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Gravitation › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
76
Views:
3,781
Reviews:
12
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
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Chapter Fifty-Four
Disclaimer: Don't we get it yet?!
Author’s Notes: So, we've had some loops and dramatic points the last few chapters. Wonderful! Tohma and Taki seem to have made some sort of breakthrough. I can't touch on that anymore... at least not for another few chapters. Haido and Kenji have both come to awkward terms on whatever it is that they are, and Opium seems to be getting back on track. Neat!
This is a bit of a filler chapter. We get to see some more personal interaction with Keiko and the new couple. Nothing big, but Keiko just really doesn't like Haido at the moment. Since all this upset, really.
Enjoy!
~~~
Transaction
Chapter Fifty-Four
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Kenji was nervous. He'd pulled off his sweater in the car, and it hadn't made him much more comfortable. But now they were sitting in Keiko's living room, and she was just staring at them. Staring. She hadn't reached to throw anything, or gotten up to hit him...
Just staring.
It was fucking unnerving.
"Kei...?" Kenji ventured after a long minute of silence. "You know we can do it by Wednesday. We've almost had a full week off now." Kenji was kind of looking forward to getting back to work.
"Sh-sh-sh," Keiko said, holding up a hand at him. Haido stared, not sure what he could do to help this. But Keiko looked frightening. She was looking at them... but not. She hadn't even reached for a cigarette, and if Haido's watch was correct, they'd been here for at least fifteen, twenty minutes. Weird.
"Alright," she said. The word seemed to break the silence as if it had been a shout. "So... because you two idiots screwed around, we have five days left to finish the CD that should already be done?"
"Aaah... yeah. Pretty much."
"Why Kenji?" she asked, shoulders lifting in an odd, scoffing laugh. "Why do you do these things? Why do I get involved?!"
She fell over, pulling a pillow over her face. WHY HER?! After screaming into the pillow for a good, long minute, she removed it, gasping, and sat up enough to chuck it at Haido and Kenji.
"Idiots! Damnit..."
"You get involved because you're my best friend, and I need you." Kenji told her, trying to dodge and catch the pillow at the same time. He ended up pressing it against Haido's shoulder, and made a face as he put his hand in a warm, damp spot.
Ew...
"I really think we can do it, Kei." He did. He didn't think there was anything that could get in the way of fulfilling a dream. Not after working so hard to make it possible.
They could do it. He had to believe that, or he wouldn't be able to try.
"I'm not saying we can't," Keiko snapped, lighting up a cigarette. "Did I ever say that? Did you hear me say that?"
She inhaled deeply and exhaled a plume of quickly dissipating grey smoke. This was pissing her off. She didn't know why she had to bust her hump just cause those morons couldn't work everything out sooner.
"I don't have a choice in the long run, do I?" Keiko growled, sucking hard on the filter. "No... no, I don't. Fine. When do we have to be in tomorrow?"
Goddamnit! She was going to work them so fucking hard come tomorrow. Kenji had better get his coffee fix before they got to N-G.
Kenji made a face, "Early." Which meant, of course, the time they always went in. But Kenji had gotten used to sleeping in and waking up when he wanted to, and the prospect of seven o'clock was not at all appealing.
He really couldn't wait until Tohma and Taki realized what a sick hour it was.
And he could tell already that if he was late, Keiko was going to murder him. Or have him murdered. He didn't think she would pass on the joy of beating him into a bloody pulp herself, though, and he was sure he had some great bruises to look forward to.
He certainly hoped Haido wasn't too protective.
"Fine," Keiko said. "Early. Same time as always. We'll be working late boys, count on it."
She glared at them to make sure they understood completely. She wanted this done ASAP. Sooner than Wednesday if they could make it happen. Leaning back into the couch, she flicked her ash into the tray near by and stared at them in silence again.
"Congratulations, by the way," she said, almost flatly. "Now get out. I've got work to do."
Haido wasn't sure whether to be offended or not. Then again, he didn't really know Keiko. He looked at Kenji, puzzled.
She was mad at him, but Kenji was fairly certain it would go away in a few days. Maybe weeks, but it WOULD go away. Otherwise, he'd be running for the rest of his life.
Taking Haido's hand, he pulled the smaller man up off the couch. "Come on."
He wasn't going to let himself worry. They were going to go, Kenji was going to go to sleep (and try his best to make Haido stay with him for the night), and he was going to wake up early and down an entire pot of coffee. Then they were going to work, and the week from hell would begin.
Because he could tell already they weren't going to get anymore of a break.
~~~
Author's Notes: Yeah, a bit boring and useless, but we decided to keep it. So there! Next chapter is a bit more fun. Scout's Honor. Unless I'm thinking of a different chapter, which is entirely possible. I'm editing again, so I'm thinking chapters ahead. I'm on chapter 67 for editing only nine more chapters until it's done! So many more to upload until the end.
Anyways, drop us a line!
~Subby
Author’s Notes: So, we've had some loops and dramatic points the last few chapters. Wonderful! Tohma and Taki seem to have made some sort of breakthrough. I can't touch on that anymore... at least not for another few chapters. Haido and Kenji have both come to awkward terms on whatever it is that they are, and Opium seems to be getting back on track. Neat!
This is a bit of a filler chapter. We get to see some more personal interaction with Keiko and the new couple. Nothing big, but Keiko just really doesn't like Haido at the moment. Since all this upset, really.
Enjoy!
~~~
Transaction
Chapter Fifty-Four
~~~
Kenji was nervous. He'd pulled off his sweater in the car, and it hadn't made him much more comfortable. But now they were sitting in Keiko's living room, and she was just staring at them. Staring. She hadn't reached to throw anything, or gotten up to hit him...
Just staring.
It was fucking unnerving.
"Kei...?" Kenji ventured after a long minute of silence. "You know we can do it by Wednesday. We've almost had a full week off now." Kenji was kind of looking forward to getting back to work.
"Sh-sh-sh," Keiko said, holding up a hand at him. Haido stared, not sure what he could do to help this. But Keiko looked frightening. She was looking at them... but not. She hadn't even reached for a cigarette, and if Haido's watch was correct, they'd been here for at least fifteen, twenty minutes. Weird.
"Alright," she said. The word seemed to break the silence as if it had been a shout. "So... because you two idiots screwed around, we have five days left to finish the CD that should already be done?"
"Aaah... yeah. Pretty much."
"Why Kenji?" she asked, shoulders lifting in an odd, scoffing laugh. "Why do you do these things? Why do I get involved?!"
She fell over, pulling a pillow over her face. WHY HER?! After screaming into the pillow for a good, long minute, she removed it, gasping, and sat up enough to chuck it at Haido and Kenji.
"Idiots! Damnit..."
"You get involved because you're my best friend, and I need you." Kenji told her, trying to dodge and catch the pillow at the same time. He ended up pressing it against Haido's shoulder, and made a face as he put his hand in a warm, damp spot.
Ew...
"I really think we can do it, Kei." He did. He didn't think there was anything that could get in the way of fulfilling a dream. Not after working so hard to make it possible.
They could do it. He had to believe that, or he wouldn't be able to try.
"I'm not saying we can't," Keiko snapped, lighting up a cigarette. "Did I ever say that? Did you hear me say that?"
She inhaled deeply and exhaled a plume of quickly dissipating grey smoke. This was pissing her off. She didn't know why she had to bust her hump just cause those morons couldn't work everything out sooner.
"I don't have a choice in the long run, do I?" Keiko growled, sucking hard on the filter. "No... no, I don't. Fine. When do we have to be in tomorrow?"
Goddamnit! She was going to work them so fucking hard come tomorrow. Kenji had better get his coffee fix before they got to N-G.
Kenji made a face, "Early." Which meant, of course, the time they always went in. But Kenji had gotten used to sleeping in and waking up when he wanted to, and the prospect of seven o'clock was not at all appealing.
He really couldn't wait until Tohma and Taki realized what a sick hour it was.
And he could tell already that if he was late, Keiko was going to murder him. Or have him murdered. He didn't think she would pass on the joy of beating him into a bloody pulp herself, though, and he was sure he had some great bruises to look forward to.
He certainly hoped Haido wasn't too protective.
"Fine," Keiko said. "Early. Same time as always. We'll be working late boys, count on it."
She glared at them to make sure they understood completely. She wanted this done ASAP. Sooner than Wednesday if they could make it happen. Leaning back into the couch, she flicked her ash into the tray near by and stared at them in silence again.
"Congratulations, by the way," she said, almost flatly. "Now get out. I've got work to do."
Haido wasn't sure whether to be offended or not. Then again, he didn't really know Keiko. He looked at Kenji, puzzled.
She was mad at him, but Kenji was fairly certain it would go away in a few days. Maybe weeks, but it WOULD go away. Otherwise, he'd be running for the rest of his life.
Taking Haido's hand, he pulled the smaller man up off the couch. "Come on."
He wasn't going to let himself worry. They were going to go, Kenji was going to go to sleep (and try his best to make Haido stay with him for the night), and he was going to wake up early and down an entire pot of coffee. Then they were going to work, and the week from hell would begin.
Because he could tell already they weren't going to get anymore of a break.
~~~
Author's Notes: Yeah, a bit boring and useless, but we decided to keep it. So there! Next chapter is a bit more fun. Scout's Honor. Unless I'm thinking of a different chapter, which is entirely possible. I'm editing again, so I'm thinking chapters ahead. I'm on chapter 67 for editing only nine more chapters until it's done! So many more to upload until the end.
Anyways, drop us a line!
~Subby