-Oxford - Friday: Part 15-
Kuon watched as she walked across the street, he knew he had to get to her fast but as Roman, he couldn't. Roman would be uncomfortable, worried that this was a mistake. That had been the case when he was Corn when he had first met her before she had opened him up. Brought him into a world where his passion for acting and friendship were honest and pure. Her smiles, her praise had all warmed his young heart. His opened his door, but even Roman wouldn't let her go on her own no matter how he felt about the matter. Corn had always followed her lead, so Roman would do the same thing. Grabbing his wallet and the keys he locked the rental and made his way after her.
His eyes followed the way she moved passed the line of people, he knew the way she stood or walked as relax or comfortable but he could tell that she was uncomfortable but she was trying, more so when she finally stood in front of the man. She was holding herself, self-comforting her very being, something. She wasn't trying to hide it, she was not balling her hands into fists, trying to keep her fears and thoughts down, but even so, her spine was straight and proper in the Japanese manner 'Or British Royalty' he thought thinking about how when they were on camera they all had held themselves in such a manner of Japanese etiquette. 'Well they do have Japanese blood in them' he said thinking about the Royal family for a moment and it wasn't as if their Grandmother was not still alive and kicking. It was only reasonable that she would enforce such standards on her own children and grandchildren. 'So what happened with Lory?' He mentally sighed as he finally found himself standing next to Kyoko.
"I'm not signing anything," Kyoko spoke kindly towards him, sickly so at that but it didn't seem to matter to the man. It was almost as if he didn't understand Enlighs at all. Kuon looked him over and while he himself was talking, he was nowhere near as muscular as this man. That would mean his hits would be painful and his strength would be pretty good unless those were muscles more for a show but as he looked at his stomach he was pretty sure that wasn't the case. He would have speed on his side but he didn't want to get in his grip if he could help it.
Kuon watched from the side as she placed a knuckle in between her teeth. Something he knew was more of a tick with Marian because he never saw Kyoko do such a thing. 'No she paces, allows her emotions to just go from one to the next as if no one else was watching' Though he wasn't sure if that was so much a tick as much of a personality trait she had. Mentally he sighed "Marian maybe we should just get in line." He stated in Russian it was starting to annoy him that he could only pretend to know Russian at this point. He knew for a fact that these sort of places all clubs really had a back entrance even for minors to sneak in. His eyes trailed towards the back of the line. 'Yet if it's like the other place...' his ID stated he was Kuon Hizuri and while as far as Kyoko and Marian knew he was indeed a Hizuri his name was Roman and he would really like to keep it as such. "Or we can just go somewhere else."
Marian's eyes turned towards him and she sighed softly, "No Roman, I need to use your pretty playboy face tonight." She said looking back towards the man for a moment.
'My playboy face?' Kuon really wanted to question that one for a moment but again he was Roman, Roman would not be bothered by such a comment just quietly accept defeat in this manner, so he sighed heavily hanging his head. "Marian... that's not very nice to say." Actually, he really didn't want to have to draw attention to himself, he rather just keep these sort of women found in these places at a distance if he could.
"Miss you and your boyfriend..."
"Boyfriend?" her head tilted slightly "I'm afraid you are mistaken" her voice was sickeningly sweet and it gave Kuon a shudder, "I don't like men."
Kuon felt a stab in his chest it took every bit of control not to grab his chest from the pain he was feeling at the moment. His eyes turned to look up at the sign instead, anywhere but her, to the flashing woman who was dancing the words. 'Bien Fleur...' the pink neon sign didn't make this place seem like a strip club no if he had to guess it was likely an actual club. The type of places that he was used back in America, alcoholic, drugs, women in skimpy clothing. His eyes trailed towards the line, there was plenty of women dressed in skimpy clothes, nothing compared to what he would find in America. 'She stands out' his eyes trailed back towards Kyoko 'No she looks more like someone whose... on a business trip.'
The Bodyguard stared at her it was clear he didn't really believe her which wasn't really surprised. "Miss, we don't allow couples. This is a singles club."
Kuon watched as Marian sighed heavily and turned towards him, the way she grabbed his arm pulling him so he was more at face level with her, not even a blush upon her face, he couldn't pick up anything about her that said she was nerves, "Marian..." he had to admit he wasn't fully sure if he was acting or not, her movements and behavior always had a way of surprising him and apparently it didn't change just because she was Marian.
"Do you think that if I was interested in men, I would let this face" her hand was holding his chin, it was gentle and warm but it pained him every word she spoke. "I'd let him out of my sight?" she sighed heavily as she releases him, "He draws in women" her eyes seemed to sparkle some to Kuon and he could almost believe the words she was saying as if this was something they had done many times before, "and women will do just about anything in hopes of having just one night with him. That includes showing me a good time." Kuon straightens himself before sighing again.
"What are you telling this guy now Marian?" No one else could know he knew English. He was sure of this much now.
"Just trying to make this gentleman understand my tastes." The way she was holding herself again, told him again that she was worried but there was little he could do to comfort her, other than try and help her somehow.
His eyes trailed back up towards the sign wondering what it was that had made her choose this place, he knew what the worse would happen for those who weren't careful but she had stated she wanted to be kidnapped. Sighing heavily in a mixture of not understanding why here and the fact that Roman would naturally respond this way more so seeing as he knew exactly what she had said in English in the first place. "You are planning to use me as bait again aren't you?"
The Bodyguard stared at the two of them, Kuon would make it clear he wasn't actually looking forward into going into a place like this and yet that this sort of thing was common between them. Even as Marian had pointed out that was his biggest use to her, the fact that it hurt didn't change. Yet his eyes had noticed how the man seemed to be on the radio his eyes always moving slightly off to one side with the earpiece in it. Likely orders being made before he gave a slight nod and turned back to face her. "You don't want your name on the list, you don't want to sign. That will cost you 500 for the both of you."
Kuon thought the price was pretty ridiculous would anyone be so stupid to pay that kind of money? 'Well, I guess the price would only be that high for people who really had to hide who they were.' He mentally sighed 'Still a 250 a head?' It was a good idea he had planned somewhat ahead of time, normally he wouldn't dare carry that much cash on him but he didn't need anyone to know who he was and he figured he was going to need to bribe people to let a minor in anyways. That didn't change the fact he thought the price was way too high just so they wouldn't have a record. 'Then again... with her position in society here, it would be really bad if she got caught in a scandal of this sort.' He would be able to survive it even when he finally returned to being Kuon Hizuri more so with his history as a teenager, no one would be really surprised by this sort of news.
Marian smiled, it was one Kuon was starting to notice when she was upset. 'She's mad' even as she held out her hand, normally he would have just handed her his wallet and that thought scared him a bit, while this wouldn't had been to much of a problem to him if they were Japan at the moment and he was Ren Tsuruga and she was herself as he did have a fake ID that was good enough to fool any normal police officer and maybe even some detectives it was fake and he never did ask Lory how he got around to making such an ID possible. The real ones, the ones that he had to renew as himself he had to carry with him at all times, even if he was running around as Ren Tsuruga they were hidden behind a hidden flap that not even his manager thus far had been able to discover. He found himself stalling something he knew he couldn't do much longer.
"Roman. 500 now." There was no please to it she wasn't even looking at him but he could tell from the energy that seemed to wrap around her at the moment that she was not exactly Marian at the moment.
"You are going to pay me back right?" He said pulling out the cash, he really didn't care too much if she did, to be honest. Her eyes flashed towards him as he placed the cash in her hand and he felt his heart skip a beat. He could see that she was thanking him with that one glance before she held the cash out towards the man. Never one saying she would or wouldn't be paying him back but that look was enough.
They had barely gotten inside when she had chosen to move forward, she didn't want Roman to get caught into this and she really did need to make sure to thank him later for covering her, the idea of using the card she had was too much and she didn't even carry that much money. Not that she was all that surprised at the cost to get inside this place either, she had remembered in the back rooms, the men and women talking. She closed her eyes as she took a deep breath she couldn't allow herself to think back to that time she had to allow only Marian to be in control. 'Foxglove knew so much about Bakkin Hana she taught the girls' she wrapped her arms around herself as she opened her eyes. 'It's to be expected, doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman. My body can no longer be moved by another's touch only disgusted by them.' The only real comfort she had, of course, was that most of the time, the other woman had no choice either, it was an order and orders must always be followed.
Slowly her eyes turned to take the room in, 'Two doors' that was the same of course as in Bakkin Hana but the bigger question to her was, was there a lower flower like in Bakkin Hana where they stored the women who weren't working like cattle. 'A basement is possible but this place...' there was no stage, so there was no chance of anyone being sold her. That eased her mind slightly, instead, there was a DJ booth, the dance floor with so many people moving up against each other that her only thought was how disturbing it was, but the faces she could make out only showed desire, sexual desire and she mentally shuddered at the thought. Off to the side, there were a few booths and tables but they were closer to the bar itself. 'Where was the VIP area?' Her eyes trailed around the room where she saw Roman already with several women, he looked tired. 'I should have sent him back to the hotel' the issue of course in doing that was she couldn't drive and it would have been too much to take a taxi around the city... wandering.
"Hey"
Kyoko's mind froze inside of Marian, panic was slowly wanting to take control over her. Her eyes trailed towards the tan hand on her wrist, she supposed she almost forgot that around her cousins that no one would go too far in touching her. Even within the school grounds, it was rare for this to happen even though they were in the Western world and it was far more common for such things. It was still as if she was cut away from the reality of what it meant to have grown up in the West and even this was harmless, it meant nothing so she shouldn't be scared of it. Her eyes slowly made its way towards the bottle blonde with blue eyes. Her first thought was one of those surfer boys but there was no place for him to surf. He must have seen the confusion in her eyes but assumed as he placed a hand behind his head grinning.
"Ah, heh. Can I buy you a drink?"
'Harmless.' Was the one word that echoed in her mind. "Sorry." Marian would never lower her head and so she didn't bother to bow her head as she turned away from him. 'I guess the booth. Though it shouldn't matter if I did go to the bar, no the booth would be best I will still be able to see if I can get to that one in the corner.' She looked at the stamp on her hand, the Bodyguard had explained that it was different from those who were carded as being underage. She would be able to get any drink as long as she paid for it. She mentally sighed as she made her way towards the booth only to have her wrist once again being held. Her eyes turned to look seeing it was the same man as before and she had to hold in the sigh. 'Well, at least he's harmless.'
The guy released her hand once more now that he had her attention, "Sorry, I just thought that maybe we could get to know each other."
Kyoko mentally sighed, 'There is no point in getting to know you and Marian isn't interested in men.' Which hadn't been her thought at first but she had chosen that in the end because it was the best way to explain why she had no interested in Roman, who by all standards was way too good looking to be real. Yet having seen who is mother was, she could believe it and it made her wonder even more why he couldn't figure out how to turn women away if he didn't want their company. "I'm sorry I'm not into men." Turning away from him yet again she could feel him following after her 'This is going to get annoying.'
Ella sat at one of the police officers desks, she had no idea whose nor in truth did she care. The only time she had to care was when she was under orders to snoop and there was nothing to snoop right now. 'I really should be with Acacia.' Who knew how long they would have that man with them. 'Hopefully, he'll be sent back soon' she really didn't want to be alone with the Spider. He was dangerous for one's body and not to say one's life. Still, they had to get as many girls as possible while they had him because he really made the flowers know exactly where their place was and he did it so much faster.
Her eyes narrowed as she stared at the image of Alice Patterson, she knew very well it was because Heth had wanted a certain nobleman's daughter, that they now had her. Yet instead of just giving her to him, Snake had kept her with him and thus them last night. 'No that's not the worse of it if what I heard them saying was right' it also meant that this Alice could just take that girl's place for the Young Master. She looked pretty damn close apparently, not that she could personally see it, other than maybe in the eyes. If she ever laid her eyes on that so-called Lady Kyoko she would cut her and most of all she would have to make sure she didn't get caught doing it.
"Cinderella" the hand that should have been gentle was not, the tone in his voice was almost dead and she knew at once that she was showing her true colors. Something she told herself over and over again was not allowed. No, she had to be the warmhearted Cinderella this man's perfect little girl who was adored by her father, the daughter who could never do anything wrong in his eyes. Yet the man before her was not the kindhearted father, he was not the man who made people feel warm while still being completely forgettable. This was one of her masters and he was not happy. Every part of her being was hoping it was because Gayle King had not shown up today even as his fingers dug into her skull, she knew better than to make a show of it even as the tears began to fall down her face. "Are you alright Cinderella?"
"Yes, of course, Dad, I'm just..." her eyes darted across the police station, no one would help her. No, even if they did help her, the chances were high she would still end up dead so there was no point in trying. She was property, higher classed property than most of them but still property. Her eyes darted back towards the picture of Alice Patterson, and while she hated the girl she had her answer. "I'm just worried about one of my friends... and how this poor girl..." her fingers touched the edge of the photo as gentle, "You don't think."
His hand fell from the top of her head as he pulled the picture from fingertips, "Is this too much for you Cinderella." This wasn't a question even if it was meant to sound like one she knew better.
"No. I get it." She smiled softly at him, it would be so much easier if she could just use her body with this man. Yet that was not possible at the moment. "Will you be much longer?" His eyes stared at her she saw no emotion, no that wasn't right. He was debating if her usefulness, before looking back across the station.
"There is an office there, you can rest there. I'll likely be here all night. I'll ask your Uncle to bring you a change of clothes when I have a moment." He said turning away from her. Her heart was racing. "Remember what I told you Cinderella."
There was no way for her to forget, yet it wasn't as if she could just call that woman here. 'No but I need to keep my eye out, so how can I rest?' She wanted to scream but instead, she stood up moving next to the man and kissing his cheek. "I'm not tired yet, but I'll stop worrying you" this time when he placed his hand on top of her head, it was soft and gentle and she found herself relaxing.