Resurgence
Chapter Two
-Catching Up with the Times-
Valencia frowned as she tugged the straps together and tried to hook them once more. Why were these bra contraptions so difficult to put on? The panties had been easy enough, and she rather liked the way the light blue lace looked against her pale skin. Which was why she'd picked the matching bra. If only the blasted thing would close!
They had gotten up a little late this morning, and after ordering room service for breakfast, had gone out to get clothes. Kurogané had run out to the car and brought up two oddly shaped dresses for them to wear until they found better clothes, since he'd gone out early to get them. So once they were dressed, they headed out to shop, something neither of the girls had done in forever.
She let out a frustrated sigh as she dropped her arms, which were becoming sore from being contorted in that odd position. "Sakimori!" she called out. "I need help!"
"What is it?" she heard from the other side of the curtain.
"I can't get this thingy to hook and my arms are getting sore." The green haired woman whined slightly. "Will you come in and do it for me? Please?"
"D-Do I have to?" he stuttered.
She pouted slightly. "Well…I guess not. But if I can't figure this thing out I'm just gonna forego wearing bras. It's too much of a hassle."
Sakimori cursed under his breath before closing his eyes and coming into the dressing room with her. "Okay. What do you need help with?"
Valencia smiled at him. He was so cute. "I need you to hook this for me." she repeated. "So you're going to have to open your eyes. I promise everything important is covered."
"I can do it with my eyes closed." He huffed, stepping forward and lifting his hands in attempts to find where he needed to work with. His eyes flashed open when he felt both mounds in each of his hands. He looked down, seeing his hands over both her breasts, right over the fabric of the bra.
She followed his gaze, a small blush on her own cheeks. "…I told you you'd need to open your eyes." She whispered.
He continued to stare at her chest until he finally snapped from his daze and looked up at her. "Huh?"
"I said, I told you you'd need to open your eyes." She smiled, reaching up and placing her hands over his on her chest. She had him squeeze her mounds as she arched up into his palms slightly. "Does my body distract you that much?" she wondered, able to push her embarrassment aside in order to appear temptingly seductive.
Sakimori shivered, unable to stop himself from squeezing them himself. "Oh my…" he breathed out, before jerking away from her with a dark red blush on his face. "I'm so sorry Valencia."
Her smiled widened. "It's okay, I know it was an accident." she turned and showed him her back. "Though the back is what you need to focus on." She giggled.
He nodded and turned her a bit so her back was to the mirror. "You can look in the mirror to see what I am doing with it." He explained, grabbing the hooks and slowly showing her how to hook them.
"Oh." She blinked, watching in awe. "It looks so simple when you do it." she said once he was done. Then she grabbed her breasts, feeling what they felt like in her palms and pushing them up slightly so that they were better in the cups. "Nice. I wish they had these things the last time I came back. They make my boobs look amazing!" she smiled up at him. "What do you think?" she asked, taking a step towards him.
Sakimori staggered back slightly, though his purple depths were glued to her chest. "They do look pretty amazing." He nodded.
Valencia chuckled. "Sakimori." She said, reaching up and gripping his chin, getting his attention. "Do you want to sleep with me?"
"What?" he gasped, trying to move back, but he was against the wall. "Of course not! I mean…" he blushed. "Yes, but no. I mean…" he cursed, shutting his eyes tightly. "I am respectful of women."
"What if I don't want you to respect me?" she asked, smoothing her hand down his chest. "What if I just want you to sleep with me? Is that so wrong?"
Sakimori swallowed, grabbing her wrists and pushing her back slightly. "Yes…it is." He gave her a small smile. "You deserve to be pursued. You're beautiful and sweet, and I can't sleep with a woman who has no respect for herself." He smiled, leaning down and kissing her cheek before sliding out of the changing room.
Valencia blushed slightly, placing her hand over the cheek he had kissed. He thought she should be pursued? She hadn't been pursued by a man since the age of the pyramids. Did that mean he was going to pursue her? A small smile came to her face as she looked at herself in the mirror once more. Regardless, she would just have to show him that she did have respect for herself while at the same time getting him to sleep with her. Because by the end of the week if he hadn't, all would be lost once more.
Kurogané sighed, leaning against the wall in the dressing rooms. Seriously, he knew women like to shop, but it doesn't take this long for them to try on clothes, does it? He glanced at the curtain Viletta had disappeared through. "Is everything going okay in there?" he asked, wanting to try and hurry her up.
"Um…yes…" she said a bit timidly, though in reality, she'd been staring at the bra in her hands for the last eight minutes with absolutely no idea what to do.
He sighed. "Do you need help or anything?"
"Of course not." She huffed. "I'm completely capable of figuring this thing out on my own."
"You've been in there for almost fifteen minutes and you still haven't put on the bra?" he asked, clearly shocked. "That's it, I'm coming in to help you." he announced.
"What?" Viletta gasped, her eyes widening as she dropped the bra and covered her breasts, turning a dark shade of red. "No! Don-" her green depths got even bigger once he was finally in with her. The only thing she had managed to get on were the black panties with white polka dots and trimmed with black lace.
Kurogané visibly took in her form, his jade gaze landing on the bra she had dropped. "So…what is it about this thing exactly that has you so befuddled?" he smirked, hooking a finger beneath the strap of the bra and lifting it off the ground, holding it between them.
"I just don't understand how to get it on." She admitted, turning redder.
He chuckled and held the bra up with both hands so that the cups were facing him. Then he positioned it in front of her. "First, put your arms through these two holes." He instructed. "I'll even close my eyes."
"Okay. Close your eyes." she said, not moving until she was sure they were completely closed. She placed her hands threw the straps and pulled it closer, seeing how they fit over her breasts. "Oh." She nodded in realization. "I see now."
"Do you want to try hooking it in the back or would you like me to show you how?" the Uchiha asked, arching a brow, though his eyes were still closed.
She shook her head, "No…um I don't know how. So you can show me." She said, turning so her back was to the mirror. She glanced over at him and couldn't help but smile since he still hadn't opened them. "You can open now."
He did so, looking at the bra and then her face. "It looks god on you." he smiled slightly, stepping towards her. "Alright so this is what you do." He said, wrapping his arms around her and leaning in close to show her in the mirror how to hook the bra. "And then you can adjust the straps to make it fit better." He said, doing so. "And voila."
"Oh wow." She smiled, staring at the hook through the mirror. "It's so simple!" she said, adjusting the straps a bit and situation her breasts more comfortably in the cup. "Hmm." She shook them a bit, staring at her cleavage. "These things make them look great." She laughed.
He felt his mouth go dry, and he was unable to look away from her chest. "Yeah…they really do." He nearly whispered.
She nodded and looked up at his face. "Thanks…I didn't mean to take so long."
"Hm?" he finally took his eyes off her chest. "Oh, no problem. Just pick out a few more bras and stuff and we'll continue shopping. I think Sakimori already took your sister next door for clothes."
"Okay." She nodded. "Can I wear these ones?"
"Of course." Kurogané said, giving her a small smile and pulling off the two tags for her. "Now you can get dressed and go pick more."
Viletta nodded and did just that, picking out all the ones she liked and thought were cute. Once she was done picking, they went to the register and Kurogané handed the cashier the two tags for the ones she was wearing. He paid the bill, pulling out a shiny black credit card. When all of the purchases were wrapped and put in a bag, Kurogané decided to hold it as he led her next door to pick out more things to wear.
"Now, if you have trouble figuring out what your size is, they have people here that can help you." he told her. "And if you need help putting anything on, just let me know this time." He said, smirking down at her.
"Well it won't be so embarrassing since I won't be completely naked." She blushed, looking off in attempts to avoid his gaze.
He chuckled, reaching out and curling a finger under her chin to turn her face back to him. "Don't be so embarrassed Viletta. I've already seen you naked."
"What?" she almost shrieked, her face turning completely red. "When?" she demanded, though she looked more embarrassed than angry.
"When you were showering last night." He shrugged. "I didn't know you'd left the doors and the shower curtain open, so I went in there to grab something and I saw you. And let me just say…you have an amazing body." He ran his thumb along her jaw then in a sort of caress.
"Well I-I'm claustrophobic you see…I thought you weren't in the room and…and…that's invasive." She tried to argue, but it was so hard because she could hardly think straight with all the blood rushing to her head.
Kurogané laughed. "Relax Viletta, I didn't take any pictures or anything. You're just lucky I didn't hop in there and join you, cause' I thought about it." he winked, releasing her and beginning to look for things he thought she would look good in.
She followed after him, seeming a bit confused. "What are…pictures?" she asked timorously.
"Photographs. Digitally captured moments in time, kind of like a painting but electronic." He elaborated, not really surprised by her confusion as he pulled out his phone. "Here, see, this is a picture of my sister and I on our birthday." He said, showing her.
Viletta took the device from him and looked closer. "Wow. It's like looking at you in person…" she marveled. "And this is your sister?" she asked, pointing to the girl in the photo who looked nearly identical to him, aside from the fact she had long black locks and her white streak was on the right side of her head. "She's really pretty."
"Yeah, we're twins." He smiled. "Her name is Izumi."
"Twins." Viletta laughed. "That's good luck you know." She pointed out, looking over some of the other clothes.
"I actually didn't know that." the ebony haired man said, putting his phone away as he followed her.
Viletta nodded. "Good fortune to have two children at once, unless of course your mother died in child birth. Then it's bad luck."
"Well I'm happy to say that my mother is very much alive." Kurogané said.
"Then it's lucky." She said simply, pulling out a tight black shirt with a silver design on the front.
He looked over the shirt, hoping she decided to get it. "What about you and Valencia? What happened to your parents?"
Her body stiffened and she continued towards some black skinny jeans, looking them over. "They were killed when I was very young."
"Oh." He inwardly cursed. "I'm sorry."
"It's okay…" she sighed. "That was a whole lifetime ago."
Just then Valencia ran over, Sakimori not too far behind her. "Lettie, I'm so glad you're here. I need your help shopping to make sure I don't pick anything unflattering." She smiled.
The dark haired girl frowned, trying not to sigh as the younger sister dragged her off. Sakimori went over to his cousin and gave him a small smile. "So how's it going on your end?"
"I had to show her how to put a bra on." Kurogané sighed, keeping an eye on the two women. "I didn't know my self-control was that strong, but apparently it is." He smiled slightly and looked o his elder. "What about you?"
"She told me not to respect her and just have hot, dirty sex." The elder shook his head. "I might die if I have to restrain myself anymore."
Kurogané couldn't help but laugh at that. "Wow, and she looks so innocent too." He said when he finally stopped laughing. "And you turned her down?"
He nodded. "I had to…I just can't take a woman like that. I want to be in love."
The younger man sighed and shook his head. "You're such a sap. But I suppose it's just as well. There's something weird about the two of them. Something they're not telling us. I mean, the things they have no clue about…and that they should…it's just odd."
"Valencia seems pretty normal. I think they really do just have amnesia. Why else would they be so clueless." Sakimori wondered before he went wide eyed. "Or they repressed everything! They were all wrapped up when we found them, what if they were sex slaves and left there to die! That would explain why Valencia is so sex craved and starved!"
"Yeah well you can be the one to ask them about that." Kurogané said.
The dark haired man scoffed. "I would never. Not unless Valencia decided to tell me."
"Then I guess we'll just have to wait." He sighed, looking back out over the store and frowning. "Did they go back to the dressing rooms already?"
"Yeah." Sakimori headed off towards where he saw them disappear. "They went over here." He said, walking into the dressing room with Kurogané. "Valencia? Viletta?" he called. One of the dressing rooms opened and Viletta walked out towards the mirror. She had on the black skinny jeans and the t-shirt she'd picked out, along with a studded belt. She looked herself over in the mirror before glancing back at them.
"What do you think?"
"I think black suits you." Kurogané said honestly, loving the way the clothes fit her lithe form.
She actually smiled, even though it was small. "Really?" she asked, looking at herself once more.
"Mhm." He nodded, walking over to her. He took her hand and twirled her then so that she could see everything. "It suits you very well."
After she had spun, she fell a bit forward, landing against his chest. Her blush returned to her face as she stared up at him. "Sorry." she nearly whispered.
Kurogané smiled down at her. "It's okay." He said, though he didn't make a move to get her off of him.
She swallowed, gripping his arms and moving off him, though she couldn't help but feel the muscle there. Valencia came out of her dressing room then, wearing a pair of light blue shorts and a purple shirt, the sleeves hanging off her shoulders. "Oh Lettie that looks good on you." she smiled, before twirling. "What do you think of mine? I picked this shirt cause' it matches Sakimori's eyes." She giggled.
Said man blushed, looking off before giving her a once over again. "You look very lovely."
Viletta nodded. "I like it Val."
"Thank you." she beamed, before grabbing her sister's hand. "Now come on, let's try on some more clothes. And then we can go buy shoes." she said, ushering the older woman off.
Kurogané sighed. For some reason he had the feeling that these two were going to cause his cousin and him more trouble than they let on.
"Five hours." Kurogané said as they sat at a table to eat a late lunch. "We spent five hours shopping. I can't believe it." he shook his head.
"It wasn't so bad. It's better than Kairi and Izumi." Sakimori reasoned. Valencia and Viletta both moaned loudly as they bit into their pizza, loving the taste. They giggled and moved to their French fries, and then ate some nachos. Sakimori tried not to laugh. "They sure don't eat like girls."
"They eat like they haven't had food in years." Kurogané agreed, watching them as well. "It's kinda cute."
Sakimori nodded, but then looked to his cousin's pocket when it started to ring. He pulled out his phone and hit the green button, holding it up to his ear. "Uchiha Kurogané." He greeted, picking up his drink and taking a sip.
"Kurogané!" a shrill voice screamed over the phone. "This is your mother! How one earth did you spend over five hundred dollars in one day? And on women's panties and clothes? Did you find a prostitute or something? I told you being like your Uncle Noriaki was unacceptable! You shouldn't have to pay for sex anyways!"
He winced slightly and held the phone away from his ear. "Mom, calm down." He said, excusing himself from the table and walking out to the front of the restaurant. "Mori and I found these two girls in nothing but rags, and so we took them back to our hotel room and helped them out. We think they had an accident and are suffering from amnesia, though Mori has some crazy idea that they used to be sex slaves." He rolled his eyes at that. "But we're not sleeping with them." Not yet.
"Oh my goodness! That's terrible! Are they okay? Oh, my sweet baby boy is such a gentleman and helping out two poor girls. You are just amazing my boy! I just got a notification from the bank and normally I wouldn't care, but usually your sister is more on this incident than you and I know you might need things in Cairo, I just wanted to make sure you didn't lose your card."
"Yeah mom everything is fine. We haven't really asked them what happened yet cause' we figure they'll tell us eventually. So you can go ahead and tell Aunt Hikari not to worry either, cause' I bet she got the same notification." He told her.
"I'll tell your uncle, he's here now. Well I love you sweetie, stay safe and make sure you take lots of pictures! Talk to you soon my love!" she called before hanging up.
He sighed, shaking his head as he put his phone away and went back inside. When he sat back down, everyone's gazes were on him. "It was just my mom." He explained, looking to his cousin. "She was worried that we had found prostitutes."
"We are not prostitutes!" Viletta yelled, standing and glaring at Kurogané.
He looked back at her. "I know." He said. "I told her she was wrong, and that we found you guys and were helping you." he explained.
"Oh…" she frowned, sitting back down and looking off.
Sakimori met his cousin's gaze and mouthed. Told you. Sex slaves. Kurogané rolled his eyes and looked at the two women sitting across from them. "So what is your story?" he asked, picking up his burger and taking a bite.
"Story?" Valencia asked evasively. "We don't have a story, not really." She shrugged.
"Like where you're from." Sakimori said, smiling at Valencia. "You know your parents, what you're doing here. Just that stuff."
She only frowned. "We already told you, we're from Cairo. Our parents died a long time ago. Lettie remembers them better than I do." She said, looking down and pushing her food around a bit. "And as for why we're here…I guess you could say we're trying to get our lives back." She smiled slightly, glancing over at her sister. "Yeah, something like that."
Viletta stood once more and walked off, not bothering to add anything to the conversation. Valencia frowned and got up as well, following after her sister. "Lettie," she said, grabbing the other woman's hand to halt her. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." She said, pulling her hand from her sister. "I just want to be alone." She snapped, leaving the restaurant and sitting on the bench outside. She tried not to think about her parents and their murder, and then everything that had happened after that. Viletta closed her eyes and gripped onto her knees. Images of that night flashed through her head. All that blood, and that despicable man.
"You want to talk about it?" a deep voice asked, and suddenly Kurogané was sitting next to her.
Viletta jumped in her seat and looked over at him, before glaring off. "Why on earth would I want to talk about it." She snapped, trying to hold back her tears.
He shrugged. "I dunno, sometimes it makes people feel better. My mom always told me it wasn't good to keep things bottled up inside, because one day it'll all just explode out of you and leave you empty. Though I think she just made that up so I'd talk to her more." He smiled slightly, before reaching out and placing his hand on her shoulder. "I only asked cause' I want to help."
"You're lucky to have her, so you should make sure nothing ever happens to her to take her away." Was all she said, though she still didn't look at him. "I really want to go back…to your living house or whatever. I'm tired."
"Alright. I'll go tell the others." He said, standing. "If you ever want to talk…or need someone to lean on, I'm here." He said, before going back inside.
It wasn't much later that the others came out with a few boxes containing the food. They all got in the car, and Kurogané drove them back to the hotel. When they got back up to their suite, Viletta went off to the room she shared with Kurogané. He took the leftovers and went to put them in the fridge, and Valencia went into Sakimori's room to sort through her clothes and take the tags off before putting them away.
Kurogané sighed as he rejoined his cousin. "Women are so complicated." He grumbled. "And yet sometimes they seem so simple."
"What do you mean?" Sakimori asked.
"Well I tried to get Viletta to tell me what was wrong, but she acted the way I do when I want to be left alone, you know?" he looked at his cousin. "I don't even know why I care that she's upset."
The elder Uchiha smiled, "Because you're not as heartless as you look dear cousin. And you can't help but try and be a knight in shining armor."
Kurogané sighed. "It's not my fault I inherited that stupid gene from my dad." He sat down and crossed his arms. "I dunno, maybe I should just give her some space and let her come to me. I don't wanna seem too pushy on wanting to learn about her personal problems."
"I don't think she's the type to come to you." Sakimori snickered. "How weird is it? I bet no one really thinks your mom is the callous and mean one in their relationship. I think it's an Uchiha thing."
"Well you didn't turn out to be callous and mean." He said. "In fact, I think you're the only one of us who's genuinely decent."
He shrugged. "Yeah, but that's because my dad told me all my life to be nothing like him."
"Yeah." Kurogané stood then. "Well I'm gonna shower. I guess for dinner we could always just order room service. Maybe the girls will want to eat some Egyptian food." He shrugged.
"Possibly." Sakimori shrugged. "I'm going to go help Valencia put up her things." He said before disappearing into his own room.
Kurogané went into his room quietly, seeing Viletta asleep on the bed. He walked past her and into the bathroom, closing the door before starting up the shower and getting in. Once he was done, he turned off the water and got out, wrapping a towel around his waist. Then he went back out into the room, walking over to the dresser and opening it as he looked for some clean clothes to change into. He grabbed a pair of boxers and some shorts, as well as a black v neck. Grabbing his towel, he began to dry his hair, unaware of the pair of eyes that were on him as he continued his actions.
When he finished he tossed the towel onto the bed, and that was when he locked gazes with Viletta. "Hey." He said, unsure of what else to say in this type of situation.
"Hi." She said, turning back on her side and closing her eyes once more.
"How did you sleep?" he asked, grabbing his clothes and beginning to get dressed.
She shrugged. "Not long enough."
"Do you want me to help you unpack your clothes? Taking off all those tags can become annoying after a while."
"You can if you want…I'm going back to sleep." Viletta sighed. "It's been a long day."
Kurogané shrugged, going back out to the living room once he was dressed. He hung out with Sakimori and Valencia for a bit, though mostly he just removed all of the tags from Viletta's clothes. When dinner was over he went back into his room, silently putting all of her things away in the drawers he had reserved for her. Letting out a sigh, he glanced to the door and saw that the light was still on, meaning Sakimori and Valencia were still up. But he was tired and wanted to sleep, so instead of disturbing them, he took off his shirt and pants and crawled into bed next to Viletta. He settled into the sheets quickly, and it wasn't long until he was fast asleep.
It was so much more comfortable than that lumpy couch, after all.
