My Drug (Koujaku X Aoba)

Chapter 1

I woke up to the sound of my coil ringing. I slowly sat up, groaned and pressed answer on the device. "Yes..?" I groaned, still half asleep. "Aoba. Are you free this afternoon?" A deep but gentle voice spoke through the coil. The voice belonged to no other than the lady-magnet-man Koujaku. I rubbed my eyes, yawned and repiled,"Yea, I finish work early today. Why?" "When you're finished work come over to my house," he said.

I raised an eyebrow, "Why?" "Just come over. You'll see later. I gotta go tend to my customers hair, see you later, Aoba." And with that, the call ended and the screen closed. I sighed and stretched my arms up and yawned again.

"Aoba," a voice came from the floor. Just then a small dark blue ball of fluff jumped up onto the bed and sat in front of me. I pat the dog's head and smiled,"Goodmorning, Ren."

I picked Ren up and emerged from my bed and started to get ready for the day. I only had a 3 hour shift today, so I thought I'd have the rest of the day afterwards to myself, but now Koujaku wants me over...not that I mind or anything. I'm curious though to why he wants me over, and the fact that he didn't give me any details to why he wants me over, makes me even more curious.

I sighed and gently combed my hair then put my jacket on. "Ready to go, Ren?" I asked while putting my coil on. "Yes." Ren replied and followed beside me as I started to head downstairs. When I got down, the kitchen and living room were empty. "Tae-san must have already left," Ren said. "Yea, looks like it. Oh! I need to make sure to lock the door this time or she'll lose it again when I get home," I said and quickly pulled out my spare house key, then opened the door, closed it behind me and locked it.

I started walking to the shop I worked at, Junkshop Heibon. I was the only worker there apart from the owner, Haga-san. I checked the time and smiled with relief. I wasn't late this time, like I usually am. If it wasn't for Koujaku ringing me thismorning, I probably would have been late again.

I laughed,"Hey, Ren. Do you think I should get Koujaku to be my personal alarm clock for the mornings." "That would make things easier for me. You're such a pain to try to wake up in the mornings," he responded. I pouted like a child, "Heyyy I'm not that bad!" Ren let out a soft chuckle.

We arrived at the shop and we entered and I sat down behind the counter and started taking phone calls and orders.

(3 hours later)

I finally finished work for the day, and thanked Haga-san then started to make my way to Koujaku's.

"Hmm, Ren. Why do you think Koujaku wants me over?? And without a reason?" Ren seemed to be thinking as he was silent for a few moments, then he spoke, "It's unusual for Koujaku to invite you out to places without a reason. So, I do not know. We will just have to see."

I sighed at his response and nodded,"I hope everything is okay. Maybe something bad happened."

Just then I felt a hand on my shoulder. "Hey, wha--" a hand was clasped over my mouth, which was holding a white cloth. I squirmed and tried to break free from the person's grasp, but soon I felt dizzy and a few moments later everything went black. The last thing I heard before I completely lost consciousness was "Hello. Aoba-san."