Vermouth01

"Don't let anyone else see your tears. They belong to me, and only me."

That promise we made...

I broke it.

It's a fact that women get emotional during that time of the month. It's nature, and it's because of all the hormone level changes, or something like that.

Well, the case was that, on that particular week, I happened to be very stressed and frustrated, because of work. Let me tell you, being on your girl's days, and working to the point of anxiety and mental exhaustion, doesn't exactly make you the most emotionally stable person.

"Oh god, I'm sorry!" The new guy, Eito, apologized over and over again, as he kneeled down by my side to pick up the can of paint he had tipped over. The white painting had spilled across the large poster that I was titling. This poster, that so many children had drawn on for an event.

I had spent way too long trying to make this event happen. When it was approved, they had me be in charge of it, naturally. My only issue was that they had left me alone to get everything done for it. I coordinated everything on top of my usual duties at the observatory.

The little stars that the neighborhood children drew where now, for the most part, ruined by a clumsy mistake. The only people who helped me, where those kids, and in fact, the only stress relief I had was watching them happily draw on the large, dark blue poster, hoping that the next time they came around, it would be displayed.

The thought of having to disappoint them because of this made me feel incredibly guilty.

Now add all the other things, and you get...

'Oh gods, please no'

My hands stopped trying to clean up the mess, and I froze after ending my depressing thoughts about the kids.

I couldn't bring myself to be upset at the him, so instead..

The new guy, looked up and as soon as he saw me, he scrambled to calm me down.

"M-Miss... p-please... forgive me! I'm really, really sorry." He waved his hands frantically in front of me trying to figure out what to do with this grown woman who was sobbing in front of him over spilled paint.

I hid my face with the back of one of my hands, looking down miserably at what I considered (at that time) the worst thing ever.

Eito, put a hand on my shoulder and faced me, trying to somehow, do something about me.

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I got the rest of the day off after the manager saw me. I felt bad that I couldn't finish the day, and help everyone out, but honestly, I have to say, I really needed the time to chill out.

I wanted to see Leon and talk to him, but of course, he was busy in the heavens as he had been this past week.

I had to suppress this ridiculous urge to just wish for Leon to come, to tell him about the sad excuse of a bad day I had today. I just hoped that he was watching from above. That way he could maybe feel sorry for me and come to see sooner.

In fact he did watch.

...but he didn't come down any sooner. Actually, he took even longer than I had anticipated.

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I didn't know he saw, so I just thought maybe they gave him extra work in heaven. Little did I know that, that wasn't the case at all.

Well, point is, eventually I got really worried after it had been a week after the day he was supposed to come back. Naturally, I headed to the gods mansion to figure out what was going on.

"He's here? In his room?" I repeated Karno's words after he answered my question regarding Leo's whereabouts.

"That's right, he's been here for the past two weeks." He paused. "You mean he hasn't went to see you since coming back?"

"That's right." He walks into the living room with a serious look on his face. "After all, I don't want to see somebody who breaks their promises." He looks away from me after briefly making eye contact with me. "In fact, I don't even want to associate with liars in general.

Karno sneaks out the room before he gets caught up in anything else, leaving me and Leon alone.

"What? You're the one who lied to me! You were supposed to be back last week! Yet you didn't even come to see me once or at least tell me you came back safely...I was so worried!" Tears began streaming down my eyes with relief. "Yet you were here the whole time! A week earlier too!"

His face softens at the sight of my crying face, but then he turns away in a huff and says something that I would have thought he would've never said.

"Go away. I'm breaking up with you."

"What the-? Why?" I was so confused. Why was he mad? I didn't remember doing anything that would've made him angry.

"....because, you broke your promise."

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At the end of that day, I didn't get to find out what he was mad at. Every single night for a whole 3 weeks after that, I begged and prayed to the stars to let me see Leon again. To let me ask him what I had done wrong. Every weekend I got off, I spent going to the mansion to see him, but he wouldn't let me even get near his room when the other gods tried to escort me there.

"Why don't you try making a wish tonight? Maybe that'll help you?" Karno suggested after seeing me off at the gate.This was on the Sunday of the 3rd week.

This was going to be my last resort, and because I was so in love, the possibility, the choice of leaving him never even crossed my mind once. I was so determined to getting him back.

That very night, I made a wish.

'Why is Leon so upset with me?'

And so, I had a dream. It was basically about what had happened the day I got all emo at work.

'Hm yeah I cried in front of that new guy....'

'I cried...'

'....in front of the new guy...'

Ohhhh.

I get it now. That's the dumbest thing....

Next morning I wake up, totally understanding the situation. For some reason though, I felt aggressive though, but I quickly found out why when I got up from my bed and see a blood stain on my sheets.

'Oh my freaking-'

"Fuck!"

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In my dreams I was totally calm, but as soon as I woke up, my mood quickly went downhill, and the more I thought about the reason that Leo got upset, the more irritated I got, thinking how really stupid it was.

It was 6:00 am and I didn't work until noon so I walked over to the mansion again.

I opened the gates and opened the door, letting myself in, contrary to what I usually do; knock and wait patiently.

Inside at the entrance, Karno is talking to Dui. They stare at me wide eyed, in shock.

"You're...early. Do you want to-"

I ignore Karno and stomp my way through the hallway. When I get to Leon's door, I knock violently on it.

"Open the fucking door Leon! Now!"

I never curse, but this past month was driving me nuts. Plus, it was shark week.

"G-Goldfish?" I hear a surprised voice from the other side of the door. "W-Wha-"

"Open this freakin door. Now. Or else you'll regret being a fucking walnut for misunderstanding the situation at work the other day."

"W-Walnut?"

From a distance, I hear Karno yell 'chocolate'.

Only silence from the other side of the door. After about a minute, he opens the door slowly, lifting his eyebrow at me with visible disappointment.

"What has gotten into you? Are you even the same person?" He asks me with a hint of disgust.

"Look, I don't know if godesses don't ovulate or what the hell, but let me fucking tell you a little something about the human female anatomy and it's functions."

So there, I wasted most of my morning explaining why I was bleeding from my vagina and why I cried.

"Do you understand? Pheromone levels in the body change, causing mood swings. It's usually not an issue, but I've been under a lot of stress lately."

"Are you making this up?" He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.

Karno walked in carrying a box of ferrero rocher chocolate as his spoke. "Of course she's not. It's the truth. You can look it up yourself." He hands them to me while whispering 'for you'.

Karno starts defending me while I ignore them, opening the box of chocolate and helping myself to it. Pretty soon, everything I was worried or pissed about melted away, as did the chocolate when I placed in my mouth.

Ahh....sweet, sweet happiness...

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"I'm sorry! Leon...please forgive me for getting...out of hand..." I apologize when I'm about to leave for work.

"I understand now." He scowls. "Goldfish. Don't turn into beast mode anymore. Or a crybaby for that matter."

"I won't..." My eyes avoid his cold gaze. I look back up. Wondering if everything was okay between us now. "Leon... does this mean we're back together?"

"Hm...you'll need severe punishment for his little...incident," He then smirks, cornering me into a wall and placing a hand on the wall behind me with one hand, and with the other lifting my chin up.

He places a soft kiss on my lips before turning away.

I blush, then begin jogging out before he stops me once more with his voice.

"We'll continue your punishment when this...'shark week' of yours ends."

My face turned beet red as I rushed out even faster than before.

My girl's days really complicate things after all...