Where the Wind Carries Me...
CHAPTER 7Grass leaves and soft ground hummed an unknown melody to the soft flesh of the black haired girl's bare feet. Wind was toying with her hair and the trees gently swayed in tact of mysterious rhythm that resounded in Yuki's head as a song. She was on her way to her secret place and her heart was as light as a feather amidst all the nature around her. Temporarily she forgot what happened just an hour ago and in all honesty she did not want to think about it.
Soon she neared a seemingly abandoned hut up in the tree, but she knew better than that, what with her arm stretching out and pulling on a weak-looking end of a rope. After a few tugs the rope gave in, coming out of the hole it was tucked in, revealing itself in a form of a rope ladder. In a matter of ten seconds Yuki climbed up the ladder and knocked five times on the shabby looking door, then waited two heartbeats and knocked five more times.
"Come in."
Yuki opened the door and bent her body in order to pass through the child-sized doorway, then stood up properly, as the inside of the hut was wide and spacious. Her eyes scanned the so well-known area, taking into account the fact there were freshly picked flowers on the small table and a new poster of some dance crew (next to a dozen of older ones) on the wall. She smiled softly and shook her head, her eyes closing for a second to hold back a chuckle.
"You seem amused."
Yuki finally looked at the other person besides her in the room and nodded her head, however, her lips weren't formed into a smile. She had a rather serious expression while approaching the girl in white shorts and black tank-top. The girl's midnight black hair was put in a high ponytail and her huge eyes had a mischievous twinkle in them, that made Yuki all the more serious at the situation presented.
"Nana... I thought we agreed you cannot go to the city." Yuki put a palm on the girl's shoulder and gently squeezed it reassuringly. "You can always ask me to get the things you need."
"I hate hiding in here like some criminal, which I am not, and you know that perfectly well." Fujita Nana scrunched her eyebrows in disappointment but still let the other girl comfort her. She knew Yuki was right, there was just so much at stake, and yet she risked making the situation worse by letting other people see her. "I wore a hoodie and track pants, no one knew who I was."
"Even so, you ought to be more careful. If father saw you..." Yuki shook her head and sat down on the worn-out armchair. "Changing the topic, since we went over this already one too many times, you know my opinion and the risks. So, um, Matsuis came back and Rena visited me today..."
"Oh? I thought they weren't coming back for another month or so?" Nana sat on the couch, lifting her long legs and placing them over the coffee table, making sure she didn't knock over the vase with orange flowers. "You know, I would give anything to go to Italy..."
"I know..." Yuki sighed and braced herself. She had to tell someone about today and there was no better person to tell but Nana. "Rena confessed to me and I rejected her."
"What did I tell you?" Nana scoffed softly, however, her gaze was soft and comforting towards Kashiwagi. "Well... Look, you were honest with her, so that's the most important part. If only I could be that honest with someone..."
"You have to stay in hiding... I'll see how the situation will go over time and if I see it's safe to tell her where you are, I might, okay?" Yuki toyed with the hem of her dress as she pondered of how to tell Nana another kind of news. "But...don't get your hopes up, okay?"
"Yuki... I don't care about dating her, as long as I get to see her occasionally." Long legged girl bit on her lower lip and rested her head on the wall behind the couch. "Past always catches up with us, doesn't it?"
-back at the other four-Rena watched Yuuko stagger down the stairs, the woman's hands shivering with the magazine in her hands. The squirrel's eyes were looking at Rena in such dejected way, that the raven haired girl felt judged beyond her imagination.
"How...Why?" It was all Yuuko could ask, presenting the taller female a magazine opened at the page of Rena covered only in a towel, her bare back exposed as she gazed at the camera in a sultry way while looking over her shoulder.
"I... Um..." Rena fidgeted on the spot and looked at Jurina pleadingly, as if her younger sister had a way to explain this better than herself.
"I got a job offer at Italy, to pose for the magazine." Jurina said dejectedly and stood up from the ground, her legs still a bit wobbly from carrying the heavy box previously. "They offered a huge sum, but when I told neechan of it, she told me I am too young and took the offer herself. They were even happier with her than with me and thus we are now able to live separately from parents."
"Did they--how much did they pay?" Yuuko asked, slowly realizing the situation at hand, not that she was happy about it, not at all.
"I signed a deal for two years." Rena whispered and watched Yuuko flail her arms in shock, the magazine falling on the floor. "It also helped me get away from unwanted engagement."
Fact Number 4.
Assumptions.Never think you figured something out on your own, until you hear about it from someone first hand. Yuuko should have known Rena must have had a strong reason to go this far, not that the overreaction could be avoided anyway.
END CHAPTER 7.
Replies.@Yhuiii: hehe, thanks for the comment
@kahineechan: You never know how things can turn out, I mean, it's my fanfic, and you know me and my crack-iness lol glad you like it, dootaa, and see, for Rena it is self exlanatory lol, but she forgets we do not know her situation, well, now we kinda do
@mayuki_daisuki: Ye, the two could barely take the box together and she just lifted it like it was nothing
@Kirozoro: it's all explained now I hope~?
@MYJR: hehe, thank you for the comment~
@crosteks: she definitely does~
@wmatsui fanfic.: we'll see how it will pan out, thank you for commenting~
@arawche079: hehe, thanks for reading
@Raizel: there will be so many more cute JuriMayu moments, don't worry
@Kalol38: glad to know you loved it~
@0tart0: here's the update, hope you are still around to read this
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