10-12-2022, 12:14 AM
It was a short wait. Kiyohito was prepared to greet anyone. For all intents and purposes, he was just a man enjoying a smoke in the shadows. If it weren’t for the jacket and tie, he may have been a restaurant worker taking a hard earned break. Despite his lounging posture, Kiyo was attentive. It was with a slight flutter of anticipation when someone emerged, but he was slow to react when he realized the silhouette was feminine.
She pulled the door gently closed, voice softly probing the darkness. How did she know he was there? If they had video cameras, he assumed the big man working the stove to been the one to confront him. Instead, he pushed his weight away from the fence to greeted her with a response of his own.
“Why did you come out to ask?”
He didn’t expect an answer. Kiyohito was too embedded in the traditions of his family to recognize shame when it was so obvious. He wouldn’t comment on it, but instinct conjured the curiosity as to its origin.
“To speak with you,” he finally said in their shared language. The orange glow of the vape’s LED briefly illuminated his features as he did.
She pulled the door gently closed, voice softly probing the darkness. How did she know he was there? If they had video cameras, he assumed the big man working the stove to been the one to confront him. Instead, he pushed his weight away from the fence to greeted her with a response of his own.
“Why did you come out to ask?”
He didn’t expect an answer. Kiyohito was too embedded in the traditions of his family to recognize shame when it was so obvious. He wouldn’t comment on it, but instinct conjured the curiosity as to its origin.
“To speak with you,” he finally said in their shared language. The orange glow of the vape’s LED briefly illuminated his features as he did.