Rent a Girlfriend: Sometimes Be Careful What You Wish For (Short Story) Part 1
Characters:
Kazuya Kinoshita
Chizuru Mizuhara
Mami Nanami
Ruka Sarashina
Sumi Sakurasawa
Nagomi Kinoshita
Yoshiaki Kibe
Shun Kuribayashi
Sayuri Ichinose
Two Weeks After 12:
To say that Chizuru was in a bad mood would be considered an understatement. She had gone to visit her Grandmother and to her frustration. She had to once more lie to her Grandmother about her relationship with Kazuya. Just to keep up with the reoccurring lie that they were a couple. She was tired of it and she was tired of him. For the past year, every time she went to visit her Grandmother it was getting more and more difficult to come up with excuses on why he did not come with her for the visit. Each time resulted in her lying to her Grandmother over and over again. Then there was the other resulting problems that had arisen because of this. She had to worry about having someone see her doing her Job as a Rental Girlfriend. Too many believed that she was Kazuya's Girlfriend and after Mami had discovered the secret. She had something else to worry about. As she stalked back towards her Apartment. She was utterly fuming with anger, frustration and annoyance. To Compile onto her problems and the stress she was under was increased due to what had happened at Rehearsal today. She had blown her lines and the Director had chewed her out over it and the reason she had blown her lines was that instead of memorizing them last night. She had to deal with another issue caused by Kazuya. Nearing home, she did not notice someone in the Shadows watching her. Though most would not because he was an Angel. A mystical being sent from Heaven and was tasked with helping those that needed a certain push or to give some an added amount of hope. His attention was on Chizuru waiting for the right moment to provide what he and the fates believed she most needed. Just as Chizuru started up the steps, she stopped and glared at Kazuya's door of his Apartment. When he stepped out of his Apartment carrying a trashbag. "Oh good evening Misuhara. How are you doing today?" He asked her with a small smile and at that moment she lost it. Deciding to vent her displeasure at him for causing most of her recent and past problems.
"How am I doing? I got yelled at today by the Director for blowing my lines! Instead of memorizing them last night...I had to pretend to be your Girlfriend because your Grandmother wanted us to go with her to dinner! Then I had to once more lie to my own Grandmother. Which I despise doing all in account of having to pretend that I am your Girlfriend. So I am not in any mood to deal with you tonight! In fact...I hate you for causing all of...! I hate you...I hate you...I hate you so much and...I...I wish I never met you and I wish you were just gone! That you never existed so that I never had to have all of these problems that you are the cause of!" Chizuru yelled and stormed into her Apartment leaving Kazuya heartbroken over what she had said. As she slept, a ghostly man appeared into her dreams. He told her that her wish has been granted and she had to live with what that meant.
Altered Moment:
Awakening in the morning, Chizuru felt refreshed and felt extremely better. Heading for the Bathroom, she could not help but overhear music blaring from next door at Kazuya's Apartment. "That is all I need this morning...Guess I will have to ask him to turn that crap down." She said as she climbed into the shower to get ready for the day. After eating and drinking coffee, she headed out of her Apartment and stopped briefly at Kazuya's Door to complain about the loud music. First touching the buzzer and when he did not answer. She knocked. When the door opened, she nearly fell backwards from the smell and odors that engulfed her. "What do you want?" A middle aged man asked as he glared at her with nothing on but a ragged red robe. Inside a woman's harsh voice yelled from the bathroom. "Who is at the door...Chin?" Standing there Chizuru stared at the Man with her mouth gaped open in shock. "It is that girl from next door...Listen Girly...If you got a problem with us...Talk to the Manager. Now unless you want something else more...from me. Then go away." The man then slammed the door shut before Chizuru could inquire about Kazuya.
"What is going on? Where did Kazuya go? He would have told me if he was moving. I just saw him last night when I...He could not move out that quickly and that Horrible Man could not move in as fast as that." Chizuru said as she climbed down the stairs utterly confused and shocked over her encounter with those strangers. Nearing the Campus, she saw Shinbo and Kawanaka and they both smiled and waved at her.
"Good morning Chizuru...So what's up? You look a little more frazzled today then normal." Shinbo said as Chizuru neared them. She smiled at them.
"Oh I just had a strange encounter back at my Apartment." Chizuru said and gestured over her left shoulder towards her Apartment Building that really could not be seen in the distance.
"Really? What happened? Wait is it that rude couple that you have as neighbors?" Kawanaka asked and Chizuru looked at her oddly.
"Yes...How do you know about them?" Chizuru asked and her two friends looked at her utterly confused.
"What are you talking about? You told us those...That those people moved in two months ago and you have had nothing but problems with them." Shinbo replied wondering if Chizuru was not feeling well or something.
"No wait. Kazuya was living there until last night. Though I have no idea how he moved out so quickly and those strangers moved in so fast." Chizuru said and again her friends looked at her oddly.
"Uhm...Chizuru...Who is this Kazuya? I never heard of someone by that name." Shinbo asked and Kawanaka nodded with agreement as Chizuru gasped. Then when she saw Kibe and Kuri, she went to find out what was going on and where was Kazuya. While her friends followed her both concerned.
"KAZUYA...We don't know anyone named Kazuya." Kuri and Kibe told her and Chizuru felt faint. She paled and began to waver back and forth.
"What is going on? Where is Kazuya? Why doesn't anyone know who I am talking about?" Chizuru asked herself. She had left the others and as she walked she pulled out her Cellphone. At first she could not find Nagomi Kinoshita on her Call List and had to instead look up the Elderly Woman's Phone Number on Social Media. When she called the older woman and when Nagomi had no idea who she was. She panicked and had to sit down on a bench to calm herself. Then after asking about Kazuya and if the older woman might know where he is. Her panic turned into something more dire.
"He is where he always has been for the past almost 20 years." Nagomi told her sadly over the phone and then gave Chizuru the address of where Kazuya was. It took her an hour to reach the address and another hour to reach where Kazuya was.
Standing before the Grave Stone, Chizuru dropped to her knees and with tears in her eyes read the engravement on the Stone. KAZUYA KINOSHITA. "He...He died at birth! No! What is going on? Why is this happening?" She asked out loud and at that moment her Cellphone rang. With shaking hands she looked at the screen and saw that it was the Emerald Dynasty Rental Girlfriend Agency. So she answered it wondering why they were calling her.
"MIZUHARA! Where the fuck are you? You are late for your Scheduled Booking!" An angry voice yelled over her phone at her.
"What are you talking about?" Chizuru asked somewhat annoyed at whoever was calling her right now. The person on the phone growled.
"Listen...You are late and you need to get to the..." She could hear some papers being rustled. "The Good Fortune Hotel...Remember they paid for the works so make sure to give them a really good time." The man stated and Chizuru paled.
"WHAT? What do you mean a really good time?" Chizuru asked feeling appalled over what perhaps that meant. The Man became even more impatient sounding.
"What do you think it means? Sex...Fuck them into a stupor...That is what these men are going to pay you for. So get your ass there now or you are done working for me." The Man said and Chizuru felt utterly sickened over what the Man had just told her. She hung up the Phone and sat back onto the cold stone covered ground. Shaking her head. Then looked at the Grave Stone again.
"What...How is this happening? Please tell me Kazuya how...how this happened? I need you to tell me. To help me." Chizuru said to the Grave Stone as she began to cry uncontrollably. Putting her hands onto a small prayer bench, she placed her face onto her hands and continued to cry. Wanting this nightmare to be over. Then she felt not the stone under her hands but a soft cushion and someone was stroking her head. At first she prayed it was Kazuya. But when she looked up, she saw that it was an elderly man that seemed to be glowing. What really shocked her was the Man had Wings. Sitting up she stared at the man wide eyed.
The Arrival of an Angel:
"Your wish had been granted. Kazuya is no longer here to cause you any problems." The Man said to her and Chizuru stared at the man wide eyed. It took her several moments to be able to speak.
"Are you telling me...That...I wished for him to be..." Chizuru pointed at the Grave Stone. "I would never truthfully wish for that. For him to never be there...To be there for me." She said sadly and the Man smiled.
"Oh but you did. Remember. You said...I hate you so much and...I...I wish I never met you and I wish you were just gone! That you never existed so that I never had to have all of these problems that you are the cause of!" The Man said and Chizuru paled.
"Who and what are you?" Chizuru asked pulling back from the Man even further. The Man smiled.
"I am an Angel and my Name is Samuel. You see my...Well my job is to...give certain people a little push. To...at best let them understand the why and how some things can result in others...To guide them in there times of strife and need. Now to do that for you...I believed that it was best to just grant your wish. Kazuya is gone...He did not and will not cause you any more problems." Samuel said and Chizuru gasped moving her hands to cover her mouth. "You see I let you remember him...So you could learn just how important he is to you. How as much as he...Caused you problems...he also was there to add...Let's say a challenge to your life. Without him there...Your present is not that...acceptable is it?" He asked her and Chizuru shook her head.
"Can you tell me how...How not meeting him and then him being there...led to me having such Horrible Neighbors and me...and me becoming nothing more then a...Prostitute?" Chizuru asked and began to wonder what else was effected because she never met Kazuya. He never rented her and she never had to pretend to be his Girlfriend for over a year. Samuel smiled.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Samuel asked and Chizuru nodded. "Okay...Well without him alive to rent you...Your life took a different path. For one...Your Grandmother never really became friends with his Grandmother. She instead became more and more recluse and about eight months ago you had to have her placed into a Senior Rest Home because her health had diminished. Which costs more then she is able to afford. So you were forced to go on additional Rental Dates to cover the added expense. Completely giving up on becoming an Actress." He took a breath and closed his eyes briefly. "Unfortunately your Clients stopped renting you...For you had become...In a word Jaded towards them. But you still needed money and since the Diamond Agency could no longer find any Clients willing to rent you. You had to switch to another Agency. One that you have now found out is just a front for...Well you know now what they want you to do and what you have done." Chizuru swallowed heavily and once more felt like crying.
"Are you saying I am...I had to...That I...have become...?" Chizuru asked and Samuel nodded. "I became a whore...I sold myself for the past..." She whispered looking at her Cellphone and saw that it had been about half a year that she now worked for the Emerald Agency. "Six Months."
"Yes and there is more that you should know...You are Pregnant...And you do not know who the real father is. But you do believe it could be the Middle Aged Banker that you were with or it could be one of the three Men that Rented you for an entire evening." Samuel told her and Chizuru touched her stomach. She could feel the small bump there. Feeling ill she felt like throwing up. Seeing her despair Samuel placed a consoling hand onto her right shoulder. "Do not loose heart Child...I know it all looks bleak and...You do have a choice. That is if you want to take it." Chizuru looked up at him and it became clear to her what he was offering. To have Kazuya back and she wanted that desperately. Silently swearing if she could have him back, then everything from this point on would be different.
"Can I make another wish? I want Kazuya back! I need him back! I need him in my life. I never realized how important he is to me. So please bring him back. I beg you. I cannot...This cannot be my life and...and I...know now that I cannot...I know now that I am in love with him." Chizuru pleaded and Samuel smiled at her.
"If that is what you wish...Then it will be granted. But you will remember this and I hope you have learned from this." Samuel said and before Chizuru could say anything else. Everything went dark.
Back to What Should be:
Awakening in her Bed, Chizuru looked about her Apartment and then sat up briskly. Breathing hard, she quickly got out of bed and after putting a robe on. Left her Apartment and went to Kazuya's door. Touching the buzzer she stood there anxiously. "Please be there. Please be there." She whispered and when the door opened to reveal that it was Kazuya. She could not contain her delight that it was him. Throwing her arms over his shoulders she hugged him aggressively. "OH THANK GOD...IT IS YOU!" She said loudly and then began to cry with relief as she hugged a startled and confused Kazuya.
"Uhm Mizuhara...What is going on?" Kazuya asked utterly perplexed on what was happening as he held his arms outward as Chizuru hugged him harder. She sniffled and buried her head into his left shoulder.
"Don't ever leave me! Don't ever ever leave me ever again. I need you in my life and I...I am sorry I said that I wished I never met you. That...That I wanted you gone. That you never existed. I didn't mean that and...and please just...hold me." Chizuru said still crying as he slowly put his own arms around her. Amazed how good she felt. He began to gently stroke her back and she continued to cry. While she cried in relief that he was not gone. She began to wonder if what she had experience had been a dream. Or if she just imagined the whole thing because she felt guilty that she had said that to him. Then thought about how real it felt and decided that she could not let something like that ever happen to her. Not wanting to lose Kazuya and wanting to make sure that nothing took him away from her ever again. Whatever that was. If it had been real or some type of premonition. She was not about to take a chance that she could loose him. She decided that she no longer wanted to not embrace the feelings she had for him. Now as she realized that and she was no longer as upset. She slowly parted from Kazuya and used her robe sleeve to wipe the moisture from her face and eyes.
"Are you alright Mizuhara?" Kazuya asked her with concern and a bit of shock on how she had basically hugged the stuffing out of him for a good half hour. She shook her head.
"No I am not alright. I had a terrible...Dream and in that dream I have discovered clarity and now that I realize that...I cannot...I need you...Kazuya...I do not know how to tell you how much but..I..I...Oh SCREW IT!" Chizuru said those last two words loudly as she lunged at him again. Putting her arms over his shoulders and then kissed him roughly. Driving him back into his Apartment and knocking him onto the floor as she continued to kiss him. Pulling back some, she stared directly into his eyes intently. "Listen...I...I love you! I have fallen in love with you and...and I need you to...Do you love me Kazuya?" She asked him and he smiled.
"Of course I love you Miz...Chizuru. I have for quite a long time. From way back after we came back from the Beach" Kazuya told her and that was all she needed to hear. As she kissed him again. After several minutes, Kazuya could not take much more of the discomfort he was feeling on his back and the back of his head. "As much as I do not want this to stop...I think I bumped my head on the floor and I am starting to feel...The floor is really uncomfortable." He said to her regretfully and Chizuru smiled. Getting off him, he sat up and she clasped his right hand tightly in hers.
"I really need to...tell you something. I...I know it will sound...But I really had a bad...Well it was a really bad dream and I really need you to...be here for me." Chizuru said blushing slightly as he nodded. They moved over to his table and she sat right up next to him. Lifting his right arm and draping it over her shoulders. While still holding his hand. She leaned against him and sighed contently. "Now let me tell you about...The dream I had." She then told him all that had happened and how badly her life had turned out without him in it. At the end, she was lightly crying again and he gave her as much comfort as he could.
"It was only a dream Chizuru...But I am not complaining if it means I can be with you and it is kind of nice to know...You really do love me don't you?" Kazuya asked and Chizuru scowled at him. Reaching up with her right hand across from her to plunk him in the forehead.
"Of course I do...I said I did, didn't I." Chizuru stated with some annoyance and then smiled closing her eyes as she sat there. The Dream was still fresh in her mind and it had been so extremely disturbing. That she just could not bring herself not to have him next to her. After some time it dawned on her. "Shit...I am still in my Pajamas and my Robe." She thought as she looked down at herself. "I think I need to take a shower and get changed into something other then my Pajamas." She said to him and Kazuya smiled.
"Okay...If you would like I could make us something for Breakfast." Kazuya suggested and Chizuru shook her head.
"No." Chizuru said and Kazuya looked at her. "No...I do not mean that...You can make breakfast...But...I know this will sound...a little strange...Could you...Come with me? I do not want...I need you to stay with me until I am...I am worried that...I can't be alone right now." She blushed heavily and felt really embarrassed. But she just could not get the memory of that Dream out of her mind yet. He blushed as well and he slowly nodded.
"Sure...I guess I could." Kazuya said and Chizuru sighed with relief. Then they both stood and she led him to her Apartment. This would be the first time he ever went into her Apartment and he was feeling a little nervous. Going inside she had him sit in her Recliner Chair.
"I am going to take a quick shower...Please don't...You know try to sneak a peak." Chizuru said and inwardly she would not mind if he did.
"I would not do that and you know it." Kazuya quickly said and she smiled at him.
"I know...I just wanted to hear you say...I trust you Kazuya...A lot." Chizuru took some clothes with her and went into the Bathroom. Glancing back at him a couple of times. "Please don't leave and...and please don't disappear on me." She said anxiously.
"I will be right here...I promise." Kazuya told her holding up his right. "I swear nothing will make me leave you...Ever." She smiled and went inside the Bathroom. She took the quickest shower she ever had taken before and then dressed as fast as she could. Still buttoning her shirt as she left the bathroom and when she saw Kazuya still sitting there she visibly relaxed.
"Now you said something about making me breakfast." Chizuru said with a small smile. Spending the rest of the day with him, she began to slowly no longer was so concerned about the nightmare she had. What had really made her afraid was when she looked up the Emerald Agency, she had found that they were under investigation by the Police for Promoting Prostitution. Sure she had heard of the Emerald Agency. it had tried to recruit her about a year ago and the only reason she had not switched was she was content working for the Diamond Agency. She no way knew that the Girls working for them were having sex for money until she had looked it up now. So she had to admit that the Dream had been real. That there had been an Angel that had granted that wish that Kazuya was gone and she never really met him. That evening as she again sat next to him, this time in her Apartment. She looked over at him as they watched TV. "Kazuya...You do know that...We are a couple now...Right?" He looked over at her and smiled.
"Of course...I kind of figured that out this morning." Kazuya said as a Commercial aired and Chizuru smiled back at him.
"I should tell you...Sure I am an experienced Amateur Rental Girlfriend...Like I told you once...Love is important and since we both love each other. But I have never been in a real Relationship before...So I have no idea what it means to be in one." Chizuru admitted and Kazuya chuckled.
"Well...I really don't either. I do not count what I had with Mami...because after being with you...I know for certain that...She was never really my Girlfriend. She never...really loved me as much as I thought I was in love with her. So this will be unexplored territory for me too." Kazuya said and Chizuru leaned heavily sideways against him. Unable to keep his eyes open hours later he looked from the TV Movie that was on over at Chizuru. Noticing she had dozed off. So without disturbing her, he reached behind him for the Cushion he had been sitting against and placed it besides him. Lightly and gently inched himself from her leaning on him. Easing her down to lay on the Cushion. She did not seem to awaken and so he sighed with relief. About to stand up and leave. She reached out and clasped his left wrist.
"Don't go...Stay here with me." Chizuru whispered blushing madly. She guided him back down next to her and he laid down face up and she put her head onto his left side of his chest with his left arm under her head. Placing her right arm across him. He nervously swallowed and felt lightheaded on how close she was to him. Looking partially down at her and noticed that she had drifted once more asleep. It took him almost two hours to relax enough to go to sleep as well and during the night he only lightly slumbered. Too nervous and anxious to really sleep soundly. Snuggling closer to him in the middle of the night, Chizuru awoke and opened her eyes. She felt comfortable and really did not want to let go of the warm body that she was pressed against. Though the hard surface of the floor and the angle that she was lying in was causing her to feel a little stiff. "Kazuya...Kazuya are you awake?" She said softly to him.
"Yes." Kazuya replied. "Uhm...Maybe I should leave and go back to my own Apartment?" He asked her reluctantly and she shook her head.
"No. But I...Would it be alright if we...move over to my bed?" Chizuru suggested and Kazuya paled at what that implied. Slowly getting up, they both moved over to her bed and once Kazuya laid down she joined him. Once more cuddling up against him with her head now on his arm near his shoulder. She immediately went to sleep while again he just could not settle down enough to fully sleep. How could he sleep. He was in the same bed with the Girl he was so head over heals for that he just could not stop his heart from pounding in his chest. So he decided to count the ceiling tiles and then recount them and then again. After reaching over two thousand he slowly dozed off.
To be continued: