CHAPTER 8: Moving in

"You want some?"

Rey take a quick glimpse at Yuki who was just seated right in front of him. She is still wearing the outfit same as last night, looks like she really rushed her way here to fins him.

"N-no..." She denied. Rey cut his sunny side up into half before placing it on the toasts and fork it to her. "Have some." He spoke. "It is nice.

"T-thanks." The be honest, she is quite famished from all those panicking and rushing. It was a moment of silent as the two ate, only slurp and smacks filled the dining table.

"So"

Rey finish clearing up his plate as he grab onto his cup of milk while staring at Yuki. "What do you want."

"I-I just wanted to know..." She stop her actions as she asked meekly. "What h-happened last night, in between us."

"Nothing, actually." Rey simply replied. "N-nothing!" She didn't seem to buy it. "T-then the condoms!?"

"Got blew two condom balloons and wave it around like a flag." He pointed the two green and red "balloons" that was placed on the kitchen counter. Luckily he kept it as proof later on, it is really great to have everything planned up in the first place, that's what life's for, right?

"A-and the marks on my wrist?"

"You are always moving, so I tied you up to make it easier to clean." He spoke as if what he did is something everyone would've done.

"W-what about, y-your white stuff, on m-my palm?"

"You mean the lubricant?" Rey couldn't hold but to scoff on her beautiful imagination.

"L-lubricant?"

"Yeah, the staff hand it to me on the entrance." Rey sort out the situation. "If you don't believe, you can take a smell on that substance, it is quite refreshing, vanilla flavoured if I am not mistaken."

"O-oh..."

She lose her confidence after knowing it is just a huge, MISSUNDERSTANDING. She hung her head low shyly. Yuki could feel herself shrunk on her seat, but she instantly remembered the most important shit.

"Anything?" Rey finished the cup of milk as he assured.

"W-why am I naked, then?"

"...."

Rey had no explanation; it was purely because of his curiosity. Rey just stood there, trying to make up lies to cover up his immoral act. But as if the gears inside his mind were rusted, he came up with nothing in his defence, he is speechless.

"Y-you know that, I-I am a boy, right?"

Yuki lifted her head up and gaze at him with the eyes that make Rey felt tingling weird.

"Y-yes." Rey barely squeezed those words out of his throat. He did saw it last night, in fact he saw everything. He got quite an impact, knowing his client is a crossdresser.

But, the big guns is still from the fact that he actually knew Yuki, long ago. In fact, they quite knew each other pretty well.

"Y-you still remember me? R-Rey?"

"I-I think I do." Rey stammerd, too. He knew it since last night, he senses it long before when they first met, but it is still hard to accept such twisted information. "You are Ryuki Yuri, the one from Izo Village, right?"

"Y-yeah." She nodded. "I am him."

Glad that he still remembers her.

"B-but why would you had such, odd- I mean, special hobby?" Ryuki asked out. He couldn't believe the sunny boy in his childhood is now a goddamn meek girl. "What happened?"

"I..." She opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word, as if someone is choking her throat. "I, I couldn't tell you why." Looks like the answer is obtuse.

"I just needed a Streaming Agent to help me did the work, that's all." She stood up from the chair and took on her bag. "I-If the price I am giving, and how I am right now disgusts you, I-I guess..."

"I will help you."

Rey snapped in.

"R-really?" She stare at him, her eyes gleaming. "Y-you are going to help me?" " This year's hall of fame will be held on December, we are just half a year away. I will try my best." Rey couldn't gave her a guarantee. "But with one condition." Rey raised one finger, he was a little embarrassed to sort things out, but looks like he had to. "What is it?" She asked, ready to do anything.

"Can I move in with you?"

"Argh..."

Rey toss the junk stashes in her apartment's store room out in the balcony. "Looks like I had no choice but to settle down here, for the moment."

He moved in box after box of his belongings, into a small cramped room. With nothing but an lamp hanging on top of his head, bringing dim light to the surrounding area.

In fact, the roof was so low that he had to crouch to bit in order not to slam his head, being tall is such a pain. He move in boxes after boxes, that slowly but surely filled in the room.

He couldn't help but let out another painful sigh, if not he had been that aggressive that day.

Who the hell knows that cabinet he'd just smashes, is filled with antique wine and liquor dating from the nineties? That alone, is going to drain all the money he'd been saving.

It is for sure he couldn't afford the fee of the luxurious apartment he is living in right now. Guess he need to make this place home just for the moment.

"Time to get cleaning."

Due to the room for once being a store room, it was filled with dust, cobwebs and pesky bugs of all kind. He took out a duster and began dusting, wiping off any corner and make sure no speck of dust would intrude the room of his.

He is quite a hygiene psychopath, and that's why for the next hour and a half, he just stays in there, sorting, arranging and cleaning.

"Phew" Rey stare at the final product of all his hard work. His photos arranged neatly on the wall. A small sit-on desk was set up on the entrance while a cosy bed in the corner.

He change the colour of the lamp to a more yellowish, relaxed and chilled tone. Everything seems nice, and he is definitely able to live on in here for some time.

"Hey."

Rey poke his head out of his room door as he called for Yuki's name, who is currently preparing dinner. The fact that she need to stand on a stool to reach the average height of a kitchen stove is quite hilarious in sight. Rey felt like he was a giant living amongst some dwarves.

"Y-yeah?"

Yuki turned her head around and asked. "I am going to use the bathroom to take a bath, you fine with it?" He asked for permission. "S-sure, go ahead."

She turn her head back and continue to working on flipping the omelette. Rey head back, grab some towel before heading towards the bathroom just down the corridor.

"What a day..." He sank himself into the tub, which is also, a bit cramped for him. He need to cuddle up with his legs in order to squeeze in. Aside him, floating on the water is a rubber duck. He open his eyes and look around.

The wallpaper was rose pink, the shampoos and cleaning agents were built for girls, everything seems so "girly" in his sight.

He couldn't hope but realise what a fucked-up situation he had got himself into.

"What have I done..." He cover his face with his palm before letting a deep groan. He couldn't count how much he'd groaned today.

Although biologically, scientifically and in the name of every scientist know to man, Ryuki is a boy. But now, he is Yuki, and there is no denial deep in her heart, he is a girl.

"Should've taken the streets instead...."

Honestly, Rey couldn't even recall why he had the balls to ask for it in the first place. But there is still one last straw hanging him beyond the never-ending pit of eternal flame, he is just here for work.

Once he'd get his word done, he is going to hook on another rich client the way he always did, get his money rolling, and get his home back.

"Until then, guess I will just try my best to cope and make use to it..."