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WARNING: Footsie-Crotch-Teasing!
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Chapter Five
Byakuya straightened the silk tie at his neck. Tonight was the night. The Grand Ball. Meiko was in the bathroom, fixing her hair and makeup. He could hear her humming this tune she always hummed. Apparently it was her favorite song. She was in the middle of applying Crimson lipstick when the noble entered the bathroom. "Kuro-"
"Meiko, Byakuya. Call me by my name." She interrupted him. Byakuya held back a huff of annoyance.
"Meiko. The ball has already begun. We are late." Byakuya complained stoically. Meiko chuckled sweetly and capped the lipstick, smiling at Byakuya's reflection and tossing the makeup back into its bag. "Icepick—er, hubby—we are most certainly not late. We are fashionably late. There's a difference."
Byakuya resisted the urge to roll his eyes and instead turned on his heel and left. He was halfway out the bedroom door when Meiko caught up with him and snatched his shoulder. Her long, newly-done, square-cut talons dug into the clothed flesh of his shoulder as she held herself steady to slip on her high heels. A slight stinging pain shot from the injured area up the back of his neck and back down to the before mentioned area. Meiko finally let go and trotted ahead with of him. "Come on hubby. Can't be late, not can we?"
In the living room, Hawk, Dante, and Marcus chuckled.
This was amusing. To them.
"Hey hubby!"
Byakuya tried his hardest not to flinch at the new nickname. It was worse than her usual "Ice Pick." He turned to the elegantly dressed woman sitting next to him in the back of the SUV limo. "Yes...my wife?" The last part was strained.
"Champagne?" She offered the delicate glass half-filled with the bubbly, golden liquid out to him and, surprisingly, he took it. He must have really needed the drink.
"So guys." Hawk began. Next to him was Soi Fon, who wore a sleek, black and gold Chinese dress and scrappy low heels. Her hair was pinned up with a pair of long, painted wooden chopsticks decorated with Chinese New Year dragons. Dangling from the tops were small strings of pearls.
Meiko's hair was done simply: just a long, 'V' knot French braid with aquamarine and silver ribbons threaded theough it.
"What do you want, Wanderer?" Byakuya questioned in a bored tone. He was clearly losing his patience.
"Well, we need to distract them long enough to snipe the goodies from the underground artillery storage. Meiko, Soi, you two use your charms. Byakuya, don't kill anybody." He explained quickly, as the limo had just stopped. After they stepped out, Meiko and Soi Fon made their way to an empty table while Byakuya and Hawk picked up a few drinks. Hawk moved his hand up to his ear and pressed the tiny listening device in further, as it was beginning to fall out. The clear, coiled cord snaked back into his suit jacket. "BirdMan to Devil, come in Devil." He mumbled beneath his breath. A voice on the other end said "I'm here, Hawk, do your job."
Hawk snorted quietly as he walked to the table beside Byakuya. Once thet made it to the table, Soi Fon snatched hers and Meiko's drinks, handing one to Meiko before taking a sip of her own. "Are they in position?" The petite ninja asked. Hawk nodded.
"Yeah. Now we smile and look pretty for the Americans."
Meiko laughed and set her glass down. "You? Don't you mean Byakuya and I?"
Byakuya was stunned, though he didn't show it. She referred to him by his name, not that God forsaken nickname. The noble sneaked a peak at her cleavage. That dress did wonders on her body. Not that her body wasn't amazing already, of course. Meiko was truly a breathtaking woman.
A man who seemed to be in his mid forties approached their table with a woman on his arm. She looked to be about half his age, at least. Far too young in Byakuya's books.
"Well well," he began. "You two must be Lord and Lady Kurosakura-Kuchiki."
Meiko shot him a sweet smile and spoke in Japanese instead of English. She had to keep up appearances, of course. Hawk translated for her. "She says, 'You have a wonderful country.'"
The man chuckled. "Why thank you. You are welcome to stay as long as you wish."
Soi Fon listened to his tone very carefully. He was lying. This man wanted them to leave as soon as possible.
As soon as he left, Meiko quietly noted, "The asshole's lying. He wants us to turn tail and get the fuck out."
Hawk chuckled. "So I'm not the only one thinking that?" He looked toward his petite lover. "Lemme guess, you thought the same?"
"Of course. It is my duty to notice things like this." Soi Fon informed him.
Byakuya chose to remain silent and sip his drink, scanning the crowd of people. He didn't even notice Hawk and Soi Fon leaving the table to slow dance, or Meiko's voice when she tried to get his attention. "Byakuya! Earth to my husband!" she waved a palm in front of his face in another attempt to catch his attention. That didn't work at all. Remembering the other morning, she smirked and slipped one of her feet from its shoe, pressing the ball of her foot against his groin. That worked. Byakuya flinched and shot a nasty glare at the woman.
"Move your foot."
Meiko laughed. "Who, me? Why, I have no idea wha you're talking about." She teased him by putting more pressure on his crotch and her smirk grew when she saw his cheeks turn pink. He was hard now. She could feel it. Suddenly, Meiko pulled her foot away and slipped it back into the high-heeled shoe. She got to her feet and straightened the skirts of her dress. "Well, I'm getting a little snack. Would you like anything? Anything at all?"
The noble glared hotly at her. He was done playing her little game. When they got back to the hotel, he would have his way with her.
That was a fact.
Sorry for the wait! I'm in three AP classes now, which means a lot of homework. I really hope you liked it! Yummy ByakuyaMeiko lemon scene next chapter! Review, favorite, follow, the works. Love you guys!