Chapter 2
Landscaper!Fate
It was another one of those nights, the kind that you just can’t calm down to go to sleep. Fate was out again walking the streets in order to get rid of some excess energy. She had reached the furthest point she wanted to travel to and just her luck there was Princess, walking her way on the other side of the street. Fate did a mental face palm before she decided to cross the street. When that timid girl caught Fate in her eyes she gave a small wave and waited till Fate reached her to continue on.
“I thought I told you Princess, perverts walk the streets out here.”
“But I wanted to get some fresh air…”
“Ok, whatever.”
They continued whatever way Princess wanted to go. Eventually Princess she struck up conversation. “I hope you didn’t get into any trouble.”
Fate had to think about this for a second, “You mean your dad?” She let out a small snicker. “Bossman ended up reaming out
his ass for giving me a hard time and for refusing to sign. True I should have had him sign before I did any additional work but still, he acted like an asshole.”
“…Sorry.”
“Not your problem that your father’s a dick.”
Princess just looked to the side after that comment. They walked a half a block before a new interruption showed up.
“Hay girls,” Two guys popped out of nowhere and got behind them, “wanta go to a party?” Fate glanced over at Princess who cringed when a hand was placed on her shoulder. Fate felt a hand on her shoulder as well knowing damn well how this was going to turn out.
“We’re not interested,” the blonde stated to the guys. She tried to walk off but that damn hand was still on her with a little bit of a grip.
“Oh come on, don’t be that way. You girls are much better that the rest of the sluts at the party.” Princess was starting to get real panicky, signaling to Fate that she couldn’t beat around the bush.
“
Hands…off…NOW” Fate’s voice dripped with venom.
“You don’t know what you’re…AHUGG!”
Princess glanced at the one behind her and saw that he was in pain. Darting her eyes at Fate she witness her bring back one hand and pull a canister from behind her with the other. She sprayed her confused attacker in the eyes and glared with furry at the other one.
“GET LOST!”
“WHY YOU LITTLE…” The one that was not blinded was cut short again by Fate with another swipe of her hand. This time Princess noticed that the man acquired a fresh cut across his face. Looking back at Fate she watched as she put away a knife. Fate grabbed Princess’ hand and pulled her along.
“THAT’S why you don’t go walking out at night in this neighborhood.”
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“Well… here it is,” Fate pulled the key out from the door and opened it to let Princess through. She watched as the girl, still shaken up by the attempted attack, walked into her apartment. It wasn’t much and looked like any low income apartment: dull, messy, and in need of some repairs. The fidgety girl looked around for a bit before staring at Fate.
“You can sit on the couch you know…”
“Oh… Ok.”
Fate crashed right next to Princess on the couch. After a stretch she brought one arm to rest on the back of the couch on Princess’ side. With a sigh she tried to gather some subject the two could talk about.
“So, why did you sneak out this time?”
‘The girl cant be going out just for some fresh air.’
“I just wanted to be outside”
“Bullshit.”
‘But damn is that shy voice sexy.’
“No, really,” Princess started to play with her hands, “I wanted to get out of the house.” The girl glanced over at Fate, “I wanted to go somewhere new.”
“Why don’t you go places during the day?” Princess gave Fate look at her like she was being a smart ass. “No, seriously, you going walking outside at night alone and something bad is bound to happen.”
“Daddy doesn’t let me go places alone…”
Fate chewed on this for a minuet. “Why don’t you ask your friends to go out with you?”
“You mean Suzuka and Arisa? They’re not really my friends… We just know each other from private school. Besides they are married and don’t have a lot of free time.”
“Not friends huh? I wouldn’t have guessed that by the conversation you three were having.” Fate shifted her arm to drape over Princess’ shoulder.
“Well, um…” she shifted a little under the new weight on her, “It wasn’t all that interesting. It was mostly about stuff I don’t care for like what their husbands do, decorating, and who’s who stuff.”
Fate let out a chuckle “So I wasn’t the only one board to death. I only listened to part of it hoping you would start talking about your sex lives. I was hoping to find out what kind of ‘toys’ Princess likes to play with.”
“Fate that’s…” Princess was blushing furiously under this new assumption, “it’s not right to do that kind of thing.”
“Well I guess that you have to stay all clean in your society. Just lay there and let the man do his business. Sex would have made a better conversation piece but… oh well.” The girl under her arm was now beat red. Beat red but ever so slightly leaning into the light embrace supplied by her arm. About ten minutes went by before Princess spoke up again.
“I should be getting back, Daddy might find out I’m gone.” She made a movement to get up but sat back down again. “Fate? Could you… if I want to go out at night… Will you walk with me?”
Fate pondered on this before getting up to pull Princess to her feet. “Yea I’ll walk with you.”
‘Man would it suck to be cooped up in one place for so long’ “But umm… what the hell is your name?”
Princess just stared at Fate blankly before realizing she never told her her name. “umm…” a signature blush, “My name is Nanoha.”
“Nanoha,” a pause, “Na-no-ha,” a sexy moan, “
Nanoha… Yea I think I could say that in the throws of passion.” She waited until Nanoha could look at her again before continuing “Come on Princess Nanoha, if we don’t get you back home you’ll turn from a tramp back into a Princess.”
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Fate looked at her work order.
‘Says to check that side beds and figure out why a patch of shrubs and ornamental grass are dieing.’ She found the patch in questioned and made a quick examination.
‘This looks like its been….’ Lattice caught her eye and she looked one story up to a window. “Ohhh…”
‘I’m so having a talk with that girl.’
= = = = =
Fate leaned up against the light post and taped her foot. With a sigh and a shiver she taped her head against the post.
‘God I feel like I’ve been stood up’ She looked around and checked her watch. 12:36.
‘If the cops come by they’ll take me in for being some common whore or something… No wait, only “escort services” come knocking around these neighborhoods.’ “So wait… does that make me an upscale whore?”
“Fate…” Nanoha called out quietly jogging down the street.
“Sup, Princess…” Fate turned to great the girl and then went on to walk next to her. “Did you fall on your pretty little ass this time?”
Princess blushed not at the complement of her derrière but at the action, “How did you know I fall…”
“I’ve seen the trample marks at what I believe is your bedroom window.”
“Sorry…”
“Don’t be, at least now I know what window to crawl through to get some late night nookie.” Fate finished her sentence with a pinch of Nanoha’s side. She squirmed a little but continued on her way. “So where to this time Princess, I am at your service…” Fate couldn’t help but bow.
Nanoha thought about it for a little bit while they made their way to the less desirable part of town. “Let’s go to your apartment.”
“Ohhh….” Fate let a grin slip through “You want to go back to my place,” She looped an arm around one of Nanoha’s, “you get strait to the point don’t you.”
Nanoha pretty much knew what Fate implied, “I just think that your place is safe. I don’t need to be walking all over the place to get out of the house.”
“Point taken.”
The rest of the way was made in relative silence. Princess was embarrassed with Fate having a hand looped around hers, but it felt nice that someone was holding her hand… Once at the apartment she sat down properly on the strangely comfy old couch.
“Do you want anything to drink or much on?
‘Like me.’
“No... No thank you.”
“Ok,” Fate plopped right next to Nanoha and instantly put an arm around her. She got the expected blush and squirm but before Nanoha could ask anything Fate decided to probe something lingering in the back of her mind. “So why where you all fidgety in the convenience store that one night?”
“Oh, well… like I said before I don’t get out much so...” She paused and hung her head, “I have never been in one before.”
“So that’s why you looked like you where buying your first sex toy in there?”
“I looked like I was? Ohh….” The embarrassed girl buried her face into her palms, “I was nervous and I need to buy something… you don’t go into a store if you don’t want to buy something right?”
Fate started to rub the girls shoulder. “Your one nervous little girl, but you know what, that’s kind of hot.”
Princess moved her hand and took a peak at Fate, “Why do you say such things?”
“Because I’m a pervert, and you are a sexy women.” Fate’s voice started to get deep.
“I heard that people tease other people like that but… why are you calling me sexy?”
Fate brought her arm from around Princess’ shoulder and placed both hands on the other girl’s one leg. Shifting around Fate was now kneeling on the couch facing Nanoha. “Because, I’m coming on to you.”
“Wait… You’re hitting on me like…”
“That’s right” Fate grinned in a soft voice, “I’m queerer than a football bat.” She moved her hands from Nanoha’s leg up to her sides, traveled to her wrists and griped them firmly. She shifted the Princess around so that she could pin her lying down on the couch. When positioned over her Fate when down and rested her cheek against Nanoha’s. She whispered huskily into her ear, “It’s a shame you don’t know how sexy you are… So let me make you feel how sexy you are.” Fate lifted herself up to look at her catch. It was nothing new; she did this to the drunken girls at parties, the girls that went go through an “I hate men” phase, any girl that is too shy.
She looked into Nanoha’s eyes. Those blue, deep, beautiful,
terrified eyes. They pierced right through Fate. Slowly she loosened her grip on Princess’ wrists. The rest of her body lost its firmness and just slumped down. She could feel Nanoha testing her movements to see if she could escape. It didn’t really matter, her mind had gone blank spare those blue eyes.
‘I… She was...’ a body slowly moved out from under her.
‘Why did I?’ The body began to slowly walk away. She could feel the other one trembling.
‘If she leaves now… It will be… I would never...’ Snapped out of her trance, Fate jumped from the couch and grabbed onto Nanoha’s hand. Princess stiffened at the contact but Fate didn’t let go. They stood there for a long time, neither one saying a word.
“I’m… Sorry.” Fate’s voice was laced with defeat. It took her a while to gather her thoughts. “I should have never have done that.” Fate couldn’t hold her head up. She was ashamed for once. “Yes… I am attracted to you, but what I did was…” A pause, “wrong.” She gently let go of the hand and kept her sight on the floor. Nanoha turned around and brought her hands together, rubbing them to calm herself down.
Meekly she made a request, “Walk me home… Please?”
“Yes… Princess.”