"I will be taking you out tonight" I stated, as soon as Tetsuya picked up my call.
"...Ok..." he answered slowly "Why? Where to? And what should I wear?"
"To celebrate your paper being publish. Did you forget I promised you a date? We will be going to see a Kabuki. The ADKP will be making an appearance at the Four Seasons Hotel, we will watch the best Kabuki performance group while dinning excellent food and wine" I informed him "Wear the black suit with the white shirt and teal tie. I will be picking you at eight"
"Got it" was all he said before ending the call.
By now he was already used to me coming up with extravagant outings and spending money on him... well, for the later there's still some discomfort but let's give it time and it soon will be fixed. The day went on much slower than I would have liked, a lot of stupid and useless people taking on my precious time with their dumb requests and questions. Why did I even hire them if they can't do their job? I might as well fire them... let's do that! I will fire them tomorrow, for now I have a date to get ready for.
After getting ready and kissing Seiji goodbye, I grabbed my car's keys and drove to Tetsuya's place. Rapidly getting off the Ferrari, I headed upstairs and knocked on my boyfriend's door. Kami-sama must be smiling at me, as it was Tetsuya the one who opened the door and not one of his roommates or ex's.
"Tetsuya... you look ravishing!" I praised him, my eyes eating his delicious figure whole.
"Thank you" he blushed slightly, making him look much better "You look very handsome too"
"Well, thank you my love" I replied, cheekily, taking his hand and bowing slightly to kiss the back of his hand, eyes never leaving his "We better get going" I finally said, realizing him.
Wrapping an arm around his waist, I guided him downstairs and towards my car. Enjoying quietly his intense blush. I also kept thinking about the hotel room I have booked under our name at the Four Seasons and that pretty kimono just for Tetsuya. Oh, all the things I will do to him tonight... but for now, let's focus on the date.
Once we got there we were treated like the kings we are, given immediate attention, a table at the VIP section and the top waiter for the night. The play for tonight was Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, one of the most notorious Kabuki plays.
It was the story of Yoshitsune takes place a few years after the end of the Genpei War. Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the famous general, is being pursued by agents of his brother, Minamoto no Yoritomo, who has recently established himself as shōgun. Yoshitsune travels with his mistress Shizuka and loyal retainer Benkei in search of three Taira generals who escaped justice at the end of the war, and who he believes may pose a threat to the shogunate. This aspect of the plot is the primary departure from both history and from the epic. In reality, the three generals Taira no Koremori, Taira no Tomomori, and Taira no Noritsune, along with the young Emperor Antoku and his nursemaid who feature in the play, all perished in the war, most of them sacrificing themselves in the battle of Dan-no-ura.
"Did you know it was originally written in 1747 for the jōruri puppet theater by Takeda Izumo II, Miyoshi Shōraku and Namiki Senryū I, and it was only adapted to kabuki the following year?" I whispered in his ear, as we cuddled in our booth watching the play.
"No, I did not" he whispered back "But I know that the play is derived from the sekai of the Heike Monogatari, a classical epic which details the rise and fall of the Taira clan of samurai. And that the latter portions describe the eventual defeat of the Taira in the Genpei War, at the hands of the Minamoto clan, led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the title character of this play" I looked at him surprised at his deep knowledge of the play "What? This play was tackled in my literature class last year"
I chuckled at his response and shook my head, I do not even know why I am even surprised at this stage. Tetsuya was born to surprise me over and over again. We continued to watch the rest of the play in an enjoyable silence, while eating the delicious food. By the end of the performance we had already finished and payed, Tetsuya clapped with a rare smile on his lips. Making a mental note to take him to more Kabuki plays, I walked him towards our room. It was time for me to get my own reward.
Graduation day came and went much faster than anyone could have expected. As expected my Tetsuya was the valedictorian and his speech was simply magnificent. I myself made a few calls and convinced them to let me be part of the ceremony and give the newly graduates a speech. Honestly, I simply wanted to be the one giving my Tetsuya his diploma and congratulating him first.
"Congrats, my love" I said, handing him his diploma and shaking his hand with a proud smile "You deserve this"
"Thank you, Seijirou-kun" he replied, with a proud smile himself.
He then got off the stage and walked towards his friends and Seiji. I mourned his loss but knew that I still had many more diplomas to give out and that later today I would see him again, at the graduation party I had organized for him and his friends at the mansion.
However, not even that I could enjoy with no interruptions. In middle of the party I had to leave the ballroom to answer a damn phone call from my private investigator. The worst, I was making out with Tetsuya!
"What?!" I growled angrily "This better be important!"
"I was simply informing you sir that Kuroko Tetsuya's parents tried to contact him tonight. I've already erased the phone call and voice mail from his apartment's line phone" he informed me.
"What did they want?" I asked, much calmer now that I knew it was an important matter.
"They tried to guilty him into paying for a good lawyer now that their assets are frozen... they also insulted him for his sexual and dressing preferences. Saying that it was all his fault and he should be helping them, as it was his duty" I almost broke my cell in anger at the words coming out of my investigator's mouth.
"That's bullshit!" I growled "It doesn't even make sense!"
"No, but you will be surprised how many times that kind of speech has many children feeling guilty or ashamed. It is very effective to bully sons and daughters into helping asshole parents" I blinked a bit surprised by his cursing.
My normally polite and always professional private investigator cursing with contain anger? He must have given me a watered version of what those asshole parents left my Tetsuya.
"Block any way of contact of their to Tetsuya or his friends, even their lawyer's. I do not want them upsetting my lover" I ordered.
"Got it!"
I sighed tiredly, before returning to the ballroom. But I could not stop thinking that things were soon going to become very troublesome.
A/N: Kabuki (歌舞伎) is a classical Japanese dance-drama. Kabuki theatre is known for the stylization of its drama and for the elaborate make-up worn by some of its performers. The individual kanji, from left to right, mean sing (歌), dance (舞), and skill (伎).
All information from the play comes from Wikipedia, so I cannot ensure how accurate it is.