Fire: A Separate Piece Part: Two After the other night, Shizuru had great urges to be Natsuki more and more. When she was at her house waiting for Natsuki to call she often wondered if the other girl actually felt the same way. Sure the dark-haired girl had said she loved her, but was that just spur of the moment? Shizuru would remember the day of the HiME Festival, where Natsuki had told her the opposite—but why this, now? It was rather random, not that she was complaining really. She was just... Curious. A lot of things weren't making sense to her now. However, unlike the last time, she had plenty of time to sit and just think about what is going on, instead of racing to protect Natsuki. A week later--- Just as Shizuru sat down on her couch, she was about to take a sip of some new tea Natsuki had bought her the other day, her cell phone began to vibrate then an oh-so familiar ring tone began to ring. It was one of Natsuki's favorite songs- "Here We Go Again" by OK Go. This tone ring was only inspired after the dark-haired girl had seen the new Nike commercial. In a couple of weeks it would be the week that they all would be going out camping. And today Natsuki was going to pick up Shizuru and they would go shopping at Nick's Sporting Goods. At first, Shizuru thought the shopping wasn't going to be much fun, but she quickly changed her mind after a while. Shizuru knew how this day was going to end. It was simple: they go shopping, come back, un-pack whatever they bought, have a cup of tea, watch some TV then they would get snuggly and things would move on from there. This was a dream come true for Shizuru; however, she was rather surprised by how Natsuki was dealing with this. It was like they had been going out with each other for a year or something. But she knew not to push Natsuki to far. However, that never stopped her from fantasizing... The sound of an engine snapped her out of her happy trance. She rose off of the couch and walked over to the door. She peaked outside and saw a stunning dark-haired girl pull off her helmet and lay it onto of her black and blue Yamaha YZF-R6 motorbike. Closing the door and propping herself against it; Shizuru started to burst out in a fit of giggles. She stopped herself and walked briskly back to the couch and sat down—knowing what would happen. Someone knocked on the door and Shizuru sat up happily. She practically danced over to the door and noted to herself how childish she was acting. She stopped at the door. Inhale. Exhale. She calmed herself down and opened the door. "Hello," Shizuru's voice rang out to the person at the door. "Why hello, Shizuru-chan," came a nasal filled voice. Shizuru opened her eyes to see a man with swirling glasses and a short-chubby figure standing in front of her. She was completely confused and shocked and just wanted to close the door. Just before she could laughter began to sound out from next to the door. It was a very familiar voice and she knew exactly who it was. As the tall brown-haired girl stepped out into the hall and peered over to her right; she spotted the dark-haired girl squatting against the wall, hands gripping her stomach and laughing so hard that nothing was heard. As the dark-haired girl looked up with tears brimming at her eyes she saw that Shizuru was blushing and her laugh only grew louder. Shizuru, not wanting to get mad at Natsuki, but yet really embarrassed about this incident: she decided to just try and forget about it and turn the tables. Shizuru turned to the man, "Hello, how are you? Would you care to come inside?" she gestured for him to enter her small apartment. "Well... If you wouldn't mind... That is," the man flustered with words and nervously adjusted his glasses higher on his nose. With that, Shizuru stepped aside and allowed the man to walk in and closed the door swiftly after him: leaving the dark-haired girl outside. After catching her breath while the scene unfolded. Natsuki stood up and looked dumbfounded at the door. Being as stubborn as she is; she stood outside the door not knocking or even wanting to say she was sorry. On the inside, Shizuru knew what Natsuki was doing and decided to leave her out in the cold for a while more while she got the tea prepared. After she turned the water on, she turned towards the man with the swirl glasses. "By the way, might I ask who you are?" Shizuru asked bluntly. The man, already prepared for this, because this was the first time he had seen Shizuru himself; he cleared his throat and began, "My name is Salavar Flantan, I work with Natsuki at the Auto Body Repair Shop, but I also work at Nick's Sporting Goods. So I offered to accompany you two female specimens to my work place. This way I could point you towards the proper gear and even allow you to have a "workers only" discount," he finished with a glint of pride coming from his glasses. "Well... Why thank you..." she paused, slightly taken aback from his wording, "What made you be our gracious helper?" She asked, wondering how Natsuki bullied him into doing this for them. "Do not worry. I was not forced into this," it was as if he read her mind, "Natsuki helped me out at the auto body shop when I my sister was sick and she even used my time card because she knew that I was having financial problems, so I got the money for her work. So, I felt bothered by this and once I heard she was to travel to Nick's I knew immediately that if I were not to help her, I would be guilty for the rest of my days," he spoke honestly. Shizuru slightly shocked about how nice Natsuki could be. But she shook her head and told herself that Natsuki was truly a kind person and this shouldn't surprise her in the least bit. Then she remembered where Natsuki was exactly. She turned back and opened the door. Not seeing Natsuki right away, she walked out and saw her sitting against the wall next to the door. "If you'll excuse me," Shizuru said politely to Salavar as she walked out the door and closed it behind her. She looked down at Natsuki with gentle eyes. Natsuki looked at her with a normal gaze. Then the brown-haired girl walked around to the other side of the sitting girl and sat next to her. Natsuki looked at her questionably. But Shizuru just closed her eyes and leaned her head onto the dark-haired girls shoulder. Natsuki then turned her head and was about to mutter a response, but decided against it and just sighed; resting her head against the other girls. With the warm sun heating up their shoes and exposed skin from wearing shorts, it felt rather relaxing in this position... If only people wouldn't look at them weirdly as they past, thought Natsuki. Who was glaring at every one of them. "I love you," a mutter was barely audible to the dark-haired girls ears. "Huh," came the response. "We better get shopping before the store closes," said the brown-haired girl with a sly smile spreading her lips. They both stood up reluctantly, but knowing very well what they had to do. They walked inside and back out with Salavar and the three of them continued to Nick's Sporting Goods.
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