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Relaxing Before Work; Andy! <3
Topic Started: May 4 2008, 06:36 PM (627 Views)
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‘Ah, finally the hot springs, I feel like I’ve been searching forever!!’ Sakura thought to herself as she navigated her way into the newly renovated building. She had already managed to get lost three times, ask for directions twice and then go and screw those up. Maybe some sort of force was just trying to keep her away, but Sakura refused to be so easily deterred!! With a cheery disposition she walked into the new Aquatics Complex and took a look around at her tuition money at work. For the most part it looked to be worth the three jobs she was constantly working to pay her tuition each year, and now that AHS had added on a college section she would be paying it for even longer. Speaking of which…Sakura mentally reminded her self to go job hunting tomorrow, with a fourth job maybe she would actually be able to have some pocket money!

Adjusting her bag on to her shoulder she smiled while walking around the edge of the gym. There seemed to be a small basketball game going on for a few of the high school boys going up against slightly bigger college guys in one section where as, a small group of girls had begun to congregate in the stands. Chuckling softly to herself she waved politely to the girls as she passed before going through the door she hoped connected the gym to the hot springs…SURPRISE, it led to the pool. Sighing softly she watched a rather tiny girl take a beautiful dive off the top board and do two flips before piercing the water. What caught her eye then was the opening of a door on the far side of the room with a dangling sign stating: HOT SPRING/SAUNA. Smiling in triumph she hurried across the tiled floor, careful not to slip in her tennis’ on the wet surface, before slowly entering into the hot springs.

Fireworks went off in her mind as she finally reached her destination. Sakura had half a mind to do a little tap dance right here!! Then again, with the place as crowded as it was, she was sure they would think her insane. A fine blush dusted her cheeks at the thought and she chuckled slightly to herself before stepping further into the room to look for any available spot. The first two she passed seemed to be filled to the brim with giggling girls and grinning boys…interesting. Shaking her head she passed them to find the middle section extremely available, it looked as though everyone either favored the very front or the very back.

Walking behind a dressing screen she rested her bag down on the bench and stretched slightly, “Mmm…” she groaned softly while pulling the butterfly clip out of her hair, allowing her brown ringlets to cascade freely down her back. Instantly the tight feeling from keeping her hair up faded and the start of a headache left her to smile in relief. Shrugging out of her t-shirt and khaki shorts she pulled on her plain purple bikini and wrapped herself up in a towel. Slipping her shoes off she placed them neatly on top of her folded clothes and then slid the pile right next to her bag.

Crossing from behind the curtain she smiled at the water which she prayed would be as relaxing as it looked to be. Keeping her towel on she perched on the edge and stuck her hand in the water, letting the warmth travel up her arm and through her entire body until she was sighing in relaxation. Slowly she lowered herself to sit on the edge and dangle her legs in the water, she wasn’t quite ready to go all the way in; little by little, she wanted to prolong the feeling.
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Man what a day.

I know....

We really need this.

Keeping a towel draped on his shoulder, Lucifer sighed as he started to rub his temples. He had been starting up training again with the symbiotic form and he had got into an accident that involved a misplaced landing, a slip up with a chain and a brick wall courtesy of a building. He had slight improvements with self healing, but it wasn't enough to get this sore feeling that was in his upperbody. He felt like the muscles in his back were all wrenched out of alignment as he continued to stretch out. A long soak seemed to be the best cure for this kind of pain. Stopping out near the door, he tied his hair into a pony tail after making sure his swimming shorts were on right. Opening the door, his eyes looked at a girl that was in the hot springs and he immediately maintained his position. The springs were co-ed, but he had no idea that no one else was here at the moment. He looked at her and was able to get out a simple,"Hello."
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Every few minutes she would slowly add more and more of her self to the pool, making sure to pull her towel up so it didn’t get wet. Just as she allowed her shoulder to touch the water she refolded her towel and set it close enough so that she could grab it when she decided to get out. The warm water soothed her and seemed to suck out every ounce of weariness she had in her. It felt like a thousand little molecules were massaging her skin for her, as if saying ‘We know you’ve had a long day…and there’s still more to come!’ Oh yes, even after she spent all morning waitressing and all afternoon cleaning at a hotel, Sakura still had to work the rest of the night at a small tea shop. Soon enough she would toss another job into the mix for weekends, if she wanted to attend college here she would have to pay for it somehow.

Sighing softly she watched some of the students exit before finally taking a small breath and submerging herself beneath the water. Sakura released her breath slowly as she allowed the warm water to clean her face and relax her body. Smiling slightly she resurfaced and pushed her hair out of her face in time to see that she was now completely alone. How had everyone gone so fast? Wouldn’t she have at least noticed them all leaving in groups? Maybe Sakura was more tired then she thought.

Rubbing the back of her neck she turned around in the water and gasped to see a boy standing in the doorway. Dropping her hand she gazed at him for a moment before blinking slightly and giving a friendly smile, “Hello, I didn’t realize someone else had walked in…sort of startled me…” she said with a small laugh. He was standing so still she could almost swear she was the one who had startled him. “Um, if it makes you uncomfortable I don’t mind leaving early.” She offered with a polite smile, Sakura wouldn’t get upset if he would feel more at ease without her here, she could see how that would bother others.
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"Oh no, it's okay, it's been a long time since I last gone to the hotsprings. It was just surprising to me is all."

Lucifer was quick when he said that. He didn't mind the company. Stepping into the hot spring, he submerged himself up to his nose and a couple bubbles came up where his mouth was. He then raised his head from the water as he sighed with relief. His body was starting to relax so the damage he had inflicted upon himself would subside. "I'm guessing you had a pretty rough day as well huh? Normally I just practice with my magic, but I wanted to get some practice in with my other skill. You could say I had...well...hit a wall in a way," he said with a sweatdrop. Deep down he had been kicking himself with such a reckless move. The black lines in his body were now more apparent as he had partially kept his upperbody out of the water. Smiling softly, he looked at her and extended his hand to her. "My name is Lucifer, what's your name?"
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Being Sakura she couldn't help but return his smile and grasp his hand gently in hers. "Pleasure to meet you Lucifer, I'm Sakura." she said while shaking his hand in a friendly manner and releasing it. Before he had smiled and actually spoken, Sakura had assumed that he may be trouble. After all, when someone stood there and stared at you without saying anything it usually didn't lead to anything good; at least not for Sakura it didn't. After the day she was having she wasn't sure she would have the strength to defend herself in a confrontation; but she fund herself pleasantly surprised.

Rising halfway out of the water she reached into her pile of clothes and pulled out her butterfly clip. Carefully she pulled her curls back and pinned them up in a loose bun on her head, she needed her hair to be dry for work later. Turning back to Lucifer she nodded slightly, "Well I'm sure my day wasn't as rough as yours.." she said slightly a apologetic while looking him over slightly. "But yes, pretty rough for me as well and the worst part is that it's not over yet..." she groaned softly and attempted to rub the weariness from her eyes.

Leaning back against the spring wall she studied the tattoos on his face and couldn't stop herself from asking, "Did those hurt? I mean... did you get them all at once or did you do it section by section?" Tilting her head to side with curiosity she traced them with her eyes all over his face. Sakura knew she would never be able to sit still long enough to actually endure the pain of a needle.
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"Well, I guess you could say that I...um...hit a wall as it were."

Lucifer had a slight goofy smile as he had a sweatdrop roll down his head. Granted that could have been construed as to having a bad day at work, but he did have some days that he needed to train as much as he could. Though he had been curious about what she had been talking about with being the hardest part of the day. However, she did ask the question about his tattoos. Looking down at the water to see his reflection, Lucifer began to explain to Sakura about how he got them. "Well, I didn't really get them through conventional means. You see, I got these things after consuming a potion that allowed me to do this." Taking his hand out of the water, he kept his palm outstretched to form a sphere of dark energy. "I lost consciousness when I drank the potion and when I woke up I had these markings on my body." Clenching his fist, the sphere vanished in wisps of dense black smoke as he looked at her with a curious expression. "So, what did you mean about the hardest part not beginning?"
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"Oh I see, did you know the potion would do that or was it a surprising side affect?" she asked curiously while gazing at the different black lines on his skin. Sakura didn't mean to pry into this boys life but she was growing more and more curious the more she heard about it. Not to mention it had been quite a while since she had an interesting conversation with anyone. Spending all her time at work and class it was a little difficult to find time to socialize and just spend time with other life forms.

Rubbing the weariness from her eyes she shook her head and smiled softly. "Well I've already worked my other two jobs today, but I still have to go work the night shift at my third job and I won't get out of there until almost two in the morning. Which doesn't leave me a lot of down time before my class at eight, but what can I do?" she said with a small shrug while tracing shapes in the water with her finger-tip. "If I'm lucky I'll be able to get out of there before the bars close, then I won't have to deal with that rowdy crowd." It was bad enough she had to work so much, but why did she have to deal with groups of drunken men in the early hours of the morning? There had to be a way around it, and Sakura intended to find it.
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"It's more suprising, but I don't really mind." Lucifer had a smile on his face as he continued to look at her. His expression then changed when she talked about having to work many jobs.

"Three jobs?"

Lucifer looked at her concerned when she said that. He knew that the payments were pretty high for the school, but he had thought there would have been some kind of financial aid. What he had been more concerned about is having to work near a bar to make ends meet. He had a concerned look on his face and thought about it for a moment. "If you want, I could try to keep the drunks from doing that. My job usually involves me doing jobs in the night so I can make sure those guy don't try to hurt you." The offer was sincere as he looked into her eyes. He didn't want to see her get hurt. Even if to make ends meet, a person shouldn't have their life threatened.
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Sakura flipped her fingertips against the water, watching the water droplets splash up and fall back in the spring. it caught her attention only for a moment until she found Lucifer speaking to her again. Maybe three jobs didn't sound unusual to her because she had worked them for so long, but he looked completely shocked at the mere mention of it. Blinking slightly she nodded her agreement as a flash of confusion crossed her eyes.

"Yes, well, I work as a maid in the mornings then I waitress in the afternoon and in the evening I work at a small tea shop..." she counted them off on her fingers before remembering something. "Oh, and sometimes next week I'll be picking up a fourth job. I know it sounds bad but I'm sure there are other people in the same position." Shrugging slightly she smiled and dropped her hands back into the water letting her fingers continue to trace shapes absentmindedly.

Preparing to change the subject her eyes widened slightly before moving up to meet his. They had just met moments ago and here he was already offering to help her out, and he seemed to have good intentions; but how could she tell?

"Oh...I uh...well, they usually just yell and uh catcall. But they never really approach me... thank you though, that's really very nice of you."

OK, maybe it was somewhat of a lie, but none of those guys had ever hurt her. They would sling their arms around her and she could always smell their breath's, heavy with liquor. Most of the time it never went further then her pushing them into a cab and sending them on their way. Sakura could only count three times when things had gotten out of hand, and each time her boss would be there to help her. The problem was she wasn't sure how much longer he would be there, he was sixty five after all.
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What are you thinking about?

Some things that Andrew taught me.

Having to work for getting the money needed to go to school was understandable to Lucifer, but having to work four jobs seemed a little extreme. Many of her positions seemed to be waitress poritions and it made him wonder if her employers were actually using some kind of tip credit on her. He remembered his friend Andrew telling him that in many instances, the credit is used on those who worked in the service industry. The managers expect the employees to "make up" the majority of their money, so they cut their acutal wage down. However, he did have a look of concern in his eyes as he looked at Sakura. Even though there were only those kinds of things, it can escalate to something worse. "But still, I would like to be able to help you if it is possible." He had thought about giving her a job within the detective agency that he and his friends had developed. It would be considerably safer compared to dealing with drunks.
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The concern that laced his eyes was a bit surprising to Sakura, it couldn't be for her...could it? They had just exchanged names, meeting for the first time and he already showed compassion to her situation? She only hoped she wasn't mistaking it for pity, the last thing Sakura wanted was to be pitied. It was hard enough for her to do it all alone, but she wanted to prove that she could make it without her father's help. Then maybe he would realize his mistake in cutting her off last year.

"You really want to help? Well..." turning around she dried her hands off on her towel before once again rifling through her pile of clothes. After a brief moment she pulled a business card from her pocket and was carefully to keep it dry as she waded through the water towards him. "This is the name and location of my night job, I work Monday through Friday if you ever want to stop in for some tea or coffee. Just ask the hostess for me and she'll sit you in my area." Smiling she extended the card out to him.

It was the only way she felt comfortable accepting his help. Sakura didn't know him and she didn't have it in her to accept a strangers help. So for now, if he really did want to help her, he could come to see her at work. Then she would know if his compassion was real or if it was truly just masked pity.
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"Thank you."

Lucifer took the card with a smile on his face and placed it behind his head. He didn't have a place to keep it on his person at the time. Mental note, get the card later so that I can see what was going on he thought to himself. Rotating his arm to knock out some of the sorness that still resided in there, He had a plan of seeing her at work since he had a feeling there was something more about this. If there had been men that would say the things that she had told him. Sometimes verbal can slowly escalate to becoming a phyical one. That was the thing that Lucifer had a problem with. It was the "what if" feeling in the back of his head that made him worried that one of those men would take advantage of Sakura.
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"Of course, I can garantee we have some of the finest teas around." she stated with a small friendly smile while moving back to her original spot in the spring. Sakura watched him silently from the corner of her eye while sinking back down into the water. She wanted to believe that his intentions were pure; but after her past it was a little hard for her to trust him. Maybe if he showed up at her job she would be more inclined to trust him, but until then she couldn't help but be cautious.

Just as she was about to close her eyes and relax into the water a faint ringing went off. Sitting up slowly she blinked in confusion before realizing that the ringing was coming from her stack of clothing! Realization donned on her as she rifled through her clothes before flicking the 'off' switch on the timer she had set. Was it really already time for her to go? Sakura felt as if she just got here! Perhaps she had spent more time trying to find the place hen she had thought.

"Well, I guess it's time for me to get ready for work. I'm sorry we didn't get to talk more, hopefully I'll see you around." she smiled while extending her hand and walking forward through the water. "It was nice meeting you Lucifer."
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