(Frey Point of View)
I head into the living room and I sit down next to Levar. I should apologize to him. He shouldn't have seen and heard that. Plus, I don't want to mess up their relationship with each other.
"I'm sorry about that. Asaka isn't one to joke around often."
"It's fine." It looks like he wants to say something but he doesn't. What did he want to say? Does he have siblings?
"Is there something that you wanted to add?"
"Nothing. Don't worry about it."
I stay quiet as I watch him, hoping he will say something but instead, he just fidgets with his hands. I must have made him nervous. "So who is older? You both do look around the same age."
I wasn't expecting that but at the same time, I do look older than I really am. "I am younger. I am only 16."
He looks shocked at me. "What? Wow. You could have fooled me. I guess it is good I'm not at the door." I guess I really do look older than I am. Wait, what does he mean by "it is good I'm not at the door"? I look at him confused.
"What do you mean?"
"I am a bartender at a strip club so you have to be older than 18 to enter with a few areas you need to be older to make the stripers more comfortable. So the people at the door check IDs to see if they are old enough to enter but if they think that are older then I think it is 25 maybe, then they will just let them in without checking any IDs." Oh ya. I should have remembered that when I said the information on him but it doesn't seem like he knows much about the other jobs at the club.
"Oh and if you were there underage people would get in, is that what you are saying?"
"Yes, it is."
Makes sense, but then how old does he think Asaka is? "How old do you think Asaka is?"
"I don't know. 23 maybe? I know she made some kind of comment about her age "Well that isn't super far off but that could be because she said something about your age.
"No, she is 20."
"Oh. I guess that I didn't remember correctly and she is younger than I thought. But I guess part of that could be because of my job." Part of his job? I thought he didn't check the IDs.
"What do you mean?"
I see him pause for a moment. "I mean a lot of young people come in but they are always older than I think so I am used to thinking that they are older than they look."
"What do you think we really are if it wasn't for that?"
I let out a small chuckle. "Well I already know both of your ages so it's not really fair but I really wouldn't think that you are 16. I would say 17 at least, maybe 18." If that is the minimum, what is the max?
"At max?"
"Like 20, with work in mind late 20's but you could push it to late 30's." Wow. That is a new one but I guess if he is used to people being older than they look but still.
"Most people think I am 20 so you aren't alone with that." And that is what I tell people how old I am to hide my real age, so they can't really be blamed if I am encouraging it.
"I'm glad."
We both are quiet for a second before I say, "Does Asaka call you anything?"
He pauses for a second. "Yes, she tends to call me darling." Darling? She calls him darling? I wasn't expecting that. That is new. I don't think she has called anyone else darling before. She really is crazy for him.
"You know what you should do?" Or well what would be funny?
"No, I don't."
"You should call her baby. After all, if she is going to call you by a pet name you might as well call her by a pet name." Also, I would love to see your reaction and it would be more proof that she is crazy for this man.
His face is so red now. Is he down bad for her? This is funny. I could act like a matchmaker or I could just watch this unfold and laugh at them. "I guess I can but I do already call her ma'am."
What? Ma'am? I know most call her boss and others call her ma'am but he doesn't need to, does he? Does he know the truth and is he some kind of spy or something? I doubt it. "What? You call her ma'am?"
"Yes, I do. What's so surprising about that?"
"Nothing is but she seems to like you so I didn't think that you would."
"Well, I started calling her ma'am when she came into my work. Does she have a high ranking?" That doesn't really answer the question
I pause as I think. That doesn't really answer what I was thinking. I should half answer the question and ask him a question to see what he says. "Well kind of, yes. What high ranking are we talking about?"
Well, he is looking at me confused so he probably doesn't know the truth or he doesn't know that I work there too but I doubt that. "Being a police officer? What are you talking about?"
Okay, lying face. I put my hands behind my back to hide me pulling at my skin, knowing that I do when I lie. "Of course. They have several jobs but she is very respected in the police department."
"That's good. What other job do they have?" Do I have to keep playing into this? Why? Can't you take that answer?
"They sell some older things that they have or find online."
"Oh. I didn't know that."
"Well sometimes they can take home things families don't want so she will sell them for extra money, after all, she doesn't need any of it."
"Oh. Does it do well?" Shit. He really wants to learn as much as he can. Is he crazy for her?
"Sometimes, yes. After all, some people collect bottles but you're not going to find many people looking for things like ripped-up clothes with bad stitches in them."
"That does make sense."
"Good to see you two are getting along. I made us lunch." I put my hands on my lap as Asaka comes out and Levar looks up at her.
"Thank you, baby." He did it. He actually did it. He has to like her, right?
"You're we-" Seeing how they both are reaching, I end up giggling at how dumb they are. They both look embarrassed. This is the best thing I have had set up that has worked.
"You did this, didn't you?" I got caught. Might as well tell the truth.
"Yes, I did. Now let's eat." I smile at Asaka before she goes to sit down next to Levar.
"I'm sorry about that. Frey said that I should since you call me darling." That tattletale. I know I said I did it but still.
"It's fine darling. You just caught me off guard. You can keep calling me baby if you want, I won't mind. You don't have to, I just thought that it would fit since I call you darling. Why don't you start eating darling?" God damn. I never thought I could see a man's face become so red. He is like glowing red. How is that possible?
We all started eating and I have to say that this went well. I see Levar going to take care of everything when we are all down but Asaka stops him. Damn, not letting him do anything are you there? He is an adult, he can do it himself. Is she so crazy about him that she doesn't want him to do anything? Next thing you know, she is going to kidnap him.
"Darling. Let me do it. You don't need to."
"Are you sure? I want to help out. After all, you did make lunch." Never mind, he seems innocent. How can he be so innocent? He works at a strip club.
I see Asaka smile at him. Normally it's the men that are the simps. "Yes, I am sure. I will take care of everything."
I watch her leave with the plates before I speak. "You actually did it?"
"Yes, and that was so embarrassing." That was clear.
"I can tell your face is bright red."
Asaka soon comes back and sits down next to Levar. "How about we watch a movie together?"
"We should watch a horror movie." Horror movies will be perfect. I can see how innocent he is and maybe get them together. I know I should let them do it themselves but this will just be so much better.
"Alright. You can choose." Fuck yes.
Once I have the remote, I go through the movies, make sure to look at the worst ones, and just have them get worse. I need to see this. This might just be better. Plus, I will leave them alone once they are together. After all, I do have a home myself that I can go to, I just can't drive as I haven't taken the test yet and I don't really have a reason to. Plus, there are so many things that will happen in the brain that will help them do something together.