@RenshuChan, yes, there is definitely some insecurities. Hopefully, Jurina can change that with time
@arawche079, thank you for always leaving a comment, it means a lot
And this is the chapter... hu hu hu
(by the way those new Kojiyuu photos makes me really happy!
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Chapter 9
Miyuki let Jurina in with a smile and glass of wine in her hand “look who decided to show up”.
Jurina walked inside taking her coat off and went straight to the living room “wait… where is Yuko?”
“Oh… she’s not back… yet…” Miyuki ended her sentence with a bite of a lip after in return noticed how Jurina rolled her eyes. “So why are we in her apartment? Is Yuko even aware of it?”
“Am… I think you both know… that I made extra keys for your apartments…like two years ago”.
Jurina shook her head commenting “I do remember how Rena once found you in our shower… I don’t know if Yuko knows about your extra keys though…”
Miyuki ignored Jurina’s complains and brought her another glass of wine “okay, let’s change a topic to something more interesting. You have been gone for a week or so… I mean… not literally gone but its really hard to catch up with you. I think you even leave your phone lying around without even checking it”.
“Neither of you text me either way… oh but wait… I have just remembered something… I ran into Marichan the other day. Guess what she asked me?”
Miyuki sat down and looked like a caught deer. Totally giving out the guilt that she was feeling from the second when she told Atsuko and Minami about whole Yuko’s one night adventure.
Obviously, Jurina didn’t wait for long “she asked me if Yuko had slept with someone…yes… even mentioned one night stand. I wonder who could have told her that? Or… not necessary Marichan directly but to someone…who’s very close with her?”
For some time Miyuki tried to avoid Jurina’s stare but couldn’t do it for a very long time as it seemed like younger girl was piercing into her soul. “Fine…it was a slip of a tongue! Not intentional! I mean… yes I said it… well… I kind of had to explain the whole situation…”
“Does Yuko know?”
“Of course not! She would kill me!”
Jurina nod without hiding the fact that it would probably happen which left Miyuki a little bit more paranoid than before “really? You think she would REALLY do that?”
“I wouldn’t stop her and that’s not something that you can go around telling to other so… yeah…”
Miyuki bit her lip feeling even more guilty. At the same time it was hard to understand if she was actually feeling guilty or if she was just afraid to get caught and having to deal with consequences.
“Well… I guess you will have to talk about it with her when the time comes. I’m not planning to get involved but you know I’m also close with Marichan… I mean… I barely see her lately as she’s really busy… and she’s not going to places with Yuko like before… but still… I admire her like an older sister… so I didn’t lie…and I didn’t pretend that I don’t know”
“You could have pretended that you don’t know”, Miyuki sigh and shook her head but once again looked down showing remorse knowing that she’s responsible for this whole situation.
“Tell me about you and Annin instead! I know that you two are going around the city, visiting places and so on! You started those dance lessons, right? No wait…you go there later… You promised to tell. Its not like I can retell this to everyone…Yuko will probably end my life soon enough”.
“You have a point here”, Jurina laughed just wanting to tease the girl for now. But at the same time it looked like she wanted to talk about it too. After all, that’s what friends did — talk about everything — including their crushes.
[Jurina’s story]
Only shortly Jurina mentioned and remember the first date and some awkwardness after three years of not really being on a date. She continued the story of the following day when she went to Annin’s dance practice.
At first Jurina didn’t want to interrupt so she stood in the corner but had a good view from this point watching the lesson with evident curiosity. Annin seemed too concentrated in her job and that was one of those things that Jurina truly admired.
At the end of the lesson Annin finally saw the girl and smiled at her through the mirror in front.
When people started going to different directions, taking their stuff and leaving the place, saying goodbye to her favorite students (or per say maybe the students just wanted to say goodbye to their favorite teacher), Annin walked closer to Jurina. “Hey, you could have called me”
“I didn’t want to interrupt… it seemed like you had a lot of fun”.
“That’s true… I enjoy my job very much. But I remember how much you actually loved to dance… why did you stop?”
“I don’t…I’m not sure… I guess I don’t have as much free time as before… life got a little bit complicated… but I don’t want this to sound like I’m complaining. I mean… I dance around my house sometimes… with very loud music… usually almost naked so… no limitation to my movements”.
Annin looked down at her clothes without hiding curiosity “oh…you think there was some limitations in my case… I mean… I can take this off… but some of my students are illegal or barely legal… so if they parents appeared out of nowhere waiting for explanations why their teacher is corrupting them… I wouldn’t know how to justify myself”.
At the same time when Annin looked at her clothes, Jurina did the same with a smirk “Oh no…you danced great…and as long as you can go around dancing your home naked…or almost naked… its not an issue. No one should restrict you”.
They both laughed until Annin suggested “want to dance? You have a good memory… I’m pretty sure you already know the moves from this class”.
Considering this for few seconds Jurina shrugged her shoulders without minding, almost rest of the evening was spend with them dancing to different songs or even inventing new dances.
While leaving the place, as Annin locked the door they walked down the street “maybe you would like to join classes…at least sometimes? Or… you can come later after them… I mean… I am tired but I wouldn’t mind the company. It seems that you can show me some moves that I still don’t know”.
Jurina squinted her eyes without missing an opportunity to use this in a joke “for some reason this sounded more sexual than it actually is. But I would love to”.
“Its unfortunate that you couldn’t come today. I was looking forward to it”, Annin commented while talking on her phone and like before locking the doors.
Instead a little bit late Jurina decided to surprise the girl hugging her from behind. For a split second it seemed like Annin had a heart attack. Who wouldn’t have if someone would have done it to them in a dark valley.
Jurina was soon to say something and let go of the girl “sorry. It looked cooler in my mind. But now when I think about it… it was a little bit creepy, wasn’t it?”
Annin laughed with relief after recognizing that the one trying to surprise her was Jurina. She ended the conversation on her phone that she had with this girl just a second ago and commented “well…the only thing I can tell you is… you’re lucky that I don’t have electroshock or any other self defense tool.”
At first Jurina laughed (for even longer than someone normally would have in this situation), and after that she nod few times evaluating the situation “you’re probably right”.
The situation continued with both of them walking in the park near by. Annin spoke up first now, after about a week with Jurina finally daring to ask “I have been thinking about it… I don’t think we actually talked about it… how long have you dated Rena?”
“Around 3 years…well it would have been three years…in about a week. Its very weird to think about it like that… but I guess I have no other choice but to move on… I was honest from the start… I got dumped… that’s how life works I guess…”
“Well…it will take a long time…to recover and all that…”, Annin commented carefully while looking at Jurina’s face from aside.
Jurina seemed deep in thought but somehow came back from that dark place and smiled looking back at Annin, even taking her hand “well, its good that I have you then, right?” in a joking manner.
Annin smiled back at her but not in such enthusiasm as younger girl. “That’s another thing that I wanted to talk about…”, she carefully and slowly took her hand out of Jurina’s. It didn’t seem that Annin actually wanted to lose contact, but somehow felt that its necessary, especially for the following words.
“As you mentioned…or I’m not sure anymore if it was you or me who mentioned it but… getting over Rena might take a long time… I think we should be…just friends for that time being. Unless…”
“I’m good with whatever decision you make. I’m just glad that I have a chance to spend so much time with you…remember the pasts and so on. Let’s just see what happens next without rushing it, right?” Jurina smiled brightly but used the moment and took Annin’s hand again “but friends do hold hands, don’t be silly”, and smiled cheekily knowing that she already won in this situation.
“Just friends, huh?” Miyuki didn’t seem to approve after hearing some of Jurina’s story. She had to raise both hands in giving up stance after the scold she got from Matsui in return “your choice. Not for me to comment… but also, that’s not something that I could tell to someone… but my suggestion… if you’re so good friends, you can already posts some photos in your twitter… you stayed away from that place from more than a month… I’m pretty sure all of your relatives are curious about your life. You know how relatives can be”
Jurina rolled her eyes finishing the wine and looking down at the clock. “Yuko is late, isn’t she?”
“Well… she decided to apologize to her boss… so maybe something good came out from it”, Miyuki joked and without asking filled Jurina’s glass with wine again.
“Oh wait…but its true… only know I remember about your and Rena’s anniversary…well…if you had one… do you still plan that singing at the bar with Yuko?”
“Yeah…we created the lyrics on the first few nights after my break up… I think Yuko kept on training with the guitar… not sure if she had a lot of time at this point… but we’re still singing”. Jurina nod and seem a little bit excited. “I think that’s going to be like a chance to put a dot. You know… everything has to end in some way. I’m going to say goodbye to Matsui Rena in that manner”.
Miyuki nod agreeing and they chatted about some random stuff for the rest of the evening until they heard a knock on the door. “Yuko wouldn’t have forgotten her keys…”
After this statement they heard Mariko on the other said of the door “Yuko?”
“Oh…damn it!”, Miyuki cursed quietly under her breath. “Maybe she will just walk away…”
“I see light inside… I know you’re home!”.
Jurina and Miyuki both shared panicking looks. Jurina shook her head with disappointment for few times, once again remembering the issue she and Miyuki discussed at the beginning of the evening.
Miyuki sum up the situation perfectly and just in one word “crap…”
Surprisingly for Kuramochi Asuka, after the conversation with Haruna’s father Yuko still came back to her desk. At first looking at the girl she wondered what might be the reason, realizing that maybe she simply forgot something.
Obviously that was the case and it was proven when Yuko took her sweater and noticed Mocchi’s look “want to go out? I wouldn’t mind drinking and I believe that after this day… this glorious occasion needs a celebration”.
Mocchi took her stuff also ready to go out but a little bit surprised because of Yuko’s bitter tone “is everything alright with you? Still got the job?”
“Oh… there’s no way I can get fired by this point anymore… I sigh a contract… and I’m in a very good position”, once again Yuko sounded both bitter, ironic and sarcastic. It seemed like she wasn’t really sure where to hide or what do to anymore. That was probably the reason that even though Mocchi was tired she decided to go with the girl. “Fine…we can go for an hour or so…”
Little did both of them knew is that at the same time Haruna was sitting behind her table and looking and Yuko’s files with wonder and curiosity.
Haruna couldn’t deny it to herself… she was a little bit impressed by the previous Yuko’s speech and respected the girl more at this point.
All her hopes got shattered though when she got a phone call from her father. “Its taken cared of”
“What?”
“…with Oshima Yuko. She has already sign the contract.”
“She..wait…she did?” Haruna couldn’t hide her disappointment.
“I told you, dear, you still need to learn a lot in this life. So count this as your first lesson… people can’t simple say no to money… if they do say it at first… you just need to keep insisting… eventually… they will agree to your terms… all everyone needs is money”.
“So Yuko agreed…when you suggested more money?” Haruna kept on insisting still in denial not wanting to believe this 100%.
She heard her father sighing on the other end of the line, realizing that he’s a bit annoyed and the conversation is coming to an end. Still he answered with less interest than before “yes. She did. We will start arranging everything and don’t worry, you won’t have to do much… at least for now. The wedding is quite soon but we need to make it look…like you have been together for some time. Oh… I will send you the contract that Oshima Yuko signed as well… you need to do that too. After all, that’s a legal document.”
“I understand” Haruna answered quietly not able to form any other coherent words. Finishing the conversation she left her office actually wanting to suggest Mocchi the same thing that Yuko did not so long ago but both of the girls were already gone.
This time Haruna was the one who sigh in a similar manner like her father but with disappointment and sadness instead of annoyance. Closing the door behind herself she went back to the table where Yuko’s photo could have been seen in the corner.
Haruna took the photo while looking at it for longer, maybe unconsciously, maybe well aware of the fact that she’s admiring the beauty of this woman.
“Why you gave me false hope that you’re different from all the others?”
Putting the photo back on the table the girl looked around wondering for few seconds and made a decision grabbing her coat and phone. With or without Mocchi, she really needed a drink. After all, she’s still can count herself a single girl, though this will continue only for a week or so.
At the same time Mariko, Miyuki and Jurina were sitting in Yuko’s apartment and waiting for the girl to come back. Miyuki tried calling Yuko but the girl in question just ignored the call or didn’t see it if she went to some loud place.
Miyuki and Jurina sat on one side of the sofa, while Mariko sat on a different one and situation could be simply described as AWKWARD. As if feeling the need to voice it out Miyuki get closer to Jurina while whispering “well… this is awkward…”
Obviously the distance between them and Mariko was minimal so older girl heard it too, raising her eyebrows in a manner that showed ‘I can hear you, idiot’. Though Shinoda Mariko stopped herself from commenting and just checked her watch few times, impatient.
“So how are you here if Yuko isn’t?”
*cough* “I have extra keys… in case of emergencies…”, Miyuki answered feeling a little bit uncomfortable and as usual trying to change the subject “wine?”
Mariko shook her head “I drove her. I plan on going back home… so I have to decline that”.
Miyuki pouted a little bit disappointed “you used to be more fun” but shrugged her shoulders once again looking around and feeling a little bit uneasy.
She wasn’t the only one. Jurina stood up saying “maybe I should try calling Yuko again…some time has passed already…”, she took the phone ready to press call button but noticed unfamiliar number. “That’s going to take just a second…”
Jurina walked a bit farther from the two unsure what can be calling her on such hour but soon both Mariko and Miyuki looked surprised at the girl who practically shouted because of the surprise “WHERE? WHERE YOU SAID YOU ARE? IN POLICE STATION? CUSTODY? WHAT? WAIT? SERIOUSLY WITH YOUR BOSS? OF COURSE I’M ON MY WAY!”
Jurina ended the conversation still in shock and at the same time in a rush, only now remembering about two Yuko’s guests. “oh…”
Mariko caught up pretty quickly “what happened? I’m driving”, also standing up and raising her eyebrows questioning.
Jurina bit her lip consciously, realizing that Marichan might be the last person Yuko would want to see this evening but not like Matsui had a choice in this anymore “I’m not sure what happened exactly… but Yuko is in police station…and she asked me to come and take her from there”.
“With Haruna?” Miyuki opened her mouth with evident curiosity that she forgot to hide from Mariko.
“Well…she got only few minutes for a call…so she didn’t get in details… but it seems so…”
“So Haruna is the name of that girl that Yuko had one night stand with…?” Mariko added all things up realizing this because of Miyuki’s reactions and Jurina’s strange behavior, and uncertainty.
All three of them already headed to the doors when Miyuki whispered under her breath, so obviously only for herself to hear “ohh… Yuko is really going to kill me now…”
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