Hello everyone!! 'Avoids some flying items' U-m ok I know I'm stupid! And I'm really sorry about that… With the classes and all…I just couldn't had enough time to spend on writing…And as I am saying to my profile this year is really important to me and to accomplish my dream… So I ask you to be kind… Oh and plus when I had a little free time I had other problems with this from-hell laptop! Arghh…

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Bright beams entered the room through the window, making Shizuru raise one hand to cover her eyes.

She felt...so lonely. That was odd...Very odd. She remembered clearly that the last thing she felt last night was Natsuki's tight embrace. She opened her eyes and peeked around under her hand. No one was on the bed nor inside the room. She panicked.

"Natsuki?!" She called. She got up from the bed and stormed out of the room. She saw the untouched dinner table and then looked at the candles. When she looked at the small table in front of the TV, tears started falling from her eyes. She figured it all out before even opening the letter.

The brunette took the piece of paper in one hand and in the other, her love's cell-phone. She read the contents of the letter three times, not understanding what it was saying.

Or maybe, she didn't WANT to understand. She didn't want this to be true…

Shizuru,

I left...I just need to think. I'm sorry…I don't want to make you feel more pain and so, this is the only way…I love you, so I can't stay here and keep hurting you…I don't care about myself. I may wallow in my sorrow...but I don't care…Just don't look for me.

Natsuki

Hot tears began to fall from her eyes, some of them falling and drenching the piece of paper. She held it tightly to her chest and closed her eyes.

"Natsuki…" a low whisper left her mouth as she stood there, holding the letter in her arms...as if it was Natsuki herself.

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Three days later...

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Natsuki stood by the open window. Cool air was blowing ON her face. She stood there, looking out the window of her hotel room. She was listening to the sounds of the city and her eyes were looking toward the dark sky, where countless bright stars stood…But her eyes were blank.

These days, she only left the room when she was out of drinks. She had eaten very little. She only kept drinking and was almost constantly in an drunken haze.

But no matter how many alcohol she consumed...she couldn't forget those two.

She was always remembering everything about them. And when she was really pissed off with herself, she had drank until she passed out a couple of times. Yet again, this wasn't helping at all. Her dreams were filled with them. They were the very first thing she thought of everytime she woke up...No other though.

She had totally forgotten the classes she supposed to attend to, as well as everything else. The pain in her chest wouldn't stop with anything and her head hurt like Hell.

But there were moments, like right now, where she felt as if someone else was in control of her body and her mind. These moments...were peaceful. These moments would be the closest she would ever get to being dead, where there was no pain, no emotion. Nothing.

She was currently holding a half-empty bottle of beer. As expected, she raised it to her lips and drank the remaining liquor. The bottle left her hand as soon as she was finished. It fell to the floor without breaking, but rolling over and eventually stopping against something. The floor was littered with cans and other bottles of various alcoholic drinks. Natsuki turned her face to the room and scanned it. She realized she had run out of anything to drink. She sighed and got up from her position. She grabbed some money and walked to the door. She stepped out of the room, shut the door closed behind her and headed for the stairs.

Downstairs, the creepy old man was in his receptionist desk and as soon as he caught a glimpse of Natsuki, he gave her a scary look. The bluenette ignored him and walked out of that shithole. She headed for a certain store that was close by. As she was walking, many men whistled at her and tried to speak to her, but she ignored them all. She was staggering a little but this drunk state was giving her a pretty nice feeling.

She reached the store and entered. It had many things inside but she didn't care to look around. She just headed to the Drinks section to purchase what she really wanted. When she was there she grabbed some bottles and cans of beer and headed for the cashier. The man who stood there smiled at her. He was the owner of the store and Natsuki's old friend. He was around his thirties. Natsuki had saved him months ago, and he was greatful to her, so Natsuki had asked him for the first time to let her get the drinks because the legal age for drinking in Japan was twenty and Natsuki was only seventeen.

"Natsuki-chan, you know? You seriously mustn't drink so much at your age. You're still young. If you start like this, who knows what will happen to you," he said with a kind voice. Natsuki knew he wasn't a bad guy like everyone that roamed around this district.

"I really don't care what happens," the bluenette replied in a low voice, lowering her head. "Not anymore…" He looked at her and a small chuckle left his mouth. Natsuki looked up at him confused.

"In love, aren't we?" he asked. "Ah, you're in big trouble, my friend," Natsuki gave him a weak smile. He understood...even if he didn't know the whole story. She gave him the money and took the plastic bag with the beers.

"Well, see you around, Yuuma," and with that said, Natsuki turned her back to him and left the store. The man just kept looking at her as she walked. He pulled his cell-phone and dialed a number.

"She is going back to the hotel," at the other line the voiced replied: "Ok, got it. Thanks, Yuuma. I owe ya," and the line went dead. Yuuma sighted and put the cell-phone down.

Meanwhile Natsuki made her way back to the hotel. The streets were quiet now, much for her relief. She took one beer from her bag. The bluenette tried to pop open the can, but she had trouble maintaining her balance, staggering even more than before. Apparently, that nice feeling she was having was fading away. She managed to open the can and took a small sip.

After a few, very slow minutes, she reached the hotel. She wanted to sit down or even better, lie down. She couldn't keep her mind straight. The only command she knew she could follow was to return to the room. Now, the nice feeling was gone, and painful memories of two certain girls were terrorizing had returned. She took a swig of her beer, drinking all the content in one go, making her mind go hazy as she started to forget what she was supposed to be doing now. A dumb grin appeared on her face...for no apparent reason. She reached the stairs and started climbing them, shambling. After much effort she reached the second floor. She looked for the room key in her pockets.

With enough trouble, Natsuki opened the door. As soon as she was inside and the door was closed, she leaned back with a sigh.

She then burst out laughing.

"Dude, I'm in sooooooooooo much trouble here...hehehe..." She slurred, laughing hysterically.

"Indeed you are!" Someone was there. Natsuki stopped and lazily opened her eyes. She wasn't seeing too clearly now, but she could easily see the outline of a person sitting on her bed...a person with a VERY familiar head of fiery red hair. Natsuki gulped.

"N-Nao?! What the heck?!"

'Uh oh...Ok, I think I may have had...a BIT too much...!' she thought as she stared dumly at the redhead. This couldn't be happening...she watched the girl stand up from the bed, walk over to her and kneel in front of her. And then, Natsuki felt Nao's hands on her shoulders. They felt very much real.

"Long time no see, Natsuki."

"..." That did it.

"How the hell did you find me?!" Natsuki yelled at the redhead, shooting up from her sitting position. She inmediately regretted it as her head began to throb painfully. Nao sighed and straightened herself up, crossing her arms over her chest and glaring at the drunk bluenette before her.

"Really. Are you always THAT stupid? I didn't think you'd be the kind to sleep and run on anybody. You know? Everyone is REALLY worried," after seeing the empty bottles of the various drinks and the cans all over the place she focused again at Natsuki. "And you do, what exactly? Just roaming in this filthy district, getting wasted and who-knows-what else!" Her gaze became more intense. Natsuki frowned gave Nao a glare in return.

All of this was really strange and difficult for her to understand. The alcohol really got to her, yes, but...'What was the question, again? Ugh...' her anger was starting to be consumed by lust, besides confusion. She had missed Shizuru and Nao terribly...and she still remember the redhead's touch...The questions were distracting her mind, so she kept talking. Or slurring. Whatever.

"Look! I'm sure I let Shizuru know that I left, and I CLEARLY remember writing down 'DON'T LOOK FOR ME'! But HOW did you know I left? And how the hell did you find me, damn it?!" She leaned dangerously close to Nao's face. This time it was Nao that frowned.

"Well, about two days ago, Ms. Nice-Kaichou came to the dorms looking for you. From the ruckus she was making by hitting Mai's door, I stepped outside and over-heard their conversation. Shizuru had completely lost it and Mai assured her that you weren't inside, and asked her what happened," Nao looked inside the hazy emerald eyes of the bluenette. Their noses touched as Natsuki leaned even closer to Nao.

"You STILL haven't answered me! How. The. FUCK did you find me?! I SAID IN THAT LETTER: DON'T LOOK FOR ME!!!" Natsuki snapped.

"First of all: back off, will ya?" Nao said, putting her hands on Natsuki's shoulders. pushing her away. Feeling danger, Natsuki shoved Nao's hands off of her shoulder and grabbed them tightly...her eyes glazing over with lust.

"What? You don't want me..." she licked her lips. "Close to you?" The bluenette asked with a smug look. "At your dorm...you were showing me quite the opposite," she pushed Nao back to the bed and jumped, effectively sitting on the younger girl's stomach. without releasing her hands from her grip.

"Get OFF OF ME!" Nao barked, struggling to free her hands. Natsuki was looking at her with an amused smile.

"What are you smiling at?! Damn you Kuga, just let go! You're drunk!" She couldn't break free from the older girl.

"Ehh? What's this, Nao-chan?" Natsuki asked softly and moved their joined hands above Nao's head, shifting her hands so she could hold both Nao's hands with her left one. "I'm Kuga now?" she continued. "I think we should stick to 'puppy'," and she leaned forward, capturing Nao's lips with her own. Natsuki's tongue licked Nao's lower lip, hoping to get permission but no movement was made by the redhead. She had calmed down and was staring into the navy-blue haired girl's emerald orbs.

"That's no fun," Natsuki said with a pout once she broke the kiss. "Doesn't my koneko-chan* want this?" she leaned in once again to kiss her lover again.

"I'll say it once more: stop this," Nao said calmly without paying attention to the lips that were coming down to meet her. "I came here to bring you back because everyone is worried. So...stop. This. BULLSHIT AND GET OFF OF ME!" she managed to free one of her hands, and then slapped Natsuki.

And she slapped her HARD, making her head turn to the side.

That slap put Natsuki's mind out of the fog. Realizing what had happened, she looked back at Nao with a sorrowful expression.

"Nao…" she whispered and got off of the girl. Nao sat up and stared at Natsuki with moist eyes. "Nao, I-!"

"Don't waste your breath Natsuki," she replied.

"I'm sorry, Nao! I...right now I-!"

"I said it's Ok," the redhead turned and gave Natsuki a blank stare.

"I'm glad to see you too, y'know?" Nao said and smiled warmly at the bluenette, who was on the verge of tears. She cupped the girl's cheek un-injured cheek.

"Nao...please, leave. I-" Nao cut her up by wrapping her arms around her.

"Shhhhh puppy. I'll only leave this place together with you. I'm not going to back away now. I left the old "bitch and selfish" Nao and embraced my feelings for you. I would've never realized that I'm so damn good inside," those words made Natsuki chuckle and Nao joined her. Natsuki closed her eyes and grimaced. Nao instantly frowned and gingerly touched Natsuki's reddened cheek.

"I'm sorry about this..." She said in low voice. "I thought it was the only way that this 'good' Nao could handle things," she said and smiled again. Through her grimace, Natsuki also smiled.

"No-ow!-it's Ok. It's just that...my head...Hell, even my mind hurts a little bit..." After a little pause Natsuki suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Nao with a smug face.

"I don't dare to think WHAT the old Nao would've done..." she said and laughed.

"Yeah. Probably would've smashed a bottle to pieces on your thick head," Nao replied and once again joined the other girl in laughter.

After the laughter had died down, Natsuki's gaze met Nao's, their green eyes locking firmly.

Natsuki leaned forward and kissed Nao gently. The bluenette felt the smile that apeard in Nao's lips and smiled also. She decided to deepen the kiss and both girls closed their eyes. Natsuki's tongue played with the younger girl's. The sweet taste of Nao's mouth was intoxicating her even more than the alcohol would ever do. But Nao pulled away slowly leaving Natsuki there, still with her eyes closed. Nao smacked Natsuki lightly on the head, making her open her eyes.

"Kissing me sort of beats the purpose you came here for, you know?" she said and smiled lovingly.

"How do you kno-?"

"Oh come on! Why else would you come stay here, drinking your guts out? To skip school?" she said and pushed Natsuki so she lay her head on the pillow. She lied down, too, using Natsuki's chest as a pillow and sighed.

"Just lie down here and sleep. My slap isn't so miraculous to snap you out of your stupor completely. You're still pretty damn drunk. Sleep and tommorow, everything will be Ok," she spoke softly, gently caressing Natsuki's abdomen. The girl beneath her closed her eyes, enjoying Nao's touch. She lifted her hand and stroked Nao's head.

"Not everything..." she whispered so that Nao couldn't hear her. She closed her eyes and quickly fell into a deep, sweet sleep.

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The next morning, Natsuki woke up with her head throbbing. She rubbed her temples and tried to remember what happened yesterday...but she was just coming up blank. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. Her gaze stopped over a chair were Nao was sitting looking her deep in the eyes.

"'Morning, Princess," she greeted her and a warm smile apeared on her face. Looking at her, some memories from yesterday came...and along those, a nasty one: She tried to…

"'Morning, Nao," she greeted the redhead back.

"God! Y'know that I was ready to eat ya up? You're SO cute when you sleep," Natsuki's cheeks turned scarlet in no time. She turned and looked away.

"Baka!" she shouted, shoved the bed sheets off of her body and rose to her feet, walking towards the bathroom.

"You're not really helping here," Nao said and giggled. Natsuki stood at the bathroom door and looked back at Nao.

"Go to hell, Nao," she said calmly. Nao stopped her giggling and a seductive smile appeared on her face.

"Only...if YOU come with me," she replied and licked her lips seductively, causing Natsuki's whole body to flash red. She muttered under her breath and shut the door behind her. That didn't help much, as she could still Nao laughing.

The navy-blue haired biker walked over the wash basin to throw some cold water on her face. When she was done, she looked herself up in the mirror. Her face was still red.

"God, her teasing level is as high as Shizuru's…" she whispered to herself. "Shizuru's…" Saying her name made a lot of memories come to her mind again. She hit the basin with her fist and looked down. Tears were storming from her eyes to the water that ran free. She closed the faucet and looked over the tub. She decided to take a bath if she was going to leave this place. She stripped off her clothes and entered the tub.

As the water was hitting her face she tried to avoid the painful thoughts. But nothing really happened.

'Why have I even been in this place, again? To decide.' the answer came immediately. 'But...To decide what, exactly? And have I accomplished anything at all? To decide who I want to be with...And no. I have accomplished absolutely NOTHING!' She sighed. 'So it was all pointless then…'

The door slowly screeched and Nao let her head only in to peek.

"What are you doing?!" Natsuki yelled and tried to cover her body. Nao rolled her eyes.

"It's not like I haven't seen you naked, Puppy. Why be shy now?" she asked and smiled as she looked over Natsuki's every detail. The biker blushed as their moments at the dorm came to her mind.

"Hurry and get out!" she shouted.

"Ok, Ok! Easy there Puppy, don't bark," she said teased. "But don't be late…I want to leave this place as soon as possible and plus, I'm hungry, I need to be fed," she winked at Natsuki and blew her a kiss. Natsuki left dumbfounded, looking at her as she changed all shades of red. Nao chuckled and closed the door.

"Arghh!" Natsuki growled after few seconds. She finished her bath quickly and wrapped a towel around herself.

"Damn it!" she cursed. She had forgotten to take fresh clothes with her when she went into the bathroom. She headed for the door and opened it shyly. Nao was sitting on the bed, and turned her gaze to Natsuki once she heard the door opening. Avoiding her, Natsuki walked over to her bag that lay on the floor just beside the chair Nao was sitting on previously. The redhead didn't say a thing but she had a wide grin on her face. Reaching the bag, the navy-blue haired girl leaned down to grab it but she heard a giggle from the other girl.

"Whoa, miss Natsuki! Walking around like that! My my, and what a nice position you are in. Are you trying to tempt me?" she said in a serious tone trying hard to restrain her laugher. Natsuki immediately straightened herself up. She turned and walked over to Nao, dragging the bag behind her. Her face was flushed red from both anger and embarrassment.

"Nao…" she growled like a wild beast. She stopped just in front of said girl with her hands raised inches away from the younger girl's throat, ready to strangle her. Nao smugly smiled at her.

"Yes, Ms. Hottie?" she applied.

"Damn you!" Natsuki said and ran to the bathroom again, shutting the door harder than before.

After getting dressed with a pair of jeans and her favourite T-shirt, she stormed out of the bathroom with her bag over one shoulders, walking toward the door. Nao was already by her side when she opened the door and the two walked outside. Then, they walked down the stairs reaching the receptionist desk together.

"Will you wait outside?" Natsuki asked the younger green-eyed girl. Nao nodded and walked away averting her gaze from the man, remembering their little conversation yesterday. He was exactly the kind of man that she would love to tighten up with Julia if she still had her HiME powers.

Not long after Natsuki joined the younger girl outside, who was leaning against a wall.

"Finally. I told you I'm hungry already!" Nao pouted. Natsuki rolled her eyes and put her hands inside her pockets, starting to walk, not waiting for Nao.

"It's not like I made a contract with you for breakfa-" she stopped when she felt Nao's hand slide against hers and intertwine their fingers, moving her body closer to hers.

"What the he-" Natsuki blushed by this simple action from the other girl.

"Start moving, Kuga. Breakfast at Mai's," a vein popped up on Natsuki's forehead.

"Giving orders, are we?" she said and moved her face closer to Nao's. The red-haired one smirked.

"Yeah…Last time I checked, YOU were the puppy."

"I'm n-" Nao raised her hand to Natsuki's mouth to cut her off.

"Well well, did we forget about last night? You told me that you preferred puppy! That makes you a puppy –my puppy. End of story," she moved her hands away from Natsuki's mouth and leaned forward, giving Natsuki a full-mouth kiss. Natsuki was shocked but she didn't deny the eager tongue of the younger girl, which was asking for a way in. She closed her eyes and went along with the flow of the emotions that exploded from their kiss.

After some moments Nao retreated and looked away. Her cheeks were faintly red.

"U-Um sorry 'bout that…I-I couldn't hold myself any longer," she whispered. Natsuki looked at her.

"Don't be sorry…I-I m-might have...sort of, well...w-wanted this," she blushed even more and looked away as Nao turned her head towards her, shocked. But soon Nao averted her gaze from Natsuki and looked at the same alley the navy-blue-haired one was looking. She could see it in her eyes.

She hadn't chosen yet, so she decide to remain in silence. A man walked through the alley, heading towards the two girls.

"Yuuma?" they both said in unison and Natsuki quickly turned her face to Nao.

"Ho-?" she looked again back at Yuuma, who was smiling at the both of them. "Wha-?"

"Yeah, because you're a little slow, I'll explain," Natsuki looked back at her with a raised eyebrow. "Yes, I know him and that's how I found you."

"Yeah…Sorry, Natsuki-chan," apologized Yuuma.

"N-No, it's Ok Yuuma. Who knows what could I be doing if I continued to stay here…"

"Oh, I'm glad to hear that," he said and beckoned Natsuki to get closer. He then asked her in a low whispers: "So, she's 'the trouble' we were talking about yesterday?" he winked at Natsuki, who just blushed in return.

"U-Um, yeah…I guess…" she shyly said. 'One of the problems,' she mentally sighed. Yuuma chuckled and looked at Nao and then back at Natsuki.

"So for bothering you guys. I'll take my leave. I hope I see you two again," he bowed and gave them both a sweet smile. "Goodbye Natsuki-chan, Nao-chan," that said, he walked away from them.

"Goodbye Yuuma," both girls said and Natsuki started to walk in the opposite direction. Nao caught up to her but this time she wasn't as close as before, but she remained by the bluenette's side.

"What did you too talk about?" Nao asked curiously.

"Nothing, really…Something we talked about yesterday," Natsuki replied and kept walking in silence as Nao didn't ask any further.

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After walking for ten minutes, they finally reached Mai's working place. They talked a little on the way here. Natsuki walked first to open the door and the little bell rang as she did so, making the busty waitress to turn to welcome her new customers. As soon as she saw Natsuki, she stood there, dumbfounded, looking at her. Natsuki gave her a weak smile and walked over to her, Nao following her.

"Hey Mai," she greeted her a bit hesitantly. Mai looked at her with a pissed-off look and hit Natsuki on the back of the head with the empty tray she was carrying.

"OW! What did you do that for?!" she cried, rubbing the place where she got hit.

"Where. The. HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Mai yelled and placed her hands on her waist in a mother-like way.

"U-Um...err...around?" Natsuki averted her gaze from Mai and looked around the place where all the customers were looking at the three girls.

"Ah...I think we should better sit. They're seriously looking at us," Nao whispered to the two girls and walked to a far away booth. Mai apologized to the customers and headed toward the two girls who walked in. Nao was still in silence even as she sat down.

"And why didn't you contact us? At least, to tell us that you were safe or something! We were worried, you know?!" she whispered harshly.

"Ok, Ok! I'm sure I should have, but…Look, I just wasn't in a far greater condition to be able to contact you…" she whispered back.

"What?! Why? What happened?" Mai's tone was worried now and her face had eased.

"Nothing really, I don't want to worry you now…" Mai looked over to Nao, who was playfully watching this conversation.

"What happened to her, Nao?" she asked. Natsuki gave the crimson redhead a don't-tell-anything look...and was totally ignored.

"Besides being drunk, you mean?"

"DRUNK!?" Mai shouted, and once again, all the customers looked at her. "Are you crazy, Natsuki?!" the navy-blue haired biker sighed and looked back at Mai.

"Oh come on! Forget it, it's past now…"

"How have you even been able to drink? You are just seventeen!" Mai started making scenarios in her mind. "D-don't tell me-youdidotherthingsfortakingthealcohol?" Mai said in one breath.

"What the fuck?! NO!" Natsuki shouted but Nao looked at her with a smug smile.

"Yes Mai, she did a looooot of things during these three days. When I got to her room...I found three men inside. Naked," Nao chuckled as she saw Mai's eyes bulge out of their sockets and her face pale. Natsuki started cursing and Nao just burst out laughing. Mai snapped out of it and looked at Natsuki with a confused face.

"Wait…Men? I thought you-!"

"That's your problem, MAI?!" Natsuki cut her off and blushed crimson, much to Nao's amusement. "Nao lying is out of the question?!"

"Oh, ah...yeah. Right…eh, um...so, how were you able to get drinks?"

"I was able to buy them by a friend, end of story," she turned to her left, where Nao was sitting, holding her sides and crying with laughter and gave her a death glare.

"Ok, Ok! Hahahaha! D-Don't be mad, Pup! I was just kidding! You know that," once she had calmed down, Nao began to caress Natsuki's leg under the table with her hand. Natsuki blushed and quickly turned toward Mai, who obviously took the message.

"U-Um...so! You want anything for breakfast? Nao-chan?"

"Hmm...Nah, not really."

"Huh? You told me to hurry up and come here because you were hungry and you now change it?!" Natsuki shoved Nao's hand off her leg.

"Yeah, is there a problem? Besides, I think I had my breakfast before we came here," she replied with a smirk on her face. "And it was very delicious!" Again, Natsuki's face flushed red, ready to explode from embarrassing. Mai, not really understanding what the two were talking about, turned towards Natsuki.

"You'll have your usual? Mayo sandwich?"

"I'm not feeling like eating right now…" the bluenette said.

"Err...Yeah...but it's a MAYO sandwich…" Mai was sure she didn't hear well what she had said.

"So…what?" Mai dropped her notepad in which she was going to write down their orders. Even Nao was slightly worried. The busty waitress placed her hand on Natsuki's forehead.

"Are you sick or something? Declining a MAYO sandwich? What's wrong with you?"

"I just don't want to eat. Just bring me a coffee or something…"

"No. You WILL eat," Nao spoke coldly.

"But-!"

"No "buts"! I said you'll eat because I'm perfectly sure that you haven't had anything solid these three days," she said and signalled to Mai to bring the sandwich and two coffees.

"You're wrong, y'know? I ate…U-Um...twice?" The younger girl smacked the navy-blue haired one's head.

"Hey! What's wrong with you people hitting me on the head?"

"We are hitting you because you're obviously stupid. Don't ever do such a thing again! Leaving, going drinking to some filthy place, ugh! You only think about yourself!" she concluded and turned her gaze toward the window. Natsuki was confused by this latest outburst.

"I said I'm sorry already! It was difficult for me too, you know? I-" Mai came along and watched the two girls.

"Here are your orders," she stated. Nao turned to look at Mai only and took her coffee.

"Thanks Mai," she said.

"Thanks," Natsuki said in kind as she took her coffee and sandwich. Mai kept looking at them.

"Ano...are you guys alright? Everything's good?"

"Yes," both girls replied in unison, making Mai even more confused.

"O..k...? I'll leave you for a moment, then," she informed and walked away. Natsuki started eating her sandwich. She sometimes peeked at Nao through the corner of her eye, but the redhead was completely focused on her coffee. As Natsuki ended her sandwich she turned completely to look at Nao.

"You'll be mad for a long time?" she bluntly asked.

"I'm not mad," Nao calmly replied.

"Yeah, sure…" Natsuki rolled her eyes. She picked her cup up and took a sip from the coffee. After a moment, Nao turned to her.

"Are you going back to stay at Fujino's apartment?" Natsuki gulped.

"I-I don't know…" she said and sighed.

"Come stay with me! I'm sure Aoi will be happy to go and stay with Chie."

"What?" Natsuki turned to her.

"You don't want to? You prefer to go stay with Fujino again, right?" she said and her previously excited face became angry.

"Yes…NO! I mean-Grrrr! If I'm going to stay somewhere, I'll stay somewhere neutral," Nao relaxed as she liked this idea. "And besides, it's not like I'll be away for a long time. Two or three days tops. I'm sure my apartment will be ready by next week," She took the last sip and made a signal to Mai to come. Before Mai came she turned to Nao, smiling.

"And I think...I found a place to stay at."

*keneko-chan: It means kitten and it's how Nao called Natsuki when she had her prisoner at her apartment…But you already know that right? ^^' I decided to reverse it a little and having Natsuki saying it to Nao… And I think this way is better… Fufufu the puppy and the kitten… xD

So that was my chapter…..U-Um what do you think? Was it good? Please review and tell me your opinion.

Hmm 'cough' eh… I don't really know 'cough' when I'll be able to update the next chapter. 'Bows down' I'm really sorry! Forgive me.. :'(

I'll try....you know that...

So....See ya Until next time....