Chapter 4

I stood on the sidewalk like a statue watching the ghost rider flew away into the streets. I didn't know how long it was, but my sculpture was shattered when I heard rumbling noises made from another bike's exhaustion pipe. It was Hiro's bike; he started his engine. I turned around immediately and found myself standing in front of his Honda.

He rolled his eyes away from me as if he didn't care to hear what I was about to say to him. "I have to go." Cold; the only word I could describe from the tone of his voice.

"Where? Are you following her? Have you guys made up?"

"What are you talking about?" His eyes lessened as he questioned me. He didn't know that I knew about their past relationship.

"Shuichi told me that she's your ex from high school. Do you still like her?"

"It has nothing to do with you."

"What the hell, Hiro!" I stepped a foot forward and grabbed his steering handles. "What about us?"

"What about us?" He mocked back at me.

"Don't tell me that you've forgot! That night behind the cellar's wall, didn't it mean anything to you?"

"There is nothing about us." He looked away finding the pavement underneath his bike, "I was… drunk. It wasn't me." His voice dropped for what a pathetic excuse it was. A second later, he glared back at me with his sharp eyes. "Tatsuha, you're such a bastard! You've never taken anyone seriously. For what it's worth, it's just another game to you. I'd just happened to be there at the time."

"So, are you saying that I've taken advantage of you?" I raised my voice in disbelief, half disappointed in him.

"No…" He whimpered. "It's just…"

"Fuck you, Hiro!" I pulled him off his bike and into an alleyway by the side of the coffee shop. I threw him against the concrete wall. "You liked it! Don't give my any bullshit like you were drunk or not into guys! I can't accept that!" I was furious, but why? I'd tried to come up with the same excuses before, but hearing them from him was too harsh for me to accept. "I want you. I couldn't forget about you after that night. I'm serious Hiroshi. I've never felt like this for anyone before. I think that I… I…"

"Serious?" He interrupted before I could complete my thoughts. "I've known you for years. How long did it last when you said that you were serious the last time? A week? A month? God, Tatsuha! You were seeing multiple women even when you said that you were serious. How can I believe those words from you?"

His word shut me up; I couldn't defense myself or say anything to that. All my games and playing around had put me into this situation; I became a monster and I didn't even know it. As I stood there immobilized by his words; he ran his fingers along my check bone and rested them when his thumb found my lips. His soft thumb rubbed against my pulp and I wanted to lick it.

I licked it.

At that moment, he kissed me and I felt as if everything was at peace. His tongue entered my mouth easily because I wanted him to come in. I wanted to taste him more than anything. I took his waist and pulled it against mine. I held onto him tightly as he wrapped his arms around my neck. The tip of his tongue sank further into my mouth as he rotated his slippery length against mine, moving it in all direction and circling it around my juicy flesh. When he won the tongue battle, he sucked; he sucked hard. He sucked all the oxygen and fluid that I had to offer.

"Hiro." I breathed his name eagerly while I still had him in my arms.

He looked at me with a pair of poignant eyes; they looked so sad and heartbreaking. "I don't have time for your games, Tatsuha. Let's end it here." He detached his arms and pulled his body away from me.

"What?" I couldn't believe what he had just said. How could he suggest that?

"I think it is best that we forget that anything ever happened between us; that night never happened. Consider this kiss an ending to our one night stand." With that said he walked away and left me standing, staring behind as his faint image disappeared into the pouring light.

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I went to work that night and couldn't get Hiro out of my head. Why did he kiss me like that? That jerk! If he wasn't interested, then he shouldn't be kissing me! How could I forget about that night? There wasn't a chance that I would forget. Something about that night was special. I couldn't lay it out, but there was definitely something special about it. Hiro. His kiss. Damn him! I could still feel his kiss. What was wrong with him? I wished that I could drill into his freaking head and see that kind of wiring system he had in there. Was he seriously going to forget about that night?

"Tatsu!"

Go away! I'm busy.

"Tatsu!"

"What the…?" There could only be two people who called me by that name. Was it Mika or Shuichi? I turned around and to my surprise; it was neither one of them. It was the girl from this morning. Was she looking for me? How did she know where I worked?

"Hello, handsome. Didn't you hear me calling you?" She said as she leaned over the bar displaying her D cup chest above the slab of the granite counter.

"Oh..., hi." I stared at her and for whoever was curious; I wasn't staring at her bust.

"What's up honey-bun? Don't you remember me?" She spoke in a sweet and sexy voice.

"What's your name again?"

"Ooh…, you did forget me. I thought that I'd made a good impression this morning." She leaned closer and braced her hot red lips against mine. "Remember that?"

I looked at her, perplexed by her kiss.

"The name is Nikki Nomura. Remember?"

"I thought that you and Hiro are together."

"Who ever told you that?"

"Well, I thought…"

She placed a finger on my lips. "You thought wrong. Is that the reason why you've been spacing out?" She climbed up from the stool and sat right in front of me, crossing her legs around my waist to pull me in closer to her.

"You can't sit here!" I tried to get her off the bar.

"Come on! Have some fun with me!" She pulled me closer wrapping her arms around my neck and whispered into me ears. "I'll ride you tonight, if you play with me."

"What?" Damn she was bold! "Are you here alone?"

"No, I came here with Hiro. He's right over there with Shuichi and his gang of a band." She turned around and cast her sight to the furthest corner of the club where the dance floor and dim lighting that twinkled from the center hid it well in the dark.

I rolled my eyes over and saw Hiro having a conversation with his friends. He looked like he was having fun. "I have to work. Why don't you ask one of them to play with you?"

"Oh, they're boring. All they talk about is their up coming concert. And Hiro, he's… different."

"Different?" I questioned her.

"Let's not talk about him. Come to the dance floor and dance with me!"

"I'm sorry, but I have to keep my post here."

She released me. "What about I wait for you until you finish work? Then you'll be able to spend the rest of the night with me, right?"

"…" Quiet sigh. When would she quit being so pushy?

"Don't make a girl BEG now!" She cast a seductive look, but there was something different in her eyes. She looked like she needed someone to talk to. I also need someone to help me with this Hiro's issue. I gave in.

"Alright, I should be done at 1:00 am. I'll meet at the exit then."

"Now, that's a good boy." She gave me another kiss, but this time it marked my cheek.

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The 1 o'clock hour came fast and I could see that Nikki was already at the exit waiting for me. Hiro was still with Shuichi with K hanging all over him feeding him more alcohol. Seeing Hiro with another man kinda ticked me off, but I knew if I came over and made a big deal out of it; Hiro would be mad or the least he wouldn't like my presence there.

"Where do you want to go?" I asked her as I took my trend coat and opened the door.

"I don't know. How about we visit your place? " She circled her arms around mine.

"What about Hiro? Are you going to leave him behind?" I sounded as if I was concerned about her and Hiro, but truly I was more concern about how he felt about me going out with his ex-girlfriend.

"He's a big boy. He doesn't need me around to baby-sit and I've told him about you, he doesn't seem to mind about it."

If that was how he felt then screwed him! That urged me to go with Nikki even more. "Okay, what about getting a bite first? Have you eat yet? I know an udon place around the corner that's still open."

"Udon sounds good. Sure." She rested her head on the arm that she was holding.

I peeked back one last time before I closed the door behind me. I saw them, those stagnant charcoal eyes looking at me. Why? If he didn't care then why would he bother to steal a glance from me? It couldn't be just a coincidence, could it? Or, was he looking at her? This made me wondered what kind of thoughts were running in his head right now.

We arrived at the restaurant in no time and ordered two bowls of tempura soup. "You should eat. It'll help you clear up your head a little." She drank a lot tonight. I could smell the fume of alcohol seeped from her entire body. The soup should help her if she eats it. I pulled out a pair of chopstick and placed it on the mouth of her bowl of udon. "It's still hot and udon isn't as good when it gets cold."

"Thanks." She picked up the chopsticks and ate her food slowly.

In contrast, I slurped and gobbled the slippery noodles down in just a few minutes. Damn! I was starving! That entire day, the tune 'Hiro' was playing in my poor head and I hadn't had a chance to think about food. The warm soup did the trick. My poor tummy felt good and now a nice sleep would help, too.

"Tatsu?" She finally decided to speak, but to the stringy noodles that were floating along with the soggy tempura shrimp and vegetable.

"Hmm?"

"Um…" She paused and twirled her chopsticks around in a 360 motion, playing with her food.

"Is something wrong?"

"No." She replied and leveled her eyes to meet mine. She had beautiful eyes, big and wide, deep aqua blue in color and long curly lashes. She blinked them a couple of times and then continued to look at me. If there was something on face then she should have say it already. I was getting anxious. Why was she staring at me like that? Was she trying to read me or something?

I didn't get her at all. She was just too weird. First, she said that she liked me. Then she kissed me and said that she wanted to ride me. She was pushy and obnoxious. But now, what's up with the modesty and silent treatment? Women. For the beautiful being they were; they were beautiful, but I could never understand them. Hiro. Damn him! He just popped into my head again! I didn't understand him either!

"Nikki…" I didn't care much to understand her, but since she was there with me, I'd figured that I could dig some information about Hiro from her. "What's wrong with Hiro? You said something earlier tonight that he was different."

"He'd changed." She replied, looking back at her bowl of soup.

"Changed? How?"

"Just a change of heart."

Now this was getting interesting, it pulled me right into the conversation. "What do you mean by that?"

"He didn't say anything really, but I could tell what's going on. You know women intuition."

"You're confusing me. I don't get it."

"What don't you get?" I could see flames beneath those blue eyes piercing right at me. Her brows furrowed up and the tone of her voice also rose from her question. She drew in a breath and then finally she gave me a shocking statement. "He's in love!"

In love? But with whom?

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