Crescent Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Lovelier Than Thou ❯ Shaking Hands With Fate ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Chapter 2: Shaking Hands With Fate

A soft stream of light penetrated past the pastel blue curtains that were drawn over the window. The figured hidden beneath the blankets mumbled and groaned, waking up from her slumber. The poor thing was tangled in it's sheets and as it struggled to get out, managed to scoot off the edge of the bed. She landed on the ground with a soft thud, her blanket falling around her.

She squinted as the light passed over her, entering her eyes. A cat like hiss escaped from her as she buried herself underneath her blankets, curling up on the floor.

“Princess? Are you okay?” the worried voice of Misoka came through the door.

When she didn't answer Misoka opened the door, a worried Akira behind him. The two stopped briefly as they saw a pile of blankets on the floor and a lump in the middle. Not that Mahiru had ever been an early riser but this was the first time she hadn't even made an effort to stay on the bed.

“Mahiru?” Akira asked moving forward and gingerly lifting the blanket up.

Mahiru groaned and swatted lazily at Akira trying to get him to lower the blanket once more and let her sleep. She yawned and stretched curling back, her shirt lifting above her stomach as she rolled further into the blankets. Her blue eyes opened slightly as she gazed up at Akira wondering what he was doing there. Grumpily she reached up and tugged the edge of the blanket away from Akira wrapping it around her.

Misoka chuckled slightly from the door and turned around waving at Akira to follow him. Akira turned fighting away the blush that had appeared on his cheeks. Minutes later Mahiru, to her disdain, couldn't fall back asleep. With a sigh she lay on the floor, her eyes open, staring into the darkness of her blanket.

Deciding she might as well go get herself showered and dressed she lifted her feet and kicked away the blanket. At first it didn't move much, seeing as she had managed to get half of it rolled underneath her. A frown appeared on her face as she kicked at the blankets again scooting them slowly from underneath her. Mahiru's eyes sharpened in a glare as she gave one last kick, squeaking slightly as the blanket gave away easily letting her legs pop through. Again she lay there for a moment contemplating whether or not she wanted to get up yet. With a shrug she lifted her hands and battled the blanket off of her.

Drowsily she sat up, her limbs feeling like led. With a groan she moved forward, balancing herself on all fours. With a determined glare she began to crawl towards the door. Kicking at the blanket as it tried to snare her feet to tug her back in the warm cocoon of sleep. Struggling she took a hold of the side of her table and pulled herself up. Her head turned to the side as she looked over her room, trying to find something to wear. Mahiru let herself drop back to the floor as she crawled to the closet. Opening it she reached up and began to tug clothes down to the floor. After having found suitable clothes she used her closet door to help herself back up.

Satisfied that she was standing Mahiru headed towards the bathroom half asleep. Her hand reached out for the knob, and after a moments resistance the knob turned admitting her to the bathroom. She noticed somewhere in the back of her mind that it was strangely humid in the bathroom and it looked as if the mirror was fogged over. With a shrug she turned on the water on the sink so that she could brush her teeth.

Still tired and drowsy Mahiru let her clothes drop to the floor as she closed the door. Confused she checked and saw that the lock was already there. She wondered briefly why she had been able to open the door but let it drop. Deciding she was tired of standing she let herself drop onto the toilet seat. Leaning her head forward she closed her eyes breathing softly.

Behind the curtain Mitsuru was holding his breath glad for the bubbles that hid his figure. He had heard Mahiru come in and was about to open his mouth to yell at her to get out. He had lost his opportunity as he had heard Mahiru close the door. He glanced through the folds of the shower curtain and noticed she was falling asleep again.

`At this rate I'll be in the bathtub until I'm in my thirties,' Mitsuru thought as he sank lower into water.

To his luck Mahiru jerked up as she felt her body fall off and towards the ground. With a sigh she moved forward and as she got her tooth brush she wriggled out of her pants, kicking them down and flipping them into the corner. She brushed her teeth and bent back to the floor to get her clothes. With another tired sigh she began to tug on her pants, yawning as she did. She reached her hands back and began to fumble with the hook on her bra strap. After a few tries she finally got it and tugged her shirt over her head.

With a nod at herself in the blurry mirror she opened the door and headed out, closing the lights before she closed the door.

“Uhm…Mahiru?”

Mahiru turned to find Nozomu staring at her with the oddest look on his face. Feeling more awake already she smiled at him.

“Good morning Nozomu, was there something you wanted?” she asked tilting her head to the side.

`She didn't notice?' Nozomu wondered as he glanced at the bathroom and noticed that the light was being turned on. `Apparently not.' “Nothing, nothing, are you excited about the new girl coming today?” Nozomu asked.

Mahiru nodded as she began to walk downstairs, Nozomu following her with a smile. “Yes, I can't wait until she comes! I have a feeling that many things are going change for us while she's here,” Mahiru commented with a smile as they reached the bottom of the stairs.

They walked past the entrance and into the kitchen that was left for the people of the Moonshine. Mahiru smiled and nodded her morning to Akira who was cooking breakfast.

“Where you in my room this morning I could've sworn I saw you in there,” Mahiru asked as she seated herself at the table.

Akira laughed a bit nervously trying to banish the image of Mahiru from his mind. “We just came in to check on you,” Akira explained as she set aside some of the eggs.

“Oh, thank you I guess,” Mahiru said with a smile as she stood up to get herself a glass of water.

“When's this new girl coming over anyway?” Nozomu asked as he lounged back in his chair having nothing useful to do.

“Right now,” a voice from the door said.

The group gathered in the kitchen turned around to find Oboro standing in the doorway. As he said that Mitsuru appeared from the second door to the kitchen. He stopped walking and turned towards Oboro, question marks floating over his head.

“May I introduce our newest guest,” he said as he stepped to the side,” Everyone, this is Yukimi Shinji.”

Oboro had stepped aside to reveal a beautiful woman. She had long perfect raven hair that fell over her shoulders in waves. Her eyes were emerald green and shone brightly as if they were gems. She had pale, perfect skin and soft, red, plump lips that matched her perfectly. Yukimi had perfect curves and a decent chest. She wasn't short but not tall either. She had an air of insecurity around her but in her emerald eyes shone strength.

The group stared at her speechless for a moment, transfixed by the Goddess in front of them.

“Uhm, hi there Shinji,” Mahiru said stepping forward and extending her hand, “I'm Mahiru Shiraishi.”

Yukimi smiled as she grasped Mahiru's hand firmly.

“The decedent of the Princess. I've heard so much about you. It is an honor to finally meet you,” she said letting go of Mahiru's hand.

As the rest of the group stood forward to ask her question and introduce herself Mahiru hung back, cradling her hand. Had she been imagining or had there been a look of malice in Yukimi's eyes as they had shaken hands.

`You're hallucinating,' Mahiru told herself as she shook her head.

Still, she couldn't help but feel threatened by Yukimi.

AUTHORS BLAH BLAH

Mistress: There, the second chapter. Damn it. I need to write more but my ass is numb and I'm tried as fuck. (yawns) If you noticed it got a bit more choppy at the end, maybe I'll come back and fix that when I'm not falling over dead xD. Anyway, so I hope this was better than the original chapter, a bit more detail's been added. I think it's a nice change. So yeah. Leave a review on your way out.