Hello everyone! Here's the start to my new project...It's different from my normal but, l wanted to try something new! With out any further adu I present to you,
Break-in By TogetherAgain enjoy!
Waking up on a fine Saturday morning was always a challenge. For me it always required the right skill and inspiration...living alone made it very difficult to find that, but I had some. Every morning I woke up to his smiling face, and that is enough to keep me going all day. Even if it was just a picture. Today was no different.
I pulled myself out of bed, I wandered into my small kitchenette to rummage around for breakfast. It only took a short while until I found what I was looking for; cereal and milk. I poured myself a large bowl and topped it off with some milk and set out for the tv.
"Time for the normal cartoons" I muttered to myself. Sometimes in the morning you surprise yourself with your own voice. Flipping through the channels, until I finally found something worth watching, then settling in to watch and eat my breakfast.
A little while later I was finished eating, so I decided to get myself ready for the day. Today wasn't that packed, I was just supposed to meet Tk at the park at three, which was a good couple of hours away. The shower felt good, that was the extra boost for the day, since I didn't drink coffee. Yuck! Just the thought didn't settle right. A quick glance at the clock told me I still had too much time, so I had to make this part take that much longer... definitely not my best idea.
"Maybe I'll just get ready and go for a walk before I meet Tk" a quick sigh replaced that idea. "Or maybe not. I guess I could just show up at his place and bug him." That seemed to be the better of the two ideas. Patience wasn't my best tribute, I reminded myself, especially if I wanted to see someone or do something. It didn't take long to get dressed and it took even less time to tie my shoes, long story short - I left early...not much, just five hours. The walk over was uneventful, nothing to look at no one to talk to, just myself. After a short while I arrived at his apartment. Pausing in the lobby to collect my thoughts.
"I hope he won't mind...well he's never minded before so it shouldn't be any different this time. Now Matt on the other hand..."A quick glance at the elevator told me what I already knew. 'Out of service' I shrugged and continued walking to the stairs to his place that he shared with his brother.
"4th floor... 5th floor...7th floor...ah ha! The 9th floor! Finally!" I took a deep breath, then let it out.
"I wish they would fix that elevator" I muttered and made my way down the hall to his apartment. I didn't have to walk far because his it was only five doors down on the left hand side.
'Knock-knock.'
A muffled "too early come back later..." Came through the door. Rolling my eyes I tried again.
'Knock- knock.'
"Come on lazy boy! Open up" I heard feet shuffling and guessed someone got up to let me in. Sure enough, a groggy blonde answered the door.
"Morning, Matt!" He just groaned.
"He's still sleeping, you can wake him up if you want, just be quiet, I have a major-" I interrupted with "Fat head."
The blue eyes before me just glared. I just smiled knowingly. "Go back to sleep Headly, I'll go bug your brother" I smiled and walked past him into Tk's room. It was almost a shame I had to wake him up. He looked so peaceful. Quietly I walked over to his bed and knelt down.
"Hmmm...How should I wake you up today? ...Oh I know." I picked up his water from his night stand and got my camera out and stood at a safe distance. Moving quickly I poured the glass on his face and snapped a photo when he jumped up. Remember I said 'he wouldn't mind if I came over early... I never said that I wasn't going to wake him up'. An evil grin appeared on my face.
"Geeze Kari!! You never fail to surprise me in the morning do you?" His face was surprised but with a hint of something I couldn't quite put my finger on.
"Nope, I will never miss a chance to either." With that I pulled the covers off him and pulled him out of bed. "Now come on sleepy head! Go have a shower. Peewew, because you need it" I mockingly waved my hand in front of my nose.
"Alright, Alright! I'm going... but geeze Kar, it's only 10:30! I thought we were meeting at three." he shook his head.
" Yeah we were, but I got bored... I really need a roommate." He smiled understanding and left to have his morning shower, like me he needed a little push too.
A quick glance at his watch, 9:00 am. Time to go stake out the apartment. He left his small apartment in the suburbs for the victim's apartment. Arriving a half-hour later he parked his car in the ally and waited for her to exit the building. He had been staking out this apartment for the past month or so, counted steps, and familiarized himself with the path to her apartment. Now, Today was the day when he would finally get to see inside and search for his prize, that is assuming she had it... Which he was certain. At precisely 9:45 am, the victim left the building. He switched on his recorder and spoke into it.
"September 10th 2002, 9:45 am, victim has left the building, time to do my thing" his voice was low and raspy with a creepy ring to it, swiftly he pressed stop and left his car. He pulled on his lock smith jacket, incase of some suspicious neighbor. Upon entering the lobby he made his way directly to the elevator pressed the button for floor 6 and waited, in this profession, there was no room for mistake, timing was everything and the biggest rule is no dawdling period. Because it could cost you your life. A few moments later the elevator reached its destination and the doors opened swiftly. Exiting the elevator he moved like a locksmith would, slow with maybe a slight limp. Characterization is another rule not to be broken in this game. As he crept down the hallway making a left and a right just as he had done in the past until he came upon 'the' door. Apartment number 459. With a quick glance over his shoulder he took out his tools and began to unlock the door. Not too long after a small click was heard signaling the opening of the lock. Slowly he stood, turned the knob and entered the home. Clicking the recording button once again of the recorder he spoke.
"9:58 am, door has been penetrated and I am inside, beginning the first over look" he clicked it off immediately afterwards. Walking around the apartment he began to note where everything was. The kitchenette was small but organized and clean, the living room was small, but comfortable and the spare room was empty and sad looking. The bathroom was quaint and cozy and finally 'her' bedroom was neatly managed with a simple touch of familiarity and something he couldn't quite put his finger on. After the tour, the destruction and search began.
By the time Tk finished his shower, I was sitting on the couch flipping through the channels...Again. He left the bathroom and wandered in front of me in his towel on his way back to his room. Now I know this wasn't uncommon for him to do around me, but... Wow, it still takes my breath away and produces a rebellious blush. He turned and grinned at me.
"I'll just be a moment, nothing special,... but I have to get dressed." His grin grew with that statement as he turned into his room and closed the door. I shook my head. That was one of his subtle teasing that he did...it always got me, always. Ha, that's okay I'll get him back later. You wait and see. After all he did say that he was going to stay with me sometimes. After I finished that thought, Tk chose to grace me with his presence.
"Lookie, Lookie who decided to come out." A large grin formed as I announced his presence.
"I was just going to get your brother maybe he would be ready faster." I stated. Tk just broke out in hysterics, with me not far behind.
"Hahaha! Matt get ready in minutes!! That's funny Kari! Great joke"
"I wasn't joking" I mock pouted.
"Oh come here" Tk pulled me into a hug and started petting my head as if it were his cat.
"There, there, I didn't take that long." I just rolled my eyes and stopped his hand from taking another stroke.
"Hey! Quit that! I don't need dread locks!" He looked down into my eyes.
"Aww, why not, I think you would look cute with dreads." I stood there shocked. Then shook my head.
"You've got to be kidding me!!" Tk just laughed the way he does when he's joking, so I punched his arm playfully.
"Shuddup you two!! I'm trying to sleep!" Matt called from his bedroom. I looked back over to Tk and grabbed his hand and smiled.
"Come on, let's go for that walk." Tk nodded and followed.
When we left the building we walked down the street and hung a right, thus taking us to the park. My favourite place in Odaiba. Especially the river and the willow, that place has been our spot for quite some time. To this day, it's still just as beautiful as it was when we first found it. We walked along the path talking about trivial things until the topic of our love life came up.
"So Kari, have you met anyone worthy of dating lately?" Simple enough question I guess...
"Not that I know of at least...how about you, Mister Ladies Man?" I said in a teasing sort of way with an added wink on the end.
"Uh, ladies man?" He raised an eyebrow. "I don't know where you got that from, because, that I am not. But, to answer you question, no I haven't." I shot him a quizzical look.
"You've got to be kidding me! No one has tried to ask you out this week? What a surprise!" He just rolled his eyes at me.
"Yeah and how about Queen Kari? And all her followers, no offers this week?" He shot right back. Speechless I hung my head defeated...for the moment.
"Touché!" He just winked at me.
"So how's work treating you?" I asked with curiosity.
"Oh, well it's not my ultimate goal, but its not so bad, I mean doing the 'What's new' and the 'Dear Bob' sections are quite humorous at times but it's all good. -Oh!, guess what?"
"What? Your boss fired you?" I asked jokingly.
"No, I wish. I overheard him talking about me today. I think he's thinking about giving me a promotion to editor! I mean it's not writing, but it's close enough!" He seemed genuinely happy about that, although I knew he wanted more.
"That's great news! I hope you get it!" I sported a large smile.
"So how's your job treating you? I mean Miss big Video Camera gal? I still don't know how you got interested in that." Tk asked.
"Oh not so bad, I guess, they're sending me to another set again because their camera operator fell off a cliff...or something I don't remember, anyway the pay is supposed to be better, which will be nice. More money to do nothing with."
My smile was gone now as I let out a sigh, just thinking about living alone again made me want to ask someone, anyone, to come and live with me in my apartment so I wouldn't feel so lonely. Noticing my change in attitude Tk put his arm around my shoulder.
"Hey, stop thinking about it. I'm going to come stay with you every once in a while, remember! So cheer up!" He stopped me and gently tapped my cheek. "Everything will be okay" His smile was so reassuring that I let it drop and continued walking.
"Wow, you know it's funny no matter how many times you walk through this park, you can never get tired of the scenery. It's always so different." I stated in amazement.
"...yeah..." Tk breathed looking down in my direction, but for some reason I thought that there was a double meaning to that. We walked in a comfortable silence for a while just giving each other time to think about whatever. I glanced at my watch out of habit, 11:35 am. Almost lunch time, no wonder my stomach was starting to get angry with me.
Tk noticing his own stomach anger, we just looked at each other and nodded. Isn't it funny how sometimes you know exactly what the other is thinking? "Where you want to go for lunch? Papa's Pizzaera? Zingy's Café? Zekes feed and fuel?" I asked gesturing in the direction of each.
"I have a better idea." Tk interjected.
"Really? What?" I asked curiously.
"How about I cook us lunch back at your apartment, I don't feel like fast food joints." He said casually.
"But it's about a half an hour away." I whined.
"So, it'll be worth it. Okay?" Tk Pleaded.
"Fine..." I caved. And so we started off back in the direction of my apartment.
10:45 am, 10:45 am, 10:45 am...the VCR clock flashed. Huh, he smirked it's reading the correct time but still flashing, stupid machine. He glanced around the petite apartment totally ripped apart with debris all over. He had tripped on it a couple of times bringing down breakables and plates, but that's okay. The only thing that was starting to tick him off was that he couldn't find that stupid tape.
He looked everywhere! The stupid girl must have given it to a friend or hidden it somewhere because if it was here, he would have found it at least the third time through. It was now the 5th time he'd scanned the apartment. Even scanned the walls and floorboards for a loose piece or a hole in the wall or a secret compartment. It wasn't here, and he was starting to get desperate and running out of time. He assumed that she would be back soon to retrieve her wallet. Or come back for lunch. Another huge rule never to be over looked was NEVER overstay your welcome. Basically just do your thing and get the hell outta there! Which he should do in the next couple of minutes. One more glance around as he was switching his jacket inside out revealing a reversible jacket with an electrical company's logo on the back. Turned and walked out the door careful not to show too much to the neighbours, then closed the door saying;
"Sorry Miss Kamiya, I didn't mean for this to take long but you had a break in your circuit breaker. I'll see you later. You're welcome" He tipped his hat and closed the door and walked casually out the front door, around the building to the ally where he parked his car. Opening the door he stripped himself of the electrical jacket and into a suit jacket and clipped on a tie, revved the engine and took off down the street and to the right, in the direction of 'his' apartment. Arriving at precisely 11:20 am. He pulled out his recorder.
"11:20 am, returned from victims apartment, area has been deemed clean, the video is not there, resort to plan B" click. And everything was silent.
And there ends my first chapter of the Breakin... Hope you liked it, I wanted to try something different, and this was the result. Reviews are more than welcome! I want to hear your thoughts...comments and criticism.