~*Showing Gratitude*~
Tonya sat in her room, slowly sipping on cool water as oxygen poured into her system through the nasal cannula. While her lungs were doing better, the doctors wanted to keep her on oxygen for a little bit longer. She closed the borrowed laptop after checking her email one last time. Thankfully there were no major assignments coming up that would affect her grade. She was lucky her instructor was understanding. She sank back into her bed, wondering how her life had gotten turned upside down so quickly.
The fire had been caused by the man that had shoved Tonya during his escape. Turns out he'd been a jealous ex of Kisa's mom. The two had gotten into a fight, he'd knocked Kisa's mother unconscious, and his cigarette ash had hit the drawings Kisa had left out for her mother and set the place ablaze. Thankfully, both Kisa and her mother were okay. The woman had come by to see Tonya once she'd been cleared. She spent a good fifteen minutes or so crying and thanking Tonya for what she'd done. Kisa had left a card for the brunette before they'd headed out to go live with relatives till they could figure out something.
"What am I going to do?" Tonya sighed to herself as a crushing weight pressed on her chest. She was now homeless. She had some money, but not enough to put a down payment on another place. And finding another apartment last minute close to campus and her work place was going to be hard. "I suppose I could crash with Shunpei till I figure something out."
"Now why would I let you do something like that?" Her body tensed up on reaction to hearing Miyuki's voice. Tonya's head snapped to the door to see Miyuki leaning against it with flowers in his hands.
'How in the hell did he find out I was here?' Tonya thought to herself.
She couldn't help herself as her eyes skimmed over his body. She'd seen Miyuki in practice clothes and nice club clothes. But to see him street clothes was something else. He dressed in a casual comfy type of way that still made him look damn good. Who was she kidding? Miyuki could be wearing a total trainwreck of an outfit and she'd still think he was fucking hot.
"Relax, I heard your instructor on the phone with you. I'm here in a peaceful way." Miyuki said, moving closer and handing over the small bundle of roses.
"Thank you. How much did these cost you?" Tonya asked, sniffing the beautiful deep red roses.
"How are you feeling?" Miyuki ignored her quip. He was more worried about her at the moment.
"I'm fine. I should be discharged later today providing I don't have another coughing fit. The doctor wants me to stay with someone for a few nights just in case though. Not like I have a choice. I don't have a place I can go back to even if I wanted to protest." She laughed humorously.
"Actually, that's why I'm here. Now here me out." Miyuki held up a hand to silence her protests. "I have an apartment in the nicer part of town. I don't stay there except on weekends. The place is a four bedroom and way too big for me. During the week, I'm at the dorms with the rest of the team. You'd have the place all to yourself. It's not like I use it much anyways when I am there. I have two free rooms. One of those rooms can be yours, if you want."
"Why?" The skepticism was clear as day in Tonya's voice.
Why would Miyuki make this offer to her? Was this another ploy of his to get her to like him? Was he planning something else entirely? Was it possible it was a genuine good hearted gesture? No way. This was Miyuki Kazuya. The man was known as a twisted asshole to anyone not trying to bed him. He lived off the misery of others. He made a never ending game out of it with his teammates by taunting, teasing, and torturing them. Not to mention her own first hand experience. Moving in to his place was asking for trouble with a capital 'T'.
"For not judging me? For accepting me? For tolerating me on a daily basis? Take your pick." Miyuki shrugged his shoulders. Even he himself didn't know why he was making the offer. It just felt like the right thing to do.
Tonya leaned towards Miyuki. She even reached out and pulled his glasses off his eyes to get a better look at the boy. He held her gaze with ease. There was no deception, no ulterior motive, no trace of his usual jackassery self. He was being sincere. He was genuinely trying to do something nice for someone whom he was grateful towards. Tonya handed his glasses back before sinking back into her bed. She knew with one phone call to Sanada she'd have a place to stay. But then there was the problem of Raichi. While Sanada wasn't shy, the younger boy was. Tonya didn't want to infringe upon their relationship. Even though she knew the two would welcome her with open arms. That option was out. And it wasn't like she was close enough with anyone else to ask them if she could stay with them till she found a place.
However….if Tonya was honest with herself she was curious. Curious to see what Miyuki was really like. Even if it was just the two of them spending time together on weekends, she wanted to know what he was like away from it all. Who was the real Miyuki? Many people wished to know the answer to this question. Tonya was one of them. She wanted to know what possessed a guy who barely knew her to allow her access to his apartment unsupervised. And he wasn't asking for anything in return like she'd been expecting.
"No tricks or funny business?" Tonya questioned just to be on the safe side.
"Nothing more than usual." He smirked. There was the Miyuki she'd come to know.
"…I can't believe I'm doing this…." She heaved a sigh. "Alright. I accept."
Miyuki chuckled in that irritating way of his. Tonya hoped she knew what she was getting into. Miyuki hung around with Tonya for the next few hours. The doctor and nurses all made their final checks on the girl before agreeing to let her go in the care of Miyuki. She gathered up her things with the help of her new caretaker and followed Miyuki out to the parking lot. Her eye brow ticked in annoyance when she saw the car he drove.
"A hellcat? Really?" She narrowed her eyes at him as Miyuki put her stuff into the truck of the sleek black car.
"Get in." Miyuki winked at her before sliding in himself.
Tonya rolled her eyes, already regretting her decision as she hopped inside. The leather felt weird and smelled funny. It's expensive. That's why. At least, this is what Tonya thought. Miyuki turned the car over as it roared to life. He pulled out of the hospital parking lot and turned down the road. She let out a little cough as she stared out the window. It was real. She was really going to stay with Miyuki for now. Tonya pulled her phone out of her pocket and sent Sanada a quick txt to explain the situation, saying she'd call when she could. For now, she just wished to rest.
"Shit. What am I going to do for clothes?" Tonya asked aloud. Realizing that it was kind of a big problem that she didn't have anything to change into.
"I got you a couple of outfits actually." Miyuki spoke up, turning off into the nicer neighborhood.
"Like what?" She growled. Knowing Miyuki, it wasn't going to be anything good.
"Relax. Just some sweats, a couple of tank tops, and jackets. I can take you shopping tomorrow okay?" He offered as he pulled into an underground parking garage.
"Fine. Maybe we can get my truck while we're at it. Thankfully I left my laptop and all my books in there. I don't even want to imagine how much it'd cost me to rebuy all that shit." Tonya allowed herself to relax a little.
"Aren't your truck keys in your apartment?" He turned the car off and turned to look at the girl.
"I have a spare hidden underneath the body." Tonya hopped out of the car and motioned for Miyuki to pop the trunk.
They gathered up what few belongings she had and headed for one of the elevators nearby. Miyuki pressed the button as a soft 'ting' sounded. The doors opened and the two climbed on. Miyuki pressed the button for the tenth floor as the doors slid closed softly. The elevator barely jostled as they headed up. Tonya kept waiting for Miyuki to pull his usual shit with her. Especially now since the two were alone in a space she couldn't run from him in. But he behaved himself. True to his word. The elevator coasted to a stop and the two stepped off. Miyuki led her down the hall to the final door and inserted a key. He turned the lock and pushed the door open.
"Ladies first." Miyuki motioned for Tonya to enter.
"…Whoa…" Her jaw fell open.
The place was enormous. The living room was huge with a plush wrap around couch facing a giant flat screen mounted to the wall. There was wood flooring throughout the place with the occasional throw rug breaking up the beautiful dark cherry look. Tonya wandered inside past the couch and stepped up to the dining table. It was a modern table, something she'd seen in the really high end magazines. It looked like it had never been used. She moved to the kitchen next and eyed the set up with envy. There was a huge counter top specifically for preparing food with the sink nearby at the very end. The stove had six gas burners, two with different sizes on them. The oven was just as big with the microwave hanging over a bigger sink meant for cleaning off dishes before they were tossed into the dishwasher. The best part about the place though was the view. In the distance, Tonya could see the stadium fields. The bright green outfield, the crisp lined diamond, the clean blue stands waiting to be filled with spectators.
"Amazing." She breathed.
"Come on. Let me show you the empty rooms." Miyuki motioned to the back of the apartment she had yet to explore.
Miyuki pushed open two doors and stepped back so that Tonya could explore them. The smallest room was easily bigger than her old studio apartment. After looking over them, she chose the one closest to the bathroom. Just in case Miyuki snuck home, she could make a dash to her room before Miyuki had a chance to mess with her. The bed was made up with black and white as the primary colors. Tonya would have to change that if she was going to stay here.
"The fridge is fully stocked. The cabinets as well. Feel free to help yourself to the place. I'm gonna go run a few errands. I'll be back later." Miyuki called out. He spied Tonya's phone just sitting on the counter and took advantage of this to enter his number and send himself a txt from her phone so that he'd have her number.
Tonya couldn't even be mad. She was still shocked at the size of the apartment. Who needed a place this big if they were living alone? And Miyuki wasn't even here all the time! She could understand why though. The place had a cold feeling about it. Even her old apartment had felt more homey than this. Tonya rubbed one of her arms, trying to decide what to do when an idea came to mind. Miyuki had said to help herself to the place. Meaning she had free reign. She was going to explore his room.
With a Chesire Cat grin on her face, she darted down the hallway. Almost immediately though she came to a sliding stop. There was a door Miyuki hadn't opened. She looked at the unimposing white door. She was pretty sure she knew what was hidden behind the door. Tonya reached out and gave a small experimental turn of the knob. The door wasn't locked. Was Miyuki not worried about her seeing his playroom?
"Well, technically I already knew about his sexual appetite." Tonya told herself as she pushed the door open. "What is up with dom's and satin?"
Tonya shook her head, trying to figure out the fixation as she walked inside. Black and red satin bed covers met her eyes as she wandered over to the circular bed near the wall. It was raised up two steps for some reason. Plush carpet met her toes as she looked around. Various objects could be seen hanging on the one wall in an orderly fashion. She walked over and ran her fingertips over them, naming each one off in her head. Sanada had shown Tonya his own playroom before. He'd opted for a grey and black color scheme, but it was set up in a similar fashion. Whips, crops, floggers, canes, and belts all hung from the wall. Underneath was a dresser which Tonya was sure held a variety of toys. On the other wall were chains, masks, clips, and other devices used for binding. In another part of the room was a bench, a couch meant to fit the contour of one's body, and a huge pillow. Probably for kneeling on.
"So, he really is into this stuff." Tonya muttered to herself, taking a seat on the bed nearby. "I wonder how many women have actually been in here?"
Again, Tonya found herself wondering what it would like to be a submissive to someone like Miyuki. She herself had experimented with toys in the bedroom. And she enjoyed semi rough sex as much as the next girl. But to take it to this level? She found her curiosity rising like it had the first time she'd questioned Sanada about it. More than once Sanada had offered to let Tonya sit in on a session to see what it was like. She, however, didn't know if she could view her friend in that kind of light.
"I wonder what kind of dom Miyuki is?" Tonya asked the room as if it would give her any kind of answer.
After a minute of silence she got up and closed the door behind her. While it hadn't been the room she'd originally set out to explore, she'd still gotten to see a piece of Miyuki that many others didn't know about. She darted into Miyuki's room, stole a pair of sweats and a muscle shirt, and returned to her own room to change. Once that was accomplished she tossed her dirty clothes in the wash. She dragged the comforter from her room and one of the pillows to the couch to make herself comfortable. The place was too big and too quiet for her to be comfortable. She turned the TV on and put it on an animated movie before making herself comfortable on the couch. A small coughing fit hit her then as she lied down.
'Great…Hmm. I wonder….' Tonya glanced to her nearby phone. She sent a quick txt to Miyuki before adjusting herself in a reclining position.
_._._
"Think she'd be mad if I bought her a new car?"
"I think she'd finally slap that restraining order on you."
Kuramochi made sure to lock up the old Dodge Dakota. Miyuki scrunched his face up at the vehicle. The shortstop had no problem with the truck. It was in good condition, ran like it was supposed to, and offered a sense of protection from some of the crazy drivers thinking about trying to cut the truck off. If it wasn't shiny and new though, Miyuki didn't care for it. Kuramochi rolled his eyes at his sometimes 'friend'. Even calling him that was a bit of an overstatement. He was the only one who could really tolerate Miyuki's ass. The only reason he'd agreed to help Miyuki move the truck in the first place was: 1. He'd been promised free food from wherever he liked and 2. Kuramochi wanted to know exactly how Miyuki had conned Tonya into staying with him.
Kuramochi liked the girl. She was good at what she did, studied hard, and was there to help and not ogle like the other two student trainers assigned to their team. Tonya had a backbone and a quick wit. She was always fun to banter playfully with. The two had a couple classes together and had even taken to sitting together. Imagine his surprise when he'd come to find out Miyuki had taken a shine to the girl as well. He'd played dumb in acting like he didn't know much about the girl since he didn't want Miyuki to hound him for information about her. Kuramochi wasn't stupid. He knew what Miyuki did in the dark hours. Why he'd suddenly set his sights on Tonya, the short stop didn't know. But he was always eager to enjoy the little spectacle before him.
"For the last time, I didn't trick her into this." Miyuki grunted in annoyance.
"I didn't say anything." Kuramochi smirked. He had to be the only one to get under Miyuki's skin with just a look.
"You were thinking it. She's here of her own free will. More than likely resting in the room she claimed earlier." Miyuki ran a hand through his hair, gripping it softly as a strained look came across his face.
"You were imagining her in your playroom weren't you?" Kuramochi narrowed his eyes in knowing. When Miyuki didn't try to deny it, he knew that he'd hit the nail on the head.
"It's a good thing I'm only staying for a few days. I think I can control myself that long." The megane let out the breath he'd been holding.
"Why not just come back to the dorms tonight? Save yourself the aggravation?" The shortstop pressed. He tried, and failed horribly, to sound like a concerned friend. He was enjoyed Miyuki's sexual suffering a little too much.
"The doctor wants someone to look after her in case she has a bad flare up in her lungs and needs to be rushed back. Tonya already had one flare up. Or did you forget why we stopped?" Miyuki shook the slushie in his hand as if to remind Kuramochi.
"I don't get it. You want her to enter into a no strings attached type of arrangement, yet you're going out of your way to act like you care for her as if you want something more than what you hope will be amazing sex with her." The shorter man shrugged.
"That's what a dom does for his sub. He takes care of their needs so that his needs can be met." There it was, that mischievous glint Kuramochi had been waiting for.
"You're hoping to convert her aren't you?" Kuramochi just shook his head, not even waiting for an answer. He was greeted by that nails on a chalkboard smug chuckle as Miyuki pulled out his keys.
The two entered the spacious apartment. Miyuki was about to call out for Tonya, but stopped upon hearing the TV. He looked to the couch to see said girl propped up in a reclining position with a comforter pulled all the way up to her chin. She let out a small cough, but didn't stir from her slumber. He couldn't help himself as he wandered over to where she was sleeping. Miyuki sat beside the girl, watching her face intently. He appreciated how Tonya didn't have to use a lot of makeup to make herself presentable. Her long locks were sprawled out around her with her mouth hanging slightly open. Miyuki wanted to so badly reach out and stroke her bottom lip with his thumb. To insert his fingers into her mouth as her tongue rolled over them while she sucked on them at the same time. He wanted to wrap her long hair up in his hand and pull it just hard enough to her hear moan in pleasure. He wanted to bite the exposed skin on her neck. He wanted to strip her bare, tie her up, and leave her exposed. He wanted to see her eyes on him, wanting to pleasure him with that slight defiance he knew would still be there.
"…God…" Miyuki moaned into his own hand. He placed the drink he'd gotten for Tonya on the stand near the couch and moved away. He didn't trust himself with his mind running wild as it was.
"Getting a bit ahead of yourself there?" Kuramochi mocked with his head in the fridge.
For once Kuramochi was right. About a few things. He had gotten ahead of himself. He knew Tonya barely tolerated him, let alone liked him. His fantasies would remain just that if he didn't fix that one small problem first. He knew the next few days were going to be hard to deal with the girl he so desperately wanted to have on all fours both below him and in front of him. Miyuki swallowed his rising desire, moving to take care of his problem that had 'risen' from his day dream about the sleeping girl on his couch. He would be patient though. If he could deal with Sawamura and Furuya on a daily basis, then he could slowly corrupt the brunette till he won her over. It was only a matter of time.
And now we all know why Miyuki wanted to see Tonya in the hospital. I'm kidding! He really does have a heart otherwise he'd have jumped her the minute they entered his place. And yes I know I could've made Tonya go to Sanada's and kept the distance factor, but where's the fun in that? Besides, the two are curious about each other. I say let them explore that curiosity and let them get to know each other.
This will be the last of the preview chapters. I look forward (a little scared honestly) to hearing what you all have to say about this mini story.
