[Day: Tuesday, March 30th. Time: 5:00 p.m.] [Weather: Chilly, Cloudy, Chance of rain later on.] [Kaede has a date tonight! In one hour. Until then? We'll see.] [Session Start!] * Kaede is at HOME. Getting ready. He sighs as he looks out the window at the weather. "It figures..." * Kaede paces back and forth as he lays some clothes on his bed. "I can't believe I agreed to this..maybe I should..." He shakes his head. Talking to himself. Yeesh. * Kaede looks at the clothes again, just staring for a while. On it's a nice black silk shirt and pants, the same type he wore to the club. He hangs his head as he sighs. "Guess I better get changed...at least maybe it'll be a business meeting.." He starts to get changed. ( Awareness check! ) (How'd I know you were going to do that? No :P) [Ninjas steal the house except for the room Kaede is in, but he doesn't notice!] * Kaede doesn't really care. As long as they leave the clothes, everything's good. Well, not really but he'll deal with that later. * Kaede presumably finishes getting dressed, picks up his kaban and heads out. Presumably, unless Nanami or something else stops him, towards the restaurant. [Kaede walks out onto the observation deck of Tokyo Tower.] * Kaede looks at that and...amazingly doesn't look surprised. Instead he looks for a Jin. * Jin is directly behind Kaede. * Kaede looks at Jin and replies calmly. "Figures...why did you...no wait. You're not sure, right?" I'm not? * Jin says. Okay. I'll bite. ARE you sure of why I'm here? Ummm.... I don't know. * Kaede sighs and looks around. Maybe there's something else important here that'll give him answers faster. [Kaede turns around and sees ... Remi! She's got a shocked expression on her face. "... Kaede?"] * Kaede just stares at Remi. And drops his kaban. This can't be good. * Kaede rubs his forehead. "So he got you too?" * Remi blinks. "What are you talking about? I had some free time after school today, so...." * Kaede sighs and turns towards Jin. "This isn't funny, you know." [Jin's not there!] * Kaede sighs yet again. "Figures..." * Kaede shakes his head. "I'm sorry Remi, I don't have time to talk. I just...Jin doesn't realize what he's doing." * Remi smiles. "I'm glad to see you, though. You know they sell juice up here. Do you want to... oh." * Kaede picks up his kaban. "I'll make it up to you later, okay?" He rushes. * Remi looks down. "Yeah... Okay." [Kaede escapes from Remi.] * Kaede heads for the restaurant. Even so, he's got a bad feeling about this. Why Jin would want to do it though, he's got no clue. * Remi smiles as Kaede walks back out of the elevator. "Hey! You came back!" * Kaede sighs and rubs his head. "Alright...I guess I can spend a little time here..." * Remi smiles. "Okay." * Kaede walks over to a spot to sit down. It's not like he has any choice. He looks resigned. * Remi stands next to him. "What do you want to do?" It doesn't matter... Um... Yeah? Want to look through the binoculars? * Kaede sighs and stands up. "I guess I might as well." Well, we don't have to... we could get some orange juice at the stand over there. I'll look in the binoculars. Okay. * Kaede walks over to the binoculars. His shoulders are slumped a bit. Poor Kaede. [The binoculars costs 50 yen to use!] * Kaede pays 50 yen. Stupid overhead. [Kaede can now use the binoculars.] * Kaede uses them then! What are you looking for? Nothing in particular. Oh. * Remi tickles Kaede! Gah! Stop that! * Kaede nearly glares at Remi. * Remi folds her arms. "Stop what? You've been so unresponsive since you got up here, it's almost like you don't even want to be here with me!" * Kaede just looks at Remi after that. * Remi looks back. Glares, even. What do you have to be upset about? You didn't even think I was going to be here. I didn't... Jin must just like seeing me screw up. You're here, though! You don't have to act like it's some kind of punishment to be here with me! I don't mean to be like that. I just have to meet someone is all. And the fact that I'm trapped here isn't helping matters! Who? Who do you have to meet that's so much more important to you than me?! Oh will you get over it!? * Kaede swivels to Remi, looking straight at her. What?! You're acting like just because I like you as a person means that I have to be thinking of you all the time? You're just setting yourself up for failure! Every time you yell at me for something I never agreed to! * Remi shakes her hand at Kaede. "I lost my ARM because of you! Do you have any idea what that felt like?!" And apparently THAT meant more to you then using the Cup to bring us back! How dare you! I was gonna save you! But you probably wouldn't have let me use it after. "No, it's too powerful. It'll do something bad to you." That's something like what you would have said. Better off I don't have my hand back, huh? Good thing I got to it first. I'm not as selfish as you! Do you really think we're that stupid? No, instead you have to drink all of the water like an idiot. We could have DIED because of you. Are you going to let me live forever in the shadow of your hand? * Kaede looks at her, eyebrow twitching. "S-selfish?" * Remi starts crying. "So now you don't even care. I lost my hand because of you, and you don't even care! What kind of sick person are you?" I don't believe this! Now you're making me out to be the bad guy? * Kaede swivels on his feet and walks to the elevator. Screw this. * Remi watches after him, then yells, "Fine! Just walk away from me and your child! You'd be a horrible father anyhow!" * Kaede looks over his shoulder and his eyebrow AND mouth twitches. He doesn't believe this. "Excuse me...?" [Kaede is aware of people giving him dirty looks.] * Remi stands there sobbing. * Kaede points at Remi. "You're delusional! I've never...I mean I haven't...not with anyone!" * Remi shakes her head. * Kaede looks ready to tear his hair out. "I don't believe this!" He turns back towards the elevator and presses the button. Multiple times. Almost to the point of wearing a hole in it. [Kaede hears acusing whispers.] [But the elevator cometh!] * Kaede steps in the elevator. Who gives a damn? * Kaede swivels back, glaring at Remi as it goes down. "You think this is going to get me to like you? I thought you were nice once. I never thought you were nuts!" * Remi screams, "Liar! You LIAR! You never liked me! All you've done is cause problems for me, and you don't even care!" [The elevator goes down!] * Kaede takes deep breaths. Trying to calm down. And praying he finds the bottom of the elevator. [The elevator lets Kaede off at ground floor.] * Kaede steps out, clutching his forehead and shaking it as he walks away. "What the hell was THAT about anyways?" [Kaede gets to the restaurant, finally.] * Kaede doesn't look calmed down. Heck, it doesn't even look like he really remembers why he came her. He stomps up to the entrance. * Akemi is there, wearing a revealing, shimmering red dress that's slit all the way up on both sides. When she sees Kaede, she blows him a kiss and winks. * Kaede doesn't notice. In fact, he almost walks past her, his face still filled with anger. A few steps past, he stops and blinks but doesn't turn around yet. ( Perception check! ) (...oh dear god) ( >.> ) ( Oh my. ) ( Well, keep going. ) * Kaede keeps going? * Akemi touches Kaede on the shoulder. "Hey!" * Kaede stops and blinks and turns around. He looks confused more than anything. "Um. Hi?" [When Kaede turns around, his face comes into contact with Akemi's chest.] ... * Kaede blinks and pulls his head back. ... Wow. You really are forward! It's...not what you think. I knew all of this acting anti-social was just a mask! Oh, but I guess this means you're bi. Well, I can work with that. * Kaede sighs. He doesn't care about the bi comment. He also looks depressed. * Akemi picks up on it. "You look depressed. That's weird. Most guys would be happy to be in the position you were in." * Kaede sighs again. "Don't misunderstand....it's just...gah. Women are such idiots." He looks off to the side, ignoring the fact that Akemi is undeniably, um, womanish. * Akemi pouts. "That wasn't very nice." You need a hug! * Akemi hugs Kaede! * Kaede blinks and waves his hands at Akemi. "Oh no. Not you! I...ack!" * Kaede gets squished. * Akemi lets go of Kaede and smiles. "Did that help?" * Kaede pulls away from Akemi...after a while. Fortunately he doesn't seem in a rush, so he has a pulse. "I...I don't know." He looks around a little frantically for anyone watching. Oh. * Akemi hugs Kaede. "Better do it again!" * Kaede oomphs. Ak-Akemi-san! [A whole bunch of people are watching and chuckling lightly. Ah, young love...] * Akemi lets go. "All better?" She's not watching is she? Who? * Kaede puts his hands on her shoulders and looks frantically into her eyes. "She's insane! She's trying to convince everyone I had her child!" * Akemi pouts. "Awww... You didn't tell me you were married." I'm not! Ooooh! So it's an illegitimate child! No! The child doesn't exist! How can you joke about a thing like this?!? Are you sure? Yes! Are you positive? For the love of...I'm still a virgin, Akemi! * Kaede blinks, then slaps his hand over his mouth. Really? Hmmmm.... * Akemi looks thoughtful. ( Brett wonders where this game is going >.> ) * Kaede waves his hands in the air, backing slowly away from her. "Don't you dare!" * Akemi laughs. "Honestly, Kaede... Let's go inside, you're supposed to treat me to dinner." Yeah.... Yeah....dinner... Yes. We can talk about our relationship afterwards. Our...what? * Akemi winks. * Kaede rubs his forehead, grumbling. "Girls are all nuts. Come on." He holds out his elbow for Akemi. * Akemi loops her arm around it, grinning to herself. * Kaede walks into the restaurant. Yay for food! [You go in, are seated, wait a long time, order, wait even longer, and have food!] ( Saves time :P ) (Sure does! Wow that was the fastest long wait I've ever had!) * Kaede picks at his food. It doesn't look like he's had much of it. And it looks like it's taking up a lot of his current attention. He hasn't been all that talkative thus far. * Akemi eats roast duck. "So, what's this about a baby? Is it a boy or a girl?" * Kaede almost drops his fork. "...What are you talking about? You brought it up. I told you, it doesn't exist. * Kaede stares incredulously at Akemi. Then why would she say something like that? Because...because I don't know. But I've never even done something like that with her, so I couldn't have... * Kaede goes back to picking at his food. Yeah. You're a virgin! Tee hee! ... So, why don't you tell me what happened? She....okay. You remember when you showed up at my apartment and didn't remember why you were there? Uh huh. That was the night you blew that dinner date with that one girl, wasn't it? ... * Kaede looks down at that and picks more at his food. Ooooh... I get it. So what'd you do to her? * Kaede holds his head. "Nothing. I just ended up on Tokyo Tower with her and she just..." He rubs his forehead. What? She's obsessed! I don't know what to do about her... Why? What happened? It must have been something pretty serious if she said you were the father of her child. All I said was I had somewhere else to be! It was the truth...I was trapped in that stupid tower...and ever since she almost let us die... * Akemi blinks. "She did?" How did that happen? * Kaede closes his lips tightly. "Well...you remember when you helped get us the Cup...?" Uh huh. She used it on herself first. I think they thought...I don't remember what they thought. * Akemi nods. She...drained it completely. And wouldn't give it up. * Kaede rubs his head. "To be honest, she's been acting crazy ever since that Cup..." Hmmm... Well, those things are supposed to be dangerous to use. * Kaede gets thoughtful. "..yeah. Come to think of it, Katie says Reiji started acting crazy ever since he found the Pentacle too..." But I wouldn't think it'd stay with her this long...would it? I don't know. I never used one. I don't know either... I don't know if that's it...but it's possible... Orrrrr... it could just be she likes you and is frusterated that you don't like her back. * Kaede sighs again and folds his arms on the table, hanging his head. "Believe me, I thought of that too..." But she's going to say that I'm abandoning her child? I mean what gives? How would that make me ever want to be with her anyways? Yeah... but you also screwed up your first date, though. ... Really, Kaede. She was probably hoping that would get you to change your mind and be with her. * Kaede pulls his head up and rubs his head. "...it wasn't supposed to BE a date. I didn't even know her. I was starting to like her. And she gets possessive." Well, she thought it was. ... And I thought it was, until you said it wasn't. I was there, 'member? ... That was the night we made love on your sofa, remember? * Kaede blinks. Hey wait a minute! Don't you start too! * Akemi giggles. * Kaede grumbles something. Anyway, it sounds like she really likes you, you know. * Kaede looks off to the side. "I suppose... Sounds like you don't like her much, though. How can I? All she talks about is how obsessive she is over me then she gets mad if I even remotely talk to anyone else. On top of that, she cares more about her hand than me. Her hand? She...lost her hand. Because she was captured by someone trying to get at me... Well, no wonder! No wonder what? You can't expect her to focus on much else if her hand gets cut off! So what am I supposed to do, Shiraishi-san? Just act like she wasn't obsessive before the whole incident? Act like I haven't been looking after her the whole time she was in the hospital? I was worried about her, sure, Akemi, but this is ridiculous. I can't act like I have a relationship with her simply because she lost a body part... Well, no... But you shouldn't just shun her, either. I think she's desperate for support that you're not providing. ...I'm not shunning her... Are you sure? Fairly? * Akemi shrugs. "Well, if you think so..." You don't...? * Kaede sighs. "I can't just suddenly like her in that way, Akemi. You know that." She said you were the father of her child. That sounds like desperation to me. Unless you really are... I know...but what can I do? Talk to her Ask her on a date or something. Tell her her chest is big. * Akemi winks. "Girls like to hear that." ..what? * Akemi giggles. But...it can't be that simple... Why not? I can't...I can't just go on a date with her when I don't even know... * Kaede waves his hands. Don't even know what? * Kaede waves his hands more. "Now h-hold on. You should know me better than that. I don't just "go" on dates..." * Akemi leans forward, grinning. "Maybe you should." I mean...weren't we supposed to be discussing about your next deal? I don't think that's going to happen anym-- * Kaede blinkblinks. "...what are you doing?" Checking your eyesight. * Kaede waves his hands again. "My eyes are FINE!" * Akemi sits back down, giggling. Hmmph. * Kaede folds his arms and looks to the side. "I meant it's not something I take lightly. That's all." From the way the poor girl is acting, it sounds like you shouldn't be, either. * Kaede just sighs and stirs his food with his fork. * Akemi pokes her duck. "Quack!" * Kaede doesn't react. Stir stir Of course, if you prefer, I can always tell her you're dating me instead. ...she'd kill you. Mmmmmaybe. You're not worried? * Akemi giggles. "I'll hire a bodyguard!" * Kaede rubs his forehead. "Let me guess. I'll take that role too?" You bet! * Kaede puts his hands in his head and holds it. "What'd I do to deserve this?" You got me a job where I have to wear a crash helmet. ... I did do that, didn't I? * Akemi nods. "Uh huh! Would it help if I said I'm sorry? It's a start. [Session End!]