hehe,here's the story I made.I'm still working on the chapter 2 of it..though it only needs a little editing..I'm not good with stories but I was really inspired...^^
Chapter 1
Konoka hated every bloody second of this. She absolutely did. No doubts about it. If stares could kill, she would be condemned as a murderer at this moment. Eventhough she was doing it discreetly, she knew the intensity was there. Jealousy and a tinge of betrayal hammered her heart and mind as she looked at the two figures across the table where she was seated through half-lidded eyelashes, while sipping from her glass of pine apple juice. She had just given up on trying to eat the food she had ordered and it seemed Setsuna noticed her and had stopped eating as well. When Tsukoyomi tried to feed her, Setsuna blushed and waved her hand in a no manner. This was hell for her, eating with them, that she had lost her appetite. She only managed to touch a small portion of her food all the while. Damn, how could she eat leisurely when the one she loves was seated with another person and not with her? And what's worse, acting all honey sweety in front of her. In this situation though, it was Tsukoyomi who was doing all the honey sweety act. But since her stoic guardian was blushing, she's guilty as well.
Yes, she really loved Setsuna. She had just realized it a few days ago. And this? It's more than she could take. More likely, she could not take it anymore. She should not have conceded to her grandfather's absurd decision. That way, she would not feel this sickening pain gnawing violently at her, tearing her into pieces.
She just wanted to enjoy her weekend, forget everything that made her cry, away from pain and agony that made themselves visible 3 days ago. But what she was trying to run away from caught up with her, slapping directly into her face the dreadful truth. Reminding her again and again…that Setsuna wasn't hers anymore. And it was that fact that she could not accept. She would not accept. Never.
Flashback
"Mou, I bet it has something to do with the omiami thing again."Konoka pouted before lazily lifting herself out of the soft cushion of the sofa and trudged with heavy footsteps towards her room. Asuna , her friend as well as dorm mate, had informed her that the headmaster wanted her dearest granddaughter to be in his office, and since she's that granddaughter, she needed to change her clothes into a much more appropriate one to use outside. Going out while still clad in her pajama would just attract attention from other people, not to mention she would be definitely mistaken as a weirdo. Not that she mind.
The orange head girl, who was still leaning against the door just like when she had first arrived, groaned. "Augh, I don't have any idea. The headmaster just called me up and asked me to tell you this since he could not contact you. Next time, you should check your cellphone. I had to stop my training with Eva-chan since it was the headmaster's personal request. And speaking of Eva-chan, who knows what punishment that short vampire would give me this time."Asuna involuntarily shuddered upon remembering the look on Evangeline's eyes as she took her leave. It was menacing and predatory.
Konoka who was already in her bedroom room, peeked from behind the door and flashed an apologetic smile to Asuna. "Gomen Asuna, I hadn't charged my battery since yesterday. I'll make it up to you at dinner. Anything you want, I'll cook for you."
Asuna's hair perked up and she seemed to have gained a little life as a wide grin made its way across her face before crossing her arms."You said that. No taking back. I don't know how much food I'll be going to eat after that shorty's hell bent training." A drool trickled down from Asuna's mouth as she was imagining all the foods that would be hers for the taking.
Konoka feigned a thoughtful look, as if she's reconsidering what she had just said that made the orange hair girl wipe out her mouth and frown. Seeing her friend's reaction, the young mage laughed." I know I know. A promise is a promise. But more importantly "Konoka casted her a sly grin as she wiggled a finger." Didn't you say that that shorty is 'waiting' for you?"
Asuna rolled her eyes in response and slapped her forehead, "Man thanks for reminding me." She grumbled and waved her hand to signal her leave when Konoka suddenly stopped her.
"Asuna, uhm--is Secchan training with you? "
"Nope. Only me and Negi. If she's with us, she would be the one who would voluntarily deliver the message to you. Hmm... " Asuna smiled wickedly, raising an eyebrow in a teasing manner."What? You already missed her? "
Konoka's cheeks flared hot, "Mou, it's not like that…'Ugh, I'd better get change now."
Asuna laughed at her friends obvious avoidance of topic as the said girl trotted hurriedly towards her closet. "Geez, Still in denial stage. I wonder when they would admit it to themselves. "She muttered amusingly before shouting to Konoka." I'll gotta go now!"
"Say hi to Negi for me and don't overdo yourselves!"
"Will do if can help it!" Asuna yelled back as she made a dash towards the vampire's little cottage where their training ground was lay hidden.
Left alone, Konoka wearily dug through her closet, her mind drifting away. Her Grandpa must be getting desperate to find her a fiancé. She could not think of any reasons why he wanted her to be there. It was something she had grown tired of but being an obedient grandchild and not wanting to disappoint and trample the old man's enthusiasm she had to bear with it. After all, she's hitting two birds with one stone that way. Appeasing her grandfather's obsessed hobby and decreasing the numbers of her potential fiancé by turning them down in a modest way. Ah. She almost forgot! Make it "Hitting three birds with one stone." Setsuna was always accompanying her every omiami she attended and it was always the two of them who spent the rest of the day together, especially if the appointment ended rather earlier than what had been expected.
A smile formed on the healers lips and her feelings felt lighter and warmer as the image of her Secchan took over her mind. 'But I wonder where Secchan is. She has not shown herself to me today. '
Quite frankly, she's a little depressed that Setsuna spent little time with her for the last two days and when she questioned Setsuna about it, her protector said that she have important things to do. And today, she had not seen even Setsuna's shadow. Asuna was right, she terribly missed her guardian. Was Setsuna starting to distance herself away from her again?'NO Secchan would never do it again, she promised me.'
Frustrated, she took out whatever garment her hands had grabbed upon, since she could not concentrate on what to wear much less to decide. Whatever was fine anyways, except for pajamas, since it was rather dark outside as the night was already falling. She laid on her stomach on her bed and frowned." She's not with Asuna, maybe..." Her face brightened up again as a thought entered her mind. "Oh yeah, she might be at Oji-chan's office. "She smiled to herself before standing up and stripping herself with the clothes she was still wearing.
Konoka's eyebrow twitched in curiosity. The door to her grandpa's office was left slightly open and she could hear faint sounds coming from the inside though she could not discern anything they were talking about. Straining her ears towards the source of faint noises, Konoka became giddy and nervous, butterflies fluttering at her stomach and her heart was thumping so loud against her chest that she doubt anyone who might happened to be across the hall would not hear it as her ears picked up Setsuna's formal yet heart melting voice, her grandfather was also obviously inside…and wait….was that a girl's voice?
She hastily pushed the door open and all heads inside the room turned towards her. Setsuna blushed and smiled at her but she was too stunned to even move her mouth much less to return the smile her bodyguard had given her. The scene that greeted her could have made her blood boil but right now she feel nothing but numbness as she stared at the flustered Setsuna...with a girl clinging possessively unto her arm...It was the only thing that registered on her mind. Setsuna…with someone else. It wasn't her omiami at all. Even if they were not saying anything yet, she knew where this conversation would lead. She knew too well, the look on their faces said it all. She stood still on her spot, like a frozen mummified corpse, drained of everything.
"Ahh, Konoka. I'm glad you're here." The old man's usual cheerful and energetic voice brought her back to her senses. She blinked her eyes and forced a small smile to grace her lips as she finally took a step forward.
" Hi Oji-chan." She even tried harder to maintain her smile as she turned to Setsuna, but avoided direct contact with the swordswoman's eyes."Hi Secchan."
The old man just grinned at her while Setsuna, whose expression tell that she clearly knew something was wrong with her charge but could not quite grasp what it was, bowed her head as her position required and out of habit as well, whenever the headmaster was with them. "Ojou-sama."
The girl clinging to Setsuna, much to Konoka's displeasure, took the initiative to greet the young heiress as it was all too obvious that the headmasters granddaughter hadn't had the least intention of greeting her. Without letting go of her other hand from Setsuna's arm, she bowed her head before speaking.
"Nice to meet you Konoka Ojousama. I'm Tsukoyomi from the Shinmeiryuu ."
'A Shinmeiryuu disciple eh?'For the first time, Konoka let her eyes unabashedly rake over the girl's figure. Tsukoyomi, as she said her name, was an inch taller than Setsuna, fair skinned, black long hair flowing straight from her back, sexy too as the dress she was wearing clung to her body like second skin, and hard to admit, with an angelic face to boot. Who would have thought that she was a swordswoman with a body like that and the way she dressed. 'Where's her weapon anyway?'
But looking at Tsukoyomi again, everything about the girl would be perfect, if not for the indecent actions she was acting towards Setsuna. Konoka didn't know if it's something that can be called indecent, but heck, that's what she wanted to think.
'Aside from that though, who would not fall for someone like Tsukoyomi?' Konoka thought despairingly. If what she was thinking was true, which she doubt to be not true, then it's no wonder if Setsuna easily got smitten by her. She had not even heard a single protest from her guardian about how the shinmeiryuu disciple clung to her since she had arrived. 'Augh, Why am I feeling like this? Am I jealous? No! It can't be!'
She immediately pushed the thoughts away as soon as it entered her mind before giving Tsukoyomi a forced timid smile."Nice meeting you too."
"Ahm" the headmaster cleared his throat to get their attention."Ah well, Konoka. You must be confused why I called you here. Seeing your reaction from earlier."
Konoka who had her attention to the dean or more likely trying to focus her attention to the headmaster and not on the two persons at her left a table away, blushed furiously. 'Eh, so I was that transparent? '
She's just glad that they took it the wrong way. She smiled bitterly as she answered, pretending to be pretty clueless about the situation. "Y-you're right Oji-chan. What might be the reason that you have called for me?"
"Well you see…"the old Konoemon started, combing his dangling long beard with his hands" Setsuna kun here" his eyes twinkled at the mention of the hanyou's name as he cast a glance at the swordswoman who's shade on the face darkened much to Konoka's dismay, " and Tsukoyomi here are getting engaged."
A minute passed before she finally managed to utter a small "oh" and another forced smile to appear on her lips. This time, it took all her will to just twitch her lips into that smile and for her face to look happy although she was feeling otherwise.
She knew it. This whole engagement thing must be what her protector had been busy with for the last two days. Setsuna even said it was something important. Hearing the confirmation of her fear coming straight from her grandpa's mouth, her whole being crumpled into pieces. There's no other way to describe it. She was totally, utterly shattered.
"Since you and Setsuna are friends…..the Kansai….Kantou..Shinmeiryuu..marriage…liance…"
"as the heiress…Tsuko--…sentative…"
Then everything happened in a blur. She knew the headmaster was still talking, every now and then Tsukoyomi would say a thing or two, and Setsuna, she could tell, out of the corners of her eyes, kept quiet all the time but was taking glances at her. She dared not to look at her though. She kept her cheerful façade, a smile unnaturally plastered on her lips as she pretended to be listening to her grandfather's bubbly talk. As Setsuna's friend, she should be genuinely happy right? But she'd lie if she said that she's really happy for them. What she wanted to do was to get out here. Away from them. Away from the pain that's new to her. She didn't know when the conversation had ended, how she managed to get to her dorm in one piece or how she got there, she didn't even noticed that she was already there. She just knew since Asuna accompanied her to her bed and put a blanket around her before turning off the lights. Leaving her curled up in her bed and crying her heart out, wishing that it was just a nightmare that would disappear when she wakes up tomorrow.
End of flashback
'Could life be any much sweeter than this?' Konoka thought sarcastically. Her hold on the glass suddenly tightened as Tsukoyomi dipped her straw on Setsuna's glass and started to sip the pine apple juice it contained. Yeah, Setsuna chose the same flavor as her. She's a little relieved that Setsuna inclination to her liking hadn't changed at all. But witnessing the scene in front of her, she was beginning to get irritated. It was also obvious that Setsuna was taken aback by Tsukoyomi's action but instead of saying anything, she put her own straw down and pushed the glass towards Tsukoyomi, smiling a little.
"Uh, you could have it if you want."
Tsukoyomi pouted, "But I want to drink this with you."
Looks could be deceiving. Konoka would stake everything she have to prove that it was really true. One good example was Tsukoyomi. An angelic face with an aggressive personality. Though she already knew it back at their first meeting, she never thought she could be any much worse. Tsukoyomi was acting like a total bitch towards Setsuna, pressing her body closer to the swordswoman, making a puppy eyed expression, and other things she didn't want to remember anymore. Augh, it gross her out. Just like what she was acting right now. 'Duh, hello I'm still here you know? Have some little etiquette. Wasn't shinmeiryuu famous for its' noble manners?' She could not really complain though as Tsukoyomi was giving her the proper respect she deserved as the heiress to the Kansai and Kantou Magic Association. Asuna told her that what Tsukoyomi had been doing was perfectly normal since the two were already engaged however indecent as Konoka had put it and the young mage knew it very well. It's just that…
Konoka could not stop a curt line from forming on her lips as Setsuna blushed, whether from mere embarrassment or she liked what she had heard, the pissed off healer didn't know and she had not any intention of knowing. Truth to be told, this was the reaction from Setsuna that really irked her the most. Going all blushy at Tsukoyomi's out of the border affections. She put her half empty glass of pine apple on the table, with a little force than what she had intended. Thus, causing the two to jerk their heads towards her as a loud thump echoed on the table. Ignoring the look they give her especially Setsuna's startled and worried look, Konoka looked defiantly at the hanyou in front of her, " Honestly Secchan, I would look like a chaperon with you two. I'll just go so that that I would not be a disturbance to your DATE. "
"W-what? No Ojou-sama! You're nothing of the sort!.."Setsuna hastily stood up and pummeled her hands on the table, unintentionally shaking it a little, making the table wares laying dormant above it make a clanking noise, attracting a few unwanted stares from the other customers but Setsuna ignored them. "It was me who insisted to go with you. I'm terribly sorry Ojou-sama for being a nuisance! But it is my job to protect you all the time…"
" I think she is right Secchan. " Tsukoyomi cut in before the young heiress could say anything, making the latter's ears pricked. How dare her use the same nickname she was calling Setsuna. Only she was allowed to call her guardian that name.
"Tsukoyomi" Setsuna stared at her exasperated, " In case you have not heard, I need to be at Ojou-sama's side always. I'm her bodyguard and I cannot abandon my duty just for some silly date."
'Yeah, there she goes again with the Ojou sama thing again'. Konoka thought bitterly, missing Setsuna's referring to a date with Tsukouyomi as being silly. Why could not she call her Kono-chan like she used to be? She was even saying Tsukoyomi's name without honorifics. And it really hurt a lot.
"Mou Secchan , how many times should I tell you not to call me Ojousama? "Konoka said, hurt evidence in her voice. She immediately stood up and ran out of the restaurant where they had stopped by.
"Konoka Ojou- Kono chan wait! " Setsuna scrambled after her, but was stopped by the waiter as they had not yet paid their bills. She mumbled a few curses as she dug out all money from her pocket and rammed it into the waiter's hands before going after Konoka with all her haste.
"Secchan, wait for me!"Tsukoyomi, who was left behind whined as she ran after the disgruntled Setsuna.
The waiter looked incredulously at the huge amount of money in his hands. The money was more than twice the value of what they had ordered, 'Filthy rich costumers. '
He shook his head at what seemed to be his luck today. 'Three beautiful girls with a fucking money to boot. I wonder if those three were in that kind of relationship. He smirked at his own thoughts. 'Who cares anyways, as long as I have tips...Come back another time, babes.'
I'll be waiting for the continuation of the fanfi..^^..Ganbatte Set-chan and thanks a lot!!!
