Love Potion Lunacy 9: Nariko x Riku
(Character ages in this chapter: Nariko - 19, Riku and Mai - 18, Kaito - 17, Kimiko - 16, Shiho, Daisuke, Futaba and Yuuki - Early Forties)
Friday Morning - Watanabe Residence - Summer
In the Watanabe Family living room, Kaito and Nariko are seen conversing with one another when their mother Shiho walks by with her gym bag in hand. She's on her way to the kitchen so she can fill up her water bottle and say goodbye to Daisuke, who was currently cleaning dishes from breakfast. Wanting to see their mother off too, Nariko and Kaito got up and followed their mother to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, Shiho had finished filling up her bottle with ice cold water before walking over to her husband who was scrubbing a plate in the sink. She wrapped her arms around him and gave him a kiss on the cheek, causing him to smile and blush.
"I'll be back at around 4 P-M so you and I can spend some time together," Shiho said, "Then I can help you with dinner."
"Sounds good to me, love," Daisuke said as he gave her a peck on the lips, "Good luck, training today. And don't overexert yourself. If you feel tired, don't be afraid to take a break."
"You worry too much," Shiho said.
"I only worry because I love you," Daisuke replied.
"Aw, I love you too, baby," Shiho said as she blew him a kiss. She then turned to Nariko and Kaito and gave the two of them a goodbye hug, "I'll see you kids later."
"Alright mom, we love you," Nariko said.
"Be safe," Kaito chimed in.
After her family said their goodbyes, Shiho headed off for the gym to begin another day of training. Meanwhile, Daisuke had just finished washing and drying the last of the dishes, and he headed for the liquor cabinet. When he opened it up, he took out the love potion that Makoto gave him yesterday. With the bottle in hand, he walked by his kids on his way to the master bedroom. Curious as to what their father took out of the liquor cabinet, they followed him upstairs. Kaito especially was curious as to what was in the bottle because he remembered what Kimiko said the last time they made love. He remembered she said something about a bottle filled with a pink liquid, just like the one in his father's hands. He wasn't sure if the pink liquid in this case was the liquid she ingested that caused her libido to skyrocket that night, or if it was just some fancy liquor. He just had to find out.
Upon arriving at the master bedroom, Kaito and Nariko saw their father place the bottle on the nightstand. When Daisuke turned around, he saw Kaito and Nariko had entered the room.
"What's that you got there dad?" Nariko asked.
"Oh, uh, it's nothing you kids need to worry yourselves about," Daisuke said, starting to feel flushed from embarrassment, "Why don't you two run along now, try not to think about what you saw here."
"Come on dad, you can be honest with us, we're all adults here," Kaito said, "Nariko is 19 and I'm…going to be 18 in about three weeks, but that's close enough. You can tell us what's in that bottle, we can handle it."
Daisuke stayed silent for a few moments, struggling to come up with an answer. All he could say as he made his way out of the bedroom was…
"It's for when parents have alone time."
The Watanabe kids followed their father downstairs and watched as he grabbed the car keys from the key tree.
"Where are you going?" Kaito asked.
"I'm going to the library to work on the schedule for the fall semester," Daisuke said, "I'll be back in a few hours."
Nariko and Kaito watched as their father walked out the door, got into his car, and drove off for the library. The moment they saw their father's car disappear, Kaito ran back upstairs to the master bedroom with Nariko following closely behind. When the older of the two Watanabe children entered the master bedroom, she found her little brother eyeing the bottle that Daisuke had placed on the nightstand moments ago. She approached Kaito as he picked the bottle up.
"There's no mistaking it," Kaito said, "This is the pink liquid that Kimiko told me about."
"Wait, you know what that stuff is, Kaito?" Nariko asked.
"Yes," Kaito answered, "Last week, Kimiko invited me over to her place in the middle of the night for a little…you know. But when I got there, she was more eager than usual to get me in bed with her. Eventually, she told me it was because she drank a pink liquid just like this one. And after dad's brief description on what the liquid in this bottle does, there's no denying that the liquid Kimiko drank and the liquid in this bottle are the same thing."
"So let me get this straight," Nariko said, "You think the liquid in that bottle raises a person's sex drive."
"I don't think it does, I know it does," Kaito said, "I'll prove it."
Without further ado, Kaito took the little cup that came with the bottle and poured the pink liquid until it reached the 30 mL line.
"Kaito, hold on now," Nariko said, trying to stop her brother, but it was too late, he had already drunk his bit of love potion in one hearty gulp.
Kaito wiped his mouth to clean off any residue that remained on his lips. He stayed still for a minute before an excited smile appeared on his face and a tent started to get pitched in his pants, causing Nariko to look away embarrassed. Kaito quickly takes his phone out from his back pocket and calls up Kimiko.
"Hey babe, you doing anything right now?" Kaito asked, not even trying to contain the excitement in his voice. He awaited a response before continuing to talk, "No? My parents aren't home. You wanna come over and do me?...You'll be over as fast as you can? Great! See you soon!"
Kaito hung up his phone before making a mad dash out of the master bedroom.
"Where are you going?" Nariko asked her brother.
"Gotta get ready for Kimiko's visit. I told you that liquid works" Kaito quickly said as he ran towards his bedroom, "Kim and I are going to be in here for the next hour or so, so don't disturb us. If you hear what sounds like animal noises or a mugging in progress, don't worry it's just us."
Without saying another word, Kaito slammed the door shut so he could get ready for a fun morning with his girlfriend. As Nariko just stared at her little brother's bedroom door dumbfounded, she let the events that just transpired sink in, and suddenly she got an idea that'll make her day more interesting.
Now that she knows that the contents of that bottle do increase a person's sex drive, she can use it in her relationship with Riku Mishima. He had been busy these last few weeks because he had accepted a summer internship program with Sunny Interactive Entertainment, the makers of GameStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment and Playstation). As a result, Riku didn't have much free time during the week to spend with Nariko, and he was only able to spend a little bit of time with her on weekends. She was lucky that Riku got his work done early this week so that he could tag along with her, Kaito, and Kimiko on their double date last night. This weekend, however, Nariko would have no such luck on seeing her boyfriend. That's because Riku, along with his sister Mai, had already made plans to go to the Tanaka Family's Lake House with Sumire, Ichiro, and Kas.
Even though she understood that Riku's work came first, Nariko missed the love of her boyfriend dearly. She knew that the pink fluid she witnessed her brother consume was the key in getting some of that love back.
Nariko picked up her cell phone and called Riku up, hoping that he wasn't too busy and he could spend some time with her. When Riku answered and Nariko asked if she could hang out with him for a bit, he responded by saying that he was going to do some shopping with Mai later in the afternoon in preparation for their trip to the lake house, but his morning was wide open. Excitedly, Nariko told him to leave his bedroom window open and that she'd be there in a few minutes.
After hanging up with Riku, Nariko grabbed one of her mother's many water bottles and poured some of the love potion into it. She also tapped on a piece of paper that she wrote, '30 mL only' in black marker, to remember how much she needed to take before grabbing two small cups from some cough medicine bottles in the medicine cabinet in the downstairs bathroom.
"Hopefully no one gets sick anytime soon," Nariko said to herself as she put the small medicine cups, a few condoms, and the water bottle full of love potion in a sackpack before slinging it on her back.
As Nariko was about to leave, there was a sudden bout of rapid knocking at the front door. Nariko went to answer it and she found a very excited Kimiko at the door.
"Where is he?" Kimiko asked.
"Upstairs in his room, Kim," Nariko answered calmly, "Condoms are in the downstairs medicine cabinet, go crazy."
"I bought my own!" Kimiko said as she ran past Nariko and up the stairs to Kaito's room, "Kaito, I'm here, baby!"
The next thing Nariko heard was the door swinging open before slamming as Kimiko entered her brother's room followed by the sound of intense love making.
"Dear God," Nariko said in disgust before leaving out the front door, making sure to lock it in the process, and then making a mad dash for the Mishima Residence.
Mishima Residence - Friday Morning - Summer
When Nariko made it to the Mishima Residence, she saw that Riku had followed her instructions and left his bedroom window open. She crept up to the window and tried calling up to her boyfriend. She had to try and be quiet as the likes of Futaba, Yuuki, and Mai were likely awake too and she didn't want to alert them of her presence.
Nariko gave a subtle whistle up to Riku's room, and in a matter of seconds, he poked his head out of the window to find his girlfriend eagerly waving at him.
"Babe you came!" Riku said as he threw down a rope made up of a series of bedsheets that were tied together. Nariko grabbed onto the end of the rope and Riku pulled her up and helped her into his bedroom. Once she was safely inside, the two lovers kissed each other deeply and passionately before breaking apart to stare into each other's eyes as they panted.
"God, I've needed that for so long," Nariko said with a blissful sigh.
"I know, I'm sorry Nariko," Riku said remorsefully, "The internship has got me busy this summer. But what matters is I'm free right now, and I'm going to give you the love I should've been giving you weeks ago."
"Oh, Riku!" Nariko swooned as she playfully tackled her boyfriend onto his bed and started making out with him again. They became entangled in each other's arms as their make out session got heavier.
"God, please don't let mom, dad, or Mai come in and bust us," Riku prayed to himself as he continued to passionately smooch up his girlfriend.
After a while the two of them stopped kissing each other and were ready to engage in the next step.
"Since you're going away for the weekend," Nariko began as she climbed off from on top of Riku and took off her sackpack, "I figured you'd want to play with me a little before you leave."
Nariko reached into her sackpack and pulled out some condoms followed by the water bottle that contained the love potion and the two small medicine cups.
"What's in the bottle?" Riku asked with much intrigue.
"Something that'll take our love making to the next level," Nariko explained, "Inside this bottle is a beverage that will raise the sex drive of whoever drinks it."
"You mean our sex drives will be raised to a level we never thought possible?" Riku asked.
"And making our love fest more intense in the process, yes!" Nariko concluded.
"That sounds too good to be true," Riku said.
"Well believe it," Nariko said, "I've seen this stuff in action. Kaito took a sip before I left, now he and Kimiko are screwing each other into next week as we speak."
"Wow, good for them," Riku said, sounding proud of his two friends.
"The original bottle said that 30 mL is the recommended amount, hence the note I taped on to this bottle," Nariko explained, "So, ready to get started?"
"Oh, I am," Riku eagerly responded before looking somewhat embarrassed, "But, is it okay if we do something different?"
"Different how?" Nariko asked curiously.
"Let me show you," Riku said as he got up from the bed and walked over to his closet. After searching for a few seconds, Riku presented his girlfriend with two costumes.
The first costume appeared to be a sexy princess costume. It was a baby blue corset dress that showed off the wearer's shoulders and cleavage and it was a rather short dress too, going to about the mid thigh. The dress also came with white evening gloves and white stockings as well as a white ribbon choker, black heels, and silver tiara.
The second costume appeared to be a swordsman costume. It came with a red short sleeved tunic with some armor plating, white pants, brown boots, a blue cape, and a prop sword.
"I've had this roleplaying idea that I've wanted to try with you since we first started 'doing it'." Riku explained, a blush coming to his face, "Where you're the beautiful princess and I'm the brave hero coming to save you. Would this be something you'd be interested in trying with me?"
A moment of silence passed before Nariko started to giggle cutely at her boyfriend's idea to spice things up in their relationship.
"Oh, Riku, I love you, but you can be such a dork sometimes," Nariko teased.
"Hey, I'm the dork that you love," Riku replied smugly.
"And I wouldn't want it any other way," Nariko smiled as she hugged and kissed her 'adorkable' boyfriend, "But, yeah, I'll play along."
"Alright!" Riku cheered before he heard his mother calling up to him.
"Hey, Riku," Futaba called from downstairs.
"Uh oh, that's my mom," Riku exclaimed.
"Should I hide?" Nariko asked.
"No, I'll go see what she wants," Riku said as he left his bedroom and came downstairs to talk to his mother, who was waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs, "What's up, mom?"
"Me, your father, and Mai are going to take turns playing 'The Saga of Hilda: Howls of the Dominion (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom)," Futaba explained, "You want to join us?"
"Uh, no thanks, mom," Riku said, coming up with a quick lie, "I'm kind of busy right now. Just figured I'd get a jump on next week's internship assignments before I leave for the Tanaka's lake house tomorrow."
"Oh, alright," Futaba said, "We'll be down here if you change your mind."
"I'll keep that in mind," Riku said as he ran back upstairs to his room and Futaba headed to the game room with the rest of her family.
Riku returned to his room and shut the door behind him before locking it. Right behind him however, Nariko had already put her sexy princess costume on while he was gone, leaving her street clothes and underwear in a pile on the floor, and she got in a seductive pose for her boyfriend when he turned around. When he did, his jaw dropped, his eyes widened, his face turned red, and his heart pounded out of his chest.
"So, Riku," Nariko asked her boyfriend, "How do I look?"
"So hot," Riku replied, feeling weak in the knees, "You look so hot."
"Thank you," Nariko said with a giggle, "Now then, my hero, why don't you put your costume on so I can see how good you look?"
"Say less, babe," Riku said as he undressed himself and slipped his swordsman costume on in a matter of seconds, "So, Nariko, what do you think?"
"Wow, sweetie, you look so good!" Nariko said with a blush, "Have you been working out lately? I notice you've gotten a bit more muscular?"
"Oh, you know, I go for runs with Uncle Ichiro sometimes," Riku said, acting humble, "Then I'd play either Let's Groove (Just Dance) or Wee Vigor (Wii Fit)."
"Well it's paying off," Nariko said, "So, how do you want to do this? Is there a set script you want to follow?"
"As long as we work that beverage into our scenario somehow, I say we improv and say what's on our minds," Riku answered.
"Alright," Nariko said as she sat herself down on Riku's bed, "Ready when you are."
Riku gave a confident nod before walking into his closet and shutting the door, ready to start up their romantic roleplaying scenario. He opens the closet back up and poses valiantly as he emerges from it, his prop sword in hand.
"Lady Nariko," exclaimed Riku, now with notable machismo in his voice, "I have come from afar so that I may save you from the evil clutches of the Evil Emperor and make you my bride!"
"Oh, Sir Riku, my champion!" swooned Nariko in a British accent, something Riku personally found hot, "I was beginning to think no one would come and save me and I'd be trapped in this room forever. But if you're here, does that mean you've slain the Evil Emperor?"
"Yes, my love," Riku replied, "Never again will he terrorize the kingdom, and never again will he torture another fair maiden like yourself. And I owe it all to my trusty blade, 'Eldritch Cutter'!"
"That is quite the impressive blade, my hero," Nariko said, "But Sir Riku, are the rumors true?"
"What rumors, Lady Nariko?" Riku asked.
"The rumors that you have a second weapon?" Nariko asked, "One that many a maiden has pined after, and one that's conveniently attached to your person."
"Oh, you must be referring to my 'Maiden Charmer', Riku said.
"I've heard many tales about the plethora of women you've made come to fruition with Maiden Charmer," Nariko cooed, "And I figured as your reward for saving me, I can be one of them."
"Lady Nariko, I think that is a wonderful idea," Riku concurred as she joined Nariko his bed. He was about to kiss her when she stopped him.
"Hold that thought, my champion," Nariko said as she reached for the two medicine cups and the water bottle holding the love potion, "I managed to sneak out of this room one night and steal this elixir from the Evil Emperor's cellar. I intended on finding something that would help me escape, but then I found this and figured I could use it for the lucky warrior who would come and save me."
"And that lucky warrior is me?" Riku asked as Nariko nodded, "What does it do?"
"From what I've heard, this elixir is meant to make moments of fornication more intense and bring both the man and woman immense pleasure," Nariko explained, "Sir Riku, shall we take this elixir together to see if that's true?"
"Lady Nariko, for you I will risk both life and limb just to see you happy," Riku said.
Nariko poured the love potion into the two medicine cups until they both reached the 30 mL line and then she handed one to her boyfriend.
"Cheers, Sir Riku," Nariko said as she raised up her medicine cup, while Riku did the same, before they both gulped down their love potion.
In a matter of seconds, an unfathomable desire overcame the two of them, and before either of them knew it, Riku was pinning Nariko against his bed, and the tiara had fallen off of her head in the process. He was worried that he was too rough with her just then, but the devilishly seductive smile on Nariko's face told him that that's exactly what she wanted him to do.
"Make me yours, Sir Riku," Nariko purred, "Do whatever you want with me."
"Maiden Charmer is going to have fun with you, my love," Riku whispered in her ear, "But we should be quiet. I don't want us to 'attract any attention' should any of the Evil Emperor's followers still be in the castle."
Riku was clearly alluding to the fact that his parents and sister were downstairs, and he didn't want them to know what they were doing. Nariko nodded, meaning that she understood what Riku was trying to tell her, before they started to passionately kiss each other again.
A few minutes later, Riku got off of his girlfriend so he could start undressing himself. He removed his cape and was about to take off his tunic before Nariko stopped him.
"Please, Sir Riku," Nariko said, "Allow me."
Seductively, Nariko removed the armored tunic off of Riku's body, exposing his toned body. Nariko couldn't help but run her hands up and down her boyfriend's torso to feel how strong it was. She couldn't wait to feel his body back on top of hers. After the tunic came off, Nariko removed the pants of his costume followed by the boots, leaving him in a pair of dark blue boxers. And it wasn't long before those were off of his person too, leaving his 'flesh sword' out in the open.
"Oh my," Nariko swooned, "Maiden Charmer is much bigger than I imagined."
Riku looked at his girlfriend and took her gloved hand in his bare one. He gingerly removed the evening glove off of that hand before gently kissing up and down the arm. He repeated the process with Nariko's other hand before dropping both gloves on the floor with his costume. Riku then removed the black heels from Nariko's feet before running his hands up and down her slender legs, which looked all the more attractive thanks to the stockings.
"I think I'll leave these stockings on, darling," Riku purred, "But that dress has to come off."
"Lay back then, my champion," Nairko replied, "I want you to get a good long look at my heavenly form."
Riku laid back against his bed and Nariko got on top of him so she was straddling him. She looked down at her boyfriend and smirked sexily before slowly removing her dress and throwing it to the floor. Since she had no underwear on, Nariko was left wearing nothing but her white stockings and a smile.
"Does my hero like what he sees?" Nariko asked cutely.
"I most certainly do, my love," Riku responded as he moved to sit up and wrap Nariko up in his arms.
With their naked bodies rubbing against each other, the couple made out again, their tongues practically melding together. Riku then passionately kissed Nariko's neck as he reached down to finger her pussy and massage her clit. In response to that, Nariko reached down and started to stroke his penis.
"Lady Nariko," Riku moaned, "You're already so wet."
"And Maiden Charmer is already throbbing with wild abandon," Nariko cooed before noticing that Riku had been eyeing her bare chest, "Would my champion like a taste of my womanly features?"
"Yes, Lady Nariko, yes!" Riku replied as Nariko offered her boyfriend her breasts.
While still playing with his girlfriend's pussy, Riku's mouth got to work on Nariko's left breast, kissing around the nipple before sucking, licking, and gently nibbling it. Feeling as though the right breast was getting neglected, Riku's mouth went to the other fleshy orb to repeat the process. Nariko, meanwhile, was trying so hard not to moan too loudly. She wanted to vocalize her love for the treatment she was receiving with a series of loud, pleasured mewls and screams of ecstasy, but she knew that the moment she did, the rest of Riku's family would hear it and it would be game over for the two of them.
With her eyes full of desire, Nariko looked at Riku, who looked back at her with just as much need in his eyes as her.
"I'm ready for you now, Sir Riku," Nariko said.
Riku let go of Nariko so she could lay down on the bed and he could get on top of her. Before doing anything else, Riku grabbed one of the condoms that Nariko brought over and placed it over his member. Now that 'Maiden Charmer' was properly protected, 'Sir Riku' was free to move it in and out of 'Lady Nariko's' pink sheath.
Holding onto his shaft with one hand, Riku guided his protected cock into the awaiting love hole of his girlfriend. Nariko let out an aroused gasp before sighing blissfully as she felt his rod enter her, inch by inch. Riku began thrusting at a steady pace as he cupped Nariko's breasts in his hands and started to massage them, occasionally brushing his thumbs against her nipples.
"Yes, Sir Riku, yes!" Nariko moaned as she wrapped her arms and legs around him, "This is your reward for being the brave and courageous swordsman that you are. Take full advantage of this moment, and ravage me!"
Riku followed orders as he added more speed and pressure to his thrusts, enough to make his bed start to rock rhythmically…which was a huge problem considering that Futaba, Yuuki, and Mai were in the game room, which is the room directly below Riku's room.
While Nariko and Riku were going at it upstairs, downstairs in the game room, Yuuki and Mai were watching Futaba play through Howls of the Dominion. The orange haired gamer appeared to be running from a very vicious enemy in the game.
"Watch out for the Doom Paws (Gloom Hands)!" Mai cried.
Futaba went into her items menu and fused together an arrow with a bomb to create a bomb arrow before firing it at the Doom Paws.
"Bullseye!" Futaba exclaimed when suddenly the group of three heard a rocking sound coming from the floor above them, causing Futaba to pause her game. "What is that boy doing up there?" She asked, "I thought he was getting a jump on next week's internship work."
"His work requires him to be seated in front of a computer screen, Futaba," Yuuki said, "Maybe he's trying to get the blood flowing again by playing Let's Groove."
"Well if he's doing that, can he be a little quieter?" Futaba asked.
Then, out of nowhere, they heard Riku let out a quick but noisy groan before the rocking noise continued.
"Now what the heck was that?" Futaba asked.
"You know how intense he can be when playing Let's Groove," Yuuki said, "He must've accidentally bumped his elbow into something and hurt himself."
"Well he must've gotten over that pretty quick because he's back to making that rocking noise again," Futaba complained.
"Just let Riku have his fun, sweetie," Yuuki said.
"Alright," Futaba said, "But I want to know what he's doing in that room of his. Something's telling me it's more than just a game he's playing."
As Futaba went back to taking out the Doom Paws in her game, Mai just looked at both of her parents before thinking to herself, "Am I really the only one thinking he's getting fucked up there?"
Back upstairs, Riku and Nariko, still under the effect of the love potion, were making love in the spooning position. They wanted to switch positions before they had their well deserved climax. They were both laying on their sides with Riku positioned behind his girlfriend. He had one of Nariko's legs lifted up so he could move in and out of her with ease as he kissed her shoulders and the back of her neck. With his other arm, Riku wrapped it around his girlfriend so he could continue massaging her chest.
"Sir Riku, I'm getting so close!" Nariko exclaimed, "Tell me you're close too."
"I am, my love, I so am!" Riku replied.
"Then let's release together," Nariko said, "I want to feel Maiden Charmer twitch and convulse as you feel my insides do the same!"
"Oh, Lady Nariko," Riku moaned as he pounded himself into her as hard and fast as he could, "I love you so much!"
"I love you too, Sir Riku, my champion, my true love!" Nariko cried.
As soon as Nariko said that, both she and Riku came hard. Not wanting their moaning to give them away, Riku bit his lip while he covered Nariko's mouth with one of his hands. When it was all over, Riku pulled out of Nariko, removed his condom, and threw it away in a nearby wastebasket. The two of them laid side by side on Riku's bed panting for air, the love potion having worked its way out of their systems as the couple ditched their roleplaying personas and went back to plain old Riku and Nariko.
"Oh, Riku," Nariko swooned, her voice now lacking the British accent, "I think that was the best sex we've had so far. I never thought I'd enjoy roleplaying with you that much."
"I'm glad you liked it," Riku said, "And something about doing it while my family is still in the house, forcing me to be sneaky, made it all the more fun."
"Almost like a forbidden love?" Nariko asked.
"Exactly," Riku said.
"You think they heard us?" Nariko asked, "I think at some point we just stopped trying to be quiet, we were that deep in the throes of passion."
"Yeah, that…whatever it was we drank made everything feel more intense," Riku said, "We definitely have to drink more of that the next time we decide to shake the sheets."
"Maybe come up with some more roleplaying scenarios too?" Nariko asked.
"We'll see," Riku replied.
"Can you keep our little 'beverage' here?" Nariko asked, "It doesn't need to be refrigerated or anything, I found it sitting on my father's nightstand."
"But it's in one of your mom's water bottles?" Riku said, "Aren't you worried she's going to wonder where it went?"
"She has so many water bottles, Riku, I don't even think she'll know it's gone," Nariko said.
"If you say so," Riku said as he and Nariko got up and put their street clothes back on. Riku folded his and Nariko's costumes back up and put them away in his closet before grabbing the bottle containing the love potion and hiding it under the socks in his sock drawer.
"Well, I'd better get out of here," Nariko said as she finished tying her shoes.
"With any luck my folks should still be distracted with their game," Riku said, "I can sneak you out the front door so that way you don't have to climb out the window."
"That'd be great," Nariko said.
Riku quietly led his girlfriend out of his bedroom, back downstairs, and to the front door, his parents and sister none the wiser to what's going on around them.
"I'll text you later, babe," Riku said as he gave Nariko a kiss.
"Thanks, babe," Nariko replied, "And have a good trip this weekend. Give Kas, Uncle Ichiro, and Aunt Sumire my best."
"Can do," Riku said as Nariko walked out the door.
Riku closed the front door and locked it before heading over to the game room to join his parents and Mai in playing Howls of the Dominion. This time Mai was seen playing while Futaba and Yuuki watched.
"Alright, I'm here," Riku said as he sat down in a nearby bean bag chair.
"Got a good start on next week's internship assignment?" Futaba asked her son with a hint of suspicion.
"Oh yeah, I did," Riku said.
"You were making an awful lot of noise up there," Futaba said, "Was everything alright up there?"
"Yeah, I was just pacing the floor trying to think of cool and interesting names for a list of characters that the concept artists sent me," Riku lied.
"And what about that weird groaning sound we heard you make upstairs?" Futaba asked, making Riku panic on the inside.
"Uh, that was a groan of annoyance," Riku answered, "I just couldn't think of any names. Maybe the trip to the Tanaka's Lake House this weekend will clear my mind."
"Let's hope that it does," Futaba said, still suspicious about her son's behavior and the noises she heard in his room. Regardless, Futaba tried not to think about either at the moment, and decided to do something about it later on in the day when Riku and Mai go out for a quick supply run for their trip this weekend. In the meantime, she was just going to spend the rest of her morning playing Howls of the Dominion with her family, and having a damn good time doing it.