Mai HiME
Lost & Found
Chapter VII
Notes: krugern: Oh my gawd, it's typo!! I don't catch them, only when I recheck on them after I post did I started to see them and fixed them. I'm not that diligent on doing it though, but thanks for noting it.
"You lied," the pink hair said deadpan as she was glaring at Nao. Of course, Nao had to be out with Yukino, Haruka, and her gang-banger of a cousin: Natsuki at a bar that Mikoto happened to own discussing important matter when pink haired girl run into them. "Look, I have no idea what you're talking about." Nao said with a confused look on her face. Oddly, the girl really did forgot about her promise of calling the girl after all, this caused the other girl to looked extremely angry. "You're not just a liar, but you're very good a pretending too. It was a mistake to fall for you, Yuuki Nao. I hate you," the girl grabbed the glass of margarita in front of Yukino and pour the entire content on Nao's head before storming out of the bar sobbing from anger and heartbroken.
"Crazy bitch," Nao called after the girl as Natsuki handed the girl some paper towels. "You know, I'm not surprise that she's mad at you." Yukino said softly resting her elbow on the table with her palm up to rest her chin on. "What the fuck are you talking about?" Nao said glaring at the young doctor. "Do you remember the girl you hit on at my graduation?" Yukino shot Nao a devious smile as she ordered another margarita since the last one ended up on Nao's head. "I hit on at least a handful of them that day," Nao rolled her eyes. "The first girl that caught your attention and you chased after her," Yukino said ever calmly. "Oh…" Nao suddenly become very quiet and thoughtful. "Oh my fucking god!!" Nao suddenly jumped when she finally realized that the girl that dumped a glass full of ice and alcohol on her was that octopus chick she hit on five years ago. She actually did liked the girl, but being a player that she is, Nao just can't help but fooling around and she soon forgot about the girl that she talked to at least four hours each night for over a year.
"Good luck spider, you're gonna need it." Natsuki laughed taking a sip of her beer. "I can't believe I…" Nao was lost at words for the first time at the mess she's in. "Agh.. dammit, this is all Mikoto's fault!!" Nao shouted and everyone stared at her but Natsuki's icy glare caused them to looked away. "I think you should be thanking her, now you best chased after her and apologize. She seemed like a nice girl, so I'm sure she'll let you slide this time." Yukino said smiling at the red head. "Hell no," Nao protested. "You want to have a knuckle sandwich then?" Natsuki said grabbing Nao by the collar. Once in a while, the girl actually being thoughtful and considerate of other people besides her Shizuru. "Fine, I'll go. What's up your ass today?" Nao said grumpily as she pulled away from Natsuki's grip and headed out.
"You don't suppose that girl to be Tate's cousin do you?" Yukino asked looking at Natsuki. "Unfortunately, she is and Takeda seemed to be his best friend." Natsuki murmured her reply. "Things are getting complicated," Yukino said tapping her cheek thoughtfully. "Yeah, anyway Mikoto wanted me to tell you guys that she's stuck at another meeting and she wanted you two to move back home so that there's some kind of noises in the house. That and other safety reasons," Natsuki said nodding at Yukino. "So the renovation was done then? I miss that place, we used to place hide and seek there and I would always get lost." Yukino chuckled fondly at the memories of the old days.
"Bah, I'm outta here. Shizuru is calling," Natsuki grunted as she got up and left the couple behind. "Boy, is she whipped." Yukino giggled ordering yet another margarita. "She is?" Haruka finally spoke for the first time since she got there. "Oh yeah, she was a true badass way back in Junior High and into Senior High. That is until she met Fujino-san, who obviously captured her heart at first sight and really changed her. Though for better or for worst, I'm not so sure on that. She's still a gang-banger, but didn't get herself into hospital or any arrest like back in the days." Yukino said thoughtfully. Wow, it's like everyone around her is fucked up in one way or another. Then again, my life is pretty fucked up too. Haruka chuckled at her own thought, and this caught Yukino's attention. "What are you laughing at?" Yukino asked as her face tinted a light red shade. Damn, she's so hot when she's drunk like this. No, dammit. Not in public place, gotta take it slow. Arg… keep it clean Haruka, the blonde's mind yelled as Haruka stiffed slightly feeling the doctor's breathing on her.
Somewhere else at a large mansion, Mikoto was sitting in the living room waiting for her date to come down so they could go out for dinner. Mikoto was having a very long day dragging from one meeting to the next, so all she wanted right now is just to go out and have dinner with the person she loved. Her tie was laying on the couch along with her jacket, a maid had fetched her a cold towel to put on her forehead. While Mai stood in her room wrapped in just a bath towel staring at the slick black dress lay out on her bed, she knew that Mikoto hadn't put it there but one of the maids did along with her undergarments too.
"Mikoto, don't you think this is a bit too much?" Mai asked coming down and didn't noticed the towel on the girl's forehead. "Hm?" Mikoto looked over and let the towel fall when she saw Mai's figure filling out the dress perfectly. "Whoa, you look amazing…" she managed that much without saying anything else inappropriate. "T-thank you…" Mai blushed but she remembered that there's something she must ask the feral girl just to satisfy her curiosity. "Mikoto, can I ask you something?" Mai started. "Sure," Mikoto said as she got up and walked over to Mai by the stairs. "How did you get clothes of my size?" Mai asked fidgeting her fingers while looking down at the nice pump that matched with her dress. "You want to know the secret?" Mikoto teased the older girl. Mai just nodded while blushing slightly at the girl's tease, "I used to have to go on clothing and lingerie shopping with Fumi-san and Fujino-san. So I learned to tell a person's clothing size just be looking at them, it's amazing what you learn from shopping with them."
It has been roughly a month since Mai left the hospital and moved in with Mikoto, and she managed to get back on her feet with the feral girl's support. Mai now got a job as a baker at a small bakery near the clinic, where she visited Yukino and the patients there on her break. Of course, she just started last week but is happy with her job in being in the kitchen again. After three years of pain and suffering, Mai was finally able to find happiness in taking her relationship with Mikoto slowly and getting over the fact that she was once pregnant.
They went out to a small and quiet restaurant, it's a high-class and with a touch of classic look to it. The foods are authentic European, mainly Italian and the wine tasted great and expensive. Mai managed to remain quite elegant and graceful throughout the whole meal, while Mikoto spent most of the time smiling at Mai and sip on her wine from time-to-time as she didn't really eat all that much because she stopped by her cousin's place and had dinner with them at Fumi's order. The woman was getting moodier by the day, Mikoto wondered how Reito managed his wife's constant mood swing without bringing bodily harm to himself.
"Is it too much for your taste?" Mikoto asked as they left the place. "It is expensive," Mai said and the younger girl just laughed at her girlfriend's comment. "You're the first person I take here that isn't my family," Mikoto chuckled. "I'm sure you would take your girlfriend here," Mai said softly. "Well, I met a few nice girls but we don't see anything eye-to-eye at all. Then again, there's my parents trying to throw all kind of crazy rich girls at me." Mikoto said rolling her eyes and shaking her head just at the mention of her parents. "Even though they retired and all that and moved to live in England, they still wanted to meddle into my personal life. Parents can be a pain some times," the feral girl laughed as the two walked hand-in-hand down the street toward their car.
"Mai?" a familiar voice cause Mai to froze in her track as a male figure walked up to her with another one next to him. Mikoto tighten her grip on the strawberry orange top to reassure her that everything will be fine, and that small action relaxed Mai a little. "Tate," Mai said coldly without any kind of emotion for him. Mikoto didn't have to wait for Mai to say the man's name to know who he is, the information she got from Nao was enough for her to pick him out even if he changed his hair color and his name. "Hey, you looking sexy. I didn't know you dumped Tate to date a girl," a man with spiky black hair snorted looking from Mai over to Mikoto.
"Oh so now the story is that I dumped Tate?" Mai asked with a raised brow. "Is this one you made up or your mother did for you Tate?" Mai asked calmly. "Look, no one made it up. I know I did some stupid things, and I just want you back. Give me another chance?" Tate asked her. "I'm happy with where I'm at right now Tate, and I don't want to go back to the way we were over three years ago. It's too late Tate," Mai said shaking her head. "Come on, you know I didn't mean what I said," Tate said giving Mai a charming smile and Mai knew that he had a few drinks somewhere already. "No means no Tate," she said harshly glaring at him.
The other man quickly drawn a twenty-two Caliber and pointed the barrel directly at Mikoto's face, he found it odd that the girl didn't even flinch as she literally staring right at it. This really induced panic into Mai's mind, and with Mikoto letting go of her hand only sent her into even deeper panic than she already is. "How about you come back with Tate or I blow this brat's brain off?" the man smirked and the people around them scattered away quickly as they all know who he is. Being in the yukuza does have its perks, and one of them is that no one dare to call the police or say a word about anything that's happening right now.
Author's Notes: Rawr!! Goodness sake, I think I'm inducing extreme mood swing on myself writing about Fumi having mood swing. Hooray for cliff-hanger!! Bleh, now I can't tell if my stomach ached from hunger or from me ingesting too much sugar or me still up at um… some times past 4am? 'laughs cynically' But I'm on a roll!!