CHAPTER NINE
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"Oh. My. Gosh. He's soooo heavy."
Miku, Gumi, and Rin had helped their drunk friend into Rin's car with only a little difficulty. Thankfully, they had managed to get at least the street name of Gakupo's apartment out of him before he passed out. Now, having found the apartment complex, they were faced with the difficulty of moving Gakupo out of the car and to his home. They had yet to find out which apartment was his.
"Okay, Rin, you get under his other arm. And Gumi, you go through his pockets. See if there's anything else in there to tell us what apartment is his." Miku adjusted Gakupo's arm over her shoulder.
"At least his key said the letter of the section. That narrows it down somewhat," Gumi said optimistically. She reached into his pants pocket and pulled out his wallet. Flipping through it, she pulled out various items and narrated her search. "Here's his license. Gee, his photo is good. Is it possible not to catch him looking drop-dead gorgeous? Okay, then his credit cards. They seem to be in order. Ooh, he's got 6,000 yen cash in here, too. Hmm, there's an insurance card, a membership card to something weird… Wow! He has a library card. Looks pretty well-worn too." She slid it back into its pocket. "Nope, nothing helpful."
"Well, crap," Rin said. "How are we gonna find it?"
No one had any suggestions. They heard the sound of a car approaching rapidly. "Let's get him onto the sidewalk for now," Miku suggested. With Gumi's help, they moved him out of the way just in time. A black sports car skidded to a stop in the parking space where they had just been standing. They could hear loud music pounding from inside. It stopped as the engine turned off and a woman stepped out.
Rin, Gumi, and Miku's jaws dropped as the woman flipped long pink hair over her shoulder. She was just as Gakupo had described her. In the dim light from a streetlamp, the three girls could see her bright blue eyes and fair complexion. But her eyes were clouded with something unreadable and she slammed her door shut and started running, despite her stilettos, for the apartments.
The girls were silent for a few moments before catching each other's eyes. There was no doubt that this was Gakupo's dream girl. The opportunity could not be missed; the pink-haired woman had left the doors unlocked and the headlights on, meaning she was coming back. Reaching an unspoken decision, they started heaving Gakupo towards her car. Gumi opened the back door and they pushed him inside. He didn't stir as they grabbed a large black blanket from the floor of the car and laid it over his body. Hurriedly shutting the door, the girls ran back into Rin's car and hid.
Once safely behind locked doors, they grinned mischievously.
"So, there are two courses this could take," Miku observed. "Either she notices him in the backseat, and is forced to do something about it, or she doesn't notice him until she drives off, and then has even more trouble on her hands."
Gumi nodded. "Or, of course, this could go horribly wrong and she ends up thinking he's a creeper and pitches him onto the side of the road."
"It's better than his situation now," Miku said. "Remember that advice he gave Rin? Make a fool of yourself, but make sure they remember you next time, because at least next time you can prove you're not a fool. We're just instigators."
Rin, still smiling, admitted "I'll probably feel really guilty if this doesn't work out, but I'm still looking forward to seeing how this plays out."
Gumi tilted her head to the side. "How will we see how it plays out if she doesn't realize he's in the car until after she drives off? It's not like Gakupo has a cell phone."
"That's just it," Rin laughed. "I stuck my phone in his pocket. We can track it to find out where he is, and he can call us if he needs to."
Miku gasped. "She's coming!"
The girls ducked down as the pink-haired woman marched back to her car, towing a suitcase behind her and carrying a pink duffel bag over her shoulder. She opened the trunk to dump the bags unceremoniously inside. Miku and the girls could see that the bags were almost bursting they held so much. Slamming the trunk door, the woman made her way back to the driver's door of the car and got in. The motor started and the car started backing up before another second could pass. The girls watched it turn haphazardly around the corner then disappear from sight.
Rin gave a dry laugh. "I wonder where she's going in such a hurry."
Gumi sat up straight and looked thoughtfully out at the parking lot. "I hope this plan works."
The other two girls nodded in silent agreement.
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These chapter lengths seem to vary... Ah well. Btw, if you are reading this, I hope you agree with me in saying that we need more GakuLuka fics. There aren't nearly enough.
