-Oxford - Friday: Part 18-

The ride back had been quiet, they hadn't talked at all and Kyoko was to busy trying to calm herself down after the end. That one woman had not been too pleased and had followed them outside like some crazy stalker. Even as they got into the rental she had tried to get into the car, actually to be more correct she had the door opened when Roman had leaned over and slammed it shut, she had then reached over hitting the little button that locked all the doors while she hit the glass. All Kyoko and in some way Marian think was that this poor woman really thought Roman and her belonged together.

Now in the hotel room, she was having a hard time focusing on what she had learned so far about Bien Fleur. Her mind just kept going back to that moment with that woman and no matter how hard she tried to push it to the back of her mind she couldn't so she sat there on the couch thinking about her time with Shoutaro. 'I wonder if I was ever that crazy when it came to Shoutaro...'

Kuon opened the door to the hotel room, it was odd to him that they would be staying together but then again something had happened in this very hotel room not too long ago. His eyes fell upon the girl sitting on the couch, whose fingers were fidgeting as she chewed her lower lip. Whatever was on her mind was not enough to make her pace it would seem but still, it was clear that it was troubling her. 'She's changed so much and yet... she really hasn't.' He moved towards her but she made no notion of seeing him. Even when he was kneeling right in front of her, he wanted to smile thinking about how this had happened even when she was a child, how it was refreshing to see her emotions move across her face when she let her guard down. It had been a long time since he had been allowed to let his guard down and even then he only did so around certain people. She had once been one of those people even though they're time together had been so short-lived, Rick had been another person and that had ended badly. Allowing himself to feel anything had caused his death because he couldn't control his emotions. Then there was in some twisted way Tomi Shiro. "Marian"

Kyoko's eyes slowly came to focus seeing Roman so close an kneeling in front of her had caused her to jump. 'When did he?' Her eyes narrowed 'How long as he been standing there?'

Roman stared at her before sighing as he looked away slightly as if embarrassed there wasn't any of that really for Kuon but Roman would be like this. "Sorry, would you rather I called you by Kyoko?" He looked at her slightly as her eyes seemed to narrow more, he could already see the lecture she had given him as a child about not being able to call her Kyoko on the tip of her tongue before she sighed her shoulders drooping as she did so.

"No, Marian is fine." Roman gave a small nod of his head before standing straight up. His eyes seemed to never stay on one thing. 'Likely just uncomfortable as I am' she thought as she leaned against the arm of the couch. The room itself was safe enough to talk within, her father wouldn't have had it any other way. More so not after that night. Still, she wasn't comfortable with him using her real name. The thought that he might accidentally say it while out and about worried her. Just because his father was an actor didn't mean that this man had any real acting abilities unless you counted pretending that he couldn't speak or understand English as an acting ability. Which she didn't because she was pretending the same when it came to Japanese, but for her, there was the added need of protecting her of making the world and life she now had more true. 'If only I could remove those old memories' she closed her eyes thinking about what she did learn finally tonight.

Bien Fleur was different than Bakkin Hana in several ways. The first big difference was that it was clear to her not all of the women or men seemed to actually work there. The fact most of the people who worked there she couldn't even point out. There was a few that stood out of course, like the bartender, the bouncer, the guard at the door, and the Servers. Yet the servers weren't also selling sex from what she had noticed. Which confused her the most, a lot of the women in Bakkin Hana Servers drinks to the guests, it of course claim to included sitting on laps, rubbing against them, trying to lure them to the back rooms for a bit more fun of course sometimes they just did it right there. No one blinked an eye if it did happen. She had noticed a few people making out but she hadn't seen anyone having sex which confused her. No, if she was to say sex was happening it was on that dance floor. "How is that even dancing" she muttered in English.

Kuon sat down on the couch, crossing a leg over his other, his eyes trailed towards her for a moment, not sure how to even point out that was how most people danced. Actually, that was about the only kind of dancing he did know, the woman rubbing up on him. 'Oh well she did say it in English and she knows I won't answer' he said closing his eyes as he leaned back against the couch. He felt her shift but didn't bother to address the eyes he felt on him.

Kyoko leaned forward as she sat on her knees, her hands folded in her lap, "Roman?" His eyes turned towards her and she once again was reminded of sapphires or perhaps even the Corn stone. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she thought about how someone could have eyes that were like gems and then narrowed further when she realized where her mind was once again not focus on the real problem. 'Have I always been so easily distracted?' She mentally shook her head 'Not time for that either.' Her eyes turned back towards him finally recalling focusing on him, his eyes had not moved from her. "Was that club normal to you?"

"Why do you ask?" Kuon watched as her face knotted in thought as her fingers fidgeted slightly. The truth was that there was something off to him but he wouldn't have bothered to pay any mind if he hadn't realized that Bakkin Hana and Bien Fleur both translated into Fine Flower. It was only once he realized that he began to look deeper into how the security was running. Like how when either of the doors opened there was always someone sitting just off to the side, barely noticeable. There were people who weren't really communicating or doing anything within a group, those people stood out just in the corners barely noticeable if you weren't looking. It helped that he was pretending not to understand English at all. Even one of the guys pointed out how to tell who was underage, for their hands were stamped with a little heart with wings. This had surprised Kuon the most because he knew for a fact that Kyoko was not eighteen years of age. They also hadn't been carded, normally places would at least marked that, some even took IDs but that had not been the case at all this time. He knew there were ways around this as well, him being old enough would be easy enough to get her drink if she had wanted it. 'No matter how I think about it, with a bouncer at the door, that shouldn't have been the case. So why weren't they protecting themselves?'

Kyoko lifted her head to look at him in the eye, 'Well I doubt he has a real job and he travels from what I was told, trying to find himself or something.' She thought about the people she was known throughout her life. 'Well I can't just assume he's like them' she sighed heavily, "This just seems like the sort of thing you would know really well. So I thought you could point out the differences between this one and others. I'm afraid that's the first time I've been in such a place." Well, that wasn't exactly a lie either, seeing as Bakkin Hana wasn't exactly a club for singles, no to get in it cost money, to enjoy the product was also something that costed money. It was just a high-class whore house and she was being trained to become one of their whores even though it was against hers and the others wishes.

"Well..." Kuon couldn't exactly tell her she was wrong he did spend a long time in his youth in such places not that he really wanted to think about that part of his life. He balled his hand into a fist before sighing and looking back up to the ceiling, "It's not all that different from the others. There was indeed something off about that place."

"Like what?"

His eyes trailed to look at her, she really did seem like she had to know and he found himself wondering if it was even wise. Yet Lory had told him to just keep following her lead. Sighing again he looked away towards the ceiling, "There was a large number of cameras." No, he was sure that if he had gotten up and looked he would have found them pointed not just at the bathrooms but within those bathrooms. "I'm also betting that they had the place recorded."

"Most likely" his eyes turned towards her figure again, watching as she chewed her lower lip, "No that would indeed have certain locations recorded. I don't know how well that dance area would work though." she wasn't really addressing him at the moment so he didn't say anything more as he watched her. "The cameras are odd though... guests would want their privacy" she rose from her seat and began to pace back and forth.

This just confused her more than anything else, she pulled out her cell phone and then sighed as she began to pace once more. 'Would he even give me information?' She really did doubt it, not unless there was some hint to finding Heth in there, but was there really a hint there? 'Wouldn't hurt... but' she shook her head as she kept walking back and forth. 'More information, I need more information... but how...' she chewed her lower lip before her eyes snapped back towards Roman. "Kurt, did he seem... different than the others to you?"

Tomi sat in the chair in the hotel room that he had gotten. Reino had picked a place that was amused him, one of his friends had said that it was because of the spirits that were there. He didn't doubt it, Reino didn't make friends easily, his eyes trailed over the contract that sat on the little desk, 'Signing away their souls' he couldn't help but grin, 'Well it's more that Reino did he will do anything to protect those four.' He ran a hand through his white hair, the contacts being the only thing that he kept in his eyes. Yet the most useful part of his day with Reino besides meeting the four people who Reino cared about, was the information he had gathered.

Kyoko had been hurt apparently, hurt enough that she wanted Reino to use his abilities to heal on her. Not that it was really healing her at all, it was more like a strong drug medication, which he could give her but there would be side effects if he did so. While he didn't need to worry about Kyoko trusting him, the people she was now with likely wouldn't be too pleased with it. Even if one of them was really Kuon, how close that relationship was he didn't know but Reino had pointed out that he hadn't been there with everyone else at a dinner that she had planned. "As it should be, that girl is more damaged than Kuon was." His eyes narrowed slightly at the thought. "No, perhaps Kuon is far more damaged, she's true perfection."

Tomi's eyes turned towards the window as he pulled out a cigarette lighting it up, 'However, it bothers me that she is planning for something.' There was only one person he could likely reach out to find out what was going on. He knew for a fact Kuon Hizuri was still in Oxford, actually, he knew he was still in the hotel, though Ren Tsuruga had checked out there was still a Hizuri within that hotel. He also knew that Juliena and Kuu Hizuri had checked out along with the rest of the Royal family. 'I'm sure Lory has him watching her' he wouldn't be surprised with it. Yet the question still left was why. Why was she still there, what was she planning and who touched her? "Well no matter, I'm sure we can have a nice chat soon."