Mira was quietly thinking as she sat next to Hiroshi in his auto as they drove to his home. She could not believe the way this first date was turning out. She was not very experienced with men. She had married at age 20, still a virgin, a man she had known just a few days. She realized many years ago that she hadn't married for love, unless it was the love of the idea of marriage, and she had soon regretted the marriage, which had lasted three years. She had three other relationships over the next 28 years after her divorce, but never remarried. She had two children, both grown, from one of her relationships. The last few years she had been without a man, other than casual friends. When she had placed her ad she was looking for friendship and companionship, and then perhaps a sexual relationship. Never would she have imagined that she would have allowed a man to be intimate with her on their first encounter or that she was now on her way to spend an entire night with him, in his home, his bed.
Hiroshi reached across and gently picked up her left hand that had been clenched nervously in her lap. He drew it to his lips, kissed it, then held it lightly in his lap. They drove silently for a few more minutes. He released her hand long enough to put a CD into the cars stereo, then pull a couple of one dollar bills from his pocket and lay them on the dashboard in preparation for reaching the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza. Mira relaxed to the sounds of Michael Crawford's THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT.
Mira closed her eyes, lost in the gentle seduction of the CD and the warm comfort of Hiroshi's hand holding hers. She refused to let doubts and fears cloud her mind at this point. Yes, this was uncharacteristic of her, but it felt right. She didn't question why this was so, she just accepted the rightness.
Mira opened her eyes as the car came to a stop and Hiroshi shut of the engine. They were in a parking garage, parked near the elevators. Hiroshi left the car, walked around to the passenger side and opened Mira's door, helping her out of the car. With a hand lightly on her back he guided her to the elevator. Once inside he pushed the floor button for the top level. They rode silently, his arm around her, holding her gently to his side, his breath caressing her ear as he kissed it, nipping it lightly with his teeth before capturing her mouth in a kiss that burned through her in its intensity. Mira was weak-kneed and breathless as he broke the kiss when the elevator doors slid open.
The elevator doors opened onto a passage that had only two doors, one at either end of the hallway. Hiroshi guided her to the left, paused at the door at that end and removed a key from his pocket, kissing her once more as the door opened and he lead her into his home. As soon as he had closed the door behind them he gathered Mira into his arms and kissed her again, his tongue parting her lips, slipping into her mouth, caressing the roof with his tongue, dueling her tongue with his in a sensuous dance as old as time itself.