Little Angel ch.21

Okay, so, maybe I went all summer again without updating (my bad) but I have a good reason this time! We had to move without really any notice, and I've been searching for a job practically every day I wasn't packing up or fixing up the apartment. But anywho… still jobless, just not homeless. I kept wondering if I saw any of you at Metrocon, but then I laughed, because I'm an introverted little freak xD I changed up the original plot (but I guess you won't really know, because, well, I put this up chapter by chapter). Blech, I'm going to stop rambling, you don't wanna hear me bitch. So, after long adieu, Enjoy x3

"Light storms today will be gathering around the larger coast, but much larger rains will be hitting our area. As a result, most businesses and schools in this and surrounding districts are closed today."

Amane whistled as she looked on over the hard rains on the news. "Jeez... Star Bright is gunna go nuts today."

Hikari nodded. She was so tired from the rain, she was happy not to have to go to school. She wished it could be a day that she and Amane could cuddle up in bed all day, but she knew her Prince had to tend to her work. "Can I come with? Please Amane, I really want to see him again," she pleaded.

The Rider sighed. He could be anything between freaking out and an uncontrollable terror. But... how in her life could she refuse her angel? "Alright... but you have to stay close to me, unless he gets wild. I want you to get out of the stable and back into the truck as quick as possible then, okay?"

"Hai! Arigato onee-sama!"

Amane laughed. "Why do you insist on using such honorifics? I'm not your superior honey; I'm your melted-heart lover."

With that, she bent down and kissed her sweetly, and erupted a flush on Hikari's cheeks. Amane definitely noticed, and asked cheekily, "You blush so much, too... am I too much for you?"

"N-no Amane! I like the ways you make me blush. You're just so sweet, you know?" Hikari looked at her feet. She'd known she'd gotten stronger since meeting Amane, like her strong Rider personality had rubbed off by living with her. But she was still so shy to even think about it all! "Please... can I still go with you?"

Amane smiled, and kissed the blonde's forehead. "Grab your coat dear."

"Stay back Hikari. You know how he gets."

Hikari heeded Amane as she made her way to the nervous stallion's stable. The Rider came into a seemingly easy battle- Star Bright was totally fine, not bucking or rearing. The lightning would strike but he seemed barely agitated.

Until Amane turned to leave, that is. A loud clap of thunder shook the stable, and Star Bright, senseless. The lights flickered out and the last thing Hikari saw Star Bright losing it and about thrash around.

"Amane-senpai- Look out!"

A loud thud came from the stall, and she saw Amane's outline go down. Almost as soon as the shriek of terror slipped from the smaller girl, the gate opened, and she saw the Rider's figure stumbling to get out. Hikari fell to her knees and held on to her, shaking.

"Yeah... so ah... he WAS fine..."

"We can't just leave him like this can we?"

She felt Amane's shoulders slump. "What can I do? The lights are out and he's hysterical. I... he... look, the guy just shoved me to the ground without trying. He's a strong stallion honey. I know he'll be fine on his own."

Amane hated the words coming out of her mouth, but really she knew she had no chance right now. Hikari could feel the pain in her lover's voice, and silently held her. They sat there together, cuddled in the dark for just a small while, before falling asleep to the sounds of the storm.

"Hey, Tsubomi-chan, it's raining like a monsoon out there, but, can I come over?" Yaya asked. She called the bubblegum haired girl, knowing she'd more willingly say yes here than in a text.

"But you'll get hurt driving here, baka!" She retorted. If her Yaya-sama got hurt trying to see her, she'd never forgive the raven idiot.

"I'll be fiiiiiinnnneee! Have I ever had trouble before?"

"Well, no, but-"

"Awesome! I'll be there soon!" Yaya smiled wide at herself and hung up, thinking she must be the funniest shit. "Heh, oh who am I kidding, I'll just get an earful when I get there."

She packed her bag with a change of clothes and a few movies, then as an afterthought two chocolate scented candles, smirking to herself. It's gunna be a good day.

Shouta looked out the window to see if Amane's truck was still there since most of the storm had died down, and surely, it had been. She and her girlfriend had been holed up in the stables though, and he shook his head. He hopped down out of the house and walked over to the stable. "C'mon now Amane, I'm running a stable here, not a barn."

As he pushed open the gates, he noticed the lights were still off, meaning something had blown during the storm. He peeked around the corner to see the pair of them cuddled next to Star Bright's stall, which appeared quite pleasantly sleeping himself. He chuckled, and sighed happily, glad to see all of their clothes were still on them. He coughed loudly, and startled them awake, and laughed as they looked wildly about, blushing. Amane apologized unintelligibly, standing up with Hikari quickly.

"U-um... has the storm died down?"

"It's gotten down enough... do you have to get going?" He replied, smirking. I certainly do...

"We should. Let us say goodbye to Star Bright first," the Rider replied, holding Hikari's hand tightly. He chuckled once more and left them to return to his office, where he had just so happened to have a glorious young man waiting for him. I hope he doesn't mind me having been too long...

Shouta smirked, thinking there was gratefully more to this job than met the eye.

"So... um... is it just me or is Mr. Shouta-san a bit... off?"

Amane smirked, "No, there's something about him. He's pretty touchy-feely, but doesn't seem perverted. He dresses too nicely, anyway. Too nicely for a stable manager."

"I never really noticed..." Hikari looked out the window, remembering when she first technically met the man, and Amane thought he was flirting. Her stomach rumbled a bit, and she turned to Amane and asked, "So, when we get home, do you want me to make lunch?"

Amane's own stomach growled then, and she nodded in agreement. "Hai, my love. You're a far better chef than me anyway."

The blonde blushed, and looked back out the window.

She made tuna sandwiches for them at home, and cut up an apple or two to side with it. Amane closed her eyes and hummed with delight. Her voiced waved, like she was in a deep, pleasurable trance. "Hikari~ where have you been all my life?"

The younger girl giggled softly, nipping impishly on an apple slice. "About twenty minutes away, surprisingly."

The bluenette had devoured her entire plate, even swiping up a bit of the hot sauce from the sandwich with her finger. She hummed a bit more, and then leaned over to kiss Hikari happily, forgetting about her tuna breath. Her lover didn't notice though, she was too abashed to look up. The pair of them were just blissfully happy inside their home, happily avoiding the monsoon outside with a good meal.

And then the phone rang.

Amane's face soured and she grumbled, leaving to go retrieve her cell. When she answered, her voice seemed low and sharp. She began pacing slowly in the living room, and slowly she looked more pensive, and more cautious. Hikari stood up nervously, walking slowly towards her.

"Okay... for how long- two weeks? Are you nuts, how could that take... look, did you ever think maybe I can't just drop everything and go for that long? I have responsibilities too, y'know. Like what? I have a job! And? Well... I have a cat!"

She looked over to Hikari and give her a nervous "I'm sorry, just play along look", and Hikari meowed, and winked. Amane smiled, and rolled her eyes.

"No, I can't just put her in a kennel, she's my baby. Besides Star Bright. Look, I'm not leaving for two weeks, book the flight closer to the date, or I won't go. No, obviously, I'm not staying at some guy's- oh, he's a senator? Still, I'm not staying there, last time they tried to get me drunk. Not everyone likes Americans, y'know?.. A week at the most. That's fine, I'll see you at the airport. Sayonara."

Hikari was dazzled, and more importantly confused. Amane was leaving for a week? To America, presumably, but for what?

"Amane?"

"Um... well... I've been invited to attend the Texas International Races. Again."

"Again?!" Hikari was in shock; her lover wasn't only just a great racer, she was internationally renowned, too? "Amane... you're incredible! I never would've thought... I mean, I don't know why, you're amazing after all."

Amane laughed a little. "Well, not THAT amazing. I came in third last year. Even American horses are on steroids it would seem. And Miyo's going this year too, so it'll be that much harder... but more importantly, are you gunna be okay here? I can't take you with me, you have school, and, well security will too many questions." Her face saddened greatly as she spoke. "I really don't wanna leave you..."

Hikari was overwhelmed by it all. The fact that Amane was leaving, the hope that she would succeed like the star she was, the fear of her going to America, the most hostile place it seemed on the earth right now, where anything could happen to her.

"Will you be alright?" was her question.

"Most likely, I mean, I'm just the Japanese kid to them, nothing special honestly. The group last year thought they would pull some stereotypical shit on me, which is why I'm staying at a hotel, and not at the place it's being held."

"You mean it's at someone's home? But that's huge!"

Amane sighed and nodded. "It is. You could house at least fifty people in there, plus servants. It's like a palace Hikari, it's magnificent. America can be quite beautiful if you hide most of the people somewhere else. I stayed a bit long last year, traveling. The land is amazing, you can be in vast open plains in one spot, and in the same borders find deserts and mountains. The forests were tall, and the rivers were so mighty. Not all of it has been polluted yet, and I'd love to take you some day. Preferably, before they ruin it."

Hikari was awe struck hearing about it. She learned from her classes what a vast and diverse place America was, but to hear it from someone she knew was far different than a textbook definition. "It sounds breath taking, sempai! I wish I could go this time, but you're right, it'll just be too difficult. I'm happy to stay here and be your cat though, Amane. Just promise me you'll do your best!" The small girl smiled brightly, taking Amane's much larger hands into her own. Amane gave an empty laugh, looking over her smaller sweetheart. "For you, nothing is impossible. I promise to call every night to the house line, or I can just go and get you another cell phone-"

"Amane-sempai, it's alright. The house phone is fine for me, as long as I can hear your voice," she said quickly, pulling her lover's and hers hands to chest. "That's all I'll need, okay?"

"You sure? I can hire you a body guard if you like. Or a maid? Maybe a personal chef-" Amane freed her hands and tickled Hikari's sides.

"S-sempai, no! Tee hee hee! Just you- st-stop it!"

"Oh? Them how about a chauffeur then? Maybe I'll actually get a cat?" Amane laughed as she spoke, incessantly tickling her girlfriend, and backing her onto the foot of the couch.

"A-amaneeeeee! No fair!"

They laughed until they couldn't breathe, but the Rider didn't stop, even after they collapsed onto the couch. Hikari writhed in her giggling, trying to push off her very heavily toned lover to no avail. So, she instead went for a different route and kissed her, which worked far better than her pleas. Amane stopped, and kissed her back, slowly at first, then a little more passionately. The fires from first kiss on this couch seemed to ignite again.

"H... Hikari," the Rider spoke softly on her lips, "I think there's something about this couch... it's seen a lot more of our hormones than our bed has."

Hikari flushed furiously, putting her arms around Amane's neck and looked at her with embarrassed blue eyes. "Is that a problem, sempai? I could stop kissing you like this-"

Amane stopped her cold and threw her lips back to Hikari's, pulling away only to breath and shake her head. "No... I meant, it's nice. It's different."

Their faces sported the same shade of red, and looked away for a moment before kissing again. Amane sunk lower to her lover, putting her hand behind Hikari's head and deepened the kiss, and in return, Hikari clenched onto her Rider's shirt, and started running her fingers through her short, soft blue hair.

"This... has to be the best feeling ever, love," Amane whispered into Hikari's ear. The smaller girl shivered a bit and nodded, biting her lip as her sempai kissed along her neck and jaw. "Will you handle it until I get back?"

"Hai, sempai, but… I'm so glad it's only a week."

"Y'know, you can ask your friends to come over, just promise me no wild house parties," Amane winked mischievously. Hikari blushed, and shook her head.

"Sempai!"

"Baka, c'mon, they have to come home eventually, put your damn shirt back on!"

Yaya laughed, lounging lazily on Tsubomi's bed only half dressed. She winked, and replied with "Make me."

The stared at each other for a bit and Yaya laughed, while Tsubomi sighed and shook her head. Oh you…