O negative on stock here due to it being so rare."

"I'm O negative…" Michiru didn't even hesitate to respond to him. "Please let me help."

He nodded to her. "Please follow me then."

"Can I make a quick phone call first?" He nodded and Michiru walked outside to dial the number that Setsuna had given her earlier that day.

"Hello?"

"Haruka's in the hospital…I'm here now, I'm getting ready to go in to give her a transfusion…"

"Wait…what? What happened? Is she alright?" The voice on the other side was frantic.

"She cut herself pretty badly, and instead of waiting for a transport from Kyoto they're going to let me donate to her."

"We'll be right there." She hung up the phone and Michiru walked through the automatic doors and back to the doctor.

"I'm ready."

"Follow me then."

He led her back through a hallway and into a sterile room where she saw Haruka hooked up to many machines. She could hear the chatter of the nurses that surrounded her, but they were quickly phased out by the slow beeping of a heart monitor. Michiru laid back on the bed next to Haruka as instructed and they proceeded to hook her up to a similar machine. She winced as they placed the tube into her arm.

"You'll probably get a cold sensation in a few minutes, but this is normal. If you start to feel faint at all, tell us." Michiru nodded to the nurse and turned her head to look at the blonde next to her. She looked so peaceful, as if she were sleeping. 'Please be alright Ruka.'