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Chapter 4: Lunch with the boys

Hikari, apparently unaware of what had happened, led Mimi and Koushiro downstairs to the restaurant in the hotel. How could she not have noticed, Koushiro wondered. Even now Mimi's neck was covered in faint marks and her lips still flushed from their rough embrace. A slight crimson blush covered Koushiro's cheeks as he vividly remembered their steamy session upstairs. Koushiro now longed for tonight. Mimi was also aware of the visible marks on her body Koushiro had given her. Mimi's clothes even trapped his exotic scent of sandalwood and jasmine like how a cat rubs against furniture leaving its scent behind, claiming it as theirs. There is no way the rest of the group was going to be as oblivious to the signs like Hikari, Mimi thought. Before they both knew it the three of them reached the restaurant. "Okay guys just go straight to the back and the rest of the gang will be there. I just have to go to the washroom and then I'll be right there." Hikari said.

"Yeah sure, we'll see you in a bit." Koushiro said. Mimi and Koushiro started walking in dead silence. Just before they reached the entry to the back part, Koushiro grabbed Mimi by the arm. Oh no, she thought, he's going to kiss me again, and I could barely speak after the last time! Instead he reached for her purse, fished out her compact cover up and gave it to her. "Here," he said softly, "don't want to spill our secrets on the first day know do we?"

"No," Mimi smiled, "I sure don't." She quickly covered the marks Koushiro branded on her neck. She also added a touch of lipstick to hide the slight bruising on her lips. She gave Koushiro a quick smile as she put her things away, "Okay let's do this." Koushiro only nodded, placed his hand on the small of her back and led her into the noisy room.

When they entered, the room silenced immediately. Five sets of eyes stared at Mimi and Koushiro. He slowly pulled his hand away from Mimi's back, guessing it was what was causing the weird looks. She felt his absence and silently hoped he would put it back. Out of the blue this high pitched screech emitted from Sora. "Oh my god I can't believe you're both here!" Sora said as she hopped up from her seat by Yamato and gave them both a big hug, "Oh I was so worried you were going to make it Koushiro but here you are! I've always said things happened for a reason. Oh and Mimi it's too bad your date couldn't make it. I was so excited to meet him. However the wedding must go on!"

"Okay Sora enough, I think you're suffocating the both of them." Yamato suggested still sitting in his seat.

"Thanks Yamato, I thought she'd never let me up for air." Koushiro joked. Well he certainly didn't need grab much air earlier in our room, Mimi thought. "She's right though, it's great to see you and Mimi. I think I might've postponed the wedding if you didn't show up." Yamato said.

"Okay I'm back!" Hikari exclaimed as she entered the room, "and us girls need to leave cause my bachelorette party plans are about to begin!" She pulled on Sora and Mimi, eager to start. "Okay you guys don't get into too much trouble!" Yamato yelled after them, "Koush, sit down you're making me nervous."

"Sorry. So how have all of you been?" Koushiro asked looking at the men before him.

"This probably isn't a real shocker," Jyou started, "but I became a doctor. I specialize in neurology. I've got a girl back in Tokyo but it's nothing serious yet."

"Good for you. Sounds like you're doing great." Koushiro said.

"Well I'm still dating Hikari," Takeru being next, "but we're still in college so we're going to wait to get married. I'm taking a business bachelor."

"Awesome, business is a good place to be right now. What about you Taichi?"

"Well about three years ago I got married to this girl I met in one of my creative writing classes. I've started trying to get into journalism but it's tough. I might try writing a novel or maybe even a movie script." Taichi said.

"Sounds like you've been doing well too. And finally how's things other than the wedding Yamato?"

"My recording company is booming. We just signed a few more promising bands so I won't have to worry about going under," Yamato said, "and what about you Koushiro? How's the computer business?"

"O-oh well y-you know g-good," Koushiro stammered trying to come up with an answer, "there's talk we might merge with Macintosh."

"Oh wow that sounds great!" Yamato exclaimed.

"And what about your love life? You can't say there isn't any one." Takeru asked.

"Well naturally there is someone but I'm trying to see if she feels the same way. Things are well, complicated," Koushiro tried to explain without giving too much away, "so what rooms are you guys staying in?"

"Well Hikari put us all on the third floor but Yamato and Sora have the honeymoon suite," Takeru explained, "come to think about it we never booked a room for Koush and I heard the place is booked. How'd you get a room?" Shit, Koushiro thought, I'm going to have to tell them. "Well I was just going to go to another hotel so Hikari wouldn't have to juggle everyone around and then," Koushiro's breath grew shallow, "Mimi offered to share her room with me and that's what happened." The other four stared at him, mouths agape. "You're shitting us right?" Yamato asked stunned. Koushiro shook his head. "You mean to tell us that Mimi, the girl every single one of us has had a crush on, invited you to stay in her room with her?" Jyou exclaimed, "Is there a catch? Like the room itself has two separate rooms?"

"Uh actually, it doesn't even have two beds." Koushiro confessed, deciding there's no need to hold anything back now. Again the four other males responded by dropping their jaws. "You're sharing a bed with her?" Takeru whispered.

"Oh please we all know Mimi would never let Jensen Ackles, let alone Koushiro here, even touch her in a situation like this." Taichi sneered. Koushiro got the feeling that he wasn't going to like where this conversation was heading. "So you're telling us Taichi that you and Mimi never had sex the whole time you were dating?" Jyou asked not believing a word Taichi had said.

"Nope. It took me five years to get a little foreplay out of 'Miss Frigid' and I was lucky I got that at all." Taichi stated casually. Koushiro was fuming inside. How dare he talk about Mimi like she was just some girl off the street. After a certain realization, Koushiro had to suppress a grin. Koushiro had accomplished what took Taichi five years in less than five hours! A pox on them for ever thinking he could never be as smooth, let alone smoother, than anyone in the group. Especially Taichi. "What'cha grinning about Koush?" Yamato raised an eyebrow.

"Just wondering on what your little brother might have planned for us tonight." Koushiro lied.

"Oh it's going to be great!..." Takeru started to explain the raunchy strip joints to Koushiro but Yamato heard none of it. He smirked as Koushiro's face had become an open book of emotions during their previous conversation. What ever Koush tried to say, Yamato knew something was up between him and Mimi which Yamato vowed to himself to uncover their secret before this wedding was over.