* by: Keiko *
Sometimes a story doesn't end how it should.
Sometimes things just don't turn out right.
Sometimes life doesn't go how you want.
But you wouldn't trade it for anything.
~ Espérance Éternel ~
Black eyeliner around eyes, red stained lips, pale, white face. Silvery hair just so, black outfit perfect, she left the house.
"You look like a whore!" her mother called after her. "Where you going?"
"I'll be back before breakfast." She called back, moving out into the dark night. She sighed, pushing hair out of her face. She glanced up at the moon. Silver. Slowly she made her way out of the small comfortable neighborhood and out toward the city. She walked through bright streets full of families and shoppers, through dark alleys full of beggars and druggies. She made it to a rundown street lined with rough men and scantily clad girls. One in particular caught her eye. "Hey! Taiki!"
The taller girl gave her a smile.
"Hey Yaten, you're late." She said conversationally. "Something happen?"
Yaten smiled and shrugged.
"I got a little…preoccupied." She said. "Did I miss something?"
Taiki laughed slightly.
"Only one of the richest guys to come down this way since I've been here." She said. Yaten's eyes widened.
"No!" she gasped. "Who got him?"
"Some redhead called Kakyuu." Taiki said flatly. "It's too bad really, you could've had him in a sec."
Yaten sighed and sat down on a bench, casting a sexy glance at a boy in a slowing car. He drove on, and she glanced down at her long black nails.
"Ya know, sometimes I wonder what we're doing…" she started. Taiki sat down by her.
"Oh please Yaten, don't get all deep on me." she said. "I thought we'd already been through this."
Yaten shrugged and pulled at her fishnet tights.
"But Taiki…"
"Don't you 'but Taiki' me." Taiki said flatly. "You know we can't leave even if we wanted to, so just live with it."
Yaten sighed.
"Yeah, I guess…"
Suddenly Taiki started nudging her. Hard. She looked up.
"What?" she hissed. Taiki was staring, wide eyed at a raven haired girl walking down the sidewalk. "Woah…"
"Poor girl. She looks lost." Taiki said. "Ended up on the wrong side of town. But the way she's lookin at us all I'd guess she's a lesbian. Why don'tcha try an catch her."
Yaten stared at Taiki.
"You've gotta be kidding!" she gasped. "Like that girl'd want anything to do with any of us! I bet her daddy could buy her a better girl."
"Well, if you get there before Minako, you may just get her to pay for YOU, now get!" Taiki pushed her to her feet. Yaten sighed and straightened her tiny skirt. She gave Minako a look, and the blonde backed off. Yaten tossed her hair and sauntered over to the other girl.
"Hey." She said seductively, when she was close. The girl's eyes locked on her. "You lookin' for a little fun?"
The girl stared.
"Uh…actually…I…I'm lost…" she stammered, eyes roving up and down Yaten's scantily clad body. Yaten smirked.
"For ten bucks I'll give you directions, for twenty I'll show you the way." She said. "And for fifty I'll spend an hour."
The girl swallowed hard, catching the implication at the end of that statement. She shakily pulled out a twenty and held it out toward Yaten, who snatched the bill.
"Great, now where you going?" she asked.
"93rd." the girl said. Yaten grinned.
"Oo wow, you're REALLY lost aren't you!" she laughed. "C'mon."
She began to walk and the girl followed her.
"S-so…" the girl stammered. "What's your name?"
"Eh?" Yaten blinked at the girl. "Just call me Yaten."
"Okay. I'm Seiya."
"Why're you so nervous?" Yaten asked suddenly. Seiya fidgeted. Yaten could feel her eyes tracing every line of her body. "The outfit?"
She heard the taller girl swallow hard. Yaten laughed. She turned and looked at Seiya. By now they were in the park.
"I'm really not usually this nervous." Seiya said quietly. Yaten grinned.
"Okay." she said simply. Seiya swallowed again.
"S-so…how long have you been…doing…this." she asked slowly. Yaten blinked. Wow, this girl actually wanted to make conversation. Yaten didn't get that very often.
"Since I was nine." She said. She could practically feel Seiya's surprise. "Yeah, kinda young, I know."
"How much money do you make?"
"Depends." Yaten slowed so she was walking along side Seiya. "Anywhere from 200 to 1000 a week, or more if I get lucky."
"I see."
They walked in silence for a bit.
"You know…you're very pretty Miss Yaten." Seiya said quietly. Yaten blushed against her will.
"Why, thank you." she said. "I haven't heard that in a while."
Seiya looked at her in surprise.
"Really?" she asked. "I'd think you'd hear that pretty often."
"Nah. Most guys don't even look at my face, much less compliment me."
"How sad."
Yaten shrugged.
"I'm used to it." She said. "Turn left here."
Silence reigned for a few more minutes.
"Here we are." Yaten said quietly as they walked up to a street filled with huge houses. She turned to leave. "See ya."
"Wait." Seiya caught her wrist. "How…how much would it cost me to have you stay for a bit?"
"50 an hour." Yaten said. "Why?"
Seiya smiled.
"Stay with me a bit?"
Yaten was surprised to say the least. Seiya smiled more.
"My parents are away for the month, and I don't really have any friends around here." She said. "I've been a bit lonely. Won't you come over for a bit?"
Yaten nodded slowly.
"Sure." She said. "Lead the way."
~ TBC ~
