Desire 14

Any encounter can lead to a new situation that may change a life...so when Takashi meets a poor girl down on her luck that he never met before...it may end up being changing for both of them!

File: 14: LODGER

102.
Takashi: Friday: Overtime was over and I was heading back home on the last train......
Sign: Kyo Express - Futago Tamagawa Plaza Station
Takashi: In the dead of night, a sole woman was sitting with her head hanging. Was she drunk...?
Takashi: Is there anything wrong?
Woman: .........
Takashi: You're alone in the dead of night. Since it's dangerous, it's better to go home quickly.
Takashi: Is she crying?

103.
Woman: I...I was called away by a group of two men when I went drinking at this store alone...and I got whirled up with them. I got drunk, then the bag that had my money got......I've been in Tokyo for two to three days to buy something and I'm leaving today.
Takashi: Did you call the police?
Woman: My parents said it was bad to go alone and objected, but I left to have my way. If I contact the police, they'll call home.
Takashi: For the moment, here's 30,000 somehow for you. There's a cheap and pretty business hotel in front of the station. Since you'll have my business card, you can pay it back to the company in the future.

104.
Business Card:
MARUBISHI PRODUCT PUBLIC COMPANY
Multimedia/Sattellite Sections
Boss: FUJII TAKASHI
Woman: Marubishi, that large company...
Woman: But...how could you give this to a stranger like me...
Takashi: Tokyo isn't just limited to bad people. So, be careful!
Woman: ............
Woman: Ah, um...!!

105.
Woman: If...if I'm not a burden, can....can't I stay with you tonight?
Woman: I...I'm...sorry about this. You may have a wife but...
Takashi: .........
Takashi: I live alone but......if we avoid each other physically
Takashi: The freeloader Shimazono had been on a data-collecting trip in Southeast Asia since a month ago. I didn't feel guity............but saying that would be lying.

106.
Takashi: The futon is in the closet.
Takashi: I've prepared a toothbrush and towel in the bathroom.
Woman: I'm sorry for everything.
Takashi: .........
Takashi: Now in the next room there was a woman who was a complete stranger until earlier...In an unforseen opening, a sleeping desire has quietly awakened.

107.
Caption: Saturday
Takashi: Did you sleep last night?
Woman: Eh...eeh.
Takashi: Right, I hadn't asked your name yet.
Akie: Akie...MIYAUCHI Akie.
Takashi: I think I gave you my business card, but I'm Fujii. Ah, don't hold back, eat.
Akie: I......I'm going to the police today and someone from my family will pick me up. Due to that, I'll be returning your money.
Takashi: .........
Takashi: I'm off on the weekend this week, shall I come with you? Buy whatever you wanted and I'll be happy in getting the rest back later.
Akie: Well...that's...

108.
Sign: POSTCARD PRESENT
Akie: .........
Takashi: Well...you don't like French cuisine?
Akie: No, that's not it. I'll cook tonight.
Takashi: Do you drink wine?
Akie: Huh, a bit?

109.
Takashi: We--ll....these gyoza are closer to nikuman.
(TN: The difference between "gyouza" and "nikuman" is mostly in size and shape: gyouza are smaller filled with meat (any kind, usually pork or chikcen) and vegetables and sealed with pressing the dough together, "nikuman" are more 'bun-shaped' and usually filled with pork)
Akie: Um.
Akie: There aren't too many ingredients, but their form is beautiful.
Takashi: Well? In that case, I'm sorry for that earlier.
Akie: You seem better at cooking than me.
Takashi: ......
Takashi: That woman may be one who doesn't know how to be suspicious of men. She's believed in me even coming here...
Akie: Fujii-san..
Takashi: !?

110.
Akie: If it's alright, may I wash your...
Takashi: ..........!
Takashi I...I'd be grateful but aren't you drunk...!?
Akie: A bit...P...pardon me.
Akie: Please don't misunderstand me. This is the first time I've washed a man's back.
Takashi: Th...this is the first I've experienced this.

111.
Takashi: The slippery rubbing of a sponge suggests a dear love.
Takashi: This is the first that my entire body has been engulfed by this arousal as a man.
Takashi: The feelings in my chest is being sent to my back.........
Takashi: I invited her in............!! There's nothing to hesitate about anymore!!

112.
Akie: A woman can be tender because you're gentlemanly. I may be able to do this...............
Takashi: .........
Takashi: I'm rapidly drooping between my legs......
Takashi: Thanks, I'll do the rest myself........
Akie: Huh...enough?
Akie: .........

113.
SFX: CLICK...
Akie: Are...are you still up?
Takashi: ............
Akie: I have a request. To...tonight, can we together...

114.
Takashi: Akie-chan.
Akie: Y...yes.
Takashi: I'm a man too. If I said I didn't want to embrace you, I'd be lying.
Takashi: But though I expect it, that's not the reason I invited you to my apartment. For me to embrace you with the pretext of kindness goes against my style. (to himself) Ultimately, this sudden invitation had me act like I was in a love scene, even if I looked foolish.
(TN: I know I probably screwed this up, but basically the expression Takashi makes is "Nimaime wo Enjite" or "to act like an actor in a love scene". I tried to make it work but I doubt it did)
Akie: .........
Akie: I...I'm sorry. That's how I thought you would be.
Takashi: ......
Akie: Good night.

115.
Takashi: The next day...when I woke up, she left behind a letter and left the apartment.
Letter:
I'm imdebted to you in many ways. I won't forget you for the rest of my life.
I'll surely return you the money you loaned me in a few days. Please get your work done healthfully.
-Akie
Takashi: In the end...she was just honest to me.
Takashi: Two days later...registered mail from the woman reached my company. And then three days later......
Takashi: Ah, Akie-chan!?
Akie: Can you meet me this Sunday?
Takashi: Yes! I can clear it up but...
Akie: Please come to Shizuoka. I want to show you my true form. I'll send you a fax now with the date and time.
Takashi: Her true form......!?

116.
Letter:
Hotel Prestige - Hamamatsu
2:30 PM
(Please be there on time)
I'll be waiting in the hall in front of the Heijou Waiting Room
-Akie
(TN: Hamamatsu is a city in western Shizuoka notable for it's manufacturing of musical instruments and autos, notable as the headquarters of companies such as Suzuki and Yamaha as well as the birthplace of Honda)
Caption: Hotel Prestige - Hamamatsu

117.
Akie: You came!!
Akie: Pl...pleae enter. There's no one here now.
Takashi: .........
Sign:
Heijou Room - Marriage Reception
MIYAUCHI WAITING ROOM
(TN: Didn't think it was that necessary, but "Miyauchi" can also be read as "the Imperial Family" or "Kunai")

118.
Sign: HALL TO THE HEIJOU WAITING ROOM
Takashi: !?
Takashi: .........
Takashi: .........

119.
Akie: Once the ceremony is over, I'll already be the wife of someone else. Can you please share this time that I've chosen with me?

120.
Takashi: You're getting married. Why were you in my apartment...
Akie: I'm sorry I was silent...
Akie: I've merely spent two days with you, but my chance encounter with you has impacted me. What I couldn't do gave me an unstoppable impulse, even if I couldn't understand it in my head...
Akie: This is the first time I've bore this feeling. With this feeling now, I can't be a good wife.
Takashi: .........

121.
Akie: We don't have time. Answer me now.
Takashi: .........
Takashi: You're...pretty.
Takashi: .........
Akie: Fujii-san...!!

122.
Takashi: If the door opens to someone...............then you have to take the risk!!
Takashi: The desires that you do when you are conscious of the danger boil from the core of your body! The desires of a duo start as a link......!!

123.
Akie: AAH
Takashi: ......

124.
Takashi: Two weeks later...she sent me a picture of her honeymoon. Her smiling face was full of happiness.
(TN: Note the Makibaou cameo on the shirt...)

TN: This chapter has a lot to do with connections...in particular, make a girl trust you, even a strange one whose about to be married...and these sorts of feelings can erupt. It's weird though: Akie was a nice, naive girl (well after the S&M control freak of the last chapter, she was a good change of pace) and somehow her hesitation and her own desires that Takashi wanted to restrain (and did for the most part) was a good aspect showing the way it worked on both sides. For once he wanted to sort of treat her with respect due to her situation and it was her that wanted to get all cozy...but of course, once she ended up back in her environment, then she can show her pubes off...which was weird but of course it's not his fault he made her love him in that weird way. He wanted a sister or a friend and ended up with another partner...that's how this series goes I guess.