*Aki's P.O.V*
The sound of the door opening startled me and interrupted my work. There stood my sister looking at me strangely as I slammed the laptop shut.
"What are you doing?" She questioned.
"Nothing." I answered flatly hoping she wouldn't be able to read me.
She gave me a look of doubt for a second then replied: "Okay."
She must have thought that I was watching something inappropriate, that's probably why she didn't demand an answer. I mean it's not uncommon for an undesirable scene to show just as someone walks in.
"I haven't seen you all day." She stated as she seated herself on bed.
"Right! I bet you miss me! I miss you too!" I replied playfully then added: "So, how have you been?"
"Fine." She replied fast without thinking. It indicated that it probably wasn't an honest answer. I think she meant 'surviving'.
"Good." I smiled at her.
It was awkwardly silent for a moment then she got something out of her pocket and showed it to me. "Look what I bought today!"
"Gosh it's gorgeous!! The color is so unique!!" The phone she chose was just as fashionable and luxurious as she likes her stuff to be.
I was delighted that Nanako had finally left the house and got herself a nice new phone!
She told me about her day and the salesman, and I told her as much as I could say about my day as well.
After a refreshing long chat, she said good night to me and left.
Hours later, I felt sunlight stabbing my eyes. I rubbed them and opened them slowly.
Gosh. I have no idea how or when did I fall asleep on my laptop.
My progress! Did I save my progress?!
Panicking, I blinked rapidly trying to focus and turned on the laptop. I checked my work and let out a sigh of relief. Everything is there up to where I've left off.
"5 AM.." I checked the time and realized I've only been asleep for around a couple of hours, which explains why I can hardly keep my eyes open. I closed my laptop and headed to bed.
When I woke up after a deep sleep, I checked my phone.
"How much longer?" Sent an unknown number.
"A week at most" I sent back.
I knew it was Kyoko. She told me the last three digits of a new number she had bought for safety reasons so that we can discuss our plan securely. For extra caution, neither of us added each other's number in the contact list.
As planned, I spent all my free time this entire week in my room working with my laptop.
This is where my summer coding classes finally come to fruition!
I was done by the weekend. After running the codes for a thousand times and testing the app I've built, I think we're finally good to go!
"Coded" I sent to Kyoko.
"Got it!" She replied as fast as always.
Now all what's left is to wait for her to do her part.
Since then, two of the slowest days of my life have passed at the pace of a snail.
On the third day, I recieved the awaited text early at the morning. "Done!"
She added: "My place after school".
I found myself jumping in excitement! I can't believe it worked! I feel like a genius!
My mother dropped me to school. I told her she wouldn't have to pick me up since I would go straight to Kyoko's place afterwards.
By the time the school day ended I have imagined nearly every situation as to how it must have gone! But nothing would be as fun as to hear what actually happened!
Kyoko and I entered the fancy car that came to pick her up. As soon as she ensured we were alone, she screamed excitedly: "Oh. My. God!! Girl!! It was so much fun!! It was extraordinary! Like in the movies, only better!!!"
I chuckled and replied with equal enthusiasm: "Gosh I'm so dying for details!!"
Once we made it to her mansion-looking house, she took my hand and hurried upstairs to her room then closed the door.
"So, tell me! How did it go? Did he suspect anything?" I could finally ask what's been on my mind all day.
"Not at all!! I'm sure he only thought of me as a beautiful flirty girl~" she bragged.
*Flashback*
There comes the awaited guy. He walks through the door and freezes for a moment, looking clearly uncomfortable.
He walks to Kyoko as she waves to him.
"Hey there hottie~" she greets him.
He replies with a single "Hey".
"Nice to finally meet you in person!" She gets closer and whispers: "My god! You're even hotter than I thought!"
"Uh.." He looks for a reply. "Thanks. You look beautiful yourself."
She smiles: "So what would you like to have?"
"Sorry I.. I don't drink"
She clings to his arm. "Oh come on Taka~ you agreed to meet in a bar but you don't actually want to have anything?! We should totally celebrate our first meeting!"
"It's because you kept insisting." He looks troubled.
"Oh I insist now as well!"
"Or, are you afraid you would get drunk first and look lame?" She provoked with a teasing whisper.
He totally falls for it. No guy ever, no matter how smart, accepts having his masculinity insulted. "Are you challenging me?! Okay fine! You'll regret that when I drag you out of here while you're too drunk to walk straight!"
"That's the spirit!" Kyoko orders shots for both of them while Takaya chugs some down hoping to be done with this soon.
"Ugh. It tastes terrible" he makes a disgusted face.
She laughs. "It gets better after a couple more shots~"
After some time, they have tried a whole variety of alcoholic mixed drinks. Being his first time, Takaya finds most of them awful. He knows he should probably stop but he doesn't want to be a loser.
"That's.. probably enough. How about we call it a night?" He suggests, starting to feel sick.
She whispers enticingly: "Already? The night is still young, and the fun has just started."
"Oh! Look at that! Flaming Lemon Drop, that sounds interesting! Let's try that next!" She turns to the bartender and asks for it.
She keeps doing that. Whenever he tries to stop, she seduces him into staying for just another round of shots. The more drunk he gets, the less he resists.
When he looked completely drunk, Kyoko left the money on the counter then caressed Takaya's cheek with a slow seductive whisper. "Shall we go somewhere more quiet?"
"Ah.. quiet.. yeah."
She supported him with her shoulder and walked out as she murmured victoriously under her breath: "Who's the one too drunk that he can't walk straight now?"
After leaving the bar, Kyoko booked a room for the night. She laid drunk Takaya on the bed as he immediately drifted to deep sleep.
She carefully slipped her hand into his pocket and took his phone, but her attempt to open it failed.
"Yeah of course it would be password-protected! Thank you for using fingerprint scanning though!" she murmured to herself.
She took her lipstick out of her purse then got closer carefully and applied some on his thumb. Next, she got a transparent tape and placed it on the lipstick stain.
Just like that, she acquired his fingerprint. She internally thanked Aki for her precious advice to bring a tape.
After that Kyoko placed the piece of tape on her finger and successfully unlocked his phone! She then installed Aki's hidden tracking app on it.
She returned the phone to him then walked to the door.
"Oh, and one more thing!" She walked back to bed, took his shirt off and left a lipstick mark on his neck.
"I'll leave the rest to your imagination~ just a typical drunk night that you have no memory of" she whispered with a chuckle then left.
*Flashback ends*
I gasped. "Oh gosh!!! That's amazing!! Spectacular!! I knew you were the perfect person for the job!"
Kyoko laughed: "Right!! I felt like a secret agent or something!!"
"Thanks bestie! You're awesome!!" I hugged her.
"Anything for you girl!! It literally was the most exciting thing I ever got to do!!"
She added excitedly: "Oh and keep me updated about stage two! I'll be waiting!"
"Of course I will!"
You're doomed Takaya. You're so doomed.