"Aimee…is that you? It has been so long since I saw you!" I nod my head yes. Ayase runs to me very worried.
"Aimee is you ok, what do you mean that I am alive?"
"Oh. Tetsou, I'm gonna kill him." I narrow my eyes.
"Aimee you promised not to kill Tetsou. But has he done now that makes you want to kill him again?"
"That slime was the one who told me that you were dead, I knew I should have killed him"
"What?" they all bellow at the same time.
"Tetsou said this to you?" the big boss man asks as he moves towards us.
"Yes that slime did" I have gone into total disgust talking about Tetsou.
"But Aimee you promised!"
"Yeah I promised not to kill but not to mutilate or seriously injure him"
She's bad as the boss.
"Wait …who are you and how did you find Ayase?"
"I'm a friend and I can't give out all of that information" I glance at Ayase then back at him. "With Ayase in the room, I'll get back to you on that"
Wow she really is.
"Wait" Ayase interrupts he starts to fell my stomach "Aimee you had the baby!?"
"Baby?" they all shout
"Of course I had the baby the last time I saw you I was 8 ½ months"
We are all sitting in the office. I have been introduced to everyone. The big boss man is Kanou and the twins are Homare and Misao.
"Everyone this is Aimee Usami, we have known each other since elementary school"
"Then if you two are such good friends, then why is it that only now after two years you have found him?"
"Well I did have a baby and there are things that I had to do but I also wanted to stay off the radar" I stare at Kanou with my poker face.
"Wait!...you're Aimee Usami! The girl from the movie Playing with Matches? I'm a fan!" we all turn and look at Miaso. I give him the death stare.
Oh god you have got to be kidding me.
Kanou beats me to it. "Shut up, Miaso, everyone leave I want to talk to Aimee alone" Kanou just keeps staring at me.
The twins and Ayase leave, leaving me and Kanou in an enclosed silence. Since Kanou is sitting behind his desk. I walk and go stand in front of the desk.
"So you know what really happened and why Ayase is here?"
"Yes" I say calmly
"And you are ok with this?" Kanou questions as he lights a cigarette
"Yes and no"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"No: meaning I don't like what Tetsou did, trying to sell him. Pay back money that got Ayase in this situation. Yes: because…I can see that you are the best thing for Ayase right now." Kanou's taken aback
"Why would you say that?"
"Because he has changed….it's nice to see that someone has completely broken all of his defensive shields"
"Defensive shields?"
"Yes, after his parents died, he locked everyone out of his heart. Even I, for a while but I am still locked out for certain emotions."
"You say that I have broken them?"
*sigh* "yes that's an effect of being in love" Kanou looks up at me with a worried expression, but composing himself quickly he changes the subject.
"You really think that I am the best for him"
"Yes, I can also tell he is what is best for you"
"What?"
"Ayase still doesn't remember you does he?" I slowly ask, treading the water carefully
"How do you know that?"
"I remember seeing you leave Ayase's apartment back then and besides Ayase told me about you"
I can see that Kanou is trying to rack his brain to figure out who I am.
"here, this is a hint" I lift my left sleeve and show him part of my tattoo" his eyes widen
"Wait. Green hair…you were the one with green hair!"
"Bingo!" I sit down on the arm of the couch.
"Since you know…tell me why Ayase had forgotten me"
"Well Ayase has never been good at sports. We were kicking a ball back n forth. When he went to kick the ball, he missed the ball and fell backwards to the ground. He received a concussion and all memories from the past week went fuzzy"
"Then why didn't you tell him?"
"Cause every time he would try to remember or if I would try to tell him, he would get severe headaches"
*silence*
"So all I have to say about the situation between you and Ayase, that is if anything happens to Ayase I am coming after you"
"You threating me?" Kanou chuckles
"Yeah I guess you can say that. Friends always threaten their friends significant others"
"You know that too!" I do a face palm and groan
""yes, yes I can tell!"
"How?"
"I can tell in your eyes when you two look at each other: there is a look of love for one another" I can tell that Kanou is getting embarrassed; his face is starting to turn red. Sol I figure I will change the subject to make him comfortable again.
"oh you might what to send so one to let Tetsou go, I left him tied to a chair in a hotel room or you can just wait and let the hotel staff find him"
"What did you do?"
"I was torturing him, to get information from him"
"What made him finally break?"
"Oh I threatened that I was going to cut his dick off then start dragging his ass all across Kabuki Cho while he was still bleeding to see if anyone knows him"
"Interesting, that's what broke him?"
"Well, I think it was that I had started undoing his pants, with my trusty knife open. Did he realize how serious I was."
"I'll have to make a note on that" I can see him trying not to smile which makes me smile.
So me and Kanou are cool, I get to visit Ayase and still be friends.
"It's getting late, I have to go. Ichigo will be getting out of school soon, and I need to go relieve Isshin of babysitting duty." I hug Ayase goodbye
"You have to bring Katsuya next time you visit"
"You and Kanou can come visit, and you can see the twins and Ichigo too"
Ayase's eyes light up with excitement. "Yes we will have to plan that!" Ayase walks me to the door but before I leave Miaso approaches me.
"Miss will you please sign this" embarrassed, he hands me a DVD copy of the movie I'm in. I sigh.
"Sure" I take the blue marker he gives me and sign beside my name. "Here" then his eyes start to sparkle as if I just gave him a gift from god.
*Present day*
Aimee? Aimee? Hello are you there?" I am suddenly brought back to reality as I see Ayase waving his hand in front of my face
"Ayase?"
"Oh darn she is alive, I thought that you died since you finally stopped mumbling" Kanou lights up a cigarette and shuffle some papers. I roll my eyes at him as I sit up, bringing the pillow with me.
"What's wrong Aimee?"
"Oh Ayase you are not going to believe it. Renji is back! And he is friends with Ichigo!"
"What? Renji? You don't mean Katsuya's father"
"Yes…..he even kissed me too" I do another face plant into the pillow.
"Oh no, does Ichigo know this?"
"No" shaking my head
"Poor Aimee this is bad" Ayase says as he hugs me.