I'M ALIVE!!!! Well technically I'm suppose to be Immortal so, I was just hidden somewhere in the shadows
So I was pretty busy with stuff going on from my last update till maybe the beginning of June, after that I was just.... lazy I guess. Took a while trying to self motivate and have others motivate me to write, but seeing how Pommie was writing and updating I kinda started thinking again..... Thanks to brother Flean and our brilliant idea of motivation keke, here is something from this forgotten one. (We decided that Flean would randomly bump one of my threads and I was to write and update for it haha)
First the replies to the comments I've received since:
Pandah: Sorry for the late reply, I pulled a long MIA from here, and glad you like my stories and the last KojiYuu. I hope with my return you will continue to leave me comments on what you think so I know what is liked and what can be improved.
flameeyes: Hey here is a proper reply to your two comments on my MariHaru OS, they are kind of rare and I can't remember the exact reason why I wrote the pairing but I do remember promising FoF that I would write another. I did kinda come up with an idea before I disappeared and.... I can't remember exactly what I was thinking anymore LOL. Actually I don't remember what I was doing with most of my stuff, so it's almost like starting all over again and re-plotting for everything
I hope one day I will get to writing another for this pairing too
sakura_drop_: Oh hi! Perfect timing
Now I don't have to go hunt for this to update it since it's right there on the first page
Thanks for the comment they will never be too late. It is always nice to know people are reading them and actually like them instead of trying to convince myself they are decent.
Sooooo finally brother
Flean: Thanks for the initial bump to get everything started again, I know I said I would get it up within a week and now I'm almost 2 weeks in since you bumped this thread LOL but better late then never right HAHA Here is your long waited Atsumina.
OS CHALLENGE from
Flean: Pairing - Atsumina, Words - Smile, Blind, Ribbon, Kiss
Special thanks to
HashirePomeranian for helping me beta my crappy Engrish to make it readable. All thanks to Pommie and her recent updates for
Contamination to get me thinking. I highly recommend! and God of Rock too and all those Rena OS's!!!!!!!!
Okay the story....
Blinded by Love (AtsuMina)
I only wished for love to be simple.
Just once.
Only once.
Love doesn’t need to be complicated…
~~~~~
When our lives cross path, things will never be the same again.
~~~~~
The story of Takahashi Minami and Maeda Atsuko all begin from a simple accident.
It was a bright summer day, blue sky, white clouds. There hasn’t been a day like this in a while but unfortunately for Takamina she isn’t able to enjoy the sunshine like everyone else. The early part of her day was spent inside a room without any windows, just her, her microphone and her music.
“Takamina, you came in too early again and the last note was a tad off.” A semi robotic voice came through the earpiece, reminding the poor girl that she is still at vocal practice with her perfectionist mentor on the other side of the wall.
“Sorry,” Takamina apologized while bowing to the mic out of habit.
“Sigh, let’s call it a day here, you are distracted. Normally you won’t miss these easy cues.” As if heaven heard her prayers, the door of the room opened, letting in a beam of light that lead her out from the darkness.
Before her mentor could have a second thought, Takamina picked up her bag and ran out the doors. Her small body once again filled with energy when she came in contact with the warm breeze and gentle sunlight. Ignoring the looks she received, she continued to hop, twirl, and (try to) skip to the music playing through her newly bought headphones. Skipping to the next song, Minami started moving her arms to the music, fully enjoying her newfound freedom of the day.
“Manatsu no Sounds good!, tsubuyakinagara tsugi no step e susumitai ne koi no curriculum…”
Hidden behind the crowd, the shortie half sang and half hummed the lyrics to herself while she waited for the pedestrian lights. She watched until the walking lights came up before making her way across the busy road, mind still on the lyrics and wishing to be at the beach like the singers in the PV.
“Sorry.” those were the first words Takamina heard when she quickly pulled off her headphones to repeat those exact same words. Quickly she crouch down and started to pickup those books she knocked over. Being the shorter of the two, she was able to gather them together before their owner.
“Sorry I wasn’t watching where I was going.”
*honk* *honk*
Realizing where they are Takamina made a move to finish crossing the street when sudden an arm grabbed onto her bag and dragged her back to where she started. Confused to what is going on Takamina could only follow the strange girl until they came to a stopped.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to knock over your books, are you hurt? If you need me to replace anything let me know but I don’t have any money on me right now, but I can give you my number, then I can pay you back after, but …” Minami continue to ramble on, apologizing and bowing to the girl thinking something must be wrong. Her actions were stopped when she heard sounds of giggling then laughter.
“Come with me.” Once again Takamina was dragged across the city without knowing the name of the girl in front of her, but for some strange reason she didn’t mind that at all. If only she wasn’t being dragged by the straps of her backpack, it might be a bit more enjoyable stroll across the parks and busy streets.
“Here are your orders. Please enjoy your food.” The waitress said, placing the respective orders in front of them.
An awkward silence filled the air as the two sat across from each other, not knowing what to say. After all, they just met for the first time minutes ago. Takamina looked up at the girl sitting across from her only to find a pair of curious eyes watching her every move. Embarrassed from the attention, Takamina quickly looked back down to her favorite katsudon.
“Maeda Atsuko, Nice to meet you.” The sudden introduction caused Takamina to look up once again, this time taking a bit more time to examine the girl in front of her. The bright smile of hers matches very nicely to today’s beautiful weather, both addictive and attractive.
“Takamina.. I mean Takahashi Minami,” The nervous introduction and mess up only caused the poor girl to shrink into her chair, trying to become even smaller then she already was. Of course, the fact that she’s sitting with a total stranger having lunch didn’t to calm her excessively stimulated heart either.
“So what are you listening to?” Atsuko asked reaching for the headphones around Takamina’s neck.
“Maeda-san!” Takamina protested.
“Acchan,” Atusko replied to her confused companion, “Call me Acchan,”
“Then call me Takamin.,” She said smiling in return.
After that there weren’t any more struggles from Takamina as she willingly gave up her headphones to the girl before her. After a few minute of watching the girl nod to her choice of music, Takamina decided her Katsudon had been neglected long enough and needed desperate attention. Focusing solely on her food, she did not notice Acchan removing the headphones and placing them on the table. Of course she also missed the fact that Acchan had slowly advanced and started to lean closer across the table.
“Minami,” Acchan whispered she she closed in before leaning off to the side.
Surprised and shocked by the closeness, Takamina froze solid with a spoon full of katsudon half in her mouth. Her heart started to pound as she could feel the warm breath slowly tickle her ears.
“You have some rice on your cheeks.”
Acchan giggled from the reaction she is got, before sitting herself back in her chair. Her hands reached over to picked off the lone grain of rice sitting on the side of Takamina’s cheek. Then as if nothing had happen Acchan turned to her devour her own food, ignoring the stunned and paralyzed girl sitting across from her. Food always comes first right?
~~~~~
[Hey Minami, are you free? Can we meet?]
[I’m at the studio right now.]
[Can I come?]
[Sure.]
It didn’t take long for Takamina to realize that when it comes to Acchan, she just can’t say no. Since the first time they met for some unknown reason, no matter what the other girl comes up with Takamina would agree and comply to her wishes. Just like no matter how many times Takamina had tried to get Acchan to call her Takamina, it just didn’t work. It was always Minami to her. She spent 3 days trying to figure it out and 3 sleepless nights thinking about it to the point she just gave up and let it be. It’s just easier this way.
“Okay, we are done for today.” The sound of her mentor came through the earpiece, breaking her from her thoughts.
“Thanks for your help and guidance. You can go first and I’ll stay to pack up.”
“You sure?”
“Yes, I have a friend coming to meet me here.” Takamina explained as she started to put away her music sheets.
“Alright, but remember to lock the doors when you leave.”
Working diligently, the extra chairs and equipment were placed back into their respective storage in hopes that the studio would be clean before her visitor arrives. Minami took one last look around the room to make sure nothing was out of place. Satisfied with her work, she turned to leave only to find herself blocked by a body. The body of none other Maeda Atsuko.
“When did you get here?” as the surprise Takamina, this seems like a usual for her when Acchan is involved.
“A little while ago,” Acchan replied as she invited herself in and inspected to room, “Hey, Minami. Can you sing for me?”
“Ehhhhhh?”
~~~~~
Making one last inspection of her freshly baked cookies to make sure they were perfect, she packed them up before getting ready to head out.
“She will love them for sure.” Acchan spoke out to herself while nodding, fully convinced by the words.
This morning when she woke up, something felt different. Convinced that it was a good sign, she decided to bake some cookies and visit her. Lightly skipping her way to her destination, she couldn’t stop smiling as she looked at the bright blue clear skies. The day is as nice as the day she accidentally bumped into Takamina.
Stepping through the front doors, she heard the sounds of beating drums and ripping strings.
‘Maybe she will finally sing for me today’ she thought, but her eyes told her a different story.
In front of her is a kissing couple, but not just any couple. A couple that includes the lead singer of the band and some random girl. The random girl wasn’t that important, important is the fact that the random girl is currently kissing her long time girlfriend. Raged by the display she is seeing, Acchan charged over and pushed them apart before lifting her hand to slap the random girl. But her hand never made contact, it was held back by her girlfriend, Yamamoto Sayaka.
“Saya... why?”
“I’m sorry, but we’re through.” Sayaka said, pushing Acchan away.
“WHAT!? Just for some random girl?” She asked, not able to believe what she just heard.
“She isn’t just a random girl. I love Miyuki,”
“You BITCH!” Acchan tried to attack the girl behind Sayaka but was only shoved back into the bar counter by her ex.
“This is all my fault, you leave her alone!”
Acchan reached out and grabbed a half empty bottle of vodka before storming out of the bar after turning around to glare at the couple one last time. Of course things became complicated when she bumped into Takamina right outside the door.
“Hi, Acchan. How.....” Takamina didn’t get to finished her sentence as Acchan walked off with the half empty bottle, taking a couple swigs of the clear liquid while walking down the street.
“Acchan, are you okay? What happen?” She asked trailing the quickly intoxicated girl.
“Stop following me!” But that didn’t stop Takamina.
“I told you to GO AWAY!” Acchan shouted once again, pushing the shorter girl away.
Takamina continue to silently watch over the crying girl, watching her down the rest of the bottle as they continued to walk down a random path. Today was supposed to be a good day.
Frustrated by the lack of alcohol in the now empty bottle, Acchan dropped it on the ground and watched it shatter into pieces before hopping onto a ledge of the upcoming elevated path. Step by step, the tipsy girl balanced herself on the narrow ledge with her arms out, laughing along the way.
“Acchan, maybe you should come down, it’s dangerous up there.” Takamina said as she walked slightly behind the wobbling girl, arms out ready to catch her if she fell.
As the ledge slowly rose higher and higher Takamina became more and more concerned, worried that the girl would fall. To the intoxicated, Acchan everything just seemed fun at the moment. She shouted out to the sky, and laughed out loud to everything around her. Unable to watch any longer, Takamina stepped forward and grabbed onto Acchan’s waist. Tightening her grip, Minami tried to used all her available strength to drag the resisting girl down from the ledge, but unfortunately it wasn’t enough. Acchan was able to free herself from Takamina’s grip before pushing the girl away, but the backlash from the force caused Acchan to lose her balance.
“Acchan!”
~~~~~
*Acchan’s POV*
“Acchan, you are awake! How are you feeling?”
Her voice was the first I heard as I start to come out of my sleepiness. My sore body ached all over like I slept for a long time in the same position. I don’t remember how I got here, everything is a fuzz to me. Last thing I remember was the nice clear blue sky. I think her voice was the first I heard when I woke up but I can’t be sure, I think I heard her calling for me before but I can’t remember. I was sleeping... I opened my eyes to check the time but...
“Minami? Where are you? Why is it so dark?” Acchan asked, “Why don’t you turn on the lights?” confused by the lack of visual, I searched with my hands towards the direction of body shuffling.
“Acchan, everything will be okay.” I heard her say with her cracking voice. A pair of warm hands took a hold of mine and held them tightly. For a minute I felt secure, no longer detached and alone. But it only lasted a minute.
“Minami! What’s going on? Why can’t I see anything?” I tried waving my hands in front of me but not even a shadow, I reached over trying to find the light but I only served to knock over the glass that was settled over the side table. I was terrified but what shattered everything was the sound of chirping birds, singing to welcome the day.
“Acchan, listen to me. Listen, everything is only temporary, it will get better,” I felt the bed shift so I tighten my grip, afraid that Minami would leave me, but instead I felt her arms come around me. She held onto me, protecting me from this unfamiliar darkness.
~~~~~
“GO AWAY!!! LEAVE!!!” I tried to reach for anything that I could get a hold of and threw them in the direction I think the nurses are standing. I don’t need anyone to help me, I don’t need their pity.
“Acchan!!!” I felt familiar arms around my waist trying to help me up from the ground. I resisted by trying to push her away, but the more I pushed, the tighter she held on.
“Are you okay? Does it hurt anywhere?” She asked with the same gentle voice I remember. Never has she ever raised her voice at me, no matter how out of line I was acting. The things I’ve said I wished I could take back.
“Why?” I finally asked.
“What?”
“Why are you doing all this?” I asked again, “Aren’t you are you doing so much for me? I don’t need your pity...”
“Acchan.” I felt her hand weave into mines and her other came around my shoulder for another comforting embrace that I became customed to.
“Why? Tell me why are you doing so much for me?” I repeated my question. I could fell tears forming in my eyes.
“It’s because I love you.”
I couldn’t believe my ears, from all the times I remember I haven’t really done anything for her, only calling her when I needed someone. I never really took the time to listen to her so why. I really can’t understand. The first time we met, I just stormed out into the streets because Saya neglected me and forgot about our anniversary. She decided that heading out for a drink with her buddies was more important, so I just ran and because I wasn’t watching where I was going I bumped into Minami. All those times I’ve called Minami was because Saya wouldn’t pick up my calls but Minami never hesitated to answer even when it was 3 in the morning. When Saya refused to sing for me, Minami was always there to sing me a lullaby, enchant me with her voice and bring me to peace. Thinking back, she really did so much for me, all the time I went to her as a replacement to fill my void she never refused.
“But Minami...”
“There is not reason to it, I love you because I love you, from the day we met, your first smile, your text and everything about you, I just fell and I never want to get back up.” she said.
“But I’m not worth it, you can do so much better...” I said in a whisper, afraid that if she heard the words she would wake up and leave me.
I felt her retract her arm around me. ‘So this is it, the ugly truth.’ I though as tears started to slowly roll down my cheeks, the salty taste felt bitter. I really thought she was going to leave but instead she once again locked her hand in mine and I felt the touch of silk ribbons around my wrist. No, I should say our wrist as she tied it the ribbon snugly around them. It’s the same ribbon that she wears in her hair, the one that I complained about, the one that clashes with everything she wears, the one that is now holding us together.
“You are worth the world to me, I don’t need each day to be colorful, I just want to be with you. I will be your guide, I can be your eyes, I will always be there for you.”
I felt her other hand make its way to my cheek to wipe those tears away, replacing them with a tender kiss under my eyes.
“Minami,”
“Shhhh, don’t speak.” She said, placing a finger to my lips to stop me from finishing my words. Her finger slowly slid down my lips, and rested under my chin, serving it’s purpose to guide me to happiness. I felt her warm breath on me, I felt her warmth slowly invade into my space and finally those soft lips made the last connection, sealing her promise with a kiss. It wasn’t anything passionate, it wasn’t anything wild. Just a simple kiss filled with love.
Since that day she never left my side...
No matter how complicated the situation is, as long as she is there, a problem is no longer a problem.
Because there is love.
I can see everything more clearly.
The sky will always be the same as the time we met,
Her smile will be the same adorable smile I remember.
Her words sealed with a kiss,
A ribbon that ties us together.
Just the her and I.
Simply Blinded
Topic: Immortal-shots Collection (Feb 14 ~ Blinded By Love: Be My Valentine [AtsuMina]) (Read 113088 times)