"You two seem close." Miki said looking at me and Ryo sitting on the couch. I must have drifted off while sitting there with Ryo. He had already made it look as if nothing had happened. And hell if Miki knew what that smell was.
"Oh yeah we were just watching a show together." "Yeah football, what a cool sport." Ryo said casually. "I guess I over stayed. I'll take my leave. Have a goodnight you two." Ryo said heading downstairs.
"It's smells gross in here." Miki said, sniffing the air. "Probably just a skunk." I concluded. "Akira there aren't skunks in Japan." "We'll maybe one got here somehow." I said a little too aggressively.
"How was your play date with Miko?" I asked trying to change the subject. "It was great. She actually came out to me." "What do you mean?" "She said that she's bisexual."
This subject also scared me.
"Oh really? That's great." I said walking to our room. "And I told her I really supported her. And she's an amazing friend, and I'll always be there for her." Miki said innocently.
Bisexual? That's a scary topic. I never really needed to think about that because I was with Miki. But now that Ryo appeared in my life, I've been second guessing everything.
"Akira, you're zoning out." She said.
I was still a little high, but I was trying to hide it.
"I'm just tired." I said passing out on the bed.
She got in her nightwear, and laid beside me. "I love you Akira." "I love you too Miki." I said falling asleep.
This was what I wanted. I wanted to be with Miki. I wanted to run the boring bookstore forever. I wanted to start a family with her. I was straight. I loved Miki right?
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"Good morning Ryo." Miki greeted the man as he walked in. "Morning, oh good morning Akira." He said smiling at me.
That smile could lead me on a path of adventure or a path of destruction, or both. I didn't know what I wanted. What was happening to me?
We resumed work as usual, when Ryo caught me away from Miki. "Hey you should come with me to my place tonight. I got a pretty cool view." He suggested. "I-I don't know if Miki would be okay with-" "Akira, make up your mind when work is over. I can give you a ride too."
I stressed all day about it. I didn't even know why I was stressing. I was just going to hang out with a friend right?
By the time we closed up. Ryo was parked outside on his motorcycle.
Miki was upstairs getting dinner ready for us. I opened the door and walked out to Ryo.
"You coming with? Or not?" He asked. "I don't know, Miki is making-" "Akira, do you want an adventure or not?" He said holding his hand toward me.
In the heat of the moment, I grabbed his hand and jumped on the bike. Ryo hit the gas and we were flying down the road. I held onto him to prevent myself from flying off.
"You made the right choice Fudo." He yelled to me.
We entered a winding tunnel. It was very dark inside, but I could see light at the end of it. As we sped through the opening, we entered the city.
"The lights are really pretty at night!" Ryo said to me. I looked around in awe. I was feeling a rush of adrenaline. Never in my life had I done something like this. It was exciting. And this wasn't all it was just the tip of the iceberg.
Ryo was opening my eyes to a whole new world. He was pulling me from the mundane world I called my life.
"Hell yeahhhh!!" I screamed throwing my head back.
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Ryo typed in the passcode to his door, before opening it.
"This is my home—well one of them." He said.
It was huge, white, and very modern.
There was a huge living room with a black couch and big white rug. And there were these giant windows that reached from the floor to the ceiling. Outside was this infinity pool that wrapped around the outside of the penthouse. It was really amazing.
"Holy crap, you live here!?" I looked around in amazement. "It's so nice-" "I told you Fudo. I like living my life to the fullest." I ran to the glass door and opened it.
He was right it really was a nice view of the city up here.
"We should swim." I suggested. "No thanks." He quickly declined. "Come on-" I grabbed his arm and shoved him in the pool before jumping in myself.
"Akira!" He growled as his white coat was now sopping wet. I laughed like an idiot before swimming closer to him. "Just take it off if it bothers you." I said stripping the coat off him. My hand were still on him when I was done.
I didn't feel like removing them. I was getting that rush of adrenaline again. I looked at his fare skin, and his wet shirt that clung skintight. I was thinking about doing something impulsive.
I leaned in so that our lips were almost touching. This caught him by surprise. But I immediately shot back and plunged under water, in hopes of drowning myself.
I almost kissed Ryo. I was completely sober, and my only excuse would have been being the spur of the moment.
I did not want to face Ryo after that. I was starting to wish I could breathe under water. But eventually I needed air, and came back up.
"I was waiting." He laughed. "You're cute Akira." He said leaning against the side of the pool. "I have a fiancé." I blurted out. "I know that. I've done nothing to you."
That was right. I was the one who leaned in.
"Ryo, can you take me on another adventure?-" "Sure, I know a club near here." He said happily, before getting out. "But you are not wearing those clothes." He motioned to my wet attire.
"Follow me."
"Okay"
It had begun. A taste of something different, and Ryo was my entrance to this new world.
