CHAPTER TWO
Ryosuke stood in his balcony with a cigarette in his mouth. He looked out into the open. The heat from the morning sun that burned into the back of his neck also illuminated the garden. It was really something to look at.
He heard a knock at his bedroom door; but he simply ignored it. The cigarette came out of his mouth and sat between his fingers. Another knock came. Ryosuke knew who was at the door, but he didn't want her to be here…not right now anyway.
The door slightly creaked open and a tall, thin figure emerged from it, holding a silver tray with a cup of tea and a plate of biscuits. She saw her son standing in the balcony and walked over to him.
"Aah, there you are." She exclaimed placing the tray on a near by able. "I knocked on the door a few times, you didn't answer."
"I didn't hear you." Ryosuke said simply.
The elder Takahashi looked at her son. "Oh," she whispered.
She poured some tea into a cup, placed it on a saucer and put it back on to the tray. "Well, I just came to remind you that tonight is your father's dinner party for his colleagues and he would like you and Keisuke to attend."
Ryosuke placed the cigarette back into his mouth, inhaled and took it out again. A puff of smoke exited his mouth. "Tonight, Project D has a challenge. As long as we can be out before nine-thirty, it will be fine."
"Ryosuke, I don't care what you have tonight. This is important for your father because he also invited some highly respectable guests. The least you could do is turn up. And you can bring Miko-chan is you like."
Ryosuke dropped his cigarette and lightly pressed on it with his foot. "We will be there. And we will also leave before nine-thirty."
With that, he walked across his balcony and entered his room. He took the cup of tea and drank the contents in one gulp.
"As long as you turn up Ryosuke." She said.
She took the tray and exited the room leaving Ryosuke sitting behind his desk.