Sorry for the slow update, my girlfriend came over for the past week so needless to say that I was a bit…distracted.
Thanks again for the reviews; I'm so glad this story is doing so well. Well here's the drama you've been waiting for. Enjoy!
I don't own SP!... (but Shizuma even though you're in a hell of trouble I still wouldn't mind having you hehe.)
Chapter 6. The Museum
Shizuma's trance was broken by the sound of someone banging on the door. She quickly scrambled around to try to put her clothes on. The door flung open revealing Jackie; her brown eyes stared at the half naked Shizuma and still naked Lucida. A look of disappointment conquered her face as she stepped back out the door, closing it behind her. The silver beauty put on her shirt, holding the front of it with her hands since the buttons were all popped off and it was the only means of keeping it closed. She ran out into the hallway calling to her co-worker.
"Jackie! Wait…please." The emerald shouted.
Jackie stopped in her tracks and turned around, watching as Shizuma walking swiftly towards her.
The silver beauty spoke again, "it isn't what you think."
"Of course it wasn't what I think, I guess the sounds of you moaning and all the banging was just my imagination. Look, you don't have to pull that with me. I'm not the girlfriend you just cheated on."
"It was a mistake. I couldn't help myself, it's been so long." Shizuma gave her friend a look of pity.
Jackie disregarded the look and began to walk away, "tell it to Nagisa." With that she turned the corner, soon exiting the office. The emerald still stood there thinking about what just happened. She felt a hand resting itself on her shoulder. The hand belonged to a now fully dressed Lucida.
"Who cares what she thinks, she's nobody." Scoffed the lilac.
The silver beauty moved away from the touch, "she was my best friend. I let her down. All because of you!"
"Me! You enjoyed it just as much as I did. If you really didn't want to have sex with me you wouldn't have. This is just as much your fault as it is mine." She spat.
Shizuma just remained silent, as Lucida put her arms around her waist, sinking her face into the taller woman's back. "Shizu, I'm sorry it happened this way, but it was bound to happen. There is still unfinished business between us. Why don't you just start over, come back to me. You've already cheated, once Nagisa finds out she'll never take you back." The lilac whispered close in the emeralds ear, "you'll be known as a heartless cheater, everyone here will look down on you. Wouldn't it be easier to just come home to someone who understands and makes you feel better? We could even move somewhere, where nobody knows us. Aren't you tired of running into all these worthless, boring little girls? Come back to the real woman you once had."
Silence still covered the emerald.
Nagisa sat at the dinning room table fast asleep. The candles already had gone out; the flowers that were once standing tall were now wilted over from the depression of not being able to show their luster. She started to stir when she heard the sound of a key in the door. Shizuma stepped in with an unreadable face. The red head got up from the table and walked towards her.
"Shizuma?" She called out.
"Yes, it's me."
"It's four in the morning, where have you been?"
"At the office."
"Why didn't you call?"
"My phone died." The silver beauty lied.
"You must be tired then, come on lets go upstairs." The ruby grabbed a hold of her girlfriends arm to lead her to the stairs. "Umm, Shizuma…what's that smell?"
The emerald froze, "what smell?"
"I don't know, like you were sweating or something. Are you ok?"
The emerald had to remember to keep her cool, so that she won't look guilty, "I'm fine, sometimes the air conditioner stops working after office hours."
The red head eyed the older woman, noticing a different look in her eyes when she spoke. They seemed to lack the sincerity her green orbs usually had, creating a feeling of uneasiness. Not to mention the fact that Shizuma has yet to notice the silky black gown she was wearing. Feeling a little heart broken, Nagisa put on a false smile, "well why don't you go take a shower, I'll wait for you upstairs."
...
Shizuma stood in the shower, staring blankly, with her head under the water. Flash backs of her recent escapade played in her head over and over again, like a black and white movie. 'How could I have done that? Why? Do we really have chemistry left? Should I tell Nagisa? No, I can't; it'll hurt her too much. What do I do? Who do I choose?' those were just some of the millions of questions that whirled through her mind. This feeling of guilt was new to the silver beauty, she has cheated on many women, and not once has she felt any type of remorse. The emerald finished her shower and got into the bed with her girlfriend.
She reached out to wrap an arm around the ruby's waist when she noticed the silk material on her body. "What are you wearing?"
Nagisa spoke without turning her way, "it was a surprise for you, and I wanted to show you that I was ready to try new things."
The words pierced through the silver head's heart like a dagger thrown with full force. Shizuma was speechless; her guilt had increased ten-fold. Tears even started to form in those big green orbs. She buried her face into the red heads back, holding her close.
Shizuma called out of work the next day, due to fear of running into Lucida again. She lay across the couch flicking channels trying to find something interesting to watch, but to no avail. Nagisa then walked over to the living room, climbing on top of her girlfriend and resting her head on her chest. A pair of soft lips found their way to her forehead as she snuggled closer.
"I'm glad you called out today." Said the ruby.
"I am too; I needed a break from that place."
"So what are we going to do today?"
"Well what do you want to do?"
"I really want to go to that new art museum that just opened up, but if you're tired and want to stay home that's fine too."
Shizuma thought for a moment, she figured that the museum was a fairly safe place and the chances of running into Lucida are very slim. A smile sailed across her graceful features. "Sure that sounds fun."
The red head lifted herself off the other woman grabbing her hand, trying to pull her up with her. "Come on we have to shower."
"We?"
A blush appeared on the younger woman's face, "yes, I want you to shower with me."
The silver beauty had a look of shock on her face as she allowed herself to be pulled up the stairs by her once shy girlfriend. The two stepped into the large steamy shower staring into each others eyes. Shizuma tilted her head downward, looking at the strawberry's soft full lips. She closed the small distance between them, letting her tongue explore the other woman's mouth. The bathroom seemed to turn more into a sauna from the heat of the two entwined bodies. A small moan vibrated from deep within the smaller woman's throat. The red head wrapped her arms around the emeralds neck, raising the passion that was already at dangerous levels.
Hands roamed, lips touched, moans were heard, breathless gasps accompanied. All until a flashback of a huge mistake similar to the actions being done was seen in the mind of the silver beauty. She froze in her tracks, lowering her head and releasing herself from her lover's grip. Tears begging to be unconfined; if it wasn't for the fact that they were in the shower, her feelings would have been painfully obvious. A confused Nagisa looked up at her distant love, "what's wrong?"
"Uhh…nothing…all this heat is making me feel a little light headed," she lied.
"Yea, it is a little steamy in here…let's just get out and get dressed."
...
The ride to the museum was very quiet. The emerald was still having flashbacks of her actions from the previous night. This feeling of culpability was something she had never experienced before. She felt so, empty, so cold, as if it was the worst thing in the world she could possibly do. But there was nothing she could do to free her from these feelings. Yea she could tell the red head, but it would only make things worse. Out of all the awkward positions the silver beauty has been put in, this one was truly the most difficult.
Shizuma noticed how isolated she was acting and placed a hand on the knee of the beauty sitting next to her. A false smile set upon her features. Minutes later the car pulled into a parking lot; the museum was beautiful. It was a huge beige stoned building with statutes of people in various positions. The couple walked up the short amount of steps into the large structure. Nagisa's eyes widened at all the beautiful pictures around. One that took her interest in particular was a large photo of a sunset; it had a gorgeous mixture of colors, ranging from magnificent blues, acquiescent magenta, lushes oranges and other beautiful shades that almost brought a tear to her eye. The sun in the portrait sat gracefully against the starry sky, the red head's heart filled with an over whelming feeling of happiness and contentment.
Unfortunately, all that was pushed to the side as she noticed Shizuma standing near an armless and headless statute. She watched as the silver haired beauty studied it, then putting her arms in place of the statue's missing ones and positioned her head on top of the neck. The strawberry smiled at the childish act, walking over to her, giggling as the emerald noticed her and flashed a huge smile.
"What are you doing, Shizuma?"
"Being her arms so that she could hug the one she loves," the silver beauty grabbed Nagisa pulling her close, "and I'm providing her with a head so that she could do this." The emerald landed a passionate kiss onto the soft lips in front of her.
The red head broke the kiss and made Shizuma move herself from the statue, "come on, we have other things to see."
The duet then moved around the rest of the museum, looking at pictures and other statutes. Some of them leaving confused looks on their faces. One specifically left Shizuma and Nagisa completely bewildered when they noticed a piece of art work that was completely black and had a red squiggly line going across it.
"Uhh…" the red head started, "what is it?"
"I don't know, maybe we have to look at it another way." The couple simultaneously turned their heads slowly to the side, as far as their necks would allow.
"Notice anything different?" asked Nagisa.
"Nope…got nothing."
They both readjusted their heads.
"All this art is making me hungry."
"Me too, I saw a sign that said food court a little earlier when we walked in."
"A museum with a food court?"
"Well, I'm guessing this is a common place where school kids go on field trips."
"Hope they serve more than peanut butter and jelly."
"I'm sure they do come on…it was this way." The emerald stated as she nudged her girlfriend towards the bright orange sign. The food court was nothing like they expected, it had foods from all over the world. A place that served American hot dogs and burgers, an Italian place that served rich wines, a French place that served chocolates and bread, and many others. Shizuma decided to stick to what she knew, walking over to the area that served usual Japanese cuisine. While Nagisa sampled something from each little place.
They sat at a table together, the silver beauty glanced at her lovers plate, "Nagisa, do you know that you are about to eat the world."
Said girl looked at the woman in front of her, "what is that supposed to mean?"
"Nothing, nothing…just…that you're going to need a lot of napkins." She smiled.
"Actually, you're right." The red head then got up from her seat and motioned over to the small round table that had what she was looking for. Shizuma started to eat her food when she felt a pair of hands squeeze her shoulders. She quickly whipped around to see who was touching her. The look of question that was originaly on her face, rapidly turned in to a mixture of fear and surprise.
The emerald quickly shook her body loose from the grip and spoke with a tinge of anger in her voice, "are you freaking stalking me now?"
"Actually Shizu, this time is merely by coincidence, my younger brother is an art fanatic so I decided to treat him."
"Fine, just get away from me."
"Oh so this is how you're going to treat me after our wonderful night together."
"It was a mistake, go…away." Anger now more obvious in the silver beauty's voice.
"I don't seem to understand this, hostility towards me. I thought I was able to loosen you up." A smirk appeared on the brown haired woman's face.
"Lucida, I want nothing to do with you, leave me alone."
"I'm afraid I can't do that Shizu, I want you back and I refuse to leave with out a fight."
"There wont be a fight, what happened last night was an accident. It won't happen again."
"So I see you want to play hard to get. The image suits you. Unfortunately I really don't have time for games, so here's an ultimatum."
"What?"
"Either you tell Nagisa, what happened last night or I will."
Shizuma rose from her seat, "what…no, I cant, her heart is too fragile, there's no way I'm telling Nagisa."
"Tell me what babe?" both figures froze as the voice of the woman they were just talking about appeared with numerous napkins in her hands. The red head looked at the women, eyeing the one standing near her girlfriend; she didn't like the vibe she was getting from her. The strawberry noticed the blank look on the emeralds face, so she spoke again, "what don't you want to tell me?" She looked at Shizuma, then at the woman who had an abnormally calm face, then back at the silver beauty.
"I…I…"
"What?" Nagisa said, starting to get a bad feeling in her stomach.
"Baby…I…"
"We had sex last night, in her office." Interrupted Lucida, who blurted the words as if they were talking about the weather.
The napkins fell from the younger woman's hands as she felt her heart just drop down to her shoes, tears started to settle in her eyelids, "Shizuma…is this true." She said, her words barely audible.
"Go on and tell her, it's already out now." Stated Lucida nonchalantly.
Shizuma didn't reply; after a small duration of silence the red head closed her eyes and tighten her fist, anger and hurt coming together, a lethal combination, "SHIZUMA!" she yelped.
With the emeralds eyes focused on the floor, she decided to answer her question, "Hai…but it meant noth-" her words were interrupted by a hard slap against her face, turning her head to the side. Shizuma placed her hand on the stinging area and watched as Nagisa ran out the food court. Finding her senses again, she quickly ran behind her; catching up to her outside, but the red head was already getting into a cab.
The silver beauty banged her fist on the window, "Nagisa, Please." The sight that was seen was enough to make even the hardest of criminals cry, as the strawberry slowly turned her face towards the window with the saddest look and tears streaming down her eyes. The taxi pulled off, leaving the emerald behind. But she wasn't going to give up that easy. Unlocking her car from a distance with her remote, she sprinted towards the vehicle, quickly hopping inside and speeding off.
Shizuma ignored all the traffic laws of driving as she ran through red lights, stop signs and even almost running over an old lady walking across the street. She arrived at her mansion in record time. Quickly turning off the car, she barged inside scanning her home for her hurt lover. A clue to where she was arose as the sound of things being thrown was heard from the bedroom. The emerald dashed up the stairs, climbing them two by two. A deep frown set into her face as she watched Nagisa rummage around throwing her things carelessly into the suitcase she brought with her a week ago. The silver beauty motioned over to the red head grabbing her hands, trying to stop her.
"Nagisa, please don't leave me."
Said girl squirmed around trying to get away from the older woman, "let go of me."
"I won't unless I know you won't leave me."
"Are you fucking kidding me, you sleep with another woman and expect me to be here for you!" The anger in her voice was beyond obvious.
"It meant nothing to me, it was an accident, baby I'm sorry."
"GO TO HELL!"
Shziuma was taken aback by the woman's words, causing her to loosen her grip, "you don't mean that."
"YES, I REALLY DO…"
"I'm sorry."
"What ever Shizuma, you're full of shit you know that. All you ever wanted from me was sex. I was like any other woman to you wasn't I?"
"Of course not baby, you know that."
"STOP FUCKING CALLING ME THAT, I'M NOTHING TO YOU. I NEVER WAS, DON'T TRY AND ACT LIKE IT NOW!"
"I'M NOT TRYING TO ACT LIKE ANYTHING." This was the first time the silver beauty has ever lost her cool. It was then that she relized that the strawberry meant a lot more to her then she thought. Even though she did just lose her calm, she quickly regained her composure knowing that it was not the best way to handle this situation.
Nagisa resumed packing her things, she turned around and pointed a finger towards Shizuma, "and to think that I was going to change for you, I went out, bought things to wear for you, to show you that I can be spontaneous and our relationship isn't boring BECAUSE I LOVED YOU!" The sizzling red head was done packing and started to gather her things to wait outside for Tamao to pick her up, since she called her while she was in the taxi.
Tears were streaming out of Shizuma's eyes, she feel down to her knees and took a hold of the strawberry's legs; nuzzling her face into them, "Nagisa…please…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry…please…"
Said girl kicked her legs forward to shake the crying girl off of her. Just then the sound of a horn blaring reached the woman's ears. The red head left the room with her luggage and headed down the stairs. Shizuma was right on her heels. The silver beauty tried one last attempt to hold on to the woman in front of her, but to no avail. Upon grabbing Nagisa, the ruby jerked her arm away, smacking the older woman even harder then before in return.
Shizuma placed her hand on her cheek that was now throbbing, seeing as it was where Nagisa had slapped her the first time. She watched as her lover rode away in her best friend's car. The sight enraged her to a dangerous level as she kicked her night stand, knocking over a lamp that shattered on the ground. She then took her anger out on the innocent coffee table, turning it over. The emerald sat on the couch, a sharp pain shooting from her chest to her hands. Nose as read as a clown's, the salty tears stained her face as she gripped her chest. This feeling was new to her, it was beyond unbearable, she didn't know what to do with herself. The pain was so excruciating the only thing that seemed like it would stop it was death. But that wasn't an option for the now lonely woman. Every time an image of Nagisa popped into her head, an even stronger pain jerked around in her heart, lingering, making it even more agonizing. Suddenly the ache became too much as she found her self falling to the floor in fetal position clutching her heart, hysterically crying. Her wails were loud enough to wake up the dead and shake the moon from the sky.
Losing a woman has never had such a profound affect on the silver beauty. Unfortunately for her, this was only the beginning of a long struggle.
Shizuma: man you're making me such a bitch in this story.
Cuzo: I'm sorry, but everyone loves a little drama. Besides, no one is happy all the time.
Shizuma: well we are, right Nagisa
(Nagisa walks away and slams door)
Shizuma: you see what you did! (runs after her)
Cuzo: Gomenasi T_T
Haha...its late night where I'm feeling kind of special…anyway please review. Ideas, comments and praises are welcomed. By the way, anonymous reviewers have always been welcomed, I don't know if I had mentioned that before. Well now you know…thanks for reading. Special thanks to my consistent reviewers Catarina Luz, Misuzu, Inukunsgirl and PlatinumloveOO…you guys are awesome. I apologize if I missed anyone, but those are the names that stood out in my head, maybe it means you should review more =). See you in the next chapter Ja ne!