Alright, despite recieving no feedback, I'm posting again. I have nothing else to say, except that the majority of this story (excluding some future scenes I've worked out) will be from Renamon's perspective.
I walked away from Takato, walking towards what seemed like a solid wall. I figured Takato would be puzzled until I moved away a rock in this corner of the cave. There was a tunnel that was dug out enought so that I could slide through it on my back. As I passed into the tunnel, I looked up and saw an expectant Takato with an open container of food.
The tunnel lead into an adjoining cave, in which I kept some of my more personal items, as well as some basic furniture. I had assembled that furniture inside the side cave, although I could have just phased it through the wall. Speaking of which...
"Takato, put down the food and reach through the tunnel, I want to show you something." I waited until I felt his warm hand reach through an touch my paw. I phased out my arm and pulled him through the wall, so as not to hurt him pulling him through the tunnel.
He stood, his hand still in mine, looked at me and asked, "What did you want to show me?" His eyes were expecting, brown pools of pure care.
"This." I said, grabbing him by the back of the head and kissing him, gentle at first, then deep. As he began to kiss back, I pulled away, saying, "And it's 6 A.M this beautiful, sunny, Shinjuku morning-" I was interrupted as he tapped me on the head.
"Five more minutes." he said with a wide grin, leaning into me, kissing me deeply. (Epic Cornyness) We would have fallen to the ground, had I not caught myself on the nearby bed. Rolling us over onto it, I landed on top. we kissed for a few more seconds before I broke away, lifting myself off of him.
"Takato, as much as I would love to continue on to wherever this was going, we have work to do." I stood up and pulled him off of the bed.
"What work could we possibly have to do? We live in a cave." He said with a, very cute I might add, confused look.
"That's just it. It was different when I only came here from time to time, but this place needs some work to become suitable to live in." I tried to diffuse any misconceptions about the nature of our work. "It's not like we're going to install wifi or something. I just want to make this place more comfortable.
"Ok," He said with his renewed smile. "How should we start?"
"Well, as much fun as it was to yank you through that tunnel," I stopped to cring at how that statement could be misconstrued. Takato donned a perverted grin. "I think that making this room more "Takato-Accessible" would be better. Unless, of course, you prefer to sleep on the floor or try your luck with that piece of shit table while I sleep in this nice warm bed." He simply nodded, mostly likely content with the fact that this would lead to us sharing a full size bed. ("full" as in the size between "twin" and "queen").
"So, how do we make this room," he used air quotes, " more "Takato-Accessible"?"
"Hand me that sword." I indicated a sheathed katana in the corner of the room. I just waited for him to ask-
"Why do you have a katana in your cave?" he said handing it to me.
"Because," I said, unsheathing the sword and preparing to phase out, "real-world animals don't have edible heads." I enjoyed the horror-striken face, and shoved the now phased out sword into the wall. I phased it back into reality, striking downward until it scrapped against the tunnel wall. The strike had left a straight vertical crack leading up from the tunnel wall. I performed this strike twice more, once horizontally and once vertically, causing the now cut out stone to fall leaving a ceiling about as tall as Takato. I phased back in and handed the katana to a now dumbstruck Takato, proceding to push the stone into the main cave. I left it there, thinking it would serve as a better table than the other, rickety, piece of shit table. As I walked back to Takato, I thought about how hen Rika was still around, the phrase "piece of shit" wasn't even in my vocabluary, let alone a phrase that I used. I guess her absence has loosened my personality. When I returned to Takato, he asked me how I did that.
"Magic." I said with a smirk, recieving a look from Takato that telegraphed "Really? Am I supposed to believe that?"
"Fine, it's science. Displacement of matter, by returning the sword into the physical phase as I struck downward, I split the rock, and it fell away after it was completely separated from the walls."
"That makes sense," he said with a hint of confusion, "but next time I think I'll just take "Magic."."
I laughed, leading him back into the main cave.
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"Alright, I have a mental list of things we need to do now that the bedroom is opened. One of the top items on this list, is to get a door that actually insulates the cave, because it looks like a hard winter this year. (Just guessing, but I bet Japanese winters are a bitch.) I'm also going to carve out a pit for a fire until we get a more permanent heating solution. We are also going to nee supplies, because, despite how easy it is for me, I think stealing should be a last resort for us."
"Ok," he said, looking ready and determined to make this work, "but this doesn't have to be permanent. If we can hold out for a couple weeks, I think I can get some help from my uncle on my dad's side of the family. He has a lot of disposable income, and he's always been a bit eccentric, especially if what he does will piss of my dad. if I can get in touch with him, he can get us setup with a more permanent housing solution. So we can have wi-fi."
I nodded following his logic. I just assumed that his father didn't take help because of that brotherly clash. "I think we can get in contact with him right now. Come on, let's go find a pay phone, i want to show you a trick."
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Takato dialed that number and I tripped the mechanism. Lucky for us, there was an old payphone in the park that was easy to trick. I barely paid attention as Takato talked to his uncle. I was busy thinking.
I guess I didn't think that this whole thing would move so fast. We needed to be away from the public, though. If Takato and I pursued a relationship, the media would be on us fast. I just hope that Takato's parents handle this well.
Then it hit me. Takato hadn't been home in about four days. Shit, his parents could have put out a missing person report. If they did we were screwed. We would be stuck, if Takato fought back, the media would react instantly. If we could dissolve this quietly, whatever attention the local media has focused on this would lessen greatly.
Takato hung up the phone, and looked at me. "He's fine with it. Of course, i just told him I needed a place to live big enough for two people. He's going to set us up with a house on Dogo Island, in the Oki cluster of islands. (Yes, this is real.)"
"Ok, good. I have three questions One, when is it going to be ready?"
"It's vacant today. It's just a purchased apartment. We can leave to get there in a couple hours. They'll have movers to take the bed and whatever else you want in an hour or so."
"'Kay. Two, are we flying there?"
"No, it's about an hour by ferry. Shouldn't be too bad."
"Okay. Three, when are you going to let your parents know that you aren't dead in a ditch?"
The realization hit him like a truck. Apparently he had thought about this as much as me. "Shit."
"Do you want to call them?"
"I'll just tell them to call my uncle." He looked relieved to have realized this, and his mind shifted to other topics. "Hey, if we're leaving Shinjuku, then I'll need something from my room. My laptop, can you get it and bring it to the cave?
"Sure." I took him back to the cave, went and got his laptop, and came vack to wait for the movers.
Sorry about this. I had the first section written, but then I got sick. After I got better, semester finals were a couple days away, so I had no time. I'm on Christmas break now though, so I'll have more time. I'll also have more time during the regular school year. I also kind of worry that I'm "Americanizing" the Japanese concepts of this story too much. Please let me know if I am. I also apologize for the f'd up time line. I had no time setting for this, but after the move, things will straighten out.