The Morning After
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Chapter III: The Meeting
‘Hey Hunter? Do you think it's possible for the dead to surround the living? Cause I do.'
Hunter jolted, gasping for air, hands going up to claw at his throat.
"Easy Hunter, easy! Shh shhh, it's alright man, shh, it's alright. That's it. Good boy." Someone said, gently scratching his head, allowing him to breathe and relax, letting him get himself together. Looking up, he saw Silviya and Conner, his eyes having discoloration, but the swelling coming down, looked at him in concern.
"Hey man", Conner whispered, "how are ya? You really took that hit."
Blinking, Hunter reached up to feel for a bump or something, but instead, he felt cotton bandages wrapped on his head. Finally looking around, he noticed the white walls and smelled something sharp.
'Rubbing alcohol. The hotel's clinic then.'
Tilting his head, he looked towards Silviya and let out a small croon, seeing as she was upset. Closing her eyes, Silviya sighed and crossed her eyes.
"What the hell Hunter? I thought you were the most sensible out of all of us? I do have to give you credit though, you really want all out." Sighing again, she added, "I can't really be mad with you though. We would have done the same thing." Shaking her head, she started to chuckle. "I can't believe you took a glass bottle to the head for a guy you don't even know."
Conner, who was busy checking Hunter's head, nodded and smirked.
"Feel in love with him when he defended you? Is that it?"
Rolling his eyes, Hunter snorted and shook his head. He started to sign his response.
"He wore Sam's colors. I reacted on instinct and took the blow. That's all there is to it."
Rubbing his eyes, he asked a question."What time is it? How did you find me?"
Leaving Hunter's bandages alone, Conner answered, pulling out his phone to check the time.
"It's currently 11:48 in the morning." He put away his phone and continued. "I'm guessing those men who saved you from last night, brought you here. We knew it was you when someone mentioned a guy wearing sweatpants and a black silky looking nightshirt being dragged out of the bar. That was about 30 minutes ago give or take. I'm guessing they put you up here and left you here in case of the risk of a head injury developing later on." Conner finished.
Silviya snorted and spoke.
"I think we've overstayed our welcome. The nurses have been giving us nasty looks after we barged in. You alright enough to get out of here Hunter?"
He nodded, ready to leave and get this thing over with. Grunting, he got up and immediately started to tilt sideways before catching himself. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Opening them, he started to walk towards the doors, following after Conner and Silviya who held out his hoodie from last night.
Placing it on, he pulled up the hood as they walked towards the elevator and waited for it. Getting on, Silviya pushed for their floor. It was quiet for a while until:
"I still can't believe you did that Hunter. Like holy shit man!" Conner laughed, jabbing Silviya by her side. She rolled her eyes playfully until she snorted and barked out a sudden laugh.
"Fuck! I just realized that was the first time in a while you got into a fight!" She snorted, as all three exited the elevator, going to Hunter's room. "What was it like?! The adrenaline? The way you beat that man up! No remorse! I-" She stopped, taking notice of a man from last night. Hunter looked up, but faced away, too tired to even converse with a stranger. He let Silviya and Conner do the talking as always.
"Oh, hello there! You're the man from last night who helped Hunter out. The one Hunter took the blow for, from last night. Thank you for that!" Silviya said, stepping forward, a smile on her face. "We also", she nudged Conner, who looked at them and smiled, "want to apologize for the inconvenience. We didn't think he would do it in such an open area. Again, apologies for the inconvenience, but thank you for helping him." She finished off, bowing her head slightly, Conner smiling.
"It's alright, really. Actually, I wanted to invite Hunter to dinner, to thank him for protecting me. As well as all of you of course. Think of it as an apology for what occurred last night." Said the man, dressed in purple.
"Oh! Don't worry about that!" Silviya said, shaking her head.
"I insist. I would feel horrible if you didn't."
"We would love to then! It sounds wonderful as well to be honest. " Silviya responded, Conner nodding along.
"I also wanted to give this back." The man continued, holding out a cellphone as Hunter looked up.
Checking his pockets and hoodie, he found it to be missing. He grabbed it, bowing his head, subtly poking Silviya in the ribs.
"He says thank you." She grinned. "Where do you want us to meet you at, Mr.-?
"Apologizes, my name is Eisuke Ichinomiya. A pleasure." He said, looking away from Hunter, smiling at Silviya, reaching his hand out.
"Likewise Mr. Ichinomiya. My name is Silviya." She said, shaking the man's hand and then letting go. "This is-"
"I'm Conner! Nice ta meetcha man!" He waved, before shaking the outstretched hand.
"It's very nice to meet you as well." Ichinomiya replied as Silviya playfully rolled her eyes.
"And you've already met Hunter. He doesn't really talk, so you'll have to make do with silence on his end." Silviya said as Hunter simply nodded his head towards Ichinomiya, who smiled at him. She coughed politely."So, where would you like us to meet you?"
"There's a restaurant that I think all of you would enjoy. I'll be sending a car at 7 if that's alright with all of you?"
"Sure, we'll be ready by then. Uh, is it formal?" Conner asked.
"Yes."
"Alright, then we'll get ready. Thanks again man!"
"Of course. I'll be going then and I hope to be seeing all of you at 7."
"We'll be ready by then, thank you." Silviya responded, smiling at him.
Eisuke smiled back before walking away, towards the elevator.
"Well, that took a turn." Conner said as soon as the elevator doors closed. "First, you get beat up and next you get invited to dinner. This place is fucking looney. It's my type of hotel!" He finished, chuckling.
Silviya chuckled with him as she walked towards her room, Conner trailing behind. "I want everyone to be ready by 6:30 or 6:50 at least." She said, opening the door, letting Conner in first. "We'll see you later Hunter. Hopefully you're still up for it by then." She said before waving and entering the room, closing the door.
Hunter nodded and entered his room, planning to at least rest for a while, before even thinking about getting ready at all.
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"And where are you going Boss?" Baba asked. "Another dinner party?"
Eisuke huffed, clasping on his cuffs. "None of your business."
"You're going to the casino then? We'll go with you! Can't imagine what ladies you might attract this time around!" Baba enthusiastic said, not minding the harsh response, Ota nodding along, grinning.
"No. You will all stay here. I'm not your babysitter or your entertainment. Go somewhere else, I don't care." Eisuke said, straightening out his jacket.
"Oh, come on Boss! You know we just want to be there with you. And have fun, but that's besides the point! It'll be fun!" Baba responded back, Ota stretching next to him.
"What will? Never mind. With how you fools act, I'm almost certain it's something that you alone will find entertaining." A voice said, coming from the balcony as they entered the room. "I am curious; however, on where you're going Eisuke. You normally don't enjoy doing business on the weekends. Even if you do go to parties, you'll let them know what's going on." Soryu asked, putting away his phone.
Eisuke rolled his eyes. "If you must know Oh, I'm going out to Misoguigawa for dinner and I've invited the man from last night who saved me and his group of friends, as an apology for what my hotel didn't do. I still can't believe-" He muttered under his breath. "Anyways, I'm meeting them at the restaurant. Now, if-". He was cut off as Ota butted in.
"You know, I think I'm good friends with the restaurants owner, especially after I donated an art piece of mine. I think it'll be fun if we visited them. Don't you think so Baba?"
"Oh, absolutely Ota! Should we go with Boss? I don't think he'll mind us going. After all, he does owe us-"
"I don't owe anything to you fools."
"-from last night, after helping him with those men. I think I was almost injured during the fight too."
"You're absolutely right Baba! I think I almost broke my nose when one of the men was throwing his arms around."
Soryu hummed and then smirked. "I think you owe us dinner Ichinomiya. After all, we did help you, especially kicking out those men for you. Don't want to stain your reputation, now do we?"
Eisuke was quiet, glaring at them, before turning away. "Do what you will, I don't care. The car is waiting." He said as he walked away.
Soryu walked after him, the other two grinning towards each other as they followed him
out.
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Conner gave a low whistle as he caught a glimpse of the restaurant as the usher showed them the way to the table Ichinomiya had reserved for them. "Damn, this place ain't have bad."
Silviya nodded along as Hunter trailed after her. As the usher started to slow a bit, she noticed the group of people already there. "Hey, isn't that the group of people who helped out Ichinomiya?"
"Hm? Oh yeah! I guess he invited them too?"
With the usher coming to a stop and showing them their seats, he spoke.
"A server will be here shortly." He said, smiling, before quickly leaving.
Eisuke stood up and smiled, reaching his hand out. "Thank you all for coming. I hope the ride was up to your standards?"
Silviya shook his hand and grinned. "Oh yes! It was lovely! Thank you." Letting go, he reached out his hand for Conner to shake. "Thanks for the ride man. It was joy." Conner smiled as he let go. Eisuke nodded and smiled back, reaching out towards Hunter next. Hunter nodded his head, face expressionless, as he shook Eisuke's hand.
"These are my acquaintances." Eisuke continued as Hunter let him go, nodding towards the rest of the table. "They wanted to join me. I hope you all don't mind?"
"No, of course not." Silviya said as she nodded towards them. "A pleasure! My name is Silviya." She greeted as she shook hands with everyone, Conner falling swiftly. "The name's Conner. Nice ta meet cha'!"
"Mitsunair Baba. A pleasure to be greeting beautiful women such as yourself." He smiled, winking at Silviya and grinned at Conner. "Hey, what's up!"
"Ota Kisaki, nice to meet all of you!"
"Soryu Oh. Good evening."
'Why do they all look familiar? Especially the one dressed in all black?' Soryu thought as he finished introducing himself.
"And this is Hunter. He doesn't talk, so you'll be hearing a lot of silence from his end."
Silviya said as the other three men looked at Hunter expectantly. They all sat down as the introductions came to an end.
"Oh, well. It's still very nice to meet you." Baba said, before reaching out to shake Hunter's hand, Ota doing the same. Hunter simply nodded his head towards them.
'Hunter? I know that name…'
Soryu reached out to shake his hand and as Hunter clasping it firmly, a chill ran down Soryu's back. Narrowing his eyes, Soryu looked Hunter over as they released hands, Hunter doing the same. Spotting the fading bite mark on Oh's neck, and the yellow bruises, Hunter realized who it was. As did Soryu when he finally recognized the man from a few nights ago.
'Fuck.'
'Shit.'
(My very good friend delivered this masterpiece yesterday, but I forgot to put it here! I'm so happy she made it though, so I hope you guys enjoy it!😊💕)
