Page 136 of Blossoms of the Heart
I went into work early the next morning, planning to tackle the journal.
It was about time that I finished it.
Although I’d never actually come across anything like it before, I’d never taken such a long time to complete a project.
Of course I knew that I was severely distracted by being with Tai, but it was bordering on embarrassing now.
Akito probably wouldn’t say anything to me either because that was just how he was. Good natured and trusting. He wouldn’t want to cause any disrupt to the positive environment we had here and he trusted me to be professional and do the job he hired me to do.
I’d been in Japan for close to three months now. God it was a few days shy of three months. Wednesday would be three months and so much had happened.
It was the first week in July. Obon this year would be on August thirteenth. I had a month and a few days to finish my translation if I wanted my translated version of the journal to be part of the exhibition.
People from the institute back home were excited and eager to see what I’d come up with and it would be great to get it done.
If I could it would at least give me some sense of accomplishment.
Work. As always was the only thing that I had in my power to control. The only fail safe and refuge I had when life threw me all its crap.
It was six AM when I arrived at the center.
There was a small light on in the office but no one was around. I went up to my work station and took the journal out of the little safe I’d kept it in.
My notebook with what I’d translated so far was already on the desk.
There were over a hundred pages left to go. A hundred pages of where things went strange and made no sense.
Footsteps sounded when I sat down and I lifted my head to see Tai coming through the door. He was holding a stack of papers that looked like reports.
His face brightened when he saw me.
My stomach clenched. I wasn’t expecting him to be here at this hour.
This would be the start of my not getting closer tactic and I wasn’t ready.
“Well, my day just got a fuck of a lot better.” He beamed.
“Hi, mine too.” A lump formed in my throat as he made his way over to me.
He set the papers on my desk and bent down to kiss me.
The kiss was one I wanted to relish and wrap myself in forever.
“Baby, what are you doing here at this time?”
“Worried about the journal.”
“But you’re sick. You should be in bed still, at least for another two hours.”
“I would rather be here figuring this out. I don’t want Akito to have to tell me off for not doing anything.”
“Like that would ever happen.” He smirked.
“I don’t want to give him a reason. I know he wants the translation to be part of the exhibition.” This was good. Right now, talking business was good,.
Tai sighed and straightened up. It was hard to look at him and not find myself mentally drooling.
His handsome face, all angles and planes loomed before me like a dream. He narrowed his eyes, thinking.
