The apartment

“How long are you going to vacation here Aiko?”

“About 2 months. After that I have to get back home to my mom.”

“Well if you want I can show you some fun things available to do locally!”

“Yes that would be amazing Haruko!”

The flight lands and all passengers get off the plane. Haruko helps Aiko get her bag down and they walk out together.

“Aiko, do you have a bag you need to get from the baggage claim?”

“No, do you?”

“No I don’t have one either. Let’s get a taxi then!”

“Okay!”

They continue walking to the taxi’s, Haruko puts Aiko’s bag in the car for her when they finally get there. He sits down in the backseat with her and tells the driver where to take them.

“Go to street X please”

“Ok”

***in Aiko’s head***

“Isn’t that where all the rich people live??? I never even asked him what he does for work, who his parents are or anything like that. What if he wants to kidnap me? What if he’s actually some weirdo who does this to girls for a living?”

“No i can’t think like this, he’s been so nice to me. I can’t let the past affect me. I’m going to trust that he’s a good person”

***Back to reality***

“Hey Aiko, we’re here now!”

“Oh wow, already?”

“Yeah you spaced out the whole ride here”

“Yeah I’m just so tired now”

“Let me grab the bags then we can go up”

“Okay Haruko!”

Haruko grabs both of their bags and they head up to his apartment. They take the elevator up to floor 50.

“Oh wow, even the corridors here are nice. How rich are you?”

“Hahah my parents are businesspeople, I got a job at one of their firms”

“You’re so lucky, my mom had to work so hard to even become a barista when she was your age…”

“Yeah I know, I’m very grateful for my parents”

*Aiko smiles at Haruko*

They walk up to the door and Haruko grabs the key.

“ARE YOU INSANE? You really just leave your key under the doormat?”

“Hahaha Aiko calm down, I’ve lived here for 3 years already and never has there been one break in. Not even in any of the other apartments in my building!”

“Ugh fine, but you’re actually crazy leaving the key like that”

Haruko unlocks the door and they both walk in.

“WOW, you’re apartment is so pretty. I imagined it would be all messy and unorganized!”

“Nono, I love to clean and always leave my place tidy and nice.”

“Oh by the way Haruko, you don’t have a girlfriend right?

“No, you’re a very straight up girl i see”

“WHAT NONO NOT LIKE THAT, I really just meant that if I’m going to be staying here then I don’t want to make any enemies”

“Yeahhhh sure that’s what you meant”

*Haruko winks at Aiko and she blushes hard”

Aiko walks around the apartment a bit. The toilet looks super fancy and clean. The only thing she notices is… there’s only one bed to sleep on.

“Haruko… where am I supposed to sleep?”

“Oh, you can sleep in my bed if you want”

“But what about you?”

“I’m also gonna sleep in my bed, silly”

*Aiko blushes and her eyes widen”

“I’m kidding Aiko, I’m not one of those guys hahah. You take the bed and I’ll sleep on the floor”

“Are you crazy you can’t sleep on the floor!”

“Ofc I can”

“No Haruko I can’t let you sleep on the floor in your own apartment! Just sleep in the bed you too, it’s not a big deal I don’t mind it”

“Are you sure Aiko?”

“Yes don’t worry about it, really”

“Okay, but just tell me if it makes you uncomfortable and I’ll sleep on the floor!”

“Yesyes okay Haruko. I’m going to brush my teeth now. It’s late and I’m tired”

“Okay, go ahead”

...****************...

*in the bathroom, Aiko*

“Oh shit I didn’t pack any proper sleepwear. Ugh what am I supposed to do now? I didn’t expect things to go this way.”

Aiko brushes her teeth and changes into a pair of shorts and a short tank top.

“Why didn’t I pack anything less revealing to sleep in this is so embarrassing. How can I possibly go out there looking like this?”

...****************...

After being in the bathroom for 15 minutes Aiko finally unlocks the door and walks out.

“You ready to go to bed now Aiko?”

“Yeah, sorry I didn’t think I’d be sleeping with someone so I didn’t bring anything less revealing to wear…”

“Oh haha don’t worry I don’t mind”

“Okay, are you also going to sleep now?”

“Yeah I’m exhausted from the flight”

Haruko goes to the bathroom to brush his teeth and change clothes too. Aiko lays down under the covers and texts her mom she got to Country M safely.

After 10 minutes Haruko gets out of the bathroom and joins Aiko in bed. Luckily his bed is queen sized so they don’t have to fight for space.

“Good night Haruko, thank your for letting me stay with you”

“No problem, good night Aiko”

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