-1A/N - I changed the title to make more sense, thanks Kiangs.Sorry for up-dating late too. I was working on my other story 'Meet the Shinigami'. I was having problems if I should let Natsuki keep Shizuru alive or dead. That will be up in a couple of days for those who are waiting to read that.
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The Bartender
Chapter 2: We Meet Again
It was about one in the morning when Shizuru finally made it home. The fee of the taxi happened to be more then the fifty dollars then the bartender, Natsuki, originally gave. However, Shizuru didn't mind paying the extra cash because, after all, it was all worth every single penny and it really was. Giving the driver his desired money, he drove away into the new begging of the day.
Walking up to the front door, Shizuru took out a set of keys and opened the big wooden door. Once she went inside, she saw her father crossing his arms and he seemed to be waiting for his daughter to give a reply as to why she was late.
"Shizuru…" said her father, breaking up the awkward silence that was starting to set in.
"I can explain father," replied Shizuru, "you…see…" Shizuru was starting to think clearer then before now but, sadly, her hang over wasn't gone and it was slowly going away, making her, choose her words carefully once again. "You see, father, I met someone after I dumped my boyfriend."
"Ex-boyfriend, you mean," stated Mr. Fujino. Sighing, Mr. Fujino was rubbing his forehead with his right hand.
"Sorry…for dumping yet another guy," apologized Shizuru. This made Mr. Fujino perk up.
"No, no honey," replied Mr. Fujino, "I don't care about that, all I care about is that you returned home safely. Now who is this special person?" Her father was starting to get interested in who ever Shizuru met during the night. This made Shizuru's mood light up because she would be able to talk about Natsuki with her father.
But will he approve of it? Thought Shizuru and she was having second thoughts.
Shizuru didn't know if she should tell her father or not but she decided not to and start to head to bed. After all, she needed all the energy she could get if she was going to see the bartender again. "Father, can I tell you this person later today?" Questioned Shizuru. "After all, it is getting late or should I say really, really early."
Mr. Fujino laughed at the thought. "Sure, honey." The laughter was soon dieing down. "Just don't forget to tell me who this 'special' person is, okay?"
"Don't worry, I won't," replied Shizuru. I would never forget someone like her. With that, Shizuru headed upstairs to her room.
About eight in the morning, a sleepy beauty woke up from her restful night of sleep. Yawning, Shizuru got up in bed and stretched her arms. Minutes later, she decided to take a shower to get ready for the day. Once done, the brunette dried herself up and covered herself up with a black skirt and a nice red blouse.
Around nine, Shizuru went to the dining room where her father happened to be drinking his morning coffee. "Good morning, honey."
"Good morning, father," replied Shizuru who grabbed the cup of tea that was handed to her by one of the maids.
"Is mother doing well on her vacation?"
"Yes, she just called a while ago to see how you were doing. Once I told her you were still sleeping, she said she'll call later so she wouldn't interrupt you in your moments of rest," stated her father.
"That's good to hear," replied Shizuru who took a slip of her tea.
A long pause covered the two Fujinos but Mr. Fujino broke the silence to continue the conversation they had before Shizuru went to bed.
"Now, Shizuru, do you remember what we talked about last night?" Questioned her father.
"Of course, how could I forget," said Shizuru in her calm Kyoto-ben.
"Good, so who is this special person that you mentioned?" Again, Mr. Fujino was getting interested on this person.
"Well, this person owns a business, cares for the customers and knows how to make a woman feel…content," Shizuru had to say the last word carefully as to not make her father misunderstand the conversation as to what happen last night.
"Oh? This person owns a business, eh? That's good to hear, you really should go out with this person, after all, since he has some business experience, he can help the company a lot," commented her father and it sounded like he was beginning to like the unknown person.
"She does have some business experience," stated Shizuru, "and she does know how to keep her accounting records organized" Mr. Fujino stopped talking, and was a bit surprised that his little girl was starting to like another woman.
"A 'she' huh?" Was all that Mr. Fujino could muster out. Now Shizuru was starting to regret talking about this with her father. He won't except it, thought Shizuru.
"Before you go out as an official couple with her," said her father in a stern voice, but his voice started to change into a cheerful one, "introduce me to her first. After all, I do have to approve of her, incase she isn't the one for you."
Shizuru was stunned to her those words out of her father's mouth. "Okay, I will but…"
"But what?" Asked her father.
"I…well, we haven't gone out before," replied Shizuru, "also I just met her last night, so I'm not really sure how she feels about me."
"You just met her? Last night?" Mr. Fujino was amazed that his daughter feel in love with someone very quick, which was very interesting because before Shizuru dumped every boyfriend, she had to be acquainted with them first before they went out as a couple.
"Yes…last night," repeated Shizuru.
Dang Dang
The grandfather clock in the dining room struck eleven in the morning, disturbing the two from their current conversation. By now, Shizuru would have been at work at her family's corporation but luckily for her it was a Saturday so she didn't have to deal with the paper work. However, her dad had to be there to finish one of the business meetings that showed a lot of promises in the corporation's future. Sadly, it might end till later tonight, which was good for Shizuru.
"I better get going," said Mr. Fujino who got up and was beginning to head out. "Shizuru, if you go out tonight, don't stay up too late with your girlfriend." He left the room with a grin on his face. Girlfriend? thought Shizuru and her father was gone before she could say anything back.
Smiling, Shizuru was glad that he didn't mind who she went out with as long as his little girl was happy. "Thanks dad," whispered Shizuru in the large dining room.
The day went by slow then the brunette thought it would be, then again she couldn't wait to see the cobalt beauty who would, once again, serve her drinks later tonight. Since it was a slow day, Shizuru decided to take a nap to rest up for tonight.
Nearly three o'clock, and Shizuru woke up from her nap. Once fully awake, Shizuru took a quick shower and freshened up some more. These little jobs took about an hour and a half to accomplish, leaving a lot of time left before the honey-haired woman went to Moonlight Wolves, so she fixed herself something to eat with tea along it.
"Hopefully making and eating a meal will eventually make time go fast," said Shizuru and started cooking. The maid was surprised that the lady of the house was actually cooking and offered to help but Shizuru insisted that she would do it.
About a couple of hours and Shizuru finally finished her meal. It took the older woman so long to finish off her food because:
1) She messed up along the way when she was cooking.
2) She thought time would go fast if she ate slow, which now she regretted because her food went cold, along with her tea.
And 3) She never felt that hungry to begin with and wasted some food.
Sighing and drinking her now cold tea, Shizuru was in deep thought of what might happen later tonight but then something hit her.
What am I going to wear tonight? thought Shizuru. Yes, even though Shizuru was trying to pass the time, she totally forgot all about what kind of outfit to wear. Okay, to my closet. Finishing her tea, she went upstairs.
Once upstairs, Shizuru started digging around in her closet to see what she had. Five minutes later, she pulled out three different outfits. The first one was more of a mature outing wear. It consisted of a skirt and a tan shirt that would be covered up by a light weight jacket followed by a pair of boots to go along with the outfit. The second one was more of an outgoing wear. This was a loosely fitting jean with a plain white shirt that would also be covered up by a jean jacket. The last outfit was more of the elegant kind of wear yet it was still good for going out. This consisted of a one piece dress, that showed a little bit of her cleavage, with a black woven sweater over it accompany by the same pair of boots.
Thinking on her choices, Shizuru went with the last outfit because the bartender might be paying attention to her or a little more attention to her then before. Looking at the clock near her bed, Shizuru was satisfied with the time. The clock read eight thirty-two in it's red lights. With that, the brunette went down stairs, picked up her keys and went out in to the night.
About nine at night, Shizuru made it to the bar. The drive was twenty minutes away from her house but she made it twelve minutes sharp because she was waiting for this very moment to see her bartender.
Once inside, Shizuru went to the exact same spot as last night and while going to her destination, there were a few lusting eyes but Shizuru ignore them.
Grabbing a seat near the alcoholic drinks, Shizuru's heart was pounding really fast and she thought that if Natsuki was hear in front of her, her heart might explode. Looking around for the cobalt bartender, Shizuru didn't see that latter at all. This made her very nervous. Why isn't she here? thought Shizuru, doesn't she even care about her bar?
Shizuru couldn't wait any longer and decided to ask one of the other available bartenders where their boss was.
"Excuse me," requested Shizuru, "where is your manager tonight?"
"Let's see," stated an orange head bartender, "last time I checked, my manager was in her office doing some accounting. Do you want me to get her?"
Shizuru was relieved that the cobalt woman was still here and not somewhere else. "Yes, if that's not a problem."
"Sure thing miss," replied the orange head bartender.
The bartender lead Shizuru to the back of the bar and the two stopped near a black door with a hung plate that read 'manager's office'.
Knock, knock.
"Yeah? What is it now?" came a reply from the office. Shizuru's heart jumped to the sound of that voice, and the fact that on the other side of the door was Natsuki. Oh Natsuki, I can't believe a door is preventing me from seeing you.
Yup, the door was still closed and the blue haired latter didn't bother to let the two come in.
"Boss, there's a woman who wants to talk to you," stated the orange head.
"Mai, not now, I'm busy." Was all that the cobalt manager said and silence took over afterwards.
"I'm sorry…as you can see, my boss is busy," stated the woman called Mai.
Shizuru was lost for words that she wasn't able to see her bartender so she decided to take action instead.
"If you don't mind," said Shizuru, "I'd like to take care of this myself."
With that being said, Mai, the other bartender, was trying her best to not let Shizuru in. "Wait, please don't—," however, it was a failure to stop the brunette on a mission to see her beloved bartender.
Shizuru opened the manager's door and let herself in. In front of her, she saw her bartender in her very cunning uniform behind an oak desk but she didn't received a warm welcome like she thought she would.
"Hey! Didn't I…tell you…to…what the heck are you doing here again?" stammered Natsuki when she saw Shizuru in her office. I can't believe she came back.
Closing the door behind her for some privacy, the older woman frowned a little but soon it was replaced with a grin.
"That's very rude of you Natsuki," replied Shizuru in her seductive tone, "Should I teach you some manners?"
"Oh? Manners, huh? Well then, that goes double for you," countered Natsuki, "after all, it's also very rude to not answer someone else's question."
"Ara? Is that so?" Shizuru did her signature pose and Natsuki was beginning to wonder where the conversation was heading with the older woman.
"Yeah," replied Natsuki, who decided to continue on with the accounting. Shizuru was ignored.
"Well then, I did say that 'I would come back'" said Shizuru in a sly voice
"No you didn't," stated Natsuki, "this is the first time that I heard you say that."
Yes, it was true, Shizuru never mentioned this to the bartender but only to herself in the taxi.
"Oh?" was all that Shizuru managed. She didn't notice my outfit.
"Now who's the one who doesn't have any manners, huh?" Natsuki couldn't help but smile and continue on with her business's account. Shizuru was ignored yet again. Is her accounting really that important?Fine if you want it that way.
"Really?" Shizuru couldn't help but smile as well and she went behind the desk, sat on the bartender's lap and wrapped her arms around the cobalt woman's neck, snuggling up to her. "Since I'm being so bad, teach me Sempai.," whined Shizuru while her lips barely touched Natsuki's left ear. Other then that, Shizuru's dress was also reveiling a little more underneath, making Natsuki blush red. Got cha.
"Idiot!" Natsuki yelped in a high voice while struggling to break free of the woman's grip before her. Shizuru, however, was still holding on to the midnight haired woman no matter what. Now, Natsuki was trying to escape from Shizuru while Shizuru was trying to stay with Natsuki in the same position.
Just outside the office, one of the customers was arguing to Mai.
"Listen lady, I want your manager to serve me as my bartender! Got that!" yelled a man who was twice the size of Mai.
"Look, mister, she's busy serving with another guest right now," stated Mai who was starting to get irritated by the guy.
"Then show me," demanded the man.
"Fine I will." With that, Mai headed to the back to get her manager to tell the guy she was busy.
Back at the office…
"Let go." Demanded Natsuki who was blushing like a tomato because her uniform was being slowly undone by Shizuru. To Natsuki's surprise, the older woman had some grip. "Are you already drunk?"
"Sorry, but no, I'm not drunk. Also I won't let go, that isn't something I can do so easily, maybe if you gave me something in return…I might get off of you." Shizuru was grinning when Natsuki was slowly losing to her, however Natsuki wasn't going to give in that easily.
"If you want another free drink, then that's fine by me," requested Natsuki, after all, she didn't mind giving Shizuru twenty different drinks as long as she got off.
"No, no, that isn't what I want." Replied Shizuru and was gently tracing her fingers along the younger woman's neck, making Natsuki shiver to the touch.
Damn it, thought Natsuki, why can't she just take it?
"Fine, just tell me what you want and I'll do it." stated Natsuki and was beginning to lose to Shizuru.
"Good, I want you to go out with me," demanded Shizuru. Natsuki could only be shocked at the sudden demand. Blinking twice, Natsuki gave the older woman a reply while fidgeting at the same time.
"Too bad for y—!" Natsuki wasn't able to finish what she was saying because she tripped along with Shizuru to the ground. Making the two land in a very seductive position.
Suddenly the door opened.
"Boss!" Yelled Mai, "I need to talk…to…you…about" Silence covered Shizuru, Natsuki and Mai while Natsuki was on top of Shizuru, face between the older woman's breast, yet her right leg was between the older woman's legs, down below. Shizuru couldn't help but let out a moan when Natsuki pressed her head harder against her somewhat bare chest.
"Ow, my…head," was all that Natsuki managed to say before figuring out what happened.
Mai just stood there. Not so far away from her, the man from before came.
"Yeah, right. She's not….busy at…all." Now the man was last for words.
Now, looking up, Natsuki's mouth dropped while her face turn blazing red, like a fire, at another pair of guest in front of her, the employee and the customer.
OMG was all that Natsuki could think while the tow looked at them. "It's not what you think," was all that Natsuki managed to say before Mai and the man went away.
Slam. The two were gone.
Damn. Natsuki was growling a little that the fact that her employee caught her doing indecent things, accidentally, in her office.
The door to the main office closed leaving the two behind in their current situation. "Damn it, now she's going to think that I came on to you," said Natsuki.
"But you are on me," stated Shizuru. Natsuki's ears perked up at the older woman's statement, but to her, it sounded more as a tease then an observation.
"T…that isn't what I mean," replied Natsuki with little blushes on her cheeks. Shizuru was testing her teasing with the latter's reaction.
"Ara, ara? Then what did you mean?" Questioned the older woman. Natsuki couldn't help but be shock with the question. Sighing, Natsuki didn't really care if the woman got her point or not.
"You're really pushing it, aren't you.?" asked Natsuki and was getting off of the brunette in front of her, however, the cobalt woman was stopped with a firm hug by Shizuru.
"Pushing what?" Questioned the older woman again.
Oh, Shizuru knew what she was pushing. It happened to be that she was pushing Natsuki closer and closer to her until the wolf learned how to give up and go out with her.
The blushing Natsuki had no choice, it was either give in or keep getting rubbed on by different parts of the older woman's body making a moan grit in her mouth.
"Fine, I'll do IT!" Yelled Natsuki who's will power gave in to the older woman. While huffing oxygen, Natsuki was let go.
Being satisfied that she got what she wanted, Shizuru got up. "Good, because tomorrow night, my father will come and visit."
"W…what?" Stammered Natsuki in an innocent puppy-like expression that Shizuru wasn't able to see before. Once up, Natsuki fixed her best and dress shirt and Shizuru couldn't help but hug the pup.
"Hey don't—," Natsuki was soon cut off with a kiss on the lips.
The kiss was short but it somehow calm the cobalt wolf. Natsuki couldn't help but blush and turn her head to the side to avoid Shizuru's crimson eyes.
"Don't worry," replied Shizuru, "my father doesn't mind if I go out with another woman."
"It's not like I had a choice to go out with you," replied Natsuki still avoiding the woman in front of her.
"Sorry."
Sighing, Shizuru let go of the cobalt haired woman and put her hands on Natsuki's face. What the, was all that Natsuki could think before her head was turned to look directly at Shizuru. "Don't tell me…you're going to kiss me again?" Questioned Natsuki.
"No, although it would be nice," said Shizuru, "but it would be even nicer if you look at me directly in the face when I talk to you after all, we are going out.."
Natsuki couldn't help but feel a little guilty for not paying attention to her 'girlfriend'. "That dress looks good on you."
Shizuru ginned at Natsuki's compliment, "Natsuki I didn't say look at my body when we talk."
"I'm NOT! It's just that your dress kind of stands out." Yes it did 'stand' out especially with Shizuru's loucious curves. Natsuki panicked and blushed somemore by the tease but more importantly something else was on her mind. "Why do you want to go out with me anyway?"
"Because I like you," replied Shizuru.
"Oh?" was all that Natsuki said.
"Nope." said Shizuru bluntly.
"So you hate me now?" Questioned Natsuki.
"No," replied Shizuru.
"Then which is it?" Asked a calm Natsuki.
"I don't like you or hate you," stated Shizuru, leaving Natsuki puzzled. "I love you."
With that being said, Shizuru kiss the younger woman on the cheeks and waved goodbye before heading home. "I'll see you later sweetie," Smiled Shizuru in a seductive smile.
Natsuki could only blush and look at her new lover going out of her bar. Going back to her desk, and finishing the last transaction on her balance sheet, Natsuki couldn't help but smile a little that she had someone who cared for her.
"Yeah…see you later Shizuru."
T.B.C…
A/N - I hope you guys like it.