Love Potion Lunacy 6: Hotaru x Himari
(Character ages in this chapter: Hotaru and Himari - 19, Hayato and Hifumi - Early Forties)
Yajima Residence - Saturday Evening - Summer
Ever since Hotaru Yajima arrived home earlier that afternoon, he had been hard at work on his next big film project, one that he believed would be his magnum opus and would win him first prize at the Shibuya Film Festival this year. He had worked tirelessly these last few months making sure that the script was expertly written, the right shots were taken, the acting was top tier, and the finished product was edited to perfection. Unfortunately, in pursuit of that perfection, came certain sacrifices. Sacrifices that involved spending less time with his parents, even less time with his friends, and even less time with his girlfriend, Himari Sakamoto, Ryuji and Makoto's daughter.
Hotaru's parents, Hayato and Hifumi, noticed how hard their son had been working, and they have tried many times to convince their son to take a day off from working on his film to enjoy life. But alas, their words only fall on deaf ears.
Even now as Hayato and Hifumi got themselves ready for a night out to celebrate Hifumi's victory at the International Shogi Tournament, the couple took a peek in their son's room to find him working at a feverish pace.
"It's gotta be perfect," Hotaru said to himself, "It's gotta be perfect. It's gotta be perfect."
Hayato and Hifumi could only watch as their son continued editing his movie whilst chanting his little mantra.
"Honey, his obsession with editing his film is starting to scare me a little," Hifumi confided in her husband, "There is no reason why he should be chanting like that."
"I'm in complete agreement, this is not normal," Hayato said, equally disturbed.
"What do you think we should do?" Hifumi asked.
"You keep getting ready for tonight, I'll handle our son," Hayato answered.
Hifumi went into the bathroom to apply make-up as Hayato entered Hotaru's room to talk to his son.
"It's gotta be perfect. It's gotta be perfect. It's gotta be perfect." Hotaru chanted as he edited.
"Hotaru?" Hayato asked, snapping his son out of the trance he was in.
"Huh?! Oh, sorry dad, you caught me being weird," Hotaru said.
"Weird is quite the understatement, son," Hayato said, "But in all seriousness, if you're chanting 'it's gotta be perfect' over and over again as you're working on your film, I think that's a sign you've been working too hard and you need a break."
"But dad," Hotaru whined, "I almost got this scene down to exactly how I pictured it in my head."
"That's very nice, but do you know what's even nicer?" Hayato asked, "Making sure your eyes and mental health are intact by stepping away from the computer for an hour or two."
"Just give me five more minutes, dad," Hotaru said, "Or ten, or fifteen, or however long it takes to get this scene just right!"
Hayato let out a sigh as he watched his son continue to work on his film. Suddenly, he got another idea that could potentially get Hotaru away from his computer for a few moments.
"Hotaru, could you close your computer for just a few minutes and listen to me for just a sec," Hayato began, "I want to tell you a story from before you were born."
"What is it, dad?" Hotaru asked as he begrudgingly closed his computer.
"As I'm sure you're aware, I've written a lot of books in my day," Hayato began, "And at the start of my writing career, like what you're doing right now with your filmmaking, I spent most of my time writing, and a lot less time with your mother. I got so swept up in my passion that I had no idea I was neglecting her. Fortunately she confronted me about it and I was able to find a balance between spending time with her and doing what I love. Now I see you in the same position I was in all those years ago, working feverishly on your movie while you push us, your friends, and especially Himari to the wayside."
"Himari…" Hotaru said to himself, as if finally realizing the error of his ways.
"It won't kill you if you take a night off from making your movie, you know. And I'm sure Himari misses you deeply," Hayato said, "Seriously, when was the last time you two hung out."
Hotaru struggled to answer that question as he truly couldn't remember, he had been that preoccupied with his film project.
"See, the fact you don't remember tells me that you deserve a break," Hayato said as Hotaru hung his head in shame, "I'll tell you what, son, your mom and me are going to be gone for the next few hours. I'm giving you the green light to invite Himari over so you and her can do whatever you want, totally unsupervised. Just make sure you clean up any messes before we get home, and for the love of God use protection if anything 'sordid' happens."
"You're letting me invite Himari over?" Hotaru asked.
"Why not?" Hayato said, "You two are both 19 years old. That legally makes you two adults. Not to be rude, but the way I see it, as of about a year ago, you're just some unsuspecting adult related to my wife and me by blood who also happens to live with us."
"Well that's one way of summarizing our relationship," Hotaru chuckled.
"So what are you and Himari going to do while we're out?" Hayato asked.
"Well, I am pretty far along in this current project," Hotaru said, "I was thinking I could get a jumpstart by shooting the first scene of my next project with her. Then after that, I guess we'll see where the night takes us."
"Like I said, as long as all messes are cleaned up and your mother and I don't end up as grandparents by the end of the night, we're golden," Hayato answered, "Now if you'll excuse me, I must finish preparing for mine and your mother's date night."
Before leaving, Hayato gave his son a hug saying, "I love you, son."
"I love you too, dad," Hotaru smiled.
Sometime later, Hayato and Hifumi finished getting ready for their date night, the both of them looking rather dapper and elegant. Before they left, they gave Hotaru a hug, and gave him the list of emergency phone numbers as well as some money so he could order take-out. With that, the two parents made their leave, leaving Hotaru home alone.
As soon as he was sure his parents left, Hotaru called up Himari and asked if she wanted to come over and hang out. She eagerly took the offer, so Hotaru got in the car that he got as a high school graduation present from his parents, and left to go pick up his girlfriend.
On the ride back home, Hotaru told Himari his initial plan when they get back to his place. They're just going to work on one scene for an upcoming project and then the night is all theirs. Himari was just glad that she and Hotaru were back to spending time together after his current project kept them apart for so long. The only thing Hotaru told Himari was to bring her best dress for the scene he wanted to make.
When they got back to the Yajima Residence, Hotaru set up his cameras and some lights so they could start shooting. He then went up to his room to get changed into his Sunday best while Himari went into the downstairs bathroom to get changed into her dress. Hotaru came back downstairs wearing a gray suit just as Himari emerged from the bathroom wearing a lovely blue dress with matching heels that she wore one other time, and that was to Shujin Academy Senior Prom. Hotaru blushed hard seeing his girlfriend in her prom dress again, almost as if he was just seeing her for the very first time in it.
"Himari, you look so beautiful," Hotaru swooned.
"You're looking rather spiffy yourself," Himari smiled.
The two of them sauntered towards each other and kissed each other passionately for a few seconds before getting back to brass tacks.
"So, what does this scene entail?" Himari asked.
"What I've got here is the start of a tale riddled with deceit and treachery," Hotaru began, "This next film I have planned follows the story of a woman, you, who goes on the run after killing her husband, me, to get all of his money. The husband's twin, also played by me, saddened by the loss of his only brother, sets out on an epic journey to confront the evil broad so he can avenge him and get his money back."
"So I'm an evil broad to you, eh?" Himari said teasingly.
"Not you, sweetie, the character you play is an evil broad," Hotaru replied
"You know I'm just playing, silly," Himari joked as she nudged his arm.
"Anyway, the story begins here, where the wife poisons the man she swore would be all hers from now until the end of time," Hotaru explained, "Which brings us to our next objective…we need something that can act as a poison."
"Let's check the refrigerator," Himari suggested.
The couple left the living room and entered the kitchen where they opened up the refrigerator in search of something that can work as a prop poison.
"Let's see," Hotaru began examining, "We've got some soda, lemonade, milk, purple stuff."
"Hey, what about this?" Himari asked as she pointed at a martini glass filled with pink liquid that was hidden behind a container holding leftovers.
Hotaru reached for the martini glass and inspected the contents.
"How strange," Hotaru said, "Why would my parents leave a perfectly good martini in the fridge?"
"And what kind of martini is pink?" Himari chimed in, "But regardless, they must've left it there for a reason."
"True," Hotaru said, "But usually, in this family at least, if one of us has dibs on something in the fridge, we either tell the other two to keep their paws off of it or we write our name on it. Mom and dad have done neither of these things in regards to this glass. Therefore, I say it's perfect for our poison."
"Aren't you worried that you're going to get in trouble?" Himari asked.
"I can't be in any more trouble doing this than that one time I accidentally set fire to the living room rug when I was seven," Hotaru said.
"Oh, I forgot about that," Himari chuckled, "Why did you do that again?"
"I was trying to make a scene where one of my Featherman Action Figures saves a damsel in distress from a forest fire," Hotaru embarrassingly replied, which only made his girlfriend laugh harder, "It was a dumb little kid, how was I supposed to know?"
"Oh, I know sweetie," Himari said, "It's just funny to think about how far your obsession with filmmaking has gone if you were willing to go to that extreme."
"Obviously I won't do something that boneheaded again," Hotaru replied, "I've moved on to much bigger and better projects. The one we're getting a jump on right now being one of them. Speaking of which, shall we get started?"
"Lead the way," Himari said with a smile as the couple went back into the living room with the martini glass full of pink liquid in hand.
"So is there a script we need to be following?" Himari asked.
"Since this is the opening of the film, I don't really have any lines written out," Hotaru explained, "I'm just going to show you giving me the poisoned drink, me drinking it, and then me collapsing on the floor dead. Of course it won't be completely silent, I'll have music playing over the whole thing. I'll see how that take looks and if I don't like it then I'll consider adding some dialogue."
"No dialogue?" Himari asked, curiously.
"One of the truths about filmmaking, my love, is to 'show don't tell'," Hotaru explained, "Actions speak louder than words. If my audience sees these scenes unfold without dialogue, I think they can connect the dots and figure out what happened."
"No need to mansplain" Himari said in an almost teasing manner, "I was just curious."
"Oh, sorry if I got a little pompous there, just now," Hotaru said, a tad embarrassed.
"Oh, Hotaru," Himari said, "When will you learn that I like messing with you?"
"You're lucky you're just so darn cute," Hotaru said before getting back on topic, "Alright, let's do this! Ready? Lights, camera, action!"
Hotaru turned on the lights and the cameras before he took a seat on the couch. One camera was pointed directly at him. Another was to his right, zoomed in on his mouth. A third one was positioned on the floor.
The living room went completely quiet as filming began.
The camera in front of Hotaru picked up the shot of Himari's character walking up to Hotaru's character and giving him the martini glass full of the pink liquid.
The camera that was zoomed in on Hotaru's mouth picked up the shot of him drinking said liquid.
Back on the camera positioned in front of Hotaru, it picked up the shot of Hotaru's character with a pained expression on his face and his hand gripping his chest as Himari's character backed away with a stoic expression on her face.
Finally, the camera on the floor picked up the shot of Hotaru's character falling down, having succumbed to the poison he ingested.
And with that, the opening scene is done.
"Alright, we're done," Hotaru said as he got up and turned towards his girlfriend, "So, what do you say we put all of this stuff away and we order take out with the money my parents left?"
Hotaru was currently waiting for Himari to respond. But she was too focused on something else. Something that seemingly came out of nowhere. And something that rests below Hotaru's waist. Hotaru noticed the glazed look in Himari's eyes and was wondering just what it was she was looking at.
"Himari, are you okay?" Hotaru asked.
Himari said nothing. All she did was point at his crotch, and Hotaru looked down to see that his 'friend' had woken up.
"I knew you loved filmmaking," Himari said, "But I didn't know you loved it that much."
"No it's not that," Hotaru said, "It must've been that pink liquid I drank! Why the hell would my folks leave some kind of 'liquid viagra' in the refrigerator?"
Before Hotaru could question the scenario he was facing any further, Himari decided to take advantage of the situation by walking up to him and kissing him full on the lips. This managed to calm her boyfriend down and made his mind shift to other things. Fun but very naughty things.
Hotaru kissed back with just as much intensity as Himari was, and before Himari knew it, she was in her boyfriend's lap straddling him as he sat against the couch, her heels off of her feet and laying haphazardly on the floor.
When the couple stopped kissing each other, Himari had this to say.
"Your parents aren't going to be home for a while. You want to fool around?"
Hotaru pulling down her dress just enough so he could take her bra off, allowing her ample bosom to breathe, gave Himari her answer. Hotaru buried his face in his girlfriend's cleavage as he massaged her breasts, making her purr with much delight.
"That's right, baby," Himari cooed, enjoying the feeling of her breasts getting played with, "Put your hands all over me."
"All over you, you say?" Hotaru asked, "Even here?"
Suddenly, Himari felt a light smack on her rear end, causing her to let out an excited mewl.
"Yeah, you like that don't you?" Hotaru said with a sexy smirk as he began to rub her butt in a circular motion, "You like when I touch you like this?"
"Oh, God, yes!" Himari exclaimed, "This feels amazing! But we can do so much more!"
With that, Himari pushed her boyfriend down on the couch for another steamy make out session. They ran their fingers through each other's hair. Their tongues explored every inch of each other's mouths. Himari was just about to start undressing her boyfriend when suddenly…
"Wait!" Hotaru said as he got out from underneath Himari to turn off the three cameras that he used to film his movie. In his panic from when his 'friend' suddenly woke up, he forgot he had the cameras still recording. The less evidence he had about the things he and Himari would do on this night the better.
"Come on, Hotaru," Himari purred, "Don't you want something to watch later tonight when you're all alone in that room of yours?"
"Himari, I like making films, but I don't like making those kinds of films," Hotaru said.
"I understand," Himari said, "With all of the other films and accolades you've won, I wouldn't want to do anything that would put your reputation in jeopardy."
Hotaru just finished turning off the cameras and lights before taking off his dress shoes and socks and looking back at Himari, "Now, where were we?"
He got back on the couch with Himari, and she began unbuttoning his suit jacket.
"Right about here," Himari purred as she slid the suit jacket off of his form and dropped it on the floor.
After that, more clothes came falling down.
Himari undid Hotaru's tie before unbuttoning his undershirt and removing it from his person, giving Himari a nice view of his lean torso. Not wanting to be undone, Hotaru slid the rest of Himari's dress off of her, leaving her in a pair of light pink boyshort panties. Wanting to go back to undressing her boyfriend, Himari pushed Hotaru back onto the couch so he was laying down, allowing her to undo his belt and get his pants off, leaving him in a pair of black boxers. It wasn't long before Himari slid those boxers down Hotaru's legs, leaving him completely naked, his 'friend' springing free from the confines of clothing.
"Now it's your turn to unwrap my goods," Himari purred.
"In a minute," Hotaru said, "Let me get something."
In a matter of seconds, Hotaru ran into the bathroom to grab a condom. He ran back into the living room with the packet in hand before showing it to his girlfriend.
"Safety first," Hotaru said.
"Smart man," Himari concurred, "Now go on, claim your prize."
Without further ado, Hotaru slipped Himari's panties down her legs, leaving her naked as well. Hotaru then opened up the packet containing the condom before slipping it on over his penis and positioning himself on top of his girlfriend.
"Hotaru," Himari purred, "I need you badly."
"Allow me to satisfy those needs," Hotaru replied.
Holding onto Himari's hips, Hotaru gingerly slid himself inside of his girlfriend. Himari let out a long, blissful 'Ooooooohhhhhh,' as he sank himself further inside of her love tunnel. After that, he held Himari in his arms as he kissed and made love to her. The only thing Himari loved more than the treatment she was receiving from the love of her life was the feel of his body on top of hers.
"Oh, keep going," Himari cooed in between smooches, "This feels so amazing!"
And it did. It really did. With Hotaru spending most, if not all, of his time working on his film projects, that meant he had less time to spend with her. It had been a long time since Hotaru and Himari were this intimate with each other, and Himari was hoping that a moment like this would come along to put their relationship back on track. And here it was, the answer to all of her prayers!
The couple stayed in missionary for most of their time engaging in coitus, but after a while, Himari flipped Hotaru over so he was the one laying back against the couch while she rode him. Hotaru held onto his girlfriend's waist as he brought his mouth up to one of her breasts so he could suckle on it. Himari was quick to vocalize her pleasure when he did that, and he started to thrust into her at the same speed she was bouncing atop of him.
"Oh, baby," Himari moaned, "You feel so good!"
"You too," Hotaru moaned back.
The two of them continued their act until Hotaru felt his manhood start to twitch.
"Getting close," Hotaru grunted, "Can't hold on!"
"I know what you mean," Himari purred, "I'm getting close too!"
A few more bounces on Himari's part, and a few more upwards thrusts on Hotaru's part, and the two of them let out a deep, satisfied moan as they both came hard.
When their orgasms passed, and the love potion left Hotaru's system, Himari was seen lying next to Hotaru on the couch, rubbing up and down his torso just as Hotaru lovingly caressed her face.
"Oh that was so perfect," Himari swooned as happy tears pricked her eyes, "Thank you! Thank you so much, Hotaru!"
Himari peppered her boyfriend's face with kisses before he noticed the tears streaming down her face.
"Babe, what's wrong?" Hotaru asked worriedly, "You have tears rolling down your face."
"Huh," went Himari before wiping her face to find that her eyes had in fact emitted tears, "Oh, I didn't realize I was crying. But don't worry, sweetie, these are happy tears."
"Happy tears?" Asked Hotaru.
"I've needed that kind of release for so long, and only you could give it to me," Himari explained, "But you've been so busy lately that I couldn't get such a release. But now that I've got it…oh, I can't even begin to describe just how happy I really am."
"Yeah, my folks told me that I've been working too hard lately too," Hotaru said, "Hey, Himari, I'm sorry if I pushed you aside in favor of my passion. My dad told me that he did the same in regards to his passion for writing and my mother, and how it almost ruined their relationship. I don't want to ruin what we have, so from here on out, I'm going to try and find a balance between work and leisure so I can keep doing what I love…and keep doing who I love."
Hearing that last part made Himari chuckle.
"I like the sound of that," Himari said, "So, when do you want to order take-out?"
"In a minute, sweetheart," Hotaru answered, "Let's just stay like this for a bit, okay?"
"Okay," Himari smiled as they cuddled on the couch.
Yajima Residence - Saturday Night - Summer
When Hotaru and Himari had their fill of cuddles, they got dressed back in their street clothes and cleaned up Hotaru's filming equipment before ordering a pizza with some cheesy bread bites. When their dinner arrived, the couple paid the delivery boy before chowing down badly and turning on 'The Bowlface Show' on Streamflix (The Cuphead Show).
A few hours later, they cleaned up their dinner, as well as any other messes they may have made, before Hotaru drove Himari home, promising to spend a fun-filled day with her at the mall tomorrow.
Not long after Hotaru returned from dropping Himari off did Hayato and Hifumi return from their own date night. Hayato was seen escorting a very tipsy Hifumi into the living room where Hotaru was just hanging out watching a documentary on director Jim Burkin (Tim Burton).
"Mom, dad, you guys are home," Hotaru said happily as he greeted his parents, "How was your date night."
"We had a lot of fun, son," Hayato answered, "But I think your mom may have had even more fun than me."
"Oh, Toharu, my baby!" Hifumi slurred, "Give me a hug! I love you so much!"
As his mother hugged him, Hotaru started to feel a little uncomfortable.
"Is mom okay?" Hotaru asked.
"She may have had a few too many to drink," Hayato answered.
"I only had like a couple of appletinis," Hifumi said, "No big deal."
"Anyway, how was your night, son?" Hayato asked, "Did you invite Himari over?"
"Oh, Hifumi's here?" Hifuimi slurred before realizing something, "Wait, I'm Hifumi. Duh! Tee-hee-hee, I meant Himari. Is Himari here?"
"No, I just dropped her off," Hotaru answered.
"Aw, man I missed her," Hifumi drunkenly pouted.
"Seriously, mom, are you going to be alright?" Hotaru said worriedly, "I've never seen you like this."
"Don't worry about me, Hutaro, I'm just perfect!" Hifumi slurred, "You hear me, perfect! P-E-R-"
Hifumi couldn't even finish her sentence because she passed out where she stood. Hayato and Hotaru just stared at her as she wallowed in her stupor.
"Well on that note, I think I'm going to turn in for the night," Hotaru said, "I've got a date with Himari tomorrow."
"You mean you're actually taking a break from your filmmaking?" Hayato asked.
"Tonight taught me something, dad," Hotaru began, "And it's that I need to find a good balance between work and play. I learned my lesson well, and I intend on showing you and Himari tomorrow."
"Well that's good news, son," Hayato smiled, "I won't keep you then. Goodnight."
"'Night, dad. 'Night, mom," Hotaru said.
"Night-good, son," Hifumi drunkenly replied before looking at her husband, "We have a damn good son, don't we Yahato?"
"We sure do, dear," Hayato said as his wife yawned.
"I'm tired," Hifumi drunkenly whined, "Carry me to my room."
"As you wish," Hayato replied as he scooped his wife up in his arms and carried her off to their bedroom for a good night's sleep, just knowing that while Hotaru and Himari have the time of their lives tomorrow…he'd be dealing with a hungover wife.
"She's lucky she's so darn cute," Hayato said as he carried his wife to their room.