Previously...
Suddenly, due to Riko's imprudent driving, Kaede's head fell on Hanamichi's lap. Like in bull's eye, it hit Hanamichi's very essence and the latter quirked from the sudden tickle.
"WAAAHHHHH!" Hanamichi jumped from his seat and shocked Riko.
"What?" Riko violently reacted.
"Shit!" Hanamichi looked at Kaede's head who returned to its initial position: leaning on the window.
"Do'aho, if you don't keep quiet, I will pull you out of this car."
Hanamichi hated the way Riko treated. He has no right at all. So like a rebel kid, he unlocked the door and planed to leave.
When Hanamichi was about to push the door to open, it suddenly locked. He looked Riko who seemed to know nothing and then at Kaede whose eyes were all open and hidden a little in the dim light.
"You'll go nowhere, do'aho." Kaede uttered.
Hanamichi was too persistent and he went by his own will. He forcefully unlocked the door but when he was about to do it, someone stopped him.
The redhead's back was pushed against the soft leather of the back seat. When he realized that the cause was Kaede's hand holding his, he was stunned. Kaede's palm around his hand elicited warmtm and comfort.
Hanamichi pushed his hand away and rolled his eyes with a mask of fiery.
"You're lucky redhead, you have my cousin to back you up." Riko said while driving the car in full speed. "Cause I'm gonna let you walk under the rain if you want to."
Hanamichi would've spank Riko right at that moment, but he was too focused on his inability to leave the car because Kaede held him. Kaede Rukawa can't be stronger than him. It can't be.
"STOP THE CAR!" Hanamichi yelled. He wanted to prove Kaede, Riko and himself that he was only shocked with the hindrance made by Kaede. Hanamichi wasn't defeated at all. He can leae the car in his own will and he's strong enough to do it.
"WHO ARE YOU TO ORDER ME?" Riko answered with the same level of tone.
Suddenly, Kaede held Hanamichi's hand once more and looked at him straight in the eyes. He murmured, "You are not going anywhere."
Hanamichi's mouth dropped. Kaede, whose face was serious and goal-oriented and Hanamichi, like a stunned baby; looked at each other until Riko hauled the car in front of a small building.
"Where are we?" Hanamichi took his hand away from Kaede again. He asked that question not because he was interested to know where they were, but for his attention to leave Kaede.
"Motel, dummy." Riko pointed at the big sign in the building.
Hanamichi had the face of a shocked gold fish. "Is this the place where people... do... that...???"
"That's for couples. And we're not couples here, are we?" Riko replied and Hanamichi was silenced.
The three of them left the ca locked in the parking lot while a security guard fetched them with umbrellas. In the reception area, Riko was frowning due to the only one vacant room for the night. Several people must've been stranded in the rain or there's merely several people who were itching for love.
"Well I guess..." Riko took a deep breath as he looked at the interior of the only room that was vacant for them. It was definitely clean and organized but the mere problem was the only two beds located. "So who's gonna sleep on the floor?" Riko was staring at Hanamichi.
Hanamichi wasn't saying anything but the way his mouth pouted and his chin compressed, he was like a little child who did not want to enter a horrifying room.
"Are you expecting one of us to sleep on the floor? Who paid the bills?"
Hanamichi wasn't answering.
Kaede, as if he had no company, went straight to the bed nearer to the window, took off his shoes and socks and slipped himself inside the blanket and started to sleep.
"Don't give me a face like that." Riko went towards the other unoccupied bed and started to put of his shoes and socks. "Sleep anywhere but here in my bed."
Hanamichi crossed his arms. Hanamichi could easily throw Riko to the window but he realized he had no right at all to complain since he didn't pay for the room. Suddenly, he noticed Kaede who was sleeping peacefully in his bed. Kaede didn't stop him to sleep there. so Hanamichi unhesitantly joined Kaede in the bed.
It was uncomfortable to lie beside your enemy and Hanamichi could feel it burning him. Why does he have to go through all that?
Hanamichi turned to the side without Kaede and thought about his miserable life. He ahd to work for the Rukawas to replace his mother's ring. He had to eat his pride and be the personal chauffeur of the person he hated the most.
While thinking about his life, Hanamichi fell asleep.
