Mint's Afternoon Tea
This focuses a lot on MintXSoufuru in this chapter. First, I would like to take a quiz:
Do you guys like Vaireto, Soufuru, Kakorat, and Sue? I'm not going to take them away, I just wanna know for future reference. Oh, and I'm gonna start posting previews for my next chapters so you guys can give me suggestions. Any are welcome, no matter how screwed up they are.
Mamoritaikara
kitto doko ka de deateru
anata no koto nakukashiku naru
yatto aetane
hitori zutsuja dekinai koto
isshoi ni kitto kanaete yukeru
sonna igashiteru
nee, kiaekaketa inochi no koe ga
nee, anata ni mo kikoetekurudeshou
konna kirei na hoshi o mamoritaikara
saa minna, te o totte aiaia wow wow wow
yume bakari oikakete kamawanaikara
saa minna, genki dashite ikou
OH I JUST WANNA KEEP ON LOVING YOU!
Sunday Afternoon, the week before Summer Vacation starts. Mint sat at her small blue tea table, sighing. She looked into her delicate blue china cup filled with mint tea. Her finger traced the edges of the cup.
"Should I start wearing my hair down?" she asked herself. "I mean, I'm only 15. These buns are too kidish," she sighed again.
Just then, she heard foot steps. "Hey, Mint," Soufuru greeted. "Oh, hey," Mint replied. "What's wrong?" Soufuru asked. "Oh, nothing. Just bored," Mint said.
"Can I have some tea?" Soufuru asked, taking a cup. "Sure," Mint said.
"So, anyway, Mint-chan, I've noticed that every day, you always drink tea," Soufuru took a sip from his cup. "Mmm," Mint said. "Naze(why)?" Soufuru held his cup to his mouth.
Mint paused before filling her cup with the peppermint tea. Memories flooded her head from when she started.
Before she knew it, 20 minutes had passed. "Mint-chan?" Soufuru waved his hand in front of her face. "O-Oh, I'm sorry," Mint blushed a bit.
"So, why do you have tea every afternoon?" Soufuru leant forward to listen.
"Well," Mint started her flashback.
"Mommy! Daddy! Your home!" Mint cried for joy as she ran over to greet her parent whom had just gotten back from Europe.
"Now, now, Mint-chan, we're only stopping for a couple days. Go play with your brother," Mint's father said. "But oniichan's at school," Mint looked down.
"Then let's have some tea while we wait for him to come home," her mother bent down and told her.
(Drinking Tea...)
"Mint-chan, we're going to be on a business trip. Actually, we might be gone for a month," her father looked solemnly to the floor. "But why?" Mint cried. She jumped over and clung on to her dad. "I want Mommy and Daddy to stay with me!" Mint sobbed in to her father's shirt.
"I know, but you will have Seiji-kun and all the maids here to look after you," Mint's mother leaned over. "But it won't be the same. Seiji-oniichan will be at school all the time, and when he's home, he'll just study," Mint whined, looking at the floor.
"The maids will be here," her parents told her, her father caressing her hair. "Their grown-ups!" Mint jumped down from her fathers grasp. "I'm going to be alone, with no memories of you guys," Mint said, fighting tears.
"But," her mother started, "like today, you got to spend tea time with us. You can make some tea for yourself and have tea time to remember us."
Mint's eyes lit up. "Okay, Mommy!" Mint smiled.
-stop flashback-
"My parents have been gone for about 5 months now," Mint said, wiping a few tears away, because she missed her parents. Soufuru reached out a hand to wipe a tear, but Mint gently pushed it away. "Thanks for listening. If I told the girls about it, they'd track down my parents and demand they stay in Japan," Mint said.
"But it caught me when they said, 'Make yourself tea.' That doesn't seem fair," Soufuru said, with a small frown. "How?" Mint asked. "It doesn't bring back the memories of having an enjoyable tea time with someone important," Soufuru crossed his arms.
Mint shrugged it off. "It still keeps memories," her eyes went hazy for a few moments. "May I have tea with you, from now on, I mean," Soufuru blushed and hesitated.
Mint's face turned red. "I-If you want, I m-mean, it's only tea," she stammered. "It's okay, at least you get to drink tea with somebody," Soufuru turned his head away.
"Soufuru," Mint took his hand from under the table, "Thank you," she smiled a rare kind smile.
Soufuru returned the smile.
Just then, Mint's cell phone rang. "Mint! It's me, Ichigo! There's a chimera attacking the park again!" Ichigo cried desperately into the phone. "Okay, I'm on my way!" Mint replied and hung up.
"What?" Soufuru asked. "The chimeras are at it again," Mint said, as she took her pendant out from her pocket.
"RIBBON MEW MEW MINT METAMORPHOSE!" Mint kissed and cried into her pendant. A blue light encircled her and wings and a tail came out from her back. The blue accessories formed along with her outfit and she posed.
She glanced over and saw that Soufuru was ready, in his alien state. "Let's go!" she grabbed Soufuru's hand and started running. Soufuru was about to hesitate, but kept his grip.
'Why do I get this feeling when I'm around her? What would oniichan say at a time like this? Oh, I don't want to turn into a perv like him!' Soufuru thought as he ran out the door with Mint.
Iyashite Agete by Taeko Kawada (Ringo)
Tsukino yoni mado tata ita anata
Awashimi irono egao
Kitano ga totsuzende ordoro i takedo
Tayotte kun rete ureshii
Don nato kimo gan hairi tsuzen ketene
Hito ichi bai kizutsu iteio none
Namida nowake wa kika nai kedo asaga kuru made
Soba nriteno iiyo
Morino kao de tsutsu myouni
Kokoro iyashite aketai tenderly
OMG!! I am soooo sorry I'm late! I just finished this chapter. As I mentioned in my most recent update, I will be rotating the updates. Next is my musical, which is almost finished! (The chapter, not the story, sorry!)
The reason I haven't been updating is because my storied got deleted on my computer and I've been lazy...
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Oh, and the Preview:
Yay! Finally, vacation time for our feline friends! On this trip, we watch as the mew go to Okinawa to enjoy themselves. Watch as connections are made, burns are made, and Kish's encounter with water!