How to deal with a runaway girl

Chapter 7

She had no idea what was happening. All she felt was warmth coming from Takano, which made her feel strangely happy. Her arms came up slowly and finally gently embraced the man. She laid her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes.

"So this is what it's like to hug someone" She purred, snuggling closer.

"You're weird..." The Japanese muttered after a while.

"Why?" The girl raised her head, staring at Takano, her voice brought to mind a very, very happy cat that doesn't understand why it stopped being petted...

"I took you with me against your will. You don't know anything about me and yet you sit on my lap and cuddle up to me without any objection. Who normal would do that?"

Aki immediately turned pale. He was right... Who in their right mind does something like that? What is she doing? This is pure exaggeration, even if she tries to lull his vigilance! But at the same time, something nagged her somewhere inside. Part of her just wanted to feel what it was like to hug someone. She wasn't able to sense the man's intentions, so she decided to trust him at least a little. And this is what she heard. She freed herself from Takano's embrace and sat stiffly upright next to him on the bed with a serious face. His words sobered her mind and hurt her at the same time. She decided not to show him any more feelings. Takano noticed the change in Aki's expression.

"But you know... I like this behavior, so you don't have to hold back" He said, lying on his back. "See for yourself" He spread his arms in a gesture encouraging Aki to hug him.

The girl looked at him through narrowed eyes. (You can stuff yourself! You'll see that I can be mean too!) she thought grumpily and looked away. Takano smiled and grabbed Aki, pulling her towards him. The girl didn't even move. Suddenly someone knocked on the door. The Japanese sighed heavily, then released Aki and left the room. She closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, devilish lights shone in her eyes. The only thing missing from her image as a cunning demon was horns and a sharp tail.

"So... It's best to check out the house and check possible escape routes. I can't let Midari get bored" She said, narrowing her eyes and smiling maliciously.

Of course, right after leaving the room, she saw the man in question. She looked at him and raised both hands in surrender, shaking her head.

"Can I take a look around? I won't disturb anyone" She asked, her eyes wide.

"Come on" He replied dispassionately and walked down the corridor.

"Yes Sir!" Aki, imitating Midari, made the same serious face and walked proudly behind him.

The property was large, there was much more space inside than the outside appearance of the building suggested, or maybe it was just that the interior was so well decorated? There were many rooms there, most likely inhabited by other employees. After a short walk along the corridor, they found themselves in front of the door to the spacious kitchen, where several men were busy preparing as it was almost time for dinner. Aki looked at Midari, pointing her finger towards the workers.

"Can I help?" She asked innocently, tilting her head like a polite child asking its parent for a puppy.

The man looked at her without changing his expression at all, Aki didn't look down even for a moment. Finally, still with a serious face, Midari breathed a little louder through his nose than before and turned towards the kitchen.

"Give her something to do" He said in Japanese to the people inside. Immediately, one of the Japanese nodded and waved his hand encouragingly at Aki, indicating that she should come to him. He handed her a knife, pointed to the vegetables lying on the board nearby and showed her how to peel and cut them with the knife he was holding. The smiling girl eagerly got down to work. She liked to help. Be needed. Wanted. After a few minutes, to everyone's surprise, the vegetables were already thoroughly scraped and chopped. Aki looked at the man with hope in her eyes, waiting for the next task. He burst out laughing and took her to the next room. There was a long table at which all the household members ate meals. He took out the tableware and showed how it should be arranged. It turned out that he could speak English fluently, which made the girl extremely happy. Aki quickly took up the task assigned to her. When she finished, she helped move and arrange bowls of food and jugs of drinking water. With her help, everything was ready ahead of time. The man who was explaining to her what to do was looking around the table, standing with his back to the large window.

"What's outside that window anyway...?" She asked one of the men quietly, approaching him shyly and brushing a stray lock of hair from her forehead with a charming gesture. They were very, very close to each other.

"Outside the window? Well... the garden... And-and the back exit..." He stammered, looking away and blushed slightly.

And what he saw next left him completely speechless. Why? Because Aki opened the window, quickly jumped out on it and smiled sweetly at the surprised Japanese. Of course, the biggest smile was directed at the tall Japanese man with a face like a stone mask, who entered the dining room at that exact moment.

"Hey Midari!" She exclaimed, giving him a flirtatious wink. "Are you going this way too? Or rather around?" Waiting for his reaction, she gestured with her hand, explaining the possible options.  "Because if you do, you have to hurry" She said, putting on an extremely serious face to imitate him, and then jumped out the window.

How great was her surprise when, as she jumped out, she felt her waist being grabbed by someone's arms in a tight hug. A moment later she was lying in the sun-warmed grass, trying as hard as she could to stop herself from laughing. With difficulty maintaining a serious face, she looked into the eyes of Midari above her, whose face, unchanged until now, was red, and even his breathing was faster and more uneven. To his credit, he had quite the acceleration in those long legs.

"Please... Be gentle... It's my first time..." Aki whispered passionately, looking away and narrowing her eyes.

A spasm of laughter shook the man's body, and the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile for a split second. This extremely rare phenomenon, however, disappeared as quickly as it appeared when Midari noticed the triumphant glint in the girl's eyes, who was blinking furiously, trying not to show this feeling of triumph... The tall Japanese man stood up from the ground, then grabbed Aki's hand, trying to pull her up . However, she had no intention of getting up.

"When I saw the smile on his face, my legs gave out... Now I can die in peace!" She said, lying on her back, first putting her hands to her heart, and then throwing them towards the sky.

This time the Japanese was unable to hold back and sighed deeply, placing his hand on his forehead in a tired gesture.

He knelt down next to the girl and took her in his arms, for the girl it was much more comfortable than throwing it over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes... And it gave her much more room to express herself. Walking through the garden, Midari was forced to admire Aki's further exploits.

"It was so beautiful and so extraordinary...!" She hugged herself and began to squirm in the irritated man's arms. "Such things happen once every few thousand years!" She praised to the heavens. "Why?! Why didn't I have my camera with me just now...?! Capture this moment forever! Ah...! Ah! I would love to share this view with the world!" She lamented, putting one hand to her chest and stretching the other out in front of her, making a face full of sadness and pity.

"Would you please calm down?" The tall Japanese man couldn't stand it and finally exploded.

"When is it so sad!" Aki howled in despair, arching her back like a dying prisoner.

"Are you enjoying this...?"

If the girl could nod even a little faster, her head would fall off... She was grinning from ear to ear.

"Okay, okay. I'll stop now. You can let me go..." She said, calming down with disappointment.

(Maybe I went a little too far...?) she thought to herself, looking closely at Midari. (Er, nooo...)

Midari gave her a suspicious look, as if he didn't believe her at all, but eventually he set her down and they went towards the entrance together. They entered the mansion and, as if nothing had happened and passed the surprised men in the kitchen. After a while, they found themselves in front of one of the offices.