OK, I have a perfectly good explanation! At first, I was telling myself that I was going to get this up on Christmas day, but then I just said "screw it, I'll get it up at the end of December." And then I was going to put it up on the 30th, but my internet was down for the whole damned week!! So, even though it's no longer December, here's the last Xmas special. Enjoy
Nana: Meri KurisumasuTo Reina, since everyone had visited the snowy wonderland and stayed over night, the weeks had just passed so quickly she didn't bother to keep track anymore. It was Christmas Eve now, and she was sitting on the black clad leather couch in the living room and looking out the snow-covered window, which she could barely see out of.
She'd done all of her Christmas Shopping the day after they'd gotten back from the cabin, after getting tips from her pimp, and had them all wrapped and under the tree the night she bought them, much to her friends' surprise. Reina smiled to herself as she thought of Yuko's reaction and seeing her try to shake the presents to death just to figure out what was in them.
"Hmmm...I haven't tried a job since I screwed everything up with Mr. Yaguchi...maybe I should ask Yossui-"
"Good Afternoon, Reinana."
"Eh? Oh...Afternoon, Hitomi-sama."
"You just called me Yossui a minute ago," Hitomi said and sat down in a tanned leather chair next to the teen prostitute, looking at her with her usual small, charming smile. "Why call me Hitomi-sama?"
"When did I call you Yossui?" Reina asked curiously, obviously not ever remembering saying the nickname aloud.
"Just a minute ago. You were probably thinking out loud."
"Oh, I see..."
"So are you going to tell me what's wrong?"
"Why does everyone assume something is always wrong with me?" Reina replied, angry that she was being treated like a helpless little girl who couldn't take care of herself at all.
"Well, there usually is something wrong with new prostitutes. Unless your talking of Tsuji, who always has something wrong with her." Hitomi explained, a thoughtfull expression now crossing her thin, fair face.
"Hmm..." Reina looked down at her hands with her eyebrows slightly furrowed as she thought about the rude, cold-hearted girl. Somehow, even though she seemed to have such disdain for Reina, the wonky-eyed teen was drawn to her anyway. Reina stood up to her probably more than anyone else in the house...other than Miki, anyway.
I could have a chance at being close to her"'Hmm' what?"
"What?"
"What are you thinking about?"
"Ah...nothing."
"Nothing, huh? Strange..." Yossi murmured.
"What's strange?"
"You look like you're thinking," Hitomi grinned good-naturedly. "I'd hate to think you're lying to me."
"Hn...if anythiing I should be saying you're strange, Hitomi." Reina snapped back. Somehow she had become very short-tempered lately, like the yankee she was.
"Is that so? Why's that?"
Reina snorted and rolled her eyes, looking back up to her pimp. "Well, you are a pimp, you know."
"Ah! True...but still, I would like to know what you're thinking about."
Reina sighed, contemplating how she wanted to speak to Yossui. It was almost difficult for her to talk to her superior at all, though it hadn't seemed that way before she'd entered prostitution. She supposed anyone would feel like that, though. "...well, why is Tsuji so angry? I mean, I don't expect to be like that for a very long even if I have to sleep with people for money. I guess I shouldn't compare myself to Nono of all people, though."
"Ah...the famous "Nono question". Everyone seems to be so interested in her bitchyness when they first meet her. Usually, after a while, they just start disliking her. I wouldn't doubt that will happen with you too."
"Are you avoiding my question?"
"Hardly. Having to explain Tsuji's...disfunction, becomes a bit of a pain after a while, however."
"So are you going to answer me?"
"To put it bluntly," Hitomi continued, pretty much ignoring Reina all together. "Nono has never liked selling her body. Then again, I can't imagine anyone really does. The other girls have just gotten used to doing it, and feel comfortable with their job. Tsuji, however, has never come to accept it."
"How long has she been here anyway?"
"Hitomi!" Both Yossui and Reina snapped their heads toward Tsuji who had her arms crossed against her chest and her eyes narrowed at her pimp. "Takahashi-san wants to speak with you."
Hitomi nodded, sending Reina once last smile before she walked out of the room, leaving Reina to shrink under Tsuji's glare.
"Good afternoon, Non-"
"You should stay in your own business!" Tsuji growled, her glare unwavering.
"Wha-"
"Deal with your own problems and keep out of mine, all right?" With that, Tsuji stomped off back up the stairs leaving Reina to stare after her.
Sighing again, the young yankee ran a hand through her black hair. It wasn't easy pissing Tsuji Nozomi off every day. So, instead of staying in the house for the rest of the day Reina decided to grab her jacket and a red scarf and slammed the door behind her.
I'm so sick of her...She emerged into the fluffy white *snow outside of the house, hugging herself as she walked down the streets of Shibuya. Even though she had her tanned fleece jacket tightly covering her torso, with another sweater under that (and not to mention the scarf) Reina somehow still felt cold. There were multiple clubs she could go into to keep warm, but Reina passed every single one of them.
Normally I would probably be jumping into one of them. Being cold seems to satisfy me at the moment, though. Seeing all sorts of couples walking down the streets and entering and leaving cafes wasn't helping her mood either.
Girls and boys, girls and girls, boys and boys...either way, I just don't like seeing them. It just reminds me that I'll probably never have that."Reina! Hey, Reina!" Reina arched a curious eyebrow as she peeked behind her to see Eri running up to her with two to-go cups of hot chocolate in her gloved hands. She was running toward her fellow prostitute as fast as she could, huffing out white air as she did so.
"At first," She gasped out a she finally reached Reina. "I thought it was Tsuji who slammed the door, but then I saw that you were gone. I was looking for you."
"Looking for me?" Reina looked at her new friend curiously. Eri was usually to shy to say even a few small words to Reina. "Ah, you've brightened my day, Eririn!"
"Eh? Really?"
"Is that for me?" Reina ignored her and pointed to one of the hot chocolates.
"Oh, yeah." Eri pushed it into her arms quickly. "Drink it. I don't want you to catch cold."
"Thank you for being so worried about me."
Eri blushed. "I just want to help,"
"Don't worry, you have." Reina chuckled. "Why don't we walk together?"
"Sure," Eri smiled a little as she walked beside Reina, who slowly sipped on her hot drink.
"Why were you looking for me, Eririn?"
"Huh? Oh, just 'cause..."
"'Cause why?"
"I...just because I hadn't seen you all morning."
"You saw me at breakfast..."
"Oh, well..."
Reina smiled. "It's all right if you don't want to talk about it. Everyone has things they don't want to say."
"Coming from you that seems odd."
"Ha! I told you you're becoming bolder! I'm proud of you, Eririn."
"Eh...you're so weird sometimes, Reinana."
"Huh?!"
Eri giggled, covering her mouth with her gloved hand, her eyes squinched together as she grinned.
She really is kind of cute. She'll probably do well in this line of work.
"Jeez, it's so cold out here. Why don't we head back?" Eri said, smiling at Reina.
"You found me just so you could say that, didn't you?"
"I thought you would figure that out eventually..."
"Reina! Where have you been?" Rika almost seemed angry as she stomped toward Reina in a motherly fashion with her hands on her hips and a stern look in her eyes.
"Wha...? I was just-"
"Never mind that, get in the kitchen!"
"Eh? Why are you so mad, Rika?" Reina asked curiously as she was all but shoved into the kitchen by her usually charming superior.
"It's noon, freezing cold outside and snowing and you're nowhere to be found! Why shouldn't I be angry?"
"I just went for a walk. Besides, I've been around Shibuya before. I know my way around."
"Sit down! I don't want you out of my sight, OK?"
"Is that your perverted way of telling me to stay inside?" Reina purred playfully as she smirked at the short-haired woman.
Rika seemed taken aback by those words, and blushed at her kouhai. "You just had me worried is all." She murmured as a small blushe creeped onto her tanned cheeks.
"Well, I'm flattered Charmy! But I'm fine, honestly. I just needed some fresh air."
Rika gave the raven-haired girl a smile. "I'm sorry, I just overreact sometimes. But...I honestly was worried about you."
Reina smiled. "Thanks...I'll tell you when I go out next, OK? In the mean time, it looks like you dyed your hair again!"
"Yes, the blonde was a bit much for me."
"Blonde-brown now, eh? Suits you more."
"All right, love birds, if you're done having your lovers brawl now then it'd be nice if Charmy would stop yelling." Miki mumbled, rubbing the inside of her ear with her pinky. "Maybe we can start cooking the dinner now, hm?"
Rika and Reina gave each other knowing smiles before Reina left the room while all the older prostitutes entered to start cooking the Christmas Eve dinner. For some reason that Reina didn't know, in the house everyone had a big dinner on Christmas Eve instead of on Christmas Day.
"Jeez..." Reina murmured to herself as she walked up the stairs toward the hall which contained all the prostitute's bedrooms, not including work ones. "I didn't know Rika could be so protective."
"You'd be surprised," A feminine voice echoed from behind Reina. The teen looked behind her to see a tired, unfamiliar face of a woman who had a fresh bottle of sake in her hands.
"Eh? Uhmm...do I know you?"
"There was a time when I thought she'd be like that to someone she knows better than you, though." The woman continued, completely ignoring Reina's question. "Well, she is full of surprises." The brunette smiled kind-heartedly to her kouhai and filled in some of the space between them. "I suppose you wouldn't remember me...I've been away for quite some time."
"Uh..."
"Ishiguro Aya...and you're one of the new ones, Tanaka Reina, correct?"
Reina's eyebrows crunched together in thought as she studied her superiors' features. She never thought she'd be so forgetful at times. "Oh, right! You've retired, yeah?"
"That's right."
"They say you're close to Hitomi. I didn't think you knew so much about Rika though..." Reina thought aloud, frowning as she did so. Rika seems hard to get to know, so I wonder how long Ishiguro-san has known her.
"Ah, it is something like that. Honestly, though, they're both hard to get to know well. You should consider yourself lucky! Rika doesn't show a soft side of herself too often."
"Huh? Did you say "soft side"?"
"Surely you've noticed," Aya put on an almost mischievous smile. "How many times have you honestly seen her come out of her calm shell, hm?"
Reina looked at Aya almost worriedly. But she was somewhat right...today had probably been the only time that Reina had honestly seen Rika show some sort of weakness. Of course, there was also that time when they were shopping for Christmas decorations.
Rika looked so sad then, but Kaori told me not to worry about it, so I didn't. I thought Rika could take care of herself. There have been signs of something troubling her, though. How could I have honestly forgotten about that day completely?
"Ah, so you have noticed." Aya chimed, breaking Reina's worried thoughts.
"People are different from each other. So Rika likes keeping to herself, big deal. I don't mind."
"Oh, but don't you?"
"I'm starting to not like the way you're talking about things." Reina said, her voice becoming just a little more aggressive.
"Kaori told me you'd noticed Rika was upset that first day of December. You know, she has quite a past..." Aya said, arching an amused eyebrow at the teen and having the same disturbing smile as before.
"A...past...?"
Suddenly, the retired prostitute broke out into a loud laugh. "You're more uninformed than I thought!"
"What the hell are you laughing for?!" Reina yelled, clenching her fists and glaring at her superior, who calmed down almost instantly.
"Would you like to know why she hates this season so much?" Aya asked quietly, leaning into Reina just a little more, adding to her mysterious aura even more.
Reina huffed and crossed her arms as she shoved passed Ishiguro Aya. "Not from you!" She all but yelled out as she slammed her bedroom door behind her. "Ugh! I don't like her all ready! At least I can be thankful for my own room right now."
"What's got you talking to yourself this time, Tanaka?"
"WHA-?!"
"You really are quite blind." Miki murmured from her bed, where she lied and read some fashion magazine.
"I am not!"
"Surprisingly enough, I don't feel like getting in a fight with you today, Tanakacchi."
"Well it's not like I enjoy fighting with you, Fujimoto." Reina huffed out and plopped down on her own bed which was across from Miki's. She raised her arms behind her head as she glared up at the ceiling. Apparently, Aya had really gotten on her nerves.
"So...going to answer my question?" Miki asked nonchalantly, flipping a page of her magazine.
"What?"
"What's on your nerves?"
"Oh..." Reina mumbled, not changing her gaze from the ceiling.
"You know, Aya just likes to scare newbies. Chances are Eri will come crying to you soon because Aya scared her."
"She didn't scare me, she pissed me off!"
"Same thing."
"No it's not!"
"You're right, but I still think she scared you."
"Shut up, Fujimoto. I don't need your bullshit too. Jeez...why aren't you down there cooking dinner with the others anyway?"
"Are you kidding me? There's no way I'm cooking my own food...or any other food for that matter."
"But you're the one who said the adults needed to start the dinner."
"And?"
"Ugh, whatever. I'm out of here."
"Suit yourself, wonky eyes."
Instead of getting in another fight with the great Mikitty, Reina decided to slam the door behind her and stomped down the hall...or at least, half way down the hall.
"...Hitomi's office is right there...it's not that big of a deal anyway." Reina murmured to herself. So, she spinned around and forced herself to try and casually walk to the very end of the hall, where her pimp's office sat. After knocking and not even getting a small response, she peeked in to see Makoto leaning over stacks of papers at Hitomi's desk.
"Mako-chan?" Reina said quietly, fully stepping into the dark office.
"Huh? Oh, hey Reinana! What's up?" Makoto asked energetically, grinning at the teen prostitute. "Take a seat!"
"Thanks." The wonky-eyed teen mumbled as she sat down in front of the desk. Makoto's attention was pulled from the piles of paper before her as she intwined her fingers together, the same grin on her face.
"Uhmm...what are you doing?"
"Huh? Oh, this pile of junk? It's Hitomi's paperwork. She's so busy nowadays, I figured I could be of some assistance." Somehow, Makoto seemed a bit too happy about that.
Of course. Rika said Makoto admires Hitomi greatly, it only seems natural that she'd want to help her out."So what can I do you for my friend?"
"I actually have a question for you."
"I figured."
"Concerning Rika..."
Makoto's smile dropped, though she continued to stare at Reina. However, her frown didn't stay for long. "Ah...I was wondering when you'd ask one of us about her."
"So you know what I want to know?"
"Maybe. Continue anyway."
"I've just...well, Rika seems...I mean," Reina stuttered as she looked around the dim office. She was too nervous to look Makoto in the eye.
"Spit it out!"
"I noticed when me and Rika went shopping that she seemed upset about something. I aksed Kaori about it, but she just told me to brush it off. But...Rika still seems to be bothered about something. Just now, Ishiguro-san was acting kind of weird...as in, she knows something I don't. I was just wondering why Rika seems to be so unhappy right now."
Makoto let out a quiet sigh as she leaned back in Hitomi's chair. "Normally I'd like Rika to tell this to you. She seems to trust you, after all. However, I feel you have the right to know, seeing as you and Rika are rather close."
"But we aren't-"
"Please, Reina. Just let me explain. You see, Rika dislikes winter a lot, but she dislikes Christmas more."
"And? Why?"
"It was around Christmas time when Rika was dropped on Hitomi's door step..."
Suddenly, it felt as if someone had just socked Reina in the gut unexpectedly, and so hard that she felt tears jerking at her eyes.
Of course! Why didn't I think of that? All this time, I haven't even thought of it! She was angry with herself. Angry that she hadn't noticed, angry that she couldn't help. Though she wasn't sure why, she felt as if something was ripping at her inside.
"Reina?"
"By who?" Reina choked out. Before she would start crying, she wanted to get as far away as Makoto as possible. But still, she had to ask.
"Wh-what?"
"Who left her here?" Reina growled out. I was under the impression that Rika came her optionally. But for someone to just drop her off, heartlessly as they did...
Makoto let out another sigh as she leaned forward. "I don't think I should tell you that. Rika will tell you eventually. It was a while ago after all...she was probably around your age, actually. It really did break her hear-"
"Don't."
"What?"
"Don't tell me anymore." Reina stood and spinned around as fast as she could. "Thank you for telling me, Makoto." Reina left the room as quickly as she could. Even after she cried her eyes out in the bathroom, after various people asked her what was wrong, even during dinner she felt she still had to shed tears for Rika, a woman she thought she was close to, yet she knew so little about.
"Please, Reina, tell me what's wrong." Rika asked calmly, yet kindly.
"It's nothing, really. Why does everyone keep asking me that?" Reina forced a grin as she sat on her bed. Right after dinner, Rika had asked Reina to join her in her room, and instantly began asking her why she looked upset.
Rika kneeled down beside her while a sweet, yet somewhat worried smile spread across her face. "Yuko told me she saw you in the hall earlier."
Oh shit..."She said you looked as if you'd just been crying. I know something's wrong. Please tell me...please tell me. I want to help you, Reina."
"Honestly," Reina lied. "Yuko must have been imagining things! I'm completely fine!" Reina realized that she'd said that far too chipperly, and a wave of fear washed over her. She didn't want Rika knowing she'd actually been crying, and over her.
Calm Rika...she'd probably laugh at me.Suddenly, Rika's face became red with anger and her eyebrows crunched together in frustration. She stood with her fists clenched as she glared down at Reina. "Goddamnit, Reina! Stop lying to me! I know you're lying! Why won't you tell me what's wrong? Why? Please, I want to help you!" Reina noticed Rika's eyes beginning to moisten, and her shoulders started shaking. "Do you seriously not trust me at all? Why won't you-?"
Reina, despite her better judgement, jumped up and faced Rika in the same pose. "I could ask you the same question! Why didn't
you tell
me, huh? You never even hinted that you were dropped off here, like a damned doll! I should ask you why you don't trust me, Rika!"
Rika looked as if she was frozen with fear. Her tanned skin was paling, her eyes wide with shock and nearly dripping with tears, and her body relaxed out of it's aggressive state. "Wh-who told you about that?" She whispered.
"It doesn't matter!" Apparently, Reina was still angry, even though Rika was practically shrinking under her gaze. "You could've told me, I trust you! You should be able to trust me..." Reina calmed as she sat down on the bed again. Though she had the intention of not having Rika find out she knew about her past now, it ended up slipping out anyway. "I really thought..." She trailed off as she looked down at her hands which were once again scrunching into fists.
I didn't notice...not at all! I'm so sorry, Rika. I really am..."I really want to understand," Reina mumbled, still looking away from Rika. "Please tell me."
Rika kneeled down beside Reina again, who finally looked at her tear-stained face. "I'm sorry, Reina."
"Sorry?"
"I thought that maybe if I waited a while, you would ask me about it but I didn't think...I didn't think you were so..." Rika sighed and leaned against her bed. "It was on Christmas Eve. I was dropped off on the doorstep when I was seventeen."
"So I've heard." Reina said softly. "But...by who?"
Rika's eyes closed as she leaned her head on top of the matress. Her fingers were biting into her hands roughly, and Reina was almost worried they would start bleeding. That is until she said, "My parents. My parents were the ones who left me here."
Reina looked at Rika wide eyed. Her eyes were beginning to dry, but Reina had no idea how.
It must have been painful to say that, right? "Wh-what? Why?"
Rika opened her eyes and smiled at her teen friend. "I suppose I was just a burden to them."
"That can't be right. Parents don't just leave the child to become a prostitute because they're a burden."
"I thought that too, but why else would they do it?"
Reina sighed. Hearing it from Rika's mouth was more heart-breaking than Makoto telling her. "I'm...I'm so sorry, Rika. So, so sorry."
Rika shrugged, regaining her calm composure once again. "That was a long time ago. I'm honestly over it."
"Honestly?"
"I am. I'm probably better off here." Rika let out a small laugh before her eyes began drooping shut. "I'm glad you asked me, Reinana. Now I can trust you completely..."
Before Reina even realized it, the exhausted prostitute had fallen asleep. So, the teen raised her into the bed and instead of leaving her there by herself, she decided to lie under the covers with her friend and wrapped her two arms around her waist.
I'm glad too."Mommy, why are the lights so bright?"
"They're supposed to be happy, Reina." Reina's mother grinned down at her.
I never understood that. They never made me feel happy, did they? But now, I'd probably kill to have Mommy say that to me again."Ah, so you're awake." Reina rubbed the sleep out of her eyes as she yawned and sat up in Rika's bed.
"What time is it?" She grumbled out as she smiled at Rika, who was still clad in her rabbit-covered pajamas.
Rabbits, huh?"It's Christmas morning! Come on, you have presents to open!" Rika seemed to get a burst of energy and pulled Reina out of the bed and all the way downstairs where everyone was sitting on the ground (other than Kaori, who was in a chair by the tree) in their pajamas and looking tired-eyed yet still energetic. Even Eri seemed to be anticipating what she would be opening, and to Reina's surprise even Hitomi was sitting there in her silky purple pajamas.
"It's about time, sleepy head!" Yuko yelled, pulling Reina away from Rika and pushed her down on the ground next to Tsuji, who only grumbled and looked away from her. "All right, we're all ready! I say we start with the oldest first-"
"Don't be rude." Yossi said as she smiled at Reina and Eri. "Let the youngest ones' go first."
The rest of the day went casually. Reina had recieved basically a lot of purple clothes, crosses, and shoes. But considering she had a lack of things to wear lately, she was grateful. She had gotten three bottles of sake for Yuko (having Yossi actually buy it) because she wasn't entirely sure what else to get her, for Kaori she'd gotten French learning CDs because she'd talked to Reina about wanting to learn the language, for Ai she got a pink dress, a "best friend" necklace for Yossi and Mako-chan (those heart things that have "best" on one part and "friend" on the other), a small dog for Miki, a push up bra for Maki, chocolate cigarettes for Tsuji, a best friends necklace for her and Eri like Yossi's and Mako's, and a locket for Rika that had a picture of her and Reina together.
"You like it, don't you?" Reina asked Rika nervously. At first, she'd been unsure of what to give her friend because she didn't know what her interests were, but when she saw the locket, she just picked it out impulsively.
"It's from you, isn't it?" Rika replied with a sweet smile. "Then of course it's precious to me."
"You two can just start making out now," Tsuji grumbled.
"You like yours too right Nono?" Reina asked with a pout as she inched closer to the cold young woman.
"Get away from me, yankee!"
"Aw, come on, Nono! Just answer,
please?"
"What the hell?! Stop hugging me!"
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For Xmas day I actually got lazy and typed a lot of crap. Most of the presents are just supposed to be jokes, also
I was going to do a New Years' special, but now I probably won't unless I get really motivated (which probably won't happen:P ) Anyway, hope you enjoyed!
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