Cheer Up, Natasha!

Janet hadnâ€t seen her friend Natasha in a while—actually, they had only interacted a couple of times since the erotic three-way match they had had between the two of them and Azami at Avalanche 2013. It wasnâ€t that Janet was avoiding her blue-haired fellow wrestler—though she had been a little disgruntled by Natashaâ€s suggestion that she wanted to steal Azami from Janet during that Avalanche match. The Lakota had gotten over that, since it had obviously been said in the heat of the moment. She had expected Natasha to text her, and they could set up a date, hang out, maybe do a little wrestling or have a little sex. But since getting back from her trip to the United States with Azami for Summer Splash, she hadnâ€t heard from Natasha.

And so, Janet decided to take the initiative and go to see her friend. Natashaâ€s place was not too far from the apartment which Janet and Azami shared, and, while Azami was busy with other matters, Janet would put on something nice and make the journey. The sun was just beginning to set when Janet would find Azamiâ€s door, and, putting a nice little smile on her face, she would knock on it, looking forward to seeing Natasha for the first time in weeks.

Summer Splash was still fresh on the mind of Natasha as she sat in one of the several sitting rooms the home which her family owned in Japan possessed, trying to take her minds off of things with a new book she had picked up while over in the states. It wasn't going well for her however as it seemed every few pages she got deeper into the romance novel her thoughts drifted back to the last six months and just how much had gone quite wrong in her life for her to both get and keep the briefcase which now sat on a table in the same room she was in, forgotten almost as a thin level of dust now rested upon it. Looking up from her book Natasha glanced at her cell phone which had remained silent over the last several weeks, nibbling on her bottom lip as she briefly considered calling Azami to congratulate her, only to just as quickly dismiss it as she wasn't confidant she could genuinely do so while she still thought of her win against Marisa as one stolen from her and given to her fellow blue haired woman.

A knock upon the door startled Natasha who nearly dropped her book onto the hardwood floor, the french heiress taking a deep breath to steady herself before raising from her chair and walking to the door just outside the room she had been in. Normally one of the staff who maintained the home would have gotten the door but Natasha had sent them all home, giving them a vacation for the next couple weeks so that she could be alone with her thoughts. Natasha didn't even look through the peep hole before she opened the door, her eyes widening in surprise when she saw it was none other than Janet standing on her doorstep. "J..janet this is a surprise...what brings you out here?"

Natashaâ€s house was fancy. Janet recalled that the blue-haired wrestler was rather wealthy, but she hadnâ€t really seen any evidence of this wealth before tonight.

When Natasha opened up the door, Janet would smile a little wider and tilt her head to the side, spreading her arms in a pose that silently said “Yes, itâ€s me!” She would let Natasha get a good look at her in her short skirt and tight, almost sheer black top. She had dressed nice, but also a little on the sexy side, just in case Natasha needed cheering up of a different kind.

“Hey there, Natasha!” Janet would chirp, leaning against the open door, not walking inside just yet. She would wait for her blue-haired friend to invite her inside. “How have you been? It occurred to me that we hadnâ€t seen each other in a while. Azami is busy tonight, so I figured it would be a perfect time to visit!”

The first thing that struck Natasha was just how sexily dressed her friend was, her eyes trailing down along Janet's body while wishing she had known the woman was coming so she could dress just as well for her. Since she hadn't planned for any company Natasha was dressed rather simply, wearing a midnight blue tank top with a moderate amount of cleavage and a pair of loose fitting jeans that stood in sharp contrast to the lovely combination Janet had on, the skirt and black top doing a great job of accenting Janet's natural good looks.

Despite them being friends this was the first time Natasha could remember Janet coming over to her house since their triple threat match last winter, in fact besides their match together over a year ago Natasha couldn't remember a time when she had spent time with Janet without Azami being with them. This was for the best though, Natasha really didn't know what she would say to Azami right now anyway.

"It has been quite some time hasn't it? I've been, well its hard to complain about life when I live in a place like this huh?" Natasha replied with a laugh before she realized she was being rude by not inviting the woman in, another side effect of her not being used to welcoming people into her home at the door like this. "But I've kept you outside for too long, if you'd like to come in I was just sitting in here." Natasha said while stepping aside and motioning for Janet to come inside, pointing towards the room right off the hall where she had been sitting before.

Janet watched Natasha as the blue-haired womanâ€s eyes traveled down Janetâ€s toned, curvy frame. Yes, this was just the reaction Janet was hoping to get from her friend. It made her feel very, very sexy, of course, and she was sure that her attire was enough to cheer Natasha up, a little. The French fighter seemed sort of down in the dumps.

“Yeah! Itâ€s been a while. Thatâ€s why Iâ€m here. I figured we could spend some quality time together, since we havenâ€t talked for so long.” When she was invited inside, the Native American girl would happily follow her friend into the next room, where Natasha said she had been sitting. Janet would look around, taking in the sight of the inside of Natashaâ€s house. She had never seen it before. It seemed like a very pleasant place to live. Janet would sit down on the sofa and pat the cushion beside her, inviting Natasha to sit close to each other.

Raised as she was to take over the family business one day Natasha couldn't help but wonder what motivation Janet might have for coming over unannounced like this, especially since as she said they hadn't talked in a long time. It wasn't too hard to guess that this had something to do with Azami and the title, that perhaps this visit was even an idea of Azami's to see how Natasha was doing without having to come over herself, but Natasha did her best to forget about such thoughts and to focus on the woman sitting in front of her.

"It feels like months since we last spoke...maybe thats because it has been that long." Natasha said as she followed Janet into the sitting room, hesitating at first when she saw Janet inviting her to sit right beside her. It did not last for very long though as she soon dropped down onto the plush cushion beside the american woman, turning to the right a little so she could look directly at Janet rather than having to turn her head the entire time. "It is nice to see you, honestly this place has felt rather lonely as of late." Natasha said trying to be the good host and start the conversation.

“I think it has been, actually,” Janet agreed, when Natasha speculated that it had been months since the last time they had spoken. “Well, one month, at least. You havenâ€t been texting me! I know that I could just text you first, but for some reason I always feel sort of awkward initiating conversations like that, and the longer I think about it, the more time passes, and the more awkward it gets.”

Janet realized she was rambling. She was a little anxious tonight, wondering what Natasha had been up to for these last several weeks. She would take a deep breath and let Natasha talk, listening to the blue-haired girl who sat right beside her speaking of how lonely she had been. “Itâ€s nice to see you, too. And if I had known you were lonely, sweetie, I would have come over sooner,” Janet would say, reaching out and patting Natasha on the knee.

“So…what have you been up to? Oh, I did see your match at Summer Splash, by the way. I was cheering for you.”

Janet was right of course, it wasn't like Natasha hadn't had the time to talk to her but she didn't want to tell Janet she had been keeping her distance from both her and Azami since it had been announced that Azami would challenge for the title instead of her. Even now it sounded incredibly petty to the french woman and as much as she knew it was wrong to take out her frustrations on the two lovers for something they had no control over she couldn't bring herself to talk about it, much less apologize like she knew she should. "I know what you mean, seems the longer you go without speaking to someone the harder it becomes to break the silence." Natasha said trying to shift the conversation away from that subject by just agreeing with what Janet proposed the reason for them not talking was.

Her eyes drifted down to her knee where Janet's hand now rested and for a moment she felt like she had before Summer Splash, those lingering feelings towards the woman beside her returning just as the memories of their previous match together did. She had always liked Janet even if she had felt somewhat competitive towards her over Azami's attention and was glad to see Janet still saw her as a friend, having apparently forgiving her for some of the things she had said at Avalanche, Natasha placing her hand over the top of Janet's with a soft smile.

"Its just a big house to be in all alone is all, even with the staff it just feels empty much of the time." Natasha said before realizing how selfish it might come across, her complaining about having such a home for free, and was happy when Janet changed the subject even if it wasn't one she had a lot to speak about. "You did? Well it was a tough one, Anja is a friend but even so we never go easy on one another, its what makes our matches so unpredictable and fun to watch I guess. And to be honest this is about all I've been doing as of late, I've spent much of my time here trying to think of what I'm to do next."

“Yes, exactly,” Janet agreed, glad Natasha understood her predicament. Often Janet put off speaking to someone for one day, then two, then a week, and by that time it would be awkward if she did all of a sudden decide to make contact, and that thought just convinced her to delay things further.

But she didnâ€t want to lose contact with Natasha altogether. The two of them got along well, and Natasha was one of the best friends Janet had here in Japan. And that was why, when she had the opportunity to do so, she decided to go over to the French womanâ€s house to see how she was doing for herself.

She patted Natashaâ€s knee, and the blue-haired wrestler put her pale hand on top of Janetâ€s tanned appendage. Janet hadnâ€t forgotten the strange things Natasha said about Azami during their Avalanche match, but she had decided that those were said in the heat of the moment, and she had forgiven Natasha for any sentiment that might have been behind them. She was glad that they changed the subject to Summer Splash. “It was exciting! You looked stunning out there, too. So did Anja, actually. I need to introduce myself to her sometime,” Janet would say. “But…youâ€ve just been sitting around here recently, huh? No one to keep you company? What have you been thinking about?”

Natasha had wanted to steer the conversation away from the exact reasons why she hadn't spoken to Janet or Azami as of late but talking about Summer Splash wasn't much of an improvement. She was fine discussing her own match and for the moment Janet seemed content with doing only that, but she was more than a little nervous that she would bring up Azami's match and expect Natasha to have nothing but pleasant things to say about it, when the truth was she wasn't even sure how she felt about it yet.

"If you'd like I can introduce you two sometime, I'm sure she would be happy to meet the big time entropy champion." As those words left her lips Natasha immediately regretted saying them, not the part about Anja but rather the comment about the entropy title. She had just been complimenting Janet when she said that but now she was worried talk of titles would bring up one such belt she didn't know about discussing. Luckily Janet had given her a way to talk about something else though now that she thought about it Natasha really hadn't come to much of a conclusion about anything despite the many hours she had spent running over her options in her head. Most of her thoughts as of late centered around Azami and the hentai belt and while she could use another's opinions on the matter she wasn't sure Azami's girlfriend was the best person to consult.

"Maybe I wanted to be alone, I mean I did give all of the staff a couple weeks of vacation when I got back from America." Natasha said as if she had just realized that meant being alone in this house while they were all away. There was a pause then as Natasha tried to think of what to say, but in the end she figured it was best just to be honest especially when she was talking with a friend. "I've been thinking about that over there." She finally said, pointing over at the briefcase on the corner table in the room which held the symbolic contract for the hentai title. "And what I'm going to do with it."