Chapter 19
Accept it!
Yukino comes by her locker this morning when she notices an envelope drop down at her feet. She raises an eyebrow, leans down and picks it up. It's not signed, but it has a heart sticker on it. She opens it and it reads:
"Sakurai-san, meet me at the bridge of the school outside after school. I want to talk to you."
Yukino is even more confused. "I wonder who would send me a love letter. I already have a girlfriend."
"Yuki-chan?" Kanade calls as she walks over toward her.
The older twin quickly puts the note back in the locker and turns toward her smiling.
"Ready to go?" Kanade asks.
"Yes, I'm ready," Yukino replies. "Let's go."
When the twins start walking, Kanade starts to nice her girlfriend spacing out for some reason.
"Yuki-chan? Are you feeling okay?" she asks.
The older twin snaps out of it and waves her hand back and forth. "N-no I'm fine!" Even though she says she's alright, Kanade can tell that something is wrong. However, the younger twin decides to not ask any further and keeps on walking.
As for Yukino, she couldn't stop stop thinking about that love letter that someone had sent her. That person didn't have their name on it, which made her even more curious and slightly scared of what that person might want. This goes on for most of the school day, even when she and her sister are eating lunch. Kanade had kept asking her if she's really okay and Yukino told her that she's fine over and over. It is then that Kanade is starting to get very suspicious of her sister.
When the school day is finally over, Yukino tells Kanade that she'll be heading over to her swim club. Kanade nods and waves, telling her that she'll be waiting for her by the school entrance. However, as Kanade leaves, Yukino clutches her fist on her chest. She had lied through her teeth, knowing that swim club is cancelled for today just so that she could meet this mystery person and get this over with. She goes over towards the bridge that person said to meet and waits there for several minutes.
"Thanks for waiting, Sakurai-san," a voice says from behind her.
Yukino swiftly turns towards a girl with red curly hair shaped like drills and green eyes.
"Were you the one who sent the letter?" Yukino asks.
"Yes," the girl replies. "My name is Saya Yamabuki and I've been long admiring you for quite some time now."
"You were?"
"Yep. I heard that you're beautiful, cute and excel on the swimming team. For a while, I've been in love with you, but wasn't brave enough to confess to you. But that's all in the past." She walks over to the older twin and tips her chin. "So, please, Sakurai-san. Go out with me."
Yukino slaps away her hand. "No way. I already have a girlfriend. I'm sorry, but that's just how it is."
"Ah, you mean your little sister, Kanade-san?
"How do you know about her?" Yukino asks.
"I've seen her work. Plus that, you two are in a relationship, which I think is pretty stupid."
"And why would you think that?" Yukino is starting to get very irritated by Saya's attitude.
"Are you blind?" Saya scoffs. "She's your sister. Most relationships don't involve incest, including sisters. That's just…absurd and disgusting. I suggest you break up with her."
Yukino glares at her. "Now look here, Saya. You may think it's disgusting, but to me, I think it's okay. I love Kana-chan! I love her so much that we'll never be apart! What concerns me and Kana-chan's relationship is none of your business! I suggest you find some other girl or guy to be with. This is insane."
She turns to walk away, but a hand grabs her wrist.
"Let go," Yukino says, sternly.
"You should know that I don't give up that easily," Saya says with an evil smile on her face. "I still can't believe that you would be dating that stupid artist. Kanade-san is just…not your type. She's not as popular as you, all she does is just sit on her butt and draw, and she's just…she's just not your type."
Yukino has enough. She can't stand this girl insulting her sister like that. She forcefully pulls her hand away, making the girl let go and slaps her hard.
"What was that for, you witch!?" Saya shouts.
"For insulting Kana-chan!" Yukino shoots back. "And our relationship! You don't call the shots here, you got that!? Kana-chan and I love each other and we're okay with doing that, even if we are sisters! So, accept it!"
With that, she walks away with Saya staring at her.
Kanade is standing by the front entrance of the school just as promised. But when she turns and sees her sister coming toward her, she notices a sad look on her face. She walks up to her sister and wraps her arms around her as Yukino cries in her chest.
"Hey, hey," she says gently. "What's the matter?"
"I…I…Kana-chan…I'm so sorry…" Yukino sobs.
"Huh?"
"I lied…"
"Eh? About what?"
"I told you that my club meeting is today, but really it was canceled. This morning, I found this love letter that told me to meet this person at the bridge. And then, this girl named Saya Yamabuki told me she loved me and wanted me to break up with you."
"She what!?" Kanade gasps.
"Then, she talked badly about us and our relationship," Yukino continues. "I couldn't believe she would tell me that our relationship is disgusting and you're not my type. I was so angry that I slapped her and ran away." She buries her head in her girlfriend's chest again. "I'm not sure if she had learned her lesson or not."
Kanade tips her chin and wipes her tears away with her thumb. "Well, if we ever see that girl again, we'll give her a piece of our mind. No one, I mean no one, should ever judge our relationship that way."
Yukino nods in agreement and rests her head on her girlfriend's chest. "Let's go home, Kana-chan."
"Yeah…"
By the next day, Kanade and Yukino are eating lunch outside like they always do when hear some footsteps coming toward them. There stands Saya and her group of friends. Kanade immediately sets down her lunch and stands up.
"Well, well," Saya says. "If it isn't the dumb couple that is the twin sisters."
"Shut up," Kanade says in a cold voice. "Yuki-chan told me what you said to her yesterday and you have no right to say that about us."
"Why not?" Saya scoffs as she flips her hair. "Sisterly relationships is SO unusual and SO disgusting."
"You two should break up while you still can," one of her friends say.
"We don't want to spread nasty rumors about you two, right?" another girl says.
Kanade freezes, thinking about how it will turn out if they actually did. Yukino looks up at her sister with a worried expression. She is clearly no match for these girls alone, so she stands up as well and links her arms around Kanade's.
Saya glares at them. "What do you think you're doing!? Do you want to be teased and bullied by all the girls at this school? I mean, look at you two! You're sisters, yet you are girlfriends. They don't end very well, you know."
"I don't care," Yukino says. "I know that we'll protect each other no matter what happens. Like I said, it's none of your business. So, please, just leave us alone."
Saya and the girls exchange looks. The red-haired girl just turns away.
"Hmph! Fine! If you girls want to be like that, I don't care," she says. "You two aren't worth my time. Let's go girls."
With that, Saya and her friends walk away. Kanade and Yukino sigh in relief, happy that they are done with this horrible conversation and they can move on. But…not quite yet. Kanade can hear her sister quietly sobbing behind her.
"Are you okay, Yuki-chan?" she asks as she turns toward her.
"I'm…I'm so sorry, Kana-chan…" Yukino whispers.
"Why are you apologizing?"
"If I had ignored that note, then…things like this wouldn't have happened…" The older twin feels lips come in contact with hers and pull away a second later.
The artist caresses her cheek while giving her girlfriend a gentle smile. "There's nothing to be sorry for, Yuki-chan. You were brave enough to stand up to this girl when she insulted me and our relationship. And in return, I did the same. Don't worry about her anymore. We're not going to let something like this stop us from being together. I love you and you love me. That's all that matters right now."
Yukino nods and kisses her on the cheek. "You're right. I love you, Kana-chan."
"I love you, too, Yuki-chan."
Both of them intertwine hands and press their foreheads together as a light breeze blows past them, making their hair sway. The sisters know in their hearts that they will always protect each other if anyone tries to harm them in any way. Because their love for each other is very powerful.
A/N: Okay, let me just say for the record that things like this happens. It just happens. Some people don't like lesbian relationships and try to take it out on them to bully or tease them.
And also, just so you know, if you've read through these one-shots, some chapters are going to be serious ones, others are fluffy, silly and…just how this series should be: happy, fun to read and enjoyable.
Feel free to give out any suggestions questions or concerns and don't forget to review~! ;)
