Becoming Her Lover

Chapter 15

Love Finds a Way

Note: Here's a special chapter update since I missed yesterday. I hope you all enjoy it.

"I thought you'd be sleeping already. It is pretty late."

"I couldn't sleep."

"Really? Me neither. Something was keeping me awake. Which is a little weird since I'm a really good sleeper. I don't know. It's just so weird." As she continued to talk, she could hear Kotori laughing in the background which made her stop where she was going. "What? Did I say something funny?"

"Umi-chan, you're just so funny."

"What are you talking about?"

"You're talking about how you couldn't sleep, but just earlier, you said how you wanted to hear my voice." Umi suddenly realized her mistake and blushed. Unfortunately, Kotori couldn't see this, but she felt it in her heart. "It's okay. I'm sure I felt the same way at the time. We've been sleeping together all of this time to where being alone is almost unheard of."

"I… I guess you're right."

"So how are you?"

"Huh? I'm fine, I guess. Today was really tiring and just now is when I finally get some time alone."

"Aw, I'm sorry. When you come back, I'll give you a massage to help relax you."

"Don't make fun of me. You know that these things are really important to my family."

"I know. Good work today. I'm sure everyone appreciated your work. I know I did." Umi's face turned even a brighter shade of red.

"Ugh! You play so unfairly."

"What do you mean?"

"You play with my heart like I'm a child. It's unfair."

"But…"

"Never mind. Good night." At that moment, Umi hung up the phone. However, right as she did, she knew she made a mistake. She immediately tried to call her back, but her phone suddenly ran out of battery. She then ran to her bag in search of her charger, but quickly realized that it wasn't there. She was running out of ideas. She was about to leave the room in search of a phone, but she realized that her grandparents weren't into that kind of technology. She also didn't want to bug her parents since it was so late at night so she was stumped. "Kotori, I'm sorry."

What? She just hung up on me. Is she actually mad at me? Umi-chan, I'm sorry if I said something wrong. Maybe I should call her this time.

Kotori tried calling her back, but got the rejection message. That's when Kotori seriously started to think that Umi was mad. She didn't really know why she would be angry at her, but it was best now to give her some space. She put her phone down and turned off the light.

As she laid on her bed, the coldness of the night quickly started to fill her room. She threw the blankets over her body, but it just didn't feel the same. All of this time, Umi was the one to keep her warm. With her arm wrapped around her body and her perfect size to warm up Kotori, sleeping was really easy for her. Now, she only had a blanket which wasn't doing her any good so that night was a difficult one for her.

At the same time, Umi was also having some difficulties. Normally, she was a very good sleeper, but there was also something stopping her fall asleep. The obvious thing was that she ended her conversation with Kotori rather abruptly. She didn't mean to make it sound that way, but she felt that she sounded kind of harsh towards her. She wanted to resolve that awkwardness between them. Above all though, she wanted Kotori know that she wanted to her. The only bad thing was without her phone, she couldn't tell her that until she got back. She tried to fall asleep, but that emptiness was just too much for her. Not being able to hold Kotori in her arms was a struggle in and of itself. This bond the two of them shared was something special and something they've never experienced before.

…

The rest of the weekend was a long one. Kotori was alone with so much conflict going on inside of her head. Umi was doing so many different things with only one thing going on in her head. She wanted to see Kotori. She wanted to make sure that everything between them was alright. Finally, their trip was over and Umi was eager to get home. The car ride back felt like it was an eternity, but when they finally arrived, Umi jumped out of the car and ran to Kotori's house as fast as she could.

When she arrived at Kotori's house, she knocked on the door and waited for someone to open the door. It took a while, but eventually, the door opened and revealed Kotori's mother.

"Hi Minami sensei, I was wondering if Kotori was home."

"Yeah she is. She's in her room right now, but she hasn't come out yet."

"Oh, really? Um… Would you mind if I come in and talk to her?"

"Sure." She opened the door and invited her in. without wasting any time, Umi headed up to her room. Before even knocking, she pressed her ear against the door and could barely even hear anything inside. She pulled away and took a deep breath.

"Kotori, are you okay?" There was no response. "I, um… I wanted to about what happened the other day. I hung up on you pretty abruptly and I feel really bad about it. I didn't mean for it to be like that. I guess it just came out that way. I was just in the moment. Hearing your voice was so exciting and then you made fun of me. You know, I'm bad when it comes to that kind of thing. However, you deserve to be mad. You were just trying to make me feel better and I…" Out of nowhere, the door suddenly opened up. Kotori was standing there staring at the ground in silence. She slowly walked towards her. "Kotori…"

Smack! Kotori slapped her across the face which took them both by surprise. Immediately after that, she leaned into Umi's body and hugged her.

"Kotori?"

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that. I just… I love you so much. I just want you to love me back."

"I do. I love you more than anything."

"Then why won't you show it?"

"Huh?" Umi was caught off guard by this question. All of this time, she thought that she was doing everything she needed to do to show her love. She spent time with her, she cared for her as much as she could, and always thought about her. Unfortunately, for Kotori, this wasn't enough. "Kotori, I…"

"Kotori, your father and I are going out for a bit!"

"Okay." At that moment, she grabbed Umi's hand and walked her into her room. "Umi-chan, I want you to love me too."

"But I do love you." Kotori closed the door behind her and locked it. "What are you doing?" At the same time, Kotori started to strip off her clothes. "Kotori."

End of Chapter 15