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Crossing Stars

Chapter Five: Response

She'd recognized him.

Touya leaned back against his couch, his hair still soaked after he'd washed out what was left of the black dye.

He'd been surprised when he'd finished his shopping and nearly run head first into the woman on his way home. He'd wanted to crack a joke about their paths crossing twice that night but he'd noticed her pale complexion and worried expression. Seeing the man following after her had left little for him to question.

For one reason or another she'd ditched her boring date and was clearly just trying to get home. Then some druggie saw her and decided to try his luck. Things ended peacefully this time but that really had been a close call. The bastard was within reaching distance of her by the time he ran into her.

Touya closed his eyes.

When she'd thanked him for saving her, he'd noticed the recognition flicker in her gaze. It'd honestly terrified him that she figured out who he was. He'd half expected her to start acting like the rest of his fans, pawing at him and touching him without permission. However she simply continued to pretend like she didn't know who he was and kept her hands to herself.

There was something utterly attractive about the way she blushed and flustered in his presence. He was so used to women forcefully trying to make physical contact with him that it'd been refreshing to meet someone who'd respected his personal space.

Touya groaned as he felt his penis give a hard and disappointed twitch.

He hadn't anticipated on her agreeing to have sex with him just after meeting him but he still felt the need to take his shot nonetheless. The woman had remained polite as she rejected him, still smiling and offering him her thanks for helping her out.

The way she'd bowed had given him a perfect view of her breasts and the black lace bra she'd worn beneath it.

He'd had sex a few times before. He had been in short term relationships that rarely lasted more than a few months due to his extreme work schedule. While he'd enjoyed his forage between the sheets with his girlfriends at the time, he'd never really been excited. It'd always felt like something he had to do to keep them satisfied. He rarely got much from it himself.

With this woman, her very presence was enough to make him lose track of everything else. His eyes were constantly drawn to the perfect shape of her figure and the voluptuous curves of her hips. Imagining himself between her thighs and thrusting within her with reckless abandon had overridden his every thought earlier.

Never, not even once, had he ever met anyone that'd managed to turn him on so easily. He believed that part of it was the fact that she had the perfect body. It was like meeting a centerfold model on the street. She was all curves and just the right amount of muscle tone. Everything about her was proportioned perfectly and he couldn't help but appreciate her physical beauty.

Touya breathed an exasperated sigh as his sex twitched even more insistently.

This was going to get annoying fast if he didn't deal with it though.

His hand lowered down towards the hem of his sweatpants, fully intent of stripping himself of the garments. However the familiar scratching of Ohagi's arrival made him stop.

Touya groaned as he stood up. He leg felt stiff while his body still twitched painfully for a release that would not come.

When he opened the door, Ohagi yowled at him.

He crouched down and plucked the familiar note from the cat's collar. The feline's eyes turned into narrowed slits as he continued to yowl—clearly displeased that he'd been sent as a messenger this late at night.

Touya laughed at the cat's behavior as he gave him a gentle scratch under the chin. Ohagi didn't latch onto him like last time, but his unhappy growling did grow louder.

He then moved to unfold the note and read through the letter.

It certainly was a sight to see! Ohagi is quite the character and a good judge of one too.

His smile softened as he read the next response.

I actually run insurance claims for pro heroes. It sucks but it pays well enough and my hours aren't too bad. Although hearing you talk about being too busy to have a pet of your own makes me feel a bit bad. I hope you at least enjoy your work. I personally would rather do something more physical, like exploring or mountain hiking. Would that count as a hobby though?

Yes, it most certainly would.

Touya laughed at the comical hand drawn thinking emoji she'd put beneath the text.

This girl was pretty cute. He'd never met her but she sounded fun to talk to.

He then moved on to read the final part of her message.

On that subject, what do you like to do in your time off? Mountain hiking is one thing for me but I also love the ocean. I swore that I would move by the sea if given the chance. So what about you?

Ps: Thanks for being so nice to Ohagi. I know he can be a bit of a gremlin.

-Kagome

He couldn't quite get over how unusual her name was. Her parents must've had some unique ways of picking their children's names.

His smile softened as he wrote his response in return.

He wasn't quite ready to give her his name yet, but he would enjoy this exchange for the time being. Besides, it was quite fun being able to look forward to the feline's arrival and seeing what Kagome sent him next.

Touya tied to letter to Ohagi and the cat gave another low and irritated meow, as if it'd felt that he'd taken too long to write it.

The small creature sauntered out of his apartment and back towards Kagome's home.

After securing his place once again, he glanced down at his still throbbing sex.

Who knows, maybe the woman from earlier was the same person as 'Kagome'. He never heard the plain bastard say her name so it was just a shot in the dark. That would be a perfect scenario though. The woman who's body could set him on fire and the one whom he'd been exchanging letters with being the same person sounded like a fun dream. Not realistic in the least but still fun all the same.

Touya sighed as his penis gave another incessant twitch.

It would seem that there would be only one way he'd be getting rid of this tonight.

Touya retreated into the bedroom as he stripped himself of his clothing.

Maybe he was more sexually frustrated than he realized if he reacted this strongly to a single stranger.

Regardless, he had to deal with this and get back to sleep. He had too much shit in the morning to deal with to risk losing out on his rest.

Touya sighed.

This had been one hell of a day.