One Night in Her Car

Last night was tiring for me. I open my eyes, look at my watch and it’s already seven in the morning. Why is today not Sunday? I feel too lazy to go to work. Anyways, I need to feed my cat now. But as my vision starts to become clearer, I sense something weird. Did I forget something? As my eyes search the weirdness of my situation, I just realize something important. The most important thing. I look to my side and found Yamauchi-san is sleeping next to me! When I look around the room, here is not my room and without any doubt, this is clearly Yamauchi’s room! Right, I should calm myself. I did not do anything wrong last night. If I left this room quickly, everything would be safe. Quietly, I trying to not make any sound while making my way out of this room. As I just needed to take one more step to leave the room, suddenly, someone called my name.

“How is your night, Homura-san?”

“W-what are y-you doing here, Nami?”

There are so many questions why she is here and how she can enter Yamauchi-san’s house? I am done.

“This morning, I thought that I and Marina will carpooling going to the office later. If you are wonder how I can enter this house, Marina told me her house password. Remember that I said I drove her car last night?”

“Y-yes.”

“And when I arrive at this house, I saw unfamiliar shoes and from that I already know what happen to you last night.”

“R-really? But nothing happened last night. S-so, goodbye and see you again.”

I don’t want to stay here much longer. I need to go work later and I still don’t take a bath yet since last night. I also need to feed my cat later. Wait for me, Shiro!

“Kouta, why are you late today?”

“I just forgot to set my alarm last night.”

“Hmm, you can just tell me your journey last night. So, how is it? Your first night with Marina-san?” Shinji said while smirking.

“Idiot! There is nothing happen between me and Yamauchi-san last night!”

I did not realize that I let out a loud voice that made other staff look at me. I feel so embarrassed!

“Homura-san, manager want to see you in his room right now,” said a male staff who sit across me.

“Okay.”

“Good luck, brother,” said Shinji to me.

Is he serious? I don’t know why the manager wants to see me. Our manager’s name is Nobunaga Takahashi, but he wants us to call him John-buchou. He is an unpredictable person and that’s why we still don’t know why he want to be call as John-buchou. Even his parent also is Japanese. I knock on his door before entering his room.

“I am here, John-buchou.”

“Please come in Homura-kun.”

“You can take your seat, Homura-kun. So, do you know why I want to see you?”

“I do not know, John-buchou.”

“As you know, we are a company that focuses on advertising. The truth is I want to assign you this project. I believe that we can attract more potential investors and customers by doing this project,” said John-buchou.

The project is about holding an environment campaign on how to practice 3R in our daily life.

“Sorry but is it mean I will handle this project alone?”

“Don’t worry, Homura-kun! I had ask Amaki-kun and Ishida-kun to help you too.”

“Alright, buchou! I will try my best!”

“That’s what I want! You can start doing this project by next week. I want you to think how to make this campaign more fun and beneficial. You need to send the workpaper to me as soon as possible. I give you a month to prepare this campaign.”

“I understand.”

After lunch, Ishida-san asking me and Amaki-san to see her at meeting room. I think it’s about the project earlier. Maybe John-buchou should assign this to Ishida-san as she is more competent and has more experience than me. Also, she works here longer than me. But again, what John-buchou wants from me in this project, still unknown to me. As I see Amaki-san, I thought I should greet him as this our first time to work together. Then, we start discussing and trying to generate many ideas so that this campaign becomes more enjoyable not to adult only but also children and teenagers. While busy in finishing the workpaper for the project, we don’t realize that time now is already late. So, we decided to continue this discussion on Monday.

“Kouta!”

“What are you doing here, Shinji? I thought that you already go home.”

“Nami invited us to join her playing bowling.”

“But I don’t really good in bowling.”

“Don’t worry! We are a team! I will cover for you! Believe or not, there are days that I always got strike whenever I am playing bowling.”

“Okay.”

From now on, I will not believe whatever Shinji say to me. When we arrive at bowling center, Shinji hurriedly go to Nami and ask her to become his team. Meanwhile, me and Yamauchi-san become a team. I still feel awkward after what happened last night. Why even I am here? I should know that Yamauchi-san will be here to with Nami.

“Let’s do our best, Homura-kun!”

“O-okay, Yamauchi-san!”

The losing team will pay for dinner. I don’t want to lose again. But I am not good enough to get strike or even spare in bowling. After two hours playing, our team is winning and surprisingly, Yamauchi-san always got strike whenever she is playing.

“I-I don’t know that your s-so good in bowling, Yamauchi-san.”

“I always went bowling since I was in high school. At first, I didn’t really know how to play bowling but after being taught by a certain friend, I slowly become good in playing bowling.”

“Marina-san, maybe you can ask that your certain friend to teach Kouta how to play bowling,” said Shinji jokingly.

But not for Yamauchi-san, I can see her sudden change expression after heard what Shinji said earlier.

“Shinji, your remarks just now are so bad. You alone will pay for dinner for all of us tonight,” said Nami.

“Wait, Nami! Are you serious?”

“Yes, and by the way did you and Homura-san coming here using one car?”

“Yes, we come here using my car. I pick Kouta from his home after he drove his car home earlier.”

“How about this? I will ride in Shinji’s car and Kouta will ride in Marina’s car,” suggested Nami.

“I agree with that! We will have dinner at the restaurant that is not far from Marina-san’s apartment,” said Shinji.

Without waiting for Yamauchi-san and I trying to voice our own opinion, Shinji and Nami quickly left us.

“Yamauchi-san, if you don’t mind, I can drive for us to that restaurant.”

“O-okay! Here is the key!”

In the car, it’s too quiet. Yamauchi-san busy with her phone and I still thinking about the kiss last night. Right, Kouta! She is drunk. Maybe that is one of her habits whenever she gets drunk.

“A-about kiss last night, you don’t need to m-mind about that,” said Yamauchi-san suddenly.

“Are y-you remember w-what happen l-last night?”

“O-of course. Sorry, I am just not being myself last night.”

“N-no! You d-don’t need to apologize!”

“Is that mean you are okay with that kiss last night?”

“I d-don’t mean about that, but you should be careful on w-what are you d-doing. What I-I am even saying just now?”

“Hahahaha! I will remember your advice, Kouta!”

“Kouta?” I suddenly became flustered with how she is calling me just now.

“Yes! That is your name, right? Did you forget about that?”

“I remember about that. But-“

“No but! First rule, we will call each other using our first name whenever there are only both of us alone like now. Second, whoever breaks this rule will get kiss as punishment! And if you break all this rule, I will tell Nami what you are doing to me while we are sleeping together last night!” explain Yamauchi-san cheekily.

“W-what I am d-did to y-you last night?” I asked her to try to understand the situation.

“Y-you know, your h-hand is t-touching my-“

“S-stop! I u-understand what happen last night!”

Did I finally climbing the stairs to adulthood? Without I remembering about it?

“So, do you understand, Kouta?” ask Yamauchi-san.

“But w-we can call each other using first name if we so c-close with each other, like a c-couple…”

“I think we are closer enough to call each other using first name. We are best friend, right?”

I don’t think I can win in this conversation. Maybe I can just keep quiet whenever I am alone with her. So, I don’t need to call her name. I am so brilliant!

“Right, if you think you can just keep quiet while you are alone with me, you are wrong. I will kiss you on your cheeks every minutes you keep quiet,” Yamauchi-san said to me while smirking.

Is she crazy? Is she a kiss maniac? I don’t understand what she gets by doing this.

“Okay, I understand.”

“What is my name?” ask Yamauchi-san.

“Yama- Sorry, M-marina.”

“Good boy! Now, do we still far from the restaurant that Shinji mentioned earlier?”

“We are already here, Yamauchi-san.”

Oops! I forgot about the rule! Without wasting time, Yamauchi-san quickly move closer to me and land her lips on my left cheeks just like last night.

“W-wait! m-many people are here! T-they can see w-what are we doing in this c-car!”

After a few seconds, move back to her seat. I feel like my heart almost burst just now.

“I hope you learn from your mistakes, Kouta! Well, lets get out of the car and meet with Nami and Shinji!” she said happily.

“O-okay.”

In conclusion, she is really a devil.