Apartment Complex (H Street, London)When they arrived back to the apartment, an angry looking Yori sat on the porch, and Lila understood right away. "Word gets around too quickly in this town," then again Yori did know loads of people. It wouldn"t surprise her if Yori"s friends saw that scene. She tapped Haruka on the arm, and he nodded as they unlocked the door. He went to the other room while she leads Yori to the main room. Once they were alone, she looked over at her friend who looked like she was about to explode.
"This is why I told you why I told you to..."
Lila placed her fingers on her lips, "Ssh, he"s going to hear you."
Yori looked over at the door that separated them.
"What"s wrong if he does? Let him hear about you worrying about him cheating on you?"
Lila shook her head, "It"s not like that, I know he won"t cheat. But I just want to know when did they get so close to each other?"
"h.e.l.lo girl, it was probably right after that time. I told you to stay and listen!" Yori exclaimed flailing her arms around. She disliked this situation and yet had so much enthusiasm.
She played with the strand of her hair, "But, maybe they just got close because he"s been helping her move agencies."
"And he helped her switch to his?!! Lila, wake up. Something will happen between those two sooner or later."
"Is that really it?" Lila wondered. Though Haruka"s behaviour recently has been bizarre, Lula knew he wouldn"t do something like this. Her thoughts broke off when she felt Haruka"s arms wrapped around her.
"Aghh-! There you are."
Haruka ignored Yori, "She wanted to go to j.a.pan. So, this was the only thing I could come up with. Only my company offers such good deals for newbies."
"Ah," that"s true. Though Haruka"s company has a very shady reputation. More importantly, she likes the amount of attention he is giving her. Though he is hugging her from the back, Lila felt his gaze on her whole body.
"So that"s how you get her to believe you, arghh!" Yori seemed very frustrated.
"It"s not that, Ari just trusts me."
Of course, she does, they are a couple. If she doesn"t trust him who else would?
Yori sighed, "But Karas.h.i.+ma, I"m warning you. Don"t pull this sort of stunt when you return with Lila to Universal Star town okay?"
"what stunt?"
"This meeting with other girls thing, friends or not. It"s not just our circle of friends you have to worry about but the Austin Family etc., but I think you know this already."
Haruka wasn"t paying much attention since he was nuzzling his face into her hair, "Listen to me," Yori said raising her voice, "I"m serious, if you do all that stuff in town - the others will go after you. You two are dating now, and she even accepted your proposal. You have to think about your actions more."
"I"m not used to being restricted."
"It"s not a restriction, your together with Lila. Why do you even care about other people?"
Lila paused while she does understand where Yori is coming from. Yori can"t expect Haruka to change his whole life just to revolve around her.
"Haruka," she tugged on his hand, "Leave for a bit."
"You sure?"
Lila nodded, and she turned around to place a gentle kiss on his lips, "Yes."
"I"ll be over there if you need me," with those words said. Haruka swiftly left the room. The moment he did so, Lila turned to her friend.
"Yori."
"I know what you"re going to say that maybe I"m overreacting and all that. Maybe I am, but I can"t help it when I can see all the signs and y--"
"You"re right," Lila interrupted her.
"Huh?"
"You"re right; this is a bad sign. Haruka has to stop doing things like this. But it"s his life. That"s how he lived his life this whole time. Though it isn"t good sneaking around and all that, he probably didn"t think I"d be able to understand, he already knows my viewpoint on the whole bar scene," Lila explained, that"s right. That"s why he kept it quiet. Whenever Haruka would rush off somewhere, it looked like he wanted to say something to her.
. .....
When Yori left, she found Haruka in the room, Lila crawled up on the bed and snuggled into his arms, "Everything okay?"
"Mmm, we were talking about how much of a jerk you are. But I can"t help but love you."
Haruka laughed, "I see."
"But, I genuinely am worried okay? You can have female friends, but there have to be some boundaries. Like no touching, no nicknames..."
Haruka smiled, "Did that ring a bell? You used to call me that."
Lila paused to think, now that she thought about it. She nodded, "The nickname is off limits."
"Since you say so," he seemed delighted that she took the imitative to cuddle up to him. No, pleased that for once it was her who was touching him. Lila didn"t understand it herself, but before she knew it, she was tracing his bare chest with her hands, "Mmm, feels good."
Lila rolled her eyes, "If this can seduce you, then your a helpless case," she was barely doing anything and yet she felt his body tense up, "It"s no wonder girls can latch themselves on to you."
"Well, they do say I get turned on quite quickly."
She hits him, "Then did you get turned on when that girl hugged you?"
When he took a moment to respond, Lila frowned, "Haruka."
"Sorry, she sorta reminds me of you. You know, before we started dating."
So that"s why he"s attracted to Aizawa Mei? Lila knew she should be flattered that the reason is because of her and yet, "I don"t like it."
"I see, alright," Haruka nodded, "I get it."
Does he really? Well, as long as he vaguely understands. Lila stared at him and really stared, "Haruka, I have a question."
"Yes?"
"Do you really only think of s.e.x?"
Haruka chuckled, "What do you think?" Lila nodded, and Haruka sighed, "Dearest, you nodded to that too quickly."
"But I can"t help it."
"It"s only because of you," Haruka admitted, "Only you," she wanted to ask him for more details, but of course he wasn"t having it.
....
The next morning, the morning of their last day in London. Lila wanted to have a jog around the city; however, Haruka insisted that they stay inside. His reason being, "all sorts of weirdos are awake this hour," but the reality is, "I want to have more s.e.x," last night - or rather yesterday wasn"t enough for him. Of course, Lila expected this. The tournament last day doesn"t start until 9am; it"s only 5 am, they still have a good four hours — two which will be spent on her hair and makeup.
Lila decided to fix up an arrangement, so she sat down in the living room on the stool in front of the piano. It didn"t take long before somebody joined her there. Haruka, he was half asleep still. So Lila didn"t think he would bother her too much.
Hands wrapped around hers, neck buried against hers, Lila turned to her boyfriend, "Are you going to let me fix my arrangement?"
"Letting you."
She rolled her eyes, "No, you"re distracting me," it doesn"t help how even the slightest touch from him distracts her.
"Isn"t this because you like it when I touch you?"
"Well," Lila paused. That"s the truth, isn"t it? "I like being touched, but I"d also like some help?"
His expression turned serious like it always did when it came to music, "Which part?"
"Here," Lila said.
This song wasn"t for the tournament, so it was okay for her to show Haruka. Why is she working on this song on the morning of the tournament? It"s because of her busy schedule. Her revealing her ident.i.ty when she returned home will be hectic - those series of interviews, conferences followed by well all the work she missed out on.
"These two lines are unnecessary."
"Eh, but.."
"No protesting, listen," Haruka took her hands and started moving them on the piano, "Does this sound good to you?"
It did initially when she played on the guitar. But now that Haruka was playing it on the piano, Lila shook her head, "No."
"Then, don"t make such a clumsy mistake. Geez," Haruka lectured. Haruka is scolding her. For some reason, that makes her happy.
"..."
Lila stared at him, and Haruka paused, "Are you listening?"
"Haruka, I think I have a fetish."
Haruka deeply sighed, "Okay, dear, what is it now?"
"I like it when you scold me."
Haruka looked at her with a troubled expression, "Dearest Ari, do you know what that sounds like to me?"
"What it sounds like?"
He whispered a few things in her ear, and it didn"t take long before her face turned beet red. Uwaahh-- is that what it would sound like to others if she said it in public? How embarra.s.sing?