Playing Games With The Billionaire (KageHina)

5 - Unavoidable

The limo ride back to the mansion proved to be a pleasant affair.

It was just the three of them together and Tobio's limo was equipped with a mini drinks bar. So they sat and chatted and drank as the time and scenery flew by.

Tobio turned out to have a decent sense of humor and with both Saeko and Shoyo there, the conversation never really lulled.

Shoyo felt a little bad about raining on Saeko's parade and getting dragged along but at the same time, he was relieved that he got to avoid the cramp and drama on one of the other limos.

Tobio had come out by himself in his own limo so he could use the travel time to catch up on work and Shoyo almost felt bad that he was impeding on that.

Not bad enough to request a limo switch though.

He felt a little less awkward in the man's presence after that.

He apologized to Saeko for stealing away her alone time with Tobio but she waved him off with a grin.

"It's fine. It made it less awkward with you there actually. I didn't know what to talk about! Anyways, I get a whole day with him to myself soon," she looked like a cat with both the cream and the bird.

And so, the first week rolled by.

Akuma took to snubbing him and glaring- something that made Shoyo happy as it was much better than listening to him whine.

Honestly, the man never seemed to stop whining. It was the worst.

He spent the day of Saeko's solo date just sitting around, playing games on his hand held game console in companionable silence with Lev and a man named Shohei.

Until Hitoka, as Yachi now insisted he call her, gate crashed with alcohol.

Akuma's loud screeching started up again soon after and any protest at the alcohol was gone.

He slept well that night.

They had another free day after that, although this time, Tobio was holed up on a long conference call for work.

The contestants found themselves left to their own devices for the day with a warning that the group date theme the day after next was 'talents'.

Cue simultaneous groan from most of the contestants.

On the plus side, they had a fair amount of time to prepare for a possible talent show.

How cheesy was that? Ugh.

Shoyo decided to turn some of his parkour moves into a kind of acrobatic dance.

He had loved doing parkour when he was in high school and had joined a club to keep up the hobby when he got older.

He was just one of those people that enjoyed being active and moving helped clear his head.

He conferred with the creepy twins who were dancers to find a good song to use.

They were a little less creepy now that Shoyo had spoken with them more but the finish each other's sentences thing still threw him off.

His day was interrupted when he was dragged through the mansion to a small room with a computer and a webcam attached.

A stressed looking man sat at a desk in the other corner with multiple screens set up in front of him and he gave him introductions without even looking up.

"I'm Yuki, main editor and in charge of the cameras and live streams. You get your hour of family time, we've already contacted them ahead of time so it's all set up and ready to go. I'm here to make sure nothing crazy happens but otherwise, go with your life. Be warned that everything is still recorded and may appear online or on the TV show, got it?"