I wasn't planning on doing a second chapter, but I was surprised when I saw people had it on alert. So I decided I might as well add a second chapter. I wrote it in my note book during class. Great student, aren't I?
Anyway…
I would like to thank Kiyoka Kurosawa for being my beta. Even though I had it written out, I probably wouldn't have typed it out if wasn't for her. Let's give her a round of applause.
Also, thank yous' to those that Alerted and reviewed.
This second chapter takes part later on during the day of Chapter one. So the name still applies.
On to the story!
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Her face was twisted into a mess of horror and worry as she continued to look through her files. She had only one thought in her mind, "Where is it?"
Her bottom lip was red and swollen due to her constant gnawing at it. When a metallic taste had hit her tongue, she realized that she bit down just a tad too much and should probably stop. Her mind then wondered back to her task at hand.
She shifted in her seat and her cell phone dropped from her pocket, but went unnoticed until she heard the thud on the floor. Frantically, she turned her head to the direction of the sound. Confusion then hit her; she did not know what the object was. Cautiously she reached down and touched it, finding that it was still warm from her body heat. Picking it up, she finally recognized what it was and thought her self as stupid for not recognizing what it was earlier. Just as she was about to stick it in her pocket again, an idea struck her.
"I'll call Q-Ta. He helped me earlier, perhaps he'll help me again!"
"Next time, come find me."
Her thumb froze from dialing as the words spoken earlier came back to her. 'That's right,' she thought, 'Shachou said I should go to him if I have problems again.' She had trouble understanding why he had suddenly said that and wondered if it had something to do with what Q-Ta told her a while ago before he had left for a month. She felt her face become warm at the memory and tried to shake it away. "It probably is best to go to Shachou, rather than Q-Ta. He's most likely working across the city, while Shachou is right down the hall."
She gathered up her things and left.
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He heard a soft knock on the door followed by a pause. Then the knocking continued, starting off soft and hesitant but then becoming loud and desperate, clearly reflecting the feelings of the person. Without looking up, he addressed the person on the other side of his door. "Come in."
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She opened the door and entered, making her way to his desk. She took in her surroundings as she did so; it was neat and tidy as always. She then focused on the man that sat behind the desk, whom had yet to look up. His jacket and tie were off and a few top buttons of his shirt were undone. She also noticed the sleeves of his shirt were rolled up. Even though his appearance was so relaxed, he still had an air about him. He was engrossed in his work and unsure of what to do; she decided to wait until he addressed her. 'He really is an attractive man.' She caught her thought, blushed and looked away. She missed it when he looked up.
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He studied her for a few moments before speaking. She was in her sleeping clothes. It hung loosely on her, but still somehow managed to hug her figure nicely. She was squeezing her laptop to her chest and was looking at one of his bookcases. He noticed the slight pink of her cheeks but chose to ignore it. "Is something the matter, Yura-chan?"
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She snapped her attention back to him at the sound of his voice. Her blush deepened when she saw how intently his eyes were focused on her.
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She had a deer in the headlight look with a slight blush. He was slightly taken back when her cheeks became redder, but got over it and smiled inwardly at the thought that maybe he caused her blush. His face betrayed none of his thoughts as he waited for her reply.
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"Umm, you said earlier today that if I had any problems again that I should come to you," she said, tapping on her laptop in an attempt to indicate what she was referring to. Her heart was beating wildly in her chest while she waited for his reply.
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He looked down at his paper work, gathered it up and shoved it aside. He then looked up "Yes, I remember." He outstretched his hand, indicating that she should hand it over. He took it and placed it on the desk, and then motioned for her to stand next to him. While he opened it up, and could feel her presence next to him, he asked what was wrong with it. She looked like she wanted to cry when she answered, but it went unnoticed by him since his attention was on the screen, but he heard it clearly in her voice when she replied. He looked at her thoughtfully. "I can't find the paper I wrote for my class and it's due tomorrow." She paused and looked for understanding in his eyes before she went on. "I had finished writing it this morning and as soon as I hit save, my computer was hit by a virus so now I'm worried that maybe it didn't save, but because of the virus I had completely forgotten about it. I didn't even had a chance to think about my computer again because I was so busy for the rest of the day, with the shoot and other auditions and,"
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By then his attention was back on her laptop and he could still hear the desperation in her voice and realized how close to tears she really was. So he stopped her before she could go any further. "I understand Yura-Chan. You do not need to explain everything in such detail."
"Look here," he said abruptly. She lowered her self to his eye level and watched what he was doing. "Looks like your files were moved around," he said while he moved his face to the side. Then he noticed how close they were. Her face was right next to his, her eyes on the screen in front of them. Her lips, parted, red and swollen with some dried blood on it. Her breath, warm and sweet reached his face and without thinking, he raised his hand to her lips. He slowly wiped away the blood from her lips and saw the surprise in her eyes. He also noted that she did not pull away.
Her skin was soft, warm and smooth beneath his fingers.
His fingers were cold, rough but gentle on her skin.
He let his fingers linger on her skin a moment extra before he pulled away. "What was the name you saved it under?" She mumbled her answer and straightened up.
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He started to talk while going through her system and she listened to what he was saying, but she could not hear a word of it. Her mind was racing, it was coming in a close second place, to the speed of her heart. 'What…what…what…just happened? Did he really…? No, he couldn't have… what should I…' Her mind kept jumping from one thought to the other, without finishing the one before.
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"Yura-Chan? Yura!"
"Huh, what?" she replied, coming out of her daze.
Keiichi looked at her startled expression and wondered what she was thinking about. "I found it." he said to her.
"Really?!" Her face lit up with excitement and he noted how beautiful she looked. She then leaned down over him to get a better look at her screen and started to read the words of her essay that she worked so hard on. Her smile became even larger.
'She smells really good,' he thought and completely missed what she said. "Mmm, what did you say, Yura-Chan?"
Still focusing on the words of her essay, she replied "Are you finished? Is everything all right? Can I go now?"
He replied with one word. "Yes."
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She closed the screen and picked it up, holding it once more to her chest. She looked over at him and bowed. "Thank you so much, I don't know what I would have done," she said to him. He smiled at her and replied "Don't worry about it. You should head to bed now, it's late. And don't forget that you're leaving early from school tomorrow for an audition. Do you have the address?" She straightened up and nodded. "Good night Shachou, see you in the morning."
With that, she left.
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He stared at the door and listened as she made her way over to her room. He wondered if he should have kept her a bit longer. "Maybe I shouldn't have kept her as long as I did to begin with," he said to himself before returning to work.
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She closed the door behind her, leaned on it and dropped to the floor, clutching her laptop. Her heart drummed wildly in her chest, threatening to jump out. She sat there in the dark until her body was ready to move again. She then crawled over to her bed and got in. She was still clutching her laptop when she fell asleep. The very cause of the encounters she had that gave her heart a workout and the source to her 'boring' day.
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Thank you for reading and stuff.
I have a question!
You know those two people that are usually at the house? One of them did her hair for the press conference and usually does the cooking and the other one was driving when Keiichi took Yura from her former home after she walked in on her friend and mother. My question is do they all live together? And also, you won't happen to know their names, would you?
Please and thank you!