It Happened On Halloween
Chapter Two Aftermath:
As the sun shone through the window filling the room with light, Akira woke to find himself alone. Last night had been an incredible blur of events. He had started his day out as usual with a frenzy of meetings and things to be taken care of. His day had been so jam packed that he had nearly forgotten about the Halloween party he and the other F4 were hosting, when his phone rang.
"Yo." was all the voice on the other line said.
"Yo Soujiro, whats up?" Akira asked glancing at the file before him.
"I need a favor, I can't make it to the party tonight can you let everyone else know? It's kind of a drag actually, I was beginning to enjoy the mystery behind the costumes."
Crap. He had completely forgotten it was a costume party.
"It slipped my mind, I haven't even gotten a costume yet." He had been so busy with work the last two weeks, that he barely had time for his personal life.
"You could have mine if you'd like, no reason for it to go wasted." Soujiro spoke into the phone.
"Thanks." Akira said rubbing his temple where a headache began to form."Why did we choose costumes again?"
Soujiro laughed as he began to speak. "Because we thought it would be funny to see Tsukasa try and dress Makino up as a princess." he said still laughing.
"Oh right." Akira began laughing at the thought of his friend trying to dress his tomboy girlfriend in a frilly princess dress.
Domyouji Tsukasa was one of his oldest and most hot-headed friends. he had recently begun dating Makino Tsukushi and were constantly at each others throats. They loved each other madly and had gone through hell and back to be together but were always arguing. She was a poor commener and his friend did not understand why she would not quit her job and let him take care of her.
After a few more moments of mindless conversation Akira hung up the phone. And thoughts of her began to flood his mind once again. For the last few months she had been all he could think about. Yuki.She was nothing like the type of woman he normally went for but she was constantly invading his thoughts. He had met her through Makino and she had become a good friend. She was not like the other women her age, she was more serious and mature. That must be one of the reasons she was so alluring to him.
His taste normally ran along the lines of older more refined women. Though they were only friends and she was in love with his best friend Soujiro, so why was he thinking about her all the time?
Akira had finished up his last meeting with just enough time to change and get to the hotel before the party began.
"Yo Akira, wheres Soujiro?" Tsukasa said, clearly annoyed over something.
"Hes not coming, he had something important come up." He noted as his friend's annoyance increased. "By the way wheres Makino?" Akira asked.
"DON"T EVEN GET ME STARTED!" his friend yelled as Rui just shook his head and laughed in amusement. "Can you believe that woman! She wouldn't even let me pick her up! She did not want me to see her costume, what kind of non-sense is that?!" Tsukasa growled out.
Akira laughed as he saw the visable anger seeping from every pore of his friend's being. the party had begun and the guests where arriving. He then saw Makino come in through the doors. He had to admit his friend had great taste, Makino looked excellent in her dress.
"Oi-" Tsukasa began and then stopped as he saw Tsukuhi enter the room.
"Are you happy now!?" Makino asked clearly frustrated at having to dress this way in public.
Akira looked over at Tsukasa as a fit of laughter escaped him. Tsukasa had this huge "I will do whatever you want" look on his face. He grabbed Tsukushi by the waist and said "You look gorgeous." before pulling her into a deep kiss.
After a few minutes Tsukushi pulled away blushing furiously. She smiled lightly while jabbing Domyouji in the ribs with her elbow. "Oi what was that for!?" Tsukasa asked while rubbing his side in pain. Tsukushi just kept smiling as Rui and Akira burst out into laughter.
"Makino wheres Yuki, shouldn't she be here by now?" Akira asked staring impatiently at his watch.
"I don't know. I spoke to her earlier and she told me she was coming, she should have been here by now." Tsukushi looked down at her watch.
Akira went to the staircase to talk to some of the guests that had just arrived. He had been talking to and old girlfriend when he saw her walk in. She looked beautiful in her geisha costume, and he wanted to go up to her and make sure no one else talked to her. What?! What in the world was going through his mind? He noticed her lock in on him and she began to walk towards him. When she got there the woman by his side had gone, and the next thing he knew, he felt her lips on his.
The kiss had taken him by complete and utter surprise. It started out slow but had quickly become heated and passionate, when he felt a desire he had never experienced before ignite his body. The kiss had left him feeling something new and unfamiliar to him. This was not the same shy and reserved Yuki he knew, this was a woman filled with passion. While he pulled away trying to speak, she placed a finger over his mouth as if willing him not to.
He grabbed her and once gain began kissing her with the same intensity as before. They had stopped kissing again as she grabbed his hand and lead him upstairs to one of the hotel's private suites. They quickly resumed where they had left off once behind the closed door.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Oh god what had he done, he thought as his memories of last night began to rush through his head. He had slept with Yuki, and it had been incredible. Being with her made him feel something he had never experienced with any other woman. Something that he wished to continue experiencing.
While on her walk to her to her job at the dango shop, Yuki began to replay last nights events over and over again in her head. She had spent the night with Soujiro, made him finally see her as the woman she was. Though part of her felt guilty for last nights actions were not those of her own, but of the alchol she had consumed earlier. Still stuck in her pensive thoughts Yuki opened the door to the dango shop and walked in.
"Yuki-chan, are OK?" Tsukushi asked with a concerned look on her face. "I didn't see you last night at the party, I was a little worried." Tsukushi said staring at her friend.
Darn,she had forgetten about Tsukushi being there this morning. "Gomen." Yuki bowed her head apologetically. "I did not feel to well so i decided to stay home." She grabbed a cloth and began her daily routine.
"Are you sure your fine, you seem a little stressed." Tsukushi did not take her eyes off Yuki. Her friend seemed a little more tense then normal, there had to be something going on.
"I'm fine Tsukushi-chan." Yuki continued washing down the tables as they heard the bell announce new costumers.
In walked the F4's two most notorious playboys, Mimisaka Akira and Nishikado Soujiro. Yuki had not been prepared for this, she had not expected to see Soujiro so soon, if at all. What was she to do now.
"Yuki-chan!" Soujiro greeted as he walked up to her. "How was the Halloween party last night? You must tell me all about it, I had meeting to attend and Akira isn't saying anything." He finished as he led her to one of the tables for them to talk.
What was he doing, how could he just act like that. Pretend that nothing had happened between them last night, how could he be so cold. He said that he hadn't even been there which she knew was a lie. Yuki had been with him nearly all night, how could he have acted such a way towards her last night and been so different now.
Yuki could not believe what she was hearing, this was just too much for her. She dropped the cloth from her hands and looked at Tsukushi "Gomen Tsukushi" she said before running out of the dango shop.
"Whats wrong with her?" She could still hear Soujiro say before she was out of ear shot.
Akira looked at his friends before heading outside to his waiting car. After getting in the car he gave his driver directions and told him to head to Yuki's house. Why had she run out like that, was there something bothering her? Akira was ultimatley confused by Yuki's actions, he had no clue as to what was going on with her. When half way to her house it had hit him like a bullet to the head.
He had been in Soujiro's costume. Yuki was in love with Soujiro and must have mistaken him for Soujiro. This situation has just become even more complicated than it was already to begin with. First he had to see Yuki, had to let her know that it was him she was with last night. He also had to know why he felt so possessive of her all of a sudden and why it bothered him like hell to see her with Soujiro