Tukap

Makmakbe

The next morning I rolled out of bed probably way earlier than expected, Wilk was surprised to see me standing in the doorway in an oversized 'Tool' t shirt. "I'm impressed, no hangover?" He said before offering me a cup of strong black coffee and a bowl of congee, I shook my head and laughed softly as I poured milk and sugar cubes into the bitter drink. "Where's Asirpa?" I asked looking around for my younger companion as I consumed the rice porridge in front of me. "She's all excited for something, she's been trying to pick out an outfit since six." I suddenly remembered my obligation for today and groaned internally, when was I going to just be able to spend time with Wilk? Maybe it was the universe telling me to give up before I did something stupid. "This guy from my school is coming over to pick me up, I know I should have asked." I said with evident concern, I didn't want him to think of me as someone who just ran around and did as I pleased with no regards to others. "Is it Sugimoto Saichi? The Hockey Team captain? Now I remember her mentioning something." He said chuckling probably fully aware of his daughter's infatuation with the hockey star. "Shouldn't you be in your room trying to find the perfect outfit too?" I shook my head. "I don't like him like that, I barely know him." I said as I began to pick up the bowls from the table. "I like someone else." I added when I reached out to grab the cup he held out to me, I paused when I felt his fingers against my own. "Well whoever it is, they're lucky." He said in a slightly deeper tone of voice, and soon I found myself getting lost in his eyes...until the fucking phone rang. 

I wanted to scream internally at the timing of the obnoxious rings, Wilk quickly strode over and took the phone off the hook. "Hello? Yes it is. Hold on I'll get her for you." I sighed and gave him a weak smile when he handed me the phone, he returned it but I noticed the look in his eyes was different from before. "Hello?" I said as I pressed the receiver up to my ear. "Hey, I wasn't sure if you'd be up or not so I figured I'd give you a call." I could hear Sugimoto's voice on the other end, he seemed pleased most likely assuming I had gone home shortly after he did last night. "Can I pick you up? It's nice out, I figured we could go for a hike or something." All I could think of was how disappointed Asirpa would be that he wouldn't be hanging around the house, but at the same time I did love being in the wilderness. It wasn't all the time, but my mom use to take me out fishing, hunting, and camping as often as she could get a weekend off, she had told me that it was a big part of being Ainu and that I could survive any situation with these skills. "Yes I'd really like that actually." I said forgetting who I was speaking with for a moment. "Great!" I had to pull the phone back because of the volume of his voice, "I'll be there in a half hour, see you then." And before I could even respond I could hear the dial tone indicating he had hung up. 

"What do you mean he's not hanging out here!?" Asirpa whined as I laced up my black distressed denim shorts. "Well he has to come here to pick me up and drop me off, maybe he'll want to watch a movie with us later." I said giving her a sympathetic look, she had dressed up in a cute blue sundress that had the Ainu pattern and I would hate for it to go completely to waste. "You have to clean your room anyways, it looks like a bear den!" Wilk called from the other room as her overheard our conversation, she groaned before dramatically flopping herself on my tatami mat. "Life's so unfair." She said as we strode into the living room.  I couldn't help but agree when I saw Wilk exit his room buttoning up his shirt, the bottom still undone had exposed his well defined abdominal region as well as the presence of black hair rippling up from the lip of his jeans. "I'll get it!" Asirpa cried out as she heard the rapping at the door, before we could say anything she had taken off at an impressive speed. She returned pulling Sugimoto behind her, she must have been elated to hold his hand and I was sure I'd hear about the details of it later. "Hey, you look great." He said as he openly checked me out, I could hear Wilk clear his throat which caused Sugimoto to jump. "Uh I mean, you look really nice today." He said quickly before turning to Wilk. "My name is Sugimoto Saichi, sir." He said giving him a quick bow, he  wasn't as smooth as Ogata but he seemed far more genuine. "We know, we're big fans of you here." Wilk said as he ruffled Asirpa's hair, I could see a bright red blush spread over her face as she nodded in agreement. "Let me know if your going to the next game and you can ride in the Zamboni if you want." He said to Asirpa who beamed at him while nodding vehemently. I couldn't help but smile at how nice he was being to her, I felt that light fluttery feeling in my chest.