*phone ringing*
“Ugh~ who’s this butthead ruined my dream” Minami sighed as she reached her phone lazily. She answered the call but before she speaks, the caller shouted. “Kai!! Where are you?! I've been waiting here for hours!”
“Oh shit!” Minami opened her eyes widely and look at the clock in her room. It’s already 1:00 in the afternoon and she’s totally late with her lunch date with Hanako. They were dating or meeting each other since after the play that they did in their college theater where Minami played as a man named Kai and became Ray/Hanako’s love interest. Their love story didn't end up on the stage as it continued and became real behind the curtains.
“Ne! I told you not to call me Kai anymore”
“I can call you anything I want! What are you doing? Overslept again?! Be hurry or else you won’t see me in a week! Have you forgotten ….” Minami cut Hanako’s words.
“Yeah yeah I know. I’m sorry okay? I’ll be there as fast as I can. Wait me, okay? Ja~” Minami scratched the back of her head after she ended the call.
‘I dreamed about her again and THAT scene again. I wonder why. Am I looking for answers? Atsuko …. What are these signs? Should I talk to you? It’s been a long time but why am I dreaming these now? I hope this is the right time for us to talk. To clarify things’ Minami thought before standing up and getting ready herself for her date with Hanako.
For the past two days, Minami was always dreaming about her asking Atsuko for an answer but it is always interrupted by a call or any sound or sometimes by just waking up suddenly. Deep inside her, she really wants an answer for her questions and she’s hoping that those answers can come up on her dreams but unfortunately, those events are always happening. Maybe she really needs to talk to Atsuko to hear what she wants to hear.
After another hour of preparing and driving to their meeting place, Minami finally saw Hanako with an irritated face. She felt nervous as she knows what will happen right after she sits down next to her. Minami gulped before greeting “Hi! Sorry I’m late”
Hanako gave the midget a murdering look. She was about to talk but the midget interrupted her with a kiss on her lips. “Stop. I’m sorry okay? Here, for you” Minami gave a rose. The tall girl blushed and became nice as the fierce look on her face earlier fades. “Thanks god it worked” Minami thought.
Both of them ordered their food. While waiting for it to arrive, Hanako started a serious conversation. “You know what ….”
“No I don’t know” Minami answered teasingly.
“Mou~! Let me finish! This is serious!”
“Hehe. Okay continue“ she chuckled.
“Dad told me to go with him in a business trip because I can learn more about our business on that”
“Then? I know it already. It’s just for 1 week or less”
“No. The schedule changed last night. Dad decided …” Hanako was interrupted by the waiter. “Ma’am do you want a drink or something while waiting for your food?”
“Yes pls. Give me a coffee” Hanako looked at Minami again. “Where am I? Oh as I’ve said, there’s a change of plan. The trip will take ….”
“Ma’am, iced coffee or not?” the waiter asked again.
“Give me hot coffee!” Hanako answered; a bit irritated. “The trip will take more than 2 weeks. I don’t want to go but Dad insisted that I need to. I don’t want to leave you. I’ll miss ……”
“Ma’am excuse me? Decaf or not?”
Hanako’s eyebrows twitched and said “Do you really want to know what I want?”
“Yes ma’am” the waiter answered.
“I WANT YOU TO GET LOST!! FORGET ABOUT THAT DRINK! I DON’T WANT ANYTHING! JUST LEAVE US ALONE!” Hanako shouted.
“Hey. Chill out Hanako. Please leave us mr. waiter. I don’t want you to get killed” Minami said but waiter teased the irritated woman again. “Get lost now or later?” Then run away.
“Let’s eat in another resto! Let’s go Kai!”
“I told you …. Okay let’s go” Minami didn’t continue her words as she knows that the lady’s mood will get worst.
“Hahahahahaha!! You did a great job there” another tall woman said.
“But manager-san, it is a bad reputation for our resto” the waiter said.
“Nope. I can handle it, don’t worry”
“Okay Ms. Shinoda. If you say so. I’ll go back to my work now”
“Uhn. Get lost …. Just kidding” Shinoda Mariko smiled liked a witch.
Hanako and Minami continued their conversation inside the car while heading towards another resto. Hanako will leave Japan for 2-3weeks with her father. She needs to learn all about their family’s business as she is the only child that will manage it. Minami agreed on it as she had no choice. It is for the lady’s future. They spent their day eating, cuddling, kissing then eating again inside the car. Minami wanted to spend their last day together in a theme park or anywhere else, but the tall woman insisted staying in the car on a parking lot. The midget knows Hanako very well. She knows what the tall girl really wanted but she can’t give it to her. Not in this kind of place! What will the others think if they saw a shaking car?!
On the next day ….From: Hanako
Good morning. I just want you to know that I’ll be leaving in a few minutes now. I don’t want to call you ‘cause I don’t want to disturb your sleep. See you soon my love. I love you and I’ll miss you.
PS: Behave there! Ignore those girls around you or else I’ll kill you!!Minami smiled after reading the last part of the message. She was about to stand up and get her breakfast when her phone rings.
“Moshi moshi”
“Be ready! Pack up your things we’ll pick you up there in 15mins!”“Oyy!! Who’s this??!”
“Miichan. Bye”“Huh?! What for? What’s going on?!” Minami asked but the line was already cut off.
“Damn that Gachapin. What’s with the trip now?” she sighed.
Minami packed up her things then waited outside. A familiar van arrived in front of her. Her guess is right, it is Mariko's van. The door opened showing her friends: Miichan, Mariko, the lovers KojiYuu and MaYuki and a special person that she didn't expect to see there smiling at her, Atsuko. Minami shivered and felt intrigue. 'Why she's here? Why she's smiling at me? Is she not mad at me anymore or anything? Why my heart is acting this way? Oh damn stop smiling at me or else I might collapse right here'
"Oy Minami! You looked like an idiot staring at a beautiful woman in front of you named Atsuko Maeda!" Miichan said directly that made the others laughed. "Hop in now!"
"Stop it Miichan! Let's go!" Minami blushed and quickly get inside the car. She sat down beside Atsuko as the others make way for her. 'Damn these guys. I don't know if I'm framedup by them or not'
After a few hours of travel and sleep, Minami wake up only to find out that her other friends are now gone but there's only one left. A woman hugging her arms while sleeping peacefully. 'She looks more beautiful now' Minami thought. She touched Atsuko's face and stopped when the sleeping woman finally opens her eyes.
"Minami" Atsuko called.
"A.. cchan"
"Minami... Your hand…. it's cold"
"Oops I'm sorry. Ah eh, let's go. The others already left us. Hehe" Minami chuckled nervously.
"Wait Minami..." before the midget opens the door, Atsuko grabbed her wrist, pulled her then hugged her tight. "I missed you"
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Let's go" Atsuko smiled like nothing happened before she left the shocked midget.
"What was that?" the only words that Minami said to herself.
The place where they will stay is owned by Yuko's father. The reason for staying? None. They just want to relax or maybe help out Minami and Atsuko clarify things that happened before. It was midnight already when they finished roaming around the island. They decided to have a camp fire and play truth or dare while having a drink. One by one, as each of them became tipsy, they left Atsuko and Minami alone near the seashore. Minami looked at Atsuko who's sitting beside her.
'Maybe this is the right time to continue the scene on my dreams' she thought.
"Ne acchan. Can I ask something?" she started.
"hmm?" Atsuko answered without looking.
"Lately, I'm bothered with my dreams. Actually I'm bothered with everything. ..." Atsuko looked at her as she continued "…. with what happened to us before"
"What do you mean?"
"I want to know why you ignored me for a long time? I did everything to please you though I didn't know what was the reason for ignoring me, but all I got was nothing. You left me hanging"
Atsuko chuckled a bit "Let's just say you've been sooooo numb and did not consider other's feelings"
"Huh? Please tell me everything straight to the point 'cause I don’t understand!" Minami grabbed Atsuko's shoulders while looking directly to her eyes.
"You're drunk. Let's talk tomorrow" Atsuko avoided the midgets look.
"No I'm not drunk and I don't want to talk tomorrow. Let's settle this now! I don't want to think about this anymore!"
"I loved you. I'm in love with you before but what did you do?! You're the one who have thrown everything!" Minami was shocked with the sudden confession. "What are we before? Friends with benefits?! answer me!!"
Minami felt guilty for everything. She knows now what Atsuko mean. She threw everything that they had and shared when she started meeting and dating Hanako. She didn't even consider or think what Atsuko will feel. The worst part is it was her who ignored Atsuko first and her feelings for her.
All that she can give to the woman crying now is a kiss as an answer. The midget kissed her hard as Atsuko replied the same. Their tongues touched that made the kiss hotter but before anything else would happen to them, Minami broke it.
"I'm such an idiot for not trusting my instincts. I thought. ... I'm sorry for being such a coward. I loved you since the first time that I saw you, before we became friends, but I was afraid to confess. Scared that you will reject and avoid me after that"
Atsuko cupped the midget’s cheeks. “What makes you think that I will reject you? After the sweet things that I did for you. Those hugs and kisses that I gave, is it not enough to show that I like you too? I can only give those to the person that I love the most. That is you Minami! I love you until now!” Atsuko kissed Minami for the second time.
Both of them spent their night together in one room; feeling each other’s breath and warm body. On the next day, early in the morning, a knock from the door made Minami to wake up. She carefully removed Atsuko’s arm around her to get up and check who the hell knocks the door and disturbed them.
“Takamina! Takamina! Atsuko is …..” Yuko was panicking to tell Minami that Atsuko is missing but as her eyes see a person inside lying on the bed, she immediately gave the other midget a wide grin on her face.
“Oy Oy! It’s not what you think!” Minami blushed. “Go now! We’ll meet you at the dining area!”
“Okay~ I hope you enjoyed your ‘meal’ before breakfast” Yuko winked.
Minami goes back to the bed to wake up Atsuko. She rubbed her thumb on the angelic face to wake her up but it seemed that she is the one who has been woke up twice by the sudden wrap of arms on her neck before Atsuko kissed her. “Good morning” she greeted.
“Ah anou. Good morning. The others are waiting for us. They are worried about you since you did not sleep in your room”
“Because you didn’t let me sleep in my room” she smirked.
“Oyyyy!! I …. Ah nevermind. Let’s go”
The two had their delicious breakfast with teases from their friends. All of them are insisting that ‘something’ happened to them after they left and they continued doing nasty things inside Minami’s room. Atsuko and Minami denied all of their accusations but of course, none of them believed.
A day passed again. They spent it swimming on the beach, riding jet skis and boats, picture taking and many more. When the night came, Minami carried Atsuko in her room again since Atsuko’s room is too far. She lay down in bed and took her phone to check it but it’s too late as she quickly fell asleep. Early in the morning, another knock from the door made the midget to wake up.
“Stop! Yes she is here again. Atsuko is here with me” Minami stands up and opens the door while rubbing her sleepy eyes. To her surprise, the person in front of her is not the person that she expected to see. It wasn’t Yuko or other people in this island. It is Hanako with tears on her eyes in front of her.
“It is not what you think Hanako” Minami tried to explain but the tall girl walks out.
“This is a big trouble” Mariko said. She is with everyone in the place when the guards informed them when Hanako entered the area. They saw Atsuko standing outside the door while her eyes glued on the running Minami.
“Hanako wait!” finally, Minami managed to reach her girl’s hand. “Let me explain”
“There’s nothing to explain Minami! Is this the reason why you didn’t contact me for days? Are you happy when I left Japan?! So you can be with your bestfriend?! Or should I say, lover?” Hanako cried harder.
Minami felt guilty. She admits to herself that she really forgot to contact her girl. She’s now ashamed of herself. “I love you Hanako” she let out a tear.
“Love me? You should’ve thought about it before doing this! Before hurting me!”
“Wait! Don’t leave me!”
“Why? I guess this is the right thing for us. I know you’ll be happy if I leave you. Just continue what you are doing there” Hanako went inside her car and closed the door in a hard way. She cried even more when the car started to leave the place as well as the woman that she loves the most. Maybe this is the right thing to do for Minami to realize what she needs to realize.
Minami went back to her room. She packed up her things as the others let her do it. This trip is now over. The midget left the place right after she finished packing up. Left no words to her friends and specially Atsuko.
Weeks passed by, Minami only spent her days inside her room. Eating, thinking then eats again her favorite katsudon. When she finds out that Hanako arrived back in Japan, she fixed herself and get ready on going to the woman’s place. She’s now ready to face her and say everything that she thought and realized on the past few days.
“My Lady, you have a visitor” the butler informed Hanako.
“Who is it?”
“Me. Let me talk to you please” Minami showed up.
“Butler-san please leave us alone”
Right after the butler left, Hanako can’t help herself to hug the midget and say “I miss you” but sudden events from the past flashed back in her mind that made her release the midget.
“Listen Hanako, I’m so sorry for what I’ve done, for hurting you. I’m here to explain everything. I’m here to fix this relationship. First of all, nothing happened between me and Atsuko. It’s just we slept in the same room, that’s it. Nothing more. Second, I’m sorry if I forgot to contact you. I admit I was carried away with the activities that we did in that place. Third, I was carried away with Atsuko, with the answers that I’ve been longing to hear from her. I thought that those answer can fulfil a blank part in my life. I was troubled with my dreams before you left. I was bothered why Atsuko avoided me before and that’s the reason why these things happened”
“So I guess that you’ve got a good and favourable answer from her. What now? Where do you think this conversation will lead to? What do you expect to hear from me?”
Minami walked closer to Hanako who is sitting on a couch then hold her hand. “I want you to know that I don’t feel anything for Atsuko. I realized it when you left me. I realized that all I need from her is an answer. The feelings that I felt for her before was already gone. The most important for me now is you and us. I want you to trust me again, please” Minami looked deeply in the lady’s eyes.
Hanako kept silent for a while. “If you betray me again, I won’t give you another chance.”
“Don’t worry, Atsuko is the only one that I needed answers hehe”
“Baka! Even if you need answers or not, I want you to stay away from those temptations! Didn’t I tell you to behave?!”
“I know, I know. I promise I’ll behave. Oh I forgot ….”
“What?”
“I also need answers from you”
“What answer? What is your question?” Hanako was confused what the midget means.
“There’s no question. I want you to answer this.” Minami moved her head until her lips met the woman’s lips. She gave her a kiss that shows how much she misses Hanako. The kiss was quickly responded by the tall woman and thought of “I wish she needs more answer from me. This is just like an answer in a short quiz. I’ll give her an essay answer that will show, describe and feel everything in me” (AN: I hope you know what I mean here
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Before Minami went to Hanako, she met Atsuko and talked to her.
-Atsuko’s POV-It hurts but I need to respect her decision. She’s no longer in love with me. Maybe Hanako is the right person for her. If only I had the guts to tell her what I really feel just like Hanako, she’s probably mine now. I missed my chance. I thought spending those days with her is a great idea but it turns out not. I should have continued avoiding her.
-END-
If you're a loyal Atsumina fan, then here's an alternate ending
Alternate Ending:Weeks passed by, Minami only spent her days inside her room. Eating, thinking then eats again her favorite katsudon. When she finds out that Hanako arrived back in Japan, she fixed herself and get ready on going to the woman’s place. She’s now ready to face her and say everything that she thought and realized on the past few days.
“My Lady, you have a visitor” the butler informed Hanako.
“Who is it?”
“Me. Let me talk to you please” Minami showed up.
“Butler-san please leave us alone”
Right after the butler left, Hanako can’t help herself to hug the midget and say “I miss you” but sudden events from the past flashed back in her mind that made her release the midget.
“Listen Hanako, I’m so sorry for what I’ve done, for hurting you. I’m here to explain and tell everything that I’ve realized. I don’t want to end this relationship in that kind of situation. I admit, at first I just want an answer from her. Why she avoided me before because that’s really bothering me these past few weeks. But I never thought that finding those answers will open up an unfinished business with her. I never thought that this feeling for her was still inside me.”
“Please stop Minami. I don’t want to hear those hurtful words from you. I understand already that you still love her. Maybe I was blind before because I didn’t notice it. You know what? I want to blame you right now! You should’ve not made me fall in love with you! You should’ve followed your feelings for her before. You’re such a coward for not confessing it to her”
“Hanako, trust me, I loved you. What I showed you and felt for you was real”
“I know. But still, it is not the same with your love for Atsuko. Go now and talk to her. Be a man”
“Thank you Hanako and I’m sorry”
“I said go now!” the woman turned around. As she heard the door closes, her tears flowed uncontrollably.
Minami knocked when she reached Atsuko’s place. Right after the door opens, the midget hugs Atsuko tight. “Mi .. Minami?” the woman was confused.
“Atsuko, I want to tell you something; words that I kept to myself before and until now. Maeda Atsuko, I love you. Can you please answer another question from me?”
“Ha? Nani?”
“This.” Minami moved her head until her lips met the woman’s lips. She gave her a kiss that shows how much she regrets keeping her feelings for Atsuko to herself. Minami carried the other woman in a bridal style towards her room. She lie her down and said, “Shall we continue another unfinished business?” Minami smirked.
“Of course” Atsuko smirked back. “But let me say that ‘I love you so much’ first”
-END-
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