Chapter 2
A/N: Sorry for the long wait guys, college really is a pain. But here's the second chapter to A Helping Hand. I hope you enjoy it! :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Maria-Sama!
Sei and Yumi finished bringing in the last of Sei's things and set them in her new room. After they had everything set up and some-what organized Yumi decided to give Sei the grand tour of the apartment. They walked around the corner from Sei's room and Yumi opened the door.
"This is my room Sei-sama." Yumi said smiling as she led Sei into the room. Sei couldn't help but think that Yumi's room had a certain homey feel to it. The walls were painted in a light blue color; everything was arranged neatly from her desk in one corner of the room to her dresser which was on the adjacent side close to the closet. On the other side of the she could see that Yumi had a pretty good full-sized bed, same as the one in her room.
Sei continued to look around the young girls' room, as Yumi went to sit down on her bed.
"You have a pretty cool room Yumi; I can see myself sleeping in here for a while, with you in here with me of course. Sei flirted with Yumi trying to make her a little flustered. Yumi just smiled innocently and looked at Sei.
"I bet you would Sei-Sama."
"Yumi, please there's no reason for you to call me Sei-Sama anymore; for one we're not at school anymore, and secondly it makes feel a little old. Sei said looking at Yumi with a pout.
"Well, you know you are like what two years older than me… that is kind of old…" Yumi said trying her hardest not to laugh at Sei, who looked like she was about to cry at Yumi's remark.
"That's not right Yumi." Sei said crossing her arms trying to look as upset as possible at the girl sitting down in front of her. Feeling just a little bad for what she said, Yumi stood up and walked over to where Sei was standing and gave her a big hug.
"I'm sorry Sei-Sama, I just couldn't resist. I hardly ever get the upper hand against you so I had to at least try." Yumi said looking up at Sei, both still engrossed in their hug. Sei needing to think of way to get back at the young girl looked down at her and grinned, "It's okay Yumi, at least it gave you a reason to hug me so tightly like this. " Sei whispered huskily in Yumi's ear while wrapping her arms around her.
Yumi blushed at Sei's choice of words, and then she noticed how close they really were, and pushed herself off of Sei scratching her head timidly.
"Sei-sama, why do you always make me blush so much, especially after I finally was able to win one over you. "
"Oh Yumi, you'll never be able to win one over me for very long; you should know that by now." Sei grinned.
"Trust me I will win one day." Yumi said looking very determined and walked out of the room. Sei followed Yumi out of the room while silently chuckling to herself. 'It's going to be a lot of fun living with you isn't Yumi.' The blonde thought to herself. When she reached the living room she saw that the younger girl was in the kitchen rummaging through her fridge.
"What are you doing, Yumi?" Sei said leaning against the doorway.
"I'm just looking for something that I can make for dinner tonight." Yumi said as she switched from the fridge to her cabinets.
The former rose Gigantea watched as the former Chinensis diligently worked to find something to cook for supper. Then an idea popped into her devious little head.
'Maybe I could cook dinner for Yumi and me tonight, as a sign of gratitude. Then maybe later tonight she can show me a bit of gratitude.'
Sei laughed at herself as quietly as she could, without directing too much attention to herself.
'Even if Yumi has showed a bit of boldness in her actions lately I can't expect her to give in just like that. I'll wait as long as I have to.'
"Hey Yumi, How about I cook dinner for us tonight." Sei asked as she went over to the counter next to Yumi. The younger of the two looked up a bit stunned.
"I couldn't let you do that Sei-Sama you're my guest, you shouldn't have to cook for me." Yumi explained. She was still surprised that Sei would offer to cook dinner for her, without some type of ulterior motive.
Sei wasn't going to give up that quickly though. "Guest? I though you said I could live here with you Yumi, please let me cook just one dinner for you. It would help me not to think that I'm being a burden to you." Sei said with a slight pout hoping that Yumi would give in and let her do this one thing.
Yumi saw Sei pout just a little bit and she felt herself melt just a little bit. 'How can she have this much control over me this quickly. I last time I felt this way was when we were still in school. If she was going to let Sei help out around here more, then she was going to need a little more help understanding why Sei wasn't able to stay in her old apartment. She remembered Sei said it was because her landlord wouldn't wait for her check, but Yumi believed there was more to the story then what Sei told her.
"Okay Sei-sama, I'll let you cook, but on one condition." Yumi said still locking her eyes with Sei's.
"Okay and what's that, Yumi?" Sei asked warily, she was wondering what Yumi's condition would be so she just waited for Yumi to explain what she wanted.
"Well, Sei-Sama, there's been something on my mind since we left the café earlier and I wondering if you would tell my why you really lost your apartment?" Yumi said as her eyes were wondering around her kitchen trying not to look at Sei directly.
Sei was shocked at what Yumi had asked her. She never thought that Yumi could see past her excuse at the café, but when she began to think about it more, Sei wasn't really surprised; Yumi was a smart girl. Sei decided since she was going to be living here she might as well come clean about what really happened.
"Alright Yumi, I'll tell you what happened. Can we go sit in the living room though; my legs are starting to get tired." Yumi nodded and led them to the couch. When they were sitting down, Sei was trying to get a comfortable. She was sitting towards Yumi with her left leg tucked underneath her and her right leg hanging off the edge with her foot touching the floor.
"So first off, not everything I said was a lie, the part about my landlord not waiting for my next payment was true, there's just more to the story." Sei said looking at Yumi.
"This past year, I haven't really been in Tokyo much. I needed some extra money to pay for school, so my dad got me a job with a friend of his in Kyoto. Luckily for me I was able to finish my studies online while I was there, so I didn't miss out on much. Since I wasn't going to stay there forever, I was able to work out a deal with my landlord. I was to send him a check for every month for rent. Everything was fine until this month when I came back to town. I went back to my apartment and My landlord told me that he had to give my apartment away because he needed to charge more for rent, and I couldn't pay the amount he wanted, he kicked me out. "
Sei finished telling Yumi what happened only to see that the girl was just staring at her wide-eyed. "Yumi, are you okay?" Sei asked. Then Yumi pulled Sei into the biggest bear hug Sei ever had.
"Sei-Sama I am so sorry. Your landlord is a jerk." Yumi said with her face buried in the crook of Sei's neck. Sei was shocked at first, but when her brain processed what Yumi had just said, she gave in and laughed so much that she had little tears coming out of her eyes.
"Sei-Sama, what's wrong, what's so funny?" Yumi said lifting herself off of Sei, looking at her with disbelief.
Sei who was starting to calm down a little bit, was wiping her eyes, and was trying to steady her breathing before she trusted herself to talk back to Yumi.
"Everything is fine Yumi I promise, I just didn't expect that kind of response from you is all, it caught be by surprise. " The older woman said smiling at her friend. "And you're right my landlord is a jerk, but it all worked out for the best, I get to live with you for a while after all." Yumi smiled at Sei's statement.
"Yeah you're right I guess, it all worked out in the end." Yumi said with a smile spread across her lips.
"So is it okay if I go make dinner now. I don't know about you but I'm getting pretty hungry." Sei said while patting her stomach. Yumi just laughed at her, and told her to go cook dinner before she decided to order out for pizza.
The blonde hurried off into the kitchen and looked for things she could cook with. She found some rice, vegetables, and noodles, so she decided to make some Yakisoba and white rice.
After she finished cooking, she called Yumi over to eat. "Is there anything I can do to help Sei-Sama?" Yumi asked since all had been doing was sitting in the living watching television.
"Sure you can set the table, while I get everything here situated." Sei said with her back towards the young woman, pouring rice into bowls. When yumi had the table set, Sei brought the food over and put it all in place. Then her and Yumi sat down and got ready to eat.
"Wow Sei-Sama everything looks great!" Yumi exclaimed looking at the food Sei prepared.
"Thank you Yumi, it was nothing really." Sei said, she was almost embarrassed… Almost. "Well let's eat shall we." She smiled at Yumi.
"Itadakimasu!" They both said and then dug into their food. "How do you like it Yumi?" Sei asked curiously. She didn't use to cook much until she moved to Kyoto; she really hoped Yumi liked it.
"It's very good Sei-Sama, I didn't know you cook so well." Yumi said smiling at her roommate.
"Ha-ha Yeah well I kind of had to learn on my own when I was in Kyoto; I didn't have cafeteria food, or home-made bento boxes. The former rose said laughing. The rest of their meal was eaten in comfortable silence between the two. When they finished eating, they cleaned up their dishes and went to watch a little bit of TV in the living room. They watched re-runs of Ninja Warrior for about an hour until Sei saw Yumi take a deep yawn.
"Do you want to go to bed now Yumi it's getting pretty late?" Sei asked the sleepy brunette beside her.
"Yeah, I guess we should I've been up for a while. I'm sorry Sei-sama, I wanted to stay up with you some more. "
Sei smiled at yumi and said to her "It's okay really Yumi, besides I'm getting a little tired too. Sei stretched to prove her point.
Sei and Yumi said goodnight to each other and went to their respected bedrooms. Once in bed Sei thought about the day's events and smiled brightly. She drifted into a sound sleep, she didn't really notice that there was a thunderstorm outside until she heard her door creak open slightly. Sei looked up to see that Yumi was peaking through just a little bit.
"Yumi what's wrong?" Sei said sleepily, while rubbing the sleep from her eyes.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to wake you. I was just wondering if I could sleep in here with you. I hate thunder." Sei nodded her head and scooted over in her bed to make room for Yumi. When Yumi was comfortable in Sei's bed, there was a loud roar of thunder and yumi instantly clung to the warm body next to hers. Sei in turn wrapped her arms around Yumi's waist and tried to comfort her as much as possible.
They both slept soundly together for the rest of the night.
A/N: There it Folks. I finally finished the second chapter! I am very happy about it too. I know the ending was a little crappy, but I tried haha. I hope I was able to give you guys what you wanted for Sei's reasoning. Thank you for waiting patiently. I'm still debating whether I should write another chapter or not. Don't forget R&R!