100 One Shot challenge!

Disclaimer: I don't own Mai Hime just using the characters for entertainment purposes.

Title: I'm so without you

Summary: What'll you do if you saw your live-in partner with someone else other than you?

Genre: Romance/Humor

Word Count: 1,825

Story no.: 19

Ever since I have lost my virginity to Takumi we are spending less and less time with each other. I really hate waking up early but because of Takumi it grew on me. He wakes up early to cook for both of us. I'm a ninja so it's natural that I am a light sleeper even though he tries to be quiet. When I wake up because of Takumi, smelling his cooking can't get me back to sleep. So instead of trying I just quietly sit on the breakfast nook and watch him do some magic. I usually don't take note of what I eat but with him it's different. Every meal with him makes me happy every meal he cooks for me is exquisite. It's one of the few things in the world that makes me happy

That's why even though others were reluctant of letting us live together I just brush them off. I was surprised by myself when I asked Takumi that I wanted him to live with me. I am not a boy so obviously I can no longer stay to the boy's dormitory with Takumi. I can't stay to the girl's dormitory just seeing me in a girl's uniform makes the girls either squeal or glare at me. So my father was kind enough to provide me an apartment. We are staying in different rooms but still I still think this set up was indecent and what would my father think of me? But in the last four months I was happy. I don't regret losing my virginity to him and sacrificing my crazy sense of decency just to be with him.

I am currently staring at the food he left on the table. Four days ago he bought a microwave oven because he knows I hated eating a cold food. I glared at the microwave oven just because we have a microwave oven doesn't mean he can go out early in the morning and I'll see him at school which we can barely talk at all because of the work we had to do and the odd looks when we are together totally don't help. When we are going home he has to take part time jobs so we practically can't spend some time together. I know I'm being so needy of him, I don't even know what to do when I'm being like this. The breakfast is as usual delicious but it lacks something. It was his damn fault that I'm being lonely. Back then I don't even feel a thing with me eating alone but now I… I bit my lips and closed my eyes firmly. There's only one way I can let out the heavy baggage off my chest…

I went out just me alone. Takumi's even worse when the weekend comes he just totally disappears. For the first time in my life I feel so alone than ever. I just took pride of myself for concealing those feelings whenever we saw each other at school… I asked him to live with me to spend some time with me not to be my housekeeper! Back then I spend my time training and studying but I don't feel sad or lonely. Maybe when you taste happiness you just couldn't get back eating sadness again. I shook my head I'm Okuzaki Akira and loneliness won't beat me even if I love him I refuse to be pathetic. I have decided that I'm having fun! I smiled to myself now I just have to dress up because I'm watching movies although I don't see the sense of dressing beautifully only to seat and watch in a dark place where no one could see you, well in the drama Takumi and I used to watch whenever the main character is sad she dresses up and go shopping and watch movie. Shopping is totally out of the question for me, it's just not my thing. I have the money and the stamina but I just tend to spend more than I can bargain for in short I'm not a good handler of money so I leave the shopping to Takumi.

WAIT!
WAIT!
WAIT!

Why is he doing in my mind again? Didn't I decide to have a day off of thinking about him? It's not like he's doing it deliberately to bother me or for me to feel neglected. I'll just sit still and wait like a medieval wife. I can feel several eyes on me as I am walking the old me would probably glare at all the eyes that are looking but I have decided that I would just ignore them like what Takumi says and just take the compliment of them checking me out. I'll imagine that I'm a runaway model. I smiled it seems to be effective because boys are totally smiling at me and the girls are backing off. I bit my lip and wished that Takumi could see me right now. I don't really care about how people check me out but it would really matter if it was Takumi checking me out and compliment my physically instead of always complimenting my strength sometimes I wonder if he really see me as a woman not just a duo of MIB, partners in crime or a buddy. Well he said I'm beautiful once, the night he saw me naked as we are getting to it…

I blushed remembering that night but it doesn't count! I'm the first girl he saw naked minus his sister Mai… I shook my head so hard that I actually think that I'm lucky that neck didn't break I smiled as I bought my tickets. I am watching two movies today! Because I can't choose between Percy Jackson 2 and Iron Man 3, actually it's a good idea of watching a movie by myself like the old times because honestly I can't understand the movie that I'm watching when I'm with Takumi I wonder why couples love watching movies when obviously in my opinion you if you're so in love with your partner it's really hard to concentrate in something. Maybe it's just an excuse just to be alone in the dark and do things…

NO! NO! NO! You are not a pervert Okuzaki Akira! Okay this is not working I sigh and watched the movie I am looking forward to and now being bore to death. I really need a sparring partner soon maybe having some bruise will keep my head straight. As I am walking to the mall hoping to tire myself out I didn't notice that I am in the men section already well old habits die hard but on the second thought maybe I could buy Takumi something like a thoughtful girlfriend I smiled as I browse, honestly I don't know what to buy in the end I just piled the cart with items that I am unsure of buying all of this will certainly gain me some earful from Takumi for being wasteful so I sorted out the things that he will like and I think that suits him. Then something caught my eye he's on a suit but he looks like Takumi well something's wrong with my eyes but it's really him so I'm coming closer to ask why he's here instead of being on his "job" like he said when a girl with a long black hair appear handing him a necktie. My eyes suddenly ache and I could feel the veins on my head popping out slowly. I clenched my fists and decided to confront them or him.

"Takumi" I called him he looks pretty shock and judging by the reaction of the girl she knows I'm the girlfriend and she's the slut! I can't bring myself to scold him or even shot a glare at the girl instead my eyes are on his eyes. "You know you've been distant lately but I tried to understand because I understand its work but this?" I was livid it feels like my brain is a plastic being shrunk because of the heat of things. I began to walk away with the tears in my eyes, I feel so stupid even if I didn't cry right now I feel so pathetic so might as well let some emotions out and it's not like I could control it. "Wait!" Takumi shouted running after me. I'm quite slow if I'm in my normal attire I could easily outrun him but I'm wearing a dress and a heels for Pete's sake! I didn't pay attention and fell down. Takumi quickly reached a hand to help me up and ask if I'm okay. I'm so humiliated I don't really have to look to see that I look awful and being the center of attention like a circus freak. "Akira listen!" I pushed him hard

"You don't love me at all!" I shouted, I know I'm being scandalous but I just have to tell him what. "Listen it's not what you think! I love you" he said his voice is gentle it was clear he is trying to calm me down which makes me more angry because he think he can handle me just fine. "Why Takumi? I didn't ask you to cook for me, to bear with me! But you still did it! Now do you know how I feel everytime I eat alone? Because I actually think you are working. For the first time in my life I try to be considerate and this is how it is?" it's a rhetorical question he didn't bother to speak up he just stared at me crying my eyes out. The people circled around us like we are doing some show but neither of us cared. "I feel so alone without you I know I'm being needy but-" he didn't let me finish instead he pulled out a ring. "Me too so marry me" I was so shocked to react. "I feel so guilty that I took your chastity that's why I've been distancing myself for awhile until I can marry you and take responsibility of what happened and I don't want anyone to say anything about us living together so I'm planning proposing to you but it seems like you are so eager" I smiled and said yes immediately, throwing myself to him and kissing him. The people around us cheered.

The morning came the night we went home was hazy. When we got home we attacked each other right away obviously missing each other so much the difference is I have a ring on my finger now. We woke up and smiled at each other we decided to eat breakfast when Takumi yelped in shock. "Akira" he said knowingly "Did you did that to the innocent microwave oven?" I smiled guiltily staring at the microwave oven at the floor feeling pity for the microwave receiving my wrath. Oh well

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