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kawaii beam: I was hoping you would like this one! I somehow fear for the young ones... but with Risa driving they should be ok... right?
Also thanks for reading!
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rndmnwierd: Actually rndmnweird-sama I can see her face as the thought came to her mind. I giggle everytime. Thanks for reading!
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kurosawa87: Kuro-sama thank you for reading! I often think what would have happened if it were Rika and Yossy??? And I can only answer to myself: BLOOD WILL SPILL!
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nighell: Hey welcome back! Sure, little Reina always a big help! As for the shocked face you would have at that moment
I would as well!!
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badsaints:
Every reader is apreciated! I'm glad you like all the different pairings. I hope this diversity doesn't make you go mad... in both senses of the word. Thank you for reading!
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Well dear readers I'm back with another seed! Now... this seed worries me a little...And I shall tell you why. Recently (meaning yesterday) I read the story on
rndmnwierd's closet titled
'Abstract' (which you should totally read by the way!...Actually read the whole closet!). After reading that one I got a little worried since I noticed that there's a part that slightly resembles something on this story... I didn't know! I'm truly sorry rndmnweird-sama!!!!!
I truly didn't mean it!
Now some of you would say... then whyis Koei posting it?? And the answer to that is another reason why this particular seed worries me... And I'll post it since this I've never written this way before and I would like for you to tell me if I should write other stories including that particular genre or not. Oh and did I say that it was a little all over the place?? I'm also sorry if you get lost.
Alas... my worries will only belong to me... but I just wanted to say I'm sorry beforehand hoping that nobody would get insulted as they read this.
So I (whilst trembling) bring to you seed number: 9!
*If you read the message above, again: I'm sorry and read at your own discretion* A picture explanation: You told me: 'I love you.''Here I am once again in Hawaii. Every year we come I explore different places and take pictures of it.’ The sea breeze caressed the girl’s face as she closed her eyes and breathed in the scent that by now one should have become familiar with it yet it was still new to her.
Overlooking the sea from the side of Diamond Head was truly a luxury for this secretly aspiring photographer. Taking in the view where different shades of green pasture filled with luscious trees contrasted perfectly with the wave filled ocean. Her eyes concentrated on every piece of foliage making her notice the commonly unnoticed shades of red.
She truly was in paradise, her eyes began to mist over and a lone tear fell and traveled down her cheek to join the small droplets of ocean water brought by the wind to her face. That tear always fell whenever she saw something truly majestic, and by now she has accepted it as a natural reaction. After wiping her tear away she picked up her camera and focused towards the view where, lost in her own world, all sounds escaped her conscious and only the shutter of her camera resounded 5, 10 times before she was taken away from her personal heaven by rough shaking from her friend.
-“Yo, Aika! We have to leave now!”
Reina tiredly sighed before returning back to the car they were traveling in. Aika snapped one last picture before trudging with her crutches behind her friend and towards the car.
As they rehearsed their routines for the event that was to take place in Hawaii a manager crouched besides the bored Aika.
-“Mitsui-san; since you can’t dance for this event you’re free to enjoy Hawaii for the next 2 hours.”
Smiling to the young girl the manager waved to one of the young staff members to come closer.
“This is Megumi-chan my niece; she will accompany you as you visit Hawaii.”
Both girls bowed to each other as they were introduced and Aika’s mood improved noticeably. As she got her camera and crutches ready Megumi looked at her and pointed at the wheelchair by her side.
-“My uncle gave me precise instructions to take you with your wheelchair and not your crutches, sorry.” Aika just sighed and followed the instructions given to her.
‘Well better this than nothing, right?’ As they strolled down the walkway that overlooked the coast, Aika took many pictures of anything and everything she saw.
-“Wow, you surely like photography, ne?” Megumi asked the girl as she giggled at her reaction to her comment.
-“Yes…it’s my dream actually…” As Aika smiled her answer, Megumi was inspired by her determination and decided to take the girl to a place where she could take a lot of pictures.
As they went to the top of a mountain, Aika was suddenly lost in this place she hasn’t visited before.
-“Where are we going Megumi-san?” Megumi just laughed and told her to drop the
‘-san’ since they were friends now and that it was a surprise. Reaching their destination Aika just gasped and began to take pictures of the beautiful pond that served as the view.
-“I’m grateful that you like the place Aika-chan.” Megumi just smiled at the girl who in turned thank her for the wonderful experience. As Aika looked once again at the scenery she noticed a certain someone taking in the fresh air and smiling to the sky. Noticing the peculiar expression she held, Aika decided to take her picture. The woman noticed and immediately looked towards the direction where she heard the shutter click.
-“Aika-chan! What are you doing here?”The white dress she wore clung to her body and accentuated every curve as she walked towards the dumbstruck girl who hasn’t answered yet.
-“Hello Megumi-chan, I’ll take Aika from now on.” Megumi smiled and thank her before saying goodbye to Aika and going her way.
-“You do know it’s rude to take people’s pictures without them noticing don’t you Mittsi?” As Aika blushed her companion just giggled seeing that her joke worked on the young girl.
-“Well then, do you plan to answer me or just stare blankly at the scenery?” As the lump in her throat finally subsided she muttered her yes to the woman.
-“You must be tired, and I need you to be energized for the trip so let’s take you to the hotel sweetie.” Aika just looked one last time at the scenery and took a last picture before returning to the hotel.
The following days Aika found herself secretly snapping photos of the woman that entranced her on that mountain until one day she was found by another member.
-“Yo! You’re going to waste film if you don’t take my picture Aika!” Laughter came by her side as two of her group members sat in the chairs by the pool.
-“Yeah if you don’t take pictures of this yankii then she’s going to steal your camera and fill it up with self portraits.” As the other girl flashed her famous peace sign she poked her friend.
-“Yeah you’re just saying that so she takes pictures of you doing the usa-chan peace pose!” Aika couldn’t help but laugh and do as requested and take pictures of the girls.
Time seemed to fly by in Hawaii as their trip came to an end.
‘I can’t believe we’re going home tomorrow morning. Well then let me say goodbye to Hawaii like I always do.’ Taking her camera and crutches Aika stealthily went out of her room and towards the beach to watch the Hawaiian sunset for one last time that year as well as take pictures of it.
Finding a good spot she just looked towards the ocean and recalled all the happenings of the trip. But even though she did a lot, whilst restricted to that darn wheelchair she hated with all her guts, her mind was only filled with one special event from that trip: her.
‘Why is it that I can only think about her? I mean, we’ve been in the same group for a while now but I haven’t felt like this before…Well I could say that but I’d sure be lying to myself. I’ve always found her fascinating but I know that she won’t look at me in any way other than a little sister. She was actually the one that inspired me to take pictures of everything my eyes could reach. And when I became confined to this chair she told me that a picture was worth taking if it was something that had the ability to move my heart. And now that she has moved my heart like an earthquake I can’t help but take pictures of her.’Aika’s inner monologue was suddenly interrupted when thunder cracked in the sky and rain began to pour down. Luckily she was sheltered from the rain but she couldn’t help the frown that came to her face when her sunset was suddenly obstructed by the clouds. As she prepared to leave for the hotel a female’s figure appeared walking towards the coast seemingly dancing in the rain. Preparing herself to take said female’s picture; Aika’s eyes widened when she notice just who it was.
‘Truly this must be the work of Kami-sama if you appear in front of my eyes like this.’ As she took the pictures night fell and Aika suddenly felt chills run down her spine when the woman she was so determinedly taking pictures of began to look her way and stare straight at her.
‘There’s no way she could have heard me or seen the flash…’ When she saw the woman walk her way, she hurriedly put her camera inside her bag and tried to stare nonchalantly at the view. When the woman came close to Aika, she smiled and took the towel that until now went unnoticed right besides her.
-“I guess we think alike sometimes Aika, but I don’t need you to be reckless and try and catch a cold at this hour of the night, let’s go back to the hotel.”
As she was softly scolded by the woman, Aika was brought back to her hotel room where she just stared at the ceiling for hours before sleep overtook her. Morning came and the plane that would take her back home could not come any quicker since the girl wanted to check the pictures she took on the trip and show the other members.
At her house she checked all pictures and noticed that most of them were of the woman that has mesmerized and filled her mind the whole of that trip. Making CD’s of the trip’s pictures, one day at practice she gave them to the members and made one of her favorite pictures of all of them; which they watched at work.
-“Wow Aika-chan! You really are talented! I never even noticed you took these pictures!”
-“Oh my gosh! Look how pretty you look! That’s really cool Aika-chan!”
Those were some of the comments made by her group members as they praised Aika’s work which even surpassed some of the pictures the photographer took of them. But one of the girls present just sat there silently smiling as she noticed that she was missing from the repertoire of pictures taken by Mittsi.
Practice came and went and not only that but months passed and Aika was turning quieter with each passing day as she evaded the woman from her pictures. But she knew that it was quite an impossible feat since the attraction she had for the woman brought her even closer to her every time she wanted to further separate herself.
The fated day came when her heart urged her to go and talk to her and give her the pictures she had wanted to give her a long time ago. Pictures dating since the beginning of that fateful Hawaiian trip and that ended at that very same day.
‘I can’t back down now. If I do then I’ll never forgive myself. Just a knock Aika…just a single knock on her door.’ She clutched the bag at her side and knocked the door in front of her. As it slowly opened the woman inside peered out of it and looked at Aika surprised.
-“Aika-chan…what...What are you doing here at this late hour?” The noticeable puffiness of the woman’s eyes gave Aika the courage she needed to complete the task she had put herself for that day.
-“I need to talk to you. Can I come in?” As the woman led the girl into the apartment she noticed the bundles of flowers inside of it and all the letters and congratulatory miscellaneous things filling the small living space of the apartment.
-“My bedroom’s empty, let’s go there.” Led by the woman Aika slowly followed her and sat at the bed besides her.
-“I need to give you something I know I should have given you a long time ago.” As she placed her backpack on the bed in front of the woman she could hear the small sniffles coming from her.
-“What is it?” Aika came closer to her and as she hugged the crying woman she told her:
- “It’s the only way I know to show you the feelings I’ve so desperately tried to keep for myself.” The woman backed out of the embrace and looked at the unwavering girl as her eyes began to glaze over once again.
-“Do you mean that…” Aika, taking the woman’s face in her hands, brushed the tears that streaked her face and kissed her gently.
-“I know this is sudden and unexpected. But please: accept these feelings of mine.” As the woman turned her face away from Aika and stood up she went towards her window and look at the lit up buildings in the night sky. Aika’s eyes began to glaze over with tears as her worst fears were confirmed at that moment: she was being rejected by the person she loved.
-“I’m sorry Aika-chan… I accept your feelings… but cannot reciprocate them right now…I’m sorry.” Staring at the woman looking out of her window, Aika took out her trusty friend and snapped a picture of what she was seeing.
The picture that shows the moment her heart was crushed. Leaving the contents of the bag on top of the bed Aika took one last look at the woman and left the apartment without another word.
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On one of the top floors of a building in New York sat the now 23-year old Aika pondering in her mind whether the time to return home has come. But before her mind could fill itself with nostalgia she had work to finish. A knock came to her office where she asked the person to come in.
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“Miss Mitsui here is the folder you requested.” A young man brought said folder to the woman sitting in the photography studio’s office reviewing some pictures.
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“Thank you, I really appreciate this.” The young American boy left quite happy to have been praised by his boss. And she opened the folder to organize the pictures she was going to send to the magazine people. Her computer chimed and when she looked to see what it was she noticed it was a message from home.
“Aika-chan! Genki? It’s been long since we’ve known about you! We miss you! Well anyways. You know that it’s been 5 years since you left Japan and we would like to see the woman you have become! We’re going to celebrate Ai-chan’s birthday to! She’s turning the big 3-0 and cefdvc jadh wo fhr vftfy skdc uefrbcfujhdvc !!!!! efivbfdkjhbvnkcfdjdnckedfncuefhvcbfdhsbcnj !!! Hey Aika!! Where the hell are you!??!!??!!? Come home dang it, I miss you!!!! Me too Aika-chan I miss your pictures of me! Nobody can take my picture better than you so please come home soon! Erf vc fdvc sdc xwdshadh xw dvfcbfsdhbc Hey Aika I’m going to send this already, Gaki-san is taking Sayu’s mirror away and she’s my only protection against Gaki-san’s intentions of trying to take the computer all to herself and send you the message without us, so you better come home if you don’t want me to look for you ok?!
-Love: Reina, Sayu and Gaki”Aika just laughed as she read the crazy message. Truly there are things that haven’t changed at all. She could see that her friends where all ok and that they missed her. Her eyes glazed over with tears as she wondered if it was true that all of them missed her.
She rummaged through her bag and took out a certain small album that she carried with herself everywhere her camera was.
‘I wonder if you have missed me the same way I’ve missed you…probably not but… Am I ready to face you after so many years? I haven’t seen face to face with you since that night…Will you hate me?’ Aika put the album away and finished the work she had for the day.
Standing up from her now organized desk Aika limped towards the shelves at the other side of the office to store the folder she would take to the magazine. After her injury 5 years ago her leg was never the same even though the fans didn’t notice thanks to her constant practice of walking, uncomfortably to her but as “natural” as one would, to her fans.
Yet when she was in the privacy of her own self she would walk normally and that would show the limping.
‘If there’s a reason I should go back home… please give me a sign.’ Aika took one last look at the view from her office and picked up her stuff to leave to her apartment.
Staring at her computer in her apartment she began to view pictures of her time in the group when she decided to leave because of her leg and pursue photography. It was truly different but she loved it.
As she clicked once again to see another picture; one she wasn’t expecting came up. The woman she held dearly in her heart was staring directly at her as the rainfall embraced her body. The emotion showing in her eyes is what made Aika stare at the picture for a long time.
‘How come your eyes say “I love you” when all you did was turn me away?’As Aika stared closer at the picture she noticed something out of place and immediately began to search for her back up memory of 2011 and plugged it in her computer. Taking out the pictures she needed; Aika put the back up where it was and began to study each picture.
‘She’s conversing with her eyes… what is she saying?’Picture 1: “I’m here for the last time in probably a long while.”
Picture 2: “Even though I’m at this age I still need some guidance.”
Picture 3: “Fear and uncertainty surrounds me everywhere I go.”
Picture 4: “I want to follow my heart but how can I do that.”
Picture 5: “I want to know who I am, but all these other feelings plague me.”
Picture 6: “Please wash away this pain. I love her but I’ll just hurt her.”
Picture 7: “Give me a sign. A shining sign amidst this darkness.”
‘She began to cry here as she begged for a sign. How did I miss it?’Picture 8: “I need to choose who to protect. I need to protect her, right?”
Picture 9: “She’s so young…I can’t hurt her this way. I’ll just be her friend: nothing more.”
Picture 10: “That shining sign means that I should be her friend right?”
‘Oh, she noticed the flash because of the lack of light.’Picture 11: “I won’t taint her.”
Picture 12: “Thank you for your guidance.”
Picture 13: “Oh…is that??”
‘This is when she noticed me.’Picture 14: “How long have you been there?”
Picture 15: “I have to let you go… for your own good…I’m sorry.”
‘Her eyes are filled with tears…’Picture 16: “I love you.”
-“She loved me…just like I love her… Then should I? Should I go home?” Aika’s self-questioning resounded in her ears as she looked at one last picture from the very same album.
Picture 17: “Please never forget me Aika... I’ll love you forever…Never forget.”
-“I haven’t forgotten…I need to see you once again… I… I… I’m going home!” As if a lightning bolt had just hit her Aika bought the first tickets to Japan and prepared herself for a long flight.
-“Wait for me…please.”
Reaching Japan, Aika went to her parent’s house and surprised them bringing them to tears. She herself could not believe how long it had been since she had hugged her parents. Video chatting could never bring her this pleasure. Truly she had missed being home, and now that the pain of being rejected didn’t eat at her anymore she decided to enjoy every second of it.
And her enjoyment would begin after seeing the surprised faces of the members. Said little ex-idol told her mother to call the members with a solemn voice and reunite them at her parent’s house.
With all the preparations done she awaited the members who came into the house with quite a noticeable worried expression at the solemnity of the meeting. Aika had the control of all of the small hidden cameras she placed around the room and snapped secret pictures like she used to do when she was in her teens. But she didn’t want to make them wait and worry anymore and suddenly she came down the stairs.
Everyone’s breath got caught in their throats as they saw the young woman come down the stairs all smiles and all grown up. She truly was not a teenager anymore. Her hair had grown out all the way down to her hips and she grew a few inches taller and fuller. The dress she wore accentuated her womanly curves but the smile she wore along with it radiated a youthful aura that perfectly contrasted with the woman they saw.
-“Aika-chan!!!” Everyone pretty much exclaimed at the same time as they went and hugged the girl they left at the airport 5 years ago that has now returned a woman.
-“Oh my, Aika-chan you’re so grown up!”
-“You’ve come back a woman… but still not as cute as me!”
-“Hey squirt! How dare you fill up more than me! I won’t give up against you!”
Aika just laughed at Risa’s, Sayu’s and Reina’s comments when they first saw her.
-“I see you’ve missed me a lot you guys! Especially after that crazy message! But… thank you… I’ve missed you too.” They all laughed and spent a good night catching up until it was so late that Aika’s parents were worried of them leaving alone at this hour and asked them to call home and say they would stay there.
-“Hey guys… how’s Ai-chan?” As Aika asked, everyone noticeably got quieter and Risa took the opportunity to fill Aika with all details.
-“Well…after you left…Ai-chan was different, well even more than after she graduated. It was like… as if she had made a big mistake and it seemed to pain her deeply.” At Risa’s words everyone became sadder before Reina interrupted.
-“Yeah dude, we were all worried ‘bout her and decided to keep her company.” Sayu balled up her fists besides her thighs as she held in some tears.
-“That’s when she began to hurt herself…she began to slash her body.” Aika just gasped at the words that her friends told her and began to tear up.
-“Why didn’t you tell me before?” The women looked at themselves as Risa took Aika’s hand.
-“She told us to keep this from you…she didn’t want to worry you with her problems. Especially after you went abroad to study and fulfill your dreams.” Aika just looked at the girls and her eyes expressed that she wanted to know more.
-“Well dude, she was slowly but surely losing it. But since we went with her to therapy she began to get better and well we started to worry a little less.” Reina just looked at her friend.
-“Yes but suddenly she told us she was married. And that’s when we began to worry once again because we had no knowledge of Ai-chan having a relationship.”
-“I’m her best friend and I didn’t know anything about him so when I asked her she just brushed it off saying that she was all happy about it. But she stopped going to the doctor.”
-“Yeah but, man!! How could we be so dumb?!?! She wasn’t truly happy and her husband noticed.”
-“That’s when he began to hit her and fulfill her desire of feeling the pain she thinks she deserves.”
-“Dude but that’s when she kind of disappeared! She was never available.”
-“But one night she called me crying; desperately saying something about her not being worthy of being alive and something about death. I can’t remember what it was that she told me; but I just got to her apartment as fast as I could and found her on her living room floor.” Risa began to cry as Reina held her tightly and Aika just looked at her demanding to know more information.
-“Gaki-san, what else? Tell me!” Aika desperately took Risa by the arms and shook her. Reina just took Aika by the wrists and told her to calm down. Since Risa couldn’t continue anymore Sayumi took over.
-“Gaki found her sprawled on her living room floor surrounded by a puddle of blood with a knife in one hand and a bottle of detergent on the other.”
-“She… she… she was looking… she was looking directly at me… and a lone tear fell from her eyes.” Gaki managed to say in between tears as Aika began to get worried about the direction this conversation was going.
‘No…she can’t be dead…Gaki...Gaki wrote in the message that they were going to celebrate her birthday…’-“We rushed to the hospital when we heard the news…The doctor told us she had ingested a lot of detergent and pills and even poison before slashing her wrists…he was truly amazed that she was alive…But…”
-“But what?!” Aika all but screamed at Sayumi.
-“Aika man… she was pregnant… almost 6 months along when that happened…We didn’t know… he raped her constantly and she had become pregnant…that’s why she was suddenly unavailable and began evading us…she knew we would get her out of there.” Reina just talked as Risa composed herself once again.
-“The baby didn’t make it and we found out a couple of weeks later that they had arrested her husband on murder charges, where he confessed that he tried to kill his wife and unborn child before going for that other family.”
-“Yes, it turns out Ai-chan was actually going to therapy, just with another doctor… She, even though the way it happened was painful, was quite happy to be pregnant and to feel life inside of her. She said it was nice to be able to give your love completely and fully to someone, and have it reciprocated. She didn’t try to kill herself; she called Gaki to ask for help.”
-“Man when she woke up in the hospital… we were all by her side and by our faces she knew that the worst had happened. I’ll never forget her expression when she said:
‘She’s dead isn’t she…Aika-chan’s dead…’ And then she began to cry.”
Aika just looked wide-eyed after Reina’s last comment.
-“Wait…what do you mean by…
‘Aika-chan’?” Now both Sayumi and Risa were crying as Aika pressed on for an answer which Reina could only manage to comfort Risa so that she could answer.
“Aika…Ai-chan has always loved you… but she has always feared that she would taint you with her love. That’s why when she decided to only be your friend she became depressed… and the reason why when you left she became worse. She thought that the only way to try and fill up that hole in her heart was by naming her baby like you…and when that baby died…Ai-chan died along with her…”
Now it was Reina’s turn to cry as Risa talked; and picking up Aika’s hand she just begged her.
-“Please Aika-chan!!! Please bring us back the Ai-chan we love…you’re our last hope.” As Aika looked at the women she began to think about all the information she was just given and decided to do so.
-“I’m going to do it… but not because of that. I’ll do it only because I truly love her and I have waited a long time hiding out in heartbreak… I need to be with her because I love her and I need her.”
Days passed by as Aika continued to prepare herself mentally for the upcoming meeting.
‘Oh Ai-chan…you’ve been through a lot these past five years…I should have come sooner.’ Fixing her clothing on the fated day she would meet Ai once again, Aika just looked at her bag and telling her trusty friend to get ready for another adventure she headed to Risa’s place first to set up everything for the small get together.
Arriving at the house Aika noticed just how motherly Risa had truly become when she saw her kiss her husband and children goodbye, of course a picture of the happy family was taken by the young photographer making Risa notice her arrival.
-“Don’t worry Risa-chan I’ll give you the portrait as a thank you gift.”
Risa just smiled and welcomed her to her home where everything was practically set up for the get together.
-“Hey Gaki-san…can I set up a few cameras around the place?” Risa just nodded and began to tell Aika about her family and the happy times they’ve had all this years as she continued to prepare the house.
-“You know Reina looks so tough and all I sometimes forget she’s in a delicate condition right now.” Risa just smiled and Aika just looked at her confusion strictly written all across her face. Risa caught the drift and just gave Aika the eye which made her take out her tablet and check the pictures of the evening she surprised them.
-“Woah! She’s pregnant?!!??!?!!” Risa just laughed and told her that it took her a long time to notice.
-“Well I had to take in everything you guys told me that night and I haven’t quite studied the pictures…How did she react when she found out?”
Risa finished the preparations and sat beside Aika as she began to tell her how Reina thought she was late in her monthly cycle because of stress since it had happened before when the Ai-chan incident happened 6 months ago. But one day Sayu, Reina and Risa herself were eating dinner at Sayu’s apartment when Reina suddenly went to the bathroom to vomit.
-“Haha! Poor Reina, she was pregnant and not stressed out!” Aika just laughed as Risa continued to tell her how Reina was so freaked out she had Sayu buy her a home pregnancy test urgently and that when the test showed that she was indeed pregnant she fainted.
-“I remember Sayu laughing as Reina was unconscious on her bed. I was quite worried because of her reaction but knew that she would be all right. Haha, and I thought I was the reaction queen! Though…she doesn’t want to tell Ai-chan for obvious reasons.” At Risa’s last comment she became quieter and Aika just took her hand and squeezed it before telling Risa that she was going to do all she could to make Ai-chan better.
A couple of hours passed and it looked like a high school reunion where even one of the Chinese women came all the way from China just for the party since the other was present as she lived closed by with a certain banana storing bunny. And as they greeted Aika and prepared for Ai’s arrival, Aika took many pictures of the day and laughed along.
-“You guys! Reina called saying that she’s getting out of her car with Ai so hide! Aika go to the back!” Turning off the lights the women quieted down and prepared themselves to yell
‘Surprise!’ to the birthday girl who expects turning 30 with only a couple of friends and not most of the girls from the group when she was with them. The door opened and the expected ‘Surprise!’ came to the shocked girl who naturally cried her ‘thanks’ and smacked her best friend’s forehead as she used to do in her youth.
Almost an hour had past and Risa, Reina and Sayu were becoming worried since Aika had yet to make her appearance. Reina went to look for her inside Risa’s house.
-“Hey squirt; you’re here.” Aika looked at the newcomer’s way when she heard her voice and smiled.
-“What’s wrong? Why haven’t you gone out to surprise Ai-chan?” Aika just sighed as she told Reina that she was worried Ai’s reaction to seeing her would spoil everyone’s fun.
-“Wow squirt… It’s nostalgic to hear you talking like you’re way older than you are… You’ve truly become a woman.” Reina smiled at Aika and patted her head.
-“Yeah Rei-chan and don’t worry I’ll do my best to bring Ai-chan back. I think the baby deserves it, ne?” Aika just smiled and patted Reina’s small belly hidden beneath a loose short dress. Reina just widened her eyes but let it pass as she was hoping that what Aika said would happen and decided to go to the party once again so that Ai wouldn’t miss her.
-“Oh my Ai-chan! You’ve finally reached the 30’s just like me!”
-“Eh…Yuu-chan your 30’s have long gone past…don’t try to avoid it.”
That comment got the small woman a big hit from the other as everyone laughed at their antics. It truly was amazing to be surrounded by family and Ai thanked everyone once again. Now the party had ended and Ai was helping Risa pick up the house and restore it to normal making Risa, Reina and Sayu wonder if Aika would come out.
When she didn’t and Ai, Sayu and Reina left; Risa went to look for Aika who had fallen asleep with visible tear streaks marked on the side of her face. Risa stroked the young woman’s hair and Aika slowly woke up and looked directly at her.
-“I’m sorry Gaki-san… I just couldn’t.” Risa just smiled in understanding and told her that it was still 11 at night on Ai-chan’s birthday and that she still had an opportunity to surprise her. Aika accepted the proposal and headed to Ai’s old apartment which she had kept all these years even after getting married and divorced.
When she reached the place she noticed the door was slightly ajar and cautiously entered the apartment where she saw that Ai was smiling and staring at the night sky like she used to do when she was younger. Aika silently took out her camera, pointed and snapped a picture of the woman she loved making her rapidly look in the direction of the sound. Ai’s eyes opened to their limits and tears began to freely descend as she recognized the woman before her.
-“Aika…”
Aika just looked at her and admired the beauty that she had missed these 5 years. Ai’s long sleeved turtleneck and pants clung to her frame which was slightly smaller than when she had last seen her but still as graceful as she remembered.
-“It is me Ai-chan, you aren’t seeing things.” Ai just fell to her knees as Aika went onwards to envelop her in a protective hug.
-“I’m here Ai-chan, I won’t leave ever again. I promise.”
Ai just looked at Aika and put her hands on her face to see if she truly wasn’t imagining it like she had done so many times ago. Seeing as she was real; Aika carried her to the bedroom and laid her on the bed.
-“I’ve missed you… and I couldn’t bear to be apart from you anymore Ai. Once again here I am trying to give you my feelings and hoping that you will not only accept them but reciprocate them as well.”
Aika looked the woman directly in the eyes and told her:
-“Takahashi Ai: I love you. Please stay by my side.”
Ai just cried and held onto Aika as if her life depended on it because it truly did. As they closed their eyes they kissed the most tender kissed they’ve had their whole lives. And the bedroom they were at; began to bathe in a sudden warmth prompting clothing to be discarded from their bodies as they evoked the most intimate expression of love with each other.
At each kiss planted on Ai’s body she seemed to get more energy. Aika, dominant in her exploration of the other’s body, admired the curves she once photographed as well as the scars that graced the tender skin.
As Ai lost herself in her first true pleasurable experience; she let herself be guided by the woman she loved as she was healed of all the pain these last 5 years have caused her. But when Aika began to reach between her thighs Ai jerked up and positioned herself in fetal position making Aika instantly worried thinking that she had gone to fast.
-“Aika-chan… I…please don’t…I’m too dirtied and scarred… I’m not worthy of being looked at by your eyes that have only seen beauty all around the world.”
Ai began to cry harder making Aika hug her and hold her close to her heart and rock her back and forth.
-“You’re beautiful Ai and nothing in this world can surpass your beauty so please let me mend your broken heart.” Ai just looked her in the eyes and slowly relaxed letting Aika continue what she was doing before only slower this time.
Reaching Ai’s womanhood Aika could only look and kiss the scars that contoured the place that a man once used to hurt the love of her life. Reaching her peak Ai just let out tears of happiness as she looked at the tired Aika that now lay at her side.
-“I’m sorry for hurting you Aika.” Ai just looked at the woman and continued crying.
-“It’s ok Ai, I’m here now. There’s no need to cry anymore, I won’t leave you alone.”
Ai just smiled at Aika and she in turn just gazed at the perfect woman that lay blissfully by her side. Stroking her face she marveled in the truly majestic view when suddenly her vision glazed over and a lone tear fell from her eyes.
-“Is there something wrong Aika?” Ai asked after seeing the lone tear from the woman.
-“You truly are gorgeus Ai. I love you.”
-“I love you to Aika.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5 1/2Months later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-“Guys, be careful!”
-“Oh Gaki-san stop worrying so much and let them play for goodness sake.”
-“Reina you won’t be saying that once you give birth, trust me!”
The women just laughed as they sat on a bench in the park when suddenly Aika and Ai came into view.
-“I’m happy for them…Finally happiness is on their side.” Sayu just smiled at the oncoming couple.
-“I know. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Ai-chan smile so sincerely.”
And they all just laughed as the girls reached them when suddenly and gushing sound followed by an “Uh-oh…” from Reina made them all drop everything they were doing as a flash came their way.
-“Aika!!! Now is not the time to take a picture!”
Aika put her hands up defensively:
-“But it wasn’t me!!!” Ai giggled before putting the point and shoot camera away.
-“I’m surely taking lots of pictures Rei so I hope you look beautiful giving birth!”
-The End! I hope you like it and comment! As always thank you for reading!