[Characters remaining in the room at the end of Part 1- Kuroda, Sudoh, Sakazaki, Fei Long, Kirishima, Suoh, Yoh, and Mikhail]
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[Four hours later... ]
Takaba walks back into the room. Chairs are skewed all about and the papers that had been on the table are now scattered on the floor. The smell of sex lingers heavily in the air.
A couple of the occupants in the room look as if they dressed too rapidly and a little too carelessly.
Fei Long is sitting in a chair backed up to a corner. He is glaring at everybody with hostility.
Sudoh is holding a small pocket mirror and is combing his hair. At first glance it appears to be a casual gesture, but on closer inspection his hands are trembling slightly and his eyes aren't really focused on the mirror.
Kuroda is standing with his arms crossed. His eyes narrow as he watches Sudoh closely.
Mikhail is sitting in a chair near the middle of the room with his legs stretched out and his hands behind his head. He has a satisfied look on his face.
Yoh is standing, wedged into another corner but facing outward, opposite of Fei Long. He is smoking a cigarette and staring at the floor.
Sakazaki is leaning up against the wall not far from Yoh. He is also smoking a cigarette as he looks around, grinning at everybody.
Mikhail gets up and walks over to Sakazaki. "May I have one of those?" Sakazaki pulls out a pack of cigarettes and offers one to Mikhail. "Thanks," Mikhail replies. Sakazaki pulls out a lighter and lights the cigarette for him. Mikhail draws on it deeply, and then exhales a thick cloud of smoke. "Ah... this is good."
Kirishima is calmly picking papers off the floor. There is one chair still at the table and it is occupied by Suoh, who has his head down on the table. "Fuck," Suoh swears, his muffled voice coming from the table.
Kirishima nudges him. "Get over it, and move on."
Suoh looks up. He has a guilty look on his face. Kirishima hands him a handkerchief. "Here... wipe down the table." Suoh sighs and takes the cloth. He stands up and begins cleaning the table.
Takaba looks around and grins. "Wow! Looks like there was quite a party in here! So... how did it go?"
"You missed it!" Sakazaki gloats. "You should've stuck around."
Kirishima frowns at Takaba. "Where's the Boss?"
"He's passed out in the limo," Takaba replies, with a smirk. "You know how it is... old people need their afternoon naps."
Kirishima raises his eyebrows. "You're telling me you two never even left the parking lot?"
"Couldn't," Takaba shrugs. "Somebody slashed all the tires. Of course, you and Suoh will take care of that, right?" He looks thoughtfully at Kirishima. "So... you and Suoh... "
Kirishima sighs, "Yes, Suoh and I will see to it that the tires are replaced." Kirishima puts the papers he had just picked up in a neat stack on the table.
Takaba pulls up a chair and sits at the table, staring at Kirishima. "That's not what I meant."
Kirishima looks at him, puzzled, "Eh?"
Takaba glances around the room. "Fei Long and Yoh. Hmm... Sakazaki and Sudoh. DEFINITELY Sakazaki and Sudoh! Umm, Kuroda and... Mikhail? No, that can't be right. Maybe Fei Long and Mikhail, and then Yoh and...? Yoh and Kuroda, or Kuroda and Sudoh? No, DEFINITELY Sakazaki and Sudoh. Ahh! I can't figure it out!" Takaba turns back to Kirishima, "Help me out here! Were there any three-ways?"
Kirishima shakes his head. "I don't understand. What are you doing?"
"Trying to figure out who was with who after you guys ate the aphrodisiacs."
Kuroda clears his throat. "'Whom'... it's 'who was with whom'."
"Yes, that's what I said!" Takaba turns to Kuroda, irritated.
Fei Long glares at Takaba. "You KNEW what was in those candies? How DARE YOU feed us drugs!"
"Yeah, whatever," Takaba waves him off, annoyed. "You're the one to talk."
Sakazaki holds out his hand. In his palm is one of the foil-wrapped chocolates. "I decided to save mine for another use."
Takaba's eyes widen. "You knew?"
"Of course I knew!" Sakazaki laughs. "I'm the one who sent you to that dealer in the first place! AND... I'm the one who told him to make sure to give you one of these little morsels," he says, holding up the candy, "although, it's unfortunate you went to Asami first instead of me." His eyes glint, "So. You want to know who got with who?"
" 'Whom'," Kirishima adds. "Kuroda is correct, it's 'whom'."
Sakazaki looks at Kirishima with irritation. "You're boring, did you know that?" Sakazaki pulls out his phone. "I filmed the whole thing. I'm willing to sell you the video... for a price."
"I'm not interested. There's no way in hell I'm going to pay you 'your price'!"
Sakazaki looks disappointed. "Oh, well... I can make a lot money selling it to an AV company anyway." He puts the phone back in his pocket. "You got it wrong, by the way. So, this is what happened," Sakazaki points to Fei Long, "Mikhail went after Fei Long... "
"Ha! I got that one right!"
Sakazaki holds up his hand, "Let me finish. Mikhail jumped on Fei Long, but Yoh wasn't going to have any of that, so he tried to pull Mikhail off of Fei Long..."
"So it was Fei Long and Yoh. That was my first guess!"
"Are you going to let me finish?" Sakazaki looks at him, exasperated. "Mikhail was REALLY determined, so Yoh had to ask for help. Suoh volunteered, and together they were able to separate Mikhail from Fei Long. With me so far?"
"Y-yes. So who ended up with Fei Long?"
"Sudoh," Sakazaki smiles, cockily.
Fei Long growls from his chair.
"They started fighting again, but then it escalated and... Wow! It was really hot!"
Takaba shudders. "I seriously doubt that. Then, what about Mikhail?"
"You'll never guess... !"
Mikhail pipes up, "Suoh is PURE animal!" He gazes at Suoh, "I think I'm in love... "
"Suoh... and Mikhail?!" Takaba replies, shocked. "I would have never guessed!"
Mikhail smiles, "Well after he grabbed me in that bear hug of his... "
Suoh groans, "Just... stop."
Takaba furrows his brow. "Then that just leaves Yoh, Kuroda, and Kirishima."
Sakazaki rubs his goatee, lewdly, "Well, you asked if there had been a three-way... "
"Yoh, Kuroda, and Kirishima had a three-way?!"
"No, no, no... forget about Kuroda and Kirishima. Those two are boring. Remember I said Suoh helped Yoh? Well, while Suoh was trying to subdue Mikhail, Yoh accidentally got sandwiched between them... "
"S-sandwiched? Oh no, poor Yoh!"
"Well, I wouldn't say 'poor Yoh'... " Sakazaki winks at Takaba, "... if you know what I mean."
Yoh drops his cigarette on the floor and grinds it out with his foot. "I've been in worse situations."
"And you just filmed it?" Takaba looks at Sakazaki, doubtfully. "You didn't take advantage of anybody in this situation? I find that totally unbelievable."
"Of course I took advantage of it! I got a little taste of everybody... " Sakazaki points to Kirishima and Kuroda, and pouts, "except for those two spoilsports over there."
"Are you trying to tell me that Kirishima and Kuroda were able to resist the effects of the candy? They must have amazing self-control."
Sakazaki cocks his head in Kuroda's direction and mumbles softly, "I wouldn't exactly say that... "
Takaba watches as Kuroda cautiously gestures to Kirishima from across the room and mouths, Call me.
Kirishima smiles and nods.
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Previous chapter parodies: 1) "A Rare Viewfinder Meeting" [Pray in the Abyss- chapter 45, March 2014] and 2) "Another Rare Viewfinder Meeting" [Pray in the Abyss- chapter 46, May 2014]. Also related: "A Questionable Viewfinder Meeting" [Questions from readers- May 2014].
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