Me: My plan is to DOMINATE the front page baby!!!

Nao: Oh gawd...

Natsuki: You have low life goals...

Me: NU UH!! I'm going to ASU and marrying my girlfriend!!

Natsuki: ....Like i said. Now life goals

Shizuru: Something wrong with marriage, Natsuki? -glowering-

Natsuki: o.o NO!

Me: WHIPPED!!!

Chpater 6 - Passing

Mr. Fujino took his small reading glasses from his desk and picked up a file, searching through it. "Let me see... We are one maid short and the other rooms are probably gathering dust... Yes. You're friend can have the job." He said, setting down the file and smiling at the woman.

Natsuki jumped up out of her chair and grinned, "Thank you Mr. Fujino!" she yelled, holding out her hand and shaking the man's own hand.

He grinned at her and motioned for her to sit down, which she did, "Now I'll need you're friends information by the end of the day on this form. Please fill everything out, Natsuki."

Taking the form softly from her boss's boss, Natsuki grinned and nodded. "I'll get everything you need."

"Also!" he started, stopping the woman before she could get up. Natsuki relaxed into her chair, knowing she would be there a bit longer. "I want to lay down the same ground rules. No sex with my family for her, too. Only leaving on Saturdays and to do her job. Also, I'd like for you to show her the ropes since she's your friend. She her how to clean, how to act and take her on a shopping for some clothes, anything she needs. Oh and…...give her the room next to yours."

"Yes, sir. Anything." Natsuki replied, standing up again.

He pointed to the chair and narrowed his eyes. Natsuki sighed and sat back down, making him grin. "One more question. How old is she?" he asked.

17. The answer came to her mind easy, but could she say it? It was illegal and Mr. Fujino was a nice man but he didn't seem like one to break the law. Lie to your boss's boss or tell the truth about breaking the law... This is why life is never easy! "She's... 17, sir."

Mr. Fujino nodded, taking off his glasses and rubbing his sore eyes. "That's what I thought, under aged. And she was living on the streets." Natsuki stayed silent. No no no, she just met Nao! Nao was funny, she didn't want to lose her... "Well keep her away from Reito. He loves jailbait."

"S-Sir?" Natsuki asked, looking at the man strangely. He just nodded to her and smiled. So that meant he wouldn't call the cops or flip a bitch. Grinning and standing up, Natsuki thanked him again and left the room, paper in hand, and ran to her room. She when opened the door, Nao was laying back against the head board; eyes closed, head back, hands behind her head, and a grin on her face. Nice thoughts, maybe?

"Nao!" Natsuki yelled, closing the door behind her. Nao shot up like a bullet and looked up at the bluenette, returning the grin. "So guess who has her own room in a mansion doing minimal work and hanging with me?"

"You got me the job!!" Nao screamed, jumping up and hugging Natsuki. The bluenette grinned wider and pulled away from the hug, tugging Nao towards the door, "Come on, I want you to meet Mai. And Shizuru. And not Reito cause he's an ass and he'll want to sleep with you." she said, walking down the hall and towards the stairs.

"Ooooo my mutt's protective already? Am I that good of a kisser, hmm?" Nao teased, raising her brows at the woman.

Natsuki blushed and glared at the girl, releasing her hand and crossing her own arms over her chest. "No, not really. I do remember me having to do most of the work... and you moaning kind of loud." She teased right back, satisfied when she saw the red head blush.

"I was moaning in disappointment." Nao tired to counter back. Lame. She was a pretty good tease, but not at this point. The bluenette did something to her, made her flustered. She didn't like it.

"You were moaning in pleasure and that's that." Natsuki grinned, putting her hand on Nao's shoulder.

Not a second later, the girl shrugged away from the contact and opened the kitchen door, pausing when she saw a bunch or people there. A woman with a small bump on her stomach and one hell of chest. A weirdo guy looking her up and down like a piece of meat, making her shiver. And there was the brunette smiling sweetly at her, but with a hidden fire behind her eyes. "Uhhh, Hi?"

"Ohhh, this is the red head!" the busty woman said, rolling her eyes and turning to face the stove again.

Natsuki walked in behind her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders, grinning like an idiot, "Everyone except Reito-ass, this is Nao. I just got her a job here, so you'll be seeing her everyday." she said. As she thought, Nao stepped forward a bit and broke the contact. What the hell? Was she not aloud to touch her anymore?

Mai stepped forward and held out her hand, smiling like the sweet motherly woman she was, "Hi Nao, I'm Mai Tokiha, Natsuki's best friend of 10 years."

Nao shook her hand. This one was.. nice. Trustable, easy. She seemed so nice and motherly, like she already had a child running around. Close, but not quite. "Nao. Nice to meet you."

Next up, Reito stepped forward running and hand through his hair and giving a sexy smirk, "Hello beautiful, I'm Re-"

"Don't care not interested." Nao said, moving past him. Mai giggled a bit and Natsuki erupted in laughter. Shizuru smiled herself and stood up, moving and standing in front of Nao. Nao smiled at her and held out her hand, "Nao Yuuki, nice to meet you Shizuru."

"Ara, you now me already?" Shizuru said in her sweetest voice, raising her brows and shaking the hand.

Nao nodded quickly, glancing at Natsuki from the corner of her eye whom was talking and laughing with Mai. "I've heard good things from the streets. That your nice and smart and doesn't care about anything, just the real person."

Shizuru followed the girl's line of gaze and landed on Natsuki. A woman from the streets trying to protect her best friend, that she took in and fall in love with. Damn this Nao knew her pretty well. "I guess. Welcome to the Fujino home."

"Anyway, Beautiful." Reito said smoothly, butting into the conversation. Shizuru rolled her eyes and went in the opposite direction, leaving him standing there with Nao. He smirked at her and tried to move closer, but she just avoided him. "Aww, don't be scared. I'm here to take care of you."

"Leave me alone..." Nao muttered, moving farther away.

Reito stepped closer and took hold of her arm, stopping her movement. "Hey, stop it." he said, pulling her towards him.

Nao shut her eyes closed tight, but the hold on her arm and lifted and she was pushed back a bit. She opened her eyes again to see Natsuki standing right in front of her, holding Reito's wrist tightly and glaring at the man that was cringing in pain. "Don't you fucking touch her!" Natsuki yelled, throwing Reito's arm back at him.

Reito glared right back and rubbed his sore wrist, "How are you not fired yet?! I swear you and your little fuck buddy behind you are out of here!"

"Reito!" Mr. Fujino's voice boomed throughout the room. Everyone turned to see the normally nice, sweet man storming over to his niece in anger. The younger man's face changed from anger to fear at the sight. "Reito, you will not talk to the girls like that." He said in a stern voice.

Reito gulped and sputtered, glaring and pointing at the two women. "That Mutt disrespects me all the time! I will not stand for it!"

"She disrespects you because you sexually harass those important to her!" the older man yelled back. Reito quieted down, and so did the rest of the room. Mr. Fujino adjusted his tie and sighed looking over to Mai, "So then, is dinner ready? I'm sorry I won't be able to be here as I have a video chat with an American company tonight."

"Yea, dinner's ready." Mai answered, smiling. Oh, she had been waiting since day one for Reito to get told off and yelled at and everything! Revenge is sweet!! "We're having steak, rice and miso soup."

Mr. Fujino nodded as everyone else grinned. Mai's food was getting amazing, and she didn't even have to try anymore. He thanked her, told Reito to keep calm, and left. After making sure Nao was okay, Natsuki went to help Mai serve dinner. Nao was a guest for tonight, since the 'paper work' wasn't done. Excuses work from time to time.

Eventually everything was served and everyone was seating at the table. Nao was sitting across from Shizuru, Reito across from Natsuki, and Mai off to the side. Soon, the questions started. And the started with Shizuru actually. "So Yuuki-san, how old are you?" she asked, sipping her soup.

Nao paused and glanced at Natsuki and saw the woman mouthing something, "..18." she said. Should she lie to her boss? Was there something she didn't know?

Reito's face seemed to drop a bit. Awww no jail bait for the creeper! But his smile returned when a seemingly bright idea came to mind. "Is there a possibility that Nao is the normal girl in this group and likes guys? If she does, do you have a boyfriend?"

Nao stiffened and looked down, narrowing her eyes. But she looked up at him, still glaring, and shook her head. "No, I don't have a boyfriend. But I'm also not 'normal' either. Not anymore. Besides, I have my eye on someone." she said, trying her hardest not to look to her right. Wouldn't it be bad if she was interested in the dog like girl after only an hour? Breaking we will, Nao glanced at Natsuki to see the woman eating quietly and glaring at Reito.

Well at least she wasn't the only one that didn't like him! Glancing at Shizuru, the crimson eye'd woman was also glaring at the male. No way... Quickly looking at Mai, Nao saw that they all pretty much hated the same dude. ...Sweet! Shizuru noticed the grin on her face and was struck with a sudden and random question, "Nao-san, if you don't mind me asking, what was your last job?"

Nao froze then. She looked down and used her hair to cover her face completely in the shadows. "I don't want to talk about it..."

Reito raised his brows and hope for the most entertaining thing to come out of this dinner. Other than Mai gaining some weight and Shizuru's affair with the help, there was nothing going on and it annoyed him! Well plenty was going on but it bore him already. "Why not? Is it super bad, super embarrassing, or just dumb?"

"Fuck off, Reito." Natsuki growled, looking at the girl beside her. Why was she so sensitive? Why couldn't she touch her? Yea she wanted to know too, but she wouldn't pressure the girl.

"Oh come on!" Reito said, rolling his eyes. He chuckled and crossed his arms in front of himself, "It's not like she was something retarded, like a hooker."

Natsuki felt something clamp onto her hand under the table. She looked up at Nao in shock and saw the girl staring at her with a pleading look, like she was about to cry. "Excuse us." she said quickly, taking a hold of Nao's hand and pulling them out of the kitchen.

Everyone sat there and watched them go. Two slaps came from different directions and hit Reito at the same time. Mai glared at him and stood up, "You ass!"

"Really Reito, you are an ass." Shizuru agreed, turning her back to the man.

"What'd I do?!"

--

Natsuki took Nao up her Nao's own room and sat her down on the bed, locking the door. She stood in front of the red head with a stern look and crossed her arms over her chest, "What's with you?! Why can't I touch you? Why were you so quiet about your last job and why did you freak out and flip a bitch?!"

"Cause he was right..." Nao said, wiping her eyes before any tears came out.

Natsuki sighed and sat down next to the girl, wrapping an arm around her and laying them back on the pillows. Instead on back off, Nao welcomed the embrace and cuddle into Natsuki's side, holding her tight. "What was he right about, again?" Natsuki asked, comfortable on the bed with the girl.

"My last job. I... I was a prostitute." Nao admitted. She expected an outburst, as usual. People hated hookers; they were dirty, had STDs, and only cared about money. Except non of that was true about her... not that people cared. But the older woman stayed silent, and instead of exploding she just tightened her hold on the red head and held her closer, "I want to know." The bluenette said softly.

Nao nodded and wiped her tears again, relaxing into the pillows. "It was a month after my mom died. I was evicted from our apartment cause I couldn't pay rent, and I was out walking in the snow when a man asked me if I was a hooker. I was going to say no, but he offered a lot of money... so I went with him, and he hurt me. He told his friends, and for a while it would be my job. And it was always older business men that were really perverted and wanted younger girls.

"Then they started to get abusive, and made me do drugs because it made the sex better or something. I-I hated them... but I didn't know what else to do when they offered the stuff. And I did them, because they paid. I hate myself for it, but I didn't know what else to do! I-I... was.. was just..." the girl stopped as her voice broke and she started sobbing.

Natsuki turned on her side and held the girl until she stopped crying. Nao clutched the woman like a last life line and was holding her from the land of the dead, "Natsuki... please don't hate me."

"Well after that story I say it's pretty plausible that... I could never have any negative feelings for you. Ever." Natsuki said, smiling down at the girl. She noffed her head and closed her eyes, "In fact, I think whatever I do feel for you just got a whole lot stronger..."

A very shocked Nao looked up in time for Natsuki to lean down and plant a soft kiss on her forehead. She blushed and hid her face in the girl's neck, mumbling something. Natsuki laughed and got up from the bed, leaving Nao to sit up in the center of it, "Where are you going? Stay with me? Please? I mean... if you want to..."

Natsuki smiled at her and shook her head, "I'm going to talk to someone about this. I'll be back tonight." she said, walking to the door.

Nao jumped out of the bed and grabbed Natsuki's wrist, holding her back, "No! Don't tell Mr. Fujino! I promise I don't have an diseases or anything, I don't have baby, and nothings physically wrong with me! Just a little.. off! I don't want to lose you! I-I m-mean the job!" she stammered, blushing at the end.

Natsuki smirked knowingly at her and narrowed her eyes slightly, "You don't want me to leave? You want to love me, you want to kiss me, you want to hold me." Natsuki sang (1), still smirking at the younger girl.

Nao pouted up at her and stood up straight, leaning in and kissing Natsuki on the lips quickly. "Maybe."

Rolling her eyes, Natsuki just pointed to the bed and ignored what had just happened, "Get some rest. I'll be back tonight."

"Ooooo giving me orders to get in the bed, yes ma'am Miss Kuga."

Rolling her eyes dramatically, the older woman left the room and down the hall, stopping at a door that was all too familiar. She took a deep breath before knocking on the door and waiting until it opened up. She was met with wide, surprised crimson eyes, "Natsuki! Please come in. That is, if you want to." Shizuru said, holding the door open and ready for the woman.

Natsuki nodded and went inside the dimly lit room, standing in the center. Shizuru quickly shut the door and ran a hand through her hair, trying to act calm. "Ara, so what can I do for Natsuki today?"

"I need to talk to you about Nao." Natsuki said. Shizuru's face fell. That red head? Oh come on, how close could they be already?! I thought she came to patch things up...' Shizuru thought sadly. Natsuki nodded and took a step closer, "I want you to talk to Reito about staying away from her. She has a few... issues that I don't want coming up to bother her. I want him, his sexual comments, and his penis, very far away from her at all times."

"Ara, Natsuki should know I do not control my cousin, and that I have very little control over what he says and does." Shizuru said. It was all the truth. Reito wouldn't listen and might even do that reverse psychology thing and do it even more just to piss her off. "Although, I must comment on how close you and Nao are already. Lovers yet?" she asked, raising her brows and cupping her chin in a thinking pose.

Natsuki glared back at the woman and scoffed, "What me and Nao are to each other is non of your business!!" she yelled back, letting her anger get the best of her.

Shizuru stayed calm and in check, determined to use Natsuki's angrier emotions to her advantage. "I bet you are. You were obviously having a wonderful time making out against my car and holding hands under the table."

Stepping back in surprise that Shizuru knew about the hand thing, Natsuki growled low in her throat and pointed accusingly at the woman, "I told you that it's non of your business!" she screamed.

"You and I both know this is in every way my business!" Shizuru yelled back in mock hurt. She had to keep her emotions in check if this was going to work. "Tell me, what are your feelings for her?" she asked normally.

Natsuki growled again and shook her head, "It doesn't matter!!"

"Ara, I bet you love her, don't you?" the woman asked teasingly, "Yes, I bet you've known her for a long time and love her and want to marry her!"

"I've only ever loved you!" Natsuki screamed, her anger getting the best of her. She marched forward and pushed Shizuru's shoulders back so the shell shocked girl would stumble, "But I couldn't even tell you that!" she screamed, pushing Shizuru again.

The Fujino lost her balance and fell back at the foot of her bed, landing on the plush pillows. "Natsuki, wait!"

"No!" Natsuki screamed again, jumping on top of the woman and holding her down. Shizuru was truly scared. Natsuki was obviously a tough girl and was currently royally pissed off, so this was in no way, shape, or form, good at all. "You have to hear this Shizuru! I love what we had and how we could be together whenever, but I refuse to break the rules and sleep with you! I won't do it! No matter how much I love you!" she said.

Shizuru stayed quiet on the bed and simply lay there. After a few minutes, Natsuki was able to calm down and really mull over what she had said. She said she loved Shizuru, right to her face. It felt... good... "Natsuki, please get off me." Shizuru muttered.

The woman panicked and jumped off her boss, helping the Fujino up and dusting her off. "Shizuru, are you okay? I'm sorry, I didn't mean to freak out like that! It's just that I really don't have feelings for Nao, I think, and I really do love you but I refuse to break to no sex rule. Me and Mai need this job."

Stepping forward, Shizuru leaned down and quickly kissed the blushing bluenette in front of her. "Natsuki... Kami I've been waiting to hear that. I love you, too, and I have for the longest time. I- We- Look, we don't have to have sex if you don't want to break the rules. I just want to be with you again." she said, tears of happiness falling from her eyes.

Natsuki grinned and wrapped the woman in a tight hug, kissing her neck once, "Thank you, 'Zuru. I'd love to be with you, too. I love you." she said, wiping the tears off the other woman's face and smiling lovingly.

"I love you, too, Nat-Su-Ki." Shizuru said, leaning down and locking lips with the girl she loved. (enjoy the sappiness...)

--

Nao sat up impatiently on the soft bed. It was almost half an hour since Natsuki had left and the woman wasn't back yet! She got up off the bed and made her way out of the room and smelt something reeeeally good! She went down stairs to the kitchen in time to see Mai lifting a tray out of the oven. "Brownies!" Nao yelled, smiling widely.

Mai jumped and nearly dropped the tray, only being able to smack it into the counter before they all fell off. She looked back and glared at Nao for a moment before rolling her eyes, "Yes. Brownies. As a surprise desert for everyone, so don't scream it out please."

"Sorry.." Nao said quietly, coming into the kitchen and standing near the counter, "Need any help with that?" she asked politely.

"You don't have to, I was gonna go get Natsuki to do it. You seen her around?" Mai asked, getting out a few bowls from the cabinets and setting them down.

Pouting a bit, No went over to the same counter and took one of the many brownies, munching on it. "Not for a while. Is she bi-polar?" she asked completely out of the blue. The hell....?

"Noooo, why?" Mai asked curiously, taking out ice cream from the fridge. "Could you get the fudge in that cabinet over there, by the way?" she asked, pointing across the room.

Nodding and finishing her brownie, Nao went over and opened the thing, searching for the fudge, "It's just that moment we're making out and everything's all fine and the next she disappears. Oh found it." she said, finding the fudge and tossing it to the woman.

"Uh huh..." Mai muttered, catching the fudge and getting to work on the deserts. "Nao... You should... umm nevermind." she muttered, changing her mind. 'She needs to find out for herself...' She thought sadly. It would be better that way, so that she could really believe it when she heard it; or saw it. It might hurt more, but it was for the best.

"Mai... your plants dying." Nao said, catching the woman's attention. Nao was standing over the sink, looking at the yellow dying plant as it sat hopelessly on the sill.

Mai nodded and put everything down, walking over to stand beside the smaller girl. "Yea, I know. I don't know why! I give it water every day and I put it in the sun, but it keeps dying."

"Take it out of the sun." Nao said, picking up and small pot and putting it on the counter. "A plant like this only needs a little bit of sun a day, anymore will kill it. And it needs minimal water, other wise the roots will flood and drown the plant from the inside." she said, playing with the limp leaves.

Gaping at the younger girl, Mai looked at her curiously, "How did you know all that?"

"My aunt used to work at a florist's shop, and would take me with her sometimes. A learned lot about the plants there and even more stuff about her garden plants." Nao said proudly, nodding to the other woman.

Mai laughed a bit, "You know we have a garden out back with a bunch of trees, fruit and vegetables. You should be our gardener."

"...I'll ask about that. Thanks Mai!" Nao said, grinning widely to the other woman and leaving the kitchen.

Mai watched the girl go with a small smile. Maybe now her poor little plant would grow! After all that time of doing the wrong things, it would finally have the chance to grow up a bit and flourish. Wait a minute...... Looking back at the many bowls on the counter, Mai narrowed her eyes at the door that Nao had left out of, "She left without helping me..."

--

"'Zuru... stop." Natsuki whispered, pushing the woman's shoulders back slightly. They had to stop. She was supposed to be back in Nao's room like half an hour ago! But then Shizuru started kissing her and they started making out and stuff kind of... got out of hand? Not too much though!

Shizuru shook her head in response, refusing to stop, and went back to kissing her pups neck. Natsuki groaned and pushed the woman harder, slipping out from under her and off the bed. She stood near the door and glared at Shizuru, "I told you to stop!"

"I didn't want too, though..." Shizuru said, pouting up at her new toy. Natsuki melted at the sight and softened her glare. Grinning victoriously, Shizuru stood and kissed the woman one more time before saying, "Goodbye, my Nat-Su-Ki-chan."

Blushing a bit, Natsuki turned and opened the door to see Nao standing there about to knock. "Nao? What are you doing here?"

Nao blinked and grinned up at her, not seeing the Fujino in the back round, "You said you'd be back tonight so we could sleep together, but you never showed so I got worried. Oh, and Mai has desert down in the kitchen too; brownies and ice cream."

"Great! And sorry about forgetting, " Natsuki grinned, also forgetting about the woman behind her in the shadows of the canopy bed, "To make up for it I'll be extra cuddly tonight." she said with a small wink and a grin. Nao grinned back and took one of Natsuki's hand, causing them both to blush a bit. Shizuru glared and watched as Natsuki led the girl away, holding hands and walking down the hall. That red head was on the top of her 'Hit' list. Natsuki was on the top of her 'To Do' list. And those brownies were on the top of her 'Right Now' list.

You want to love me, you want to kiss me, you want to hold me 1 - You better know what movie this is from...

Me: Yesh...

Mai: You're writing a lot lately...

Me: I know it's weird ._. Most of the time I have to sit myself down and force myself to write... this week I just want it all out of my head!! Cause theres a lot of shit in there!!

Mikoto: -raises hand- Shu Sensei?

Me: Yes?

Mikoto: When Am I going to be joining the story?

Me: .... chapter... what is it 11? 12? After Mai has the baby!!

Mai: o.o I have it in the story?!

Me: Honey you have it in the middle!!

Mai: ?!?!?

Nao: HAHA!!

Me: Nao... might not even get paired in this... if I make a sequal than probably...

Nao: WHAT?!?!

Natsuki: HAHA!!

Me: ANYWAY! Remember to drop by my poll and vote if you would. Also, leave a review cheering me on to my FRONT PAGE DOMINATION!! Please?