Chapter 9
"So your birthday's in five days huh?" asked Kyo
It was the next day after school, Nodoka and Trey were enjoying a light snack at the dinner table when Kyo asked Trey if his birthday was in 5 days.
"Yea, September 28 4:15 PM" said Trey while munching on his snack
"What should we do?" asked Kyo to Nodoka
"Uhh mayb-"
"Nothing, don't worry over it, I'm taking Nodoka to the Dominican Republic anyway" interrupted Trey
"What?!?!" mumbled Nodoka
"Oh wait! That was supposed to be a surprise, you didn't hear that" Trey chuckled
Nodoka smiled and looked excited "When are we leaving?" asked Nodoka frantically
"Tommorow night" said Trey calmly
Nodoka jumped up and ran upstairs to pack.
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"Flight 715 D loading, Flight 715 loading" voiced the announcements
Nodoka and Trey were at the airport, it was dark outside and their flight was loading.
"We should be going" said Nodoka. Trey turned off his cellphone he got from his dad for early birthday.
"I can't believe Tristin-senpai and Kyo-senpai are letting us do this" said Nodoka
"They trust me" said Trey while getting up and walking to the flight gate. Nodoka knew that was it, how could you NOT trust Trey? Even as young as he is, he's not stupid, he'll keep us safe, I trust Trey too thought Nodoka.
As Trey and Nodoka were lining up for the boarding, Trey was behind Nodoka, being very protective of her, he flinched at any sudden movements in their direction. Nodoka was bissfully unaware older men were looking at her lustfully. Trey and Nodoka moved onto the airplane and took their seats, they got the seats near the middle of the plane to the left, in business class. Nodoka looked out the window, all she saw was darkness engulfing darkness, it mesmerized her. Trey was greeting the flight attendant and making small talk, it's be smart since she was going to be serving them for quite awhile. Seats around them were filled by young couples, the Dominican Republic is one of the most popular vacation wedding spots. None of the couples were as young as Trey and Nodoka though, there was one boy who was fifteen with his cheery thirteen year old girlfriend, they sat to the right of us in the middle of the plane.
"Hello" said the girl from the other couple, she sounded cheery and happy.
"Hi!" said the boy from the couple
"Oh, Hi, I see we'll be sitting beside eachother for awhile" said Trey casually
"Yea, I guess so, Hi" they boy was waving to Nodoka who casually waves back and said "Nice to meet you"
The boy from the other couple leaned over to Trey and whispered in his ear "How old is she?!"
"12" replied Trey in his normal voice "and I'm 14"
"Wow that's not far from us, I'm thirteen and he's fifteen!" said the cheery girl from the other couple
"Im Trey, and this is my girlfriend Nodoka-chan" introduced Trey
"Oh! I'm Sukitan, and this is my very very soon to be wife, Ramu-chan" said the boy from the other couple. Nodoka examined the couple, Sukitan had Trey's body build, but had short black hair and wore glasses. Ramu was tall for her age, she had long straight blonde hair and large golden eyes, she also wore a lime green hairband.
A squeaky male voice announced on the plane's speaker "Hello, welcome to flight 715 D, destination, the Dominican Republic, estimated time, 7,000 hours pl-"
"7 hours!..." interrupted a angry girls voice
"Oh ya" commented the squeaky males voice
"Please enjoy the flight" finished the male squeaky voice
"What a royal screw-up" laughed Sukitan
"That must be embarrasing" commented Nodoka. Nodoka looked at Trey, he was watching a slender girl with orange hair stack a pile of cards, she was looking back at Trey viciously. What did this mean? Thought Nodoka. Just then the orange-haired girl chucked the cards at Trey, he caught them, almost subconciously Trey flipped up a table and dealed the cards.
"Trey-chan? What are you doing?" asked Nodoka
"She wanted to challenge me at spades" chuckled Trey. The girl pulled up to the table and said "Hi! Nice to meet you!" Nodoka couldn't believe the type of people on this plane, rowdy, noisy, and a card sharp?
"Can we play?" asked Sukitan turning around to the table with Ramu
"Sure, three tea-"
"Ill play!" shouted Nodoka. If she was to enjoy this akward plane ride, she'd best make friends.
"Great!" said Trey scrubbing bits off the large plastic table in placed in the aisle.
"Okay! 5!" bet Ramu
Trey looked at his cards and said "3"
Nodoka looked and said "2"
Sukitan was gritting his teeth concentrating "1!?" he said
The unidentified girl said "7 and I'm Anne"
Trey chucked a card into the middle of the grey table, then Nodoka, then Anne, Ramu, and Sukitan. They played cards until the plane made a grumble.
"Are we going to be taking off soon?" asked Ramu
"I guess" said Nodoka
The take-off was smooth until Ramu blurted out "Ow!"
"Whats wrong goldie?" asked Sukitan worried
"My ears popped" laughed Ramu
The card game lasted about an hour, and during the game Trey ordered and bought drinks for everyone, Sukitan and Anne objected to him buying the drinks, but he pressed on regardless. During midfight Trey retrieved a black briefcase from the overhead compartment.
"My laptop" said Trey
"We have a laptop?!" said Nodoka
"Yea, I'm sorry I didn't tell you, I shouldve told you" apologized Trey. He opened the briefcase and retrieved a black slate, he opened it and pressed the small grey power button on the back. The screen lit up, and it started. Nodoka realized Sukitan was playing on his laptop across the table. Anne was playing Wizard with Ramu, Ramu seemed to be an expert at Wizard and Anne regretted her choice of Wizard as the next game to play. Trey made a few clicks on his laptop, turned it towards Nodoka and went to play Wizard with the two girls. Nodoka looked at the laptop, a folder window was open, it had Nodoka's favorite anime on it "Lucky Star ; 6" was the episode she was on, Nodoka clicked it and watched her anime with great content.
Trey picked up his Wizard cards, he saw Anne cringe at her cards and Ramu looked happy, he continued with his emotionless face.
"0" said Anne
"3" said Ramu
"2" said Trey with confidence
Trey won his 2, Ramu won one, and Anne won one. The game continued on with Trey winning every round, Trey inherited his master Wizard playing from his father.
"Trey-san, I didn't know you were good at Wizard! Teach me!" shouted Ramu. Anne looked dissapointed, Trey put his arm around to her other shoulder and pushed her closer to him, he brushed the orange hair out of her eyes. Anne looked up at Trey's face, she questioned, why was he being so nice? She was cheered up nonetheless and couldn't help no matter how hard she tried to keep her from smiling, but it happened. Nodoka looked at Anne happy, Anne knew Trey was just doing this to cheer her up, not make a move... He was with Nodoka, it was wrong of her to want her friends boyfriend. Anne was lonely and single because of her bad secret, she couldn't be hugged by a man. Trey looked straight into Anne's eyes, he saw her secret. Her last name was Sohma. She was a distant relative of the Sohma's so distant that only Akito knew of her great grandfather. Trey knew everything.
"Boar" said Trey while looking at Nodoka
"Hrmm?" pardonned Nodoka
"Boar" repeated Trey to Anne. Anne was in shock! How did he know?! Was he angry at her?!
"H-how did you know?" stuttered Anne
"Lucky guess?" tried Trey, he knew it wasn't going to come close to working, but he wasn't going to give up his secret of his ability.
"Bullshit" spat Anne
"I know, I can't tell you, I'm sorry, so sorry Anne-san" apologized Trey
Nodoka licked Trey's cheek and said "Mew" Trey looked at her and got the message.
"I can tell you though that, the perfect girl next to me is the cat, and I'm- the ox" said Trey
"Thats so cute!" Anne just realized Sukitan or Ruma might hear them, she scanned the area, Sukitan was playing an online game on his computer, and Ruma was blissfully asleep.
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"Hey Kyo-chan" asked Tohru
The scene was back at Nodoka's house at the same time.
"Yea?" answered Kyo lazily
"I've been wondering something"
"What's that"
"I can understand Nodoka-chan having the Sohma curse and transforming into a cat, but why was Trey-kun cursed if he is Tristin-san's son?"
"Uhhh- I don't know" said Kyo quickly
"Please Kyo-chan, please tell me you didn't"
Kyo cringed at the next four words.
"have sex with Taylor-san" finished Tohru
It was true... Those nights fourteen years ago, Kyo raped Taylor, even though Trey is Tristin's son, he inherited the curse from Kyo. Kyo felt so bad, not only did Tristin and Tohru pay for Kyo's lust fourteen years ago, but now Trey will... forever, and he won't even know why. How could Kyo do this? He wasn't going to lie to Tohru, he knew he deserved what was going to come next.
"No... I raped her..." said Kyo remorsefully
Tohru dropped to her knees teary eyed, she didn't want to cry, or yet atleast. She had one more question.
"How many times?" asked Tohru
"To many to count" said Kyo sadly
She couldn't take it anymore! She just couldn't! Tohru broke into tears and ran upstairs to her room, she jumped on the bed and cried. She could only imagine what destruction this would bring to Trey's family if she told, Trey might condemn himself, Tristin might try at suicide again! How could Kyo do this to her?! She felt sort for Tristin, he didn't know, his ability wouldn't let him see if something was true if he strongly didn't want to know. She felt sorry for Taylor, having to keep this dreadful memory and secret. Kyo made. Why did Kyo do those things in the first place?! Was Tohru Honda not enough?! Tohru felt depressed, then the phone rang. Tohru lazily got up, whoever it was couldn't have cheered her up from this dark depression. She picked up the phone from the charger.
"Hello?" said Tohru
"Hi Tohru-senpai" said a male voice, it belonged to Trey. Trey, just the person Tohru feared the most right now, besides Kyo.
"Hello Trey-kun"
"Tohru-senpai, you don't sound very good, are you alright?"
Tohru tried to come up with a good lie, but she just decided on "Im fine, just a little tired"
"Tohru-senpai... Tell me, if you don't mind, I'd like to help you get over what ever is happening"
Trey was always so nice... Tohru had a nostalgic thought of Tristin, Trey was exactly like Tristin... Always so nice, Tohru loved having nice friends to be around, but she couldn't tell either of them, not for her sake, but for theirs.
"I'd rather not, I'm sorry Trey-kun" said Tohru
"Well, okay, I called to say me and Nodoka-chan got off the flight and are in the Dominican Republic right now."
"Hrmm, okay, thanks, you two have fun, see you in two days"
"Bye!"
Click! Tohru hung up the phone but it rung again almost the second she put it down... Who could be calling now? Did Trey forget to say something? Tohru picked up the phone again and heard a deep male voice "Tohru-san?"
"Hatori-senpai?" asked Tohru
"Yes, it is" said Hatori
"What is it?" asked Tohru. Hatori never called them unless it was important or medical.
"Nothing too important, just that your due for your check-up this week, anytime is good" answered Hatori. Tohru had an idea, Hatori was a rock, like Trey and Tristin, but Tohru could trust her secret with Hatori, this was a good chance to vent, if Hatori didn't mind...
"How about now?" asked Tohru
"Okay, see you in a bit"
Click! Tohru was never so happy that she was going to see Hatori. She wiped her face with a linen cloth then went downstairs. Just about as she was getting her coat to leave Kyo asked her "Where are you going?"
"Hatori-senpai for my check-up... Okay Kyo-chan?" replied Tohru
"Tohru-chan..." said Kyo softly, Tohru could see Kyo was trying for empathy.
"Yes?" said Tohru returning her coat to the rack. Kyo walked out of the den looking depressed.
"I-I'm sorry, I can't imagine the stress your going through now that you know what I did. But I love you, and I never wanted to hurt you" said Kyo. Tohru felt bad for blaming Kyo for anything, she just needed a reason, that's all she wanted, a concrete reason.
"Why?" asked Tohru
"Why not me" continued Tohru
"I-I" Kyo stuttered, he wasn't going to give a bullshit answer this time, he wanted to tell Tohru indirectly, he had a dark side. Kyo sighed and took a deep breath.
"She looked easy to rape" was the bare-boned answer, Tohru couldn't believe how simple that answer was but it still didn't answer the question.
"Why not me? I'd do anything for you Kyo... even..."
"I don't know, I wasn't thinking straight!" said Kyo
"Im going to Hatori-senpai" said Tohru, inside, she has had enough for one day, she'd think later.
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"Can I help ye?" asked a tall boy
Trey and Nodoka were at their resort, everyone spoke English there, Nodoka had great struggles, Trey knew enough to get around. The boy who worked there asked them if he could carry their bags up to their room in Japanese! What luck! The first five minutes and we find a spotaneous Japanese worker! Nodoka thought.
"Sure, mind if we come along? I'd like to see if the rooms are like they are when described" said Trey
"Im sure they are sir, the "Majestic" has great living conditions" said the boy while picking up their bags, Nodoka realized that this boy was a little taller then Trey, Nodoka clung to Trey's arm following him. Trey, Nodoka and the boy started walking upstairs when suddenly the boy started speaking to Trey in a third language, it sounded like what Tristin talked to Taylor in sometimes.
"Hey Nodoka-chan" said Trey
"Mmhmm?" said Nodoka overwhelmed by the regalty of the resort
"This is Christopher-san, he's 14 and he'll be our server these two weeks, he'll speak Japanese to you if that's what you want" said Trey
"Okay" said Nodoka
Christopher stopped infront of room 512, he fiddled around in his pocket trying to find the proper key, he finally retrieved it. He slid the key into the lock and turned it to the right, the door clicked open. Christopher took out the key and placed it into Trey's hands, then Christopher lead them in.
"Lets see, 1 bed, 1 television, 1 seating area, jacuzzi, shower, and balcony... Type C, type C was what you ordered right boss?" he asked Trey
"Yeah" said Trey
Christopher laid Nodoka and Trey's luggage on the sofa in the seating area, then turned to Trey.
"Anything else you want boss?" said Christopher.
"Actually" Trey leaned over to whisper in Christopher's ear.
"Sure thing!" said Christopher, he was walking out of the room when Nodoka shyly asked "What year were you born?" trying to make small talk, but she knew she couldn't.
"1996" said Christopher. Nodoka was surprised that he responded, even she thought it was a dumb try at small talk. She pressed on. "So your a rat then?"
"Yep! A fire rat to be precise" said Christopher.
"That suits you" said Nodoka
"Just a guess but I think your an earth tiger, right?" said Christopher. Nodoka was shocked, he was spot on, she was an earth tiger.
"I prefer cat" said Nodoka
"Ah, I see, the banished zodiac creature, but cats are totally cute, don't you think?" said Christopher
"Yeah!" said Nodoka, she never met a rat before, and she never knew they were as outgoing as people say they are. Nodoka heard Trey unpacking some things from the suitcase.
"Hey, Christopher-san, while your out running that errand, if you don't mind, could you please get a winter comforter for the bed? I like to stay warm" asked Trey
"Sure thing boss!" said Christopher, then he jogged downstairs to do what he was assigned.
"What errand?" asked Nodoka
"Nothing." said Trey. Nodoka knew it was something, but she didn't want to kill her surprise.
"I like Christopher-san, he's like a younger Momijji-san, don't you think Nodoka-chan?"
He was, he was spontaneous and had blonde hair like Momijji's but, he had Trey's romantic trait, she could tell it was there, and Christopher lived to serve and do his job, Christopher also acted like he knew them already, she liked this, it made her feel warm inside, Christopher was also very obedient, Nodoka knew she was going to like the two weeks more with Christopher serving her every whim, Trey can relax too now. Nodoka thought.
Knock! Knock!
Trey walked over to open the door and Christopher was there holding the winter comforter in his arms. Nodoka realized another thing about Christopher, he had red eyes, that were slightly smaller than Momijji's, Christopher looked more charming that way.
"Here it is boss" said Christopher while walking in and placing the winter comforter ontop of the bed and started to unfold it and add it to the bed. He left shortly after he was done with the bedding.
"Im going to go have lunch, okay Nodoka-chan?" said Trey
"Im coming" said Nodoka while coming to Trey's side, they walked to the door and opened it, Nodoka could hear to her right down the hall a woman yelling "No! Not now you stupid child!
"I'm sorry mi-"
"I don't want to hear your apologies! I want an answer!" said the womans
"I was atten-"
"I don't care, next time don't take this long!" said the woman, her hotel room slammed closed. The boy she was yelling at was Christopher, he looked a little sad. Nodoka and Trey quietly watched him as he took out his wallet to look at a picture, Christopher's face lit right back up! Trey walked over Christopher and asked him "What just happened?!"
"Just someone angry, nothing to worry yourself with boss" said Christopher. Nodoka walked over to Trey beside Christopher
"Why?" asked Nodoka
"Just a woman is a little angry because I was a little late with her things because I was serving you" said Christopher putting back the picture he was looking at into his wallet
"Im sorry" apologized Nodoka
"For what? You did nothing wrong, I get this every now and again, it's all part of the job, nothing for the tenants to worry about!" said Christopher
"Whats that?" Trey gestured to Christophers photo
"No one" he said
"C'mon" coaxed Trey
"My dead girlfriend..." Christopher said depressed
"Im so sorry" said Nodoka
"Thanks" sniffled Christopher
"Im sorry too" said Trey
"Thanks boss."
"Can I see?" asked Trey
Christopher handed the photo to Trey and Nodoka. The photo was of a short girl with long straight blonde hair, she looked happy to suit Christopher who was idly in the background of the picture, the setting was of an amusement park. She had large green eyes and looked pretty.
"She's beatiful" complimented Trey
"Thanks" sighed Christopher, Trey's plan to cheer him up backfired, saying she was beatiful only made him think and emphasize on what he lost that was his. Nodoka felt so sorry for him, he was like her mom, so nice and charming, has lost so much in his life and continues to do so but still manages to smile everyday. Nodoka handed the photo back to Christopher, who deposited it into his wallet and walked away to do some work.
"Excuse me, Christopher-san?" asked Trey
"If you don't mind too much, could you give us a bit of a tour before we go for lunch?" continued Trey
"Sure thing boss!" Christopher's personality instantly perked up, Trey's plan to cheer him up this time worked, Christopher loved his job. Christopher lead them out of the hotel complex to show them the many restaurants at the resort, they lead them to the enourmous wrap-around pool directly in the middle of the resort, the pool wraped around one of the restaurants to make it look like an island despite a walkway being clearly depicted.
"Hi Chris!" called a female voice
"Hi Anne-senpai Anne-senpai!" called out Christopher, the person he was talking to was Anne, she was relaxing by the pool and saw Christopher walking by.
"You guys got Christopher-kun too?" called out Anne to Nodoka. Nodoka was clinging to Trey's arm, she still wanted the attention and sense of protection she got from Trey in the airports.
"Yeah" called Nodoka
"He's cute isn't he?!" joked Anne
"Mmhmm" agreed Nodoka
"Well I won't keep ya!" said Anne returning to her own matters.
"You know Anne-senpai Anne-senpai?" said Christopher
"Yeah, she was on the plane with us, by any chance, did a couple named Ruma and Sukitan check in yet?" asked Trey
"They made reservations, but haven't checked in yet boss, I'll be sure to tell you when the do though boss, I'm serving them too!" explained Christopher pressing on with the tour of the resort, which extended to the beach and a shopping complex, also a sushi restaurant which Christopher had made friends with all the chefs there. Christopher showed them to the general lunch restaurant where Trey decided they'd have lunch, he also asked Trey "Hey boss, I don't mean to intrude, and pardon me if I do, but would it be okay if I came to "it"? I'd love to attend"
"We'd love to see you there" said Trey
"Thanks! I appreciate it!" said Christopher. Just then Christopher's pager beeped. He took a look at it and said to Trey "Sukitan & Ramu checked in, and someone else by your family name, would you know a Kisa So-"
"Shhh!" joked Trey
"Oooh, I apologize I got it" said Christopher
"Tell me Christopher-san!" begged Nodoka. Trey gave Christopher "the eye"
"Boss, no need to resort to that, I won't say a peep! I got to go to Ruma and Sukitan now!" Christopher dashed off to the front of the resort leaving Trey and Nodoka to their lunch. Trey picked up Nodoka and carried her into the restaurant. Nodoka could see the restaurant was in buffet style, she told Trey what she wanted and took a seat while Trey went to go get it. She looked around and saw Ruma and Sukitan enter the restaurant led by Christopher. Their first thoughts must have been lunch. Ruma spotted Nodoka and waved.
"See ya later chief!" said Christopher leaving Ramu and Sukitan to lunch.
"Bye Chris!" called out Sukitan
Just then Trey came back with the lunches, he sat down beside Nodoka without noticing Ramu or Sukitan. "Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiïíìîíį~" called out Ramu to Trey, he smiled when he saw the couple join them, Sukitan went to go get Ramu and himself some lunch.
"You have Christopher-san too?!" exclaimed Ramu while taking a seat
"Everyone we've seen so far and more have Christopher-san" commented Nodoka
"The manager said he takes care of and serves a little over half the whole resort!" informed Sukitan
Wow! Thought Nodoka, a fourteen year old probably served around a few hundred people each and every day with a smile! And be does his job well! I could never do that! Thought Nodoka.
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"Kyo-chan! Let's go!" called Tohru
Kyo and Tohru were stepping out of their house with Tristin and Taylor close behind, Taylor was being carried there, she was asleep. Tohru was skipping to Hatori who had his car parked directly outside her house, the whole group clambered into the small car and they set off to the airport.
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"Love you Trey-chan" said Nodoka
"I love you Nodoka-chan" said Trey
Nodoka and Trey snuggled in closer together, they started to fall asleep.
"Sweet dreams Nodoka-chan" said Trey