Babysitting the Fire Priestess

Chapter 17

“The land of the rising f*****g sun huh. I can’t see the sun” Mandy uttered beside me when we landed at the Tokyo International Airport. I glanced at her and she’s so cute wearing her dark eyeglasses, black halter top, jeans, boots and bag pack on her back.

We actually looked like a tourist couple right now except the fact that we’re not and we’re not here for a vacation. There were bad guys on our tail and we are never safe.  I’m just glad that my brother arranged everything for us here. Red Armour has a satellite station in Japan although we don’t extend our services here, not yet. My brother arranged our accommodation and transportation. An UBER driver was already waiting for us outside the airport. We immediately spotted him because he’s holding a cardboard with our names on it.

“Aw, that’s so cute! Look at his small chinky eyes” Mandy said beside me.

“You’re being racist. He’s not even Chinese” I whispered back to her.

“I didn’t mean it as something racist. I just really like his eyes, it’s so cute” she said while grinning.

I just shrugged my shoulders and I’m glad that Mandy decided not to point out our UBER driver’s eyes when we finally approached him. It would be highly rude.

We both settled at the backseat of the car. Mandy sighed and leaned on my shoulder. She’s obviously exhausted. We don’t have any decent sleep since her father died. I can also feel my energy wearing. I glanced at my watch and it’s already 5 in the afternoon. That must be the reason why we can’t see the sun, it’s already setting.

“Ryan?” Mandy uttered while still leaning on my shoulder.

“Hmm?” I responded.

“Why would my mom write in the first few pages of her diary that I have the cursed of the Ashitara clan?” she asked me.

“That I don’t know. I don’t think you’re cursed since you’re born that way. I was thinking about cursed more like a hex. You know, if you’re a witch and then you got angry with someone, you put a hex to that someone, therefore making them cursed, right?” I said, utterly confused with what I said.

“Yeah, I was thinking that way too. I thought this was just a hex, like something temporary” she answered.

“Do you want it to be temporary? I think it’s cool though” I said to her.

She looked up to me.

“I just want to be normal Ryan, to be a normal person. I’ll do anything just to have a normal life.” she said and leaned again on my shoulder.

“Okay” I responded.

I glanced down at her and she looked like she wasn’t grieving that much anymore.

“You seem like you’re back to your old self now” I said.

“I am still grieving but I’m doing my best to get my mind off of it. I realized that grieving too much will not be helpful in our situation. I need to focus and I know this is what my dad wanted too” she answered.

“We’re here” the driver informed us when we stopped in front of the hotel.

We immediately got out from the UBER. Mandy whistled beside me while looking up at the tall 5 star hotel that we’re going to stay in.

“It’s so posh” she said.

I rolled my eyes at her.

“What?” she asked me.

“You and your classy slang” I said to her and we both head inside the posh hotel.

9:00 PM

“I can’t believe my brother booked us a suite with one king size bed! We’re not honeymooners” I ranted while sitting at the edge of the bed, drying my wet hair with a towel.

Mandy was on the left side of the bed, leaning on the headboard while watching TV. I doubt it if she’s listening to me right now.

“So what if we’re going to share a bed? We’ve already kissed” she said.

Oh, so she’s listening then.

Damn, she just mentioned the kissed. I can’t stop my cheeks and my ears from burning. The memory of that kissed is as clear as daylight.

“Don’t tell me you already forgot about it, did you?” she asked again.

I face her even if my cheeks were burning.

“No, I haven’t forgotten about it and I guess, I never will” I said to her.

She shifted her gaze from the TV to me. A smirk was playing on her lips. I can’t stop my eyes from roaming around her body. She’s wearing a white sando and pjs but still manage to look hot as hell.

“You want me” she said to me.

I looked up to her and before I can even react, she jumped at me, like literally. She grabbed both my shoulders and pressed her lips on mine. Now, I didn’t try to stop her or my emotions. I just let it happen. The next thing I knew, she’s on my lap, straddling me while kissing me hard and hot. I can feel desire pooling inside my belly and it’s so strong. I can feel all the hairs on my body stood up in attention. It seems like the electricity between us is too strong I can almost hear it crackling or that was just my heart beating in such a fast speed, I can’t almost breath. I kissed her back with the same intensity. I nibbled on her lower lip and she moaned in pleasure. Her moan only resonated sensation in my crotch and s**t, I have a b***r. I caressed her shoulders, nape and back. I stop kissing her lips and started giving her wet kisses on her neck. She moaned loudly. My mind was going haywire.

Am I going to have s*x with Mandy? With a client? My mind says no but my body, especially my crotch says yes.

Fuck it!

I’m starting to lift her sando when I noticed that she’s getting hot, like really hot. It seems like her skin is burning. I stopped kissing her.

“You’re getting hot” I told her.

“Yes, I am” she said and tried to kiss me again but I stopped her.

She’s now burning hot and I noticed that her skin was slightly turning red. She looked at me and her eyes were changing its color into fiery red.

“No, I mean, you’re getting so hot, like literally! Your eyes! You’re doing it again” I told her in a panic.

She pushed me away on the bed and stood up.

“This is why I want to be f*****g normal!” she shouted and it echoed all over our room.

“Mandy calm down” I reminded her.

She sighed in the most frustrated way I’ve ever heard and ran her fingers on her hair.

“Why can’t I be a normal girl?” she whispered.

Her eyes are still fiery red and she’s breathing rapidly.

I stood up and approached her.

“We’ll find a way. I know there’s always a way, maybe we can reverse this one or you know, subdue your power” I told her.

“I don’t know. I just needed to be normal, badly. I’ll do anything” she said in a shaky voice.

“I know, we’ll read your mom’s diary, maybe we’ll find something useful. For now, I want you to breath with me” I said to her and hugged her.

Her skin was no longer that hot. She buried her face on my chest.

“Inhale, exhale” I said to her and she did.

“I just want to be normal” she whispered and hugged me back tighter.

We stayed that way for a long moment. No one was saying anything and all I can hear is the fast beating of my heart.

“Ryan?” Mandy muttered and let go of me.

“Yeah?” I said.

“When we were making out awhile ago, did you think that I’ll sleep with you?”

I’m instantly quiet. I don’t know what to say. Should I be honest?

“Uh…I don’t know—“

“I’m a virgin” she quickly said.

I’m dumbfounded. My jaw just dropped to the floor.

“W-what?” that’s all I can say.