Feels Like the First Time

Chapter Seven - The Day After

           

I sighed in aggravation and threw my sheets to the side. There was no way I could sleep. I'd been in bed for three hours with no success so I decided to get my laptop from my bag and do some work. Since Mei had told me about the wedding, I'd been procrastinating and still had the 1000 words left to write from last weekend. I spent ten minutes re-reading what I'd already done and then continued with my last point before starting the introduction and conclusion to my essay.

Three hours later, I had finished, checked, saved and emailed my essay to my tutor. I looked at the clock in the corner of my screen and decided that 6 AM was early enough for a shower. I grabbed my toiletries from my bag and made my way to the en-suite which was decorated in a similar style to the bedroom but with slightly cooler tones of blues and greens. The shower was a simple walk-in structure that had a large overhanging shower head. I turned the shower on and fiddled with the settings until it was scorching hot and at a very high pressure. I removed my pyjamas and placed my toiletries in the shower before stepping in and sighing. The water began to wake me up a little and I let myself enjoy the feeling of it for a little while before washing my hair.

After half an hour, I was done and had my hair wrapped in one towel while another was wrapped around my body. I went back to my bed and played music on my laptop softly so I wouldn't wake anyone else up. I took the time to gently rub my hair with the towel before massaging the hair cream that I always used into it. I sat back when that was done and listened to my music.

My mind drifted to the events of last night. I could still feel the heat of Takashi's lips on my own and the way my entire body had sang in response. I had always loved kissing; Nick hadn't been a great kisser but every kiss had gone straight through me. The kiss last night, however, was everything I had wanted a kiss to be. Well, maybe not everything, I thought with a chuckle. The way Takashi had responded to every slight shift in my body still made my heart race.

I shrugged and pulled my thoughts back to the present even though my body was still tingling. I began to put on my makeup feeling better with each step. The slightly purple tinge to my eyeshadow made my green eyes glow, especially with the dark berry lipstick I used. I felt like having an intimidating makeup day and grinned as I remembered that I'd packed my favourite black dress. I slid it on over my lacy underwear and fidgeted with the fabric so that the low V-neck showed off just the right amount of cleavage, which was rather difficult to juggle with my large breasts, and the skirt which was cut to hang in a V at the back was sitting in the right place. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled at the way my figure was turning out; I had lost a lot of weight in the last year and had continued to work out when I got to Japan. My curves were rounded but toned, just the way I wanted, and I was very proud of myself.

Still feeling the pride, I made my way downstairs to make a tea and some breakfast. I had managed to get Ritsu into English breakfast tea with milk and sugar so I knew there would be some in. When I reached the kitchen I put the kettle on and started looking through cupboards for mugs and ingredients. I started humming idly as I made my tea and searching through the fridge and cupboards for items to eat for breakfast. The lyrics started tumbling from my mouth, it was the last song I'd listened to when getting ready and it reminded me of times in a pub back home listening to folk music.

"You have a beautiful voice." Said a voice from behind me. I gasped in shock and spun to see Takashi standing only a foot behind me.

"You need a bell," I said after a few seconds of catching my breath. "Did I wake you?"

"No, I couldn't sleep." He replied. My brow furrowed in thought.

"Is everything alright?"

"I couldn't stop thinking about you." He replied with a sheepish smile.