Lovers' serenade.

Chapter 1: The encounter.

"I'm going to be late!" Shouted a young woman as she ran toward the train station.

She tried to make her way to the station but the place was crowded and today people seemed to be all going the same way. After, several excuses she finally made her way inboard the train and sat exhausted. "Just on time." She smiled to herself.

"Excuse me..." Said an old man after a moment, looking slightly embarrassed. "I'm sorry but...I think you're sitting on my reserved seat..." The train was also crowded and it seemed like seats weren't enough.

"Oh, but I was sure..." Michiru took her bag and held out her ticket. She looked at her reservation ticket and blushed. "I'm sorry. I...I've misread." She smiled shyly, took her bag and stood up.

"It's okay, it happens to me too." Smiled back the older man, he felt sorry for the young woman though.

Once out of the wagon, Michiru sighed and looked at her ticket again. "And I was sure it was today." She was so exited to meet her sister again that she went one day ahead of the fixed date. "What am I going to do now?" She asked herself worried. She knew that there was no chance to find another seat for she had to reserve hers three months in advance and the train was already moving and won't arrive in Tokyo before four hours.

Having no other choice, the young aqua haired woman just stood in the passageway between two wagons. She leant her back against the door and held tightly her bags in her hands. "What am I going to say to Onee-san?"

She was so worried that she didn't hear the door slide open and before she could catch herself she fell back against someone.

"Are you alright?" Asked the person who had prevented the both of them to fall.

Michiru frighten by the fall had closed her eyes, but as she heard someone asking about her, she immediately opened her eyes and met beautiful teal eyes. "I...yes, I'm sorry." She said blushing profusely. She then straightened herself and was going to apologize properly when she realized that the person was a tall and beautiful woman with long blonde hair. She looked like those models from magazines she saw her friends reading.

"I'm the one who have to apologize, I didn't see you leaning...I just open the door without thinking." Replied the tall woman embarrassed.

"No, no it's my fault... I shouldn't have leant on the door...in the first place." Said quickly Michiru, she didn't know why but she felt suddenly nervous.

"You don't have a seat, do you?" Asked the blonde out of concerned.

"Ah, no... but it's not what you think." Replied Michiru embarrassed and slightly shameful.

"And what am I thinking?" Enquired the other young woman smiling.

"You...you were probably thinking that I didn't reserve my seat... on time." Replied softly Michiru blushing. She then looked away, feeling very stupid.

"Oh was I?" The blonde looked pensive an instant and then smiled at Michiru. "I tried to picture myself thinking that you didn't reserve your seat, and I don't know why but... just to look at you make me think that you probably misread your reservation ticket. Am I right?"

"How do you know?" Asked incredulously Michiru, but then as she realized her question she blushed again. "I mean, that's what happened." She then whispered.

"Do you want to come to my cabin, then?" Asked softly the tall blonde woman.

Michiru looked up surprised by the offer, she didn't know that this kind of person did really exist. Her mother was always telling her, even now that she is nineteen, that people out there -meaning big cities- were all selfish and greedy and that she shouldn't speak to strangers. However, as she stared at those eyes shinning with gentleness, she couldn't help her mind to follow what her heart told her was right. "If it doesn't inconvenient you, then I accept."

"I did ask you." Smiled the blonde. "Anyway I'm glad you accepted. Otherwise I would have worried over you...standing here alone for four hours." Said the blonde woman as she took her bag. "It's just two wagon down, I think." She said opening the door in front of them. "Oh by the way, my name is Pearson Haruka. Nice to meet you." She added as she stretched her hand.

Michiru looked at the blonde's hand and then at the smiling face and smiled as well. "Kaiou Michiru. Nice to meet you too Pearson-san." She took the offered hand in hers and shook hand with Haruka.

"Please call me Haruka, I'm not used to being called by my lastname." Smiled Haruka.

"Hai…Haruka-san, only if you call me Michiru then." Bowed Michiru smiling.

.:x:.

As she sat exhausted in her seat, Michiru couldn't help but to look around in astonishment. The cabin was spacious, at least for two people and it seemed to be well equipped and very comfortable. 'Might cost a lot.' She thought to herself.

"Do you want something to drink?" Asked Haruka smiling, she was kneeling in front of a small refrigerator.

Michiru just stare at the kneeling woman, she was really like those models she saw in magazine. She was tall, lean, beautiful skin and her hair was like the sun, shinning with different shades and waved passed her shoulder. The jean she wore cling to her form perfectly and her low-cut white shirt showed her fine shape and her beautiful pendant. 'She's really attractive...and everything in her scream expensive.' She thought to herself her eyes still on the young blonde woman. 'Not like me at all...'

"Do I look like someone you know?" Asked the kneeling woman smiling. Hearing no answer from the other, she took out two cans of soft drink and handed one to Michiru. "Here, it's cool." She said sitting in the opposite seat.

"Ah...thank you. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stare." Replied Michiru embarrassed. She was so intrigued by the woman sitting in front of her that she forgot all her proper manners. 'Mom would have a heart attack if she knew.' She smiled to herself.

"It's okay, I'm used to it. Anyway, is it the first time you're visiting Tokyo?" Haruka asked out of curiosity.

"Well, yes. My older sister moved to Tokyo last year and she was so busy with work that she couldn't afford to come back home. So I decided to visit her." Replied Michiru looking out the window, a distant expression in her eyes.

The blonde stared at the young woman sitting in front of her and was intrigued. Michiru had a pretty face, soft aqua hair and beautiful deep blue eyes but in her plain clothes she looked like an average girl. As Haruka kept staring at the person in front her, she was suddenly reminded of one of her friends who suddenly started wearing plain baggy clothes. 'I hope she is not pregnant and that she is not coming to Tokyo to abort.' She thought seriously. 'She's what seventeen, eighteen? Anyway, I have to make sure she is not going to endanger herself.'

Not knowing how to get onto the subject though, Haruka finally decided to play safe. "Say Michiru-san... do you have a boyfriend?" She asked looking out the windows. She was embarrassed to ask such a forward question to someone she merely know but she wanted to make sure the aqua haired girl was not going to make a foolish step.

Michiru taken aback by the question, looked at Haruka with wide eyes. She then saw a blush crept into Haruka's cheeks and blushed herself. "I... No… I don't have one." She replied and kept her eyes fixed on her folding hands on her lap.

Haruka closed her eyes and sighed, relieved that she had jumped on conclusion too quickly. She smiled and opened her eyes but her smile faded as her eyes took on the girl before her. 'I didn't sound like I was checking on her, right?' She suddenly asked herself mentally.

However, the more she thought about it the more she came to the realization that she might have sounded a little bit that way. She wasn't an expert in asking out someone and even less asking out a woman. She tried to find a way out of this uncomfortable silence and situation, but she could only looked away and blushed even harder. 'Find something to say!' She reminded herself. "Hmm, Are you on vacation?" She finally asked.

"Ah, well... yes." Replied Michiru after a moment. Her heart was beating fiercely and she didn't know why it started and how to end it's throbbing. "And what about you… Haruka-san?" She managed to ask. She then tried desperately to stop her heart madness.

"I was, I only got two weeks off." Haruka answered softly. She was glad Michiru didn't think she was checking on her otherwise she would have to explain the true meaning behind her question. 'But why did I think she thought I was checking on her in the first place?' She thought to herself.

'Girls don't think like this after all...ah this is all because of them.' She never really paid attention to what her friends were telling her, but maybe she should have. They were always telling her how she could easily attract both gender and how lucky she was. However for her, it wasn't a good luck but rather a bad luck. She never really met someone who loved her for who she really was but more for her look and that what she despised the most now. She had been too disappointed, friends and boyfriends were only after her look and wealth. 'And her, how would she reacts?'

However, her chain of thought was interrupted as the train violently stopped. She then suddenly felt heavy, slowly she opened her eyes and was greeted by Michiru's form in her arms. 'Her perfume...'

The aqua haired woman taken aback by the violent stop was thrown forward. As Michiru slowly came to her sense, she felt a warm feeling beneath her and knew she fell on Haruka. Blushing, she tried to straighten herself but feeling dizzy from the brutal stop, she lost her balance again. However, this time Haruka held her and as she opened her eyes she was greeted by Haruka's intense eyes. 'We...we are only inches apart...' She thought as she stared into those beautiful teal eyes.

Haruka didn't know what to do, she was too captivated by Michiru blue eyes to really realize their compromising position. However she didn't have time to think about it, as the door was slammed open heavily. "Are you...both… alright ?" Asked a young woman who seemed to be part of the train crew. The young woman tried to hide her surprise and her blush but failed miserably.

Michiru was the first one to recover, blushing profusely she jerked from Haruka's arms and sat fidgeting in her seat. Haruka on the other hand, looked surprised by the sudden act but didn't pay much attention to it as one of the controller came behind the still blushing young woman and glanced from the doorframe. "My apologize, it seems like the rails got damaged and that we'll have to repair it before we can depart again." He announced to Haruka who seemed to be the only one to acknowledge him.

"I see, so how long we'll be delayed?" Asked Haruka calmly.

"We're not sure yet, but maybe we'll have to wait... one to two hours." The controller replied embarrassed and nervous. He had announced it to the other travelers and they were all furious at him for the delay the accident occasioned. Especially those who were in their private cabin, so he kind of anticipated a furious blonde too.

"Okay, thank you for the information." Said Haruka, she then smiled at him as if to say that he was dismissed.

The controller was surprised by the blonde's response, he never expected any kind of gratitude for doing his job and less from a wealthy person. "I...It's nothing, anyway if you need anything just call." He told Haruka smiling.

"I will." Replied Haruka smiling back. The controller bowed and then left the doorframe, but not without taking with him the still blushing woman.

After a moment of silence, Haruka looked at Michiru and saw that the smaller woman had her head down. "Are you okay, Michiru-san ?" She asked from her seat. "Are you hurt somewhere?" Enquired Haruka worried. The stop was violent and she feared Michiru might have hurt herself somewhere when she was thrown out of her seat.

Michiru didn't look up, she was in turmoil and she feared her eyes would betray her. 'My heart...is where I'm hurt, and I even don't know why.' She thought sadly, putting her hand above her heart.

After a deep breath though, Michiru looked up and tried to give the blonde a believable answer. "I'm okay, it was just...so sudden." She replied with a forced smile.

"If you say so, but promise me that if you start to feel that you're hurt anywhere, you will let me know, okay?" Haruka's eyes was so transparent when she said it that Michiru could clearly see that the blonde was really concerned about her well being and it made her smile slightly. "Yes, I promise."

"Good." Said Haruka smiling. She then leant her head on her palm and looked out the windows. "We'll be delayed for one to two hours..." She stated and then turned her head to Michiru and asked. "Is it okay with you?"

Michiru stared at Haruka perplexed, she didn't know what the blonde meant by that.

Haruka saw the puzzled expression on the aqua haired woman face and smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, I didn't make any sense, right? What I meant was that if it was okay with you to arrive later than planned to Tokyo."

"Oh, hm I don't know. I was supposed to arrive tomorrow anyway... so I think my older sister won't be waiting for me." Replied Michiru. However as soon as she finished her sentence, she realized with dismay that she didn't know how to get to her sister's house and worse that she probably didn't have enough money to take a cab. Michiru suddenly looked uneasy and a little frighten by her whereabouts.

"Do you... maybe need a lift?" Asked the blonde woman as she saw a panic expression crossed the aqua haired woman's face. She was a little embarrassed though to offer to drive Michiru home because of her earlier forward question, but she couldn't let Michiru to wander alone in the train station, especially in Tokyo.

Michiru was surprised, she hadn't even thought of asking the blonde woman to give her a lift, but here she was generously offered one. "Well, I think I will need one...but I don't want to bother you, if you really have something else to do, then I will find another way." She said smiling uncomfortably. She was glad that Haruka did offer her a lift but she didn't want to be a burden too.

"I wouldn't ask, if I couldn't make it." Replied Haruka smiling.

"Thank you then." Said Michiru smiling. She was relieved she wouldn't have to wander helplessly alone to find her way to her sister's house. Haruka will give her a lift and she will even be able to pay Setsuna a surprise visit. "I'm really happy I've met you, Haruka-san." She then added smiling cheerfully.

.:x:.

"Ah... that was a long trip!" Exclaimed Michiru as she got off the train. It was already dark outside and people were all walking fast in order to get home rapidly.

Before getting off the train, Haruka put on a black trench coat and held her hair up and tied them into a ponytail. She then took out a black cap and put it on. 'Play safe.' She reminded herself smiling. Tokyo station was really crowded and even if people were busying themselves to get to the subway, Haruka didn't want to be stared at. "Are you ready?" She asked Michiru once she got off the train and found her standing and waiting.

"I...hm well yes." Replied Michiru after a moment, she didn't recognize the blonde at first for she was now wearing a black coat, a black cap and had her hair tied up but she did recognize the soft voice. And as she looked up she met the same beautiful teal eyes. 'Very unique.' She thought while staring at the blonde face and then smiled. "It's a pity she doesn't like to share though..." Michiru whispered.

The tall blonde just watched Michiru walked toward the exit with a questioning expression on her face and then decided to follow. "I'm clueless..."

.:x:.

"You really don't remember where you parked your car?" Asked Michiru laughing softly. They have been looking around for a while, but didn't find Haruka's car.

"I'm sorry, I was in a rush so... I didn't have time to check the hall number before leaving..." Replied Haruka blushing. "But I'm sure it was on this floor." She said as she pressed on her car's key without paying attention. From their right, the sound of an opening lock might be heard and they both turned their head to a black car at the same time.

Haruka recognized her car and then turned to Michiru. "Well, I think I finally found my car." She smiled joyfully and walked toward her car.

Michiru still stood in her spot, staring at the black sport's car. 'You're kidding? She is too young to own this kind of car.' She thought astonished. 'Or maybe she's older than I thought...'

"You coming?" Called the blonde, she had already put her bags in the trunk and was waiting for Michiru.

"Ah, yes." Said Michiru as she walked to Haruka. They were so many questions in her mind right now but she didn't dare to ask. 'That's not my business.' She reminded herself.

Haruka seemed to be surprised that Michiru didn't ask her anything about the car but she was glad she didn't. She did see the amazed look on Michiru though once they found the car but she was glad the aqua haired woman didn't pry to know the why and how, like the others did. It would have annoyed her because she really grew to like this young woman. "Oh by the way, don't forget to seize your seatbelt tightly." Winked the blonde.

Michiru looked at Haruka and then at the black sport's car and back to Haruka. "Oh my...I've came across a crazy driver!" She exclaimed feigning indignation but then laughed and get on the passenger seat. "But I wouldn't want it any other way." She whispered looking out the window as the car left the airport. "For anything..."

.:x:.

An: Hm I got bored from studying so I started writing this in between. I don't know if it's a good start or not... but I think it's still okay. I wanted to write a one shot at first but unfortunately my mind just likes to keep imagining a whole story! Hope you like it so far.