Part 10
Summary:
Kevin’s dad, Clark, gives Kevin and Kentaro a ride to the dorm at Kevin’s school. Kevin and Kentaro want to have sax badly. They are surprised to see Clark tagging along. Clark says he wants spend time with his son, whom he hasn’t seen in five years.
Clark’s wife decides to come to Japan because she misses him.
Clark, Kevin and Luna go to Narita Airport to meet Kira.
The angels have a good time playing on the airport luggage carousel as if it were a merry-go-round. Suddenly suitcases fall and angels get crushed. Kevin and Clark rescue them. Kevin realizes Luna can’t see the angels and wonders why not.
Kevin didn’t know that Kira was such a famous actress. People surround her to take photos. She plays in her first hit TV series as a psycho killer.
She brings two bodyguards in black tuxedos. They remind Kevin of Luna’s mysterious bartender/bodyguard/gardener/massage therapist in white tuxedos.
Kevin doesn’t see Luna after the meeting with the pink cocktails and the hanketsu bikini bottom he wears. Kevin is happy he became carefree, but he finds out Luna still treats him like her servant, the same as when they were children.
Kira is a big fan of Japanese cosplay culture. They go to the famous cosplay district in Tokyo called “Akihabara.” Kira and Luna buy many dresses at a store that specializes in Gothic-Lolita – called Gothloli in Japanese, style costumes. They look like a dress a witch might wear, all black with a short balloon skirt and long black wig.
“Hanketsu Part 10” Yuki Sembommatsu, edited by Louie
Clark said, “Let’s go, Kevin, I’ll give you a ride to your place.”
He put his chauffeur’s hat on. Kevin and Kentaro jumped into the deep purple Cadillac. Clark asked Kentaro, “Why’re you coming with us?”, and Kentaro answered, “Because we have to have sex tonight and I have no idea when my family come back from the funeral.”
Clark was surprised and said, “I love women too much so I’ve never really understood gay men”.
They drove through old neighborhoods with traditional wooden houses like the ones in Ozu’s film “Tokyo Story”. Clark didn’t grow up in Japan, so the atmosphere of the neighborhoods made a deeper impression on him.
Inside the car, Kentaro attacked Kevin to kissed him everywhere hard until both aroused and exhausted. Kevin put his face against his chest. Kevin liked it when Kentaro put his hand on his head and pat it like mothers do, perhaps because Kevin always loved older men.
The Cadillac in front of the tall building that was Kevin’s dorm. A lot of students came over to see the luxurious car. Clark parked in the visitors parking lot and he opened the trunk to take out big old fashioned canvas suitcase. He followed them up to Kevin’s dorm room.
Kevin was only thinking about Kentaro’s gorgeous hanketsu and didn’t notice his dad was in his room until he took his toothbrush from his unbelievable huge suitcase and went to the bathroom.
Kevin shouted, “Dad! What’re you doing here? You could stay at any outrageously expensive hotel in Tokyo!”
“You know Kevin, I want to see how you live and feel closer to my son.”, He explained.
Kevin didn’t care for anything anymore. The problem was his dorm room was a typical Japanese room with only a place to sleep and a small bathroom. There were a small bed and a small couch. Clark changed into his blue and white striped pajamas and lay down on Kevin’s bed without asking and said, “Good night. I have a bad case of jet lag” and fell sound asleep immediately.
Kevin thought it would be awkward having sex right next to his dad, but somehow they managed to have great sex. The overpowering attraction they had for each other made the rest of the world disappear. Kevin’s obsession with Kentaro’s ass was bordering on an addiction. They slept on the couch holding each other tight so as not to not fall off as they barely fit.
The sound of Clark having a heated argument on the phone woke them so violently that they almost fell off the couch.
“No, Kira, please don’t leave me. You know how much I love you. I know that my being away from home makes you feel lonely, but it’s my job. Hey, I have an idea: why don’t you come over? We can go to Akihabara, Shibuya, Shinjuku, Harajuku or anywhere you want to go. We can get those wild anime costumes that you’ve been talking about.”
Kevin thought to himself, “I need to get ready to meet dad’s new wife. We should have something in common as we’re about the same age.”
At Narita Airport Kevin and Clark were looking at the angels laughing and playing on the baggage carousel as if it were a merry-go-round. They began to spin faster and some lost their halos and their laughter turned into crying. Suddenly a river of baggage came pouring onto the carousel, crushing the angels beneath. Kevin and Clark rushed to save them and Luna looked on puzzled as she could not see the angels and Kevin wondered what it was about a person who could not see the angels.
Kira arrived at the airport with ten full suitcases and two bodyguards. Clark, Kevin and Luna were there to welcome her. They looked for her and finally found her in the center of a throng of adoring fans, some of who were foreigners. She was busy taking selfies and giving autographs.
Kevin was amazed. He’d never watched any of her movies. All the information he got about her was from his dad and it was that she was a star and about the same age as Kevin. Luna had watched Kira’s TV series where she played a beautiful innocent looking psycho killer.
Luna herself was surrounded but a smaller crowd made up of some of her 15,000 Instagram followers who she told that she’d be at the international arrival gate.
Kira was wearing a long scarlet and pink dress with seven inch high heels looking as if she were ready to walk the red carpet at a movie premiere. Luna was just wearing a simple dress of deep forest green that stopped just above her knees and shoes with two inch heels.
The crowd of Kira’s fans showed no signs of dissolving so Clark just pushed his way through, grabbed her and kissed her hoping that the crowd would take a hint and begin to disperse. The two bodyguards hired by Clark were there in identical black tuxedos and helped to break up the crowd.
An obviously annoyed Kira whispered to Clark, “Who is that Japanese chick who came with you?” Clark answered, “Oh, that’s my boss Mr. Kajihara’s daughter, Luna.”
Kevin and Luna introduced themselves to Kira who greeted them with a big fake smile and said, “I’ve heard all about you from your dads.”
Clark was driving the Cadillac and Kira was sandwiched between the two bodyguards. Luna and Kevin followed in a taxi. They stopped at one of the most luxurious hotels in Tokyo. It was in the middle of the Ginza district that Clark picked it for Kira because it was close to the cosplay capital of the world – Akihabara.
Kevin and Luna were both tired and hungry. They assumed that they’d have dinner with Clark and his stepmother. They arrived at the hotel lobby to meet them. The elevator doors opened and out came Clark with a young girl in a Snoopy t-shirt and distressed jeans. To complete her look she was wearing a pair of oversized sunglasses and had her hair neatly pushed into a New York Yankees logo baseball cap.
Kevin and Luna were still wondering who this girl with Clark was. She turned to Kevin and Luna and said excitedly, “Come on you guys, give me a tour of Akihabara. I can’t wait to see it!” She was bouncing up and down like an excited schoolgirl. Kevin thought just then how she’d transformed from that diva playing to her adoring fans at the airport to this ordinary girl-next-door. He felt, for the first time, that his stepmother was a real human being.
They made their way through the dazzling sights and sounds of Akihabara and, through all the distractions around them, Kira managed to find a shop that appeared to be made just for her. She was immediately swallowed up by the store, as if soft unseen hands were pulling her in, and tried on dress after endless dress. Luna intuitively knew this would take a while and ordered Kevin to get something to eat. As rude as Luna was, Kevin accepted her for the spoiled self-centered bitch that she was and knew she’d never change.
Kevin found a convenience store nearby and got a pre-made package of sushi. Luna grabbed it and started eating it in a way that made it clear that she was not going to share it. Kevin grabbed a piece and Luna got annoyed and it felt like they were kids again.
Kira, after all the dresses she tried on, seemed to gravitate to the Goth-Loli, or “Gothic Lolita”, style. She was trying on what looked like a black witch’s dress with a balloon skirt and a black wig. Luna was busy eating and didn’t notice Kira. Suddenly Luna said, “Oh look! They’re perfect for my “Bedroom Hanketsu Trial!” She’d been standing there eating and looking at micro-bikini bottoms that were on display. Just then it dawned on him that she’d given her ritual with the pink bubbling cocktails and the tiny bikini bottoms a name - “Bedroom Hanketsu Trial.”
Luna went inside and started to try on a bunch of dresses too. Clark was with Kira helping her choose dresses. Kevin felt like someone was watching him and turned to notice that the eyes of both bodyguards were on him. They reminded him of Luna’s bodyguards. After of few hours of agony waiting for them, Kira and Luna stuffed five suitcases each full of dresses. The staff looked exhausted but happy. Happy that they bought so much and also happy that they were leaving.
