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House of the Rising SunChapter 3: The Bouncer
It was usually fairly calm in the house, actually. It was a professionally run place, and with a host and hostess like Hatori and Karen... Well, Hatori had a certain look about him, and Karen had a reputation in the area. But sometimes, an out of Towner would stop in and cause trouble.
It was one of those magical times when one of the maids could hear some calling from in one of the rooms.
"Fuck! You're hurting me! Nnngh!"
The guy wasn't that big, but he was careless, overly rough, and, apparently, he felt like smacking a certain red headed whore he had pinned beneath him. He was also in the process of getting a gag and some restraints to hold this whore down by ripping the bed sheets up. Well. The maid scampered downstairs in search of the pretty security boy.
Haru really felt the need to frown, when he heard what was going on. This did seem to fall under that protecting the Whores bit that Hatori had mentioned, and so, he got up and went to go see if the maid was correct, and there was indeed a whore in need of protecting.
By the time he arrived the guy had succeeded in silencing Kyo's protests. Well, not silence, but obscure and muffle them. The whore was glaring death and daggers at him, probably spouting every profane word he knew, and squirming halfheartedly against him. He couldn't move too much, that hurt, a lot. The guy, of course, didn't appreciate being disturbed and moved away to get rid of Haru.
And it was just about then, that Haru realized he didn't really know what he was doing. However, there WAS that red head tied up on the bed.
"Is there a problem, sir?" He offered finally.
"Yeah, Red here and I were juuuust havin' a bit of play time. You can shoo any time now." He nodded, narrowing his eyes a little.
"Eh!" The whore shook his head from where he was tied up. This was not playtime! He needed to be let go, right now.
"You're really not supposed to tie them up, you know." That could very well be a blatant lie, he really didn't know. But, that whore really didn't look too happy. "So, you want to undo that now?"
"I don't think he minds." The 'customer' shrugged, but Kyo growled in response to that. "Hey, I'm payin' you." he called over his shoulder irritably at the bitch.
"Sounds like he does mind." Haru protested a little. "And, you messed up the sheet, too. You'll need to pay for that." Again, a possibly blatant lie. But, he figured he'd go for it. Maybe he could get a bonus, out of it.
"Look kiddo, you ain't gonna do nothin'. Why don't you scoot and let the adults finish?" He rolled his eyes. Kyo looked imploringly at Haru and nodded his head encouragingly in the man's direction. He should keep up with the 'lies'; if all else failed he could just punch the guy.
"Or not." Haru declined. "See, it's kinda my job to make sure you don't do anything stupid to him." He explained simply, with a vague nod toward Kyo. "It's purely subjective, you have to understand. And, I'd have to--subjectively--call tying him to a bed stupid."
The guy gave him a dry look before coming over a few more steps and placing a hand on the kid's shoulder.
"Job or not. I think I can kick your ass either way?" And he let a low punch loose. Kyo smirked. Whether that punch landed or not, he hoped the Sohma kid would beat the fuck out of him now. Haru carefully dodged, and preceded to knee the guy in the groin. That was an effective way to settle any argument.
"Want to put a wager on that?" He offered with a slight smirk, down at the guy.
The guy stared at him, and decided right there: That with security like this, he'd need to leave now or sacrifice some of his fun. Besides he wanted to leave with some of his dignity. So he just zipped his pants up (He'd been in such a hurry to screw the red head he had only undone them) and set about leaving. But Kyo nodded urgently after him.
"'O a't'r 'im!" The guy still needed to pay! He could wait a moment to be untied.
Haru nodded, and took after him. "Hey! You don't get this for free, just cause I hit you!"
"Get? I didn't get much of anything." He glared. Nothing but a bruised ego...
"So?" He raised an eyebrow. "You still owe standard fee, plus the extra charge for the fucked up sheets."
He was about to protest, but then he remembered what had just happened. So he snorted irritably and pulled out a wallet before tossing the money to the kid and making his tactful retreat.
"Thank you for your patronage." Haru called after him, with a smug little smirk, before going back to free the bound whore.
Kyo was happy about that. He pecked his savior on the cheek once he was free and then set about getting dressed immediately afterwards. He was irritated by his slight limp. He'd need to check and make sure he wasn't bleeding after he took the money to Hatori. Oh yeah, the money! He needed to get it from Haru.
"Here." Haru handed the cash over to him. "I got Hatori reimbursement for the sheets, too." He added, just in case the red head hadn't noticed.
"Ooh, good job." The red head crooned. "I'll put in a good word for you." He promised, checking the money then heading off to have a talk with the owner.
"Haaaaatori." Kyo purred softly, climbing up onto his desk, getting thoroughly in the man's way as he did so.
"Hm?" Hatori looked up from whatever it was he was doing, to look at his employee.
"The Sohma kid did a good job today." He answered vaguely, counting out the money for the sheets and Hatori's cut from what he had in his hands.
"Oh?" He raised an eyebrow, and received the money curtly. "Someone get too rowdy?"
"Yes," the whore pouted. "Bastard hurt me."
"That's too bad," Hatori commented. "Make sure you're not bleeding. Take the afternoon off, if you are." No good came from irritating internal bleeding, right after it occurred.
Kyo grinned mentally. That's what he'd been hoping for. "There's money for the ripped sheets in there too." He pointed out idly before scooting off of the man's desk. He made sure to give the whorehouse owner a hug before he limped off to check himself and clean up. (Seriously, all the whores love Hatori. He takes good care of them.)
"Hey!" Haru called after him, once he emerged, but before he could get off to get cleaned up. "You okay?"
"Yep," Kyo paused, pulling the owner's office door shut behind himself and leaning back against it lazily. "You did a good job. Thanks." He repeated with a small grin.
"No problem." Haru shrugged a little. "Think I could bribe a little, tiny reward out of you?"
"Depends on what it is." The whore answered flatly.
"Your name." The duel-colored boy replied simply. Really, that was all he wanted. A bonus would be nice, but the guy's name would be damn helpful. The red head raised an eyebrow at him. He didn't usually give out his name. But the kid worked here. He'd find out from someone eventually, might as well be him.
"Kyo," He shrugged limply before excusing him on the grounds that he needed to make sure he wasn't bleeding out his asshole. Haru snorted helplessly at Kyo's phrasing.
Kyo…
He was sure that knowledge would come in handy at some point.
It was another sum of weeks later. Haru was returning from work when he ran into Rin. They hadn't seen very much of each other since Haru had gotten his job and Rin was an older woman, so she had work too, to support herself. This didn't leave them much time for each other, apparently. But she was apparently heading for his house.
"Oh, Haru." She blinked at him oddly. "I was, just going to see about talking to you."
"Oh?" Haru raised an eyebrow at her. That didn't sound too good. "Well, here I am."
"Mmm yeah." she paused to consider her words. "Haru." She sighed and just decided to be blunt. "We haven't been spending all that much time together." It had been months. "And I met someone else at work."
"Oh...?" Haru repeated in slightly flat tone. He should have known this was coming. He was working for a bunch of whores, for God's sake. (Even if it was meant in a literal sense.) And, even though Rin didn't actually know, wouldn't karma be playing its part in his life?
The young woman gave him a dry look. "Yeah. This is what happens when you don't see your significant other for several months at a time."
"I DO have days off," Haru pointed out, to remind her that it wasn't completely his fault. "They just don't happen to be when yours are."
"I'm sorry Haru." She shook her head tiredly. "But, I wanted to come tell you, and be honest. Rather than cheat on you with this guy." She didn't hate him; they'd just grown too far apart.
Oh, good lord! The irony was starting to burn a whole in the ground.
"Yeah," He agreed, scratching through his hair a little. "Honesty's the best policy, I guess."
"Look, it's late now. I need to go." She finally concluded, hugging him quickly before turning to go.
"Bye." He called after her, softly, and then turning--glumly--and heading inside. Yes, he had days off. But the next day wasn't one of them.
His mother was already asleep, and his father was just reading a newspaper. So no one really noticed the boy's unhappy mood. When he went to work the next day, nobody would probably notice there either.
Mmm, no. Poor Hatsuharu's foul mood continued to go unnoticed... until he saw Kyo, and shoved two hundred dollars in his hand. He needed more than an hour that day. And he wasn't going to just lie down and be done, either. The red head looked at him oddly but then they just headed upstairs. The whore was momentarily thrown for a loop by Haru's much more aggressive behavior. He wasn't complaining. This is what he got paid to do, and he'd long since healed from that last guy. The Sohma kid just hadn't ever done this before.
And, Haru used up those whole two hours. Though, he wasn't sure he felt any better, once they were done.
"That was fun, what got you all riled up?" Kyo wondered during those few moments he was still pinned under the other.
"My girlfriend dumped me." He shrugged a little, panting lightly. "Unceremoniously. Said we weren't spending enough time together, and she met someone else."
The whore chuckled. "Better than her having a hissy fit about you cheating on her." he murmured under his breath.
"I guess." He agreed with a small nod. "And, it really was true. We haven't seen much of each other." Kyo was okay with taking a few minutes of break. But he really didn't want to hear too much about this kid's life. So he kissed his cheek and purred out a never really felt apology before squirming to be let up. It took Haru a moment to notice his squirming, but he did let him up a moment later.
"Thanks." He murmured, staring idly at the ceiling for a few minutes, after. The red head passed him an odd look as he headed out the door, but just kept on his way. Routine demanded he go give this money to Hatori now.
"Busy morning?" Hatori murmured curiously, as he took his percentage.
"Not really." Kyo replied, hanging over Hatori's shoulders from behind lazily. "That's all from Sohma."
"Two hours?" Hatori raised an eyebrow. That was odd. The kid usually adhered to a very strict one hour per week pattern. This was the first time he'd broken it, thus far.
"Nnnhnn," The whore answered, leaning forward a little and pressing his cheek to the owner's a little. "He's all upset about, something, I don't remember. And he needed to let it all out by doing me into the sheets." He licked his lips slowly. He'd had fun!
"Hmmm," He shrugged a little. "Maybe, he'll keep going longer. More money for you, right?" More money for him, too.
"How very subtle of you, Hatori." Kyo teased softly. "But, frustrated men do practically orgasm out money." He agreed after a moment.
"Exactly." He nodded. He knew. He'd thrown quite a bit of money away to prostitutes in the height of emotion, when he was young, before he'd bought The Rising Sun, and got his own whores he could fuck for free.
The younger man kissed his cheek quickly before going off. He'd need to talk to Haru later and convince him to throw down a bit more money.
Haru was sitting out front, in the bar, making sure the two drunks up at the counter didn't get into some sort of fistfight, or anything.
"Feel any better?" The red head wondered in a low tone as he sidled up next to the kid. He didn't feel bad about distracting Haru, Karen had half an eye on them from where she was over by the door, and she was security too.
"Hm?" Haru blinked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, kinda. It didn't fix anything with Rin, but it was fun."
"Good," Kyo purred out seductively. "I feel a little bad for you." That was a blatant lie. "So, even though Hatori would kill me for giving you freebee's, I'm willing to give you a little discount if you're looking for some happy rebound time." He offered. If Haru came and did him enough, it would more than make up for what he lost in this little discount.
"What kind of discount?" He asked curiously, offering him an odd look.
"I'll cut the price for you a bit." 100 to 75? Saves Haru money either way. It's kind of like a buy four fucks, get the fifth one free kind of deal.
"Sure." He agreed with a small grin. "But, not today. Maybe tomorrow." Maybe, he still needed to be careful not to blow his whole paycheck, even without Rin. Kyo smiled and looked damn hot while he did it. He hugged Haru around the neck and gave him a quick kiss before going about his actual job. He was done making nice with the bouncer for now. Well, at least his break up had been good for one thing; it had saved Haru twenty-five dollars per fuck with Kyo. That was always nice, right?
The red head and Hatori were both very pleased with the increase in cash coming from the boy's direction. They weren't too caring about why he was upset, but they hoped it lasted a while.
Well, as time passed, Haru started taking on more and more hours--since he broke up with Rin. He had no girlfriend, now, so, why shouldn't he spend as much time as he dared with the whores he was coming to be slightly fond of? It was better than sitting at home (even if his lungs were suffering due to the smoke in the bar.) and dealing with his mother's suspicions.
Of course his mother was suspicious. But Haru wasn't barely ever at home, so she couldn't very well talk to him about it, now could he. The red headed slut and his owner were increasingly impressed by how much time Haru tended to spend in bed with the boy. He was a good bouncer too, so he had a steady flow of cash to do this with.