Fernando
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The dishwasher finishes washing and drying some 90 minutes later, getting Fernando up and start putting away the items from the belly of the machine into their proper shelves and other placements. Like before, Maria’s pots, pans and other items seem to fit within inside each other and Fernando puts it on top of the refrigerator for safe keeping. By his watch it is something after 9:30PM. TV Time is still going on and those who were there were watching Japanese wrestling. What noise was being made between Hondo, Val and Gadget was drowned out by the action on the screen.
The two rooms in the rear of the first floor were empty though Fernando had keys to them. He goes to the one closest to the stairway and opens it, going through it and outside to the fenced off area of the property. He walks about the area, towards the right side following the house and the area behind the fence until it leads to the front of the house and the parked cars. He then walks out to the sidewalk and down to the corner where the house is part of.
Outside it was quiet with the exception of the noises from the house and other nearby houses. There was not much to see either, perhaps a passing airplane or the Tokyo skyline in the background. The cars rolling along on the highway only added to the static of the background noises.
Strangely, Fernando’s absence goes unnoticed for a long time. Gadget sits on her bed wondering what to do, though she has an idea but does not to create more drama. In her mind it was not intentional, as all women, unless taught otherwise, do not want to end up in a dull life and creates drama in order to keep things exciting. But she is also knows that this is wrong because it brings the maniacal life she is trying to escape from. Knowing that her part of the balcony is at the far end of the building, she gets up from her bed and walks to her door, opening it and looking outside. It was a bit too chilly for her to stand there in just her panties, bra and t-shirt but she decides for the time being to tough it out. There was not much to look at outside, it was pretty much dead for a very quiet neighborhood. She notices a shadow at corner of the street past the fence of the property. She takes the few steps to fence of the balcony, better able to see just past the wall of the fence and much of the sidewalk and Fernando standing there.
“Fernando?” She calls to him.
Fernando turns around and then looks up, finding Gadget at the balcony’s fence. He asks, “What are you doing up there?”
“Getting some fresh air. You?” She says and asks.
“Getting some fresh air.” He answers.
“Wait a minute for me and I’ll be there!” She tells him before running back into her room. She puts on her skirt and blouse from before and then her sneakers before stepping out of her room. Fernando looks away for a moment, not seeing Gadget climbing onto the balcony fence. “Fernando – CATCH!” She says out loud before jumping towards his direction. She’s lucky he turned around and caught her.
“GADGET!” Fernando holds back from yelling at her as he lets her down, “Errr... I swear! What’s on your mind?!!”
“You...” Gadget says so soft and innocently.
Fernando lets out a pent up sigh. He tells her, “I’m about to go inside in a few minutes.”
“That’s a few minutes I can spend with you then. Right?” Gadget points out and asks.
“Only a few minutes.” He tells her.
“Are there any stores we can go to, pick up some chips and drinks?” Gadget asks.
“The nearest store is a half mile away and we do not know if it is opened, the nearest 7-Eleven, which is open 24 hours, is over a mile and a half away.” Fernando explains to her.
Gadget sadly sighs. She then throws at him, “How about we take the car there?”
“And alert everyone that we are gone? It would be better to walk, which we won’t.” He tells her.
“What about teleporting there?” Gadget asks.
“I don’t have my cane with me and if I did, the bright flash of light would bring a lot of attention.” Fernando explains.
Gadget sadly sighs again.
“This is not New York where one can go to the corner bodega and pick up what you want when you want 24 hours a day. This is some lazy Tokyo suburb of Japan, where most things close up when it gets dark.” Fernando explains.
“You don’t have to tell me anymore. I get it.” Gadget replies as she gets close to him. She puts her arms around him, saying, “It’s a bit cold out here...”
“It’s not that cold.” Fernando says loud enough to be heard.
Gadget presses herself tighter against him.
“Come on.” He tells her as he takes a step away from her.
“Where are we going?” She asks.
“Once around the block, and then home.” He tells her.
“Uhm...” She wanted to say something but doesn’t, grabbing on to his arm and following his lead.
They turned the corner they were on and kept walking down the block. This side of the block was the shortest side as the block was shaped like a trapezoid. After a few steps, they turned the corner again going down the block. This side did not have much, where there should be houses, were empty lots: one at the corner next to their place and about 4 or 5 down the rest of the block. It is said that Japanese houses are built to only last 30 or so years. In truth they can last over 100 or more years as they are built so strong, but when a house loses its family – kids growing up and moving out and owner/parents growing old and dying, the house becomes abandoned and after a few years of no one living there and the property cannot be sold, the house is torn down. This leaves an empty lot for someone to build a new house on. This side of the block was just that, empty lots, as it was on the block across the street on. If this were the ghettoes of New York City, this would be a dangerous street to walk through. At least the few street lights that were there showed the path to be desolate.
Halfway down the block Gadget stops in her steps, making Fernando stop in his.
“Something wrong?” He asks.
“It’s kinda spooky around here.” She replies.
“Don’t worry. I’m here.” He says to her.
“I know.” She replies, adding “It still does not change that it is spooky here.”
“This is the same Gadget that does not believe in ghosts and never let spooky things bother her?” He asks.
“People change and I grew up a lot since those days!” She answers.
“How about you close your eyes and just follow my lead.” He says to her.
Gadget does not answer but follows Fernando’s lead to the end of the block. Turning the corner to the base of the trapezoid, there were 3 empty lots before a house at the end of the block marked where the corner was at. Fernando stops as he turns the corner, making Gadget step up to him and holds her slightly. She wraps her arms around him tightly.
“Feeling better?” He asks.
“Only slightly.” She replies.
“And you wanted to walk a mile to go to a store for some goodies when parts of the neighborhood are going to look like this.” He says to her. He nudges her, “Come on, let’s go.”
As he tries to step over to get Gadget walking, a dirty alley cat runs across the street. Gadget shrieks and jumps up against Fernando holding him tightly.
“Damn girl, relax. It was only a cat!” Fernando tells her. She continues to hold on to him nervously. Eventually she calms down enough for him to peel her off him. He holds her by the shoulders, giving her a slight shake, “Calm down. Anything that is going to harm you has to harm me first.”
Gadget does not say a word as she held onto to him tightly. With little options left, Fernando nudges his noses against her until he had enough space to plant his lips against hers. It has an immediate effect as she relaxed and calmed down. It lasted longer than it should have but as soon as they separated, she buries her face into his chest.
“Gadget... hold on and keep your eyes closed while I lead the way. It is just down the block, around the corner and half up the other side for us to get home. OK?” Fernando explains to her.
“OK” Gadget replies as she nods against his chest.
“OK, let’s go.” Fernando says as he slowly takes the first step to lead. Gadget resists but once she gets going it does not take long for her to closely follow holding onto him. The corner was less than a minute away, a bit more than twice the time of the corner they were on at the opposite side. He guides her to turn the corner and head up a few steps. “You can open your eyes now, Gadget.” He says to her.
“Why we stopped walking?” Gadget almost complains.
“Because we’re on safer territory. Look.” Fernando tells her.
It takes a while for Gadget to build up some courage to open up her eyes. She moves her eyes to see from where she was pressed against him before realizing what he said was true. She steps back and looks around.
“A neighborhood can change within a block’s space.” He tells her.
She nods as she steps away and looks around to where she was at some more. She points, “That’s our home.”
“For while it is safe for the mission, it is.” He replies.
Gadget lets out a sigh as she holds on to him, and smiling a bit though he could not see it. Though she heard his words, all she got from what she got together is “...a safe home for now.” It is not too far from the truth but it is not true either way. It is not a home and it is not entirely safe, though it is safe for now.
Fernando tells her, “Let’s start heading back.” He takes a step towards home, but Gadget hesitates. He asks in jest but it reveals something more from the answers she would give “You OK? Want me to grab your breasts or your ass from under your skirt while we kiss or something?”
“It would be a bit rough if we started like that but I would not mind. In fact, I would probably want you too after the initial shock wears off.” Gadget answers.
“Look. I do not want the stress of the mission push us into a relationship that would put us into a relationship that should not happen. You know, as a mission crush.” He tries to explain.
“I know. But I also know that things are not going well for our spouses and we only have each other. If we end up doing something because the stress got to us, I would respect you for it and when this mission ends, I would still want you to be my friend.” She explains to him.
“I dare ask, how stressed are you?” He asks.
“Enough to want you to do me lovely but to hold me and love me as well. If you understand that.” She explains.
“I do. You probably make an amazing wife to the right man that would marry you.” He points out.
“I’d try my best to be the best wife you ever had if you married me. Lord knows I tried with Chip and he destroyed what we had. I know you would not do that to me, because I see you are not doing that with Tammy.” She points out. Then she asks, “Can I ask a personal question?”
“You can ask anything you want.” He says to her.
“Don’t you have any fantasies you would want to play out with your sex partner like me?” She asks.
“Heh...” Fernando tries to hold back his laughter, “Every guy has fantasies he wants to play out with his girl but for us, Gadget even if we get there, why would you?”
“A girl has her fantasies too. It’s just that I want to see if we are compatible like that or you’re some pervert that want to get into my panties?” She points out.
“All guys are perverts. We have to be.” He says to her.
“Why?” She asks.
“It’s a simple answer... In you girls, you get into that feeling of wanting to mate, have sex, and all that in days before you ovulate and that feeling intensifies when you do ovulate and then drops to zero when you have you period. Right?” He says to her.
“Yeah.” She replies.
“And usually, that is from 1 egg that your body produces, Right?” He asks.
“Yeah...” She replies.
“Then image how would it be if you were producing thousands of eggs every hour, and ovulating every day, how would you react to that hormonal surge?” He asks.
“Uhm... that is not possible.” She points out.
“But think – how would it be like?” He asks.
“Damn stressful. Why?” She says and asks.
“We males produce that much sperm everyday and the hormonal surge is never ending for us. We have to learn how to deal with it or else we males would be raping you females all the time. That’s why we are perverts.” He explains, but then suddenly adds, “But Gadget, we males learn to deal with it. Any male who forces a female to do his sexual bidding is one who is letting his hormonal surge control him and not him controlling it. Such a male should be locked up before he ends up hurting a female.”
“Like Chip did to me.” Gadget says to herself.
Fernando holds her just a little tighter and gives her a kiss on the forehead. She seems to smile a bit.
“I would not do that to you.” He says to her.
“I know. You don’t do it to Tammy and you never did it to Jeanette either.” She replies back.
“Let me guess, they told you or at least Jeanette did?” He asks.
“No. I observed it. In that observation a girl who is abused would not kiss her significant male other in public as a greeting or salutation. They both have to you, or at least Tammy used too before she got into an affair with Chip, but Jeanette did all the time. But I never did with Chip and we were supposed to be married.” She explains.
“I see.” He says.
Gadget inched up on her toes and plants her lips on his for a moment.
“What was that for?” Fernando asks.
“Same reason why Jeanette and Tommy used to kiss you public though this is more private than public.” She tells him.
“Oh...” He says.
“If you want to grab my ass or my breasts while we kiss, I won’t mind. In fact I would want you to.” She tells him.
“Let’s see what happens another time. But first we need to go home.” He replies.
“Fernando, tell me, please. Am I ugly or something?” She asks and then points out, “I have been trying my best to get you to love me, to make love to me, to touch me and yet – nothing.”
Fernando lets out a sigh before he answers, “You are not ugly for one. And I do love you but that love has to be tempered and minimized before we end up doing something we shouldn’t. We are still married even though our marriages to our spouses are basically over.” He sighs, “If something were to happen between us while Tammy is in Italy, I’m not going to fight it. Nor am I going to question it. I will allow this mission crush to continue, and if Tammy divorces me, I want some recovery time before I would marry again. I’m sure you would want the same thing if and when Chip is executed.”
“If and when Chip is executed, I want you to be there because I do not want to be alone. Promise me that. Please...” Gadget tells him.
“I’ll be there for you...” He says before Gadget raises herself on her toes again and plants her lips against his. Putting an arm around his neck, she holds on to continue the kiss and increase its intimacy. Fernando puts his hand at her sides just below her breasts to keep her balance. She takes her free hand and takes his hand closest to hers and brings it up to her breast and holds it there while they continue in their lip-locked session.
They break off their kiss after long moment of intimacy. They look at each other as Gadget lowers herself from being on her tiptoes and Fernando realizes where his hand was at. He tries to remove it from her breast but Gadget holds it firmly in place.
“Gadget...” Fernando says to her.
“It’s been a long time since a man touched me in a loving caring way.” She tells him, “Just give me a few of those moments for me to enjoy.”
“Then here...” Fernando says as he puts his other hand on her other breast. Gadget gasps and then lets out a sigh. She closes her eyes with a slight satisfied smile as he lightly massages them. She then takes her hands and holds his wrists in place as to not to take his hands off her. Fernando leans over to her ear, “We should be stopping soon so we can home.”
Gadget seems to wake up from her trance and look up at him. She then nods and slowly takes her hands off his wrists. Fernando moves his hands off her breasts and onto her waist, pulling her to be pressed against him before kissing her nose.
“Thanks. Now let’s go home.” He says to her.
Gadget nods before taking a step back. She takes his hand and starts walking slightly ahead of him. He takes a couple of totting steps to even up their space.
“Gadget, you go upstairs and enter through room and I will enter from downstairs, so no one will suspect a thing.” Fernando explains to her, “Then I will grab a little something to eat and go upstairs to the living room and onto the couch. You can do as you like or need.”
Gadget nods, “I will.”
“Good.” He replies.
They get to the house and separate, Gadget taking the front outdoor staircase to get to the second floor and around the extended balcony to her door. Fernando goes to the room in the rear of the house that it directly under Gadget’s room. He goes into the bathroom and washes his hands and face to eliminate what evidence is there.
He thinks as he dries his face with a towel “Thank god Gadget does not wear that much makeup. Lipstick is almost impossible to take off.”
He then steps into the unused bedroom and then into the kitchen. He looks around, seeing that the items are cleaned up and put away from before. He looks over the kitchen and sighs before he walks upstairs to the living room. Looks like everyone has went to their rooms for the night. He then takes off his socks and shirt, folding them neatly and putting into their place (The sox into his shoes and the shirt on top of a nearby table). Taking the blanket he has stored behind the couch, he pulls it over and sets up the couch as his bed. In a couple of minutes he was falling asleep.
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