A/N: Long time no see! I haven't been around the forums since 2 weeks after college started for me, and I'm still not done with Chinmoku Part X, sorry, was so busy with homework, project and a few college activities. =n =llll I'll try my best to update, I don't know if its this week, or next week, or this month, I'll try, but I won't promise, but for now, I'll give you a new story...since its been in my folder for a long while already. orz
Before the story, gonna have to reply back to the comments first.
Replies:@bochang - Sorry for teasing oppa, but that's how it works. And yes, I have a new computer...but the down is that I'm busy in college. =A =
@Chikane Himemiya - I want to update soon, and really, I'll try... >n <
@sakura_drop_ - Still TGoF huh? And yeah, I fangirl too when I read YukiRena/BlackGeki.
Yes yes, I'll update, I'll update, just don't know when. >n <lll
@inari - I'm sorry for the short update? At least it isn't a troll update.
And yes, I hope there's BlackGeki in MG 3.
@Pandah - Long time no see Panda-chi! >u < How's your mustache?
Ohh, so its just a puzzle looking piece, I see, I thought it was something else. XDD
It's alright for the super short comment, I understand, I'm just happy to see you comment so its okay. : D Thank you too for commenting.
Now that I've commented, it's time for that new story, here goes nothing. X3
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What Matters the Most is You
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Part I
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Pitter-patter.
Pitter-patter.The sounds of rain pouring down were hard and heavy, as very much evident around the whole town with the clouds shutting off the sun’s light, filling the town with darkness; it was not the time of the rainy seasons, and the sudden downpour caught everyone by surprise as it rained heavily.
The atmosphere immediately became cold and lonesome as people were scattered about to get themselves into buildings or under shades in order to hide from the onrushing downpour, only a few remained as they tread down the streets, using their umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain droplets. Their umbrellas however failed to shield the penetrating and spine-chilling coldness as it easily seeped through clothes, something which a certain young raven mused disappointedly to herself, not totally prepared for this cold climate. She shivered a bit, letting out a small puff of air which slightly misted; with shiver, she held onto her umbrella tightly with one hand rubbing her arms.
“G-Gyuu… I-It’s so cold…” She mumbled, her breath slightly forming again into a white fog, floating up in the air before spontaneously disappearing as if it had never appeared at all. She frowned, a small pout making its way on her lips as she slowly walked, taking small cautious steps as to not aggravate any splattering of rainwater on her clothes as she did not want to soak her clothes due to the unpleasant feeling of wet clothe clinging to her skin.
Thankfully enough, it was evening and she was on her way to the parking lot as she was to head home instead of being on her way to work, something of which she was thankful enough as she could not afford to stay in her office, finding it inappropriate to use her office as a lounge.
The young raven found it to be much more uncomfortable to stay in there, even though she could do so as she pleased. Though the rain was quite troublesome at this moment, she enjoyed it, especially when watching the rain pelt down, soaking everything in sight. Not only that, it was peaceful and quiet outside, almost everything stood still, just as if time had stopped abruptly as soon as the rain started. It felt magical and enchanting, yet fearful with just how much the weather can change everything in a matter of seconds.
Maybe today was a special day, she mused to herself, a small smile playing on her cherry pink lips. Today might be the day wherein there would be a big surprise of a sort for her; maybe something good was bound to happen since the rain did started just when the sun was at its hottest peak, and it was rare after all to rain whilst when it was still hot and with the sun at its highest point.
She looked up; taking a quick glance at the darkened clouds that were slowly covering the sun before looking back down, continuing her journey, and just after taking a turn around the corner; the parking lot slowly entered her field of vision.
The raven smiled softly, feeling happy that she was finally near to getting into her car. The young raven started to walk a bit more faster, yet still cautious enough not to wet her clothes whilst holding her bag close, pulling her knitted jacket just a bit more over her body from the cold winds that blew softly through her way.
She breached the distance between her and her black Mercedes-Benz W212, which was brought for her about a month ago; it was a present of a sort that her parents had given to her, you can say that it was a thank you gift for her due to her efforts to keep her own company in the top list, just aligned near their family business, as well as her hard work in teaching her younger sister, Matsui Jurina, the ropes in their business.
Thankfully enough, her sister was a hard worker and a fast learner because it made the task easy for her. Sooner or later in the future, her sister would surely become a fine president in one of their family companies and the raven could not help but grin at the thought of the success her younger sister can achieve. It made her feel happy and at the same time, it would also mean that the hard work that she had placed in order to teach her sister was not wasted at all. Though it might seem that she’s placing a lot of responsibility and trust on her sister, it did not mean she wanted to weigh in pressure on her young cheerful sister; she just wanted what was the best for her, and what was best was for Jurina to learn the ropes of their business and become a successor, she knew that her sister was also intent into getting into the business. If by the time her sister grows older, surely, she would also become a great president and who knows how far she go, Jurina could even surpass her by that time, and just the thought of it made her smile.
It was not because she was yielding, but because she wanted what was better for her sister, even if it meant giving up her position as the heiress, but for now, she’ll just have to work hard for both her and her sister to keep their business and her own running smoothly.
That aside, the car did somehow proved her that she was doing a fine job, her parents did told her that it was a present, a hard-earned present that stemmed from her hard work in the flow of their business, and frankly; she is thankful for her parents for buying this for her, it would at least lessen the hassle of commuting back and forth from her own company office to her condominium, something of which would me time consuming and hassling. She would also get peace and quiet as well as the luxury and comforts of being able to travel around without having to worry about the littlest of things other than the maintenance and the fuel, not that it was ever a problem for her as she could always resort to getting a mechanic to look over her car.
She opened her shoulder bag and took out her car keys while steadily keeping the umbrella over her head while she pressed the button on her keys, unlocking the car with plain ease. She took hold of the door’s knob and opened it, placing her bag on the other side of the front seat before she carefully placing her other items inside such as files and books onto the seat.
She was then about to enter her car, that until she suddenly spotted something from through the other side of the window, she tried to squint her eyes, focusing her vision to that little figure as it instantly perked up the raven’s attention. She tried to get a clear image of the figure far from her, once she saw it her eyes instantly widened in horror.
Quickly, she backed away from her car, closing the door shut and locking them using the buttons in her keys before she hurriedly walked to the other side; she rushed towards near the dumpster with an umbrella at hand, she approached the woman. Immediately, she used her umbrella to shield an unconscious woman sitting on the ground, back pressed on the wall, only bundled with light clothes that were far too soaked up in rainwater to even shield and warm up the woman.
Immensely worried, the raven fumbled with her knitted jacket before she bent down and wrapped the jacket around the woman’s shoulder while she tried to desperately shield herself and the poor unconscious woman from the rain. Once she secured the jacket around her, the raven instantly cupped the woman’s cheeks, and to her own fear, the woman’s skin felt far too wet and cold to her touch.
“Miss… wake up.”
She called, frowning when she did not get any sort of response, feeling anxiety rushing in her heart. The young woman tried to nudge the unconscious woman awake, calling out to her again as gentle, but as loud as possible.
“Please wake up…!”
She tried to shake the woman’s shoulders, but it was no use, she didn’t react at all just like the first time she called to her. Feeling even more anxious, the raven stood up leaving her umbrella to the woman before she ran to her car, not caring whether her feet or clothes were getting wet.
She immediately unlocked the door and entered her car before she hopped inside her car, placing the key into the ignition, she started the car up. Although she wanted to heat up the engine first as it was a custom to do so, she was far too worried about letting the woman there for too long under the rain and no less under the cold climate that she immediately let her car move.
She maneuvered steering wheel, backing up before she drove out of the parking lot, towards the woman’s direction, before she halted and stepped out her car, leaving the engine running while she went back to the unconscious woman, hurriedly grabbing a hold of her, supporting her using her arm and her body while she opened the door to the passenger seat at the back, slowly laying the woman there.
The raven ignored the droplets of rain that slowly soaked her skin and clothes as she continue on with her task, careful enough to place the woman comfortably on the backseat before she closed the door and took her umbrella, running back to the driver’s seat.
She quietly entered the car, closing it shut and locking all of the doors with a press of a button before she pressed her foot on the gas pedal, causing the car to move forward while she maneuvered her Benz out of the parking lot and into the main road, letting out a small sneeze and a cough, she shivered a bit due to being soaked from the rain.
“I’m soaked…” The young woman mumbled quietly, letting out a sigh then after, knowing that there might be a possible chance that she would get sick due to being soaked by rain water.
She did not regret helping the unconscious woman however. Helping others made her heart feel all warm and fuzzy, it actually lifted her spirit up, besides that, her consciousness would be nagging her if she had not helped the woman; she would feel utterly guilty of what would happen had she left her there under the rain instead, and she couldn’t stand it, even just the thought of leaving her there made her grit her teeth.
Why exactly would a woman be there anyways, unconscious and under the rain no less?The young raven bit her bottom lip at the thought, but shook her head and nuzzled further to her seat while she kept her eyes focused on the road for now, but every once in a while, she would take a quick look over from her seat to look at the unconscious woman, worriedly glancing at her state as she was extremely soaked up as it was evident due to how drenched the backseat of her car was. She did not mind that little detail though, seeing as how she can always get her car cleaned up, but what she did min was that she feared more for the woman’s health as it was not clear to her just how long exactly the woman was under the rain, she might have already developed hypothermia, and that would mean bad.
‘I need to get to my condo, pronto.’ She thought while her eyes went back to the road. The young raven drove her car silently under the rainy day as fast as what she could under the rain, driving towards her condo as soon as necessarily possible.
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Panting; cheeks red and flushed and sweating heavily, the young raven opened the door, slowly entering her condominium. She tried to balance the combined weight between her and the woman she was carrying as she half-dragged, half-carried the unconscious woman. The raven tried to step into her condominium, only to stumble forward with the heavy weight leaning onto her, causing her to fall to the floor which caused her to unnecessarily drag down the woman along with her in the fall.
She let out a startled squeak that escaped from her mouth as she fell to the ground with a loud thud with the unconscious woman lying on her back painfully, making the poor raven groan and moan out in immense pain. She winced, puffing out a deep long breath as she tried to calm the painful waves and the crushing weight that hit her back and immobilized her.
“Ohh…that hurts…” She groaned; she slowly tried to move her body even with the excess weight on her back, but needless to say, it was useless with the extra weight on her.
She took a quick glance, hoping that the woman would at least be conscious right about now, but was disappointed when she found that the other woman was still unconscious, but that disappointment soon faded away when she found how beautiful the woman was and awfully too close her face was to her own.
Her eyes widened and cheeks flushed pink, she felt her heart skip a beat at the realization of how their faces were too close, just a few inches apart from each other. Her breath hitched; mouth agape in a small
‘o’ like shape. She stared, amazed, gawking at how beautiful the other woman’s facial features were, the most notable features were her eyes, her cute nose, pale smooth skin, the beauty marks in her face and her cherry pink lips, even the very tip of the woman’s black curled wet tresses left her breathless. Although she knew that staring was rude, especially when the other person was unconscious, she could not help it, it was as if she was stuck there, immobilized from the unconscious woman’s charisma and beauty. She just left the young raven feeling breathless and awed when her eyes traced the woman’s face, noticing even the beauty mark on the bridge of her nose and her long black eyelashes.
The woman was really breathtakingly beautiful, it was like gazing at an unreal ethereal being just like the mythological goddesses on Greek literature, that was just how perfectly stunning the woman was. Yet, there was always this nagging feeling that the raven could not help but wonder why, just why was she sitting there, unconscious?
It was quite unusual to see a pretty woman in the streets in that kind of state as it felt wrong and out of place, but she knew that she would never get an answer that unless she got it directly from the person lying unconscious on the floor of her condominium, which was at that moment impossible.
Sighing, the raven slowly rolled the woman off her body, she kept lying there on the floor as gentle before she herself sat back on the floor; she tried to kick the door, closing it shut. The sudden movement caused the raven to jerk slightly and touch her aching back, mumbling weak incoherent words under her breath before she leaned on the wall, rubbing her sore back as to calm the pain.
The raven turned her head to the direction of the living room, groaning internally at the distance she has to cover in order to reach the couch.
“…Uuu…” She groaned, her mind exhausted and her body tired and battered. She wanted nothing more but to sleep right at that moment, wanting to ease the exhaustion and weariness of her body, but she pushed that from her head, knowing that she needed to do something else before she could even let herself rest.
Carefully, she attempted to stand up using the wall as a support before she picked up the woman, walking slowly to the living room; legs slightly wobbly as the pain in her back still shot up, nagging her to ease its pain. She ignored her body’s desire and continued with the task at hand; finding it much more important to help the other woman instead.
Her efforts and struggles did pay off when she finally made her way towards the living room wherein the raven quickly propped the woman on the couch, letting out a tired sigh when she felt the extra weight on her disappear.
Exhaustion was soon taking its toll on her and the raven’s legs instantly gave up on her, making her collapse to the ground, panting lightly, she felt heavily tired and wounded from the fall earlier. The pain in her back continuously nagged her, making the young woman wince and grunt; the pain itself was doubling the feeling of exhaustion in her body, and never did she experienced something like this, much less carrying and supporting a person from the parking lot up to the seventh floor to her condo. This was the very first time she ever did that, and she half hoped that this would be the last time she would need to carry someone, knowing that her body would probably collapse from exhaustion, much like now. Frankly, her body was never good at strenuous works, much less on sports and exercises as she had a low stamina.
The raven suddenly shut both of her eyes as another wave of pain struck her back. She gripped her skirt and jerk her head forward, small beads of sweat dripping down from her face, panting as she tried to overcome the pain, staying as still as a statue for what seems to have been minutes, enduring everything.
Moments passed after that and the pain toned down, letting the raven loosen up her tight grip on her skirt. She sighed tiredly; shifting her position, she leaned on the couch, looking up to stare at the ceiling.
The lights filtered into the room, illuminating the beauty of the simple yet modern and westernized furniture inside the condo, the combined color of white, cream, black and brown gave the inside of the condo a good visual look overall, yet even in that sense, the condo felt vastly empty and uncomfortable.
It was just as cold and silent as a still night, it reminded her very like of the first night when she had left the mansion to live alone to learn independence; it was nostalgic and surprisingly lonely at the same time.
Silence however has proven to have given her comfort and peace, but it also had its ups and downs for her. Yet the feeling of being alone and wanting to be with someone for just once never crossed her mind, it was never part of her priority. She was not even good at socializing with people she doesn’t know, and it really did not matter to her, that however was bound to change today…because for now, she will have a company in her lone condominium.
She turned her head slowly, taking a quick glance at the unconscious woman on her couch, her eyes lingering at her face before the raven looked down on her lap, a sudden wave of uncertainty filling her heart up.
What was she going to do now? How was she going to take care of this woman? Never before had she personally taken care of someone, much less when they were sick as the doctors would often do that in their family’s stead, but this, this was a different case, she wasn’t in the mansion anymore but in a condo, living by herself, there was no way she could just ask a doctor for this, could she?
She does not even know whether the unconscious woman would appreciate her asking for a doctor, as she did not even know just what exactly was the other woman’s situation, there might be a chance that she would act violent if she were to call for a doctor, just like the scenes she had countlessly seen before when she was a child through anime and dramas.
The young raven puffed her cheeks and let out a small puff of air from her parted lips; she took out her phone and stared at the screen, looking at the time before she placed it on the floor. She glanced back at the unconscious woman lying on her couch with a blank expression.
The raven placed a thoughtful finger on her chin and rubbed it, contemplating for a second whether she should call a doctor in her own hesitation and worry, but after a few minutes of thinking, she shook her head and went against the thought, finding it more appropriate for her to just settle with taking care of her than to place her into other people’s care.
“I can’t just leave her to other people’s care, I did save her…I’m responsible for her…”
“But…even if that’s the truth…” She mumbled, talking out loud to herself while she stared down at her fingers, fiddling with them mindlessly as the tired raven’s mind was focused somewhere else, yet, she was unable to process what action she should take on next and instead asked out loud for her to ponder upon;
“…What should I do now?”
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End of Part I
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A/N: Guess who is who...the pairing is obviously my favorite pair though, YukiRena! >u <
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