call for you -part 1

disclaimer : i dont own mai-hime, nor why does it hurt so bad, nor gossip girl. and Vertical Smile word, i know its vulgar so excuse my pun, but i really like it as i like as twat ;p
this is an alternative universe of mai-hime, i dedicate this story for my fave couple : shiznat.
enjoy.



her life was better since the day she had left natsuki. she found someone who loved her and served her everything she wanted. her heart stayed at ease, or she became numb, she didnt know the difference. when she thought back to her times with natsuki, she knew that her decisions right.
six years after she left natsuki, there was a big and black hole in her heart. it absorbed every tiny emotion she had, even she didnt need to wear any mask anymore because it was truly her emotion that was written all over her face. an empty, pale with a smile plastered on it.
she got everything that she wanted. a partner who would serve her a good tea, who let her read the newspaper first in the morning, who didnt monopolize her notebook, never stray alone with a distant stare and would never retort her back.
her tears had run dry, six years after she left natsuki. natsuki only left her with no light on the other edge of her way. her last huge fight with natsuki simply had ended their live together, they then walked their own pathways.
natsuki had always had her wild side, shizuru couldnt contain it. her racing hobby had made shizuru weary. everytime she had injured herself, it had made shizurus heart stop beating. she loved natsuki, thats why she stayed. not until natsuki had gotten another injury and had made her coma for 3 days. after that, natsuki had kept on racing and played other dangerous things she didnt want to tell what. shizuru had enough. all the insecures had made her fall and natsuki couldnt hurt her anymore eventually.
but six years after that she kept on delirium-ing natsukis name in her sleep. she kept on searching one face between the others in her dreams. she had enough but she kept on loving natsuki. she had enough but she kept on hurt by natsuki.

"and how about natsuki kuga ?"
"excuse me ?"
"the picture of natsuki kuga"
"i thought we talk about my work"
"it was your work. the one thats being the first row on the search engine for natsuki kugas picture"
"i dont have it, so..."
"well, actually, i have it. this one"
shizuru took the picture.
"it could be called natsuki kugas most well-known image"
shizuru stayed still. she was searching deep within her heart a clever way to comment on this one. she couldnt ruin her first personal interview with a very well-known magazine, called Vertical Smile, that would write about her important position being a new CEO of her familys company. the interview included her past works and experiences. and all about the awards she has been received. she had received a photography award from her high school for her picture of natsuki she had captured during their high school together. she had named the picture "love".
"do you think you were able to take such an incredible picture of natsuki kuga because of how much you in love with her ?"
"well, i wasnt in love with her...um.."
there ensued a strained silence.
"...that much," shizuru ended.


shizuru opened a card. the card that Vertical Smile magazine had given to her in the end of the interview. the card of invitation to come to the 3rd annyversary of Vertical Smiles cafe. Cortex.
she did know why people loved Vertical Smile. but she didnt know why people loved its cafe, too. so, she came to the party. there, she intrigued by its new promotion : call for you. it said that all you had to do was just write down a name of a person you wanted to meet/talk with, as long as he/she was in town, Cortex would try to reach him/her to arrange your meeting at Cortex. she didnt realize whose name she wrote on that blank paper of call for you until she collected it.