Hey, wasabi? Sorry I haven't updated in a while. Thanx for all the reviews and encouragement and all that jazz. I disclaim characters, and the movie from which I borrowed the idea for this chapter from.
Part 1 (of a generally untitled chapter)
Sano and Megumi walked into their apartment despondently. "Somehow, I have a feeling we'll be moving very soon." Megumi muttered bitterly and trudged into the kitchen, attempting to salvage anything that might lift her spirits, even if only momentarily.
Sano said nothing, just stood in the front room of their tiny apartment dumbly, trying to grapple the bitter reality and direness of their situation. He slumped onto the couch and raked his hand through his hair, sighing heavily. His entire body felt numb from the shock of what had just occurred less than an hour ago. He looked up from the floor when he heard Megumi shout something in the kitchen, and that's when he noticed it. A red number one flashed on and off on their answering machine.
Going to the casino was just about the dumbest thing we could! Megumi rustled around the kitchen, looking for a big spoon to dive into her carton of ice-cream with. Tears blurred her vision as she stopped and leaned against the counter and folded her arms across her chest in frustration and anger. It's one thing to be a broke, single med student, but to be married! Megumi sniffled as she remembered how her life had taken a path straight downhill (what seemed to be a 90 degree angle).
They'd met the second year of Megumi's term in medical school, and instantly there was an attraction. It hadn't been that of the good kind, though, and they truly thought they would hate each other until one of them died. Four months later (and much to everybody's surprise as well as their own), Sano and Megumi stood in front of a judge, repeating the words 'I do'. Times had been hard from then on. Money was extremely tight, and although she worked two jobs and Sano worked as long as he could at the police station, money was a real issue; Megumi always needed to buy new school supplies, and all of Sano's salary went to paying what little of her tuition that he could. He even tried to work two jobs, so that they could afford to eat more than chicken noodle soup; that failed miserably, he worked nonstop and barely saw Megumi for two months.
But in all the things they'd done, tonight they'd made the stupidest decision of their life. Make a long story short, the casino was now in possession of Megumi's paychecks. Sano's had already gone to her tuition, and the rent was due within the next three days. "UGH! Why in the hell did I let Sano talk me into this BULLSHIT!" she yelled in frustration, not caring if he heard her, if the whole world heard her. Megumi grabbe the closest thing within reach (her carton of icecream), and hurled it against the opposite wall.
Her eyes widened as she immediately recognized her stupidity. One, the opposite wall was only about three feet across from her. Two, the top of the carton bounced off and the ice-cream was partially melted. Thus, Megumi looked down to find strawberry ice-cream all over her shirt. "Damnit," she muttered, and snatched the dishcloth from the adjacent sink.
"Megumi!" Sano interrupted her vulgar train of thought. She stomped into the living room and stood with her arms crossed across her chest. He looked at her questioningly, but shutup as he saw the expression on her face. "Meg, you've got to listen to this!"
He pressed the button on the machine. "Hello, my name is Takeda Kanyruu and I could not help but notice you, Sagara Sanosuke in the casino this evening. Even more noticeable was your beautiful wife. I couldn't ignore your obvious misfortune at the tables tonight, and I am quite sure that your entire lives were riding on them. Such a pity. However, I have a proposition for you, Sagara-san. I will pay you one million dollars, if you will let me have one night with your exquisite wife."
To be continued…..
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I'm so evil aren't, I? Well review about whether or not you think she should sleep with him!
