"Happy birthday."
Ryo couldn't forget the chill in her voice when she pushed past him.
He had hardly seen Alice since the night of his birthday party. Alice began throwing herself at her work like he'd never seen before. She spent almost all waking hours between the kitchen, the lab, and the boardroom.
"Miss, you should have a break" He asked once when he found her at her desk, neck-deep in contracts and manuals. "I can take care of some of those."
"Don't be ridiculous!" She said cheerfully. "Who do you think I am?"
It was clear what she was doing. She wanted him to see how well she was doing and that him leaving would make no difference at all.
She didn't have to say it, but he knew she took their last shokugeki hard. For someone as proud as his mistress, it had to be devastating. The Alice he knew would've cried for days, but the one smiling at him somehow saddened him more.
Everything was settled and ready for his move abroad. And since Alice insisted on rejecting any form of help from him, Ryo had lots of free time on his hands. He roamed around the city, saw his friends, and visited restaurants he always wanted to go but never found time for. In the past, Alice would've scolded him for not bringing her everywhere he went, but now she was too busy to even talk to him.
The weeks went by in a blur. By his last day at Nakiri estate, he didn't even remember how he got there. He said goodbye to the staff. Some of them had watched him grow up, were surprisingly upset to see him go. He realized he never really thought about how much he meant to those around him.
He waited for his mistress to come say her goodbye. It was a moment he'd dreaded for a long time, but he knew it was for the best. Day became night and there was still no sight of Alice. By then, Ryo was getting restless. He went to her lab only to find she'd left an hour ago, so he decided to wait inside her room for her to come back. An hour passed, then two, with no sign of Alice.
He picked up the phone and was just about to dial when he saw her phone sitting on her bed stand.
"Fuck. You're killing me Nakiri…" he cursed.
He knew she was avoiding him and understood why she didn't want to talk to him. He thought she would've at least come and said goodbye, but maybe it was better to avoid the awkwardness. In the end, what difference did it make? They were going to see each other again–– right? Only then, everything would be different...
Ryo gave up and headed back to his room. It was past midnight and he really needed to rest before his long flight tomorrow morning.
As soon as he entered his bedroom, he noticed something didn't seem right.
The lights were off. A single ray of moonlight sliced through the curtains, drawing a pale line across the floor. He heard a soft mumbling noise.
There she was–Alice, sprawled across his bed in her nightgown, sniffing and mumbling to herself.
He pulled at the comforter wrapped in a knot around her body.
"What are you doing here miss?"
"Go away…" Alice whined and slapped his hand away.
Ryo furrowed his brows at the potent smell of alcohol in her breath. He saw a half-empty bottle of expensive whiskey on the ground. It seemed she'd taken some liberties with Hayama's birthday present.
"How much of this have you had?" He demanded.
"I've been waiting here for hours because I thought we could have a drink together. You didn't show up so I had a drink togethered by myself…"
"Damn it. I've been waiting in your room for hours."
"Why? I was here," Alice batted her eyes innocently.
"Never mind," he groaned. "How do you feel?"
"Awful but good…"
Let's get you to your room. Get some rest or you'll have an even worse headache."
Tomorrow morning, that's right. He won't even be there by then, but she'll get used to it soon enough.
"No I like it here," she pouted and tangled her body even further between his sheets.
He sighed, giving up.
"Suit yourself, I'll find another place to sleep."
In his experience, drunk Alice was a sluggish, even more stubborn version of her usual self. There was no use arguing with her.
"You know, Ryo-kun...you're leaving tomorrow and you didn't even spend any time with me."
She whined and punched him hard on the collarbone. He winced.
"That's because you've been in your lab all day."
"I didn't feel like seeing you."
"I figured."
"I can't believe you're going...There's so much we haven't done together yet."
"I think we've done everything there is to do in the country and several others, miss."
"There's still some stuff we haven't done."
"Like what?"
Just as Ryo spoke, Alice grabbed him by the collar and yanked him down toward her. He pressed his hands on the mattress and caught himself, inches away from landing on top of her.
"What the fuck was that?"
She ignored him and lifted her head to give him a soft peck on the lips.
"Like that," she giggled.
He was at a loss for words. He knew he had to stay reasonable, as she was clearly not in her right mind, but his mind was getting clouded by the sensation of her gentle curves against him. Little noises slipped from her mouth as she wrapped her hands around his neck and pulled him closer against her. Slowly, she started grinding herself against him. First her breasts and upper body, and then her hips arching eagerly to meet his. With every bit of friction, he felt his temperature rise and his cock getting hard inside his pants.
"Mmm Ryo-kun, you feel so good…"
Ryo snapped back to reality at the sound of his name. He grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her away.
"Alice––miss, we can't do this. You'll regret it."
"No I won't," she whispered. "I want you now, don't you want me?"
She looked at him with her big lustful eyes and stripped him of his last sense of control. He grabbed the back of her head and pulled her in for a deep kiss.
Of course he wanted her. He always had. He wanted every part of her, every possible way, and he was going to prove it to her if it was the last thing he did.
He seductively sucked at her plump upper lip, begging for entrance. She gladly opened her mouth for him to explore every inch with his tongue. The taste of whiskey lingered in her mouth, intoxicating him. She kissed him back hungrily, grabbing fistfuls of his hair, and wrapped her bare legs around his body.
"Mmm…more," she begged. "Make me feel good, Ryo-kun."
Yes miss.
His kisses trailed down her neck and shoulders as his hands wandered down her body. Conveniently, she wasn't wearing a bra that day. He could see the shape of her large breasts through her nightgown. He cupped one and squeezed it hard. She drew a sharp breath. Pleased with the response, he gave her another quick kiss on the lips before pulling her dress up over her body. She eagerly helped him remove it. As soon as the fabric was out of their way, Ryo dove down to her supple breasts and started to lick and suck at her nipples, which hardened with each flick of his tongue. He loved how sensitive she was. Her skin was hot to the touch, and her whole body was convulsing underneath him.
She roamed his sculpted body with her hands and took his shirt off impatiently.
His head was buzzing and he was so hard it hurt. He had to have her now.
"More, Ryo-kun. I want more…" She whined in frustration as she clumsily tried to undo his belt buckle.
"You asked for it," he grunted.
He pulled off his pants and black boxer briefs to reveal his bulging erection.
Alice had always secretly assumed that Ryo would have a big dick, but she never thought it'd be that big. Seeing the size of it up close in front her made her suddenly hesitant about what was about to happen.
But before she could react, he pried her legs open and pressed his cock against her opening. She gasped at the feeling of a foreign object against her most intimate area. Her gasp quickly turned into moans when he started moving it slowly up and down her clitoris, drawing waves of pleasure through her entire body. He felt the fabric of her panties get soaking wet against the tip of his penis.
"Ahh…" She groaned and moved her hips to feel him even more. "Ryo-kun. I'm ready…I need you now."
This was it. He slowly removed her panties and positioned himself nervously for entrance... Then, a horrifying thought popped into his head.
"Um…miss," He paused awkwardly. "I don't have-"
"Bottom drawer," Alice said impatiently.
Ryo ran to his bedside cabinet. Sure enough, a box of condoms was lying in a forgotten corner of the bottom drawer.
"How did you know I had these…"
"Mom's been making the maid stock our rooms every week since high school."
Why was he not surprised. But now wasn't the time to discuss family etiquette. Ryo quickly put on the condom and positioned himself in place.
"Are you really sure about this?" he asked once more.
"I'm sure."
To prove how sure she was, Alice took hold of his erect penis and guided it to her opening. Then, very slowly with her lustful eyes gazing into his, she lifted her hips to let it slide into her.
She winced as he inched deeper inside of her.
"Relax," he leaned down and kissed her lips.
The sharp pain jolted Alice out of her drunken haze and made her suddenly very aware of her situation. Ryo was of top of her, naked, kissing her, his hot breath and masculine scent enveloping her. It felt surreal, yet so natural. So right. She peered down and saw his entire shaft had disappeared inside her. She closed her eyes and felt wetness rush to her walls. Ryo must've felt it too, as he moaned her name in response.
He started thrusting his hips, very slowly at first, then faster and harder with each steady pump.
Alice felt herself stretching from all sides to accommodate his size. The initial pain was giving way to an all-consuming pleasure. She held onto him tightly and moved her hips against his to feel him deeper inside her.
"More, Ryo-kun! I can take it..." she begged.
He lost all inhibition in that moment. After all those years of hopeless yearning, he finally had her, and he was going to give her everything. He let out a soft grunt and began pumping faster and harder into her, making her whimper like a helpless animal.
Alice looked up at at him, his crimson eyes were filled with such concentrated desire she felt like she was being sucked into them. A pressure was building inside her. All she could think about their heavy breathing, naked flesh colliding, and the wet sloshing noises signaling her own intense sexual pleasure.
She was nearing orgasm, he could tell by the way she tightened around his shaft. He moved his pelvis rhythmically to grind hard against her clitoris.
"Ryo-kun, I'm...hah...a" She trailed off as she came hard, holding desperately onto to him.
Fueled by his mistress's orgasmic expression, he continued filling her with deep powerful thrusts until he came inside her with one final pump.
They lied together in silence, listening to the sound of their heavy breathing.
In a dreamy daze, Alice rolled over into her lover's chiseled arms. She whispered his name and trailed soft kisses across his neck and chest, tasting the salt on his skin. Her mind was foggy and her eyelids heavy with drowsiness. She had no strength left to think about what they had done, or what would happen once morning comes. In that moment, just before she drifted into sleep, all she wanted was to savor the man beside her
-the one who was always by her side, but never will be again.
She woke up to throbbing pain in her head and body and found herself alone in bed. On the bedside table was a glass of water and some asprin.
She found her clothes on the floor and put them on before walking out the door.
In the hallway she stopped a maid, poorly hiding a shocked and noticeably uneasy expression on her face.
"Where is he?" she asked. It came out sounding less like a question than a soft command.
"The jet just took off miss," the maid stuttered. "But I can give a message to the crew––"
"No."
Taken aback by the harsh tone, the maid stood silently with her head down as her mistress retreat back to the bedroom beside her own.
Author's note: This was a really tough chapter to write because it was such a roller coaster and came with a lot of surprise. I felt like it was a good point for their pent up feelings and frustrations toward each other to come out. I deliberated the ending for a while because it makes Ryo seem like such an asshole but I think he would do something extreme out of fear of his own feelings and unresolved issues. Anyway, I had a lot of fun writing it so hopefully it was fun to read.