Chapter 14: Morning
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Ohara Hotel Tokyo Branch,
It was a bright morning and a light rasp on the suite's door woke a certain ginger-haired woman. Still sleepy, she quickly put on an orange shirt and some black pants. Looking like a presentable slob, she looked through the people only to find two of her "brothers" standing outside their door.
"Oh! Good morning, are you the ones that Vince had sent for us?" Honoka gave them a grin which gave the two burly men shivers in their spines. This was their first time meeting the infamous Ginger Devil and they have heard rumors about her. Even though the woman in front of them looked like a youthful adult, she had done a lot of missions that had given her the reputation on the same level as the grim reaper.
They definitely heard that her cheerful smile was the last thing that her targets witnessed on their death. It became even scarier to the men the fact that there is no malice but just warmth in the ginger-haired woman's smile.
"Yes, sir. We will accompany you and the Young Mistress to Akihabara and also be your guide to your underground concert." One of the two men answered which Honoka nodded to.
"Oh yeah, did Vince gave you something for me?" Honoka excitedly asked the two and one of them gave a small gift box to her. The ginger-haired woman almost vibrated on the tiled floor which where she stood because of her excitement.
"You two, just wait for us here outside and I'll be preparing our lady for our stroll." The two followed her orders and valiantly guarded the suite's door. Inside, a girlish squeal was heard and the two bodyguards outside wisely ignored that.
"Come on, Michelle. You have to wake up or we won't have enough time to tour around Akihabara." Honoka shook her charge who stubbornly hid under the fluffy blankets, silently protesting against the ginger-haired woman.
"Why should it be in this ungodly hour, Rossa?!" the blonde teen whined before facing Honoka with green eyes glaring.
The ginger-haired woman tilted her head in confusion. "Ungodly hour? It's already nine, Michelle." If it were the pre-kidnapped Honoka, she would also react the same as Michelle. Unfortunately, she had been trained by Lorenzo to wake up at the real ungodly hours of the morning. It means who basically wakes up a person at two in the morning when the said person just sleeps for an hour.
Honoka also attained a new skill where she can take a sleep anywhere to get back the sleep she lost. Her trainer was baffled when he witnessed her sometimes sleeping on a couch while surrounded by the bodies of their targets.
"Come on, Michelle!" Now, even the ginger-haired bodyguard whined back to the stubborn teenager in the bed. "If you get up now, I'll show you something really interesting later."
The younger woman narrowed her eyes at Honoka who simply smiled back. Michelle sighed in annoyance before sitting up on the bed.
"This should really be interesting, Rossa. Also, I'm hungry for food and some coffee. Order me some." Michelle brushed her blonde hair off her shoulders.
"Okay, but you should be dressed once I come back, Michelle." Without hearing an answer from the teenager, Honoka quickly left for their food service.
Once the ginger-haired woman came back carrying food, she saw the blonde Italian already dressed up for their outing. Honoka had also changed for more casual clothing consisting of a thick brown leather jacket over a simple turtle neck shirt and some black pants paired with black shoes. She had also worn a reddish wig and her breast was wrapped up to make her look like a young man.
Meanwhile, Michelle looked like a teen going on a date. The blonde-haired girl was wearing a white piece dress with a cute bolero jacket covering her shoulders. Her long hair was tied into a ponytail giving her a more youthful look. Honoka definitely thinks that this girl will grow up breaking hearts in the future.
"So, Rossa. What do you think? Do I look beautiful?" The blonde teen asked her 'pet's opinion, excitedly.
Honoka gave Michelle a warm smile and pat her head. "Yeah, you looked very pretty, Michelle."
The bright smile directed at her made the younger girl's cheeks warm. It's really unfair that Honoka was blessed with that level of charm even though she was pretty clueless about that charisma of hers.
"Let's eat first so we can go." Honoka pulled the younger girl to the table in the balcony where she set their breakfast.
"You said, you have something you want to show me?" Michelle sat on one of the chairs as she overlooked the morning city of Tokyo. The skyscraping buildings give the city a different ambiance unlike the traditional feel of Italy's buildings. It was a new experience for the blonde-haired teen.
Honoka quickly grinned as she touched her neck and pressed something under her collar.
"So, what do you think?" A husky male voice came out of the ginger-haired woman's lips which made Michelle's eyes widened. Sure, Honoka can lower her voice to that of a guy's register but it was still slightly high and it needed concentration. Now, with whatever was hiding under the ginger-haired woman's collar, she didn't need to strain her voice to match a male voice.
It totally came out as a soft husky voice of an energetic young man which was the image that Honoka was aiming for.
"I can't believe that Vince actually wasted money in creating that." Michelle knew that story behind that device. Since Vince was a spy, the ginger-haired woman shared some manga with the older man. It was about a high school detective turning into an elementary with spy gadgets.
Honoka clearly gave the Italian man the idea of a voice changer device. Now, the older woman had a larger selection on how to flirt with people, something that she clearly doesn't even need.
"Eh? Isn't it amazing that we have been able to create a fantasy into a reality? Aren't you amazed, Michelle?" The ginger-haired woman looked disappointed in her charge's lack of reaction.
"What amazed me is that you people actually spent time over that." Michelle couldn't help but sigh. She was sure there was a lot of money spent on the voice changer device. She really should just learn to ignore how her people spend their money on their things.
"Aw, It's fine. It was all of Vince's fund that was used for this. I didn't spend a thing and he wanted a test subject so I volunteered so that I could actually use it." Honoka mischievously smiled as she took a bite on her bread.
"I didn't even know that there was a possibility for it to explode once I put it around my neck. Well, now that it didn't happen, I don't need to worry about it, I guess." The ginger-haired woman casually said that she could've died which made Michelle react with a facepalm.
"You know what? Rossa, just… sometimes think about what you are doing. Please. If not for your safety, do it for my nerves okay?" The blonde-haired teen said to Honoka with an exasperated sigh.
This made the 26 years old woman react with a childish grin and a peace sign while saying no promises.
On the other side of Tokyo, in a simple apartment
A black-haired woman woke up with a groan due to the sunlight passing through the curtains. She sat up from the bed and the blanket that was covering her fell over, revealing her naked state.
Another groan came from under a pillow and an arm wrapped around the thin waist of the black-haired woman.
"Nico-chan, don't go. Stay with me." The person under the bed whined which made the other woman smile.
'Maki is really like a spoiled child in the morning.' Nico thought as she brushed her hand on the crimson hair of the younger woman.
"You know that I can't right? I still have a lot to settle with Hanayo so that we can come over for the annual reunion." The black-haired woman placed a kiss on Maki's forehead before she left the bed.
The crimson-haired woman pouted before wrapping more of her body with the blanket as she admired her lover's form in the morning light.
"Oh yeah, have you heard from Eli that we were going to meet up with a few friends of hers?" Nico turned around to face the crimson-haired woman.
"Yeah, they're the ones who Hanayo fawn over back in our college years, right? I answered Eli that if you're going, I'll be going as well." Maki answered as she snuggled on Nico's pillow.
"Then, you're definitely going, Maki. Cause an idol cannot hide from a fan's love." Nico gave the crimson-haired woman a wink and her famous cutesy smile. "Oh, Maki. I almost forgot to say that I'll be going home late. I was requested for an impromptu concert at Akihabara."
"Okay, but I'll be waiting for you, Nico-chan." The younger woman responded sleepily because she had just come home from her night shift.
"I know you would." The black-haired woman gave her lover a really warm and soft smile. She knew that she could never love another woman as much as the one in front of her. She didn't think that this would've happen when they first met. Now she could only thank the person responsible for letting them meet in the first place.
'Honoka, thank you.' Nico thought as she looked at where she hid that black box with a certain ring.
Another one. I just watched the video with Snow Halation from the 9th anniversary and I almost cried at a public place.