Playing Games With The Billionaire (KageHina)

3 - Odd One Out

It was day three and Shoyo was already nearing the end of his tether.

Yesterday had been exactly what Koshi had said, settling into the mansion and getting to know the people he would live with for the next few months.

Shoyo was getting more depressed by the hour.

There was a creepy set of female twins that would just randomly finish each other's sentences and tossed thinly veiled suggestions of a threesome with Tobio around as though that might help convince him to pick them.

The pony had been sent back home but the chicken, who he learned was called Sato, was still around and their owner was rarely seen without it in tow.

It was surprisingly docile and a little bit cute... for a chicken.

There was the club manager that Shoyo had been forced to listen to for an hour, ranting about his soon to be requited love, the good looking elegant man, the bubbly idol, a mechanic, an artist. A woman claiming to be a professional housewife even.

The list went on.

Only Shoyo seemed to care less about appearance as they were all dressed to the nines in the hopes of impressing the Bachelor. But it was currently eight am and pre-coffee Shoyo had already given up.

So, he stood alone in the kitchen in his pajamas with bed hair still intact while everyone buzzed around, eager to get a glimpse of Tobio.

Lev was the only other calm one and he stood to the side of the kitchen in another stunning embroidered robe, waiting for his pick up.

He seemed quietly smug over getting the first date and they would be out for the entire day, the date even going into the early evening.

Speculations ran wild on what would be happening.

Shoyo had never actually seen the show before, not that it seemed to matter as they had already changed how it worked, and all their suggestions seemed so over the top.

Was the show really going to fork out so much money just for one date? How many were still to come?

They were called into a lounge area and everyone squashed together onto three couches.

Lev stayed on the outer edge and Shoyo gratefully sunk into the couch beside him, legs pulled up in front of him and coffee nursed in his hands.

Koshi swept into the room with as much flourish as Shoyo recalled from the first night although this time, he was dressed in a white suit.

Wasn't it too early for such things?

Amused hazel brown eyes lingered on Shoyo's pyjama pants that were covered in little cartoon dinosaurs.

"Nice pajamas," the man said as he smiled at him.

Shoyo blushed slightly before mumbling his thanks and burying his face in his coffee.

Too early for this.

Thankfully, he was saved from further embarrassment as Koshi moved his attention to Lev.

"Now, today is the first solo date. Tobio has picked out an excellent itinerary for the two of you. Are you excited Mr. Haiba?"

The man in question gave a small smile and tossed his hair back. "I am very much looking forward to it."

Koshi nodded and grinned, opening his arms wide. "Now, I know the rest of you will be keen to know what is going on so I will introduce you to another part of this show. We are live streaming everything, as mentioned earlier, and this particular TV here is all set up so you may watch any of the camera channels from here."