Everyone was at the meeting. From neurosurgeon extraordinaire , to chiropractor Soi-Fon, to cardiac specialist Kuchiki, and others. It was fascinating and so much fun to see everyone again. But I couldn't say the same about Toshiro whose mind was on texting one of his many women.
'It was great to see everyone again-'
"Are you even paying attention?!" I whispered.
"Yea...."
'....everyone has made a strong com-'
"No you're not. Most probably you don't even know what the hell he's saying!"
"Something about commitment? Happiness? The whole nine yards...The old man talks too much for me to pay attention anyways."
"Ugh, I give up. Your insolence is just too much for me to take."
'Drs Hiysugaya and Kurosaki, I'm sure everyone in the meeting would like to hear what you too are conversating.'
"Yea, , I'm sure you want to share something productive with the whole board of medicine." I said as I smiled convincingly. He glared at me, put his blackberry discreetly in his pocket and then stood up.
"I'm truly honored to be here at this meeting, both my partner and I. We are very proud to be representing the cream of the crop when it comes to plastic surgeons and to be representing all plastic surgeons alike at this meeting." Everyone started clapping, and he bowed slightly and then sat down. Damn was he slick. With just that cheesy-ass speech he had everyone eating out of the palm of his hand.
"What did you think about that?" He said smiling slightly.
"Nice save. It's quite impressive how you could pull words out of your ass and make it sound as if you've been thinking about it for hours."
"I call it being witty."
"I call it qualities of an asswhole."
"So you believe all asswholes have this quality?"
"Yes because usually it's the asswholes that are smart and make half-assed two sentences sound like a four hour speech."
"Heh, that is kinda true. But your generalizing too much."
"I know, because not all asshwoles are intelligent."
"You called me intelligent. I'm honored."
"Don't flatter yourself, I just needed to explain my theory and decided to use that word."
"Whatever you say Karin."
After I finished my sentence I heard him grumble something that sounded like 'excuses, excuses'. But decided better of starting an argument in the middle of an important meeting with over a dozen doctors watching.
'Thank you for attending this meeting and see you all at the next meeting next year.'
Everyone clapped, and I looked through my purse until I found my iPhone and clicked the hold button. The white numbers read that it was 8:30pm. Time to go home and sleep. I was so exhausted, but my stomach had another idea.
'Ggggggrrlllll' I blushed hoping that nobody heard that but apparently nothing escapes the asswhole.
"Somebody's hungry."
Ugh. I'm so not in the mood for his sarcasm. I dug through my Chanel purse until I found my car keys, and pulled them out, grabbed my suitcase and started to walk away.
"See you tomorrow Hitsugaya."
"Wait."
I stopped with my back still facing him, and realized we were the last two in the room. I really wanted to go home.
"I'll buy you dinner."
"No thanks, I don't want one of your estranged women to call you in order to initiate your little sexcapades and for you to ditch me again with the whole 'I lost my keys excuse'."
"Damn, you catch on faster than I expected." He said laughing.
"It's because I know you Shiro." With that I continued my path out of the conference room door, to the lobby, to the valet section.
"Here's your car mam." The valet said as he stepped out of my black Lambo and held the door open for me.
"Thank you very much." I said as I stepped in and put my suitcase and my Chanel purse, which I rummaged through in order to find decent tip money, on the passenger seat next to me.
"Hey, here you go." I said as I handed the valet a $100.
"Whoa lady! Thanks!"
"You're welcome." I said smiling and rose up the window. I went to go turn on the radio, but was soon interrupted by a knock at the window. When I looked to my left I saw Hitsugaya. I lowered the window, ticked off and said "When can you take the hint that I don't want to be bothered by you."
Hitsugaya POV
"Somebody's hungry." I said when I heard Karin's growling stomach. Expecting a reply I smiled and waited. But it never came, I looked at her and she was pulling out her car keys from her purse, and leaving with suitcase in hand. She was halfway to the door when she said "See you tomorrow Hitsugaya." When she addressed me by my last name, there was always a yellow sign in my head with bold black letters that read 'Caution'. She was ticked off, which was the only reason why she would address me that way.
"Wait." I said and she actually stopped a few feet away from the door. But she never turned around. Not that I minded anyway, the view of her fabulous ass was rockin'. Heh.
"I'll buy you dinner." I mean, I did owe her for today. And I still didn't think she had fully forgiven me yet.
"No thanks, I don't want one of your estranged women to call you in order to initiate your little sexcapades and for you to ditch me again with the whole 'I lost my keys excuse'."
Yep she hadn't forgiven me. And she had caught up fast, but then again she was as smart as they come. Heh. I'm definitely impressed.
"Damn, you catch on faster than I expected." I said laughing at the factual statement.
Then she said something that I hadn't heard her say in ages.
"It's because I know you Shiro." I stopped laughing, and just stared at her disappearing figure as she left the room towards the lobby. Crap. Now she's using my nickname that has been obsolete for nearly a decade. Now I know she's seriously pissed off. Fuck.
I quickly grabbed my stuff, packed everything in my suitcase, closed it and walked out of the room and through the lobby as quickly as I could. When I exited the lobby door I saw a familiar black lambo parked in front and a very happy valet going back to his post. I'm guessing she gave him a generous tip, which was very typical of her. I went ahead and knocked on her left window, I saw the shady figure inside move, and once the window was down I saw her annoyed face as she said, "When can you take the hint that I don't want to be bothered by you."
I can take the hint alright, but it always worked to act stupid and grovel at her feet in order to beg for forgiveness and the sparing of my life/baby maker.
"Um, let me see if I can answer that....I'll take the hint if you let me take you to dinner." I said smiling slyly. She closed her eyes and moved her right hand from her radio to her face, pinching the bridge of her nose with her index and thumb. She let out a huge breath, which meant that she was going to spare my face and penis for now, and most probably meant she was going to let me have my way even though she hated it.
"Fine. But only with the exception that we drive in separate cars and meet each other there. And you better not ditch me because if you do I will not spare your face and your baby maker." she said seriously, as she opened her eyes and stared at me intently exhaustion clearly showing in her face, and I knew she meant what she said. I smiled warmly at her and grabbed the right hand she put on the open window frame of her car and kissed it.
"You finally let me have my way. I'm very happy." I said still holding her hand and looking straight into her onyx coloured eyes.
"Yea, yea." she said rolling them and eventually smiling at my groveling.
"Benihanna sound cool with you?" Her eyes lit up, I knew how much she loved high quality sushi.
"Very," she said sweetly and smiled, "meet you there and don't be late." with that I stood up and said "no problem." She smiled at me one last time, closed the window, and sped off.
"Hey man can you give me my car?" I asked as I turned towards the seemingly happy valet and handed him my ticket.
"Yes sir!" He said happily speeding off into the parking lot. Karin always had this effect on people.
Karin POV
I was on the highway headed towards the nearest Benihanna, which was at Coral Gables. I guess I couldn't hate Toshiro that much. He did have a soft side, a very miniscule one, but a soft side nonetheless. And by him inviting me and groveling at my feet, he did temporarily deserve the benefit of the doubt, temporarily.
I was getting off the expressway and turning to the right in order to find Coral Way. I was happy, I mean my favorite food, being paid for by my least favorite person=total happiness in my world.
I finally found the restaurant and a parking spot. I turned off my car, grabbed my purse, and rummaged through it in order to find my iPhone. Once I did I clicked the hold button, slid my finger across the screen and pressed on the contacts button. I pressed on Hitsugaya's number and called him.
Dial tone.....Dial tone....and then there was a sudden stop and click on the other side followed by his smooth deep voice.
"Hey I'm almost there, I just got off the expressway and I'm currently headed towards Coral Way."
"Alright, I'm going in, I'll be at the bar."
"Okay, don't drink too much."
"I don't drink too much; I'm not a drunkard like you."
"Hey this drunkard invited you."
"True but it doesn't change the fact that being a drunk is one of your many qualities."
"True." He said while laughing. "See ya there."
"Bye." I said and hung up, pressed the hold button, and stashed my iPhone back into my Chanel purse. Pulled out my keys and stepped out of my car, closed my car door, put my keys back into my purse and walked towards the entrance of the restaurant.
"Welcome to Benihanna." The waitress said. "How many people?"
"Oh just me for the moment, and I'd just like a bar seat."
"Ah, right this way." She said as she grabbed a menu and gave me a stool.
"Thank you." I said as I looked through the menu and decided on some salmon sushi rolls with a side of sautéed veggies and a mango margarita. The chef at the bar took my order and my menu and gave me my drink first. DAMN! It was SSSSOOO GOOD! it wasn't strong, it was sweet and tasted like fruit juice and the mint leaf added an extra bit of coolness to the ice. Perfect.
"Someone's enjoying their drink."
"It's amazing, and hey you actually showed up." I said sarcastically, as I clapped my hands and smiled fakely at Hitsugaya.
"Will you let it go." He said as he sighed and sat on the bar stool next to me. "Sake please" He said to the chef, and he chef nodded back. He then turned his aloof face to me to wait for my response.
"Sorry to disappoint but I can't." I said as I looked from his face, which turned stoic, to my margarita and finished it with one last gulp. He sighed and then looked at the chef whom set down a bottle of sake and a shot cup in front of Hitsugaya's face.
"Thanks." He said to the chef and the chef just nodded. He opened the bottle and served his first shot.
"I don't know how you can do it." I said with a pained face as I stared at him drink the hard liquor. He put the cup on the table and looked at the with a smirk.
"It's because I can do anything."
"Hah! Good one asswhole!" I said with a sarcastic tone, and he had to pull out his ego. Ugh.
"Salmon sushi with sautéed vegetables." said the chef as he gave us the two plates and two sets of chopsticks.
"Heh. Salmon. That's so like you." He said with a smirk as he grabbed a roll and popped it in his mouth.
"Well it is me, so it technically has to be like me." I said as I grabbed my chopsticks and popped a roll in my mouth as well.
"Heh. Virgin's got jokes."
"Tons of em'." I said with a smirk because he couldn't think of a comeback. He served himself sake again and took another shot. Then he said the sentence that I didn't expect for him to say in a long time.
"I'm going home."
"What?!" I said nearly chocking on my food.
Hitsugaya POV
"What?!" She said nearly chocking on her second roll. I reached my hand out and pat her back and soon she swallowed and asked the same question again.
"What?!"
"I said I'm going home. Not only are you a virgin, but your hard of hearing as well. Damn. Life's going really well for you isn't it?" I said laughing, that is until my laugh got cut short by Karin's punch on my back, which led me to a coughing fit.
"Cut it out." She said sharply as she got another roll and continued chewing it, not bothering to pat my back as I was chocking for air.
"Stop being a bitch, I didn't hit you that hard." She said as she finished chewing and finally decided to pat my back and help me with my breathing.
"Well, if you didn't hit like man maybe I wouldn't act like a bitch." I said as soon caught my breath back and then lost it as she smacked my back HARD.
"What did you say?" She asked with her hand in the air and a fake sweet voice.
"Yo....You're...a...saint..." I said trying to catch my breath, and soon she softly patted my back and my breathing returned to normal.
"Why?" She said almost whispering.
"I feel like I haven't been back in a long time." I said stoically, serving myself another shot and chocking it down.
"That's not a good reason." She said asking for another margarita, and turning her face to me in order to look me in the eyes.
"Remember what happened last time....I don't wanna have to go and save you again." She said as she turned her head back to the table.
Karin POV
"I feel like I haven't been back in a long time." He said stoically, serving himself another shot and chocking it down.
"That's not a good reason." I said as started to get flashbacks of the past. And decided to stop the flow of them with alcohol. I turned my head, and I looked into his teal eyes and saw nothing. He was blocking himself from me but I knew better.
"Another margarita please." I told the chef as I turned my head to look at the chef, and he nodded in response. I turned my face once again towards Toshiro, and I saw the same vulnerability in his eyes as that of the last visit a couple of years ago.
"Remember what happened last time....I don't wanna have to go and save you again." I said as I turned my head back to the table. I couldn't look at him anymore, it hurt. My margarita came in the nick of time, and I swallowed three big gulps of it fast, closing my eyes and washing away the pain.
He looked back at the plate and finished the remainder of the rolls. He knew that I wasn't hungry after talking about this topic.
"Remember I'm always on call if you need me," I said quietly, "I will save you if you really need me to." I felt his eyes on me once again, while I continued to keep my eyes on my margarita.
"Heh, you're such a virgin. Don't worry about me" He said with a fake happy tone, and knowing him, most probably accompanied it with a fake smile.
"Just know that I have your back." I said seriously.
"I know. Thank you." He said in a serious tone. I turned to look at him and he was staring straight ahead, with a stoic face. As if internally arguing with himself. He had finished his Sake. And I had finished my margarita, so he took the initiative and asked for the check and paid for the bill at the register in front of the entrance. As he was paying, I looked through my Chanel purse and grabbed my car keys, and grabbed my iPhone to check the time, it read 9:50pm. He got the receipt and put it in his wallet. I slowly walked towards the door, turned and waited for him to walk out. He turned around, and walked towards me with the same stoic face he had in the restaurant.
"You don't have to go you know." I said reassuringly, trying to change his mind.
"Nah. It's alright I'll go." He said with a fake smile, as he walked to my right and put his left arm across my shoulders.
"Call me if you need me to save you." I said as I stopped, making him stop too, and turned to look at his eyes. His mask seemed to have broken and I saw the same vulnerability once more.
"I'll always be there for you Shiro." I said as I took his arm off of my shoulders, and tip-toed to kiss him on the left cheek.
"Goodnight. And thank you." I said as I walked to my car, opened the driver's door and climbed in, closing the door. He was still standing on the same spot that I had left him on. He was staring at me as though he could see right through me. I looked down in order to avoid his gaze and start my car and once I started my car he was still staring at me intently. I backed up and waved bye, but he just continued staring. I gave up, and sped away wanting to get home, and take a lot of much needed rest.
Hitsugaya POV
"Call me if you need me to save you." She said as she stopped and looked at me. I'm sure she could read me like an open book. And I'm sure she knew the reason as to why I was going home wasn't 'just to visit'.
"I'll always be there for you Shiro." She said to me as she slid my arm off of her shoulders and kissed me on the cheek. She then turned and walked towards her black lambo.
"Goodnight. And thank you." Was all she said as she got into her car. She waved goodbye at me but I couldn't do anything but stare and think about what she had just told me. How I didn't have to go, and go through what happened last time. I just stayed standing until I noticed that the street lights started to fade to a lighter hue and the skies were a very light but murky blue/grey colour. How long had I been standing there? I couldn't recall. But as I reached my car, opened the driver's side, and took out my blackberry from my pocket the time read 5:00am.
"Great, no sleep today." I said as I sped away to a hotel. I didn't want to have to go to work, or face Kim at my place today. As I went to the elevator of the Ritz Carlton, after getting my room key, I went into the room and heard the queen sized bed with white linens call my name and just fell on the bed and knocked out.
End of Chapter 4!!
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