CHAPTER 38
I can’t find Risa and Ai. I checked everywhere downstairs. Well except the kitchen for obvious reason. Other than that there’s no sign of them. They clearly don’t want to be found and Eri doesn’t want to stay still or stop her wandering hands either. It makes it harder for me to focus. Eventually, she calms down and I decide to walk into the kitchen again. I’m a lot more careful with going inside this time. Yossie’s gone when I get there so I’m in luck. I scan the room carefully.
“Ai?” I look around there’s no reply. “I know you two are here. I can see your wolf tail Ai.”
They step out from their hiding spot and I chuckle. Risa’s hair is messy and Ai’s clothes are wrinkled. Risa’s skirt is disheveled and slightly up. All right I don’t need anyone to tell me what they were doing. It’s more than just kissing I know that for a fact. Is this kitchen like a hot spot for making out? Ai glares at me to get me to stop laughing. Risa tries her best to fix her hair, clothes, and freshly smudged make-up.
“Is something wrong Reina?” she asks
“Well…it’s getting late and Eri’s drunk so I think it’s best we go to Ai’s house now.”
“Go get Koharu and Sayu. I’ll get Ai into the car.” She agrees
I leave quickly to the couch where Eri’s sitting on. She hasn’t moved. I pull her up and go to the stairs. Sayu and Koharu have to be up here somewhere. I’ve looked in every spot downstairs and they weren’t to be seen. Eri stumbles up the stairs and I quickly grab her. I put a firm hold on her arm and pull her to the top of the stairs. I look her over to see if she’s ok. She doesn’t have any cuts or bruises on her. I lead her to the rooms one by one. Each room is empty so far. We make our way near the end of the hall. Eri decided to give me a hard time again as we go to the last door. She gets a hold of me and tangles her arms around my waist.
“Ack! Eri!”
“Is it later now?” she asks
I struggled around to get free. She makes me face her then kisses me. Her tongue easily thrust into my mouth and caresses mine. I can’t give in again. I turn my head away and firmly push her back. I make a dash for the door before she can grab me again and I come to a stand still when I look inside. I found Sayu and Koharu all right. Koharu is sitting on the bed while Sayu sits on her lap kissing her. The ribbon in Koharu’s hair is gone and her jacket to the suit is down her arms, drooping. Sayu has one hand cupping her neck and her other hand I’m not sure where it is. They still don’t notice me either!
“Hey! Save it for later, we’re leaving!”
Sayu glares at me and pulls her hand out from Koharu’s shirt. Koharu won’t face me. I can understand why.
“We’ll be right downstairs.” She whispers
“No fooling around or I’ll come up here again.” I warn
I close the door and take Eri with me. I meet Risa and Ai downstairs by the door ready to go. Ai has on this scowl and put with her arms crossed over her chest. Risa seems to ignore it, oddly. Did they get in a fight? I didn’t mean to upset Ai. I wonder how long Koharu and Sayu will take. We didn’t have to wait any more than two minutes. They come down stairs decent looking. Koharu ties her hair back up into a ponytail with the ribbon.
“Sorry I took so long. I couldn’t find my ribbon.” She apologizes
“Come on let’s hurry to the car.” Risa commands
We walk out the door together with out saying goodbye to Yossie. I’m sure she won’t mind though. She’s probably somewhere doing Rika. Risa’s driving since Ai is a little buzzed to be driving. But so she won’t get distracted I suggests Ai sits in the back and Koharu sits in the front. I’ll be stuck in the back with Eri, but she isn’t that bad of a perverted drunk like Ai or Sayu. So I should be safe. Risa agreed to the seating positions and we were off to Ai’s house.
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The ride is peaceful the whole way to Ai’s place. Eri ended up falling asleep as she sat in my lap. I place her head on my shoulder to make her more comfortable. Risa pulls up to the driveway and she gets out. She takes Ai who’s also asleep and Koharu gets Sayu, but she’s still awake. I shake Eri gently from her slumber. She shifts around and whimpers the first time.
“Eri, we’re at Ai’s house.”
She rolls on her side and opens her eyes. She smiles at me and I feel myself swoon. I smile at her and rub her back, soothingly.
“We’re here?”
She sounds so sleepy. I nod. She gets up and I open the door to get out. I help her out and see that Risa left the trunk open for us to get our bags. I lock the door before closing it and get our things then go inside. Eri rubs her eyes to try and wake up. She seems to be getting a little sober. I pass Risa in the hall.
“Hey, where’s the bathroom so I can get changed?”
“It’s upstairs and the first door on the left.”
I thank her and bring Eri with me. I find the door and send Eri in first. Or maybe I should help her undress. She can’t be that drunk though. She should do fine on her own. She goes inside and stands in the middle of the room still in a daze. I think I’ll have to help her. I go in and put the bags on the floor.
“Are you still tired?” I question
I begin to take her vest off and fold it neatly on top of the toilet. I have to start some conversation to distract me at the thing I’m doing now. It’ll be hard to pay attention. Why does Eri have to be so hot? I unbutton her plaid shirt and pull it down.
“My head hurts.” She mumbles
“You should go to bed.”
“I want to stay up with you.”
I fold her shirt then go to her jeans. My hands are shaking. I’m so nervous. I shouldn’t be all I’m doing is helping her change! And that’s all. I pull her pants down with some struggle. Damn it! All right, relax.
“Your hands are shaking.”
I blush. “It’s nothing.”
She puts her hands over mine and I look up. She has this intense look in her eyes. My breath catches in my throat. She presses her forehead against mine. I close my eyes and focus on getting my breathing to normal.
“I can do it from here.”
I let my hands go and pull them from her grip. I really need to leave right now. She kisses my lips quickly and I blush again. I nod then rush to the door. It’s getting harder to resist her. I close the door and lean my back against the wall. When will this night end? Eri comes out a few minutes later and I get dressed into my pajamas quickly. I join everyone out back I can hear talking and laughing from the tent. I can see shadows inside. I open the front of the tent and crawl in.
“It’s so cold out here.” I cry
Eri pats a free spot next to her and I come over. Risa hands me a cup and I trust it isn’t alcohol so I take a sip. It’s tea. I can feel myself warming up already. Eri curls up to me when I sit down and I hold her hand. Everyone is sitting in a circle with a florescent light lantern in the middle. Koharu hands me a bowl full of Halloween candy. I think it’s ok to take a couple for tonight. I grab a handful of candy and place the rest beside me.
“I want some candy.” Eri says
I thought she was asleep. I open a mini fun sized milk way bar and she open she mouth. I feed it to her and get one myself. I take my blanket and wrap it around the both of us.
“Let’s tell scary stories!” Koharu blurts out
From under her blanket she pulls out a large flashlight. She shuts off the lantern and points the part with the bulb under her face. Then she flicks it on and her face is lit up like the way people in movies try to tell a ghost story to scare everyone. Only she doesn’t have on a creepy face. She’s smiling her cheery smile which gets ride of the scary element.
“You sleep with a flashlight under your covers?” I ask
She looks away embarrassed. I start to laugh. Eri nudges me and everyone else laughs.
“Sorry go on.” I encourage
She scratches the back of her head.
“I don’t know anything scary. I just wanted to do the light thing.”
I glare at her frustrated and Ai takes a grab at the light, snatching it out of Koharu’s hands. She puts the light on her face with a scary expression. The look pulls us in to hear.
“Once…” she does a dramatic pause. “I saw Risa in the morning!”
“Oi, what’s that supposed to mean?!” Risa cries, she whacks Ai over the head “I don’t look bad in the mornings.”
I chuckle and Sayu leans over to take the light. Oh boy, like she will tell use something worth listening to. But I have to listen since I’m stuck here.
“There once was a girl…” here we go with another dramatic pause “That was cuter than me!”
“That’s not even scary! Don’t you guys know how to tell a scary story?!” I complain
“I’ll have you know that is scary. Who do you know that’s cuter than me?” Sayu growls
We all look around and snicker. I yank the flash light out of Sayu’s hands. She frowns at me and leans into Koharu for comfort. Ai glares at me.
“You tell one then.” She snaps
I put the flashlight down and go silent. She chuckle.
“I thought so.”
“I got a better idea. Let’s play spin the bottle!” Sayu announces
“There’s no way I’m doing that!” I protest
There’s no way I’ll let someone else kiss Eri. Over my dead body! My fist bunch up, tightly. Eri lets out a yelp. I forget I was still holding her hand. I let her go.
“Sorry.” I mumble
“Come on it’s fun. You think one of us would try to steal Eri away from you?” Sayu teases
“Awe, are you jealous?” Risa sings
I keep my head down to hide my blush.
“I’m not jealous!”
If you aren’t so jealous then let Eri spin the bottle first.” Ai chuckles
Everyone’s against me tonight! She slides the bottle over and Eri takes it. Everyone is laughing and grinning at me, waiting for a reaction. Eri spins the bottle and all our eyes shift to the rotating piece of glass. Whoever it lands on, they better not try something funny. The bottle starts to slowly spin and then stop. No! Of all people! I rather have it land on Ai or Risa, but not Sayu! She smirks and I glare at her.
“You better keep your hands to yourself.” I threaten
“Oh relax Reina. It’s not like we haven’t kissed before.”
“WHAT?!”
That can’t be true! She’s lying! Please tell me she’s lying. I turn to Eri. She looks away embarrassed. It’s true?! My body is filled with jealousy. She has a lot of explaining to do. I sit there too angry to talk. I don’t want to play this game anymore, but it’s not going to stop any time soon.
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