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– Where are you going?
Lena nearly knocked the helmet off her motorcycle when she heard Han’s voice call out to her.
Squeezing her eyes, she opened them a second later, turning around to look at Han, who was lying in a car, of the many they had in the workshop, he was only wearing his sleeping pants, exposing his abdomen. — I thought you were asleep, you looked pretty tired today. Sean-
— I asked you a question, Lena. — Han said, with that serious tone he took when he got upset, which she didn’t listen to much, because it was strange, too much, for both of them to argue or something similar. — Where are you going with that motorcycle at three in the morning?
-Takashi called.
– And?- Han shrugged, looking at her with a raised eyebrow.
— He had a problem with his car and he’s on the mountain, I’ll go pick him up and see what happened.
— Takashi called you at three in the morning so you could go pick him up on a mountain? Because… ?
— I already told you, his ca-
—Then he should have talked to me.— Han said harshly, frowning. — He knows perfectly well that any problem he has with his cars is my business.
—I was the one who fixed that car, so I guess this time it’s my business.— Lena took the helmet in her hands, wanting to get out of that situation now. — I’ll just go see what happens, and then I’ll come back, it won’t take me that long, don’t worry.
—Of course I’m going to do it. —Han replied. — You’ve been acting strange all day, you even seem scared, and now Takashi calls you at three in the morning so that both of you can meet on an uninhabited mountain… I don’t know where that thing that I shouldn’t worry about is.
– Han…
—Han what? I thought you didn’t like Takasahi. What’s more, I thought none of you liked each other, but now he calls my girlfriend at midnight to see each other? — He asked sarcastically, nodding at “my” as he separated from the car.
—It’s not what you’re thinking.
—And what am I thinking? That you’re cheating on me? — Lena didn’t answer, sighing, but without taking her eyes off her, he speaks. —Don’t come back after sunrise, because if you do, I’m going to personally go to Takashi and squash that horrible nose he has…— Han said, staring at her. — And put on a coat, it’s getting cold outside.
With that, the Asian turned around, Lena let out a big sigh, throwing her head back before leaving the place, walking towards her motorcycle so she could go with the older one.
And it is that in fact, she was going to see Takashi in the mountains, of course she was not going to check his car, more than anything, she was going to know those horrible curves of the great mountain, which, DK was the only one who had managed to make it to the end.
The girl would run those tight turns in a few days, and she wasn’t going to risk losing and falling off a cliff, and DK wasn’t going to risk being cruelly murdered by Han if the girl ended up dead because of him. So the best idea they both had was to go practice on those streets.
When the girl reached the end of the mountain, taking the safe path, the one that everyone used when they wanted to get to the place, she turned off the engine, removing her helmet, she could see Takashi leaning on his Nissan. “Gaijin, did you sleep well?”
—Just show me the way, Takashi, I’m not in the mood for your jokes.
— It seems that you and Han argued, that makes it even better. — Lena frowned, looking at him strangely. — Driving through these streets with a purpose is the only way to make it to the bottom.
…
Lena’s steps in the workshop were lazy, her body felt tired, leaving her helmet on the aluminum table, she threw herself into the leather sofa that was in a corner of the room, passing her hand over her face.
It was quite early in the morning, and she knew that Han would still be asleep, he wasn’t an early riser, he never liked getting up very early, according to him, it didn’t make sense, it’s not like his own workshop forces him to work early.
Looking around the place, the girl frowned, there was a car missing. Looking to her sides, the girl did not find that characteristic orange car, which made her stand up from her seat, moving towards the room, Lena frowned more when she saw no trace of Han anywhere.
The bed was completely tidy, as if no one had slept in it.
Han never makes the bed.
A noise in the lower part of the place made her look over her shoulder, seeing how the sunlight entered the place, she walked towards the railing of the stairs, noticing that long hair entering the place stealthily, closing the door in Silence, the girl just looked at how he walked to sit on the couch too, he seemed frustrated too.
His hands ran through his hair as he stared at Silvia in front of him, Lena’s car. The girl’s eyes narrowed as she saw him bring his hands to his eyes, rubbing them hard.
Han was crying?
With that in mind, the girl moved away from the railing, running downstairs, her heart felt a great pain when she heard him sob, he sobbed so low that if he wasn’t a few meters from her she wouldn’t even realize that he was sobbing. — Love? — That made Han jump, looking up, swollen, to see Lena standing in front of him, he blinked in surprise, wiping his eyes before looking away, trying not to let the girl’s strong gaze break him further. – What’s going on?
—Did you come back early? Because if you not-
—Han,— Lena cut him off, cupping his face before crouching down a bit so she could be level with him, staring at him. — Don’t try to change the subject… I saw you crying. — The Asian only looked down, sighing while denying. —Don’t you want to tell me? Good.
Han thought that that would be all, that the girl would get up and go to the room or another place, however, when she sat next to him, and took his face to put it on her chest, hugging him and caressing his hair, he couldn’t contain that tingling in his nose, feeling that guilt in his chest.
The same guilt that he had felt since the day he began to analyze the whole situation of him and Lena, of his life in Tokyo.
Lena wasn’t happy, not with him, not in Tokyo.
That was what he had concluded.
— Okay, don’t tell me if you don’t want to, but you know you can always vent to me, right? If you want to cry, my arms will always be open for you to do so, sweetheart. — That made the Asian hide his face in the younger’s chest, hugging her waist tightly while they both leaned back on the sofa.
Lena caressing the head of a tearful Han while he was lying on her chest, eyes closed, refusing to let go of the younger. — I’m sorry. — he said suddenly, making Lena look at him carefully and doubtfully. Han looked into her eyes, looking up, still not leaving her chest, blinking away the tears, he pouted a little, as if he wanted to cry again. —I’m sorry.
And again, he blurted out, Lena didn’t understand why he was saying it, but Han knew it perfectly, wanting her to know that he was sorry. — You’re sorry? Why? — But he wasn’t going to tell her the reason, not yet, not until all that was over.
— For everything, I know we’ve been arguing a lot lately, I know it’s partly my fault and I’m so sorry, I’m sorry I took it out on you that night when I got mad at DK, I’m sorry I spoke to you that way last night, I know that… — Han looked down, caressing the girl’s abdomen with his thumb. — I know that you and DK… I don’t even know how to put it, but I know that you would never do anything to hurt me… I know you won’t betray my trust… I’m sorry if I made you think that I don’t trust you… I do, it’s just… It was late and you were going to go with DK, my head just… I’m so sorry.
Lena felt her nose itch, feeling guilty and bad, it wasn’t his fault for what had happened last night, it was her for not telling him what she would actually do. — I’m so sorry, encanto, I’m sorry I made you doubt, I know that seeing DK isn’t something I do without letting you know, I’m just… — Lena made a face, swallowing knowing that she was going to have to lie to him again. — I wanted to do this on my own this time, it’s not that I mind being with you darling but… You have your job, you have your problems and lately you seem a little stressed, so I didn’t want to bother you and tell you to go with me, I could do it alone.
— And I know, love, I just… I would have liked you to tell me, I don’t like that… Well, you go out so late, much less to the mountains.
Lena nodded, caressing the older man’s cheek. — I won’t do it again, I’m so sorry, sweetheart. — She said, leaving a kiss on the man’s forehead, listening to him sigh, as if he was relieved of something, hugging her tightly again, the girl laughed when she felt how he rubbed his cheek on her chest, as if he were a little cat. — You look like a cat, what are you doing?
— Let me sleep here, it’s more comfortable than that bed.
— You love that bed.
— Do you know that I love more than the bed? — Lena looked at him, denying with a smile, he leaned a little towards her, touching his nose with the girl’s. – You. — He whisper, smiling before leaving a kiss on her lips, smiling when he heard the little girl’s giggle.
Oh how he wish they had those moments for eternity.
…
Lena was playing with her cell phone while sitting on Han’s lap, her head against his chest, he was sitting in an old couch, legs stretched out on a table, just like the younger one’s, the Asian was reading a car magazine.
They were all there, watching Sean practice, Lena was surprised to see him drive better than before, in fact, he seemed to be becoming quite an expert at what he did. —Hey, twinky, I need new tires.
That seemed to upset the brunette, because suddenly, he jumped out of his seat, stepping over both sets of legs so he could run towards Sean before he grabbed the tires. — Hey! More tires? It’s your third pair today… They’re not cheap at all!
— Twinky, give the boy his tires, I’ll pay for them. — Lena said, lowering her cell phone to look at the duo, Sean smiled excitedly, looking at Twinky with pride while the other boy looked at Lena with a frown, she winked at him and motioned for him to give her the tires.
— The child is going to leave you bankrupt at this rate. — The girl listened in her ear, laughing at Han’s voice, who tickled her body. — And I remind you that you still owe me the Nissan. — The Asian whispered again, this time, taking the girl’s waist tightly, leaving funny little kisses on her neck, knowing how sensitive she was to tickles.
Lena’s laughter stopped just like Han’s actions, they both looked to the side when they heard the loud noise of tires screeching against the pavement, raising an eyebrow, Lena, and the others, could see how Takashi, Morimoto and another boy’s, who accompanied DK, cars stopped next to the other in the place.
Lena got up from Han’s lap, just as he did from the couch when he saw Takashi get out of his car and walk with a determined step towards them. — DK, sit down, we’re gonna burn marshmallows soon. — Lena heard Han say when he had the aforementioned a few meters from him, the girl decided to sit at the table after seeing how he passed by her with an annoyed look.
He was going to hit someone, again.
And as she predicted, the scowl was visible on his face as she watched Takashi punch Sean across the face. Lena wasn’t someone who got into DK’s fights, mostly because they were always about Neela, and the truth is, she didn’t like to get into other people’s relationships.
If Neela and DK were in a relationship.
When Lena saw Sean’s bloody face, she decided to stop him, the older one was capable of killing him and it seemed that the others weren’t even going to try to stop him. — Takashi — Lena called out forcefully, he stopped, but he didn’t let go of the boy, looking at her with a raised eyebrow, he wanted to laugh at her attempt to stop him, however, he released Sean after a few words. — Punch him again and forget about our deal.
Han looked at the girl strangely, he had not understood what she had said, Han was not from Tokyo, although he spoke Japanese well, he was sometimes confused by the accents, and the one the girl had spoken in was not a Tokyo accent, he did not know how she knew how to speak in another accent, but he was surprised that DK did seem to understand her.
After saying a few words to Sean, he straightened up to walk to his car, passing Lena, he stopped for a moment, whispering something Han couldn’t understand, he walked away.
Lena ran over to Sean, leaning in to see his face, sighing, the girl helped him up. — I’m fine. — Sean said when he got up completely, seeing Lena deny like everyone else in the place.
— What did you expect? You’re not just playing with fire, you’re sticking matches into gasoline.
Sean lowered his head after Han’s words, Lena felt a little bad for the boy, apparently, He did like Neela more than it seemed. — Now, let’s go to the workshop, you can’t show at your house… Like this.
Lena said, taking him to the red car that he was driving, the others looked at Han, who nodded to them, the others took their things to start walking to their cars and to be able to leave the place. Han watched as Lena said something to Sean before letting him get into the car, his head could only think of those words that the girl had said to Takashi.
Words that he had not understood at all.
…
Lena was looking for her helmet all over the place, she didn’t even know where she had left it.
Today was the day that she would do that job for Takashi and the truth was that she was somewhat upset, much more because everyone else was there, and that only meant that she would have to tell one more lie to be able to leave the place. — Sweetheart… — Lena called, making Han look up from some papers immediately. —Have you seen my helmet? I left it on that table and I can’t even find it anymore.
Han looked at her for a second, taking in her outfit. – Are you going out?
— Yes, I’m going to look for a spare part for Mona. — She said, yes, they were re-making the car that Sean destroyed. — I looked today in the morning but we don’t have, I’ll go with Kenzo, I’ll see if I find him there. — Lena finished, Han nodded, looking at her as he shook his head.
— It’s close to Mona, you moved it because we needed the table, remember? – Lena opened her mouth, nodding when remembering that event, she thanked him before running towards the piece of car, finding the helmet.
When she returned to the main room, she ran to Han, seeing how he looked more serious than before, wrapping her arms around his neck, she hugged him, leaving a kiss on his cheek. —I’ll be back soon, okay?
— Tell Kenzo to write it down to my account. — The girl nodded, leaving one last kiss on his cheek, and was going to walk away if it wasn’t for the grip on her wrist. — No, no, are you going to leave without giving me my kiss? — The girl laughed a little, seeing how he turned around, taking her by the waist and pulling her closer, leaving a soft kiss on his lips, the girl put her arms around his shoulders, getting even closer. — Don’t go today, we can go buy it tomorrow. — He complained, leaving kisses on her cheek and then going down to her neck, tightening his grip on her waist.
— I can’t, Kenzo is going to Germany tomorrow, you know. — The girl said, separating, taking his face, she left one more kiss on his lips and one on his forehead. – I’ll be back soon.
The man smiled, letting go of her hand to let her go, once she disappeared from his sight, he removed his smile from his face, not agreeing with those words from the girl.
Punch him one more time and forget about our deal. Han had found out what the girl had told the older one that afternoon when he hit Sean. What deal? He didn’t know.
— Twinkie, if I don’t return before closing time, you know what to do.— Han said, taking his car keys and tossing the garage keys to Twinkie before getting into the Mazda, leaving the garage, knowing full well where the girl was headed.
…
At the sharpest turn of the mountain, surrounded by a large cliff on each side, the neon blue car hit the yellow vehicle next to it hard, the loud noise of iron rolling down the cliff was what the girl heard a second later, accelerating towards the end of the large mountain.
Takashi and Morimoto, who were in the place, looked with impressed eyes at the neon car, which arrived without any scratches just like the girl, smiling with amusement, DK approached the girl with her helmet in hand, moving away from her motorcycle. – Good job.
The girl took the helmet that he offered her, ready to go to her motorcycle, however, the hand on her elbow stopped her. — I did my part, now let me go, will you? It’s too late…
— The work is not finished yet. — Takashi said, making her roll her eyes. – Let’s finish it.
…
Han’s eyes stared at the scene in front of him, Lena getting out of a blue vehicle, Takashi, Morimoto and she talking about something before the trio got into their respective vehicles and headed back up towards the big mountain, Han of course followed them, trying not to be boisterous and not let them know he was there, until they stopped in the middle of that big mountain, getting off until they were close to one of the cliffs.
Han frowned, not understanding what they were doing there, however, nothing mattered to him when he saw how Morimoto took Lena by the arm to pull her down the cliff, when he was on the edge of the place, his steps stopped immediately, seeing the scene.
Takashi bowing as he spoke to a man, who seemed to be crawling away from him, Lena and Morimoto looking at them from a corner.
Han reviewed the scene, a car on a cliff, Lena going down the mountain in a car that wasn’t hers, Takashi and Morimoto, the bloody man, and everything clicked in Han’s head.
That was what she wanted. Lena wanted the life full of adrenaline that she had before going with him, she didn’t feel good in the place, with him, not with his monotonous life.
And at that moment he decided, swallowing hard, blinking away the tears in his eyes, turning to walk away, leaving the trio alone again, speeding through the streets of Tokyo, he took the small cell phone that had been given to him.
— Han, nice to hear from you.
—Tell me what I have to do.
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