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out a snort.
    "No, he committed suicide because he didn't want to live with knowing he was HIV positive!"
    Akira dropped his hand from the door handle, and he walked back into the living room. When he turned around, there was Coco standing there with this stupid fucked up grin on her face.
    He walked up to her and was about to slap her but instead grabbed her and pushed her to the floor. She got up laughing and poured two glasses of Hennessy.
    "Here, you look like you need it more than I do." she said with a laugh.
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    Akira reached for the glass but sat it down on the coffee table. He wanted to be sure that he was level head. He sat back on the couch shaking his head in disbelief. Coco picked up his glass and drank it
    "Well if you don't want it, why let it go to waste."
    "How long had Tony known?"
    "He didn't know until I got sick. It was when they ran some test on me.
    And who knows when and how long I've been infected." As she snuggled up to him on the couch, "so you see, this is why our past has brought us together once again."
    Suddenly the smell of the alcohol, along with the stuffiness of the room was nauseating. It felt like the room was closing in, sweat run down his face as if someone had thrown a bucket of water on him. Akira pushed Coco off of him as he stood up. He could feel the room slowly spinning, he felt sick.
    He had just made it to the bathroom in time, when he threw up. When he was finished, Akira threw water on his face and braced himself to keep from falling. His mind was racing, he didn't know what to think or to do.
    "You alright?" Coco asked as she handed him a towel.
    Akira took the towel to wipe his face. He turned to see Coco standing in 47 | P a g e

    the hallway, she looked as if she didn't have a care in the world. Akira pushed pass her, he knew he had to get out of there before he do something stupid, like kill her.
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    Coco was a regular customer. She started coming in once a week then twice a week. She called herself, Coco because she loved chocolate. She stood about 5'5", short hair cut that made her look like she was still in grade school.
    She worked for her family that owned a large computer software company. Word on the street was that the family business was a cover-up and that her family was connected with the Yazuka. And most of all, she was lonely, and she had money to burn.
    Coco had been coming for about four months to the lounge. She only came to spend time with Akira and Tony. Sometimes she would bring a couple of friends with her, but she usually came only. "More for her" she would say. She was a party girl and loved living in the fast lane.
    "My birthday is next month, and I want to rent all the guys." Coco said pulling up the pink lace tong.
    Akira was too busy trying to get dressed that he wasn't actually paying 48 | P a g e

    attention.
    "Akira, did you hear me?"
    "Umm no. sorry, what did you say."
    Picking up the pillow, she hit Akira in the back of his head. "I said, my birthday is next month and I want to rent all the guys from the lounge for the evening."
    "Umm how old will you be? "
    "25th birthday " she replied with a pout, "will you close the lounge for me. My dad will pay."
    Akira rolled his eyes in the back of his head, he couldn't stand it when girls whined and pouted.
    "Let me talk run it pass my manager to make sure we have an opening."
    He headed towards the front door with Coco following behind him. The last thing he heard as the door closed was she would call him later.
    Coco’s father came to see Akira a week before her birthday and paid Akira triple his lounge nightly intake. He wanted Akira to make it a party 49 | P a g e

    to remember, and money was no problem. Akira supplied the men, the music and Coco supplied everything else. The party was in full swing, the music, the drinks and the drugs. The party was a success. Coco and her parents were pleased.
    Her parent’s brought her an elegant two bedroom condo and furniture it on the