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CHAPTER 08
- Things You’ll Never Know -
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"Tadaima~~~" Yuko whispered as she slowly opens the door of the apartment.
As usual, she was too tired to look around or grab for food. She headed directly to the bedroom craving for the comfort of her bed.
"Ah! Acchan's back!" she grinned.
All of the tiredness she's feeling seems to fade away with the sight of the former center back on their bed. Jumping on the bed happily, not minding if the person on it is asleep or not, her fingers poked the person in slumber.
"Okairi~ Yuko." Acchan reacted on the poke from the excited girl.
There was this certain feeling that seems to be familiar seeing Yuko grinning at her like a mad man.
"Hmmm.. I think I get it." She smiled with a sense of relief.
"Get what?" the now vigorous girl jumped off of the bed to change her clothes.
"Don't mind me. It's nothing." Acchan replied and searched for the remote control which is usually placed under the bed. "So, how's it going with Haruna?"
*sigh* "Everyone in the team seems to notice how beautiful NyanNyan is becoming. I'm having a hard time." Yuko sighed.
She received a wide eyed reaction from Acchan, a look which questions her for details.
"Well,. Mariko is always with her. And Jurina is like a pervert that keeps on stealing a kiss with her." She saw Atsuko just smiling on her corner holding the remote control. "And some other keeps on playing with her body..."
"Well, that's Haruna for you! I'm glad she's okay though."
Yuko just gave a look with a cringe on her forehead.
"Well, it may seem like we're not really close but, Haruna and I have been together since AKB started. Though we don't talk that much, I kinda know what's on her mind, just 'kind of' though." Atsuko started.
"So it's something that the first generation members share huh? I guess we also have that in team K." Yuko commented as the memories of the night when Sayaka and her went drinking tingles.
"You can say that but... among the members, she's the most... hmmm.. unexpressive." She finally turns on the TV and lower down the volume. "Among us, she's the one who never really shows what she's feeling towards something. As you can see, she rarely cries when something happen. She never really talks much too, just go giggling and smiling. So, we worry on her more than the others, especially during critical times, like the senbatsu election for example."
Yuko who's totally in awe of what she's hearing remained silent. Something in her feels like she never knew what Haruna feels all along. Her eyes are firmly staring on Atsuko, eager to know more.
"So basically, all the feelings she's keeping inside tends to build up more than us, who generally let it out with other members."
There was a small moment of silence between the two. Only the very low sound from the flashing program on the TV can be heard.
"She didn't know it but, she's like the baby of the group." Atsuko smiled.
"Why are you...saying this to me... all of a sudden, Acchan?"
"Hmmm.." the sound of a wondering hum as she placed her fingers on her chin. "I just want everyone in the team to be happy." she grinned.
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++[Yuko's POV]++
Everyone seems to be worried about us. *sigh* So I did make it troublesome. But I was actually surprised on how the first generation members see each other. What an amazing bond they have. We're only just five months behind them but such understanding on one another is really amazing.
Well yeah, I've never viewed NyanNyan like how Acchan described. Now I felt a little too oblivious for not paying attention to her feelings. Have I really been just looking at her body? But even Sayaka noticed how restrained NyanNyan is. So, I really am a little clueless.
"But Yuko... I'm not saying that you're not paying attention to Haruna." Acchan suddenly blurted out.
It feels like she's read my thoughts. So why? Why is that we have different views on her?
"Just keep doing what you do. It makes... her happy."
Acchan? She went all out in talking about NyanNyan like that, making me worried, and then telling me those words with her eyes stuck on TV. I don't get it. But, it makes her happy huh? "
I'm glad..."
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"Ya! General Manager!" Yuko called while jumping on Takamina's back. "The dance steps sure are hard this time."
"Hai~ I'm exhausted." Takamina answered.
"This dance routine is too much! But now, I'm thankful that I'm not tall. I can easily rise up from the ground!!" she continued with a laugh.
Looking at Mariko and other taller girls makes Yuko wonder if Takamina is right, or just trying to console herself. Her forehead frowned.
"Eh? Where's NyanNyan?" she asked.
"Oh! She mailed me this morning. She said that she overslept so she can't come today." Takamina suddenly remembered. "We're too many so, it's okay. They won't notice she's not in practice."
"But I did~" Yuko pouted.
"Uh~ you’re a different breed!"
"What the! I don't even feel it's a compliment."
"Haha! Don't worry! It is a compliment. Well, she just overslept. She's been going to a lot of photoshoots lately, benefits of a good body!" Takamina pointed out while nodding in agreement to what she said.
"Yeah~ she might be overworking. She's dozing off a lot!" Yuko citing another point.
"Haha! Isn't her dozing off pretty normal? She's really spacey you know! Well, she's always in deep thoughts."
"Who? Nyaro?" Miichan suddenly butt-in.
She received a nod from the two small girls in conversation.
"I agree! She's always in deep thoughts. She's over thinking of her words, that's why her sentences are never long. Haha!" the girl who just joined the conversation giggled as she stands in between the two. "I laughed, but it's true though. I really think that she's having a hard time voicing out her thoughts."
Mariko who's been approaching the chatting girls heard that last sentence by Miichan. She can't help but comment a little on the conversation about her shopping buddy.
"Nyaro?" She confirmed. "I heard her talk in long sentences one time." she teased with a grin. "Long but... she paused in between words. Yes, she do think of her words a lot."
"Eh? You heard her in long sentences?" Takamina sounds surprised. "Even in No3B radio, her comments are really short. The only lines she's saying long are the plug-ins for commercials." she reminisced. "I wonder what you guys are talking about then."
"...it's girl-talk Takamina!" Mariko teasingly replied giggling. "It's... a heart thing~!" she ended while giving a sudden wink on Yuko who's been listening all along.
Yuko on the other hand frowned with a no-idea-what-it-is face as a reply on the sudden wink.
"Ah~! I see... I see... Wow!! I'm curious!" Miichan exclaimed. "Share it! Please!?"
"Daaaame~" Mariko refused giggling.
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"Are you sure about this?"
"Hai! Onegai~!"
*sigh* "Okay. Since you already made up your mind, then there's nothing I can do about it. Ganbatte!"
"Arigatou Gozaimasu!!"
She walked out of the office with a relieved face. An aura of a heavy boulder long placed on her chest lifted emits on her as she walked down the hallway. Though her face projects an emotionless look, she's engulfed with satisfaction.
"Ara~ NyanNyan?" Yuko saw her walking on the hallway away from the office she's heading.
"Yuuchan!" Her emotionless face sports a smile.
"Ah! You smiled!" Yuko giggled. "I heard you overslept! Again!" She hugged the girl as they meet halfway the hallway. "You sleepy princess!"
Haruna blushed hearing those words from Yuko as she felt the girls' head pressed on her chest. She wrapped her other arm around the short girl's back in return.
"Have you slept well?" She asked lifting her head to look at Haruna who’s looking down to meet her eyes.
"Un!" the girl answered with her brightest smile.
"I missed you already! Have you had breakfast?" Yuko asked as she released her embrace from the tall girls' slender body leaving her chin suspended on its chest.
"Ummm..." *giggles* "Not yet." she answered.
"Yatta! Then let's eat together! I'm starving~!!"
"Un!" Haruna replied.
Yuko grabbed the tall girl's hand and walked together. She loosened her grip and slowly let their fingers slide to intertwine.
"Our fingers... it fits... perfectly." Yuko thought smiling.
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"Oishii~~" she giggles.
"Ah, NyanNyan, why are you in Aki-P's office?" Yuko suddenly asked.
"E!" the girl in question initially reacted. She wears her bright smile and stated "Umm, I'll be in a photoshoot, next month."
"But, do you really need to personally ask him for that?" she casually questioned with just the pasta on her mind.
"Un! It'll be... overseas... for long." the girl answered in batches.
"Ehnn?" Yuko glanced at Haruna. "For how long?" she asked as she struggles with the pasta twirled on her fork.
"I don't know..." Haruna answered back with a slight tone of fear.
Yuko who's been casually taking things in noticed the change of tone in Haruna's voice. She let go of the fork, bit her lower lip and stare at the girl across her. "That's not... right." She frowned and continued battling with her pasta.
"I'm really happy that Aki-P gave a yes though. I'll do my best!"
"Hnnn? I'll miss you but, I'll be cheering on you from here then!" she lift her hands and clench her fist as she look at Haruna with a smile.
The tall girl can't help herself but giggle. "How about you? Where are you going back then?"
"Ermf loo- kirng ff yu!" the girl who's successfully won against the pasta answered with her mouth full.
"Eh?" Haruna reacted with a huge smile. "You shouldn't speak when your mouth is full, Yuuchan!"
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The usually energetic girl is peacefully sleeping beside her princess as they travel back to the studio. The long haired girl can feel her knight breathing slowly and gently. The practice earlier might be really too tiring.
"This small body of hers leaning on mine, radiating warmth that heats my heart, it's satisfying. I want to stay like this forever." she whispered.
She gave a poke on its sleeping face, checking out how deep in slumber the girl was. A gentle smile was seen on her face seeing no reaction from the other. She placed her hand above Yuko's which was carefully placed on the sides of her thighs. Her body leaned a little closer until her lips are almost a centimeter away from the tired girl's ears.
"Yuuchan... daisuki..." she whispered.
That moment seemed to stop time for her. Her eyes are firmly glued on Yuko's lips for seconds. Inside her head, words of confession wants to come out. The feeling of doing something she's been keeping for long seems to push her onto placing her lips opposite Yuko's. Her eyes closed as she pressed her lips gently onto the other, and snuggled their foreheads carefully as they part.
Noticing how uncomfortable the other is sleeping, her hands gently assisted Yuko's head to lean on her shoulders, placing it with care. "See, my shoulders height, it's exactly built for you... Yuuchan.."
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