Three Little Words

Chapter Four

See chapter one for disclaimer.

The entryway of the bar had white marble on the floor. To the left was a cubbyhole where the doorman was setting. To the right was a row of payphones. Also to the left was a doorway into the bar itself. When Keitaro walked through the doorway into the bar, he looked around to see what type of place this was. The bar wasn't a big place but he felt like it had a nice atmosphere. To his left was a long couch that ran along the wall with small round tables in front of it. To the right was the bar itself. In the center of the room was an elevated stage with brass poles on either end. In the back were two pool tables. What made Keitaro smile and blush at the same time was what was going on in there. There was a girl up on the dance floor with very little on, and as Keitaro looked around, he counted five other girls that were dressed in next to nothing. Yes Keitaro realized he lived just around the corner from a strip club.

Keitaro sat down and the waitress came up and took his order. "Just a coke for now." That's all Keitaro wanted. He wasn't in the mood for a beer or anything harder.

The waitress brought him his drink and Keitaro sat back and was enjoying himself when he noticed one of the girls at the bar. She had gotten up from her seat and was walking in his direction. The thing he noticed about her was her long hair. It was dark brown and reached to the lower area of her back. It reminded Keitaro how Naru's hair looked. She was dressed in a one-piece mini dress that was black. She also had on black platform shoes and black hose. Keitaro reached down and picked up his drink not really paying any attention to where she was going. While Keitaro was taking a drink, this girl walked up and sat down right next to him. This surprised him a little bit.

"Hi. My name is Christina, what is your name."

"It's Keitaro. Nice to meet you." He stammered.

"Do you come in here very often?" She asked.

"No, this is my first time in here." Keitaro said.

"This is a nice place. I've been working here about six days. In fact today is my sixth day."

"What made you decide to do this type of work?"

"I don't know. I have some friends that do this and they said I would be good at it. So I thought I would try it out."

"Do you like to dance like this?"

"It's not a bad job, but you do have to put up with some strange people sometimes. That's the one thing I don't like. Will you excuse me; it's time for me to go up.

"Sure thing."

Christina got up and walked over to the elevated stage. When she started to walk up the steps, Keitaro noticed that she had a very cute ass. The music started to play and she went into her dance moves. Keitaro sat back and watched how she moved. He didn't notice it yet but deep inside of him was the word wow working it's way out.

When she started her second song, she removed what she was wearing exposing her breast. Keitaro found himself checking to see how many dollars he had and walked over to the chairs around the stage and took a seat.

Christina saw him sitting at the stage so she worked her way over to him. Even with them being in a bar, she decided to put everything she could into her dance for him. The way she was moving was keeping Keitaro entranced to the point that he even forgot to breathe for a minute. As the song finished Christina was kneeling in front of Keitaro and she put her arms around him and kissed him on the cheek.

Keitaro was caught totally off guard by the way Christina was acting. He had never had a girl, any girl, ever give him a kiss. He could tell that this girl was special.

Christina came off the stage and Keitaro went back to where he had been sitting before. She came up to him and asked if he was going to stay for awhile. Keitaro said he would stay a little while longer. ""Good." She replied. "I need to go freshen up a little bit. I'll be right back." Keitaro watched Christina walk towards the dressing room and found he was attracted to the way her ass moved as she walked.

After spending around two hours talking to Christina, Keitaro decided he needed to leave and get some other things done. When he got up to leave, Christina stopped him and gave him a hug before he left. "It was nice meeting you." She said. "I hope you come in again."

"I'll come in again soon because I ha a really nice time talking to you." Replied Keitaro. Then he turned and left the bar. Keitaro was walking to the grocery store to get something for dinner but his mind kept drifting back to the girl he just met.

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Work at the bookstore was keeping Naru busy everyday. Her day normally started at six when she would get up and get dressed. The clothing she would put on now was not very flattering to her looks. She was trying to keep other peoples attention from her. After dressing, she would go down and see if she could get some sort of breakfast and try to put together a lunch. If Shinobu were up Naru would skip eating and she would buy her lunch on the way to school. The relationship between herself and Shinobu was still strained.

Naru would go to class everyday and depending on what time her classes ended each day dictated how she would fill her time. On the days she got out of class early or didn't have a class in the afternoon, she would either go and study in a near by park or go to the school library. She would keep an eye on the time because her job at the bookstore started at five p.m.

Naru would arrive at the store at five or a little before five. She would put her school books and coat away, grab her apron and go see what books came in that needed to be put on the shelves. The owner of the store, Hero Watanabe, was pleased with the way Naru worked but he was also concerned. He was concerned because Naru wouldn't take a lunch break while at work. He tried to get her to stop and get something to eat but Naru usually told him that she had eaten before coming to work. Naru would take a couple of ten minuet breaks just to sit and rest her feet though.

The store would close at ten p.m. and Naru would work until closing time. After she helped Hero close up for the night, she would go home to the inn. Naru would arrive home between 10:30 and 11:00 p.m. taking care not to awaken anybody when she came in. She would go to her room to put her stuff away and gather her night cloths and head down to the Hot Springs to get a bath. She would try to avoid the other tenants if she could. Normally the only people that would be up at that time would be Kitsune or Motoko.

With Kitsune working for Haruka, she was spending more time away from the inn now. She still went out drinking on Saturday nights but she wouldn't come home drunk as she did in the past. Whenever she could, Kitsune would also help around the inn. She started to help Shinobu with the cleaning.

Motoko meanwhile started to act like the manager of the inn with Haurka's approval. She would collect the rent and make sure repairs were being done.

Shinobu's workload was getting lighter with Kitsune helping her now. At least she didn't have to clean the Hot Springs since Kitsune said she would do that. Shinobu's highlight of each week was when Keitaro would send a letter. She felt like he was still there at the inn when she would read what he had written. Keitaro would write about his job and what he was seeing and doing in Pacifica. He told her that he was going to stay where he was at for a little while longer. Life had become stable for everyone for right now, but some things were to change soon.

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AN: Thank you for the reviews and to everybody that has not reviewed this work. I know this is a short chapter but the way I have this story written this looked like a good place to stop.