HaruHaru

Chapter 5: Butterfly Café

As daylight pierced through the clouds on a glorious Saturday morning, Haruka laid in her bed comfortable and warm. As it was still early fall, she had only a light blanket covering her body, covered in cherry blossom designs. The brunette slowly opened her blue eyes as the rays finally reached her face through slight openings in her window curtains. Lazily she lifted herself up a little to see the time, it was now 2:07 pm. Haruka shot up instantaneously. Had she really slept in so late? Why had no one woken her up?

The girl grudgingly got out of her bed, she still wanted to laze around in her bed, but she knew she had to get up. After all, she had an appointment at 4:30 that afternoon, one she was anxiously awaiting. After brushing her teeth and taking a shower, Haruka went downstairs to greet her family.

"Good morning everyone!" Haruka said in a cheerful voice, she had on a camisole and pajama shorts, while her wet hair was tied up in a towel atop her head.

"Oh I don't think it's morning anymore darling." Came the sweet voice of Haruka's mother. She was a woman of average height, with light brown hair and blue eyes that had a mix of violet in them. Her hair was always kept in two low parts that were tightly waved.

"Good afternoon mom." Haruka said with a smile as she sat down at the kitchen table. Haruka looked around her surroundings and even glanced into the living room, noting the emptiness.

"Where's Masato and daddy?" Haruka asked her mother who seemed to working on something at the counter.

"Oh they went out bright and early, you remember they had been planning a fishing trip for weeks now." Haruka's mother, Mitsuko explained as she hummed.

"Oh that's right. What are you wor- oh! That looks delicious mom!" Haruka said as she approached her mother and her eyes lit up at the sight of a beautifully decorated cake.

"Well we're going to have it for dessert tonight, so don't even think about taking any. Besides I'm not the type of mother who would let her fifteen year old daughter just eat dessert after waking up." Mitsuko said, warning her daughter.

"Oh, okay." Haruka said with a frown, as she proceeded to get a bowl and fill it with some rice that Mitsuko had made some time before Haruka came down.

"So do you have any plans for today? Going to see Hikari?" Mitsuko asked as she put the finishing touches on her cake and marveled at it.

Haruka shook her head as she finished gathering her lunch/breakfast and sat down to eat.

"No, I have to meet with a classmate today." Haruka began right before she took in a mouthful of food.

"A classmate? Is it a boy or a girl?" Mitsuko asked curiously as she placed her splendid creation into the fridge to cool.

"A boy, he and I are the class representatives for the student council and we have to…." Haruka paused to chew for a bit, "Come up with a plan to…" she swallowed her food and drank some water, "Keep the garden we were assigned."

"Hmm…that sounds interesting, is he cute?" Mitsuko said sitting down in front of her daughter, Haruka nearly choked at hearing this question from the woman.

"Mom!" Haruka whined to which Mitsuko gave a small chuckle.

"I'm just kidding, so how long will you be out, and where are you meeting him? You aren't going to his room alone are you?" she asked, eyeing her daughter suspiciously at the last part.

"Mom! No!" Haruka protested, "We're meeting at this place called the Butterfly Café, it's near the train station. It's full of people!" Haruka said finishing her food and bringing it to the sink.

"Oh leave it there hun, I'll take care of it later." Mitsuko said to her daughter who happily obliged.

"So how come no one woke me up this morning?" Haruka asked as she entered the washroom to wash up.

"Oh we did, but you and your deep sleeping. Why if there was a crazy storm outside or aliens coming down, you would probably have slept through that too." Mitsuko said, trying to find the perfect allegory.

"Well I suppose you ought to get ready and leave soon. It's already 3:15 pm." Mitsuko said, motioning to the digital clock atop the stove. Haruka looked over startled.

"Oh no!" She gasped as she rushed upstairs to blow dry her hair and get ready. As she had just finished blow drying her hair she heard her phone go off.

"Haruka! What have you been doing all day?! Do you know how many times I tried to call you?" came the high pitched, and rather irritated voice of her best friend.

"Sorry Hikari, I only woke up at like 2pm. I'm just getting ready now!" Haruka said as she put her friend on speaker.

"Oh wow, Haruka what are we going to do with you? So what are you gonna wear?" Hikari questioned.

"I don't know, I mean I want to look nice, but not like I'm trying to impress him – which I'm not, fyi. But I don't want to look bad either, only because, you know no one wants to look bad!" Haruka said as she shifted through her clothes. Meanwhile Hikari giggled and rolled her eyes as Haruka reasoned with herself.

"You sure you don't like him?" Hikari teased, to which Haruka's face slightly flushed.

"No way! If anything, I hate his guts! His existence has made my life miserable! I've had nothing but bad news since I've met him." Haruka said as she went through more clothes. Hikari could be heard muffling a laughter.

"Hikari!" Haruka said annoyed, turning in the direction of the phone.

"Sorry, sorry, Haruka! Um, how about a skirt?" Hikari said, trying to help her friend. Haruka thought the suggestion over for a bit, liking the idea.

"Yea, I like that…and turned to wear she kept her skirts, but looking at them she reconsidered. "Wouldn't it seem like I'm trying to impress him if I wear something too girlie?" Haruka said, asking her friend.

"Well, he might take it that way, but it's still warm so it's not like it's weird or anything to wear a skirt." Hikari replied.

"Yea, well, knowing his ego, he'd definitely take it that I'm trying to impress him. And that's all I would hear the entire time. So better not go with the skirt. I'll wear some shorts!" And with that Haruka went over to her shorts and picked out a pair of dark washed jean shorts with some distressed rips.

"Perfect!" she said beaming at the pair, and then frowned and looked around her room and light up. "Ah! Now that's perfect!" Haruka exclaimed walking over to a pair of sheer black leggings and put them on. The leggings came down a bit below her knees and the shorts came a little less than half way down her things.

"So, what's perfect?" Hikari asked with anticipation.

"Wait, wait, I'll send you a pic after I'm done." Haruka said as she went over to pick a light pink high-low tank top that showed her stomach slightly. On the tank top was a print of a white bow, and underneath it, Haruka wore a white bandeau. Combing her hair out, Haruka placed her brown locks into two parts on either side and brushed down her bangs that went across her forehead.

Quickly she went to take a picture and sent it to Hikari, waiting impatiently as she received it and glancing over at the clock that read 3:50.

"Oh, I got it!" Came the almost instant response of her friend, "Cute, cute, flirty and fun but still casual. This is perfect Haru, this outfit gives you flexibility. You can keep it casual, or you can flirt it up later on if you decide you wana, you know…" Hikari said teasing the girl.

"Shut up Hikari!" Haruka said, a little embarrassed that she had unwillingly got caught up in Hikari's imagined situation. "Well I gotta get going, or I'll be late, and I can only imagine how he would be if I was late!" Haruka said as she said good bye to her friend and grabbed her phone and dropped it into a black pleather cross body and left.

"Bye mom!" Hikari called out as she slipped on some black flats that were studded at the tip and left her house to catch the train.

"4:27pm." Hikari read the time from her phone as she entered Butterfly Café, "Safe," she whispered to assure herself as she looked around the place. Upon entering a delightful aroma of fruits and bread hit her. The place was lively, but not so much, mostly full of people with laptops doing work, or even college students discussing projects in hushed voices. The lighting was dim, an almost romantic feel. There were some couches in center, for larger groups and small tables for people who were here with a few people or by themselves. Haruka spotted a familiar patch of green hair amongst the people and slowly approached. She gulped down, he looked, well dare she think it? Hot! Gorgeous even, the lighting giving his face this ferial glow, and his pose was that of a lover waiting for his beloved. Shu had his face leaned against the glass looking out, his emerald eyes darting slowly, looking from person to person who passed by, his hand raised up to his chin with the elbow on the table and the other hand resting on his lap, his fingers draped over his knee. Shu was wearing black pants, perhaps cargo, with a black tank top and over it a button down white short sleeve shirt that was left open. Around his neck he wore a necklace that consisted of a dark string that held a silver ring.

Shu turned his head as he felt the presence of another near him, lifting it off the glass and resting his gaze on the brunette in front.

"Sorry, wait long?" Haruka spoke up softly. Shu looked down to his watch, a detail Haruka had not noticed before. It was small watch mounted atop a brown leather strap.

Authors Note: As to the question of whether there will be a RedxGreen pairing, I'm going to have to say no, sorry. The character of Satoshi is based on Ash from the anime, so in regards to that I will say it won't be Satoshi and Leaf. Hope you all enjoyed the stories, your reviews and comments are appreciated! Thanks for reading.