Hi, everyone. I'm so sorry for the long delay. I was so confused on how to continue the story. But anyway, here's the story. Enjoy...:)
Chapter 2
Exchange
Out of curiosity, I decided to check on her and left the kitchen.
I walked slowly to the half opened door. The lights were off so I thought she had already slept. Trying to make as few noises as possible, I took a peek. She was sitting on the edge of the bed. I couldn't see well what she was doing. I tried to observe her. Her right hand held something like a syringe, moving slowly to her left arm. Drugs? Her left arm were already tied with a torniquet, and she bit the end to tighten it. She inserted the needle to her skin, into her elbow vein, emptying whatever inside the syringe.
Moments later, she got into a state of euphoria. Her breath turned into gasps. Her hand reached down into her tight shorts, rubbed what's beneath them, moaned in pleasure. Using her other hand she played with her full chest, rubbing and fingering and pinching. I couldn't believe what happened right in front of my eyes. There's a girl playing with herself in my room. I didn't know what to do. I just crouched there, watching from the edge with a bulge in my pants.
I watched her until she reached climax. She screamed in pleasure, her back arched, then fainted on the mattress, still shaking from the great pleasure. I wonder if my neighbors heard her scream, even worse if it's the landlady downstairs. I stood up and walked away, thinking, trying to understand all that had just happened. Yoshida Saki had just taken a dose of drugs, then pleasured herself? What a scene! Unbelieveable.
Still confused, I returned to the kitchen to make dinner. For a moment I sit by the dining table, silently. My heart felt so hollow. It's all too much for me. I needed a splash of water to wake myself up so I headed to the sink and washed my face. Feeling more refreshed, I began to think about what to make. Soup? Potato salad? Tempura? Hmm...
I decided to make fried chicken, steamed vegetables and rice. They are pretty easy to make and also nutritious. After they were done, I put them all on the dining table. The only thing left was Yoshida Saki.
I left the kitchen to tell Yoshida that the dinner's ready. She was sleeping soundly when I entered the room. She was a mess, so dirty with sweat and dirt, snot and drool on her face, and some other unknown bodily fluids, which flowed from beneath her short shorts to the wet bedsheet. I decided not to wake her up, instead I took a towel and warm water to wipe the filth off her. Her body was so skinny, flesh and bones. Upon closer inspection, I could see there were several needle marks on her left elbow, meaning she did the drug regularly. Just when I was about to finish, she opened her eyes.
"You...?" She woke up just when I was cleaning the last bit of her smeared eyeshadows. "What are you doing?" She backed away from me and put up a defensive stance by covering her body with her hands, especially around her breasts.
What was I doing again? I was cleaning her, of course. "Umm, you looked kinda dirty, so I cleaned you up." But why? When I thought about it, I realized that I was doing something bold, too bold. I came only to wake her up.
"You don't have to do that. I can clean myself up." Her voice sounded a little annoyed. She looked away in disgust and with her arms crossed.
"Ah, sorry. I shouldn't have done it. I'm sorry." I could feel my blood drained from my face in fear and lowered my gaze. This was so stupid. I started to regret my decision until...
She chuckled at my silly gesture "U fufufu... Why are you apologizing? I'm just joking. You did nothing wrong." She suddenly looked amused. A warm smile blossomed on her face.
"Yoshida-san..." Finally, for the first time she smiled. I had thought she was going to hate me for the rest of her life.
"It's just the first time someone do this kind of thing to me. Actually it feels good. You don't want to continue?" She moved closer to me, face to face.
"Ah, o..okay. I..it's almost done. Maybe you wanna do it yourself?" I offered her the wet towel.
"No. It feels better if someone else does it to me."
"OK then. Excuse me. Just a little bit more on your face" I started to clean the last bit of her makeup. It only took less than five minutes to finish.
"OK. It's done. I only cleaned your face. You still have to take a shower if you want to be perfectly clean." I intended to clean her whole body, but she already awake so I just left the other parts, including the liquid dripping from beneath her shorts.
"Thanks. By the way, I want to tell you something. Would you listen to me?" This was unexpected. She wanted to have a talk?
"OK. I'm all ears."
"The fact is, I was beaten by my boyfriend. He kicked me out of his apartment because I failed to give him this week's money. And now he abandons me. He even blocked my number."
"That's... terrible. I'm sorry."
"Now that you know about it. Maybe you want my service, in exchange of your money?"
"Service? What service are you talking about?"
"You can do whatever you want with me. You can have sex with me as much as you want."
"So you have sex with men to get their money?"
"Umm... yes." Looking her attire, I was not surprised, but still...
"And now you want to have sex with me and get my money so you can return to your boyfriend?"
She nodded.
"Ugh.. I'm sorry to say this but you've been used by your boyfriend."
"What?"
"He is just using you as a money maker."
"T... that's not how it works. Hayato is my pimp, my guardian. And I need to work if I want to live."
"What the...? That's even worse. You see, Yoshida-san, a good boyfriend would never sell his own girlfriend out to get easy money. Lovers are meant to protect each other, to care your partner's dignity. If I was your lover, I wouldn't let any other guy touch you."
"But I still love him."
"He doesn't deserve your love. He sold your dignity, and now he abandoned you because you can't make money." I was getting a little angry, but I tried to control my breath, my adrenaline rush, and be calm. I took a hold of her shoulders and looked straight into her eyes. "He wouldn't do those kinda things if he loves you, would he? Think about it, Yoshida-san."
"A..akagi-san..." She looked away from my eyes, pondered for a moment before finally answered "I don't know. I can't think. I'm just so stupid I can't think of anything."
"You are not stupid, Yoshida-san. It's just that you chose the wrong guy..."
She fell silent again. I released my hands on her shoulders, then she backed away and hugged her knees. She looked so sad. Did I say too much?
"I'm sorry, Yoshida-san. I'm just nobody but I said too much."
"It's ok. I know you care about me. If only you were my boyfriend..."
"Eh..?"
"I..it's nothing. I just want to say thank you."
"Umm, OK, I guess. It's the least I can do as a friend."
"A friend... huh...?" She tucked her index finger to her lips, between pinching her lower lip and biting her fingernail. She looked sadder. Did she not want to consider me her friend? After a moment, she traced her face with her fingers, probably to ensure that her face was already clean. I put the towel into the bowl of warm water.
"Umm, actually I came here because the dinner is ready. Maybe you want to eat dinner now?"
"Food? Why not say that earlier? I'm hungry you know." She said that with a pout.
"Ahaha, sorry. Maybe I should prepare the bath so you can clean up afterwards." I stood up and took the towel and warm water to the bathroom and prepared the bath before heading back to the kitchen where she was waiting for me by the dining table.
"Thank goodness! The food is still hot. Have a seat, Yoshida-san." I pulled the chair for her to sit down. Her face looked so excited looking at the simple meal. "It's not much, but I hope you enjoy it."
"Itadakimasu!"
"Itadakimasu!"
I gave her a bowl of rice and a pair of chopsticks, which she immediately grabbed, then started filling her mouth with rice, fried chicken and the greenery.
"Ummmmmm...! Shooo good! OM NOM NOM NOM!" She ate the food so hastily. Why was she so feral?
"Ugh, Yoshida-san. Maybe you can eat a little slower. You don't want to choke, do you?"
"Showwy, bud id ish sho good. *OM NOM NOM NOM*" They were just fried chicken and bland vegetables. I guess she really had not eaten for days.
"Ugh, just eat and don't talk."
She's so... disgusting. I couldn't help but looked away a little. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to enjoy my food.
"More rice please!" She shoved the empty bowl to me. I hadn't eaten half of my food but she already asked for a second.
"Uh, OK OK. Let me get it." I took more rice from the rice cooker and gave it to her, which she took in a flash.
"OM NOM NOM NOM!" She continued to fill her stomach happily. I began to get used to her and watched her, which was pretty hilarious. Somehow, seeing her antics made me happy.
"Can you not eat my portion? This, this and this are all mine, OK?" I tried to prevent her from eating my food by taking my share of fried chicken.
"Um um.." She nodded in agreement.
We were enjoying our dinner when my phone rang.
RIIINNG! RIIINNG! RIIIIINNG!
"Ah, excuse me for a bit." I left the dining table to get my phone.
I tried to search for the source of the sound. "Damn it where is it?" I mumbled to myself. Eventually I found my bag near the kitchen. I quickly pulled out my cellphone. By the time I checked it, the ringtone had died. I looked at the screen.
1 missed call from Mom
I waited for a moment before the phone ring again.
RIIIN...! I immediately push the answer button.
"Hello..."
"Hello. Where have you been, honey? Why didn't you picked up the phone sooner?"
"I'm sorry I'm sorry. I'm having dinner now, it took me a moment to get the phone."
"*sigh* Thank god. I thought something bad happened to you. Mommy is so worried."
"No, mom. It's just you the worrywart mom. You should trust me sometimes. I'm already an adult."
"Haha. I know mommy's son has grown into a handsome boy. By any chance, have you found any cute girl you can show to mommy?"
"Oh come on, mom. It's too early to be talking about that."
"Then you are too early to call yourself an adult, honey."
"You said yourself that I must finish my school first."
"Yes, mommy did, but it's okay to see one or two girls, honey. Think about it as a motivation for you, to... to work hard at school, yeah. Girls wouldn't want to be with stupid boys, you know."
"Yeah, I'm working on it, mom. Trust me."
"How about that girl you talked about so much? Umm.. Saki-chan, isn't it? Mommy haven't heard you talk about her for a while now."
"Ah? EEEH? SAKI... S.. saki-chan you said?" I was so surprised and was about to yell the name Saki but remembered that she is here so I lowered my voice. Indeed it's been a while since the last time I talked about Saki with mom. And what a coincidence for her to brought this up when the girl is right here in my apartment.
"Yes. Saki-chan. You said something about her being cute and stuff, if mommy remember correctly."
I paused for some seconds.
"O..oh. She's alright, I guess."
"Ooh, mommy senses some disappointment in your voice. What about her? Did she find a new boyfriend? Maybe mommy need to look for her phone number and ask her a favor to tell you to stop slacking off with your video games."
"No, mom. No. You don't need to."
"If you say so."
Long silence. I thought the line was already disconnected.
"Don't worry, honey, there are still many girls out there. Mommy is sure, with your good looks, any girl would think twice before rejecting you."
"Of course you would say that. Every mother would say that her son is handsome."
"Haha, no honey. It's the truth. Anyway, how's the exam today? Did you do the test well?"
"Yeah, I'm sure I answered most of them right. Just pray that the result is good."
"That's good, honey. Mommy knows you tried your best."
"Yeah, yeah. Thanks, mom. I may have said it many times already, but please stop calling me "honey", okay? Especially not around my friends. I'm not a kid anymore, it's embarrassing, really."
"Haha, sorry sorry. Mommy will keep that in mind. But that's the sign that we get along well, right?"
"Yeah, yeah. Anyway, how's Daisy doing? Has she calmed down?" Daisy is my little sister. Lately, she had been harassed by her gym teacher for not doing the physical education well due to her somewhat small stature. It's not the kind of sexual harassment, but it's still a harassment and it made her upset. I heard from mom that she shutted herself in her room for two days. Thankfully she opened herself up to my family, especially my mom.
"Don't worry honey. She told mommy everything and mommy has successfully consoled her. Now she's watching TV with your daddy."
"Thank goodness."
"Okay honey. Wouldn't want to keep you from your dinner. Take care honey. Byeee~!"
"Bye..." I closed the phone and returned to the dining table.
I sat down and take my bowl. I started to eat the rice, but something was not right. All the plates were already empty. *sigh* There's only one possibility...
She was not on her chair. Her bowl was empty too. I stood up and looked around. Finally I found her lied down on the couch, rubbing her round tummy. "Haaah. I'm so full. Thanks for the food. Your cooking is the best." She looked at me with wide smile.
"Uh, OK. Maybe you wanna get into the bath now?"
"Later. I still can't move my body."
"That's what you get if you eat too much."
"Yeah yeah. Now leave me alone. Shoo shoo..!"
"Who the f*ck does she think she is, shooing me in my own house after eating my food?" I mumbled to myself. I put the dirty utensils in the sink and headed for the shower.
"Uuuuuh... ahhhh..." I inhaled and exhaled the cool bathroom air. So many things had happened that day. I wouldn't have expected that I would meet Yoshida Saki, in an unlikely situation. She had become a gyaru with tanned skin and bleached blond hair. Moreover, she slept with men for money, in other word prostituting, with her boyfriend being her pimp. "Hayato, isn't it? She has that Hayato tattoo on her chest." That rumor might be true, that she prostituted ever since at school before she was dropped out.
I still remember clearly, the times when Saki was still with our class. She would always surrounded by the popular girls. I always tried to look for a chance to talk to her, but failed. Before the lesson started, at the lunch break, even in the PE class, she seemed like unapproacheable. The other boys were no different. Though some of the boys managed to talk to her, until they couldn't continue the conversation. They said she wasn't cooperative, whatever that means. I myself was only able to exchange a few greetings like "hi" or "hello" when we saw each other in the school building corridor, or near the entrance and gate, until the rumor about her selling her body spread. I rarely saw her on her usual spot. They were still there, the girls that usually hung out with her, but not with Saki herself. I also rarely saw her in the corridor, or near the entrance. Was the rumor true, that she was selling her body? I couldn't find the truth until one day, when she was absent from class, I saw her desk. It was a horrible sight. Her desk full of dirty words: "die", "b*tch", "c*ck maniac", "wh*re", "c*m bucket", and many other profanities. Was that a bullying? After that day, Saki never showed her face in the class anymore. At first the class seemed unaffected by her absence. It was horrible, no one was worried about their missing classmate.
Deep in thought, I was oblivious to my surrounding, until a pair of hands covered my eyes from behind me. Of course my reaction would be...
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
To be continued...
I really enjoyed writing this chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed reading as well. I'm so sorry if Horuto's personality doesn't suit your taste. I made some variation of this chapter, but finally I decided to use the one above. I got the idea of wiping clean Yoshida Saki from Doki Doki Literature Club where *spoiler* the protagonist wiped the paint off Yuri's face. By the time I was finishing this chapter, I discovered that my cousin is dealing drugs. I was so sad and decided to finish this chapter fast.
Anyway, thanks for all your support and look forward for the next chapter...
