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Chapter 6: First Time

"Ooops! Sorry…"

Her aim was to remove only the young girl's uniform, it did not cross her mind that she might hurt the other girl- she believed in her sword skills and she had calculated in that brilliant head of hers the distance and tension she needed to slit the uniform in half. She did not care if she will ruin the clothing. Besides, she can always buy Yumi another set of uniform so destroying one is not an issue; she just wanted to get rid of it nothing more, nothing less… But it was an added bonus for her that Yumi's under things came with it.

Upon realizing the state of her undress, Yumi immediately grabbed whatever she can to cover her exposed body. She forcefully yanked the cushion on the couch but she pulled it too hard making her tumble on the hard stone floor.

"Ow ow ow… That hurts…" Yumi got up and rubbed the sore spot of her bare bottom. She heard a snickering sound just behind her and true enough, Shizuma was there trying to repress her laughter. The older girl walked closer to Yumi and handed her something and when the young girl looked at what was given to her, her eyes widened in surprise.

"Shi-chan! What is this? Is this some kind of your fetish?"

It was indeed a wonderful start of the day as the students of Lillian Girls Academy went about their morning routines. The weather was fair with the sun shining so brightly like a diamond in a sea of blue and wisps of clouds were scattered across the majestic aerial ocean like cotton candies suspended in mid-air.

The grounds during the early morning were fairly similar; Lillian Girls Academy a garden for maidens, were walking slowly is preferred so as not to disturb the pleats of their dark-colored school uniforms and that their sailor collar should always remain tidy. As the students began their day, a lone figure watched everything unfold before her beautiful sapphire eyes.

For many years or so, the lone figure had witnessed most of the beginning of a wonderful relationship, as well as its goodbyes. Young maidens hand over their precious beaded possession to their chosen one. Soon after, that priced possession will part its owner as she herself will offer it to her chosen imouto.

What's more interesting for the lone figure were not the sisterly confessions but rather those declaration of eternal love between two lovely maidens. Those relationships between women are not that exceptional, given the kind of environment the school has, it is most likely for some women to fall for their own sex. She could only wish to the heavens above to grant these women the strength to overcome any obstacles, for the kind if love they harbor is a love full of difficulties.

Almost half a century, no, if she was going to be honest with herself, she has witnessed everything since Meiji 34. Of course, no woman would want to reveal their true age! She may be divine and all but she is still a woman! Unquestioningly, she listened to all prayers of the students asking for guidance and protection.

"Maria-sama, thank you for another wonderful day. Please guide my family and my onee-sama." After a few more seconds, the student went ahead and walked towards a path leading to the main building. One after another, the students would stop at Maria-sama's statue and offer their silent prayer and the most loved woman of this school would say to all of them, "May God bless you my dear child."

Silently, she giggled to herself. What would the poor students do if they actually heard her reply to their prayers? It would probably cause a ruckus in the whole school if that happened and it would probably start a rumor of the statue being spirited away.

Really, after standing there for centuries now, she needed a little something to entertain herself and thinking about those things makes it easier for her to bare her monotonous lifestyle. Not that she's complaining, it's just that she wished that someone would really take time to talk to her. Not too far from where she stood, not like she can move anyway, Maria-sama can see one of her favorite students. Yes she has a favorite! It's not illegal, right?

"Maria-sama, how are you today? I know in my heart that I do not deserve to be happy, I am cold, arrogant, hysterical and unapproachable but can I be a little selfish? I only have one wish and for that person to return my feelings as well. Last night was no good Maria-sama, something happened while we were having dinner and I could not protect the one I love. Someone came and scared those filthy lecherous men, I am grateful that she was able to do that but it hurts Maria-sama to see in my very own eyes how inadequate I am. That I do not deserve to be loved by my one and only but still, I wish for her to return my feelings. I hope you are not sick of my rumblings yet, please watch over my love. Thank you for listening..."

After giving a few more prayers for her family, the student left and continued to a path that leads to an old building that is secluded from the students. Maria-sama could not help but smile at the young woman; she watched the student since day one and was glad to see the changes that happened to her. She could only hope for the best. "You just have to be brave Sachiko-chan. She feels the same way about you, you know." The divine woman sighed and prayed to the heavens about to grant her favorite's prayer.

A few more students passed and stopped by the statue of Maria-sama, each and everyone with their eyes closed and hands clasped together deep in prayer. Half an hour had passed when another student caught the attention of Maria-sama. A cute brown-haired sophomore student walked towards the stone icon, however, it seemed like something is wrong with the student. Maria-sama worriedly watched the second head of the Chinensis family walking slightly staggering.

"Good morning Maria-sama. I'm so glad to see you today. I just want to thank you because I knew that you protected us last night from those men. I hope that my Onee-sama is safe; I did not get to talk to her last night after the incident. You know how important she is to me. I'll talk to you later Maria-sama. Ja ne!"

The divine Mother observed Yumi closely and she could just tell that something was really wrong with the young woman. After a few steps away from the shrine, Yumi's knees suddenly buckled causing her to topple down the cobbled steps.

"Oh Holy Mother of God!" Maria-sama yelled in panic. If she could only move herself from her pedestal, she would personally carry the young girl to the infirmary. "Somebody help Yumi-chan!" she yelled again. Hoping against hope that someone would actually hear her. No matter how she willed her body to move, it would not cooperate for she is deeply rooted- cemented on the ground.

Thankfully, not far from where the young rose fell, a familiar figure ran as fast as she could in the hopes of catching her favorite rose but she was a second too late and Yumi kissed the pavement. Like a knight in shining armor, the familiar figure with golden locks scooped the fallen rose and brought her to the nearest building.

Four watchful pair of eyes tried their hardest to act nonchalantly, reading the pile of papers in front of them while drinking iced honey lemon tea. It is not that humid outside but the room felt hot and tense as the four eyes would steal glances at the sapphire-eyed princess.

Sachiko, like the rest of the Yamayurikai, is reading the reviews submitted by each of the club president. It has been quite some time since she started reading and yet, she never got to move on to the next page. It seemed like her mind was wandering off somewhere or particularly to someone as she thought of what happened last night. With a heavy sigh, Sachiko let the paper down and looked at her classmate and bestfriend with firm determination.

"Rei…"

Hearing her name being called, Hasekura Rei faced the source of the noise and was surprised to see the look in her friend's face. She suddenly found herself wanting to take a sip of her tea, her throat felt like it needed to be quenched after seeing the fire in Sachiko's eyes.

"Teach me kendo," the princess unfalteringly declared her decision. She wanted to be able to protect her beloved and even if joining a physical sport is the way to do it, something she had never done before since it was considered unladylike by her coaches, she would endure the training just so one day she can protect her Yumi like a knight in shining armor.

"Ppfffft! S-sachiko?" Rei sputtered, too shocked by what she heard. Yoshino quick to her feet went to her cousin and gently pat her back. "A-are you serious?" she asked the heiress still not believing the words expressed by her bestfriend however, a commotion outside interrupted Sachiko from re-affirming her request.

Noriko, who was already standing near the windowsill, saw students pooling along the cobbled pathway leading to the Rose Mansion. What caught the young woman's attention was a man rushing towards the building with a Lillian student in his arms. 'Why would a man be here? I don't think it was that easy for anyone to enter Lillian Academy let alone a man.' The young Japanese beauty's musing was cut off when the door at the first floor opened with force that the whole mansion shook slightly and the sound of someone rushing to climb the stairs could be heard.

Everyone inside the meeting room was startled by the sudden noise outside, they were about to check what was going on when the biscuit door to the meeting room swiftly opened and in came a person holding an unconscious Rosa Chinensis en Bouton.

"Sei-sama!"

"What the hell happened to Yumi?!" Sachiko asked worriedly; she was close to the door when Sei barged in and saw who the former White Rose was carrying. Fear engulfed Sachiko's being seeing her beloved unconscious and in the arms of someone she once considered as her rival. When her Onee-sama told her that she and Sei are in a relationship, the current Rosa Chinensis felt relieved. But from time to time, she can't help but feel jealous about Sei and Yumi's close bond.

"Sachiko! Quick! Ready the couch!" Satou Sei shouted at the panicking woman and immediately she put Yumi down so that she could examine if her favorite Red Rose was not in any way injured. Thankfully, the brunette only passed out.

Everyone was obviously worried about Yumi's condition especially the raven-haired princess. The young brunette has not woken yet and Sachiko kept pacing back and forth the meeting room making everyone a little agitated.

"Sachiko, will you sit down? You're making us dizzy. Calm down." Sei said while taking small gulps of her iced tea. She too was worried about the young girl but it would not do them any good if everyone will lose their cool.

Hearing that, especially from Sei, was the last straw for Sachiko. What right does Sei have? Of course she's worried! Yumi hasn't stirred from her sleep and they do not know what exactly happened to her. They thought of bringing Yumi to the infirmary but doing so will only cause another unwanted attention from the students so they decided to just wait for Yumi to rouse on her own but if within an hour and she does not wake up, they will bring her to the clinic.

Sachiko halted her pacing and slammed both her hands on the table causing the slight rattling of the chinaware. "Calm down? How can I calm down when my petite soeur is lying there unconscious not knowing what happened and there's nothing I can do. Do you think I can calm down?! What if the same thing happened to your girlfriend, what will you do?!" With eyes seething with anger, the Ogasawara heiress retorted back to her Onee-sama's partner.

"Hmm.. if the same thing happened to Youko.. Well, I would be trailing kisses on her face down to her soft and big br-"

"Sei-sama!" chastised the fuming Rosa Chinensis, her face as red as her rose color. Shimako, who was sitting next to Sei, could not help but feel ashamed of her onee-sama's frivolous acts. Being the lecherous old man's soeur, Shimako felt that she needed to diffuse the situation. Nervously, the present Rosa Gigantea spoke drawing all attention to her. "Rosa Chinensis, please forgive my Onee-sama's playfulness. She could be a bubble-head sometimes. Most of the time."

Everyone was shocked by Shimako's comment; they did not think that the serene Angel of Lillian was capable of uttering such…impolite words. Her image to her friends as the Lillian Angel suddenly crumbled to pieces. "Waaah! What happened to my sweet angelic Shimako?" Sei said dramatically while clutching her front to give better acting performance.

"That's enough Sei-sama!" Sachiko warned the former White Rose.

"Onee-sama…."

A meek voice called out to her beloved sister. It sounded so frail and almost like in pain. The Yamayurikai turned their attention to the direction of the voice and they could see the young brunette trying to get up from the couch. Sachiko seeing this could not help but feel as if her heart was being crushed. She never wanted to see Yumi get hurt and whoever did this to her beloved petite soeur will have to pay.

"Yumi… Im right here." Sachiko answered softly, not wanting to startle her imouto who was barely conscious. At the same time, she gently stroke Yumi's hair as if coaxing her to get back to sleep.

The rest of the occupants of the Rose Mansion sighed in relief now that Yumi's had finally awaken. Seeing that everyone was worried about her, Yumi tried to get up even though she could barely lift her hand; Rosa Foetida, quick to her feet, stopped her from doing so. Rei knew that certain measures are needed to be checked before allowing someone who took a fall. "Yumi-chan, please don't move yet," Rei spoke immediately when she her cousin's bestfriend trying to stand up. "Are you hurt somewhere? What happened to you, do you remember anything?"

Yumi visibly shuddered from remembering what happened last night when she got home. It was something she never thought she would do in her entire life and the experience left her feeling weak. The young girl, still barely conscious, slumped back on the couch. Her onee-sama sat close to her and took her hand to give it a gentle squeeze.

"Yumi, are you alright? Please tell me what happened." Sachiko asked anxiously. She needed to know what happened to her petite soeur.

With her eyes closed and her breathing increasing rapidly, the young Red Rose recalled the events that happened last night when she woke up. After waking up last night, Shizuma stripped Yumi's clothes off with one swift slash of her sword leaving her with nothing on. She felt her hand being squeezed reassuring her to take her time. Somehow she had calmed a little bit but her mind was still on clouds. She wasn't aware that she was actually telling the others the events replaying in her mind.

"Shi-chan… she stripped me off naked last night…" Yumi said half-unconsciously, her beautiful mocha eyes still shut thus she did not see the shocked expression of everyone inside the meeting room. Sachiko who was sitting close to Yumi, heard what the girl said loud and clearly. To hear those words brought so many emotions for the older girl.

Anger, hurt, jealousy-name it and she was feeling all those negative thoughts. Anger because Shizuma hurt her little angel. Jealousy because Shizuma has seen Yumi naked. Hurt because it is possible that Shizuma and Yumi had done something that only couples can do, something she wished for herself and Yumi to do the first time. Yumi's precious first time. Gone? Is it really gone? And it was not with her!

Shizuma handed Yumi some change of clothes after removing the entire young girl's garment. It was a pair of shirt and bloomers, quite comfortable for what they are going to do tonight. "Shi-chan, what is this? Some kind of a fetish?" the younger of the two asked. "Baka ne! That's for your training tonight. It would be hard for you to move around if you're wearing your uniform." Shizuma explained.

"Shi-chan no baka! You could have asked me to just change clothes and not slice my uniform in half!" Yumi yelled while putting on the clothes the silver haired goddess had given her. "That wouldn't be exciting, ne Yu-chin?" The young brunette couldn't do anything but comply with what her companion wants, there's no stopping Shizuma if she wanted to do something. For the older girl, she does not want a repeat of what happened in the park so she decided to teach Yumi basic fencing.

The training began with basic stretching which Yumi found difficult to do. She wasn't a very athletic girl so her body was pushed to the limits. Warm up exercises consists of low impact and high impact moves that she miraculously finished. But Shizuma wasn't satisfied yet so she made Yumi perform 10 sets of lunges. After what seemed like a thousand lunges, the young girl collapsed on the floor, her legs felt like they were going to fall off.

It was her first time to do something so intense. Shizuma wanted to push her hard since they won't have much time to learn every technique so they would start first with warm up exercises and then the basics of fencing. It was really hard for Yumi to do even the basic exercises; she was really out of shape. It amazed Shizuma to see her wife having a body to die for even if she does not do regular exercises, Yumi has developed into a beautiful young woman with all the right curves save for some minor glitches on the frontal area. Shizuma doesn't mind though, she actually likes it small and perky. She's got too much already that she doesn't need more.

After a few minutes of silence, everyone thought that Yumi has fallen back to sleep but when she spoke again, it brought another wave of shock to her friends. "It was my first time… My body hurts… We did it for 10 times…"

All the color in their body drained the instant Yumi said it was her first time. Could Yumi be talking about her first time? Rei noticed that Sachiko was being trembling; her bestfriend might be thinking the same thing like the rest of them. For a first time, and to do it 10 times, Yumi must have been really drained after that. No wonder she passed out this morning.

Sachiko wanted to cry, she wanted to rip her heart out just so she won't suffer the ache she was feeling right now. Her body began to shake uncontrollably; she did not understand why her body was reacting like that. She wanted to ask her beloved to confirm clearly what she just said- she knew in her heart that Yumi is not that kind of girl. She knew that Yumi would never do that but Sachiko needed to clarify these demons inside her head.

When the young heiress looked at her petite soeur, she could not help but feel sorry for the latter's state. Yumi slumped back to sleep and she did not have the heart to wake her up. She will just have to find other means to confirm whatever it is she wanted to straighten up.

Thankfully, the bell rang signaling the beginning of the morning classes. Not wanting to leave Yumi alone in the Rose Mansion, they decided to bring the young girl to the school clinic where Eiko-sensei would be able to tend to her when she wakes up. When they arrived at the clinic, they were surprised to see that the bed was already made up. News travels fast and the school nurse knew that the Yamayurikai might pay her a visit.

After making sure that Yumi was confortable on the bed, Sei immediately left. Youko just texted her saying they needed to do some grocery shopping for their apartment. Noriko and Shimako went to their class promising to visit Yumi later during their lunch break. Rei and Yoshino followed suit and left Sachiko at the clinic. They knew that the current Red Rose need some time alone with her petite soeur thus they went ahead. Yoshino should advise their teacher about Yumi's absence.

It was just Sachiko and Yumi alone in the clinic. Gently, Sachiko cupped the young girl's cheek to convey to her beloved all the love she feels for her. Yumi, though asleep, sensed her Onee-sama's touch so she leaned in to the hand that was caressing her face. Sachiko's heart warmed up knowing that just like her, Yumi can also sense her presence. The final bell rang and reluctantly, Sachiko stood up from the bed. Walking towards the door, Sachiko gazed at her beloved one last time but before she knew it, she was back beside Yumi and gave the young girl a tender kiss on the cheek and whispered, "I love you, Yumi."

Hours later, Yumi woke up feeling slightly disoriented. She could not remember anything that happened to her, the last thing she remembered was she was praying to Maria-sama and went her way towards the Rose Mansion. She swiftly searched her surroundings; not finding anything familiar, the brunette decided to get up but winced when she felt her leg muscles as they were sore from excessive exercise.

"Ahhh.. Finally you're awake Yumi." A familiar voice called out.

Looking for the source of the voice, Yumi found Shizuma sitting next to Eiko-sensei while having tea. The silver-haired goddess chuckled a bit upon watching Yumi's life-phases. "You passed out this morning and Eiko-sensei phoned me to pick you up. Since you are awake, we can go home."

Shizuma stood up from her seat and walked towards Yumi and kneeled down in front of the young girl who managed to sit up. "Gomen ne, Yu-chin." Feeling guilty about what happened to her Yu-chin, the older girl could not help but shed tears. It was her fault for pushing Yumi too hard.

"It's okay Shi-chan. Please don't blame yourself, I understand why you did that. How about you make up to me? Ne?" Yumi said whilst pulling the girl up to her feet.

Feeling relieved, Shizuma gave Yumi a bone-shattering hug and a kiss on her forehead. "Your wish is my command, Princess."

When the bell for lunch rang, Rosa Chinensis quickly placed her books in her satchel. Even though she's itching to see her petite soeur, she still has an image to uphold so she walked as fast as her lady feet could carry her. To her disappointment, when she got there, there was no Yumi. Not even her things were there in the clinic. She was about to go to the Mansion thinking that maybe Yumi woke up and decided to just stay at the Rose Mansion.

"Ahh Sachiko-san.. Are you looking for Yumi-chan?" Eiko-sensei asked who was walking towards the clinic with a tray of food on her hands.

"Yes Eiko-sensei. Did she go back to her classroom or perhaps the Rose Mansion?" Sensing that Sachiko was in a hurry, the school nurse answered the young woman's question. "Im sorry Sachiko-san but you just missed Yumi-chan. Hanazono-san came here just a few minutes ago and took Yumi home with her."

Sachiko felt her knees buckle so she braced herself by the wall. 'It was Shizuma again. Why does Shizuma have to be ahead of me all of the time? Shizuma, Shizuma, Shizuma! Why can't it be me for once?'

"Yumi…."

Yumi sat up straight on the couch so that she can look at her older companion in the eye who was lying down on the couch using her tummy as a pillow. "What is it Shi-chan?" Yumi asked softly while stroking Shizuma's silvery hair.

"Let's take a rest tonight, I know you are still sore so no training for the next few days." Shizuma said still feeling guilty about what happened to her wife. "I also need to take care of something so I'd probably come home late tonight." Shizuma said while getting up to get ready for her appointment.

Before climbing up the stairs, Shizuma asked Yumi, "Yumi, will you be okay staying there in the living room? If you want, I can carry you to your room?"

"Im fine Shi-chan. It would be troublesome for me to stay in my room; I don't think my legs could carry my weight as of the moment so I fine here. I won't have to go down just to get food and water and go to the toilet since everything is right here within my reach. And it's a lot cooler here, I can just open some windows and pop on some DVDs and I'm good to go." Yumi said cheekily grabbing her glass of soda and munched on her favorite snack.

Shizuma really had to go, it was an important meeting and she needed to see someone today. She made a quick change and passed by Yumi in the living room and bid her goodbye. "Call me if you need anything, okay?" Shizuma said and gave the brunette a kiss on the cheek.

It was already night time and Shizuma has not returned yet. Yumi, who lounged in the living room all day, was bored to death. The whole day she did nothing but watch movies, she even had a marathon of her favorite TV series, Maria-sama ga Miteru. Yumi harbors a little celebrity crush with one of the lead actresses and would faintly blush every time the black-haired actress with striking blue eyes would appear.

When she was done with all the movies, she switched to watching the television looking for shows that would interest her. Her thumb was practically burning from pressing the remote control button surfing the channels that caught her attention.

"Oh well, I guess I have nothing else to cook dinner and take a bath." Yumi spoke to no one. She was feeling lonely that she was all by herself with no one to talk to. She even messaged her brother but hasn't replied yet; she was thinking that maybe he was still in school since there was about 7hours difference between Japan and France. She checked her watch and it was already 9PM so she decided to take a bath first.

Yumi got off the couch and went inside the bathroom on the first floor. After soaking for about an hour, Yumi aching muscles felt relieved. Her fingers became pruney after a long time bathing, she decided to get out of the tub and began to dry herself off. Seconds later, the doorbell rang and the freshly bathed brunette considered going out with just a towel wrapped around her body or she'd put her clothes on. The bell rang again and thinking it was Shizuma, she decided to go out with just her towel on.

"I'm coming!" Yumi yelled towards the door while making sure that her towel was securely wrapped around her body.

"What are we doing here?" a voice so familiar to the person sitting on the passenger seat asked excitedly. The owner of the voice opened the car door, wanting to stretch her long legs but a hand grabbed her wrist stopping her from her action.

"Sei-sama! Will you sit still! We'll be caught if you get out of the car!" the raven-haired beauty hissed bringing the blonde girl back to her seat. Sei looked at her surroundings and found nothing familiar with the area; she noticed that the place was in the border of the shopping district. "Sa-chan, who's house is that?" Sei pointed at a two-storey building.

After Sei and her lover Youko got their groceries, they decided to come home early so that they can spend time together. Even though they live in the same house, they hardly have time for each other because they go to different university—Sei opted to stay in Lillian and Youko in Tokyo U.

When they decided to move in together, they chose a place where they can meet half way. Lillian and Tokyo U were actually on the opposite part of the city and since they really wanted to be together, it was a small sacrifice for them to pay. It wasn't really that hard since both have their own private car, Sei still using her bumblebee and Youko having something more practical for her bought an SUV since it could carry more people and it's not that cramp she can take a nap inside the car while waiting for her next class.

When they arrive at their place, they were surprised to see a familiar black sedan parked in front of their apartment. Sachiko came out to greet them as soon as they got off the car. The raven-haired girl asked if Sei could accompany her for awhile which made Youko raise her eyebrows. The former Rosa Chinensis knew that Sachiko cannot stand the teasing of Sei so why is she now asking for partner.

Sachiko, sensing her Onee-sama's prying eyes, said that she needed Sei because she wanted her opinion in buying the right car and she'd rather have the blonde woman than ask her cousin Suguru. Youko believed what her petite soeur and gave her lover a kiss on the lips to bid her goodbye and whispered in a very low voice only her partner could hear, "Come home soon, love. You wouldn't want to spoil your dessert, right" Youko said seductively and gently nibbled the blonde's earlobe which sent shivers down her spine.

"H-hai…"

The former Rosa Gigantea shuddered again after remembering Youko's promise and sighed miserably because here she was sitting at the back of a heavily tinted car in god knows where place with the Ice Princess no less instead of being at home with her lover and probably by this time, they could have gone on their 3 round of dessert. Sei was startled when the door to the driver's seat suddenly opened and Sachiko's personal driver came inside with a duffel bag on his hand.

"Ko-chan, here is the bag you asked me to get." Matsuo Aoi said while carefully handing the bag backseat. Sachiko took the bag and thanked Aoi and brought out the right equipment she needed for tonight's mission. Sei's eyes widened in surprise when she saw Sachiko took out a very expensive spy gears-listening device, night vision camera and thermal imaging camera.

The house was completely dark except for a low glare coming from an open television. It had been like that for some time now, like someone left the TV running after leaving the house or someone must have fallen asleep while watching. "Quick Sei-sama! Turn on the listening device." Sachiko said hurriedly when she noticed a slight movement coming from the living room and snatched the night vision camera.

The car was parked a few meters away from the house; it would have been very suspicious to see a black car parked just in front of the house. The young heiress carefully instructed her driving to park the car far enough from the house not to draw attention but close enough to see what's happening inside the house.

From the camera, they can see a young woman getting up from somewhere. 'Where did she come from?' Both women asked to themselves but unconscious they voiced it out loud. Sei turned on the listening device but the reception was a static so she tweaked a few knobs and pushed a few buttons and somehow the reception had improved.

"…...krrrhhsshhh dinner and take a bath."

The voice coming from the listening device was a bit distorted but it was clear enough for them to hear the words that were uttered. By the sound of it, the voice came from a young girl. They looked at each other both thinking of the same question, but it was the blonde woman who expressed the next big question. "Could that be my Yumi-chan?"

After hearing the voice, it was followed by the opening and closing of the door. Minutes had passed and still no further movement inside the house. Sachiko and Sei slumped back on the back seat since nothing was progressing from their target location.

"Sachiko, tell me. What exactly are your intentions in spying this house?" Sei asked the woman beside her and moved a bit sideways so she can look at Sachiko's reaction. "You know whose house this is, am I right?" the blonde woman continued.

Sachiko who was feeling ashamed that she chose something as dishonorable as stalking, sighed deeply and responded to the older girl's question. "I… I wanted to make sure Sei-sama. I don't know what to do anymore. I'm so confused Sei-sama, when I'm with Yumi I feel that she loves me the way I love her but there were times when I feel that I only come second best to her especially when it has something to do with Shizuma." Sachiko could not help it. It was happening again, she was feeling this stabbing pain in her heart and tears began to flow endlessly clouding the sapphire-eyed beauty.

"So this is Hanazono-san's house..." Sei said while peeking at the house that now looked imposing. The ex-Rosa Gigantea hugged her girlfriend's petite soeur and tried to give her encouragement, "Be strong Sa-chan. Nobody said that falling in love is easy." Sachiko has calmed down a bit and both women were now lost in their own thoughts.

A light from an oncoming vehicle brought them back to the present and quickly, Sachiko held the night vision camera to the car that stopped in front of the house. Sachiko's heart began to pound when the door opened revealing her one and only rival, Hanazono Shizuma. Even without the night vision camera, Sachiko knew who the woman was. There's only one person she knew who has a silver hair and the light from the moon made the woman's tresses glow like pearls in the dark.

Sei zoomed in the camera and they can see Shizuma holding a bouquet of flowers on her one hand and on the other, a box of… cake perhaps? The woman they were spying on walked towards the front door and rang the door bell.

Shizuma could have just used her keycard but both her hands were occupied so she just rang the bell. She knew that someone would open the door so she waited a little bit more. When no one answered, she rang the bell once again and alas a voice from the inside answered, "I'm coming!"

Sachiko's heart began to thrum wildly as if it was going to come out the moment she heard on the device a girl's voice declaring she was coming to get the door. Sachiko focused the camera on the front door and when it swung open, it revealed the most angelic yet enticing creature her eyes ever laid on. There by the door, a young woman stood wrapped in only a single towel which showed all the right curves and with her hair down.

Shizuma stepped by the door blocking the raven-haired beauty's view of the young girl. She could not see the girl's face and when her rival stepped inside the house, the young girl was left to close the door giving Sachiko a chance to have a glimpse of the girl's face.

"Damn it!" Sachiko hissed in anger throwing the camera on the car floor. The battery ran out and the device would not open anymore. Again, the heiress missed the chance of seeing the girl's face.

"Here, we can use this," offered Sei while holding out the thermal imaging camera. "We won't be able to see their faces but we can still track what they are doing through the heat sensors. We can also still use the listening device so we'll know what they are talking about." Sei pointed out some of the features to her co-spy but was startled when they heard guttural sound coming from the listening device.

They immediately focused the camera on the building they have been watching for hours and were shocked when they saw two bodies pressed together. Through the camera, they can see the shorter girl stepping slightly back from the taller one but the woman halted her movement by grabbing the towel a little bit forcefully causing the younger one to gasp.

"Shizuma…."

Silence engulfed the house as well as inside the car. Sachiko was stuck in her seat, she could not believe what she was seeing and hearing. There on the monitor she could see her beloved kissing the taller girl vigorously as if they haven't seen each other in a long time, as if there was no tomorrow. The pleasurable sounds grew and intensified when both bodies had again entwined and the kissing noises increased.

At this moment, Sachiko felt like she had been shot in the heart. Unknowingly, tears started flowing and her body began to tremble uncontrollably. 'It hurts… is this the feeling of being rejected? Being heartbroken?' Sei seeing the despair in Sachiko's eyes she pulled the girl towards her and tried her best to comfort the woman. She turned off the camera and the listening device and asked the driver to take them to the Ogasawara Mansion. Just when they were about to leave, they heard a piercing cry of pleasure that rang out all throughout the neighborhood…

"SHIZUMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

A/N: Im sorry about the monthly updates, been really really busy lately. Im really hoping that things will work out for my application and if they do, I'd be back to school again. After finishing my degree, I feel like studying again so here I am. Fingers crossed!

I was supposed to post this 2 days ago but that was my birthday so I kinda just lazed around the house and took my much needed rest. So this update is like my post birthday gift to all of you.

Let me know what you think about it, your comments and suggestions are really important to me. It somehow puts me on track of the story, just so I'd know what's good and what's not.

I also have a request, if anyone here who is familiar with french cuisine and is fluent with french, please PM me. I need to consult a few things.

Hope you enjoy this one. Til next update!

xoxo... Amor