Chapter 9 – One Day
It was Sunday afternoon, and Kyoko was getting ready for her eighth date with Sho. The dates recently have been better. In fact, he was better now than he was years ago. They talked about his music, her roles and he actually listened and asked questions. She could smile easily with him, and he seemed to have sobered a bit.
She wore a simple dark red cotton dress with long sleeves. It has an attached hood, two front hip pockets and it laced up on the front. It simply slipped on stretching slightly for her modest figure.
Kanae was running and had her music on loudly, which was how she always worked out. Her hair was tied up in high pony tail, and it bounced along merrily. She actually hated to work out but you wouldn't be able to tell from looking at her. Her body was a cardio machine.
Kyoko never devoted time to working out, but she biked everywhere, though perhaps she should now that she had people driving her everywhere instead. She looked over at the clock and wondered where he was. He was usually 15 minutes early, and it was almost one. She felt her phone vibrate against her thigh and flipped it open.
"Hello?" She spoke loudly on the phone tryingt o be heard over the music.
"Hey, can you hear me knock?" Kyoko stood up and went to the door where Sho was standing with eight long stem roses.
Kyoko confessed, "Sorry. I didn't." She took the flowers and set them on the table. She was actually keeping them now. She waved good bye at Kanae and grabbed her purse. Sho stood outside the door and waited.
"Why don't you ever come in? You should say hi to Moko-san." She was locking the door behind her out of habit mostly.
Sho cringed. "I don't think she minds, but we better get going, or we will be late for the movie." He took her hand as he always did these days and she felt guilty. Anytime he touched her, she felt guilty but this was part of the agreement, and she would stick with it.
"What movie are we watching?" She asked as they drove off.
"That's up to you, ladies choice." He has been letting her pick most of the places these last few dates and has been dressing normally as well.
Sho's not a fool. When something finally worked with Kyoko, he ran with it. If she didn't like the flash or the glam, he wouldn't give it to her. He took her to very normal things, and asked her to talk about things. She would occasionally ask about his work and he would answer. At first, he answered with as little detail as possible but she kept asking for more information. He was still trying to get the hang of when he should talk and shouldn't but all he had to do was watch her. She expressed all her emotions on her face. He simply hoped they were all true.
They stood in front of the box office. She donned large sunglass and a black knitted beret trying to hide in the crowd. Sho attempted disguising himself as well. Most people never saw him in plain clothes, so that was already a step. He never tried to cover his face much, but he didn't really want people to bother him since he had so little time with her. He wore a simple pale yellow t-shirt with a light blue throw over, black jeans and sneakers. He sported dark wraparound shades to shield a little but there was no way she was getting him in a hat.
"Want to see your movie?" Sho offered. Kyoko was slightly surprised to find that her movie with Ren was still up but it was still making money so she was happy. She did not want to watch it thought.
She shook her head. "I may have played in it, but I still don't like those types of movies. I'd be kind of scared to see how the final outcome was after all the graphics and such were edited in."
Sho already saw it. It scared the crap out of him thinking that the girl killing all these men was the same one that declared herself has his enemy. But he really wouldn't have minded being her victim up until the point where she gutted him like a fish. He felt her tug on his arm.
"Let's see that one, Taru-chan." She pointed to a slapstick comedy.
Sho groaned, "Why did you start to call me that, again? I prefer Sho-chan."
"Shhh!" She looked around making sure they weren't recognized and whispered, "You hate that name. And I last time I spoke your name we were almost mauled. You had to shorten your name to something so unique" They went straight to the automated ticket booth. It was so much easier than showing them a credit card with a famous name on it or risking the chance of them being identifying.
"If I remember correctly, we went out and you were the cause for the little incident at the shopping center," Sho teased making Kyoko blush.
"I'm not use to it yet. I didn't know the clerk would be such a fan of Box-R." They were looking around at the mall as Sho tried to buy her something when the store attendant came up and asked if they needed any help. It was warm inside so she took off her glasses and hat. Once the attendant saw her, she started pointing and screaming at the top of her lungs.
"Natsu! Natsu!" Then promptly fainted. It was so embarrassing, and Kyoko felt obligated to stay and make sure she was ok. People started crowding around asking for autographs and pictures and then Sho got made and that was the end of that. Security was kind enough to help them through, and they left semi whole.
They walked in and Sho was eyeing the food. "You want something from the concession stand?"
Kyoko shook her head, "I'm fine."
"Well I do." Kyoko watched as he grabbed a run away kid. Sho kneeled down to the boy's level. He was probably about 7 years old. "Hey kid, I'll give you 1000 yen if you get me popcorn and a large Cola." He looked up at Kyoko, "You sure you don't want anything?"
She couldn't help but laugh. "M&Ms," she added to the order.
"We will be right over there." Sho pointed an open area next to their show and handed the kid 3,000 yen, and the kid ran off.
"How do you know he won't just run off with your money?" Her eyes were shinning from laughter.
"Cuz I'll find him and kick his ass he if he does," he said half way serious.
Kyoko pouted and playfully slapped his arm. He didn't care if she hit him. Not that it hurt. She was smiling and laughing with him. It was going beyond his wildest dreams. He was watching her cheery face and didn't notice the kid struggling with everything.
"Oh!" Kyoko rushed over and started to grab the drink that was almost slipping from the child's arms. She was crouched down smiling affectionately at the kid as she took their snacks, and he couldn't help the thoughts that entered his mind, Kyoko laughing and playing with a kid of their making.
He blushed as she stood and started walking back to him. She looked up at him, worry over her face, "You ok?"
He nodded and tucked the popcorn in the crook of his arm and drink in one hand then took her hand in the other. They climbed up the stadium stairs and sat at the very last row and farthest darkest corner. If only it was to do nefarious acts instead of actually watching the movie.
"Where's my change?' He asked as they settled in.
"I thought he was supposed to keep it," she said innocently.
"Geez! This didn't cost 2000 yen. Little brat." She smiled and laughed, and he heart skipped a beat.
The movie started up and the place went dark. She was so close to him, in a dark area looking so innocent. His arm itched to curl around her and pull her to him. Normally he wouldn't have hesitated touching his dates. In fact, they were usually all over him if he let them. He started to shake his leg next to her as his nerves took over.
What do I do? They were on a date, so he should be able to touch her, but what if she shoved him off and screamed at him. All that work he's done goes down the drain. His thoughts were racing but then stopped abruptly. If his thoughts were a car speeding down busy street, her hand was the solid brick wall that came out of no where and crushed it into much of scrap metal.
She placed her hand on his thigh, right before his knee. Though if he wasn't looking he could have sworn she touched him much more intimately. The electric jolt from her small warm hand on his thigh shot right through him and he doubt she would have liked the reaction that occurred from it. He stopped breathing when she leaned towards him and her sweet voice whispered softly to him.
"I don't remember you being this jittery." She put her hand on his leg to make him stop shaking. It felt like he was making the whole row vibrate, and it was distracting.
"Sorry," he mumbled. He watched as she removed her hand and his whole body felt cold all of the sudden. His eyes followed her hand as she took a piece of candy in her slender fingers and slipped the sweet between her soft pink lips.
STOP IT, YOU IDIOT. He yelled at himself. He was acting like a 15 year old hormone driven idiot. But he couldn't stop the images of her lips on his skin, her tongue licking the sweat off his body, her small hands wrapping around his shaft. The movie has been playing for who knows how long, and Sho didn't even notice.
Kyoko laughed, and his eyes couldn't help but notice the way her small breast seemed to move between the laces of her dress. He always dated women with large breast, where did that go? Now he couldn't help but think how perfect they would fit into his mouth, her perk little nipple growing hard under his tongue.
He groaned, focus, Sho, focus. He told himself. Sho started to watch the movie. He had no idea what was going on but watched it.
"I should have gotten a drink," he heard Kyoko whisper softly. He needed something to do with his hands so he was holding the cold drink. He hoped in vain that the cold would help his rising situation. He offered his drink to her without really thinking.
Kyoko hesitated. She didn't like soda, but it was also his drink and all the implications of drinking from it were in her mind. It was an indirect kiss, but he was entitled to a kiss since she kissed Ren at the airport. Not that she was going to tell him about it so he could do it. Oh no, no, especially after what they almost did in the parking garage.
She took the drink and felt instantly relieved. It was watered down but it help immensely after all the chocolate. "Thank you," she whispered. Sho simply nodded.
That wasn't smart. All you needed was for her to put a long phallic shape object between her lips. It was extremely difficult gettng certain images out of his mind, but by the time the movie ended he calmed down and could walk without embracing himself. They waited for the crowd to thin out before standing.
"Did you like it? You seemed to enjoy it," She asked.
"You picked this for me?"
Kyoko nodded. "You like funny things. I thought you would like it. You're shoulders were shaking so I thought you liked it." She rolled her eyes then, "but of course you had to think of your image and couldn't laugh like you use to."
Sho blinked at her. Oh if you only knew the truth. He thought to himself. He followed her out and he drove her home.
"Hey, um, can I have all of Halloween?" He asked as he handed her another piece of the file. It was slowly dwindling, and he hated it.
"I'm not sure. I'd have to ask Shoko-san," she said supiciously but curious as well.
He sighed. "Please? It's about two weeks away, that's enough time to clear things up right?" She wasn't really worried about being able to clear her schedule. She wanted to make sure Ren didn't have that day off as well. He was trying so hard, and she hadn't seen this side of Sho since they left Kyoto. She found that she actually missed her old childhood friend.
"Ok. I'll tell Shoko-san to give you that day. What are we going to do?"
Sho smiled brightly and in a child like glee said, "It's a surprise. I promise you'll love it." When he found out about the party he knew that he had to take her. This was it, after this she would be his. It had to work!