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Pre-Read by: HinaGuy749 & DeathofHell
Keitaro...I'm Pregnant: Happy Birthday Shinobu!
"Uhhh..." I moan out loud , trying to get out of bed. Man! This is become my daily routine: Hear the alarm clock, turning it off, wanting to chuck it out the window and getting my fat self out of bed before I sleep again and realize that I have five minutes to be at school! Oh...I hate this!
I look at the calendar and see that it's Saturday. At least it's only a half-day at school, but I really want to sleep in! It's my birthday for crying out loud! I did get an early birthday present from Mark and Jill when they built a ramp with guardrails so I can access my not-so secret hiding spot on the roof. I would also like to cuddle with Keitaro in bed, but that's a different story.
Might as well get out of bed since I didn't tell Raymond to cook. I throw my legs off the bed, trying to stand up. It's a little difficult now that I'm getting a little bigger. I finally jump out of bed (which takes me ten minutes), change my clothes and head down to the kitchen. When I reach the dining room, I can smell potatoes being cooked.
"What's going on?" I say to myself, slowly making my way to the kitchen door. I crack the door a bit and see both Keitaro and Raymond cooking. I cautiously step into the kitchen, watching Raymond grating a block of cheese into a pan while Keitaro is whipping something in a bowl.
"Are you sure you can eat that omelet, Raymond? It has eggs."
"I can Keitaro. I separated them." Keitaro lets out a puzzling look, turning towards him.
"How do you separate eggs?" I let out a quiet snicker, covering my mouth.
"Look! We don't have time for this. We need to cook this breakfast feast before Shinobu wakes up."
"It's more like a breakfast explosion the way were cooking."
"Shut up Aqualad! You're the one who burned the toast. I cook just fine."
"Oh yeah?" Keitaro puts down the bowl, goes to the ref and takes out a sturgeon. "Then cook this." Raymond turns around, seeing Keitaro walking towards him, holding the sturgeon. He yells really loud, looking pale. Then he grabs a knife and swings it sideways towards my boyfriend, who jumps back. "What are you doing?"
"I'm practicing on how to gut a fish, starting with you!" Raymond chases Keitaro around the kitchen table, cursing at him. Since the knife he's holding is a butter knife, I'm not concerned of either of them dying. But it's extremely funny that I began to laugh hard, watching them stop in their tracks and looking at me. Raymond seems embarrass, blushing and hiding the knife behind his back. Keitaro's expression looks like the fish, surprise with its mouth open.
"Hi Shinobu..." They say with a nervous tone. I put my hand in my hips, trying to act tough.
"And what are you two doing in my kitchen?" They both look at each other, but Raymond gives a sickly expression. Maybe he saw the fish.
"We're sorry," Keitaro begins. "But it's your birthday today and it was my idea to give you a break from cooking and have us guys do it for you."
"Awww..." I walk up to him and kiss him on the cheek. I don't worry about the other residents accidentally walking in on us doing this since Raymond is our lookout. "That's sweet. But what are you going to do with that fish?"
"We're almost done cooking breakfast, so I thought I make you some sushi before you head off for school." I can hear Raymond gagging behind us.
"Can I help?"
"I don't know. It's your..."
"PLEASE!!!" I beg him with my sad little girl impression.
"Oh, all right! We're almost done making the omelets..."
"Oh shoot!" Raymond shouts, running back to the pan and looking like he's about to cry. "Damn. It's trash." I walk over to the pan to see if I can salvage it, but it's a lost cause.
I help make a yolkless omelet and show Keitaro how to separate eggs. Once I'm done, we get our food and sit in the dining room. One by one, the other residents come to get their breakfast, saying "Happy Birthday" to me before they do and join us at the table. Not much conversation around, but it's usually like this in the morning.
Once I'm finish, I take my plate back to the kitchen, wash it and prepare to make sushi out of the sturgeon. Just as everything is set, Keitaro comes in. I wait for him to clean his dishes so he can help me. He already prepared the rice for me when he was cooking breakfast, so making the sushi went by pretty quick. I fill my lunch box with the sushi, left over rice and some left over strips of beef. I give him a hug and a kiss on the cheek for the help before I'm off to school.
School was the same like always: have classmates stare at my ever growing belly, trying to listen to my teachers as I try to take a quick nap and being goofy with my friends. Once school lets out, it was our turn to clean the classroom. I don't really like to clean it only because we're always goofing off, but this time, we only work, finishing early. We leave the school grounds and walk to Kazuhiro's parent's restaurant for a little birthday celebration.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHINOBU!" They yell, bringing out a homemade cake. I am surprised to find out that they all came yesterday to make it for me. They even made the food, serving about twice as much as we need. We dig right into it and sing a little karaoke. About an hour after arriving, my friends start handing me presents.
"Here! Open mine first," Hideki says, handing me a large box wrapped in red paper. I open it neatly and nicely, making my friends a bit angry because I always take my time. Once the paper is gone and I open the box, it contains a large black coat. I take it out of the box and place it on my body for measurements, seeming to cover my body to my knees.
I thank Hideki for his gift and hug him before being handed a small bag covered in bunnies from Akiko. I take the gift out to reveal a heart-shaped picture frame.
"That's for any pictures of you and Sempai." I smile and give her a hug. It's a very nice gift, but I can't display it in my room until the other residents know about Keitaro and I.
The next gift I get is from Sachiko. It's another small bag, but this one has flowers on it. It contains stationery papers and envelopes of Pucca and the Cheese People. I also give her a smile and hug her.
Kazuhiro hands me his present. This one is in a small black cardboard sheet. I have no idea what this is until I open it.
"A gift card!" I shout in joy, noticing the amount is 5,500 yen. But when I see what store it's for, I nearly faint. "To Victoria Secret's?!" Immediately, Tsuyoshi spits out his drink, Hideki gives a blank stare and both Akiko and Sachiko start beating on Kazuhiro. I cover my face in embarrassment.
I check the clock and realize that I have to get home soon. No special reason other than to see Keitaro. I say good-bye to them, but Sachiko, who's choking Kazuhiro almost to death, says that I haven't received Tsuyoshi's gift. I see him blushing really hard, seeming ashamed by his present. I find this odd since he's usually the one that gives me the best birthday gift.
Everyone else notices his embarrassment and urges him to give me the present. He finally gives in, handing it to me. It's also in a small bag, but with ducks. When I look inside, I thought it was some kind of clothing. But when I take it out, it's actually a scarf. The color is green with my name in black Japanese characters. At first I thought he bought this for me, but the way it's made looks like someone who's just learning. I turn back to Tsuyoshi, looking at the ground.
"Sorry if it looks bad. I'm not very good at knitting." I'm stun that he actually made this for me. He must think I don't like it, continuing to avoid eye contact with me. I don't want him to feel like this. I really like his present. I decide to put it on, making sure my name is at the front, walk over to him and partially stick out the scarf.
"I think it looks great, don't you?" He looks up, seeing me wear the scarf and smiles. I give him a hug and begin to pack up.
I say good-bye to Kazuhiro, Akiko and Sachiko, who decide to clean up. I catch my bus back to the Hinata Sou, along with the twins who say I need protection since I'm carrying a lot of gifts. I don't mind them doing this. It's nice to have company. Once I reach my stop, I hug both of them and climb up the stairs.
Once I'm inside the apartments, I carry my gifts to my room, where I see more presents. I put my friends' gifts aside and open the others. All of them are from the residents here, with the exception of Keitaro and Raymond. I wasn't surprise to be getting maternity clothes, but to get it from all of them?! At least I'll be needing them in the months to come. I start folding them when I hear a knock on the door.
"Come in." The door slides open, popping out Raymond. With a smile on his face, he walks towards me and hands me a wrapped present.
"Happy Birthday Shinobu." I return the smile and open the present. I feel overjoyed to see a collage of Keitaro and I in a middle-size frame, that I almost drop it. It's in all sorts of colors, appearing to be penciled in. Also in the box is the original collage, which is in black and white.
"Thank you so much," I cry, hugging him.
"I couldn't have done it without Keitaro. Those are his pictures from when you two went to San Francisco." I was so moved and captivated by the images and colors that I didn't recognize some of the places we went to in San Francisco until the second look.
"This is really great work!"
"I'm glad you think so."
"Don't tell me that this isn't great!" He chuckles and shakes his head.
"I think it great, too. But I would like to hear it from someone who isn't in the picture." I giggle, slapping him on the arm.
"Well, they're going to say the same thing."
"Yeah, but you won't be able to display it in your room." That's true. Some of the pictures on the collage are of us on our date.
"That's fine by me." I let out another giggle. He gives me a halfhearted smile, seeming to be upset about something. "What's wrong?"
"Well, you see..." he begins. "The residents here were wondering what I was going to get you for your birthday. I couldn't tell them about the collage because of Keitaro, so without thinking, I said I was going to take you out on a date." His voice trails off at that word and I become angry and tense. We're suppose to pretend that we're a couple (or lack there of) in front of the other residents, but actually having a date?
"What does Keitaro have to say?"
"He's upset, but understands."
"I guess that's the price we have to pay for this lie." He nods. "Well, I better go see him and tell him that I'll be thinking of him the whole time."
"But he's not here."
"HUH? Where is he?"
"Right after you left, he remembered that he had a photo project to do with my friends and it's due next class. It's portrait work outdoors, but the assignment needs both day and night time shots. I don't know where he's shooting or when he'll get done. All I know is that he'll get back way late."
"I see. So we really have to go through with this."
"Afraid so," he says, sounding setup. I feel the same way. All I wanted to do when I got home was to be with Keitaro. "Sorry that I created this whole mess..."
"Oh, don't worry. I know you were just protecting us. But do you really have to go on a...date?"
"In the beginning, at least." I express confusion across my face.
"What do you mean?"
"Since this is your last birthday before you have that baby, I thought you could go out with a bang."
"A bang?"
"Yeah. You know. Like a remembrance."
"Oh? What in that big head of yours did you think of?"
"You riding in a limo." I'm a bit startle that he actually thought of that for a date. Then again, he's from America and they do things differently there. "We can go anywhere you want and just hang out."
"WOW! I don't know what to say."
"Just agree that you'll wear something...formal on this...hmmm...you know." He smiles at me before leaving. I don't know why, but I'm excited to be riding in a limo. I've never been in one before. He thinks of some pretty good things; but I'm bothered when he asked me to wear something formal. I guess it would be unfitting to wear some average in something that's considered high society.
The next few hours went by quickly as I cook dinner and try to find something to wear. I'm starting to get fat in nearly all of my old clothes and won't be wearing them for quite a while. I decide to wear my black kimono since that's about the only thing formal I can wear while pregnant. I ask Mutsumi to help tie my orange sash since I'm never good at doing it. Once she's done and compliments me, I check myself in the mirror. I look pretty good and can't really tell that I'm pregnant. After I fix my hair and put chopsticks to hold them up right, I decide to bring the coat Hideki gave me, incase the weather is really cold. I also decide to wear my regular shoes since I can't find the socks that go with my sandals.
Once I'm set, I go downstairs where everyone is in the living room. They compliment me as I hear someone going down the stairs. I turn around to see Raymond in a black suit with matching vest. I find it odd that he's fixing his collar since he's not wearing a tie. Once he's done, he walks towards me.
"You look beautiful Shinobu. Ready to go?" He ask, sticking out his elbow. I nod and grab a hold of it. He looks a bit nervous, casually walking out the door. I hear most of them say "Have fun Shinobu", either forgetting or still angry at Raymond. Mutsumi is the only one who says his name, telling us to enjoy ourselves.
We carefully walk down the stairs, where the limo is waiting. I'm taken back by the sight of it. I have seen them in the movies and sometimes on the street, but never have I been this close to one. I'm jumpy as he opens the door for me. I slide myself in and feel amaze being in luxury. It's furnished in leather, a bottle of some sort sitting in ice and a plate of various sushi. I can't believe that I'm in one of these! It feels great, but I also feel guilty that Keitaro isn't here to experience this.
Once Raymond gets in, he tells the driver we're ready and takes off. I try to enjoy myself, but the thought of Keitaro not being here with me makes me sad. I try to grab a sushi roll when the limo makes a right turn and hits the curb. I manage to catch some sushi rolls that jumped off the plate, leaving a few on the floor. The plate itself is still on the counter. The driver slows down and parks to the side.
"What the?!" Raymond burst out. "I'm going to have a talk with the driver. I'll be right back." He exits the limo while I return the sushi rolls in my hand back to the plate. I pick up the ones on the floor and toss them into the garbage. At least, I think it's the garbage. I begin to eat a few rolls when I hear the door open.
"Hey! Just because I drove poorly doesn't mean I can't get one sushi roll!" I thought it was odd for Raymond to joke about something he doesn't eat. But the voice doesn't sound like him. I turn my attention towards the door and almost choke when I see Keitaro, wearing his kung-fu suit he bought In San Francisco.
"Kei...Kei..."I couldn't say his name, feeling this is a dream. He shown an embarrassing smile at me and leaned forward, kissing me on the lips. When I feel him pull back, HE'S STILL THERE! THIS IS NO DREAM! THIS IS REAL!
"Happy Birthday Shinobu." He gets into the car and closes the door. I'm still in shock that he's here!
"What's going on? I thought..." Before I could finish my sentence, the dark divider slowly goes down, revealing Raymond on the other side, wearing what seems to be a chauffeur's hat.
"Good evening," he says in a funny, but also creepy voice. "I'm Raymond and I'll be you new driver for the night." I have no idea what's going on, but I feel that I been played. I lightly punch Keitaro on the shoulder. After hearing him whine how hard I hit, I pick up some ice and throw it at Raymond. He ducks the attack, but looks scared when he pops up again.
"Damn! What's wrong with you?" Raymond asked.
"Why did you guys trick me?"
"This was my idea," Keitaro says, holding his shoulder. "I wanted to surprise you with a date."
"Really?"
"Yeah. We really haven't been on one since we came back to Japan. With all the time I been at Toudai and the other residents watching over Raymond like a hawk, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to go on one." I can't help but blush all over. I feel a bit mad that he hid this from me, but he did think of me by planning this surprise date, so I'm not mad at him for long.
"That's sweet," I tell him, giving him a hug and offer a sushi roll, which he gladly takes. "But why is Raymond going to drive us around?"
"My friends and I offer to help him make this date yours special and one to remember." I let out a smile, knowing that with they will.
"Thanks! So, what are your friends doing for us?" Raymond brings out a walkie-talkie.
"This is Seven Mary Three. I repeat. This is Seven Mary Three," he says into it. "Please state you codename, location and what you're about to do. Over."
"This is Seven Mary One. I'm in the kitchen of La Titans and I'm going to start cooking now. Over," I recognize Steve's voice. I'm kind of afraid of what he's going to cook and if he somehow puts beer into it.
"This is Seven Mary Two. I'm in my room and I'm going to get ready to serve the birthday girl and her boyfriend. Over," I recognize Jill's voice. Even those tonight is my birthday, I'm afraid of what she'd do to Keitaro.
"Dammit! I don't want to be here!" I recognize Mark's voice, shouting over the walkie-talkie. I'm a little curious where he is and what he's doing.
"Who is this? And state your location," Raymond repeats. I let out a laugh, seeing how serious he's taking this.
"Man! This is Seven Mary Four. I'm hanging on a tree branch about 50 yards from the Hinata Apartments, seeing if any of the other residents will leave." I'm totally shocked and a little frightened that someone is spying at the Hinata Sou. It's like someone is stocking us. I'm going to ask Keitaro to start putting surveillance around the place. "By the way, Shinobu looks very hot for her date and you Ray-Ray, look like a penguin. Over!"
"Yeah, yeah." Raymond turns down the volume, tossing the walkie-talkie to the next seat. He starts the limo and takes off.
We're in the limo for about an hour, feeding each other sushi rolls, doing a little bit of kissing and looking at the night view through the dark-tilted windows. I'm enjoying the time with Keitaro when I notice we're entering a parking lot. I roll down the divider to know what's going on.
"Why are we going here?" Instead of answering my question, Raymond exits the limo. I find that a bit rude, but Keitaro tells me not to be angry with him. We wait for Raymond to open the door before getting out. When we do, he hands Keitaro what seems to be tickets.
"Enjoy the show you two," he says, walking back to the limo.
"Hey!" I yell back, causing him to turn around. "What are you doing to do?"
"Don't worry about me. Steve let me borrow his portable DVD player and they're a few movies I been meaning to watch." With a smile, he turns back around and goes into the limo.
I hold onto Keitaro's arm, leading me out into the streets. We walk about a block before we reach the Kabuki-Za Theater. I'm very surprise to be here. This is a very famous theater and the price to see it has to be about 2000 yen. At least I don't have to worry about anyone from school around or in the theater. We rather waste our money on other things.
We go inside and presented our tickets. Once the person behind the booth takes them, we head to our seats. I'm a bit surprise to find myself in the fourth floor of this theater. They're very high up, but still good seats and I'm able to see the performance. The show is really great and I thought the costumes were so beautiful.
I find out that we'll only watch an act of the performance when Keitaro tells me just near the end. I'm disappointed that I won't know what happens next, but don't make a fuss about it since the beginning didn't make sense to me anyway.
We leave the theater and head back to the limo. Keitaro knocks on the driver side window, letting Raymond know that we're back. He gets out of the limo and opens the back door to let us in. Once he closes the door and get back in the driver's seat, we're back on the road.
The destination is a lot shorter then the one to the theater, so I know we're still in the city. When the limo finally stops and Raymond opens the door, I step out to see what looks like an apartment building with a bunch of people holding up bottles of some sort or lying on the ground. Before I can ask where we are, Keitaro takes my hand and briskly walks towards the apartments. We past a few people before climbing up some stairs. I don't know where he's taking me until he knocks on a door and opens up to reveal Jill behind it.
"Hello! And welcome to La Titans. Table for two?" She says with a cheery smile. We both nod as she fully opens the door. I take notice of her outfit and I'm a stun to see her covered up: black skirt down to her knees with pantyhose to match; a blue long-sleeve dress shirt with a small brown apron around her waist; she even has a bow tie around her neck.
She leads us to our table, where it's set up in the middle of the living room. It looks fancy with the white cloth covering it and a lit candle in the middle. Once we take our seats, I see many lit candles around the room and two fire extinguishers nearby. I never expected anyone to do this for me...ever! I wonder what we're going to have when Jill comes back and hands us menus.
"Here you go." She takes a notepad and pen out of her apron. "Can I get you anything to drink?"
"We got our own," Keitaro replies, holding up the bottle from the limo. "But didn't Steve already cook the food?"
"He did, but we want to make this professional as much as probable."
"I see. Well then, you guys should have done a better job with the menus. It's full of mistakes."
"It is?" Keitaro hands her the menu. I scan it myself and see that almost every word is misspelled. I nearly drop it when Jill screams. "STEVE!"
"What is it?" He yells from the kitchen.
"You wrote the menus, right?"
"Yeah. So?"
"You wrote the damn thing completely wrong!"
"What do you mean?" I could hear the sarcasm in his voice and the grinding teeth of Jill as she walks up to Steve.
"THE WORD 'CHICKEN' DOESN'T HAVE A 'TWO' IN IT!" She began beating him with the menu.
"Ahhh...! Stop it!" Steve pleads, only to be suffering more whacks by the menu. For some reason, this is more entertaining then the theater. Both Keitaro and I chuckle at this sight of this. After a few minutes, Jill stops beating him, gets two glasses out of the cupboard and walks back to us, placing them to the side.
"I'll be right back with your meal. Oh." She takes something out of her apron and drops it near Keitaro. "You might need this." She walks away from the table, letting us be alone. Keitaro begins to unwrap the top of the bottle.
"What is that?" I ask, never getting a chance to see what it was.
"Don't worry Shinobu. It's apple cider. The only way this has alcohol is if Steve got a hold of it." Once he removes the wrapping on top of the bottle, he takes the item that Jill left him, which is a bottle opener and pop the top, pouring some in my glass.
"Thank you." I take a sip of the apple cider, feeling the bubbles tickling my lip. "By the way, what are we going to have?"
"I'm not sure," Keitaro says, pouring himself some. "All I know is that Steve is cooking American food, whatever that is." Before I can image what Steve cooked as American food, Jill comes with our plates. We really can't see what on it since they're covered up by a metal container.
"Here you two go." She places a plate in front of us, holding the top of the container. "Enjoy your meal." When she lifts the container, I begin to giggle uncontrollability, seeing a cheeseburger, French fries, three large chicken strips and a slice of pizza.
"This is American food?" I ask, continuing to laugh.
"Uhhh...well, this is the only thing Steve really can cook," Jill says, looking rather embarrassed.
"What is this?" Keitaro ask, holding up a crispy brown round thing.
"They're called onion rings." He looks at his rings, then looks at my plate.
"Hey! How come she gets fries?!"
"It was random. I wasn't sure who would get what. Anyway, enjoy your food." Jill smiles and leaves. I look at Keitaro, who seems a bit upset. I grab some fries, trying to hand it to him.
"Oh no, no. You're having our baby. You should have it."
"It's alright. You want fries, so I'll exchange these for some of those onion rings."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. And if you have any leftovers, I'll eat them." He smiles and grabs the fries from my hand. He drops them on his plate and picks up a few onion rings, handing them to me. I drop mine on my fries and begin to eat. It feel kind of funny eating this. It's like I'm at a fancy and luxurious food court at the mall!
Keitaro only eats half of his food, leaving me the rest. I know he can finish his plate, but I think he wants to be sure we have a health and well-feed baby. Once we're done eating, Jill takes our plates and tells us her and Steve need to set up something in the living room and that we should wait in her room until they're finished. We nod and take the leftover apple cider and our glasses to her room.
Jill's room isn't decorated with anything, just looking at the fading white walls and what seems to be dirty clothes on the floor. Keitaro and I take a seat on her bed, finishing up the apple cider and having a nice conversation about what we want to do together in the near future. A few minutes later, the door opens, appearing Jill.
"We're ready." Keitaro gets up from the bed first, then helps me up. We walk hand in hand to the living room where it's pretty empty with some of the furniture pushed back to the walls with the lights dim. I look at Keitaro since he made the dating arrangements, but he looks puzzled.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"You told us that Japanese schools don't have dances since they're dedicated to studying," Steve explains, carrying what looks to be a six-pack of beer. "So we thought 'why not experience what Americans like us have?"
"You serious?"
"Yep!" Jill answers in a happy tone. "Sorry that a disco ball isn't hanging above your heads, but we couldn't find one." I blush a little, not realizing how all of them are going a little overbroad for my birthday.
"That's alright," I say. "So, we're going to hear a lot of American songs?"
"Nope," Steve replies, shaking his head. "One of your friends handed a burned CD to Raymond last week. We listened to it and from what Mark could understand and the rhythm of the beats, it's mostly Japanese love songs."
"When you two are ready to dance, just hit play on the stereo," Jill adds. "Now, if you'll excuse us, we're going to meet Raymond, get some food and leave you two alone." They both wave and leave the apartment.
When the door closes, I surprise Keitaro by pulling him towards me and planting a kiss on his sweet lips. When we pull back, we walk towards the stereo and press play. We go to the middle of the room, waiting for the song to play. My hands shake uncontrollably, not really knowing where to put them. I see him smile and gently grab my hands, pulling them over his shoulders. I begin to blush as I feel him wrap his arms around my waist.
"I'm guessing you've done this before?" I ask with sly look of jealousy.
"Hey! Don't give me that!" He franticly says as the song begins. "I used to do this with Kanako when we were little!"
"I'm just teasing!" I pull him closer to me, swaying along to the beat.
Dancing together is really relaxing, forgetting about all the past problems we have had. I don't know which of my friends burned the CD, but I gotta thank them later. We try to dance non-stop, but I need to rest a bit after a few songs. Keitaro is alright with this, sitting close to me on the couch, cuddling together and helping me up off the couch to dance to the next song.
Once the CD plays its last song, Keitaro turns off the stereo and we head out of the apartment to join the Americans. There are more people lying on the ground as we reach the limo, seeing them eating and drinking. I'm worried that Raymond drank alcohol until I see him holding up a can of juice. They seem surprise to see us, but don't say anything. We all head inside the limo and watch a little TV. There isn't much to watch other than a British movie since they don't understand Japanese. Once they finish their food, Jill and Steve say their goodbyes and leave. Raymond goes back to the driver's seat and starts up the limo, driving us back.
Keitaro tries to sleep, but I won't let him, poking him in the arm. He tells me to stop and explains that he needs to return the limo and drop off Mark back at the student apartments before he goes home himself. I nod my head and let him sleep on my shoulder.
I watch a little bit of the news, with the volume down so I won't wake up Keitaro, when we reach our stop. I slightly nudge him, waking him up as Raymond opens the door. We both step out of the limo and see Mark quickly going down the stairs. Keitaro gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek before getting in the driver's side of the limo. Mark goes around it, entering the passenger side and taking off.
"You had fun?" Raymond ask.
"You bet," I say, smiling and giggling uncontrollable.
"Mark said that some of the residents are up, seeming to be waiting for our return." He sticks his elbow out. "Shall we?" I nod my head and grab his arm, being lead back home.
When we enter the living room, only Kitsune and Su are waiting for us, asking how our date went. Raymond sighs and goes upstairs. Not wanting to sound too enthusiastic, I tell them it's great and head to my room. I take my kimono off, neatly putting it aside and put on my nightgown. I softly drop myself onto my bed, hold my pillow thigh and close my eyes, trying to relive the past few hours of the date I'll never forget.
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