Miyu gave a slight moan as she came awake for a second- feeling her head pound and a sense of movement around her. She felt a gentle touch to her head before a voice softly spoke, “Go back to sleep- you don’t need to be up this early.” Miyu responded with a slight sigh and curled up on her side.
“M’kay…” Miyu muttered in English before continuing in Japanese, “headache… itai…” She buried her face in her arm and heard someone give a slight laugh.
“I should assume so…” The person’s hand ran through her hair and Miyu gave an almost purr, leaning into the touch a little bit- but not lifting her head to greet any of the light in the room. There was a gentle press to her head and Miyu nestled into her arms with a content sigh, beginning to doze off again.
She felt movement again as it woke her up. “Miyu-chan- wake up…” Miyu slowly blinked awake- biting softly down on her lip at the pain the light caused her. She stared blankly for a second at Hyde as if his waking her up hadn’t yet registered in her mind. Her eyes suddenly widened slightly before she quickly got to her feet.
“Sorry Hyde-san.” Miyu gave a slight wince as Hyde gave her a slightly confused look.
“What are you apologizing for?” Hyde held out a glass of water and two Advil, which Miyu gladly took before Hyde gave a slight chuckle. “In fact, I should be apologizing…” Miyu blinked at him for a second before Hyde took the empty glass from her.
“For what?” Hyde gave a soft smile in response.
“For falling asleep on you and Gacchan last night.” Hyde gave a slight giggle before sneezing loudly. The vocalist held a hand to his nose, sniffing loudly. “Ack… Gacchan told me he wouldn’t let Eneru and Mei out of their room…” Miyu paused as something suddenly came to mind and Hyde started away.
“He didn’t…” Miyu said, making Laruku’s vocalist turn to look at her.
“Then why am I sneezing?” Hyde asked and Miyu shook her head.
“I didn’t say that they didn’t get out…” Miyu smiled suddenly. “I think Mei opened the door… and I’m sorry but Eneru was very insistent on sitting on your lap… and licking at you…” Miyu glanced away, scratching at the side of her head. Hyde blinked at her for a while before frowning, starting for the door.
“I told Gacchan that his dog has an unhealthy obsession with me…” Hyde shook his head before grinning back at Miyu, “Are you ready to go- Gacchan asked me to take you home.” Miyu blinked for a second in surprise before glancing around. Miyu quickly grabbed her jacket form the couch before getting her MP3 player form the table where Hyde had left it.
“I… think I have everything…” Miyu claimed- taking a last glance around and Hyde nodded, starting out the door as he took his keys out. Miyu quickly sprinted after Laruku’s vocalist- nearly running into him as he had stopped on the step to get a key form the awning above. Miyu quickly fixed her jacket about her as Hyde locked the door Miyu had pulled closed behind her when running out.
“Okay- let’s go.” Hyde smiled and Miyu gave a nervous nod as the vocalist put the key on his keyring, causing Miyu to give him a curious look.
“How is Gackt-san supposed to get back in?” She asked as they started for Hyde’s car and Hyde smiled again.
“This… is actually my key- it just so happens that it doubles as Gacchan’s spare when I’m on tour or otherwise occupied…” He glanced at Miyu to see the woman blush darkly.
“Ah… I see…” Miyu looked down at the ground and Hyde gave a deep sigh as he got into his car and Miyu sprinted around to the other side- getting in and sitting nervously with her seatbelt on. There was a long pause as Hyde turned the vehicle on and they sat there for a second.
“Ah…” Miyu’s blush grew deeper and she looked down at her lap.
“Um- I live on Sleipner… there’s a batch of apartments there…” Hyde gave a relieved smile at Miyu’s reply.
“I know where that is… Yukki told me when we were going to practice one time that he used to live on the fifth floor a long time ago…” The vocalist started the car forward as a shocked look ran across Miyu’s face.
“I live on the fifth floor…” Miyu said extremely quietly but Hyde still heard her.
“Really? Maybe you have Yukki’s old apartment…” Hyde grinned at Miyu for a second and she shook her head quickly.
“No… I can’t… I haven’t been living there for… well…” Miyu paused to think. “I suppose it’s been a while…”
“Well I know he moved out a while after joining L’Arc~en~Ciel…” Hyde quickly turned down a road as he paused in thought. “Was probably a good… year or close to it.” Miyu nodded and the car fell silent.
“Ah…” Miyu bit nervously down on her lip as Hyde made another turn- fingers tapping out a rhythm on the wheel, seemingly not disturbed by the silence.
“So where do you work?” Hyde suddenly asked- smiling softly and Miyu shook her head.
“Um… computer… company…” Miyu vaguely answered and Hyde nodded.
“That’s interesting… programming? Or something else?” Hyde made another turn and Miyu blinked for a second in slight surprise.
“Ah… graphic design…” There was a short pause between the two as Hyde glanced at her.
“You mean as in video game graphic design?” The vocalist asked and Miyu bashfully nodded. Hyde gave a wide smile as he checked tragic before crossing the road. “You’ll have to show me your drawings sometime Miyu-chan…” Miyu blushed before glancing curiously at Hyde.
“But aren’t… I mean… sorry- never mind.”
“Just because someone might be colorblind doesn’t mean that they still can’t enjoy looking at drawings and pictures Miyu-chan…” Hyde was still smiling softly as he spoke and a short pause followed.
“Of course Hyde-san…” Miyu replied quietly, glancing down at her lap. Hyde gave a deep sigh as the car came to a stop in front of a large building. Miyu quickly got out and paused for a second, “Thank you Hyde-san- I apologize for the trouble of having to drop me off…” Hyde shook his head.
“You don’t have to be so formal Miyu-chan- ‘Thank you for the ride Haido-kun’ would have done… and it’s no trouble- you’re basically on the way to practice from Gacchan’s house.” Miyu nodded slowly to Hyde.
“Still-”
“Forget about it…” Hyde glanced at his watch before blinking and looking at it again. “Oh no- I’m going to be late!” Hyde gave Miyu a slight wave, “Sorry Miyu-chan- I have to go get yelled at by my band leader…” Hyde quickly checked his mirrors and traffic as he spoke, “Tetsuko’s going to be so angry with me-” Hyde put his hands up as if praying, blinking his eyes innocently at Miyu- causing Miyu to give a loud giggle- before throwing his car into reverse. “I’ll see you around Miyu-chan!” Laruku’s vocalist gave another loud laugh, “If I survive Tetsuko that is!” Hyde gave another wave before starting away. Miyu nervously waved back before quickly starting up into the building. She quietly took the elevator up to the fifth floor, retrieving her keys form her jacket as she got off the elevator and started down the hall- flipping carefully from key to key before finding her apartment key. She quickly unlocked her door and stepped inside- her back leaning against the door to close it. The woman stopped and took a few deep breaths with her eyes closed as she thought about everything that happened over the last few days that she remembered. Miyu tossed her keys onto the nearby table as she put the chain across on her door- locking the top lock as well. There was a loud knocking noise, which made Miyu jump.
“Where have you been?!” She heard her landlord shout and Miyu sighed, unlocking the door and pulling it open as far as the chain would allow.
“I apologize Ms. Izumi… I’ve been in the hospital- I was hit by a car…” Miyu quietly explained- looking down at the floor.
“Hit by a car?” Miyu nodded- glancing up at the stern-looking older woman and there was a short pause before the landlord started away. “Serves you right for running out in traffic…” A shocked look ran across Miyu’s face before she scowled darkly.
“I did not! I saved someone’s life!” Miyu clapped a hand over her mouth as Ms. Izumi turned around with a slightly shocked look and Miyu dropped her gaze to the floor. “Gomen-nasai Izumi-san…”
“Eh…” The older woman shook her head, “Still American in ways Alkit-san.” Miyu nodded, looking down at the floor again. “You can tell me everything that happened later…” Miyu glanced up in surprise at the older lady slowly walking up the stairs before nodding and shutting her door gently. She paused to think for a second before starting straight for her bathroom.
“I need a shower…now…” Miyu quickly made her way through her room- pulling her shirt off her frame before she even made it into her bathroom- dropping the piece of clothing in her bedroom. She hit the light in her bathroom, quickly undoing the top of her pants and turning the water on. She put a hand to her head as a few recent events ran through her head again- a slight headache hitting her with the memory of the night before. She bit at her lip for a second- attempting to recall anything after she’d fallen onto Gackt’s lap.
She quickly pulled the tab on the faucet- the water streaming down from the shower head a second later. Miyu quickly pulled off the rest of her clothing and quietly got into the shower- hot water making her shiver slightly. She gave a smile as she quickly began washing herself off- eyes tightly shut against the soap that she’d put too much of in her hair. She paused as she slightly remembered her falling again- recalling her arm moving enough to where she’d fallen but trying to figure out why exactly it moved. As the water continued washing the shampoo from her hair- memories of the soloist holding her glass of wine to her lips quickly came to mind and Miyu felt herself blush despite the hot shower. She quickly drove all thoughts form her head of the night before- washing the last of the soap from her hair and continuing to wash off the rest of her body- pausing on her scar, the white streak nearly cutting her body in two.
She recalled Gackt’s fingers running across the one side of the scar and shivered at the memory of the photo shoot before thinking that there was more. Miyu quickly ran through the day’s events again though her head. She shook her head slowly after a while- knowing there was nothing like it in her memory and moved to put conditioner on her hair.
Miyu suddenly froze- her eyes opening to stare blankly at the far wall of the bathroom with her fingers partway through her hair. She recalled fingers running through her hair before a person pressed their lips to hers with a hand running more across her midsection- tracing her scar. She shook her head half-frantically as the thoughts continued for a second.
“No… no no… shit…” Miyu leaned her head against the wall- hitting it gently with her fist. “Runaway imagination and… and oh shit…” She closed her eyes- thinking on it quickly, “I-I… oh God- I think I really did…”
Miyu attempted to pull herself together as she began washing her hair off again, a nervous look on her face. She let the water continue running over her for a long time afterwards before shutting it off. Drops of water hit the floor as she reached for a towel and Miyu winced slightly- realizing that she had to clean the apartment after being away for so long.
A couple of minutes later found the woman standing in front of the mirror- towel wrapped around her and wiping the condensation from the mirror. She stared at the woman looking back at her- long, wavy, dirty blond hair ended almost mid-back while emerald green eyes stared into her own before Miyu frowned, shaking her head. She quickly went into her bedroom- pulling a set of pjs out and coming to a horrible realization.
“Fuck…I left my other clothes in Hyde-san’s car…” The woman shut her eyes and hit her head against the dresser- a half-choked noise coming from her. “I’m an idiot.” She quickly got dressed before continuing to dry her hair off with the towel- getting her phone from the pocket of the jeans that she had gotten out of earlier. She flipped it open- going into her contacts to call her boss but something caught her eyes- a few new entries on her phone. Miyu blinked for a second before skimming back up the list and her mouth nearly dropped. Oh…wow…great…well at least I can call him for my clothes- and then call Gackt-san to apologize for myself… The contact entries for both singers had about four numbers for Gackt and two for Hyde. Miyu shook her head and continued down the list more until she reached her job’s number. As she made the call, she quickly checked the date and time- seeing that it was a Thursday and nearing noon before someone answered.
“Hello- this is Miyu Alkit, I wish to formally apologize for my absence… I was recently hit by a car and-“
“Alkit-san, save it for the boss…” A calm voice returned quietly, “He’s very angry with you right now…”
Miyu bit her lip, nodding slightly to herself, “I understand… I haven’t shown up for…three weeks now? I’m not really sure myself to be honest Inada-san.”
A slight sigh greeted her answer before Inada spoke again, I’ll put you in contact with him Alkit-san… be warned, he’s calling me Kyoko-san again…”
There was a click and Miyu winced- strings of curse words running through her head. Her feet traced a back and forth pattern across the floor, the woman still nervously biting her lip before there was another click.
“Alkit-san…please explain completely your absence from work for this long period of time.” Her boss’s voice was cold but not completely inexpressive.
Miyu took a deep breath, “I apologize Tekeshi-san but as I was out on that Thursday afternoon- having completed the sketch that you asked of me to do- I saw a person in danger of being hit by a vehicle. After pulling them away, I myself was hit by the car. I sincerely apologize for the lack of information passed to you but I have a lack of family here and few friends that would’ve known what was going on.” Miyu bit back a sigh as her long speech was greeted with silence for a long time.
“I see.” There was another long pause and Miyu wanted to choke her boss. “You will be in tomorrow- correct?”
“Yes- I promise I will.” Miyu quickly affirmed.
“Good- we need the design of Ruyuki by next Wednesday.” Miyu quickly looked at her clock again- checking the day a second time.
“A-All right…” Miyu bit her lip as she took in what time it was. I can’t believe this- a full drawing of a character that I haven’t worked on by Wednesday…I need the basics…
“I’ll see you tomorrow Alkit-san.”
“Yes sir- tomorrow.” There was a click and Miyu quickly shut her phone, starting for a desk nearby where a computer sat. The woman quickly turned it on- setting her phone to one side when it suddenly let out a loud beep- causing Miyu to jump. She picked the cell up in confusion to see a text message awaiting her.
“Should I come over to take you to dinner again? – Gackt”
A flush came into Miyu’s face again as last night’s events came to mind again.
“Why?”
Miyu quickly went back to her computer- logging in before her phone beeped again.
“Nevermind- I can’t do tonight- I apologize”
Miyu blinked before giving a short message back.
“All right”
The woman quietly focused back on her computer- pulling up her email and sending off a message to a friend at work. Another beep came from her phone.
“Hey you left your clothes in my car!”
Miyu bit her lip as she replied, “I’m so sorry.” She quickly refreshed her e-mail page- seeing no new message before there was another beep.
It’s okay.” Miyu gave a slight nod before the phone suddenly rang.
“Moshi moshi?”
“You’re Haido’s girlfriend?” An unfamiliar voice asked.
“Damnit Ken- give me my phone back!” She heard Hyde yell.
“No! Itai! Don’t yank my hair- focus on driving!” The unfamiliar voice returned, apparently being L’Arc~en~Ciel’s guitarist, Ken. “Watch the road Haido-kun!”
“Phone- now!”
“Okay! I don’t want to die!”
“I’m sorry Miyu-chan- he shouldn’t have stolen my phone.” Miyu stared blankly at her screen for a while. “Miyu-chan?”
“Ah- sorry Hyde-san, for forgetting something so important.”
“It’s all right Miyu-chan, I-” There was a sound almost like a scuffle.
“So are you cute?”
“Ken!”
“Hideto!” Another person shouted in panic, “Get your hands back on the wheel!” Miyu found herself staring at her screen again at the new message from her co-worker blankly.
“Ah… Haido-san? Are you all right?”
“…Yes… I think I’m banned from driving for a while though…” The vocalist sounded slightly breathless.
“I’m very sorry Hyde-san. It’s my-”
“It’s okay- I shouldn’t be driving while on the phone, especially when people try to take it.”
“My nose! My nose is bleeding!” Miyu heard Ken yelp and she could almost sense Hyde’s grin.
“Your day’s been good, right… I’m afraid that I’ll have to drop your clothing off tomorrow probably.”
“A-All right- I don’t mind at all- do it at your convenience Hyde-san.” Miyu blinked- clicking on the message finally.
“So she is your girlfriend!” Ken yelled and there was a noise that sounded like someone getting smacked before there was quick, soft muttering. “Gackt?!” Miyu blinked in confusion at the panic and shock in Ken’s voice.
“Shut the hell up Ken-chan! She doesn’t know!” Hyde shouted.
“Save your voice for once Doiha!” The other voice from earlier called from a slight distance. Miyu was sure she heard Hyde growl but her curiosity had peaked.
“I don’t know what?” She was greeted with silence for a second.
“Well- you don’t know that Te-chan’s getting married- right?”
“Doiha- I’m pretty sure everyone knows that…” The unfamiliar voice spoke again, making Miyu realize that Laruku’s bandleader was probably driving now.
“So- ah… that’s actually finalized and true?”
“Yeah!” Hyde replied enthusiastically and someone gave a deep sigh.
“What’s that have to do with Gackt-san?” There was a short pause during which she heard a scuffle going on again.
“Ken-chan!”
“Gackt-san’s doing the designing- it’s an Evangelion wedding and Te-chan’s getting married to Ayaka!” She heard laughter- quickly realizing that it was Hyde.
“Ken!” Tetsu nearly screamed.
“Holy shit! Eyes on the road! We should’ve let Yukki drive!” Ken yelled.
“I’ve got to go Miyu- Tetsuko’s attempting to kill everyone.” Hyde spoke quickly and Miyu nodded slightly.
“Hideto!” Tetsu yelled as the line went silent and Miyu stared at her phone for a while before shaking her head slightly and reading over the character specifications from her co-worker for Ruyuki, printing a copy out at the same time before carefully sending a message back saying thanks. She quietly walked to her closet, pulling a large sheet of paper from the back of the closet and taking that and the papers she’d printed out to a large table. She quickly retrieved her drawing kit and studied the print-out, making a listing of what the drawing needed. She did a quick outline on the list of an idea- scratching out designs for some of the specific details before her phone beeped again. Miyu blinked for a second before getting to her feet and quickly going and retrieving her phone- hitting the button to read the message from Gackt as it beeped a second time.
“All right?”
Miyu blinked before replying, “Yes” and taking her phone back out to where her notes and paper were.
“Good” was the quick response and Miyu blinked again in slight confusion before shaking her head softly.
“That was odd…” Miyu continued with a drawing pad and sketching some of the finer details of the man’s armor on the scratch paper.
No comments:
Post a Comment