PART 23
AYA - SEPTEMBER 4TH
I groaned and looked down at my watch. Five more minutes. The girl had five more minutes.
"Ma'am, are you ready to order?" I glanced up at the waiter and smiled politely.
"Not just yet," I replied. "My companion's freshening up." He nodded knowingly and vanished back amongst the tables. I sighed and propped my chin up with my right hand. How the hell did Miki talk me into this anyway?
Oh, that's right. She guilt tripped me.
"The poor thing hasn't been out since that horrible break up. And, well... we both know you're not getting any, so I figured..." I could still see Miki's fake-innocent look. Ugh.
"Aya?" I glanced up in surprise at the figure standing next to my table, looking at me curiously.
"Hey! What are you doing here?" I asked. Goto grinned and flopped down in the chair across from me.
"Oh, I was just meeting Yossy down the street to give back her clothes."
"To give... What!?" I stared at her incredulously. Goto started laughing.
"It's not what you think!"
"I hope not! I'm still Mikitty's best friend after all!" I grinned.
"I know that!" she laughed and shook her head. "She puked on her clothes the night she got drunk and - "
"And then ran around like an idiot saying you'd slept together?" I offered.
"Exactly," Goto sighed and rolled her eyes. "Yeah, that was fun to deal with when I got home." She leaned conspiratorially across the table towards me. "Did you know your precious Mikitty was lying in wait for me when I got to my apartment?"
"What!?" I exclaimed, leaning in towards her. "How in the world did she get in?"
"She stole my spare keys from Yossy!"
"Oh my God, you're JOKING!" I looked her over. "And you're still walking?"
"She pinned me to the wall with her hand around my neck." My jaw dropped.
"That girl is crazy," I sighed. I glanced around the restaurant and leaned in even closer. "Speaking of that, you'll never guess why I'm here."
"She wants to get Friday'd again?"
"No," I laughed. "Miki set me up on the weirdest date ever."
"Date?!" Maki exclaimed, leaning back in her chair. She grinned. "Hmm... who's the lucky girl?"
"Trust me, you don't want to know," I groaned. I glanced over her shoulder. "Ugh, she's coming back."
"Hmm, guess I'll make myself scarce then," She stood up from her chair and paused thoughtfully. "You know... I don't have anything to do right now, so I think I'll just have a drink."
"Huh?"
"So, if a former Gomattou and Nochiura Natsumi member maybe needs some rescuing from a bad date... she could always send me a secret text message..." Goto winked and sauntered off towards the bar. I grinned after her as my... date came up to me and smiled.
"Sorry I took so long! I just couldn't tear myself away from the mirror!" Michishige flashed me a grin and sat down across from me.
"That's ok," I smiled weakly and sipped my water.
"Where was I? Oh! That's right!" Sayumi took a quick gulp of water. "So, I said to Eri, 'I don't know what you're talking about! JunJun and I are just friends!' and she says to me 'Then why was your hand on her butt after filming?!'. I mean, honestly!" She sighed dramatically. "Then I pointed out that Yoshizawa lets Fujimoto do it all the time and Eri said 'But Sayu, you're not Fujimoto' and I replied 'No, I'm much cuter.'"
"Right," I murmured as I discreetly slipped my phone out of my pocket.
"But you know all about that, Matsuura! You used to be almost as cute as I am!" She smiled sweetly.
"Aya! Thank God!!" Sayumi and I looked up as Goto rushed over to our table. Goto faltered a bit when she caught sight of Sayumi. "Uh... right. Aya, I locked myself out of my apartment. Do you still have my spare key?"
"Your... oh! Yeah! Of course. It's at my place, though." I lied smoothly.
"Oh, great. Can we go get it now? Sorry, but I have an appointment pretty soon..."
"Oh, ok." I turned to Sayumi and smiled apologetically. "Sorry, but duty calls."
"Oh, that's ok. It must be painful to look at someone as cute as me for so long anyway." Goto started coughing loudly as I smiled weakly and stood up. I could hear Sayumi chattering on her cell phone as we made our way out.
"MICHISHIGE!?" Goto practically screamed with laughter as we walked down the street.
"I KNOW!" I exclaimed, cracking up. She threw her arm up to hail a cab. "I don't know what in the world Tan was thinking."
"'I like to grope. Sayu likes to grope. Aya likes me. Aya will like Sayu.'?" Goto guessed as a cab pulled up. I shook my head. She smiled and opened the cab door for me.
"Did you want to share a cab?" I asked.
"Oh, I just live down the street. Have a nice evening, Aya." Goto winked.
"Thanks for rescuing me."
"Anytime," she grinned, shutting the door behind me.
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