Prologue - Starting Line
A female escort, also called rental girlfriend, is a woman who serves her company in exchange for payment. The rental service agency actually only has the job to advertise the rental girlfriends and conveying them. The escort-service “Sakura-Hoshi”, is a service that provides rentals without any erotic offers. The rental girlfriends of these agencies are for things like cozy cinema-evenings, concert visits, dinner with parents, whom one has told that they recently got a girlfriend, or for parties. So one doesn’t have to spend their time alone, or in order not to have to go alone to an invitation.
Most of those women want to earn a small income as a student with this, just like she does. The pinkette sighs silently, looking up to the high building in front of her. It is Saturday and she got booked for several hours. It was set that the meeting should take place in front of the highest shopping center of the town. The building has over 25 floors and harbours all kind of stores, from a furniture store, over any cafes, clothes and shoe shops to a flower shop. Everything is presented and that in masses. In this Building every brand has its own store. Each store has a minimum retail space of 50 m² plus additional storages and space. The bigger stores take over 2 to 3 floors, the biggest over 5 floors. Of course not the whole floor, but partial areas one above the other.
With a sigh the young woman leans in the shadow, against the wall of the building and looks up into the clear blue sky. Although, the shadow isn’t really cooling, at least she doesn’t have to stand in the blazing July-sun. A day on the beach or in the swimming pool would be a dream coming true, it really wonders the green eyed woman, what a man would even want at the mal in the first place. After all it is the favourite place of most women. With an unnoticeable shrug, she takes her handbag in booth of her hands and lets it hang comfortably in front of her pelvis. Her searching eyes wander around the crowded mall, everyone in short pants or dresses, just like her too. A cream dress, which reaches only the middle of her thighs, with a thin belt decorating her waist. Technically her dress would have been strapless, if there wasn’t that layer of lace, covering her upper arms like sleeves. Her eyes still wandering through the crowd, which are moving in or out of the building. Quietly humming to the tune of the songs, which aren’t only played inside the center, but also in the inside of the entrance. „Sakura?” A dark and manly voice sounded from her right. Surprised she turns and looks at the man in suit-pants and shirt. After running a swift look over him, she gives him a soft nod. „My name is Sasuke Uchiha, I booked you for the upcoming hours.” He explains shortly and a little cold. Immediately pushing herself off from the wall, she gives him a light bow. „It is really nice to meet you, mr. Uchiha!” She smiles at the young man in front of her. „We can talk informally with each other, I’m not that much older.” He answers again shortly and in that cool tone. Even his whole radiance appears cold and unapproachable. Suddenly, she doesn’t feel that hot anymore.
„Are we going inside?” The black haired man asks, while already stepping to the entrance. Quickly she follows him. „Can I ask, what we are doing here?” She starts carefully. „I need new clothes and the advice of a woman is always good.” The Uchiha answered. With a silent nod, she continues following him through the shopping mall. With a tender smile on her lips, she inwardly sings along to the song ‘Footprints in the Sand’ from Leona Lewis, which just gets played through the boxes. Without a detour, the dark haired man heads for one of the boutiques and Sakura follows him like a good girl into the mans section, where he looks around and reaches out for different things. Shirts and ties are stacking on his arm. A little confused she watches him and sighs inwardly. Why did this man, which obviously is a workaholic, booked an escort-lady for shopping purposes? She hardly believes that he would need someone to pick shirts and ties. Her green eyes follow him, watching how he is going for the cabins and disappears behind one of them. With a sigh she looks down to her peep toes, as she already hears the sound of an opening curtain. „Say, do you already have plans for next Saturday night?” His voice sounds from the cabin, as the curtain opens and Sasuke steps in front of her, dressed in shirt and tie. Putting some of the other shirts on the returning bar. „Um no, why?” She asks a little surprised in return. „Next Saturday is the celebration of one of my company’s partner-companies and I shouldn’t show up without a companion.” He explains the facts as short as possible. The pinkette nods, so this meeting isn’t about buying clothes after all. „The meeting today, actually only serves for us to get to know each other and sort everything out. I would like to send you a list with hobby’s and the most important things about me. Apart from that, I really need new clothes.” A small crooked smile lays on his lips, which makes him look extremely attractive. „To be honest, I think you have already enough shirts and ties.” The pinkette smiles while looking into the cabinet, in which she can see at least other five shirts. „I need them for work. Could you maybe...?” He looks shortly through the mans section of the boutique. „Of course, what should it definitely not be?”, the young woman asks, while already walking away. „No vibrant colours, pink, purple, orange, or dots.”, he counts, before she disappeared.
Humming, she walks through the mountains of clothes, looks at the display and finally takes various pieces of clothing, holds them together and searches together, with which she would return to the cabinet and hand it over to him. He inspects the clothes she had selected for him and enters the cabin once more. „Are you even equipped for such a celebration? Evening dresses are a must at such occasions.” His voice sounds after a few minutes, as the Uchiha comes out of the cabinet and looks at her. She waves him off with a smile. „I’m already supplied. There should be at least five night dresses in my wardrobe.” She lets her eyes wander over the man in front of him. Without the shirts, ties and suit-pants he suddenly doesn’t look so strict and serious anymore. „Looks good, suits you.” She smiles at him, whereupon he gives her a nod and goes back into the cabin.
„Say, can I ask how you even found to me?” She asks after a while and breaks the silence between each other. „An old friend of mine recommended you to me.”, he starts to explain while exiting the cabin. „Ryosuke Haruno. Do you know him?” He continues asking with that cold and inscrutable eyes of his. A little smile graces her lips, as she nods. „My brother.” The Uchiha nods back as he looks at her with an undefinable look and turns back to the cabins a bit later.
