Mai Otome Fan Fiction ❯ The Truth Hurts ❯ Chaper 2: Shiho ( Chapter 2 )

Author Notes: I hadn't originally planed on doing a second chapter for this but I felt Shiho's story needed to be told as well so here it is.

 

Chapter 2: Shiho

 

Juliet Nao Zhang, The Break String Spinal, the girl currently lying in my bed cuddling against my pillow. Juliet likes to cuddle and I would have never guessed that about her. It's so cute and there is nothing cute about Juliet! What I really want is to wind her into oblivion for what she's done to me. Even so, as I sit here on the sofa in my room wearing only her coat I wonder how she got there. The window is still open and was Juliet's choice of entry point; I pull the coat tighter as a cool breeze brushes past me. The coat smells like Juliet and I think to myself knowing that is why I am wearing it. Or it could be because the towel I had on is laying on the floor in pieces. I had been minding my own business coming out of the shower when I saw rather then felt her element cut my towel to pieces. With skill that only Juliet Nao Zhang could have she had managed to completely destroy my favorite towel while not leaving a mark on me. Such a bitch! Yet again, I don't mind, strangely.

 

One thing had lead to another and before I knew it she had thrown me to the bed. This is how it normally is for us. Most people see that we fight all the time and one would never believe that we have these nighttime encounters. When Juliet first approached me about it I thought she was fucking with my mind but ever since that day she has, well, been fucking me. She produced a toy, a strap-on that she intended to use on me. But I wasn't just going to give it up and, as always, I fought her. Nothing we have ever done has been easy. We fight nonstop but as I usually do, to much my dismay and frustration, give into her. I never noticed it until several months ago. I was at Garderobe conducting my yearly reviews and after we had sex I came to a realization that has haunted me every night since then. I always gave into Juliet because I am in love with her. And as absurd as it all seems I am Shiho Huit. The dreaded 'spiral' that everyone hates. I don't like anyone let alone love anyone! But, as fate would have it, I am in love with Juliet. She once told me that she chose me because I would never fall in love with her. At one time I believed that. But it seems we were both wrong.

 

I never thought I would tell you the truth that I loved you. I knew that if I did you would leave and never come back. To be honest I rather have just your body then not have you at all. Though as we had sex tonight something seemed off you seemed conflicted and I thought I recognized it but I didn't want to get my hopes up. It was the same way I had acted when it clicked for me. You seemed torn between admiring me and thoroughly fucking me as you always did. I thought for a second you were going to finish up without me and leave me with my ass in the air like you had so many times before. But then you held back. That is when I broke when I started crying. I praying I was right and that you felt the same way. If not I mentally prepared excuses to why I was crying. You had hurt me that was the best one that came to my mind. You would love that one and torment me nonstop about being weak. Then some god somewhere out there answered my prayers. I heard you whisper it in my ear and my world just came tumbling down.

 

You gasped and looked at me I couldn't help but smile at you. You had this look on your face like you weren't sure if you could take the words back or if you even wanted to take them back. I reached up and pressed my finger to your lips before I gently kissed your cheek and whispered that it was ok. You began to cry forcing me to cry even more then I already was. I knew it was true you loved me as you repeated it over and over again. Then you just fell into my arms and started to drift to sleep I had to do something before you fell asleep so I repeated your words doing that which I swore I never would do, confess my feelings. After that I spent several hours watching you sleep unable to believe that you were still here. In all the years we have had this arrangement it had never made it to this point. The rule was whenever we finished we parted ways sometimes without a word spoken but most often with a snide remark towards each other. I really didn't sleep much last night. I couldn't but when I finally did I am sure that smile was still on my face as I cuddled up close to you. I know it was on your face.

 

Which brings us to now, you were still here when I woke up I was sure it was all just a dream but it wasn't. I have to admit I was scared. I carefully got out of bed being sure not to wake you then made my way over to this sofa, where I have spent the last hour staring at you. The sun is climbing into the sky and I long to go over to you to hold and kiss you but I fear that I do you will have done all this just to fuck with my mind like always. Somewhere inside of me I find the courage to stand and walk over to you. I sit on the edge of the bed and stroke my hand through your short hair, red just like mine. Who would have ever thought, here we are two members of the red headed bitch club in love with each other. Slowly you start to wake up and stretch much like a cat. Your eyes meet with mine and before I can say anything even though I had no clue what I would have said you capture my lips in a kiss. It feels so good yet so strange your kiss is soft filled with so much love. “Morning beautiful,” you say to me. I wish you a good morning as well then ask if you want to take a shower. On the way I pause and turn to you only able to say your name. You stop me with another kiss and then wash away all my worries with a few words.

 

“Shiho, it's alright I love you too.”

 

The end…