Kaguya's California trip

Part 1: Lunch time

It was the time already. Miyuki has to board the plane already and cannot wait for Kaguya. She was late to the Narita Airport. 'oh my god..' thinks him. He was a little disappointed without the presence of Kaguya but she understands her well that everything will be fine with her.

As he is boarding the plane already and sits down, he relaxes himself and trying to adjust his clock to match San Francisco's time. He saw the clock is 17.40 already. 'The take-off was supposed to be at 17.20, I guess the flight was delayed then. Hmm..'

"Apologize to all passengers, we have to wait for sudden another flight to take off. The flight will take off at 18.00," said the pilot from intercom.

'Ah my, a delay. I wish it was announced before so I could have met Kaguya..' thought Miyuki.

Nine and half hours were passed. Miyuki slept well on the plane and woke up with the stewardess announcement of the flight's landing.

"Attention ladies and gentlemen, we just arrived in San Francisco Airport. The local time is 12 pm. Please keep your seat belts fastened and your mobile phones off until you are at the terminal"

'Oh finally it's here! The United States! I am so excited! It would be nice if Kaguya is here.. but she will be here next year so I shouldn't be worrying too much!' Miyuki thought.

"Kaichouuu!"

'Hey.. that voice..can't be..'

"I came here to say goodbye to you! Uwaaa!" cried Kaguya while hugging Miyuki.

"Oh my my, you always get it overboard, isn't it? All I had to do just for sit in the plane right?"

"But..California is closer than I thought..it just took nine and half hours to here..I probably can come and visit you every weekend!"

Miyuki stunned. "Oh..but are you sure..you gonna be okay..? You know how much the time difference here right? Don't you feel the jetlag?"

"Ah, don't worry about it! My private plane has very comfy bed so I can sleep very well there!"

"Anyway, Kaguya! You came all over from Japan to California. It is weekend now so do you want to explore the city with me before you go back?"

"Sure!"

"Anyway I have to get my baggage now..oh yeah by the way Kaguya, you didn't bring any clothes here right? Maybe we can go buy some clothes for you for the weekend."

"Sure!"

Kaguya and Miyuki then went to retrieve Miyuki's luggages and proceeded to the immigration area.

"Jeez…so many people here..it is going to take forever.."said Miyuki in tired voice

Miyuki then looked at Kaguya who is on the phone with someone. Then an immigration officer approached her.

"Miss? Please no mobile phone here." Said the immigration officer in raising voice.

"Oh? Maybe you can talk with him."

The immigration officer then talked with the man on the phone. It took like 2 minutes for him to listen to the man on the phone. Miyuki and Kaguya were only be able to hear him saying "yes sir, yes sir. I understand".

After 5 minutes, he hung up the phone and talked to both Kaguya and Miyuki, "please, both of you, this way."

Kaguya and Miyuki then followed the immigration officer towards immigration room. Both of them sat down at the table and another old-looking big man sat in front of them. He then pointed at Miyuki, "I need to see your passport please."

Miyuki then gave him his passport. He scanned the passport and stamped it in an instant. "There you go sir." He then looked at Kaguya and sighed. "And you. Your brother talked to me to let you in without your passport. This is not allowed. But for this time, this is okay. Please do not do this again, Miss Kaguya. Your brother and I, as the head of the immigration have agreed each other that this will be the first and last time this happened and we can just write this as 'due to an exceptional circumstances'. Do you get it?"

"Y-yes..I am sorry.." answered Kaguya in trembling voice.

"It's okay." He smiled and stood. "You two may go. This way please." He then gestured his hand to the exit. "Enjoy your stay!" He winked. Kaguya blushed as if she knew what the wink was for.

Kaguya and Miyuki then headed towards exit. Miyuki stretched his arms up. "Oh my! That was quick! Finally we are out of the airport!" He then looked at Kaguya, "Thank you Kaguya! Because of you we cleared the immigration instantly!"

"You are welcome, Kaichou!" said Kaguya in girly voice while smiling. "Anyway! My brother said that he knew someone in San Francisco that will pick us up. He should be here by now.." said her again while looking at the phone.

A moment later, a car honked by them. It was a black Lexus GS F. And then they saw the driver, a Korean-looking man with sunglasses rolled down the window and then said, "Are you Mrs. Kaguya Shinomiya and Mr. Miyuki Shirogane?"

"Yes!" they answered.

"Good! Just get inside the car and put the baggage on the trunk"

Miyuki put his baggages inside the trunk and got in the car with Shinomiya. As he drives, he introduced himself. "Oh yeah I have to introduce myself, My name is Robert Seung. I moved from South Korea 10 years ago to San Francisco to work as a chef, and now I am the owner of a Korean restaurant in San Francisco now. Our franchise major shareholder is the Shinomiya Zaibatsu. This is why Unyo knew me."

"Nice to meet you Robert! Since you have the restaurant, and now it is the lunchtime, maybe can we eat at your restaurant?" said Miyuki

"Oh, absolutely!" answered Robert in excited voice while giving thumb up.

Meanwhile..one person here completely does not look excited. It is Kaguya. Because…Kaguya cannot eat spicy food!

Since Kaguya was a child, she is always served top class food ranging from Japanese food, French food, Italian food, and Chinese food without any exposure of spicy food! Kaguya's chef was told not to give Kaguya spicy food for any reason! Therefore, Kaguya has never eaten spicy food throughout her life!

But Kaguya was not in the place of saying no either!

'oh my god..what should I do.. I should not let kaichou know that I cannot eat spicy..if..if he knows..he will be like..'

She then imagined how Miyuki saw Kaguya. 'Hoo..Kaguya? You cannot eat spicy? That's a pity.'

She also imagined how Robert would react as well 'Hoo, Kaguya Shinomiya cannot eat spicy food? That's a shame..'

'That cannot happen!' thought Kaguya. 'No, no, no, no. Think Kaguya, think! Maybe I can just order non-spicy food..but they will know I cannot eat spicy..also..what if Robert decided to give us the food he thought the best instead? What should I do? What should I do?'

Miyuki then looked at Kaguya. "What's wrong Kaguya? You don't look so well. Are you okay?"

"No, no, I am fine.." answered Kaguya while waving her hands.

"Oh, are you feeling not well because I drove too fast? I am sorry! I will slow down a bit!" said Robert while releasing the throttle a bit.

"No, no, no! That's not it! The speed is fine!" said Kaguya again.

'What should I do..Robert is Unyo's friend..if I say no then I feel bad in front of my brother..maybe I should just order non-spicy food later and say that I don't like spicy flavor I guess.." thought Kaguya

"Anyway, my restaurant is near now!" said Robert again while looking at the GPS on the car's LCD display. It says, 'Estimated time: 5 minutes'

Robert then drove inside the parking area of a tall luxury building. "Wow, amazing, Robert! A five-star hotel! Is your restaurant inside this hotel?" said Miyuki.

"Yes! And this hotel also where Kaguya will stay as well." Said Robert. He then parked the car and continued to say, "Unyo also told me that you can also stay here for the weekend, Miyuki."

"Thank you very much, Robert! That would be nice!" answered Miyuki.

A bellboy came to them as they went out of the car. "Let me help you with the luggages!"

"Thanks!" said Miyuki as the bellboy took his luggages. He also gave Miyuki and Kaguya their room cards.

Robert then showed Miyuki and Kaguya the way to the restaurant and then they sat down. The restaurant was big. It looks like a lot of people from different home countries are in the restaurant. Looks like a lot of wealthy people and tourists around. Robert then said to them, " I am going to leave you two here now. If there is anything, you have my number." As he left, he quickly slipped his car key to Miyuki's hand while whispering his ear, "take her out, boy." Before Miyuki could even say thank you, Robert is already far away. Miyuki was perplexed of what happened and just kept the car key in his pocket.

They then looked for the menu given to them. Not long after, Kaguya folded her menu.

"Kaguya, are you finished? Do you know what are you going to get?"

Kaguya nodded. Then she pointed out to the spicy ramyun on Miyuki's menu.

Miyuki is stunned. 'So Kaguya picked a spicy food huh? If I remember correctly the spiciness of this food is from moderate to high..it should be okay if I pick a food that is similarly spicy..but..my stomach is acting now!' Miyuki is thinking while holding his pain inside.

Shirogane is starting to have acid reflux on his stomach now. Because of a lot of things he had to do for the past week and he had to meet Unyo the night before he departed, he had less time to pack his things! Shirogane Miyuki, has never been on international flight before, took energy drink and coffee the whole night before the flight so he could stay awake because he is afraid of oversleeping himself! In the end, he could only have enough time to eat a sandwich and coffee before going to the airport, and he missed the dinner served at his flight because he slept throughout the flight! Therefore, Shirogane cannot eat spicy food now!

He then thought 'If I just pick a non-spicy food, then…'

He imagined how Kaguya would react 'oh, kaichou? You choose that option because you cannot eat spicy huh? How cute.'

'That's not going to happen!' thought Miyuki.

Miyuki then chose the spicy ramyun as well. Both of them don't know that none of them actually want to order spicy food now! While Kaguya ordered the spicy food to show that Shinomiya is good at eating spicy food while Shirogane wants to show in front of Kaguya that he is good at eating spicy food!

After waiting for a while, the order then came. They started to eat.

Miyuki had an idea. 'If I can just eat less soup and just eat the noodle first then gradually drink the soup, I can handle this. I can do it!' He thought.

Meanwhile, Kaguya, little did she know that she has a talent to be good at eating spicy food. At first bite she felt very spicy but she continues to eat..and eat..and eat..even though tears already came out from her eyes and her nose became runny.

"Kaichou..do you enjoy the food?" asked Kaguya calmly

"Yes! I think Robert's restaurant is great and I like the spiciness in this food! I like spicy food!"

It is a lie.

Despite Shirogane thinks the food is great, his acid reflux is not getting better. He tried to finish his food as fast as possible so he can go to his room! Behind his smiling and calm face to Kaguya, he is trying his best to hold his pain!

"What about you, Kaguya, do you enjoy your food?" asked Miyuki

"Yes! It is the first time I eat spicy food, and I do really enjoy it! I like spicy food!" answered Kaguya in cheerful voice.

It is a lie.

As the level of spiciness of the food Kaguya is eating now is not on the beginner level, Kaguya's mouth and stomach is now burning in pain! Right now Kaguya also tried her best to hold her pain and finish the food as soon as possible so she can go to her room!

Now, will they be able to finish the food and maintain their image in front of the other wealthy customers around them?

Miyuki cannot hold it anymore and needs to go to the bathroom. As he stood up, Kaguya also stood up and they walked fast towards the elevator. They fortunately managed to arrive to their toilet in the right time.

RESULT OF THIS AFTERNOON'S BATTLE:

KAGUYA AND SHIROGANE'S DEFEAT (because of stomachache)

Meanwhile inside Robert's office, as Robert entered his office, he received a call.

"Hey Robert, did you do like what I have told you?" Unyo asked

"Yeah, you gonna send that Ferrari to me soon right? Geez, I am glad that you could manage to get me that rare Ferrari.." he then sat. " It is annoying how you can have the money to buy but nobody wants to sell to you, you know? Getting rid of my Lexus and doing your order is a cheap price, I guess! Hahaha!"

"…so, you installed it in that car right?" Unyo aksed in serious tone

"Yes, I did. So you can monitor the car's position in the real time."

"That's it? So you didn't install the mic and camera?"

"I don't think it's a good idea, Unyo, trust me. It is enough."

Unyo puffed his cigarette. "Hmmh, okay then. But if anything happens to them because of lacking that equipment, you are responsible for that, okay?!" he continued

"I understand, Unyo."answered Robert as he hung up the phone.