Follow Me Home
Chapter Four
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Kairi wore a knee-length, purple, strapless dress. It fit perfectly on her and really showed off her curves. Kairi freshened up on her perfume and went out. Their manager, Mr. Green was having a small meeting with everyone before the night began. Kairi stood between Shiki and Aqua.
"Girls, girls! Our sales have been through the roof, but I truly feel that we can do so much better!" He said enthusiastically. "So I want you to... you know, flirt a little more. Make them drink a little more. Touch more. Do whatever you have to!"
"May I say something?" Aqua raised her hand. His attention focused on her. "Are you telling us to prostitute ourselves?"
The wrinkles on his face scrunched up. "N-Not at all! Just... I want you girls to... be a little more friendly. That's all."
Kairi knew that Aqua was right. She lowered her head.
"Now unlock the doors and let's get this started!" He clapped twice and then left the room. All fifteen of the girls just stood there, unsure of what to do about their manager's requests. Most of them didn't like demeaning their selves, however, in this business it pretty much spoke for itself.
Aqua placed her hand on Kairi's shoulder in a comforting way. "Just keep doing what you're doing. Don't mind him."
Kairi nodded. "Right."
Friday nights were always the busiest. Older men were getting off of work after a long week and were wanting to party instead of going home to their families. For them, hostess bars were an escape.
Kairi sat at the bar with Shiki as they waited for clients to arrive.
"You know what I can't stand?" Shiki started, "when married men come in here. They're practically cheating on their wives."
'Cheating...' Kairi hated that word.
"If you can't be honest with your significant other, do them a favor and leave!" Shiki said defiantly. "It's not fair to them."
A waiter came over to Shiki. "You have a client." Shiki gave Kairi a wink and a thumbs up and walked off.
"Hey, Terra?" Kairi said to the bartender, "Could you give me that wine bottle?"
The muscular man turned around and smiled. "Come on, Kairi. You don't need it."
"Yes I do." She seemed miserable. Terra gave her a concerned look.
"What's going on?" He asked as he wiped down the counter.
Terra was Aqua's husband. Kairi could not understand what husband would let their wife work in a place like this, but apparently their relationship was very open and trusting. She could tell them sometimes it bothered him a little when she would glance over, but he generally kept it to himself and supported her. Terra was also like a mentor to Kairi and he had helped her through a lot of things on the job, including nearly uncontrollable customers.
Kairi saw one of her regulars walking in with a few others that she didn't know. "Oh, great... it's Luxord..."
"That gambler?" Terra asked.
"Yes..." Kairi sighed and got up. "Well, time to start..."
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Vanitas looked around his empty house for something to do. He had already finished a six pack of beer and was getting restless. He picked up his phone and called Seifer.
"What are you doing?" He asked as soon as Seifer answered.
"Oh, uh... me and some others... we're out at this bar."
"Others?" He inquired.
"Yeah, uh, my friend Zack, uh, Rai... just the guys. Come join us. We were going to the hostess bar later..."
"I don't want to go there." Vanitas said bluntly. Seifer got distracted and it sounded like he was having conversations with others, so he hung up.
"So annoying..."
The truth was, he did want to go to the hostess bar.
"There must be a way to get Kairi to talk to me..."
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Luxord kept rubbing his goat-tee and staring at Kairi. His friends were also kind of creepy, Kairi thought. They wouldn't drink. They just sat there.
"So... your name is... Xigbar?" Kairi asked sweetly. The guy wearing an eye patch spoke up.
"Yeah, what's it to ya?"
Kairi merely smiled. "And... you're...?"
The other man said nothing, so Luxord answered for him. "This is Lexaeus."
"It's nice to meet you." Kairi held out her hand, but he just glared.
'Seriously, why do these guys even come here if they don't like it?'
"How are things going over here?" Aqua appeared. Kairi mentally thanked her. Aqua sat down and joined them. Luxord admired her beauty.
"I just love the girls here. Two for one? This is amazing..." He took another shot.
His friends weren't very talkative at first, but Aqua had an uncanny ability to bring them out of their shell. They were laughing and joking in no time. Kairi just went along with it.
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Roxas and Hayner were out buying some groceries. Olette had made them a list and she wanted them to strictly abide by it. She also gave them a binder of coupons and expected them to not spend any more than twenty dollars.
"Thank God she already organized these coupons..." Roxas said as he looked over the list.
"It's stupid. Ugh." Hayner complained. "We don't need all of these things! Thirty five bottles of mustard?!"
"Yeah, but you're basically getting them for free." Roxas countered. He really didn't have any right to argue with Olette's preferences, especially with how much they were helping him.
"We have an entire extra bedroom for this shit. I could have used it as a game room or something! But yet it's filled up with all of this...? We have twelve bottles of Tide alone!"
"It's not like these things are scattered all over the house."
"Yeah, she's such a clean freak."
Once they filled up two carts, they made their way over to the register. The lady sighed and began scanning all of their items, giving them strange looks.
"What? We're not a couple." Hayner said.
"Not... what I thought." The lady responded and continued to scan at lightning speed. The two teenagers that were bagging the items seemed overwhelmed but worked efficiently.
"Do you have any coupons?"
Roxas pulled out the binder with the bag that Olette had prepared specifically for the trip.
"The final price will be $21.54."
"Crap. What did we do wrong?" Roxas looked at the screen.
"Argh, just pay the extra dollar and let's get out of here!" Hayner demanded.
Once they got back and had finally finished carrying all of the items up the stairs and into the back room where Olette's collection was, Roxas went to his room and passed out.
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Kairi got out around three in the morning, which was actually pretty early, especially for a Friday night. She was still drunk from all of the alcohol she drank with the clients and could barely stand.
"Do you need a ride?" Aqua asked her as she walked out with Terra. Kairi shook her head and pointed to her phone.
"Roxas... will come and get me."
All of a sudden, she heard a deep voice behind her, but when she tried to turn around she felt dizzy and lost her balance.
Vanitas caught her right before she fell over. Aqua and Terra also supported her.
"I'll take her home." Vanitas told them.
"Are you a friend of hers?" Terra asked in disbelief.
"...Sora..." Kairi mumbled, "...you're... here..."
Vanitas blinked a few times; a little confused. Aqua and Terra assumed that she did know him.
"Alright, take care of her then."
Surprised that they went along with it, Vanitas carried Kairi over to his car. She was falling asleep and felt a little sick. He put her in the back seat.
'Who is Sora?'
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Roxas woke up twenty minutes later and got ready so he could go and pick Kairi up. He checked his phone, but there was nothing from her, so he figured she had a normal schedule.
When he arrived and saw how empty it was and that the doors were locked, Roxas got out of the car and looked around. He called Kairi a few times, but no answer.
Nervous, Roxas was shaking. "Damn it... where is she?"
He had Aqua's number, so he called her in desperation.
"Hello...?"
"Hey Aqua, it's Roxas. Is Kairi with you?"
"No... some guy said he would take her home."
Roxas gulped. "Some... guy?"
"Yeah, I think she said his name was... Sora or something."
"What?!"
o.o.o
Vanitas took Kairi into his house and laid her out on the couch. She had passed out in the car and had not woken up since. Vanitas twitched. He could see her cleavage.
'What is it about this girl...?'
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A/N: I have to stop it here! I wonder what Roxas is going to do now? Better yet, what will Vanitas do? Leave a review!
Other random updates:
GUESS WHAT EVERYONE?! I'm so excited. Do you know the TV show, "Nashville?" Last November I was a paid extra in that show and got a few close ups. (Mind you, Kairi's voice actress is one of the mains in this show, can't say her name on here; I saw her in person last summer. So awesome) The episode I'm in will premiere next Wednesday! (episode 211; 1/15/2014) Honestly I don't really watch the show but it was a lot of fun to be part of it, even if it was freezing cold. We were around a bonfire and at least I got to be somewhat close!
Can't wait for it!
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