New To California (1) Hearing the pilot's voice over the loud speaker, Ryuichi let out a small sigh; he was finally in San Fransico California and moments away from meeting Mr. Rios. Grabbing his carry on baggage from the over head compartment, and pulling on his messanger bag; Ryuichi waited his turn to exit the plane. Following the crowd down the narrow passage way of the terminal, the dark haired Japanese boy couldn't help but fill butterflies in his stomach as a serve wave of nervouness swept over his body. Finally approaching the waiting area, he looked around the crowded airport looking for Mr. Rios. 'Okay, which one of these American's is Mr. Rios?' Ryuichi asked himself as he pulled the strap of his messanger bag back over his shoulder. Shifting his weight back and forth from foot to foot, the young asian male almost jumped out of his skin as he felt a hand on his shoulder and a mature tenor voice calling out; you must be my new host son, Ryuichi Minamino I presume? Turning around sharply, the tall lanky Asian couldn't help but form a small on his thin lips. This Olive complection slowly came back from almost turning white, as his dark eyes softened and his over all appearance returned to normal. Guessing the salt and pepper and thinning hair was Mr. Rios. He stood about an inch taller then his Host Father. Smiling brighter, "Mr. Rios?" Ryuchi asked bringing a hand to rub the back of his neck sheepishly. "It-its a pleasure to meet you, I..I'm Minamino, Ryuichi Minamino." The younger male then noticed that his superior had already retrieved his luggage from Baggage Claim. A bit nervous, Ryuichi fiddled with his long cream scarf and smoothed out his dark blue coat. Tugging a little on his inner cotten t-shirt then shoved his glove covered hands into the pockets on his grey slacks. "Thank you sir, for retreving my bags." Mr. Rios chuckled looking up at his new family member, "Ah, it was nothing, but its a pleasure to finally meet you lad, it you are ready we can leave and get you all settled into your room. After all you will want to tour the campus tomorrow and your class starts on Monday." Mr. Rios educated Ryuichi, his own voice was a bit more soft but he spoke in an almost cartoonish fashion. He then took the bag and rolled it behind him as he lead the other toward his Silver Porshe 9-11. Closing the turnk, Mr. Rios unlocked the car for him and the boy. "Now remember to buckle up." He shut his door and cranked the engine when Ryuichi was in and buckled. The engine purred to life, and before long they were on the high way heading to the Rios' Ranch and Vineyard. As they drove Mr. Rios wasted no time in informing the young male about his lovely wife, his daughter and the basic house rules. After answering several questions, he tiurned the topic to Ryuichi's research. "Ryuichi, I must confess, I've never hosted an Abroad Student before but I stumbled over your Freshman BioChem report on the Theory and Results of Re-Animation of Cold and Warm Blooded Animals. Needless to say, I'm conducting some of my own research on the possibilities of Re-Animating Humans and I had to meet you." He carried on more about the boys studies and qouted a lot from the research leaving the young male almost speechless. "...So what I am asking is, will you become my assistant, of course it will be part time and lower paid until you aquire your B.A in Science but once you have the right qualifications then you'll be my assistant and we can even become partners for the entire reseach program?" Stunned to recieve such praise for his work and experiments on re-animating turtles, frogs and rats. Freezing them to a state of even stoping their growth and aging, then being able to bring them back to a semi-normal state. He didn't know what to say, it was all happening so fast that before he knew it he had agreed to working along side the professor. "That's fantastic, well here is the place you'll be calling home for a while, I wonder what Meranda and Kyra are doing?" He stated as he pulled into the front yard of the 2-story Ranch style home. Shutting off the car, Mr. Rios helpped Ryuichi with his bags and led the boy to the front door. Opening it he called for his wife and daughter to come meet Ryuichi. ……………….. Kyra Rios Kyra was upstairs in her room that fateful saturday morning doing little other than listening to music, browsing the internet and trying to distract herself from the up in coming meeting of her new 'brother' as she saw him, yes maybe he was only a foreign exchange student, but Kyra was excited for him to be living in her house with her. She wanted to teach him about everything that she knew and learn from him about what his life was like back in Japan; Kyra was curious as to how he would look and if they would have much in common, but she honestly didn't care she just wanted to know if the boy was nice. Kyra was swiveling back in forth in her high backed leather desk chair listening to the Yin-yang twins when the call from downstairs came. Jumping up out of her seat Kyra scrambled over to her door and threw it open just so she didn't have to slow down as she started to run down the one sided hall that had a solid cherry oak banister on the other side. Grabbing the railing of the stairs Kyra made a sharp turn and stumbled down the stairs just to practically run into Ryuichi. "Hi! I'm Kyra! Nice to meet you! What's your name?" Kyra said really fast without taking a breath, after she asked her last question Kyra stood there breathing heavily with bright eyes and a look in her eyes of nothing but happiness. Kyra was wearing a white blouse with a frilled v cut collar, with white lacey thigh high stockings, and a black plated skirt. Shoeless Kyra twiddled her toes in her stockings trying to contain her happiness. Meranda Rios sighed as she continued to put on her make-up trying to look nice for the first visit of their foreign exchange student, she honestly never cared how she looked because in reality she always looked good, in whatever she wore, make-up or not it didn't matter. When the call from her husbands signiture voice rang up from downstairs Meranda got up and started to pull on a long ruby red dress that fit her tight form nicely, looking in the mirror to zip up the back Meranda put on her matching strapped high-heels and left the room hearing her daughter running down the stairs. Meranda took her time walking down the hall and then turned the corner walking down the stairs into the greeting room of their manor seeing her daughter Kyra already pestering the poor boy about who knows what. Meranda slowly walked up to her daughter and put a hand on her shoulder to calm her down. "Hush Kyra, leave the poor boy alone, the jet lag along must have him exhausted..." Meranda said softly and elegantly trying to potray the safisticated mother/wife role. Kyra felt her mothers hand on her should and froze, when mom got upset the whole house you would swear was coming down on your head but Kyra was to excited to let that get in her way. Turning to look at her mom Kyra giggled and scoffed at her mothers appearance. "Whats with the dress momma? You look silly! When was the last time you wore a dress, even to court?" Kyra said starting to laugh. Meranda's eyebrow twitched at her daughters revealtion as to her hatred for dressing up. "Well if you must ask you little brat it was probably the day you were concived!" Meranda said looking her daughter in the eyes with a look that would make a rabid dog cower. Kyra shrugged it off, that look having lost it's pazzaz when she was around five years old. Turning back to Ryuichi Kyra asked again. "So I already know your name but for formalities sake, what's your name?" ………….. Tyler wasn’t surprised to see his hyper young Kyra busting down the stairs when she was called. He had a feeling that she’d want to meet Ryuichi and talk the poor boy’s ear off with questions and other meaningless diva things. As he watched his daughter dash down the staircase he side stepped into the doorway leading into a hallway that would end up in the kitchen. Seeing the way that his only child looked at the new boy, Tyler shook his head and chuckled. “Well aren’t you excited, I expected such a reaction.” He nudged Ryuichi to reply to the young girl. However before either of them could say much, Tyler was caught off guard by his wife’s apperance. He wasn’t shocked since she always seemed to dress up nicely when it came to meeting people. Watching his beloved wife as she walked into the room with such grace and elegance, Tyler felt his heart skip a beat. Meranda was a prize in every way and he loved her more and more each and every day. “Honey, this is Ryuichi Minamino.” Tyler spoke up addressing his wife. “Ryuichi, this is my wife of 23 years. We were married only 2 years before we started a family.” He winked at his wife. “Also, the hyper blond brat as my wife calls her more then anything else, is my lovely daughter Kyra. Who I think you should get to know since she’ll be showing you are town and such when you’re not in class or in the lab.” Taking his wife’s hand, Tyler pulled her close and whispered into her ear. “Should we call Darren and Ylonda to cater our dinner tonight?” Seeing such a pretty and hyper girl wasn’t somehting he was accustom to, so Ryuichi was a bit in shock of how to address or reply to her. Standing before the young lady who annouced herself as Kyra. His light complection tinted lightly red over his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. Thankfully though the lady he assumed was Mrs. Rios calmed the girl down and allowed him a couple more moments to think. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mrs. Rios.” Ryuichi replied to the well dressed lady who appeared to be in her mid-forties. Then again, Mr. Rios appeared to be in his mid-late forties, but age wasn’t somethiing Ryuichi cared to much about. When he spoke to the lady, he bowed lightly, but kept his eyes respectfully on her face. "Thank you for allowing me into your lovely home. I don't know how to show my gratitude." Ryuichi wasn't one to really talk a whole lot, he simply said what needed to be said and moved on. Once again, he was stomped for words when Tyler turned and introduced him to Kyra. She was pretty, but he wasn't sure if they would click since she seemed like a party girl and he was really into furthing his education and focusing on his carrer path. "Nice to meet you, Kyra." He bowed lightly to her and then rose, extending a hand for her. ………………………. Meranda smiled at the boy and nodded her head in thanks for his respect, as she watch the boy her husband took her hand and pulled her close asking her if she would want a catered dinner. "I think we would all enjoy that my dear." Meranda replied to her husband in a flattered tone as she held onto his arms as he held her by her waist. Meranda loved to get her husbands attention for she loved him, but his job tended to come first as did her own, unfortunately. Kyra smiled at Ryuichi and bit her lip with a blush as he bowed to her and took her hand. Kyra pulled on his arm as she turned around and tried to pull him upstairs. "Come on! I'll show you your room Ryuichi!" Kyra stated happily, not giving the boy much of an option. Pulling the poor tired boy up the ballroom like stairs and around to the side of the house with the guest bedroom, the guest bathroom, and her own bedroom and connected bathroom she was moving a little fast more dragging Ryuichi than pulling him along. Stopping outside the guest bathroom she pointed at it with vigor, "This is your bathroom, do whatever you want in it and to it, just no nudy pictures and if I hear moaning I'll probably burst in there just to ruin the moment cause I'm cool like that." Moving down the hall a ways Kyra stopped at the front of his door, the guest bedroom. "This is your bedroom, again daddy said you can do whatever it is you want in there but same rules apply as to the bathroom." with a giggle Kyra moved down to the next and final door of the hall before it ended in a large window that overlooked the entire front side of the property. "This is my bedroom, you can come in but knock first otherwise I'll have to throw you out that window right there." Kyra said now pointing to the window outside of her door. "Now any questions Ryuichi?" Kyra asked as she folded her hands behind her and started to turn from side to side making her skirt flow from side to side cutely. Meanwhile downstairs Meranda smile up at her husband and closed her eyes for a second before looking deeply into his. "I missed you Ty, how is your research going? Is there any chance of you getting a breakthrough soon so you can take a little time off?" Meranda asked as she admired her husbands handsome features that she was so fond of. …………………. Feeling like he was being pulled like a hyper puppy playing with its favorite chew toy, Ryuichi could barely keep his footing as he was tugged up the staircase. He didn’t have much time to object, nor grab his luggage from the lower floor. Everything seemed to blur by, and the jet lag sleepiness didn’t seem to help him out. Shaking his head, Ryuichi was happy about the brief pause moments as they neared each door. Trying to keep up with her, and taking in all the information about the rules and where his bathroom and bedroom was almost made the tired boy want to pass out and take a slower pace of the quick tour at a later time. Stumbling behind Kyra, Ryuichi hoped he wouldn’t trip and make a fool of himself in front of her. She was awfully cute and seemed to be the total opposite of himself. Yet, they were from the same wealthy background standards, but the didn’t locations of birth seemed to play a lot into their mannerism. She being born in the USA and raised by two work-a-holics while he was raised in Japan by a stay-at-home mother and having to earn and work for the respect of his C.E.O father. School and studying was his entire life, even during the summer he was sent to a summer school camp where he studied either business or some form of science. It was hard on him, since his father really didn’t seem to care about him until he completed his A.A in Science. Picking a major that he knew would bring honor to him and his family; however coming to study in San Fransico had to be the best day of his life. The proudness in his father’s eyes were enough to make him want to keep on his chosen path. As soon as the tour was over, Ryuichi was greatful he had managed to keep his footing. Standing there before Kyra, he looked into her eyes as he replied. “Not really...I-I believe I am...well..I mean good.” Ryuichi stammered to find the right word, he couldn’t help it. Being around such a lovely girl made him a bit shy, it always happened and he always seemed to have more issues with his English. “If I may, I would like to take a shower before anything else...Wh-where are the towels again?” Down stairs, Tyler was enjoying the moments alone with his wife, as she spoke he wrapped his arms around her lean waist and rested them on the smooth curve of her bottom. Looking back into her beautiful eyes, Tyler leaned down and planted a kiss on her plump lips. “Work will only get better m’love. If we are lucky I might be gettig some free time very soon. Then maybe we can go on a mini-vacation, just the two of us.” He tried to reassure her once they broke from the kiss. Keeping her close, he held her for a few more moments then parted. “So if you call the catering dou (sp?), I will go down to the celler and pick a wine from our celebration collection.” ………………….. Kyra giggled at Ryuichi's shyness and lack of words as she waited for his reply, as he spoke Kyra took a moment to assess the boy and his looks, how he carried himself as well as his eyes. Kyra found that most any truth could be found in someone's eyes. As he stumbled for his words Kyra caught his meaning and pointed to the bathroom. "There are towels under the sink, and basic washroom needs in the shower already, if you have preferred brands however you should talk to my father or get them yourself cause we all use eco friendly things in this house, even the water is heated by solar panels as well as windmills for electricity and heat. Kyra smiled at Ryuichi and twiddled her fingers at him in a small wave. "Enjoy your bath Ryu, and try to get some rest, I'll get our butler to bring your things up to your room." With that Kyra winked and walked into her room shutting the door gently behind her. Meranda nuzzled her husbands neck for a few moments as he spoke, the promises of their soon to come vacation pleasing her. Meranda had wanted to go on vacation with him last year but his grant money required him to stay and work till he got results otherwise they would cut his funding. Meranda wasn't upset about it but it had strained her stress wise having to continue work till the next year because she refused to take a vacation without her husband, she never had and she refused to start anytime soon. Meranda nodded at her husband and kissed him once more before stepping back and heading towards the kitchen where she would call the amazing people who catered their wedding and their daughters graduation, and her sweet 16.... Pretty much any event the family had. Meranda picked up the phone and jumped up a little to sit on the island that was in the center of their massive kitchen, every appliance was brand new and from the brand LG, the color scheme for the kitchen was a black and silver set pattern that made the dark granite color for the counters a nice blend with the cherry wood floors. Meranda dialed the number for the families favorite friends and waited for them to pick up, "Yes hello Darren how have you and the wife been?" ...... "That's excellent! I hope that you two had fun." With a slight giggle Meranda smiled and forgot about wearing a dress so she spread her legs a little into her favorite comfortable sitting pose. "So yes, anyways Darren, Ryuichi the foriegn exchange student arrived not to long ago and Ty and I decided we should have a little catering done for his arrival, are you and your wife available?" ........ "Really? It's not to short of notice?" ....... "Thats wonderful, I think we'll take the usual, you know the seafood and barbeque (sp?) set up." ..... "Excellent, that'll be a perfect time for us, it'll give the poor boy some time to rest before dinner tonight, thank you very much, and make sure to make yourselves enough as well, your both invited of course!" ......... "Alright Darren, give our love to Yolanda as well! We'll see you soon," ...... "Alright bye!" After the conversation Meranda sighed and hung up the phone jumping down from the island and started to head back up-stairs to change out of the dress. "I hate these things, I can't wait till I can just be myself again!" Kyra fell gently against her door and smiled happily before jumping onto her bed and picking up her favorite stuffed bear, she had, had the bear since she was little and he was one of her best friends. "I have a new friend Popo!!! My father arranged for him to stay here while he goes to collage! If I can confide in you Popo, he's kinda cute!" Kyra said whispering the last part with a small giggle before hugging her beloved bear and kissing his head. Jumping up from the bed Kyra went over to her computer and turned on the monitor before sitting down at her desk and double clicking on Age of Empires 3 on her desktop, Kyra had a thing for RTS games, they just... Got the job done, she couldn't ever figure out why she enjoyed them so much but she didn't question it to often. Reaching over to a intercom on her desk Kyra pressed the button on it and spoke out. "Ramsley will you please get Ryuichi's things from downstairs and bring them up to his room? After that if you want we can play AOE together on a LAN! Mom is getting Darren and Yolanda to cater for dinner tonight!" Kyra giggled when she let her finger off of the button and started to set up a LAN server for her and Ramsley, he never turned down a war with Kyra, it was one of their passtimes when he wasn't busy. Kyra changed her faction periodically while Ramsley was always for 'Mother England' which made Kyra giggle when he said it. Ramsley sighed when he heard his name over the intercom, folding up the newspaper and taking his old style sherlock pipe out of his mouth and setting them down respectively he stood up and smoothed out his suit making his way out into the greeting room from the study, Ramsley was around the same age as Tyler and they grew up together but Ramsley's family had been serving the Rios's sense the times of the colonies, it was never forced but it was tradition, and Ramsley's family had always been paid well and given time off with benefits as well so the job wasn't as bad as it could be. Ramsley was british down to the marrow of his bones, and was unmarried as well as very proper, he didn't have a british accent but his feature's were firm, and made him look like he was a genius, his thinning hair and sleek look about his facial hair made his gotee look like he had it sense he was young. Picking up the suitcases with ease Ramsley made his way upstairs and set them gently in the boys room next to his bed and left a note for the boy introducing himself and how to use the intercom. Making his way around to the other hallway and into his room Ramsley walked in to his abode where everything was styled antiuqe (sp?) just the way he liked it. Walking over to his desk the man pulled his laptop towards himself along with his gaming glove and slipped it on, opening up AOE he searched for the Lan server and him and Kyra started to play. *Your going down this time little girl* Ramsley typed up as he started his colony. *Dig your grave now old man while you have the time* Kyra replied, it was their own little joke, it's how they always started their games. …………………….. Feeling a little foolish for suddenly loosing his vocabulary, Ryuichi nodded as he listened to Kyra’s words and noted to himself everything she said. Learning that the Rios were an eco-friendly household, pleased Ryuichi for he was also pro-eco. “Thank you, Kyra.” He called out as he watched her round rump walk off. Finding himself almost mesmerized in those curved swaying hips. He stood there stunned in his own fantasy. Hearing the door close, the thud had snapped him back into reality. ‘Towels are under the sink…’ Ryu kept saying over and over in his head as he opened the bathroom door and closed it behind himself. Looking around the dim room, it was a soothing feeling to him. Taking a moment to admire the room, Ryuichi leaned over the tub and turned on the shower, letting the water run a little until it was hot. As the room filled with steam, Ryuichi pulled off his gloves and scraf sitting them in the counter. Reaching down he opened the cabinet and pulled out a chocolate color towel to use once he was clean. Putting it on the back of the toliet, he removed his jacket and hung it on the door knob. Sighing, he was sore from the plane ride and his body was aching to be covered in the hot water. Kicking off his shoes and tossing his socks inside them, Ryu set them at the door. “What a day.” He stated outloud to himself as he removed his shirt from his lightly toned upper body then slipped out of his pants and boxers putting them all in a small pile by his shoes. “I can’t wait to see Mr. Rios’ Lab.” Ryuichi pulled back the curtain and stepped into the hot shower as he thought about the research he would soon be working on. Tyler knew that if he mentioned a mini-vaction he needed to do his best to fulfill his promise to his wife; since last year their plans were brought to an abrupt stop when his grant was threatened to be taken. Hating that work always seemed to come first in his life, he was greatful that Meranda was a reasonable woman and never seemed to bitch about being put on the back burner. However, with Ryuichi here now and seeing the boy’s eyes light up at the notion of working along side him, the mini-vacation was bound to happen. It was a bit odd, Tyler felt like he could trust the boy with the project and count on him to be true to his verbal aggreement. Parting from his beloved wife, Tyler watched her head off to make the call then departed the area and headed towards the door leading to the wine celler. Opening the sealed door, Tyler flicked on a light as he descended the steps heading further down and leaving the door open behind him. Although he was a rational man, even he had his own quirks about cellers and basements. Reaching the final step down, the older man exhaled a little wondering why the hell they had to have so many steps just to get down to their favorite brands. Chuckling as he mocked his on physical condiction. He was in good shape and perfect health, well as healthy as an alcoholic and smoker could be that was pushing his age. His small chuckle echoed in the small room. Squinting a little to read the years and lables of the bottles, he picked up a couple bottles and replaced them. Doing this a few times over and over until he found a the very bottle that he and Meranda had drinked the night after Kyra was born. Smiling as the memories poured back into his head as he stood their holding the wine and lookind down at it. “Ah, what a fantastic year that was.” Keeping it tightly in his hands, Tyler turned to the steps and groaned before starting back up. "Meranda?" Tyler called expecting to see his wife, but when he didn't he put the wine in a bucket and filled it with ice. Placing it in the LG Frige, Tyler shook his head and headed into the livingroom to prop up in his lazy-boy recliner and watch some good ol' television. ……………….. Kyra was busy on her computer as she heard the water start in the bathroom a few doors down, ignoring it she started to build a fort in a protected part of the map on a hill while three of her villagers built a stone wall around it followed by a gate, sending a small squad of spanish cannons to the fort's site, she had them deploy to help protect the valuble building in case of a raid. swivelling in her chair she hummed to herself as she waiting for the tower carts to make it to their destination and her age up to finish so she could build her army to it's full potential. Ramsley was busy fighting with some pirates over a treasure trove that made his explorer gain 3X xp on all kills so as to make him get card shipments faster, he was trying the tactic of smash and grab the treasures so as to get a quick jump on the girl that he had helped raise on the other side of the house. His town center was guarded by british pikemen and riflemen as he sent his explorers trusty dog biscut out to open up more of the map. Meranda made it upstairs and ignored the intercom that rang throughout the house as it did not pertain to her, entering her and her husbands bedroom Meranda opened the closet and started to take off her dress along with her high heels, letting it fall to the floor she grabbed a loose fitting button down shirt and slipped it on, afterwards she reached into a drawer next to their king sized bed and took out a tight fitting pair of jeans that she slipped into and sighed as her hair fell into her face, brushing it behind an ear Meranda decided to leave the room and go wandering around to look for her husband. ………………………… Seated comfortably in his personal chair, Tyler was enjoying the relaxing moments as he leaned back with his feet proped up. Eyes fixed on the television. He was happy he was finally able to sit down and watch something on their new 52” 3DHD set with surround sound speakers that were wirelessly connected. With a hand tucked behind his head and the other on the remote as he flipped through channels. Tyler stopped on a show called NCIS having never been able to keep up with the series because of his work he was a little lost but no the less put the remote down and tried to remember who all the people were. About five minutes into watching the show, he saw a glimps of his wife out of the corner of his eye and smiled. “Hey Baby.” He called out turning his head to look at her and smiled. Patting his lap lightly as a playful notion for her to come and sit on his lap. “Your own your feet so much, you should come cuddle with your man for a while.” Tyler topped his offer off with his signature wink.
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