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Nightclub at Daytime Chapter 30
Chapter 30
Days at the club were calm as they were before the night Saeki visited. Fuji went back to work and acted like nothing had ever happened. Fuji continued his life. He photographed that week more than he did before. He wanted to go out so often that Tezuka allowed him to go on his own, as long as he would be back around the time they agreed on. Fuji made sure he was always perfectly on time and he made sure Tezuka knew about it when he returned.
Fuji wanted to be on his own. He had to think about the past and how he would continue in the future. Does he want to continue living the way he did before he was bought by Tezuka or did he want to change? Tezuka's story had inspired him. The man gave up his career and everything to do this work. Fuji had to stay here for at least two and a half year. It was enough time for him to find out what he wanted.
During the evenings he worked at the club and talked mostly to the regular customers. One night he ended up talking with the Oshitari cousins. They had been there the night Fuji ran into the storage, but hey hadn't seen what happened.
'I heard you were sick last week,' said Oshitari Yuushi. 'We missed you. Glad to see you are healthy again.'
'Thank you,' answered Fuji. 'I didn't feel well that evening. Maybe I ate something that upset my stomach, I don't know. I didn't feel very good that evening, but the next day I felt better already. I'm sorry you had to miss me that evening.'
'We enjoyed ourselves with one of the other men,' answered Oshitari Yuushi. 'But of course it was not as fun as when you are around.'
Fuji laughed. The other man was always flirting with him, but with other guys as well. Nioh had turned things around and always started flirted with Oshitari instead.
'Of course I missed the two of you too,' he said with a smile. 'Especially you, Kenya-san. Next to all those guys that are flirting with me, you are so nice and you don't treat me as a lust object or something like that. You treat me like a normal human being.'
Oshitari Kenya smiled at him. He knew by now that Fuji liked to tease Yuushi and act like he didn't like the flirting at all.
'My pleasure,' answered Kenya. 'You're an intelligent and interesting man. I wouldn't dare treating you like a lust object, like some other people do. I won't be calling any names, but we both know who we're talking about.'
Fuji laughed again. He liked how Oshitari Kenya helped him with teasing his cousin. He had never expected it from the guy. He always looked so serious.
'I'm only trying to make him go on a date with me,' complained Yuushi.
'You will never go on a date with him,' sounded a voice behind them suddenly. The three of them turned around. A young man with black and white hair stood behind them and he looked very angry. For a moment Fuji didn't know what to do. He wanted to run again, but he didn't want to run anymore. It had been running that made him fall in the hands of the yakuza.
'Why not?' he asked. 'I date whoever I want. You sleep with whoever you want, so why can't I do the same? I have my own life, so I can do what I want.'
The Oshitari cousins didn't know what was going on. They didn't know the man with the black and white hair, but they could see that Fuji didn't really like him.
'Syuusuke, we have been friends for so many years,' started Saeki. 'Will you throw that away because of just one little mistake? Isn't our friendship stronger than that? I've been worried sick about you. I've searched everywhere for you. I thought you were dead! I haven't seen you in months!'
'Excuse me Saeki-san, but I'm in the middle of a conversation with other guests,' answered Fuji. 'I can't help you right now. In all these months that we haven't seen each other I'm sure you had enough time to think about the consequences of your actions. Enough time to understand that it wasn't just a little mistake and that our friendship is non-existing. Now, if you will excuse me, I have work to do.'
Fuji turned back, ignoring Saeki's protests.
Oshitari Yuushi raised an eyebrow. 'Not a friend of yours I guess?'
'No, I don't know him,' lied Fuji. The two Oshitari cousins knew very well Fuji wasn't telling the truth, but they didn't say a word about it. Instead they continued their conversation like nothing had happened. When Saeki didn't want to leave, Nioh stood up from his place and walked towards him.
'Could you please be a little more quiet, sir, you're disturbing the other guests.'
'I'm not talking to you,' said Saeki, who got more angry than before. 'I only want to speak with my friend who disappeared half a year ago and suddenly turns up here in some kind of club working as some kind of whore.'
'You don't really understand the idea of this club I'm afraid,' said Nioh. 'I don't like it that you call me and my colleagues prostitutes. We are not. Besides, who are you to call Fuji a whore after what you did to him, you asshole!'
With that said Nioh slapped Saeki in the face. Everybody at the club was looking at them, but Nioh nor Fuji cared about it. The entire club was silent until Fuji started laughing.
'Nioh, you really have no patience at all! Even I didn't smack him in the face, but you couldn't stop yourself, while you don't even know him.'
'He called you a whore, that is bad enough already. I can lose my patience over smaller things than that.'
'I know all about it,' answered Fuji, still a big smile on his face.
'Is he your new boyfriend?' asked Saeki. With his hand he covered his red cheek where Nioh hit him.
'No, he isn't. He is one of my friends,' answered Fuji. 'I don't have a boyfriend. I had enough of them. Guess who's fault that is? Do you still live in the same apartment? I'll be visiting you soon then. You still have a few of my things. Like all my clothes, my camera and all my photos. I want them back, so I'll be there within a week. Make sure nothing is gone or damaged.'
'You're not getting anything back,' answered Saeki. 'I came to you to just talk to you. Nothing else. But you turn this into a fight. I had no intentions to fight at all.'
'I had no intentions to talk to you,' answered Fuji. 'You don't know what I have been through since that evening that you cheated on me. I can tell you it wasn't pleasant. Don't you think I would be abroad if I could? I have no choice but to be here. So don't come and tell me about being friends and a little mistake, because your 'little' mistake ruined my life. I hope you will be happy with my brother. Momoshiro, please get him out of here.'
Momoshiro had already been waiting. He had wanted to throw him out before, but when Fuji had started to talk to Saeki, he had waited until things either got out of hand or until Fuji would say it was enough. He grabbed Saeki's writs and helped him to the door.
'An ex-boyfriend of yours?' asked Oshitari Yuushi. The others in the club listened to their conversation.
Fuji nodded. 'Yeah. He cheated on me. It was really a wake up call. I caught him with another one in my bed. He really deserved that slap Nioh gave him. Thank you Nioh.'
'I would have preferred to kick him in the crotch,' said Nioh. 'Maybe I should have done that.'
'No, this was enough,' answered Fuji.
'I don't understand,' said Sengoku who was around as well. 'If I had a lover like you, I would never cheat on you. Is he stupid or something?'
'Are you flirting with me, Sengoku-san?' asked Fuji. 'Now that you know I'm single you will try even harder?'
'He won't be the only one,' said Oshitari Yuushi. 'We'll have to fight for you.'
Fuji shook his head. 'Sorry everybody, but I like the freedom of being single. I'm not going to get myself another boyfriend anytime soon. I really like all of you, but just as friends. I don't mind if you flirt with me, but you should keep in mind that I'm not going to bind myself so easily anymore. I'm sure you all understand that, right?'
The entire evening they spoke about ex-boyfriends and ex-girlfriends. All the guests gathered and everybody joined the conversations. Almost everyone had a story to share about a love that wasn't supposed to happen. Fuji was glad to hear those stories. He wasn't the only one that was dumped in a horrible way.
Oshitari Yuushi told about a lover that dumped him because he was too poor. Now that he was a millionaire the girl had wanted him back, but Oshitari had refused her, of course. Sengoku told about a girlfriend who had, next to him, three other boyfriends. Even Ohtori told about his life. He told about a guy who had never showed up at a blind date. Later he heard from a friend the guy had been there, but has left as soon as he saw his date was with Ohtori.
Most of the stories were sad, in a way, but Fuji felt happy that everybody shared them so easily. It made him feel less lonely. He had more friends around him than he ever had before.