Yep another chap from Ai POV which means answers to some previous questions and probably also...some new questions
Well anyway enjoy and please....don't worry about Gaki
The Morning After
stage 2
I am kissing Reina’s cute tummy. She is squealing and giggling. It’s definitely her weak spot...She is extremely ticklish here...
“OHAYO!!!” I straighten up in shock at the sound of this happy scream, but quickly snuggle into Reina again as I realize that we just got caught...
“Rei...” Kame stops in her tracks. I’m pressing my face against Reina’s stomach trying hard not to burst into laughter.
“Who is there?” Sayu trails off.
I wonder if they do this everyday, bursting into Tanaka’s room without even knocking...
“Ano...” My younger bedmate...I mean bandmate...mutters. She is probably in deep shock. So I settel down as I have to help her.
“Ohayo guys.”I simply greet them with a bright smile on my face.
What else couldI say?
“It’s not what you think we will explain” And then what?Something like
“Reina felt sick so I came to check up on her” or
“she had a nightmare”? It certainly wouldn’t work. They aren’t maybe the smartest members in Morning Musume but they are enough intelligent to figure out what two naked girls in bed were doing...Besides if it’s them there is nothing to worry about.
I look at Eri, she is showing me something with her finger.
“Oh.” I wipe my mouth. I must have spat myself while I was trying not to laugh.
Well, Kame and Sayu don’t bother to control themselves....
“Nee...Sayu looks like not only we had fun tonight.”
“...” Seems like not only I and Reina have our dirty little secrets...
“But honestly I would never guess that it’ll be Ai who will take her innocence.”
Oh yeah? Well, the same goes for you Sayu. I would never think that you will cross that line with Eri...
“Oh just shut up and get lost!” Reina aims a pillow at the intruders.
Look who came back our Yankee princess...
“Hai, hai but don’t be late for breakfast.” The pillow lands back on the bed and the giggling duo leave us alone.
“Now where were we?” Reina attempts to steal my kiss but I put out her burning passion laying my index finger on her lips.
Somehow Sayu and Eri have turned my “punctual leader mode” on.
“They are right, we have to get ready. We can’t be late for the rehearsal.” She is very displeased with my actions but I jump off the bed anyway and try to ignore her disappointed face.
We simply don’t have time for this. We have to be on time or our manager will be pissed off and of course he will blame me for everything as I’m the leader...
I keep on looking for my clothes. I can’t find my bra which seems to worsen the situation that I’m in...I bend down to chcek under the bed.Here it is.Wait... what is this?It’s some kind of magazine. I peer to see it’s name...No way! It’s my photobook “19”! But why is she keeping it under the bed?I keep hers in the drawer next to the bed...
“But we still have an hour, right?”
“Yeah, but we have to take a shower, dress up and eat breakfast.” Gosh, Reina, don’t make it harder...
“We can skip the breakfast....” She must be joking...
“And then what faint at practise?” I retort.
“So maybe we can take a quick shower together?” She hugs me from behind and pulls her warm body closer to mine.
Hmmm...Wet, naked, Tanaka under the shower with me...Wait is this some kind of a game? Like can you fight the temptation,huh?Yesterday I lost... Her kiss pushed me over the edge and I was no longer able to control myself...But ok Reina I accept your challenge again.
“A quick shower? Why I have the feeling that it won’t be quick?”
“No. It won’t be long I promise.” Come on, after what we did yesterday you expect me to belive this? You keep my photobook under the bed. You look through my pictures where on some I’m wet and only in my swimsuit everynight and now you are trying to persude me that you wouldn’t do anything...You must be punished for lying to me...
I slam her against the bed.
“So what are you trying to say is that while we would be under the small shower both wet and naked you wouldn’t want to make out with me?”I tease her but give her a second chance at the same time. She just has to admit the truth....
“I promise I won’t touch you.” Wrong answer, you lose...
“Good so you won’t have anything against if I just leave now and take the shower by myself.” I wink at her and get back to dressing up.
“But...But I promise I won’t do anything, it will be a quick shower and then we can go for breakfast together.” She is cute with that desperate look of hers. Begging Reina is indeed a rare sight...Ok you almost got me but I’m positive that if I gonna take this shower with you now it will be the longest lasting shower in my life.
“Ok let’s say that I belive you.” The expression on her face when she thinks she won it’s just priceless.” But...I’ve never said that I wouldn’t do anything right?” I pat her head and give her a big smile.
Is it really ok to be so cruel?Well, she asked for it. She wasn’t honest with me and was scheming an evil plan against me...
“Ano...”She stiffens gaping at me.
“And by the way,you are really bad at lying.”
Game over Tanaka. Don’t take it personally though.I still love you so don’t worry we will make up for the lost time. However, now I have to go...
“Wait! There is one more thing I want to ask about.” Oh right she probably wants to know...
“Where have I learned those things? Hi-mi-tsu. See ya! Chu~” I shut the door.
Gosh...I can’t tell her. Not now, not yet...
I’m about to enter my room when I hear a quiet squeak.Turning around to localize it’s source I notice...Gaki! She is leaving Koharu’s room! Oh my God! Has she really listened to my advice? Were they talking the whole night? I am...I am stunned.
“Gaki-san?”I ask like I wouldn’t recognize her or haven’t seen her for years.
“Ai-chan?” Funny her reaction is exactly the same.
I’m so confused that I don’t know what to say...
“Ohayo.” I decide to simply greet her.
“O-ohayo.” She looks down and flushes.
She hasn’t done that thing which I think she did, has she? I mean I have nothing against her feelings for Kusumi but she is only fifteen...
“So I think...I will go now...” She mutters awkwardly.
What?! Wait you little miss “you never listen to me Ai”, explain yourself!
“Ano...” Too late she vanishes behind her room doors. Great when I was thinking about being a role model I didn’t mean to be that kind of a role model...
I take a quick shower trying hard not to think about how stupid I’m being so serious about my job. If I weren’t so stubborn Reina would be here with me...Or rather I would be there with her...Ugg...I can’t turn back time so I just have to be patient and wait for another occassion to come. Now when I finally accepted my feelings towards her and I know that she feels the same way about me I don’t have to worry or hold back myself, right? I can show her my true self... I stare at my refelection in the mirror and grin. Another leader is getting herself into trouble, huh? It became a tradition....Gosh Gaki will kill me...Or I will kill her...
***
It’s 8:20 normally at this hour Gaki drops in and we go for breakfast together.Oh well, I will just go by myself then...
I enter the restaurant and to my surprise Risa is already sitting there. What’s more Koharu is with her. They are both lost in thought but since they sit next to each other it must mean that everything between them is ok. At least I think so...
I join them, but they seem not to notice my presence at all.
“Gaki why didn’t you come for me?” No response... ”Gaki-san?” So that’s how Risa feels when I don’t listen to her...
“Nevermind.” I sigh in resignation. My spirit goes high again when I see Reina in the entrance.
“Reina~!”I cry as loud as I can hoping that maybe my scream will wake up Gaki by chance.
I point at the empty chair next to me. She hesitates and looks around but eventually joins us.
“Ohayo.” She greets Koharu and Gaki but she is also ignored. However she isn’t as understanding as I’m and she won’t let them go away with ignoring her...
“Reina said ohayo!” I can’t help but to laugh. She is so predictable...Nevertheless she was totally unpredictable tonight...
“Oh gomenasai Tanakacchin. Ohayo.” Risa is first to break the silence.
“Ohayo.” Koharu mutters still staring at the wall. Reina looks at me expecting some kind of explanation.
I only shrug and smile. I also would like to know what’s going on so I take the matter into my hands.
Hmmm...What question would make them wake up immediately...Have you slept together? Nah too direct...
“So girls, did you sleep well?” I ask slyly. They both jerk and flush.
Bingo! Gotcha!
“Ano...Hai.”
Oh my God I’ve never seen Risa being so embaressed in my life! Red Mame-chan...Koharu just nods and looks down. Ok something certainly has happened between those two. I think I even know what...And yet I thought that Gaki is a responsible type. Guess I was wrong...And what’s up with Reina? Spacing out and blushing all of sudden. Maybe my question brought back memorise to her about ours yesterday’s actions...
I gently stroke her tight to assure her that it wasn’t our last time. She wears shorts so the reaction is immediate...She gives me a “what-the-hell-look”...Definitely I wasn’t suspecting that kind of a reaction...I quickly withdraw my hand.
Maybe she is mad cause I put off our “shower scene”?...
“Ai-chan can we talk?”Gaki interrupts my thinking. At last, I thought she would never ask this question.
“Hai. Excuse us.” I follow Risa to her room.
“Ai-chan...” She begins nervously, not making an eye contact. ”I’ve done something terrible to Koharu.”
So after all she did that! And I was hoping that maybe it’s only my overactive imagination...But how could she? Our Miracle-chan is so young...
“I can’t believe this Risa.” I frown at her.
“So you know?” She asks, disbelieving my words.
“Of course I know I saw you when you were leaving her room don’t you remember?” I retort.
“Oh right...You probably guessed by yourself as you know me so well.” She hangs her head down again.
“Yeah, but you know what? I thought that you are more responsible.” I shake my head in disapproval.
“I’m so sorry. I don’t know what has gotten into me. I went to her room yesterday evening to talk with her but she was already sleeping. She was so cute and adorable that I couldn’t resist.” She tries to explain herself but she only makes her situation worse.
“You did that when she was sleeping?!” Wait, do I even know you? Cause I start to doubt this...
“Mmhm...”She nods almost unnoticeably. ”But she woke up during it.”
“WHAT?! Gaki do you even listen to your own words? Of course she would wake up who wouldn’t?!”
“Gosh Ai-chan. I know I’ve done wrong but you don’t have to make it sound like I’ve raped her or something. I’ve just kissed her. Don’t you think, you are exaggerating?"
“What did you just say?”I ask calmly.
“That you are exaggerating?”She says sheepishly as if scared fo me.
“No before that.”
“Don’t you think?”
“No even before.” It’s surprising how slow on the uptake she can be sometimes.
“I’ve just kissed her?”
“...”Is she kidding me? She is so nervous,desperate, she gave me almost a heartattack and all this because she did something so innocent like kissing Koharu in her sleep. Ha...Ha...Haha...
“Ai-chan are you alright?”I’m laughing so hard that I can’t even speak a word.
“H...H...hai...”I finally mumble out as I catch my breath.”So...So you just...Just kissed her?”
“Yeah and you thought that what?"
“No...Nothing...Nevermind.”God to panic about something so small...I think that not soon will I tell her about what happened between me and Reina...
“You aren’t mad at me anymore?” She asks confused.
“No, of course I’m not mad at you.”
“So why were you shouting at me like a wild baboon a while ago?” She retorts giving me a wary look.
“Look I’m not mad at you, ok?” I place my hands at her shoulders and smile gently.”Now tell me what was Koharu’s reaction as she opened her eyes.”
She sighs, looking at me in disbelief.
“She was shocked...I stood up immediately and wanted to leave but she grabbed me and hugged me from behind, whispering that she wants me to stay...”
Oh, so it came out that I should worry about Koharu instead of Gaki as she was the one who took over the initiative...
“And you?”
“I...I stayed...We slept together and in the morning I left.”
“And?”
“And what?”
“What’s the problem?”
“Gah Ai-chan! Have you even been listening to me?”
“Yeah, I was but I still don’t get why are you so worried?”
“Why am I so worried?! It’s inadmissible! If someone finds out we are finkiksj.” I shut her mouth with my hand.
“Do you love her?”I ask looking deep into her eyes. She dodges my gaze.
“I guess so...” Her answer is hardly audible.
“What? I haven’t heared?” I bring closer my ear to her face.
“Yes I love her!” Seems like she is fed up with me...
“So there is no problem. Just go and tell her how you feel.”
“But...” I silence her again and stare straight at her.
“I know what you want to tell me. That we are idols and if anyone finds out we will be in deep trouble. We can even end up jobless... And probably you are right... However, we are humans Gaki and we have feelings. And no matter how hard Upfront is trying they will never change that fact.”
I know I’m doing the right thing telling her those words. However, I still can’t believe I found enough courage to say them...It’s thanks to Reina I guess...
“Ai-chan...” She mutters completely stunned by my words.
But it’s true. They can’t decide about our lives only because we have a contract signed with them. Maybe they pay us the money. However they earn even more and it’s all thanks to us. Funny I’ve heard those words somewhere before...Oh yeah Miki told me this once...
“So promise me to tell Koharu that you love her, ok?”
Besides if tell her the opposite I will be a hypocrite...Like before when I told her that she should confess her feelings to Koharu while at the same time I also wasn’t honest with myself...
“Hai.” She hugs me tightly.
As we break apart she gives me a suspicious look.
“What?” I ask feeling a little bit uneasy.
“Why were you at the corridor that time?” She asks slyly.
Holy crap!
“Ano...it’s already 8:45. We have to go or we will be late.” I walk away leaving behind my angry sub-leader.
“Takahashi-san! I’m not finished with you!”
I run down the stairs and the recepcionist inform me that our car has just arrived. I pass the infromation to girls screaming and they quickly stand up from their tables.
Reina is coming my way. Right I also have to talk with her. We can’t act as nothing happened. We have to make things clear. Are we lovers now? Friends? Or maybe...Enemies cause again she has this creepy look. I grab her arm.
“We also need to talk.”
I must know who am I to you. Are you in love with me or was it just a fling?
“H...Hai.” She looks surprised.
Maybe she doesn’t want to talk with me? Maybe she thinks that I’m not serious about her...Or she isn’t serious about me...
I walk away hoping that everything will turn out well...