Stomach grumbled. Ryuu wrapped his arms around his knees on the bed more. The room was ordinary like from the movies he had seen in a dormitory setting. Although these kinds of buildings, he had not seen anything similar from his residency. A bathroom next to the armoire was fine for two people. Hours moved past the last time he checked the wall clock and the affirmation of the blonde lad about coming back whispered in his mind ceaselessly.
“Hello?”
Ryuu startled and the clear voice of a man from outside faded away. A faint sigh came out from him and his chin rested on his arms again.
Aika opened the door. Ryuu was not aware who she was, and the woman was not entering the room. The lad slowly got off from the bed and stood near her. "You, change your clothes. We'll go out."
"Outside?" He walked closer, presuming the woman was of help to her. The brunette woman scowled at him and went to the armoire, choosing clothes hanging inside.
"Don
"Let's go to the room now," The brunette woman ordered, and walked first however the hands of the young man raised his fist to push away the two men. His strength failed him that the two guardsmen grabbed both his arms, and two feet of Ryuu squeaked on the floor as he forced himself not to be dragged by them from the door."Get off me! I wanna leave! I wanna see my Father!" Arlert stepped forward not to be on his new roommate's side but a way of him to calm down and solely follow. However, a cinnamon-like colour of hand held his wrist lightly from behind. He saw a long-time friend, a server like him and adopted where his amber eyes gazed down; an inclination of the past he had been through at once.Ryuu gave up struggling from the needles picked in his stomach as he had not eaten anything yet. With teeth being clenched and confounded, he walked with his own two feet hardly moving forward to follow the woman in front of him. Breathing unstable yet he managed to keep his
‘For five days, and they don’t tell me what those jobs I need to do are. Will they allow me to leave after I finish them?’ pondered Ryuu as he was ordered to clean a room three doors next to the one where he slept last night. The lady was out of sight, still she stressed her keep watch on him.Concurrently, he ended up cleaning the dining hall in the afternoon as though not impeccable, a good moment to idle his thoughts and flashes of anxiety withdrawing inside of him like how the passes of time in the silence of the evening made him groan and wince to make it stop. Although the room seemed like it had not been used. The smell of the room was odorless same as the bed, yet he was instructed by the woman to change the bed sheets besides dusting off the surface of any furniture later the floor. A vintage armoire with bed covers and pillowcases neatly folded, lower drawers for dry towels to use on body and face, and small knitted rags organized ver
Arlert heaved a sigh as he closed the door. The new face rose to his feet as he looked at him, the blonde lad rolled his eyes and sauntered to the bathroom later when he picked up a random turtleneck and pyjama pants on the armoire, not to imitate the black-haired guy who would seem to sleep with the clothes he wore after cleaning round. Ryuu stood firmly in the same position as his muddled eyes followed the blonde as he ignored him till he got on his bed.“I wanna go home,” he uttered softly from the back of someone who lived in the place willingly. Silence moved past the time, and his patience snapped as he yelled the same words. Being watchful, Arlert immediately pulled away the blanket and raised his body to face the newbie.“If you don’t wanna double your punishment, stop saying that word! I swear I won’t remind you again if I heard you mentioned it,” firmly said by the boy who stayed in the Hub ahead of him. Restless, he faintl
“You don’t know how to do the proper bed setting. Make it perfect.” The words of the same Lady, who showed a pleasant atmosphere on him, though it was only for quick minutes, disappointed him as the woman switched to her usual attitude.Ryuu followed every instruction Aika shouted at him as he was so bad at it, after all, he did not come to the place to learn to housekeep. Stubborn and reluctant, still he had to do it right or he would never go to the next task he was appointed. Every cover of the bed must have no wrinkles calling anyone to iron it. They must not smell unpleasant; if so report it in haste to notice the Ladies who were assigned to the laundry. The Lady was in front of the doorway, watching his moves and correcting even the slightest mistake which he had no control over. Groaning inaudibly as he put the pillowcase in the pillow and tapped it to flatten. He scanned the bed with fully new sheets dressed with it and scratched from h
His old man walks gracefully albeit his age of late 50's. His hands on his back with a slightly slanted spine, his sight is clear as his Father walks ahead the subway station. "Do you find it amusing?" He looks at his old man, who asked a weird question. A low and calm voice that goes along with the cold wind blowing underneath their thick clothes.Ryuu, the mind of a 17 year old boy cannot comprehend what his Father really meant about what he asked. He only feels his cold hands wearing woolen gloves in his pocket, the cool wind makes his body tremble underneath his thick jacket and sweatpants. "It is." The boy's pitch black eyes are glued to the floor, and all he wants to do at the moment is to go home to shake off what winter can do in the city of Tokyo. It is not the same temperature as his in the mountainside of Wakayama, where his parents and he lives. For him, he is not used to this much coldness.Ryuu looks at his
"What's your name?" The young deep black eyes looked at the man in his late twenties. He looked like those typical salarymen you can see around, the only indication that he was somewhat recognized by society was the golden pocket watch that was hanging over his leather vest.Ryuu's eyes slanted as he tried to put the man's huge hood in his tired small mouth. The pretty boy flushed a tinge of pink on his cheek as his breathing became unsteady from not getting enough air. He did not want to smell the man's filthy d*ck and the struggles added from avoiding the pubic hair of the man.His heartbeat was irregular, nervous and uncertain. His brave demeanor and ability to tolerate what was in front of him, did not stop him from doing his job or he would not get a client today. If that happened, worst comes to worst, he would be forced to accept clients two at a time or even more. That would be his greatest nightmare he wanted to avoid.He only needed to gi
This was a revolt. A revolt to address every concern and stories behind each server of the Service Hub. A revolution that will shake the world of the red light district in the heart of Tokyo. "He sucks," Arlert, the blonde boy, insulted the client of Ryuu today. The 18 year old lad had done his service for the day an hour earlier than Ryuu who was a rookie in the place.Arlert, not his real name and it was given to him by one of 'The Watchers' who adopted him when he was 8 years old. In the past, he was fragile and malnourished. Particularly, he belonged to one of the hapless children living in the street of the City. Ryuu, on the other hand, did not know about it entirely. The mysterious blonde boy only told him he started working in the red light district about a year when Ryuu came a month ago. Good thing, Arlert told him that he was living in the street and he had no family before he came to the Hub, although Ryuu did not buy it.With his remar
It was 6:17 in the evening, almost time for supper. Ryuu focused his attention on the vintage pendulum clock hanging on the wall above the door. He closed his eyes and composed his breathing till he could hear the ticking sound of its arm swinging. Gradually, he began to calm down and relaxed his trembling nerves, and by a quick few seconds he opened his sharp eyes ready to face what the Hub would serve him, outside the small four corners of the walls where he could take a few naps of rest. His only moment to repose these past three days. His lack of ability to fall asleep shortly only by staring at the wooden wall in their house, was no effect in his new room.Three days of sleepless nights that put him to edge, and his astute mind would badly affect his surroundings. He was not happy with everything. He never did. If his roommate could sleep like a log in their state, what method was he using?Ryuu shook off the thought of adding a garbage topic thereupon transpired