The Final Chapter!!!
Chapter 34
Airi just kept running and running. No matter how much her leg ached or how tired she was considering the fact that she’s not so atletic, she just kept running. Tears were streaming down from her eyes. She couldn’t believe what happen today. Everything that happens just confused her more. As she running, the entire thing that Mai had told her at Yurina house came back to her mind.
“Maimi didn’t lie to you Suzuki!!! She’s the victim… All of this happens because of us!!!
“Maimi didn’t kiss me Suzuki!!! I just made you saw that we were kissing!!!
“I already have a girlfriend!!!”
“Maimi only love you Suzuki, trust her!!!”Airi tears wouldn’t stop flowing from her eyes. Her heart was aching more and more now. If what the others had told her was the truth, it means that all of this time, Maimi had never lied to her. Airi finally stopped running when she reached a park not too far from the park that she used to go with with Maimi a long time ago. Airi sat on a bench as she buried her face into her palm and started to cry again. the only thing that Airi prayed now was that everything that she heard today was just a lie because, if everyone was telling her the truth, that mean that Maimi was innocent and the only thing that Airi did to Maimi all those time was nothing but hurting her.
On Maimi’s side….
Maimi was running as fast as she could to catch up with Airi. There’s only one thing in her mind right now amd that is to confront Airi and told her everything including the reason for breaking her promise a long time ago.
“I very sorry for everything Airin, but this time I promise you that I will explain everything to you…. Please don’t leave me….” Maimi thought to herself as she was quicken her pace. Maimi looked everywhere for Airi, but she couldn’t find her. But she didn’t give up hope. Maimi knew that this is the last chance she got to explain everything to Airi and she would never give up until she does it.
“Where are you Airin??? Please don’t leave me before I can explain everything to you… Kami-sama, please help me… I want to explain everything to the person that I love the most in this world…. Please help me… I begged you…” Maimi thought to herself as she was pleading Kami-sama to help her. Maimi eyes were starting to get wet. The more she thought about Airi, the more she became frighten of losing her. After running for a while, Maimi finally reached the park that was not too far from the park that she and Airi always went a long time ago. Maimi decided to slow down her running a little bit as she looked to her right and left for Airi. After a few minutes of searching, Maimi finally found the person she was looking. Maimi gulped as she slowly towards Airi who was sitting on a bench and crying.
Airin felt a hand on her shoulder whike she was crying uncontrollably. Airi lifted her face and looked towards the person that was standing besides her with teary eyes. Airi eyes widen when she realized the person was Maimi and Airi also noticed that Maimi eyes were starting to get wet. “Airin….” Maimi called her. Airi stood up and she was ready to run again but failed because Maimi managed to hold her hand before she ran away again.
“Let me go Maimi…” Airi pleaded. Airi struggle as hard as she could to be free from Maimi’s grip but she failed. “Please Maimi…. Let me go….” Airi pleaded again without looking at Maimi.
“No Airin…. Please listen to me…. Give me a chance to explain everything… I beg you….” Maimi said as she was trying her best to hold Airi’s wraist.
“There’s nothing more to explain Maimi…. I’ve had enough…. Please understand Maimi… I need to be alone right now….” Airi kept pleading Maimi. Her tears wouldn’t stop flowing from her eyes.
“Please Airi… I beg you… Please give me one last chance to explain…. After that, I will never bother you again…. I promise….” Maimi begged Airi. Maimi’s tears had started to fall through her cheeks as she was trying her best to control it.
The moment Airi heard the word promise that came from Maimi mouth, she snapped. “I said no!!! Don’t you understand??!!! And don’t promise me anything, you’re a liar Maimi, there’s no way I would listen to your stupid promise!!! Now let go of me!!!”
Airi outburst shocked Maimi. She stared at Airi with the teary eyes of hers as she said. “I’m sorry about what happen 7 years ago….. I never meant to break that promise Airin….”
“So you do remember??? Do you know how hurt I was back then???!!! Do you know how much I cry Maimi??!!!” Airi asked Maimi with a stern voice. Eventhough her voice was stern, her eyes were still wet. Her facial expression was still sad and hurt.
“Airin… I’m sorry… Please let me explain…. Please Airin…” Maimi begged Airi again.
“No!!! I don’t want to hear anymore of your fake promise or you stupid lie!!! Just leave me alone!!!” Airi snapped again. But, before Airi could say another word, she was startled by Maimi outburst.
“Just listen to me damn it!!!! I know that you hate me Suzuki Airi!!! But let me explain everything!!! And if you want to leave after that, you’re free to go!!!! But now just listen to me!!! Listen to what I’ve got to say so that I will have no regrets anymore!!! So please, just shut your mouth and listen to what I got to say Suzuki Airi!!!”
Airi stood there in silent as Maimi pulled her to sit in the bench again. Maimi could see Airi tears and she felt like kicking herself because of her outburst to Airi just now. “I’m sorry Airi, but if I don’t use that kind of tone, I will lose you before I can explain everything and I will regret that forever….” Maimi said to herself.
“Firstly, I want to clear out things that just happen at Yurina’s house…. There’s nothing that happen between Mai-chan and me…. I think of her as my little sister just like Rii-chan… Beside’s, Mai-chan already have a girlfriend….” Maimi started explaining to Airi. Airi just stared at her shoes and stay in silent.
“And about what happen 7 years ago…. About the promise that I broke… Actually, I did go to your house that day Airin….” Maimi continued.
“What do you mean by you did go to my house Maimi???!!!” Airi cuts Maimi before Maimi could explain more. “I waited for you!!! And you never show!!!” Airi continued. Airi was about to ask more question but when she realized that Maimi was glaring at her, she shut her mouth.
Maimi smiled weakly at Airi as she squeezed Airi hand lightly. “I went to your house that day… But when I saw you crying, I just can’t face you, my legs felt weak and I just can’t continue to walk….” Maimi said as her tears were running through her cheeks again.
Maimi FLASHBACK
7 years ago….
After Maimi returned home that day, she was feeling weak, very weak. She felt like a part of her was dying when she recalled what Airi had told her at the park.
“I have to move away from this place Maimi-chan…….”“I am not joking….. daddy….have to transfer…..”Maimi stayed in her room the whole night and she was crying. She was also crying at the park with with Airi that evening but, she was holding back. She knew that she had to be strong in front of Airi. Maimi wrapped herself with her blanket as she hugged Airi’s picture. Her heart was aching right now. She felt that someone had just taken a knife and tore her heart. Maimi had always love Airi, and she loved her more than a friend or a sister, she loved her as a lover. She wanted to protect Airi from any harm. She wanted to protect the smile, the laugh and everything that Airi had. But right now, she felt hopeless, she felt herself like a loser. Maimi tears were getting stronger when suddenly she heard her mother knock the door and came in. Mrs. Yajima was shocked to see her lovely daughter like that. She hugged Maimi and strokes her head. Maimi told her mother everything that happen and her mother said that she had to be strong because Airi need her to be strong. Mrs. Yajima hugged her daughter until Maimi fell asleep.
The next morning……
Maimi woke up that morning with a shattered heart. She had to say good bye to the person that she loves the most and they will be apart for a long time. After she finished her bath and put on her cloth, she went downstairs where her mother had already prepared the breakfast. Maimi’s mother smiled sweetly at her when she reached the kitchen. Mrs. Yajima knew that her daughter was very sad right now. After Maimi finished her breakfast which she didn’t eat at all because she seems to lose her appetite that morning, Maimi walked out of her house and headed towards Airi’s house. Maimi was about to reached Airi’s house when she suddenly heard Airi’s voice.
“Wait mom, my friend is not here yet!!!”
Maimi froze on the spot as she quickly moved towards the junction besides Airi’s house and she peek from there. Maimi saw Airi was crying and without noticing anything, her tears were starting to fall too. Maimi wanted to keep walking towards Airi, but her legs became weak as she fall to the ground and cried. “I’m sorry Airin….. I can’t see you…. I don’t know whether my heart could bear to watch you go away….” Maimi said to herself as she was crying madly. “I have to break my promise to you Airin…. I’m sorry….” Maimi continued to cry until she heard the sound of the van moving away from Airi house.
END OF FLASHBACK
Maimi finished her explanation with hot tears running through her cheeks and so did Airi. Maimi wipe the tears that fall from Airi cheeks as she moved closer towards Airi.
“I’ve never meant to break my promise Airin… But after I saw you cry, my legs just stop moving and my heart as well…. I know you hate me now Airin, and I understand that…. I just want you to know that I’ve always love you…. You’re my world, my heartbeat, my breath, my everything…. And I just want you to know that my feeling for you will never change because you’re the only one that makes my life perfect… I promise that I will never bother you again Airin….. And please forgive me someday….” Maimi confessed to Airi whole heartedly as she kissed Airi’s forehead and stood up to leave. Maimi tears never stop no matter how much she tried to stop them from flowing. “Good bye Airin… I love you….” Maimi whispered to herself as she slowly walked.
“So that’s it??? You’re just gonna leave me alone again???” Airi said as she stood up and turned her body towards Maimi who was frozing on the spot when she heard what Airi said. “After everything you’ve just said, you’re gonna leave me again???” Airi asked again.
Maimi just stood there in confusion. “Airin… I… I……” Maimi wanted to say something but she couldn’t help but stuttering.
Airi lunged forwards towards Maimi as she hugged her tightly and cry on Maimi chest. “Baka…. Baka… Baka Maimi!!!” Airi said as she could feel Maimi arms embracing her back. “I’ve never hate you… I love you… I missed you…. I’m just angry because you broke your promise…. Please don’t ever leave me alone again Maimi… I can’t live without you by my side….” Airi continued as she was crying on Maimi’s chest.
Maimi hugged Airi tightly as her tears of joy ran through her cheeks. “I’ll never leave you again… I’ll never let you go away again… And I will never break my promise again, I would rather die than hurt you again….” Maimi said as she stroke Airi’s back.
When Airi heard Maimi mentioned that she would rather than hurting her again, Airi lifted her face up and put her finger on Maimi’s lip. “Don’t you ever say that again….. If you say something like that again, I will never forgive you… “Airi said as she stared at Maimi’s eyes.
Maimi looked at Airi brown eyes as she leaned towards her Airi and kissed her lips. Airi moved her hand from Maimi’s back to Maimi’s neck as she returned the kiss and deepen it. Both of them stopped when they were short of breath. Maimi looked at Airi and said. “It’s getting late Airin, let me walk you home…”
Airi smiled at Maimi and replied. “Can I stay over at your house tonight??? I don’t want to be alone tonight… I want to be with you….”
Maimi smiled back as she holds Airi tightly and kissed Airi forehead. “I’m glad that you said that…. I don’t want to be alone too…. I want to be with you
too….” Maimi said as she smiled and lead Airi towards her house.
When both of them reached Maimi’s house, Mrs. Yajima was surprised to see Airi.
“Airi-chan!!! What a pleasant surprised…. “Mrs. Yajima said as she winked towards her daughter.
“Hello Aunty Yajima… I’m sorry about my behavior the last time I was here…” Airi said as she bows her head.
Mrs. Yajima went towards Airi and hugged her. “Don’t worry about it anymore Airi-chan… I’m just glad that you and Maimi are together again….” Mrs.
Yajima said as she winked at Airi and causing Airi to blush.
“Mom!!! Stop teasing Airi…” Maimi said as she pulled the blushing Airi into her embraced.
“Hahahaha…. I’m just joking… Is Airi-chan going to stay here for tonight???” Mrs. Yajima asked her daughter.
“Yes, can you call Aunty Suzuki and told her about this???” Maimi said to her mother.
“Ok… I’ll call her later… The two of you must be hungry right??? Take a shower first cause dinner will be ready any moment….” Mrs. Yajima said to Airi and Maimi.
When the two girls were out of her sight, Mrs. Yajima smile grew wider as she took the phone and called Mrs. Suzuki.
“Moshi-moshi…. Suzuki resident…”
“Suzuki-san, it’s me Yajima…”
“Yajima-san, why are you calling me late in the afternoon???”
“Oh, I just want to tell you that Airi-chan will stay over at my house tonight…”
“Airi will stay over??? Does this mean that Airi and Maimi…”
“Yes Suzuki-san, they’re together again…”
“Oh my god!!! This is good news…. I’m very happy to hear this…”
“Me too Suzuki-san, I was surprised when Maimi returned home with Airi-chan just now…”
That’s great…. Finally they’re together again… Looks like they don’t need us to help after all…
“You’re right.... Well, what matters now is that our daughters are together again… So, you don’t have too worry about Airi tonight Suzuki-san, she’s safe here….”
“Ok… Thank you Yajima-san… Bye…”
Later that night
After taking shower and finished the dinner, Maimi and Airi stayed in Maimi’s room as the two of them cuddle on Maimi’s bed. Maimi couldn’t believe that she had finally got her Airin back. Maimi hugged Airi’s waist as she kissed Airi’s head that was resting on her shoulder. Using her free arm, Maimi interwined their fingers together and said.
“Airin… Thank you…”
Airi lifted her head from Maimi’s shoulder as she turned to face Maimi. “I should be one to thank you Maimi… I’ve never felt this happy ever since we separated….” Airi said as she gave Maimi her lovely toothy grin. “Maimi, Rii-chan told me that you and Sudou-chan have a fight at school last week…” Airi continued as she asked Maimi.
Maimi smiled and nodded. “It’s true… Maasa just want to put some sense in me since I’ve been such a coward…” Maimi replied.
Airi moved closer towards Maimi and hold Maimi’s hand. “Where do you hurt Maimi???” Airi asked.
“Maasa punched me really hard at my stomach…. I always know that she was strong, but I never thought that she could punch me like that…..” Maimi said as she grins.
Show me…. Airi said Maimi as she stared at Maimi with a serious expression on her face.
Maimi lifted her shirt a little bit and she noticed a slight flush forming on Airi’s cheek. “Please don’t be mad at Maasa…. She’s just trying to put some sense in me since I’ve been such coward… So please…” Before she could finish her sentence, Maimi froze when she felt a pair of soft lips landed on her stomach.
“Still hurt???” Airi asked Maimi as she was blushing like mad.
Maimi’s ability to speak had failed her at the moment. The only way Maimi could response to Airi’s question is by nodding her head. Airi smiled widely at Maimi as she lowered her head and started to kiss Maimi abdomen again. After Airi finished kissing Maimi’s abdomen, she slowly moves her lips towards Maimi’s lips. Airi sat on Maimi as she started to deepen the kiss. Maimi smirked as she starting to deepen the kiss as well. With one swift motion, Maimi flipped Airi down as she was on sitting in top of Airi right now.
Maimi kiss Airi neck and bite them gently. A small moan escaped from Airi’s mouth as she was starting to enjoy the pleasure that Maimi was giving her. They continued to pleasure each other until both of them were to tired to do anything as both of them fell asleep in each other arms.
The next morning….
Maimi woke up with a big smile on her face as she stared at her angel that was sleeping peacefully besides her. “Thank you for everything my love…” Maimi murmured as she leaned and kiss Airi’s forehead. Maimi move away away from the bed as she slowly tiptoed to the bathroom. After Maimi finished her shower, she came out and saw Airi’s crying on her bed. Maimi quickly went towards Airi and hugged her.
"What’s wrong Airi??? Why are you crying???" Maimi asked with a great concern.
“I woke up and you're not here besides me…. I… I…. thought you’ve left me again….” Airi answered as she hugged Maimi tightly and cry on her shoulder.
Maimi broke their hug as she stared into Airi’s big brown eyes. Airin. “I’ll never leave you… No matter what happen, I will never ever leave you alone….”
Maimi said as she kissed Airi cheeks and wipe Airi tears with her thumb. Airi returned Maimi smile and hugged her Maimi again.
“Why do you take a shower so early Maimi??? Are you going somewhere???” Airi asked Maimi in confusion.
“Not me Airin, but us…. I want to take you somewhere…” Maimi answered Airi. “So you better take a bath quickly okay….” Maimi continued.
Airi smiled as she went to the bathroom and took a bath. After both of them were ready, they left the house with their finger interwined with each other.
Epilogue
“Maimi –chan!!! Wait for me!!!”
“Hurry up slowpoke!!!! Hahahahaha……. “
Both of them finally reached the place that Maimi wanted to take Airi to. It was the park where the used to go when they were kids a long time ago. Maimi and Airi sat under the tree that they used to sit a long time ago. Airi placed her head on Maimi shoulder while Maimi hugged Airi’s waist with one of her arm and interwined their finger together with the other one. Both of them cuddled together in silent until a voice interrupted them.
“I figured that both of you must be here and I was right…”
Maimi and Airi turned towards the voice and they saw Erika, Maasa, Mai, Kanna, Risako and Momoko. Erika, Maasa and Kanna stood in front of Maimi and Airi as they bowed their head and apologized.
“We’re very sorry… If it wasn’t for us, both of you will never suffer….”
Maimi and Airi stood up and hugged them. “We should be one to apologize…. You guys are very good friends… And we’re thankful for that….” Maimi said
to the trio.
Airi went to Mai and hugged her. “I’m sorry Mai-chan…. And thank you for everything you’ve done….” Airi said.
Mai returned the hug and said. “I should be the one to apologize you know… I’ve done terrible things to you…”
Airi pulled away from their hug and smiled at Mai. “You done all that because you want me to realize how important Maimi to me and how much I love….
Friend's???” Airi said as she held her hand out for Mai to shake.
“Of course….” Mai said smiling as she shoke Airi’s hand.
“Airi-chan… I’m sorry too…” Risako interrupted. “Here’s your picture…” Risako continued as she gave Airi the picture of Maimi back.
Airi hugged Risako tightly and said. “You never did anything wrong to me Rii-chan… You’re my bestfriend… And I don’t need that picture anymore… I have the real one now…”
“So, can we join you guys too???” Momoko cheekily.
“Of course you guys can….” Maimi said as she pulled Airi to sit on her lap and kissed her on the cheek. The others smiled widely as all of them sat
besides the two of them with their own lovers.
Maimi hugged Airi waist tightly as she whispered to her.
"I love you Airin…”Airi smiled and replied.
"I love you too Maimi… Stay with me forever???”“I’ll stay with you forever Airin…. ““Can you promise me Maimi???”“I promise…”THE END
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