Breakfast and tea
Takeyasu lead Akiaya to the hotel dining room. There before them was a buffet style breakfast laden with food from all over the world. She couldn't help the water gathering in her mouth. Everything looked so delectable. She looked over to him just to see if it really was alright for her to indulge. When he didn't make any complaints against it she grabbed a plate and loaded it with her favorite foods. It had been a godsend when she was able to travel the world with her father and partake of foods from around the world. Her plate was topped with pancakes, poached eggs, whipped cream and syrup. She had grabbed a bowl for soup.
When she knew that was all she wanted, she went to take a seat. Bowing to her meal she said her prayers and waited for him. Takeyasu wasn't hungry just yet and instead followed her to the table. The minute she seen he had nothing to eat her scowl became evident. "You need to eat. Go get something. It can be fruit or even just a bowl of soup but you must eat. I wont eat until you do." She folded her arms across her chest and waited. Her stubbornness was endless when she knew she was right in her way of thinking. Despite her stomach growling loudly for sustenance. She remain ridge in her seat. Takeyasu had forgotten how stubborn she could be it was heart warming all the same. It didn't feel like it was long ago when she had once stood up for him against the entire school. She wasn't ridiculed for it but she never once let their classmates get to her. He only sighed before getting up. The moment she heard the scraping sound of his chair she smiled a tiny smile to celebrate her win.
He came back with soup, bananas, apples, and pears. He gave her a look to show he wouldn't allow her to starve herself. Akiaya smiled graciously to him, held up her fork in thanks and then shoveled a mouth full of pancakes in her mouth. Her surroundings were lost to her as she immersed herself in her meal. She was nearly done with her meal. Takeyasu sat there in a daze as he watched her consume her pancakes. Only when she heard a soft "heh." Did she look up at him mid bite. Her mouth was half full when she tried to speak. "Wut? I'm allowed.." she swallowed what was left in her mouth before speaking again. "I'm allowed to eat as I please. The food is delectable. If you have a problem with it then go f*ck yourself." Takeyasu held his hand up in surrender and just laughed at her for a moment. "Well little Miss Akiaya has a bit of a potty mouth." He reached out to take hold of her hand as he continued. "I wont object to my wife having a foul mouth or shamelessly eating like an uncultured heathen." At his words she dropped her fork, her mouth hung open. He looked at her seriously. Gently removing his hand from hers he closed her mouth for her. "Dear if you leave your mouth open like that then flies may find themselves in love with it." All she could do was swallow the saliva pooling in her mouth. She couldn't fathom what he was talking about. Why would he call her his wife. Then she laughed. It was a nervous laugh at first then quickly turned into a jovial belly laugh. "Ha, ha, ha, oh my gosh. You really had me going there for a minute. You're funny Takeyasu." Akiaya stood up from her seat and placed her napkin on the table. "Well if you'll excuse me. You see I have an important meeting so thanks for taking care of me. You're joke wasn't that funny by the way so I'll just take my leave." She bowed to him before striding out the dining hall. Her right hand was placed against her head in apparent shock.
The bright sun pulled her back to her senses as she stepped outside of the hotel. She hailed a cab letting them know her destination. The driver pulled off in a hurry to beat the morning traffic. Akiaya looked at the time to see she still had a few hours before she would need to be ready an presentable for work. The desire to call her father and tell him she wasn't well was very enticing but despite the events of last night and this morning her job was more important to her. Nothing and no one would keep her from reaching her goal. Especially that dumb joke made by Takeyasu. Whatever he was thinking she knew he needed his head examined.
She was close to her destination when her phone rang. The number had been programmed in her phone as "my one and only." She looked confused and let it continue to ring. The only person she had ever been in love with was Victor Johnston and he never had her number, so she couldn't grasp who it would have been. Her phone rang once more from the same number. Her curiosity lead her to answer the call, "Hello? Whose calling?" The voice on the other end was the same one she had just left. It was Takeyasu. "It's your loving husband. Heh heh." She couldn't think of when and how he did it but anger began to build up in her body. Akiaya had to take several deep breaths before she responded. "Look here mister. I don't know when you did it and I don't know why you did it but you're acting like a real stalker right now. So you better knock your sh*t off." She had tried so hard to remain composed but the thought of having gave her first time, her special first time, to a stranger who also seems to be a bit unhinged made any calming breaths she had taken turn cold. "Alright, alright I get it but in case you don't remember. I had told you before we, you know, I stated I wouldn't do it unless you were mines. I took your kiss afterwards as a sign of you agreed." Akiaya couldn't help but open and close her mouth. Fragments of that conversation came back to her, all she could do was bury her face in her hands. "… You're right. I did do that. Listen, I'm sorry for, everything, but you have to understand I was drunk. I'd never done anything like this ever. And I honestly don't know you. Is there anyway you could I don't know forget about it or at least give me time to wrap my head around this development?" He knew just what she was trying to do, instead of pushing her he decided to make a compromise with her. His heart throbbed at the thought of her slight rejection. "How about we do a compromise. You give me three months of your time. We date, get acquainted with each other, and if you fall in love with me at the end then you allow me the pleasure of being your husband. If not we go our separate ways." His offer sounded enticing to her but there was one small tiny detail that he didn't mention, what would she gain by this agreement. "Sir it all sounds very doable but what I'd like to know is… what would I gain from it?" Without missing a beat Takeyasu spoke instantly and with confidence, "You get the chance to let go of the feelings you have for the man who you got so sloppy drunk over that you ended up sleeping with a stranger. I think that has it's fine point right there right, don't you think?"
The driver had reached her home, with the phone still glued to her ear, she paid the fare and got out. "Y-you shouldn't have stated it like that. That was just cruel you f*cking…" She hurried inside before she lost her temper. "You listen to me. I wont agree to anything until I take my time to thoroughly think it through. Papa always said only fools rush in. And I will not rush in until I know this would be something worthy of my time. Now I have to get ready. So I will bid you adieu." She started to hang up but then stopped herself. "Before we end the call can you tell me what you saved my number under in your phone?" She couldn't see the smile on his face and the idea of teasing her. "I saved it as sloppy drunk of course." He instantly heard the gasp and then the sound of a click to signal the call had ended. He laughed as he took a picture of what he saved her number under. Sending her the image so that she would believe him he placed his phone away.
Akiaya was fuming at what he had just stated. She fumbled with her keys to open the door of her home when she received an incoming text from him. There was an image attached to it. [I couldn't pass up the chance to tease you. This is what its saved as.] She enlarged the image to see it said "the love of my life 💜💋." She couldn't understand why he would have it saved under that. They had only just met. She admits the passion they shared was wow mind blowing but it couldn't have been that amazing. Her heart was racing after seeing the message. Her head and heart were at odds at the moment. Quickly shaking her head she rushed inside to get ready for work.