A/N #1: I really wanted to get this chapter out for you guys on Christmas, but a combination of family and exhaustion kept me from doing so. I apologize. So here's my Christmas present to you all; a longer chapter...I hope. Hope you like it.
A/N #2: If you're mad at Natsuki being more...human, that I also apologize. Oh! And get ready for another arc of the story. I think you'll like it. Hopefully...
A/N #3: So this fic is behind on the times. Again, sorry...I do apologize a lot, huh? Anyways, forgiveness please!! Ideas pop in the head and I write them. If they go away, they must have not been important enough. If they stay and plague my mind, then obviously my mind wants them somewhere. These are the results.
A/N #4: Yes, continuing on with the comic book thing the crew decided to dress up as comic book characters. If you don't know who they are/what they look like, Google it. Sometimes these costumes are just too damn hard to explain. -sigh-
Disclaimer: I don't own Mai HiME, only the idea of this story. I also don't own any of the quotes I use from movies/shows/various other anime. If you can point them out, awesome. If not...well, awesome.
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"Love the costume, Shizuru." a unusually sultry voice broke the Kyoto Born's daydream. Said girl looked up and into Nao's slightly lustful eyes, and Shizuru could only let out a little giggle.
"Ara, I didn't know Nao swung that way." she almost whispered. "I'm embarrassed..."
"Huh?" Nao blinked, then shook her head. "Oh, screw you!!"
"Yes, that's usually what entails when you look at me in such a naughty way..." Shizuru trailed off as she ran a hand up her shapely leg. Nao blushed hard and crossed her arms, looking away.
It was Halloween time and the two friends were in Nao's room, getting ready to go down to school. It was the Student Council's decision to celebrate the holiday by having everyone that wanted to dress up to do so, and as added encouragement, Shizuru said there was a one hundred percent probability that she was going to dress up. Of course, this also made half of the school dress up as well. With Chie's announcement that she was also going to join in the festivities made more people join up. Upon asking Natsuki to dress up as well was all the rest of the school needed. So it was decided; this was going to be the oddest holiday at Fuka High ever.
Especially since Shizuru decided to go with the revealing costume of Wonder Woman.
"Why Wonder Woman, though?" Nao questioned, not noticing the chestnut haired girl stiffen a bit. "I mean, I thought you'd make up your own hero an go as them; Tradition Girl, or maybe Tea Woman. Something like that."
"Just because my family raised me to know the traditional arts doesn't mean I like dressing in kimonos all the time." Shizuru said. Then with added force and punctuated with a sniff added, "And I don't drink tea that much."
"Wanna bet?" Nao tilted her shoulders and gave Shizuru a knowing smile. "Besides, I think you wanted us to dress up like comic book characters so we could make fun of Natsuki and Miyu. And if that was the case, that's all you needed to tell me."
"That's not nice, Nao." Shizuru said through a smile. "But who knew you could make such a convincing Elektra costume..."
"I had Miyu help me!!" Nao roared. "It's nice, skimpy, reveals a lot but not too much...and the sais really add to it, you know?" Nao spun the weapons in her hand expertly. "You know how much I like the sais, Shizuru."
"Not as much as the claws." she muttered. "I remember those all too well."
"Well, you eventually got to the level where kickin' my ass wasn't to hard," Nao grunted. "So don't go cryin' over spilt milk."
"Blood, not milk." Shizuru reminded with a wag of her finger. "And it was a lot of blood, if I remember correctly."
"You do remember correctly." Nao sighed and clasped her hands behind her head. "Ahhh, good times..."
"Ara, how disturbing." Shizuru lifted an eyebrow. "Come on, the Halloween festival is going on now and I want to see what everyone else is wearing."
"Fine, fine." Nao said as she opened the door, letting Shizuru out of her apartment before closing and locking it. "You think Reito is gonna keep his threat? You know, the one about coming to the festival dressed as Tinkerbell?"
"I hope not."
"Heh." Nao laughed. "Hey, he'd be coming dressed as a fairy. Irony much?"
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Mai looked extremely uncomfortable.
Upon Nao, Mikoto, Chie, Aoi and herself going to Miyu for help on their costumes, she wondered most of all who she was gong to end up as. She was never into comic books, but she knew who the basic people were thanks to the movies. So when she found out she was going to be the busty White Queen, Emma Frost, she almost fainted.
And then she saw the costume Miyu made for her.
She couldn't very well turn it down; Miyu had worked on it, and even though she had barley spent time on it, it was beautiful...but very revealing. Mai remembered demanding to see what Emma Frost looked like, just in case she was being tricked. Well, she wasn't, and with a slightly blushing face she put on the skimpy costume and the blond wig that fit perfectly and went with it. She looked down at her chest and wondered what was keeping it all in, but decided to trust Miyu's craftsmanship. She looked over to Mikoto and blushed, though she didn't know why.
The feral young girl took an immediate liking to Black Widow. And while most of the group found it strange since that character seemed most likely to fit Nao, the two decided with each other to swap the characters everyone thought they should be. So Nao had ended up being Elektra, while Mikoto ended up being Black Widow. Miyu pointed out that in both cases Mikoto's chest left something to be desired, she made the costume to Mikoto's specifications anyways, and the results were stunning, to say the least. And Mikoto as a blond struck something in Mai that she didn't know was there.
Chie and Aoi decided to go as Cyclops and Jean Grey, respectively. Chie adamantly refused to go as a girl character, saying that she didn't want to 'wear that tight, frilly crap', and Aoi wanted something 'hot and sexy, for later on that night', and while most rolled their eyes, Miyu's critical eye and skilled hand brought them both what they desired. Plus, at one point in time they were together in the comic book, though Miyu informed them that Jean Grey was dead and Cyclops was with Emma Frost now. Mai had blushed under Aoi's glare, but Chie laughed, saying how interesting that would be while ogling Mai. Earning her a trip face first into a very hard and unforgiving wall.
All in all, they certainly were a motley crew. Alyssa had opted out of going, leaving Miyu to go put on her costume of; Huntress. The outfit did everything to extenuate Miyu's shapely body, and while they stared, they paid it no mind. After all, she was just doing it because she was told to...right?
Upon meeting up with Nao and Shizuru (with some good natured teasing at Shizuru's chosen costume), off they went to the festival. All very well known and respected they were greeted by everyone, and more then one person succumbed to a nosebleed upon seeing their costumes. Mai, especially, was extremely popular, and some even came up close to inspect who was filling out the White Queen costume so perfectly.
"Well, this is tons of fun." Nao said without her sarcastic edge, much to everyones surprise. "I mean, I usually go pretty skimpy for my outfits, but this? Man, this is an attention grabber."
"Well, it ain't so bad, is it?" Chie gave a cocky grin. "I mean, I think I look damn sexy in tight leather."
"Mhmmm." Aoi agreed, biting her bottom lip while looking at Chie's outfit. "You most certainly do." She then stopped for a second before looking around. "Hey...you guys know who Haruka and Yukino decided to dress up as?"
"Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman." Miyu spoke up. "I made their costumes as well."
"Ha!" Mikoto giggled. "I bet Haruka's Mr. Fantastic, huh?"
"That is incorrect." Miyu shook her head. "She reasoned that Yukino was the brains, so she would be Reed Richards. She took the mantle of Invisible Woman."
The rest stared for a moment before laughing. "And...what about the Ice Princess?" Nao continued for Mikoto. Who's she?"
"Look for yourself." Miyu pointed at a parting crowd.
Long black leather pants made every curve of Natsuki's leg come into full focus. Her top could only be described as a bra, though made of leather while two more pieces of leather cross crossed over her stomach. Her gloves were elbow high and ended in slightly pointed claws. Her face was covered with a mask, goggles resting atop her head. They could see her looking around, fingering the whip at her side. When she saw then, she sauntered towards th stunned crew, only stopping when they heard the crack of the very real whip.
"The tip of your typical bullwhip breaks the sound barrier." Natsuki seemed to drone, looking off to Mai's side. It was then that everyone noticed a boy on the ground, moaning and clutching his crotch, tears in his eyes. "Did that feel like the speed of sound? Momma's boy?"
"N-natsuki..." Mai stuttered. "Why..."
"He was going to grope you." Natsuki said bluntly. "He got what he deserved."
"What to go mutt!!" Nao whooped, pumping a fist in the air. "And nice one liner...couldn't have dine it better myself."
"Yes. Well." Natsuki coughed. "Nice costumes. All comic book characters?" she cocked her head to the side. "Are you making fun of Miyu-san and myself?" she asked the question while rolling up her bullwhip. Upon seeing this, the crew immediately began shaking their heads.
"No."
"Nope."
"HELL no."
"Make fun of you? Pffft, never!!"
"Yup!" Silence reigned as everyone looked to Mikoto. Mai face palmed as Mikoto shrugged. "I thought it was funny. You like my costume, Natsuki?"
"I do." Natsuki nodded her approval. "Your Black Widow is very convincing."
"Otaku." Nao muttered while crossing her arms.
Natsuki blinked, then gave each person the once over.
"Yes, very nice. I assume Miyu-san, you did all the design?"
"Of course, Natsuki-san."
She nodded. "Your skills are impressive, as always."
"Yours are as well." Miyu nodded. "Your Catwoman is very accurate."
"Yeah..." Shizuru seemed to breath out.
"OI!! ASSHOLES!!" came the ringing tone of Haruka Suzushiro. "What the hell are you doing?! Natsuki, I saw you whip that boy!!" Haruka stomped up to them all, pointing at the down boy, who was still sputtering on the ground. "Why'd you go off and do that for?!"
"He was going to grope Mai-san." Natsuki responded.
Haruka blinked in a Natsuki like fashion before looking to Mai, who blushed, then down at the boy. Rearing back, she gave the boy a swift kick in the ass. "That's what you get, you stupid pervert!! Get the hell out of my sight before I break your scrawny neck!!" The boy go up and stumbled away as fast as he could, giving scared backward glances at the Executive Director. "You're an inspiration for Birth control, you dipshit!!"
"Haruka-chan..." came the squeaky voice of the girl beside her. "You shouldn't yell at the student body like that...and so much swearing..."
"Heh." Haruka rubbed a finger under her nose, striking a cool pose. "Well, I'm a super hero at the moment, Yukino. I'm suppose to dispense justice at the drop of a hat."
"Still..."
"Yeah, yeah. Good work though, Natsuki." Haruka gave a thumbs up. "I've been trying the school to legalize whips for a long time now for all the damn troublemakers. If it comes to pass, you'll be my first call as official Whippin' Girl."
"Haruka-chan..."
"I'm honored." Natsuki bowed deeply.
"You should be!! Haruka gave a deep booming laugh, as if she could give any other. She then turned a critical eye on everyone else before settling on Shizuru. "Oh yeah!! Fujino, your boyfriend's here. Says he's got something important to tell you."
"H-hiro? Here?" Shizuru stuttered, swallowing hard. "Where is he?"
"Said he'd be at the hill in the woods; also said you'd know what he was talkin' about." Haruka gave a shrug. "But you're not going along. Not in that costume; Natsuki, go with her."
Natsuki blinked, the nodded.
"I don't need protection." Shizuru muttered indignantly. She didn't know why she was protesting, but the idea of her and Natsuki in the woods...the slight pink bluish that appeared on her face went largely unnoticed, unless you were as observant as Chie was at catching girls blush.
"No need, Invisible Girl." Chie held up a chivalrous hand, ignoring Haruka's 'Invisible WOMAN!' roar. "I shall accompany Shizuru to her woody rendezvous."
"Chie..." Shizuru started, but the gray haired player held up a finger.
"No argument." Chie said, and then turned to Aoi. "My love...we shall meet again."
"Of course, my sweet."
They shared a long kiss, and as they broke apart, Chie felt someone grab her collar and drag her away. "Goodbye my love!! Fate will bring us together once more!!" Chie's voice faded as they went out of range. Everyone else only stared.
"That was sooo OOC." Natsuki sighed, shaking her head.
Miyu only nodded.
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The trek didn't take long. Hiro was sitting on a small hill where Shizuru and himself had found when looking at fireworks one night, and it had become a regular meeting spot for them, dubbing it 'their place'. Shizuru nodded to Chie and went off to meet he boyfriend and fiancé, but was stopped by a hand grabbing her arm.
"It's not such a bad thing, you know." Chie gave a dazzling smile as she pulled Shizuru back into the tree line and behind a unusually large oak. "What you're feeling."
Shizuru blinked. "Huh?"
"Picture this." Chie brought Shizuru in close and draped an arm over her shoulder. "Lacey black combat boots slowly coming off a long, shapely leg. Can you see it?"
"Chie, what are you...?"
"Close your eyes!!" Chie cried, and Shizuru did so only because Chie's tone surprised her. "Now...the boot coming off the leg...can you see it?"
"...yes."
Positioning Shizuru against the tree, Chie came in close until they were in a most compromising position. Chie put her face up next to Shizuru's ear, breathing into it until Shizuru's breathing matched her own.. "Looking up the leg you see tight jeans, hugging every curve of her body. You crawl up it, pulling the pants open with your teeth. A shirt covered up her top half and you want that off more then anything. Pulling up the white shirt you see toned abs, firm, supple breasts that aren't wearing a bra. You nibble your way up her body until you see...who, Shizuru?"
So caught up in her daydream Shizuru let the name slip out. "...Natsuki..."
Chie opened her own eyes, her own vision involving Aoi, but when she head Natsuki's name she shot back, her eyes wide, her grin huge. "YES!!" You are a lesbian!!"
Shizuru pounced forward, knocking Chie down to the ground. She straddled the gray haired player and covered her mouth. "You breath a word of this to anyone, and I will end you. Got it?"
So intense was Shizuru's stare that Chie could only nod, not having th ability to speak. When the chestnut haired girl took her hand away, Chie gaped for a moment before raising an eyebrow. "Being a lesbian isn't a bad thing, Shizuru."
"What? No." Shizuru giggled into the back of her hand. "But you were kinda loud, and my fiancé is right there."
"You said not to tell anyone." Chie furrowed her eyebrows. "That sounds like shame to me."
"It is." Shizuru shrugged. "What do I know about being a lesbian? I mean...you are who you are, but you've always been that way, so I guess I never thought about it. But me? I mean, my family..."
"Oh, whatever." Chie snorted. "If I had let that stop me, I wouldn't be the awesome hunk of Cyclops you see under you in an extremely vulnerable way you see right now." Chie splayed her arms to the side. "Feel free to ravish me, Shizuru."
"Really now?" Shizuru grabbed Chie's wrists and held them tight. Chie smiled and pulled away...or tried. She blinked a few times before he began struggling. Shizuru bent down closer and closer until she got to Chie's neck, darting her tongue out to lick it.
"H-hey...this isn't funny Shizuru." Chie swallowed hard at the feeling of the Kyoto Born's tongue. "I...I was kidding, dam nit, STOP!!"
Shizuru sat up in surprise. "Hey...I was joking too." Shizuru frowned. "Besides, I know you have Aoi. And you know who I like. No need to get testy..."
Chie smiled. "Y-yeah, I knew that...though don't get me wrong, I was always curious what you were like in the sack, but, well...you not being a lesbian and e having Aoi..."
"Shut up Chie." Shizuru rolled her eyes as she got up and looked out to Hiro, who was not checking his watch. "I don't hate him, you know..."
"I don't imagine you do." Chie said as she got up. "He seems like a nice enough guy. A bit drab if not terribly uninteresting, but...well, a nice enough guy."
"Yeah..." Shizuru sighed. "Well, wait here. I'll be back."
"Wait?" Chie asked. "Why?"
"I think I'll need you after this." Shizuru said without turning her head.
And Chie completely understood.
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"Ahhh, there you are." Hiro smiled as Shizuru sat down beside him. "I bring good news."
"Oh?" Shizuru smiled. "Aren't you going to compliment me on my costume?"
"Hm?" Hiro looked Shizuru up and down before laughing. "That's very...revealing. Who is it?"
"Wonder Woman..." Shizuru said, though her tone gave off the 'duh' vibe. "Miyu made me the costume."
"Very entertaining." Hiro said, though his body language and tone said he didn't really care either way. "Anyways, to the point since I got to get going. After talking to your parents, we decided; the merging of our business' would be more prudent to be merged together immediately. So I asked them for your hand in marriage...sooner. In two months time, you, my dear, will be a Kanzaki!! Isn't that wonderful!!"
"Marriage..."
She whispered the word, and it seemed to her that the world grew just a tad bit colder at the prospect. Her stomach churned, and it seemed like her heart was in a vice. She wanted to swallow, but her mouth and throat seemed dry, and her thoughts were in odd clarity despite being given several months of freedom before succumbing to a life of subservient wife-hood. She turned away, then shook her head while standing up.
"I can't marry you."
To say that Hiro looked shocked was an understatement. He shot up and lanced out a hand, grabbing Shizuru by her own. "What do you mean you can't marry me?! We decided that we were, remember?! You agreed!!"
"You're right, though remember; the agreement wasn't between our parents, it was through us." Shizuru's eyes hardened. "We decided that if we met anyone along the way who's union to us would be better then the one you and I arranged, we would marry that person. Did we not?"
"Well, y-yes..." Hiro stuttered. "But...who could possibly be a better candidate?! And this person cannot love you as much as I do!!"
"Don't be silly, Hiro." Shizuru replied coldly. "This was never about love. It was about business."
"But I do love you, Shizuru!!" Hiro growled. "And I will prove it!! Who is this person you wish to be with? What is his name?"
'Her name, you idiot, is Natsuki Kuga...my love...'
"Rellan. Rellan Shard." Shizuru responded, immediately regretting the decision to lie, and what was more to use a character from one of her spicy romance mangas. "Please, I was going to tell you but you got to me before I got to you."
"I wish to meet this man." Hiro said. "Does he go to our school?!"
"No." Shizuru said. "He's in college."
"Which one?!" Hiro roared, getting angrier as the prospect of someone else having the girl he'd been trying to court for so long.
Shizuru sighed. "Hiro, let it go. If you really wish to meet him, we have a month coming up that I'm planning on going to Kyoto to be home with my parents. He'll be coming with."
"I'll be there." Hiro growled as he stalked away. For long moments Shizuru stood there, watching as he walked away before turning around and heading back towards Chie, who she saw leaning up against a tree.
"So..." Chie smirked as she pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Wanna go find Rellan Shard?"
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"The standards are too high!!" Nao screeched again, for what seemed like the millionth time. "And you still haven't told us why you can't marry Hiro. He's rich, handsome, and most of all, desperate. If you went back now, he's kiss your tiny little feet."
They were all in the Student Council Room the next day after Shizuru's encounter with her now ex fiancé. Yukino was on the computer, working hard to come up with a fake profile and business portfolio for this new man named Rellan Shard. There were several problems. One was appearance; they couldn't think of anyone who would fit the role of Shizuru's would be fake lover. The second was qualifications; no one beside Miyu could cram all the information they needed this person to have stored in their head. Besides, Alyssa, who was also helping on the computer end of the scam, forbid them using Miyu.
"Ara, does Nao like my tiny feet?" Shizuru held out a dainty foot that she had slipped out of her high heels. Nao blushed hard as Shizuru giggled. The fiery redhead slammed a fist down on a desk.
"Damn it Fujino, get serious!!" Nao looked at a piece of paper. "Seriously, who the hell knows what Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is?!"
Everyone looked to Shizuru, who shrugged. "It was one of the things Hiro talked to my father about. It seemed to impress him, so...I made it part of the requirements. He also put it into simple terms, so everyone at the table knew what he was talking about. He charmed my family that way, so..."
"Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle states that you can't know both the position and the momentum of a particle." came a voice from the doorway. "Thus, while you are holding or using your keys, as they are moving and you do not know how fast, you can know their position. As soon as you put them down, though, they stop moving, the momentum becomes zero, and you can no longer know their position. So, losing your keys is in accordance with the fundamental laws of physics and anyone who doesn't is in violation and should promptly vanish."
Everyone looked up to see Natsuki glancing into the room, looking as if she was about to pass by. She blinked and kept walking before nine different voices rang out. Miyu was oddly silent...well, maybe not so oddly.
"NATSUKI!!" cried out Shizuru, Nao, Mai, Mikoto, Chie, Aoi, Reito, Haruka and Yukino. The bluenette was almost knocked over as the long arm of Haruka grabbed her in mid fall and yanked her into the room, slamming it shut behind her.
"Yes?" Natsuki inquired, looking at all the people in the room.
"How did you know about Heisenberg's Stupid Thing-A-Ma-Jig?!" Nao asked, looking at her with a smile. "You a nerd or something?"
"I guess in that term, yes she is." Yukino spoke up. "She's beaten me in the top ranked students for the last few months."
"WHAT?!" Haruka roared, nearly creating a vortex right in the middle of the classroom before pointing an accusing finger at Natsuki. "Cheater!! Cheat!! Bilk, cozener, defrauder, rook, sharper, swindler, trickster, victimizer...CHEATER!!"
"Silly walking thesaurus..." Chie muttered.
"Haruka-chan..."
"How could she beat you?! You're the smartest girl in this school!!" Haruka cried, looking to Yukino with wide eyes. "What happened?"
"She's smarter." Yukino said simply.
Haruka opened her mouth to argue but stopped, then looked back to Natsuki, eying her up and down. "How smart?"
Natsuki shrugged.
"Damn it, this is no time to be modest." Haruka yelled. "Ugh, I'm getting a headache...Mikoto!! Do something terrible!!"
"Okay!" Mikoto jumped onto Mai and began rubbing her face into her breasts. Mai's face instantly became red, though she made no move to remove the feral girl from her ample bust.
"...not quite what I had in mind." Haruka said, ignoring Chie's 'How could that be something terrible?!' in the background. "Whatever. You!!" Haruka pointed at Natsuki. "Are going to be Shizuru's new fiancé!!"
Silence.
"Okay." Natsuki blinked.
Everyone face planted before getting up.
"Why so readily agree?" Reito asked Natsuki. "you're going to have to be a man for a month...are you up to it?"
Silence for a moment, then... "Why do you have fairy wings on?" Natsuki asked, staring at Reito intently.
"Ehhh..." Reito laughed, putting his hands on his hips. "Uhhh..."
"Never mind that." Haruka rolled her eyes. "Here are your requirements, Natsuki." she handed the bluenette a bulletined list several pages long with small text. "Can you do all of these?"
Natsuki read through the list fairly fast, almost as if she was skimming, then nodded. "Yes."
"What!?" Nao cried as she snatched the paper away. "Okay, random one...you can horseback ride?"
"Yes."
"You...can memorize the fake business plan of the last ten fiscal years of the fake business Yukino's setting up and going to give to you before you head out to Kyoto and belt off the knowledge of your fake company to impress not only the elder Fujino but Hiro as well?"
"Yes."
"Quick!!" Nao smiled. "Say something that sounds extremely smart and witty at the same time!!"
"Did you know that there's a direct correlation between the decline of the Spirograph and the rise in gang activity?"
Everyone stared in awe for a moment. Natsuki blinked.
"Ara..." Shizuru smiled. "I believe we have our Rellan Shard."
"No, no, no!!" Haruka shook her head. "We still have to make her look like a guy!!"
"I do believe..." Aoi spoke up. "That Miyu and I can take care of that. Miyu...can you make Natsuki a whole new wardrobe?"
"I can." Miyu nodded.
"Custom fits to make for a better impression." Shizuru nodded. "Alyssa, can you make up a company that made Natsuki's clothes?"
"Sure." Alyssa nodded.
"Great." Shizuru stood up. "Natsuki, I think we should head home. We have much to discuss."
"I'll say." Chie gave Shizuru a small wink, and the Kyoto Born simply ignored it.
"There's something I don't get." Nao stopped them all with an inquisitive glance at Natsuki. "How is it that you're so good at this?"
There was silence as they all looked to Natsuki.
And, of course, Natsuki blinked.
Then shocked them all with the slightest of grins before heading out of the door.
Shizuru almost drooled at the sight as she followed.
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Guess That Random Movie Omake #5:
Shizuru: Suitor # 3, is your kiss like a soft breeze, a firm handshake or a jackhammer?
Takeda: Definitely a jackhammer, I'm in there with some pressure and when I'm done, you're not the same as before. You're changed.
Natsuki: Where do you come up with this shit? That's the cheesiest response to an honest question I have ever heard. I saw you kiss and it wasn't anything like that.
Show Host Bob Summers: [Chuckling] Suitor #2, you'll have to wait until you're addressed before you respond.
Natsuki: Richard Dawson, why don't you just go back to your podium until it's time to play The Feud. All right?
[Audience laughs]
Takeda: Who the hell did you see me kiss?
Natsuki: Some dude backstage. I don't know who he was but he seemed unimpressed.
Takeda: I didn't kiss any guy backstage. I swear. I'm not gay.
Natsuki: Hey, Suitorette, this guys a homophobe. You heard how repulsed he sounded. Is this the kind of guy you want to spend a vacation with? This hate-monger?
Takeda: I don't hate gay people.
Natsuki: So you love them?
Takeda: Yes. I mean no.
Natsuki: Textbook closet case self-loather. Can't be comfortable with his own sexuality.
