Chapter 2: The Truth Behind the Pretty Face
Starlite: I don't own Gravitation or it's characters, but I do own Aiko and some other people in this chapter.
Aiko: Mwahahahahaha!!!!!! I had everyone fooled didn't I? It's all part of the experience.
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"Hey Hiroshi, can I use your shower again? My mother is a very clean person and would be mad at me if I came to her house and I was dirty. Heh heh." laughed Aiko
"Yeah, go ahead you know where it is. If your mother likes things to be so clean, do you think that I should clean up too?"
"Probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Oh! And I want you to think about something while I'm in the shower. I said last night that I wasn't a hooker, but I do have a job. If I'm not slutty enough to be a prostitute, but I still am a little bit slutty and I'm not innocent enough to be your everyday girl who works in the grocery store, what am I? Take into consideration all that I have told you about myself, but if you don't guess it by yourself I won't tell you. Remember there's only one profession where you can act the way I do and it be good for your career."
"Hmmm. She said there was only one career like it, but there are so many different jobs and she seemed like it was pretty obvious. What might it be? Is her name really Aiko? All the possiblilities are scaring me."
As he was pacing around the room and thinking about what she might be he realized something. She looked unusually familiar. She had to be someone who at least had slight fame or he wouldn't remember her at all. Maybe seeing her mother's house would give him some clues, or not. Her personality was strange to say the least. She did have some pretty slutty outfits, but she was somewhat level-headed. Then again she could be almost as weird as Ryuichi or Shuichi.
"I'm ready to go Hiro!"
"Oh, I see you are ready to leave."
Yes, he could see lots of her. She was wearing a tight black leather mini skirt with black leather knee-high boots and small red tanktop. Her hair was pulled back in a low ponytail and tied with a black leather wrap. She was wearing dark eye make-up and bright lipstick. By the looks of her outfit she was either trying to jolt his memory or seduce him, but the seducing thing was working much better.
After taking into consideration that they needed to be going to her mother's house and not 'other' places. Then it hit him! He knew who she was, cause he had seen her on TV.
"Aiko, I know who you are! You were the lead singer for a band called Tainted, I think. And I do believe your last name is Tobamoto."
"Heh. You got me. Now answer me this, how and why did I get involved wih you?"
"Ummm...I have no idea."
"Try talking to Eiri-kun." said Aiko in an almost spiteful voice.
"Eiri-kun?"
"Yeah. He'll be able to tell you a lot, but I don't want you to talk to him until tomorrow night. I invited him and Shuichi with us to dinner and you can talk to him after that."
"Ok, seems easy enough. We'd better go so we won't be late!"
"Ok. Let's go."
At Aiko's mother's house
"Hold it! Before we go anywhere else I want you to explain everything to me in a calm and orderly fashion."
"I can't. I told you that would be Eiri-kun's job, but I must say it was very interesting how you reacted to waking up beside me."
"That's not an everyday thing for me...You pretending to be a hooker is the base of our problems!"
"Not really. You made an incorrect assumption and I went along with it. Your assuming and Eiri-kun are really the bases of our problems!"
"I really get the feeling Yuki had a lot to do with this. And since when did you start calling him Eiri-kun instead of Yuki-san?
"I won't tell you."
"Fine, I'll force it out of Yuki then."
"Go ahead."
"I will."
"Hello? Who is at my door? Oh! Aiko! When did you get home?" an older woman said as she came out the front door of the house. "Is Eiri with you?"
"No Mother. He wants you to come over and read over one of his manuscripts though." said Aiko who sounded annoyed.
"You're just in time! Tetsuo just came over to talk and now here you are."
"Tetsuo? Another boyfriend?" asked Hiroshi.
"Sorta. I dated him for a while, but he was mainly the guitarist in my band."
"Oh come on Aiko! I was more than that wasn't I?" said a guy that came in behind the old woman.
"Tetsuo...Why are you here?" said Aiko who was slowly losing her temper.
"I just wanted to see if you were around. So is this guy your newest toy?"
"Tetsuo, you asshole! What makes you think that?!"
"1.) You are being very defensive. 2.) He is with you, isn't he? 3.) You have a thing for guitarists."
"You are just mad 'cause I dumped you. Mother, did you hide the 'pictures'?"
"Yes. I don't see why you would want to hide them. They are perfectly appropriate and you are ashamed of them. (Sigh) Aiko, don't you want to remember that time when you were with him?"
"No! That asshole can remember himself for all I care! If you don't mind, Mother, just drop the subject! I don't want to think about that."
"(Sigh) You haven't changed at all..."
Four hours later
After giving everyone a huge tour of her house, Aiko's mother went to get refreshments and Hiro, Aiko, and Tetsuo took a breather.
"Your mom is a little different. She just took us on a four hour tour of the house..."
"Don't remind me. I have lived in the house for years and I don't see what might make her think that anyone, excluding Tetsuo because he is stupid, would enjoy looking at my childhood home..."
"Actually besides all the walking it wasn't that bad."
"Hiro, you're lying and you know it." growled Aiko.
"I was just trying to help."
"Here are the sandwiches!" her mother chimed.
"Mom, I can't say that I am exactly comfortable in this sort of situation. I'm leaving. C'mon Hiro."
"But I'm just getting to know your mother." he whined.
"Cram it! I can't be here anymore, I don't feel like this is an appropriate place to be at this stage of our relationship." she said as she stormed out of the door.
"Goodbye, Mrs. Tobamoto. Hope to see you again." Hiro spoke politely.
"Hold on, boy! Has she been acting like this for very long? How long has she been this irritable?" said Aiko's mother.
"Just about twelve hours. She was pretty agreeable before that."
"That's what I thought. You may leave now."
"Ok, but why did you need to know these things?"
"Ask her later. She might tell you and if she doesn't then she doesn't trust you. She only tells people she trusts completely and she made the mistake of trusting one boy too much. Oh my! I've said too much! You need to leave."
"Goodbye again, Mrs. Tobamoto."
"Goodbye, Hiroshi-kun."
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At Hiro's apartment
"Hiro, tomorrow I want to go with you to work. I want to meet the people you work with." Aiko said as she was preparing her bed on the couch.
"Sure, I don't think anyone would mind. Shuichi has been hoping to see you again anyway."
"Hiro?"
"Yes?"
"I think I need to explain something."
"About what?"
"Eiri-kun."
"Oh, that. Is he you're ex-boyfriend or something?"
"No, he's my cousin. We have always been very close and if you haven't noticed already, I bear the family resemblance as well. His father is my mother's elder brother."
"That makes sense now. I guess that is one less thing that I have to wonder about. By the way, why are you and your mom concerned about pictures? I wouldn't make fun of you."
"It's not that. I get upset when I see them that's all.................I think I want to go to bed."
"Ok, good night Aiko."
"Good night Hiroshi."
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-----The next morning at the N-G building-----
"Wow! It's huge!" Aiko exclaimed.
"Wait til you see the inside! It's great! Plus you'll get to meet all my friends."
When they entered the building it seemed that Shuichi had sent the word ahead that Hiro would be coming with his new girlfriend and for some reason everyone wanted to meet her. When Shuichi saw her he ran up to her and hugged her tightly.
"Yay! Aiko-chan is here!" he squealed.
"Aiko-chan?" Ryuichi peeped out from behind Tohma. "Aiko-chan is that really you?"
"Oh God! Who let that child molester in here!!" she growled.
"Aiko-chan, are you still mad at me?" Ryu whimpered.
"I didn't file a restraining order for nothing."
"Hiro, keep her away from Ryuichi. There is no way to avoid a conflict if they are in the same room." Tohma ordered.
"Why?" Hiro was starting to wonder about Aiko again.
"I can't tell you that. All I can say is they know each other and Aiko hates him with a passion."
"That's an understatement!" she fumed.
"Great! More problems! When she tells me one thing, another secret section of her life is thrown at me! What in the hell am I supposed to do if I don't know the truth about my girlfriend!!!" Hiro yell to himself.
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Starlite: Is there an end to your secrets? This might just cause Hiro to lose his sanity.
Aiko: They eventually end. As for Hiro losing his sanity, he's pretty cool headed so I'm not worried.
Starlite: (sigh) Poor Hiro...Anyway REVIEW!!!!!!!! Sorry for the lack of updates.
Starlite: I don't own Gravitation or it's characters, but I do own Aiko and some other people in this chapter.
Aiko: Mwahahahahaha!!!!!! I had everyone fooled didn't I? It's all part of the experience.
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"Hey Hiroshi, can I use your shower again? My mother is a very clean person and would be mad at me if I came to her house and I was dirty. Heh heh." laughed Aiko
"Yeah, go ahead you know where it is. If your mother likes things to be so clean, do you think that I should clean up too?"
"Probably wouldn't be a bad idea. Oh! And I want you to think about something while I'm in the shower. I said last night that I wasn't a hooker, but I do have a job. If I'm not slutty enough to be a prostitute, but I still am a little bit slutty and I'm not innocent enough to be your everyday girl who works in the grocery store, what am I? Take into consideration all that I have told you about myself, but if you don't guess it by yourself I won't tell you. Remember there's only one profession where you can act the way I do and it be good for your career."
"Hmmm. She said there was only one career like it, but there are so many different jobs and she seemed like it was pretty obvious. What might it be? Is her name really Aiko? All the possiblilities are scaring me."
As he was pacing around the room and thinking about what she might be he realized something. She looked unusually familiar. She had to be someone who at least had slight fame or he wouldn't remember her at all. Maybe seeing her mother's house would give him some clues, or not. Her personality was strange to say the least. She did have some pretty slutty outfits, but she was somewhat level-headed. Then again she could be almost as weird as Ryuichi or Shuichi.
"I'm ready to go Hiro!"
"Oh, I see you are ready to leave."
Yes, he could see lots of her. She was wearing a tight black leather mini skirt with black leather knee-high boots and small red tanktop. Her hair was pulled back in a low ponytail and tied with a black leather wrap. She was wearing dark eye make-up and bright lipstick. By the looks of her outfit she was either trying to jolt his memory or seduce him, but the seducing thing was working much better.
After taking into consideration that they needed to be going to her mother's house and not 'other' places. Then it hit him! He knew who she was, cause he had seen her on TV.
"Aiko, I know who you are! You were the lead singer for a band called Tainted, I think. And I do believe your last name is Tobamoto."
"Heh. You got me. Now answer me this, how and why did I get involved wih you?"
"Ummm...I have no idea."
"Try talking to Eiri-kun." said Aiko in an almost spiteful voice.
"Eiri-kun?"
"Yeah. He'll be able to tell you a lot, but I don't want you to talk to him until tomorrow night. I invited him and Shuichi with us to dinner and you can talk to him after that."
"Ok, seems easy enough. We'd better go so we won't be late!"
"Ok. Let's go."
At Aiko's mother's house
"Hold it! Before we go anywhere else I want you to explain everything to me in a calm and orderly fashion."
"I can't. I told you that would be Eiri-kun's job, but I must say it was very interesting how you reacted to waking up beside me."
"That's not an everyday thing for me...You pretending to be a hooker is the base of our problems!"
"Not really. You made an incorrect assumption and I went along with it. Your assuming and Eiri-kun are really the bases of our problems!"
"I really get the feeling Yuki had a lot to do with this. And since when did you start calling him Eiri-kun instead of Yuki-san?
"I won't tell you."
"Fine, I'll force it out of Yuki then."
"Go ahead."
"I will."
"Hello? Who is at my door? Oh! Aiko! When did you get home?" an older woman said as she came out the front door of the house. "Is Eiri with you?"
"No Mother. He wants you to come over and read over one of his manuscripts though." said Aiko who sounded annoyed.
"You're just in time! Tetsuo just came over to talk and now here you are."
"Tetsuo? Another boyfriend?" asked Hiroshi.
"Sorta. I dated him for a while, but he was mainly the guitarist in my band."
"Oh come on Aiko! I was more than that wasn't I?" said a guy that came in behind the old woman.
"Tetsuo...Why are you here?" said Aiko who was slowly losing her temper.
"I just wanted to see if you were around. So is this guy your newest toy?"
"Tetsuo, you asshole! What makes you think that?!"
"1.) You are being very defensive. 2.) He is with you, isn't he? 3.) You have a thing for guitarists."
"You are just mad 'cause I dumped you. Mother, did you hide the 'pictures'?"
"Yes. I don't see why you would want to hide them. They are perfectly appropriate and you are ashamed of them. (Sigh) Aiko, don't you want to remember that time when you were with him?"
"No! That asshole can remember himself for all I care! If you don't mind, Mother, just drop the subject! I don't want to think about that."
"(Sigh) You haven't changed at all..."
Four hours later
After giving everyone a huge tour of her house, Aiko's mother went to get refreshments and Hiro, Aiko, and Tetsuo took a breather.
"Your mom is a little different. She just took us on a four hour tour of the house..."
"Don't remind me. I have lived in the house for years and I don't see what might make her think that anyone, excluding Tetsuo because he is stupid, would enjoy looking at my childhood home..."
"Actually besides all the walking it wasn't that bad."
"Hiro, you're lying and you know it." growled Aiko.
"I was just trying to help."
"Here are the sandwiches!" her mother chimed.
"Mom, I can't say that I am exactly comfortable in this sort of situation. I'm leaving. C'mon Hiro."
"But I'm just getting to know your mother." he whined.
"Cram it! I can't be here anymore, I don't feel like this is an appropriate place to be at this stage of our relationship." she said as she stormed out of the door.
"Goodbye, Mrs. Tobamoto. Hope to see you again." Hiro spoke politely.
"Hold on, boy! Has she been acting like this for very long? How long has she been this irritable?" said Aiko's mother.
"Just about twelve hours. She was pretty agreeable before that."
"That's what I thought. You may leave now."
"Ok, but why did you need to know these things?"
"Ask her later. She might tell you and if she doesn't then she doesn't trust you. She only tells people she trusts completely and she made the mistake of trusting one boy too much. Oh my! I've said too much! You need to leave."
"Goodbye again, Mrs. Tobamoto."
"Goodbye, Hiroshi-kun."
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At Hiro's apartment
"Hiro, tomorrow I want to go with you to work. I want to meet the people you work with." Aiko said as she was preparing her bed on the couch.
"Sure, I don't think anyone would mind. Shuichi has been hoping to see you again anyway."
"Hiro?"
"Yes?"
"I think I need to explain something."
"About what?"
"Eiri-kun."
"Oh, that. Is he you're ex-boyfriend or something?"
"No, he's my cousin. We have always been very close and if you haven't noticed already, I bear the family resemblance as well. His father is my mother's elder brother."
"That makes sense now. I guess that is one less thing that I have to wonder about. By the way, why are you and your mom concerned about pictures? I wouldn't make fun of you."
"It's not that. I get upset when I see them that's all.................I think I want to go to bed."
"Ok, good night Aiko."
"Good night Hiroshi."
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-----The next morning at the N-G building-----
"Wow! It's huge!" Aiko exclaimed.
"Wait til you see the inside! It's great! Plus you'll get to meet all my friends."
When they entered the building it seemed that Shuichi had sent the word ahead that Hiro would be coming with his new girlfriend and for some reason everyone wanted to meet her. When Shuichi saw her he ran up to her and hugged her tightly.
"Yay! Aiko-chan is here!" he squealed.
"Aiko-chan?" Ryuichi peeped out from behind Tohma. "Aiko-chan is that really you?"
"Oh God! Who let that child molester in here!!" she growled.
"Aiko-chan, are you still mad at me?" Ryu whimpered.
"I didn't file a restraining order for nothing."
"Hiro, keep her away from Ryuichi. There is no way to avoid a conflict if they are in the same room." Tohma ordered.
"Why?" Hiro was starting to wonder about Aiko again.
"I can't tell you that. All I can say is they know each other and Aiko hates him with a passion."
"That's an understatement!" she fumed.
"Great! More problems! When she tells me one thing, another secret section of her life is thrown at me! What in the hell am I supposed to do if I don't know the truth about my girlfriend!!!" Hiro yell to himself.
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Starlite: Is there an end to your secrets? This might just cause Hiro to lose his sanity.
Aiko: They eventually end. As for Hiro losing his sanity, he's pretty cool headed so I'm not worried.
Starlite: (sigh) Poor Hiro...Anyway REVIEW!!!!!!!! Sorry for the lack of updates.
