CITRUS ~ A Long Way From Home / Trust

Chapter 34

Day 6

<<Speaking English>>

It was already early afternoon as Yuzu and Mei stood in the lobby of the hotel, waiting patiently for Tim to come pick them up. He contacted them beforehand to explain that he needed to service his town car before he arrived, so they would have to wait a short while. Which wasn't a problem since they weren't in a hurry today.

Yuzu was excited to get the chance to do some site seeing, now that all their work was over. All she knew from April was the place they were going to was near the beach. So she decided to wear a pair of shorts to blend in with everyone else.

Mei stood beside her lover, wearing one of her long skirts. Although Yuzu tried to convince her to wear something more fun and free, this is what she was comfortable wearing.

"I guess Tim's still running late"said Yuzu as she looked out the windows of the lobby. "I hope everything's ok."

"I'm sure everything's fine" said Mei as she began to sit down. "But I think we came down too early, so we'll just have to wait a little longer.

Yuzu turned to Mei, thinking of how happy she was to be spending some real time with her lover while site seeing in another country.

"Isn't this exciting Mei?" she asked. "We finally have the time to go exploring somewhere. This is gonna be so much fun."

"Did you have a chance to look up where we're going?" asked Mei.

"Kind of" said Yuzu. "All I know is it's near the beach, next to some pier that's really popular, but I keep forgetting the name. Tim said he knows how to get there, so we'll see it soon.

"It sounds like a cool place. We can explore, eat, listen to some music, and do some shopping. I can hardly wait."

Mei looked out the windows of the lobby, thinking about what they'll see when they get to where they're going.

"I have to admit" she said, "I'm actually curious as to what's out there. This will be my first time exploring a new country. So I want it to be memorable."

"Oh, I can tell this is gonna be so much fun" said Yuzu. "At least it won't be like my time with mama in Australia" said Yuzu. "I mean yeah, she did take me around to see different places, but most of the time I was with her at that seminar with nothing to do. It was kinda boring."

"You didn't do a lot here either, except for when April took you out to eat" said Mei as she turned to look at Yuzu with a curious frown.

"Of course I did... I was helping you silly" said Yuzu with a smile.

Mei looked at Yuzu oddly about her response, before giving her sister a soft smile.

<<........ oooosuu...>> said a small voice from behind.

Yuzu gasped before she and Mei turned around to recognize the small girl standing behind them with her thumb in her mouth.

<<Rudyyyy!>> she said excitedly as she knelt down to hug her tiny friend. Rudy was so happy that she squeezed her small arms around Yuzu's neck. <<I'm so happy to see you. How are you?>>

Mei smiled as she watched Yuzu lift up the little girl in her arms, remembering that Yuzu met her a few days earlier down at the pool. She was happy to see the smile on Yuzu's face while cuddling her young friend on the cheek.

<<Mei? This is my new friend, Rudy>> said Yuzu as she motioned the young brown-haired girl towards her sister. <<Rudy, this is Mei. Can you say hi?>> she said to the little girl as Mei stood up.