When Yuki awoke, he found Shuichi gone. He sighed, sat up and looked around. It was early morning, and there was a cool breeze blowing through the open window. Next to Shuichi's pillow, he found a note:
Yuki,
Went into town for a few things. Be right back.
Love, Shuichi
He sighed and slid out of bed, making his way through the house. He noticed the mess he'd made last night was gone. He smiled at the thought of Shuichi being domestic, and cleaning up after him.
And then he heard humming from the kitchen.
"Eve!"
She stood at the counter, rolling rice balls. She looked up at him over thin framed glasses.
"Relax beefcake, I didn't come to have sex." She said softly
"How..."
"I picked the lock."
"How did you find me?" He asked a little harshly
She grinned and cocked her head at him.
"A little birdy told me."
-------------------------Flashback!-------------------------
"So you're back."
Eve looked up at Tohma. The sun was shining through his wide windows of his office at N-G studios, and his blonde hair shimmered in it. Only, his face didn't wear the normal 'happy-go-lucky' grin it normally did. He seemed a little peeved.
"Yep."
"What do you want?"
"I can't find them." She said simply
"Who?"
"You know who. I can't find them. I've looked everywhere. I don't know where they are. I can't find them."
"And what does that have to do with me?"
Eve neared him, her hands on her narrow hips, her hair swaying with her.
"You. Know. Where. They. Are." She spoke "Tell me."
"And why would I do that?"
She sat down in the chair in front of Tohma, stretching.
"You know what I miss?" She said, not answering his question "I miss New York. I miss the entire thing. The good, the bad, and the ugly. I miss..." She sighed softly "I miss those days... those seemingly few moments, when all we had was each other. When we all felt lost. When we both held Eiri on a leash. Don't you miss those days?"
Tohma didn't respond, only continued to look at her, blank faced.
"I miss... " she murmered "I miss... even the days before Kitazawa... I miss... when he loved me."
"He never loved you." Tohma replied
Eve laughed softly.
"True." She murmered "It wasn't love. Not in the least... it was something... oh... so much better."
"And what's that?"
Eve thought for a moment, choosing her words carefully.
"Infactation."
Tohma scoffed, but nonetheless sat down across from her, and continued to listen.
"He was such a..." She laughed "Good boy. Until he met me anyway. He was so naieve... so... innocent... I showed him things about himself that he never knew."
"Not one with modesty are you?" Tohma asked
"No." She said "I never was."
She stood, running her fingers along the back of the chair, her nails making a soft 'screeching' sound.
"And I'm not wrong." She continued
"I know." Tohma replied, leaning back "I know that the Eiri of then... of before he met you and after are completely different."
"Aha!" She said "You agree--."
"But, I never said that was a good thing." Tohma finished
Eve rolled her eyes and stuck out her tongue.
"You never answered my question." She said "Tohma-kun. Do you miss those days?"
After a beat, Tohma nodded. Eve grinned.
"Now." She said softly "Tell me where they are."
-----------------------End Flashback-----------------------
"Tohma." Yuki said through gritted teeth
Eve shrugged, and continued making riceballs.
"So, now I'm here." She said evenly
Yuki watched her skilled hands for a moment, as they slowly moved over each grain of rice, everyone in it's special place.
"Eve..." He spoke softly
"Did you know I was your first?" She asked, looking over her shoulder at him
Yuki nearly fell over, shocked by what she'd said.
"What?"
"Yep. I was your first. Your... hmm... is there a proper word for that?" She murmered, setting down a rice ball and rinsing her hands in the sink. "We met in New York... at this book store... or cafe... I can't remember which. And we hit if off... pretty well actually. We started fooling around... dating eventually... and needless to say... one night, we had sex."
"You mean you..."
"Took your virginity?" She asked "Yeah. You were horrible... it was almost pathetic. But I suppose that's the problem with being raised at a dojo... don't get much experience."
She laughed softly, and took off her wire rim glasses, setting them on the counter.
"And from then on... it was like... I was your little teacher. You were insatiable. Everyday and everywhere... in book stores... in movie theater bathroom stalls... but it was fun. But then..." She removed the pins that held up her long hair and let it roll down her sides. "Yuki Kitazawa... took what remained of your innoncence... little that it was... and pretty much stripped you of your sanity." She laughed softly "You were so lost. For a while, we all were. But we had each other, for a time in New York. You, Tohma and Me. We each held a seperate part of you, keeping the two pieces together..."
Yuki took a step back from her. She didn't seem to notice, as she was speaking more to herself than to him.
"And this is what you've been wanting me to find out?" He asked
Eve looked up at him, her green eyes on his amber.
"No." She said "There's so much more!" She stretched "I want you to remember it all. But I don't think you're ready for everything."
Yuki cocked her head at her, smirking softly.
"Try me."
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