Tour Guide to the Underworld - Chapter 9: The Edge of the World

[yoru-no-hikaru.livejournal.com]

Pairing: KinKi Kids
Characters: Nishikido Ryo, Uchi Hiroki, Nagase Tomoya, Takizawa Hideaki, Okada Junichi (and others)
Rating: NC-17
Disclaimer: Don't own the JE boys (duh!), but OCs are mine and I created the story
Setting: AU
Warnings: Creepy, language, situations of character death
Multi-Chapter


Notes: Yay, update. Oh dear, I spent weeks writing this one. I hope it turned out the way I wanted it to, because I didn't want to post before I was completely satisfied. Finally, there's some bed action again. XD Well, I hope you guys enjoy it. And please look forward to more updates, ever since I've gotten back I've been writing away. There's a new series ahead, as well as my friend exchange with lilly0 and yukitsubute and more of this one, of course. Thanks to everybody who so patiently waited for this. *bows* Now go and enjoy. ^^


Intro: Koichi dares not revise on his past few weeks. He covered for a hunter, kept him from his superior, even stole evidence from the office, keeps mingling with a Dragon Lady's business - long story short, he's playing with fire. Just how long will Tackey stand and watch? At the same time Ryo finds himself finding huge appeal in his trainers... ways? XD





Koichi sighed as he pulled the door to his apartment close.
“Okaeri nasai,” Tsuyoshi greeted him, popping his head in through the kitchen door.
He had some sauce on his face and looked quite cute and Koichi couldn’t help a light chuckle, but he still looked rather off.
“Something wrong?” Tsuyoshi asked, frowning.
“Ah,” Koichi made, stretching his neck a bit, “a colleague was involved in an accident. They found him locked up in a closet, unconscious.”
Tsuyoshi bit his lip at that. Nagase had spoken of a collector who hadn’t met a job.
“Any idea what might have happened?” Tsuyoshi asked, sounding wary.
“Well, what do you think?” Koichi said pointedly. “He’s been attacked and put out of the way... of someone... by someone...”
Tsuyoshi licked his lips. “You don’t think...?”
“That you’re using me to fish for information?” Koichi asked, hands on his hips.




“That’s really nonsense,” Tsuyoshi told him. “I don’t even know that guy. I’d never heard of him before.”
“Before what?” Koichi asked, eyes gleaming.
“Well, before...” he sighed. “Isn’t that proof enough? I took that spirit to your office. I saved her – and put my position at stake, I might add.”
“Conscience?” Koichi suggested with a shrug. “Or maybe that’s just another act to gain my trust. At any rate, when Tomo is not there to spot you I can’t know when else you might sneak into the office by yourself without me knowing about it.”
“You can’t seriously think that,” Tsuyoshi opposed, shaking his head.
“Well, you have to admit, it’s very curious that you should happen to be on such a scene just like that,” Koichi pointed out.
The other bit his lip. “Well...” He sighed. “I guess it is, there’s no denying that...” He sunk his head. “But I still did not betray you in any way,” he insisted, giving Koichi an intense look.
Koichi sighed, moving on into his living room and flopping down on his sofa.
“It’s not like I’m really suspecting you,” he declared.
“No?”




“No,” Koichi confirmed. “Which might be the worst thing about all of this. The thought that you might be on about stuff like that... I just don’t want to believe it’s possible, because it would mean I’d lose you and rather than that I’d pretend to myself, trying to make excuses, find explanations... but if stuff like that keeps happening... what do I do then?”
Tsuyoshi moved right in front of him, kneeling down and stroking his lover’s face.
“It’s not going to happen again,” he promised. “I... it was really by accident. And it’s true that my group mates have asked me to spy on you, to lure information and what not – but I’m not gonna do that.”
“They know about us?” Koichi asked, sounding alarmed.
“Never worry about that,” Tsuyoshi assured him. “They won’t see a thing of you.”
“Aren’t you gonna be in trouble?”
“I’ll find my way round,” Tsuyoshi grinned. “And will you now listen to me? I want to tell you something much more important. When I took that spirit to your office today... I don’t know... she looked so happy and... it felt awesome – like I was doing something of importance.”




“You’re not telling me you’re switching to collecting, are you?” Koichi asked, blinking at the other’s story.
“I don’t think I’m quite there yet,” Tsuyoshi admitted, “but I have learned today that the circle of life might indeed be a good thing for spirits. Maybe not for all of them, but...”
Koichi smiled and pulled the other up to give him a chaste kiss. “You did something of importance today,” he told him.
“It doesn’t mean I’m gonna be the big rescuer of spirits, or something,” Tsuyoshi told him. “You still don’t know what melting does. There is something special to that too.”
“I won’t make assumptions,” Koichi promised, stroking his lover’s hair affectionately.
“I’m sorry about your colleague,” Tsuyoshi mumbled, kissing Koichi’s palm.
“He’s going to be okay,” Koichi stated. “Just a minor injury from falling down. We’re still trying to figure out what actually knocked him out.”
“I’ll see if I can’t learn something,” Tsuyoshi suggested.
“Now you want to spy for me?” Koichi asked, sounding amused.




“It’s their own fault,” Tsuyoshi decided, “for trying to force me to manipulate you.”
“You really are a wicked guy,” Koichi laughed, shaking his head. “How come I’ve fallen for someone like you?”
“How come you fell for someone like me?” Tsuyoshi asked pointedly, giving the other a teasing look. “I was the one who was really in for a surprise, discovering your… secrets.”
“Aw,” Koichi crooned, pushing the other back slightly, but following after to change their positions on the sofa. “Did you think I’d be your sweet little bottom boy that you can ravage as you please?” he asked with a grin.
“Something along those lines,” Tsuyoshi grinned back, willingly giving way as the other not forcefully, but urgently pushed his legs apart.
“Mh, and did you like what you discovered about me?” Koichi asked, nuzzling a happily offered throat and neck.
“Yes,” Tsuyoshi sighed, a hand sliding into Koichi’s hair, stroking it, encouraging the stimulating touches.
“In that case I have good news for you,” Koichi whispered and Tsuyoshi shuddered at the smirk he could not see but hear in the other’s voice. “There are a lot more secrets to be discovered.”




“Koichi,” Tsuyoshi half-moaned and just this one word seemed to hold so much – glee, anticipation, lust, a plea, a request, consent,…
And Koichi took him on that one word, sliding his entire body onto the one now lying beneath him, moving suggestively, while never leaving that addictive neck with his lips and tongue.
“Mh, how about I ravage you for a change?” he suggested, a husky whisper in Tsuyoshi’s ear.
Tsuyoshi mewled in anticipation, pulling Koichi closer, moving against him and showing him how much he liked that idea.
“My, so responsive,” Koichi teased. “You’d make the perfect pet. Or close to perfect maybe. I happen to know that you bite,” he grinned as he pulled back very slightly.
Tsuyoshi’s pout vanished immediately when swift fingers made short work of the buttons on his shirt. Pulling it open and sliding it down his lover’s shoulders, Koichi considered the other again, tilting his head slightly as he obviously considered something. Then a smirk came to his lips.




“I think I changed my mind,” he told the other. “Rather than ravaging… I want to enjoy you.”
Tsuyoshi blinked at the other for a while shifting and moving as Koichi’s hands suggested it to him and when he realised what the other’s plan actually was Koichi was already securing a tight knot in his shirt to restrain his arms behind his back. Tsuyoshi stared.
“And… now?”
He looked a bit insecure, Koichi found. His eyes softened and he brought a hand up to stroke Tsuyoshi’s face reassuringly.
“No need to be nervous,” he said tenderly. “I want you to enjoy too. If you don’t like it…” He thought for a second, then, “Why are we even talking about this? It’s not like they can actually keep you. They’re simple clothes. You can slip through them easily.”
Tsuyoshi blinked yet again. It was true. How come the intense stare of this man could make him forget something he usually did as naturally as he breathed?
“You’ll spoil my fun, though, if you do that,” Koichi told him. “Let me have my fun.”
Tsuyoshi sighed just very slightly. Then he grinned.
“Well, go, have fun, then,” he offered.




Koichi’s eyes glittered with delight. In a second he was all over the other again, hands roaming a body that had gotten familiar to him, yet had lost none of its appeal. It was warm, soft skin that was beautiful to the eye and delicious to the tongue. And Koichi did not hesitate to lap at the flesh he found, first grazing the line of the collar bone, then moving down just a bit. One of his hands played with a nipple, while his mouth teased the sensitive spots just around the other one. Tsuyoshi sighed in delight. He twisted slightly and arched his back, trying to make Koichi touch, or kiss the spots he wanted. Koichi, however, had his own mind about things. He constructed his own pattern, finding new spots, some of which Tsuyoshi hadn’t even known were sensitive. Maybe they hadn’t been before. Maybe they were Koichi’s spots. Not that it mattered a lot. One thing was for sure, the older man took his time, stroking and lapping and kissing. Tsuyoshi thought about ending their little game already by simply slipping out of his restraints, but on second thought he found that a “not very wise” idea. In the worst case Koichi would get sulky and stop their session and that was definitely not what Tsuyoshi wanted.




His skin was already burning – literally, he was so over-sensitive in certain spots Koichi’s attacks actually hurt. He had never been a guy to hold back during sex, but it was a new experience to actually whimper. He had tried to keep it in, but at a certain point he couldn’t help it anymore. Pleasure and pain were starting to mix, confusing him and making his mind weak.
“Koichi…”
He felt the other shudder against him – and some of his senses returned. A surprised yelp was elicited from him when Koichi pinched a nipple gently enough not to actually hurt before teasing and twisting it until it did hurt. Again Koichi seemed very delighted by the vocal response to his ministrations. So Tsuyoshi decided to test another technique to move on with this.
“Kou,” he sighed out, his voice shaking slightly. He bit his lip, fighting back upcoming surges of pride. “Please,” he finally moaned. “Please, more…”
The next second everything stopped. For a moment Tsuyoshi thought whether somehow the world had come to an end, or he had spontaneously changed onto a new level, but then hot breath and a dark voice against his ear made him shudder.
“More what?”




Tsuyoshi groaned. Such a demanding bastard.
“Am I?” Koichi teased, flicking a nipple repeatedly with the tip of his finger. Tsuyoshi was too preoccupied to think about whether Koichi had stolen his way into his head or whether he had actually said those words out loud and it didn’t matter too much. He braced himself slightly, determined to keep on his track. After all, he had started this little game and now he had to play along.
“I,” he gasped out, “I need… more touching.”
“Where should I touch you?” Koichi asked, suddenly sounding as innocent as a four-year-old, but the mischievous grin on his face and the hand that travelled down Tsuyoshi’s body suggestively, belied his tone.
Tsuyoshi shuddered. The complexity that was Koichi was already enough to drive him mad.
“My dick,” he said shamelessly.
Without a second’s hesitation Koichi’s hand went to his lover’s groin to tease it with long, slow strokes. Tsuyoshi moaned his approval. Yet, he found there was still room for teasing.




“That’s my jeans you’re touching,” he grinned. “I said my dick. How can you mistake those two?”
For a second Koichi obviously considered changing their game into something entirely different. Sometimes the dark glint in his eyes really could be scary. But it was never there long enough to actually feel it.
“My apologies,” Koichi grinned back.
With a few swift movements he undid only the zipper and sneaked his hand into the jeans and boxers, grabbing his lover’s dick.
“Now what?” he asked teasingly.
He moved his hand as it would move in the tight space it had created. Tsuyoshi groaned slightly. It still didn’t feel bad, but it was definitely not what he had wanted.
“Okay, okay, I get it,” he burst out. Then he sighed. “No more teasing,” he promised.
Maybe Koichi really was a manipulative bastard. He was definitely sneaky, at the very least.
“So?” Koichi asked again.



“Just take them off already,” Tsuyoshi grumbled out.
Koichi pulled his hand out of the pants again and lifted his chest slightly to look at the other.
“I like it better when you say please,” he stated.
Tsuyoshi grinned very slightly. He knew better than to tease again, but he understood that he was actually the one holding the setting of the game. If he refused, it would be over. But Tsuyoshi didn’t want to spoil his lover’s fun – or his own. This could be fun. And knowing how Koichi worked, he could get him into doing certain things too.
“Koichi,” he said softly, “I… I’m just losing my head, I’m going mad with lust… I… I just… want you… please touch me again. You make my skin burn so sweetly.”
Koichi hummed at the statement and rewarded his lover with a good series of hot kisses to his stomach and teasing fingers stroking his sides. Tsuyoshi complimented himself on his wording. It was so simple. Koichi loved flattery. Why shouldn’t that work in bed?




“So, jeans off?” Koichi finally asked.
“Oh yes, please,” Tsuyoshi agreed, nodding eagerly for emphasis.
He also willingly lifted his hips to let Koichi remove the item, together with his boxers. It was a good thing he was used to running bare foot when inside, he figured – although that left him naked in front of his still fully clothed lover. Tsuyoshi bit his lip slightly. There was something in their difference of state, Koichi showing that he set the pace of the game. And yet he yarned for more contact, the prickling feeling he knew Koichi’s skin would cause on him. He thought for a second about saying something, but then decided against it. He had just gotten a requested fulfilled and didn’t mean to push his luck with his unpredictable partner. Koichi, in the meantime, took his time taking the picture in front of him in. Tsuyoshi was lying on the couch, naked, his hands still restrained behind his back and waiting for him.




His heart raced and the sight alone made him moan. Tsuyoshi was not merely offering himself, he was in need, Koichi could see it in his eyes. The man had already pleaded with him and he was desperately waiting for his touch and yet did nothing to urge him, letting him enjoy as he pleased. And Koichi meant to make the most of this. He bent forward, hovering over the other. One of his hands found its way into Tsuyoshi’s hair, stroking him affectionately and the man immediately reacted, moving into the touch like a cat … for more attention. Koichi smiled. He bent forward, letting his lips dance over the other’s as he whispered to him.
“Tsuyoshi… You look hot.” The other mewled, moving his head to get a much desired kiss, but Koichi refused him, withdrawing just so. “I think you said something about your dick?” he mused teasingly and with that he slid down his lover’s naked form, stroking him along the way.




He boldly grabbed Tsuyoshi’s length and gave it a good idea of a feeling. Light touches, a few soft stray strokes, some rubbing, careful squeezing and stimulating pulling. All the while he inspected Tsuyoshi’s reactions, fascinated by what his ministrations did to the other man. Soft sighs that ranged somewhere between pleasant and desperate escaped plush lips every now and then. Koichi smiled again as he took everything in. The flesh in his hands twitched excitedly and soon his tongue set in, giving licks and quick strokes. Tsuyoshi moaned, bucking his hips slightly, showing Koichi what he wanted. With a wicked grin on his face Koichi grabbed the dick a bit firmer before taking it halfway into his mouth. He started to suck immediately and not just some light teasing, as Tsuyoshi had expected, but for real. Quick and strong sucking made his bones go weak as he merely lay there, waiting for Koichi to finish his job. And the older man worked him feverishly, his hands grabbing the lower part of Tsuyoshi’s cock and stroking it, while his mouth was still working the rest.




“Oh my god,” Tsuyoshi moaned feverishly, “oh, your mouth feels so good. So hot… ah…”
Another buck of hips, but this time Koichi moved to restrain the other and Tsuyoshi groaned his disappointment. Koichi grinned inwardly, doubling his efforts on the swollen flesh of his lover. A high mewling sound could be heard, then Tsuyoshi started to pant, harsh puffs of air leaving his lips.
“Oh god, yeah,” he sighed. “Yeah, right… right there…” Koichi was sucking hard and his tongue teased him in just that spot. “So close…”
And then he moaned as the hot mouth left him, his dick twitching as he sighed at the loss of stimulation.
“What are you doing?” he whined.
“Teasing?” Koichi offered, dipping the tip of his tongue to the sensitive flesh, which twitched again instantly.
Tsuyoshi’s first impulse was to bite his lip against another sound, but then he thought the better of it. Koichi easily fell for strong reactions,
“Koichi,” he sighed and didn’t even have to act desperately – his body was so tight, he thought he might burst.




Sure enough he got a reaction. Koichi gripped both his thighs firmly, kneading them as he changed his position.
“Do you want it?” he asked playfully.
“Oh yeah,” Tsuyoshi pleaded. “Do me.”
“I wonder if you’d enjoy it dry?” Koichi teased. “But I think I’ll find out about that some other day,” he decided.
With a strong movement Koichi lifted his lover’s thighs, pushing them back until the other was lying only on his upper back, hips rolled up and ass in the air. Koichi grinned as he dove right in, pulling the cheeks apart and starting to lick the tight hole. Tsuyoshi’s body twitched at the feeling. Soft sounds were escaping him every now and then as Koichi worked him wet and loose. His tongue played with the hole, licking and lapping at it, even pushing in a few times, making the other moan at the feeling. Koichi grinned, slapping a buttock playfully as he continued his work. When he felt that he had done a thorough job, Koichi moved in soft nips and kisses up to the other’s balls, while a finger continued the work his tongue had left. Koichi pushed in carefully, all the while keeping track of Tsuyoshi’s state. It would have been a pity, if the man came too early. It seemed, though, that a single finger and ball-sucking wouldn’t do, so Koichi kept enjoying every twitch of muscle and every sigh of pleasure he elicited from the other. Soon two of his fingers were pushing into Tsuyoshi, while his mouth had gone back to playing with his cock. It wasn’t as playful as before, though. He sucked hard, when he did, but he kept interrupting, never giving more than four or five good sucks, before moving back to kissing or licking the shaft.




“Ah, Koichi…”
Heat was spreading in Tsuyoshi’s body. He felt a bit light-headed and his left leg was starting to go numb from the impossible angle he was still in, but he wouldn’t have moved for big money, just wanting to finally, finally…
“Wanna come?” Koichi asked, his breath hot against Tsuyoshi’s sensitive flesh.
“Yes, yes,” the man responded eagerly, giving Koichi a thrill.
“Want me to fuck you?”
“Oh god, yes…”
Koichi moved up and grinned at him. His fingers still worked in Tsuyoshi’s body as he bent to kiss his lover passionately.
“I’ll be right back,” he promised.




With that he retreated and Tsuyoshi tried to calm his burning body. He knew the other would be back any moment and sure enough Koichi returned almost instantly, a bottle of lube in his hands that he opened as he made his way back to the sofa. With skilled fingers, he poured some of the liquid and covered his hand thoroughly. He didn’t pay mind to the fact that he was still fully clothed. HE just opened his pants with his spoilt fingers, pushing them out of the way just as much as he absolutely had to. Tsuyoshi licked his lips at the sight. Obviously Koichi was really hot for him too, not sparing the minute to dispose of his clothes before he grasped his own cock, covering it with lube and making it hard. As he knelt back on the couch, Tsuyoshi spread his legs wider, inviting him in. Koichi smirked at him.
“You really want it,” he rasped out.
“Yeah, I want it…”




“Well,” Koichi said suggestively, as he started to stroke himself more firmly, “you’ll have to wait just a bit more.”
Tsuyoshi’s eyes grew wide. “What?!”
“First you’ll watch me come,” Koichi told him. “I’ll come all over you,” he moaned excitedly, “and then you can lick the remains from my dick and make it hard again and then I’ll fuck you.”
Tsuyoshi groaned. He just couldn’t take it anymore. Koichi had driven him to the edge twice, refusing him and now he was pleasuring himself openly for him to watch. The younger man just lost his head, he was desperate for touch, desperate for that dick in front of his eyes, desperate to come, he didn’t even realize what he was doing before he had finally slipped through his restraints, pushed Koichi back and onto the floor, followed him there and straddled his hips. His senses kicked back in when he felt Koichi’s nails raking his chest just as he forced the other man’s dick into his body, but the feeling of being filled covered everything else. He moaned out loud and so did Koichi, hands still angering Tsuyoshi’s skin, but the younger man couldn’t care less. He rested himself on Koichi’s hips, the latter’s cock deep inside his body, trying to adjust quickly. With Koichi’s saliva and the lube on his dick it was slick enough and soon he relaxed at the feeling.




“You,” Koichi rasped out tightly, “you just spoiled my fun.”
“You were killing me,” Tsuyoshi accused. “Call it even?”
Koichi thought about it for a second. “Fine.”
“Good,” Tsuyoshi sighed. “Can we finally fuck, then?”
“Happily,” Koichi grinned, starting to move against the other.
Tsuyoshi moaned and followed, moving back in kind. He hadn’t thought he’d have the patience to enjoy a slow build, but they moved passionately rather than frantically. Long, slow thrusts stroked his flesh and he melted at the feeling. They enjoyed just this feeling of moving together for a while, before Koichi finally pushed himself up. He kissed his lover heatedly, indicating he wanted to switch positions. Tsuyoshi caught on quickly and gave way, letting Koichi lay him down on the floor, while he skilfully moved so he was finally on top of the other again. His last bend was a bit too quick and made Tsuyoshi tighten slightly as he got stretched too much, but it only lasted for a second. Then Koichi thrust into him madly, shoving him against the carpet. Tsuyoshi cried out at the feeling. Once again, he was so close and this time he could feel that Koichi was too. The man was trembling in his arms, thrusting harshly.




“Tsuyoshi,” he moaned. “So good, so tight… I’m gonna come…”
“Come, then,” Tsuyoshi urged, as he started to fist his own length for extra stimulation.
“But you…” Koichi choked.
“Just come already,” Tsuyoshi urged. He grit his teeth. He was too close. “Oh god…” he moaned as his body started to shake wildly.
An additional thrill cursed through his body as he realized that he was still not coming. His body was a single mass of heat and the knot in the pitch of his stomach was about to burst and he concentrated on it, felt it coming, and then it finally exploded, shooting jolts of pleasure through his entire body, making it twitch and spasm involuntarily. Only very vaguely he felt his body being filled, his only hint that Koichi too had finally come. The jets of his come teased his inner walls just so, making the feeling all the more pleasurable.




He didn’t even know how long he had come, but once he felt his body relaxing he went completely lax, not even complaining when a hot body collapsed over him.
“You wore me out,” he heard a soft voice complaining.
“How about next time we switch positions and then you decide which one you like better?” Tsuyoshi murmured back.
The remark earned him a weak slap against his arm, which made him grin. He tried to move, but his body refused his command and so he and Koichi just remained like that, dozing off just slightly to recover. When Tsuyoshi regained all of his senses about 10 minutes later, he groaned. His back and ass both hurt like hell. No wonder, his position was still not very “back-friendly” and Koichi was still on top of him – still inside of him, for that matter.
“Koichi,” he croaked out.
“Hm?”




“I think you’ve ruined me for at least a week,” Tsuyoshi commented.
He very carefully tried to shift and immediately felt pain cursing through his body. God, but he was sore.
“And it seems like I can’t walk, so you’ll have to go shopping for me.”
“Don’t be such a sissy,” Koichi complained.
Even so, he pushed himself up and slipped out of the other. As he looked at his lover’s red ass and hips, he gulped.
“Oh…”
“Yeah, you can say that again,” Tsuyoshi commented.
As soon as he had the chance he brought himself into a more comfortable position and sighed in relief.
“Ano… sorry,” Koichi mumbled. “Did I hurt you?”
Tsuyoshi chuckled. “Nothing I haven’t earned, or can’t handle, so don’t worry.”
“Do you need anything?” Koichi asked, rubbing his shoulder.




Tsuyoshi hummed at the light touch and considered the question. “Hm… actually, a bath might be nice.”
“Bath?” Koichi blinked. “Okay,” he nodded.
Just as he was about to get up Tsuyoshi called him back. “Koichi?”
“Huh?”
“Will you carry me?”
Koichi gave him a pointed look. “Come on, now, it’s not like I…” He looked at his lover’s position on the floor once more and sighed. “Okay, fine. Yeah, I’ll carry you.”
Tsuyoshi grinned happily. “And do I get bubbles?”
The older man considered him once more. “You’re expecting me to go out and get you bubble bath, right?”
“Well, it’s not like you’d have to get dressed, or anything,” Tsuyoshi shrugged.
“You’re an impossible tease,” Koichi stated rolling his eyes.
“Same as you,” Tsuyoshi merely shrugged.




“I guess that’s true,” Koichi chuckled. “Fine, then.”
Tsuyoshi yelped slightly when he felt himself being lifted from the floor. He wrapped his arms around Koichi’s neck, looking at the other in wonder.
“Well, I can’t leave you lying on the floor while I’m out, can I?” Koichi asked. He carefully placed his lover on the sofa and got a sheet to cover him. “I’ll be right back,” he announced, pecking Tsuyoshi’s lips quickly. “You stay right here.”
“I don’t think I could move…” Tsuyoshi stated.
“Just a minute,” Koichi promised.
Sure enough, it was just about five minutes later that Tsuyoshi heard the door of the apartment being opened again.
“I’m back,” Koichi announced.
He visited Tsuyoshi shortly, before moving on into the bathroom. He filled the tub up with hot water and poured some of the liquid he had just gotten at the store. While he waited for everything to get finished, he went into the kitchen and prepared some tea, which he then offered to Tsuyoshi.




The younger man blinked at him, but accepted the cup happily. “I didn’t know you can be so attentive,” he said in wonder.
“It’s the first time I’m doing this for someone,” Koichi answered. He sat down next to Tsuyoshi on the couch and stroked his face lovingly. “Somehow… it’s like I’m not me when I’m with you.”
Tsuyoshi blinked at that.
Koichi chuckled nervously. “I don’t know how to say it. It’s like… you can create a better version of me. One that I didn’t even know existed.”
The younger man stared. He didn’t quite know what to say.
“Ah,” Koichi suddenly shot up. “I think your bath is ready.”
Tsuyoshi set down the cup of tea, even though he had merely nipped at it, but it didn’t really matter. Koichi picked him up again and carried him into the bathroom and into the tub. Tsuyoshi sighed as the warm water relaxed his muscles. Koichi had made sure to not make it aggressively hot.




“Anything else I can do?” he asked as he looked at Tsuyoshi’s pleased face.
The younger man tilted his head slightly, considering the other and then nodded.
“Strip,” he said softly.
“What?” Koichi gasped out.
“Please,” Tsuyoshi pleaded. “I haven’t seen you naked today. And you can… join me?”
“You don’t… want to do anything, do you?” Koichi asked carefully.
“What do you mean?” his lover asked. “Can we not… just be close? Kiss? Touch?”




Koichi smiled at that and slowly started to discard his clothes. Tsuyoshi watched him and of course he couldn’t stay unaffected by the view of his naked lover, but it was not the kind of eager arousal. It was more like… pleasant excitement. As soon as Koichi was done stripping, he moved up behind Tsuyoshi and slipped into the tub, so they could sit in there chest to back. The younger man sighed, leaning back against the chest behind him and Koichi welcomed him, stroking Tsuyoshi’s body ever so lightly, giving fleeting kisses to his temple. He couldn’t possibly feel more joy. Being here with this man, being close, enjoying those loving caresses… He couldn’t help it. He didn’t fight it. Tears came to his eyes and mixed with the water on his body. He knew this was the happiest he’d ever been. And he also realised that without Tsuyoshi he’d never be happy again. Why on earth was he feeling so scared suddenly?



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Ryo smiled when he finally closed the door of the library. He had just finished a good research session and was pretty sure that Koichi would be quite impressed by what he had learned. Just as he was about to leave to building, he spotted a shadow under the basement door. He stopped, gulping slightly, then moved forward carefully, making as little sounds a possible. As he opened the door enough to gaze into the small room, he saw a small boy cowering on the floor, munching on something that looked like a kind of cereal bar. When he found the door being opened, the boy shrunk back, looking scared. Then Ryo recognised the kid.
“Yuri-kun,” he whispered, sounding surprised. He quickly got inside the room and closed the door behind himself again. “What are you doing in here?”
“I...” the boy stuttered. “I got this,” he declared, trying to sound earnest. “And... I didn’t want anyone to see, so...”




“Stole it, huh?” Ryo teased with a grin. When the boy shrunk back again, he waved him off with a smile. “Relax, I won’t tell anyone. It’s just a cereal bar. You had better watch it, though. Your... ah, Hatori-san doesn’t look like she’ll let something like that go easily.”
“The mistress is very strict,” Yuri confirmed. “I only eat on three days a week.”
“Three days a week?!” Ryo shrieked.
The startled look on the boy’s face told him he’d better keep it down.
“Sorry,” he apologised. “Why do you get to eat only three days a week?” Ryo asked, sounding disturbed.
“Well,” Yuri said, munching on his treat, “it’s not like I need food the way you do. I don’t eat every day. Just three meals a week isn’t really too much, though.”




“So you’re stealing treats and eat them in dark closets?” Ryo asked, sounding appalled.
“I never steal from Koichi,” the boy explained. “He’s always nice to me and gives me treats.”
“He really is a nice guy,” Ryo agreed.
“I wouldn’t necessarily say that,” Yuri mused. “I’ve seen him... being different.”
Ryo blinked at the kid, who was munching on his food again.
“To me he’s always nice, though,” he said around a mouth full of food.




Ryo bit his lip. There were so many things in his head, so many questions, suggestions, but he wasn’t sure if he wouldn’t cross a line. Plus, he didn’t want to aggravate the dragon. Koichi had said that they were very loyal to their mistresses – no matter how they were treated.
“Say, Yuri-kun,” he tried carefully. “How do you feel... about Hatori-san?”
The boy blinked at him for a few seconds, then shrugged.
“She’s strict, but she can be kind too. She takes care of me. When I was still but a baby she found me and took me in.”
“Ah,” Ryo nodded. “Well, that’s good then, if she’s nice to you.”




“Sometimes she is kind,” Yuri confirmed.
“What about when she’s not kind?” Ryo asked suddenly.
“Well,” the dragon mumbled, “sometimes I’ll cry, but then she would give me a treat later.”
“I just don’t quite understand,” Ryo sighed. “Do you like her?”
“Like her?” Yuri blinked.
“Well, you know, usually people stay together when they like each other. So, why are you staying with her?”
Yuri blinked at him for a moment, as if he didn’t quite understand the question at all. Then he just shrugged again.




“Where else should I be going?” he asked.
“Well, you could just... stick with yourself for starters,” Ryo suggested. “I mean, you’re a pretty strong creature.”
“Why would I want to be alone?” Yuri asked him.
At that Ryo merely blinked. “Well... if you can’t think of a reason, then maybe there isn’t one,” he decided.
He inspected the dragon, who had finished his bar and licked the remaining stray corns from the wrapping. It looked so cute, he wanted to grab the boy and just keep his safe from whatever harm might be out there for him. He smiled slightly at the pouty face when Yuri had to accept that his treat was finished.




Ryo fumbled around in his pocket and sure enough found a small package of crackers he had gotten the other day. With a smile he offered them to the boy next to him. Yuri eyed first Ryo, then the package, then Ryo again rather sceptically, then reached out with deft fingers. Ryo let him take his time, waiting patiently, not making any quick movements. Finally Yuri grabbed the treat and once he held it he tore the package and dug into what was inside. Ryo chuckled lightly at the sight. That kid really was adorable. He waited until Yuri had finished the crackers and then took the wrenched papers from him.
“I’ll take care of these,” he offered.
“Thank you,” Yuri chirped, smiling brightly. “I’ll better get going now. There’s a limit to how I can explain why my tour to the toilet took so long.”
Ryo nodded and waved the boy a small good-bye. He decided to wait a minute before getting out again himself. After a while he finally opened the door carefully – and jumped at a voice right next to him.




“If you get caught with such company, you’ll be in trouble,” Uchi commented, a grin on his face.
“Oh, you,” Ryo sighed in relief.
“Hey, I could report you, you know,” Uchi told him.
Ryo blinked back at him.
“Interaction with dragons is dangerous,” Uchi told him. “It’s sanctioned too.”
“He’s being kept as a pet,” Ryo demanded exasperatedly. “What about that?!”
“The mistress has a special hold over the creature.”
“I’ve noticed,” Ryo scoffed.




“It’s a different thing,” Uchi shrugged.
“So you’ll just watch as that kid gets... mistreated,” Ryo spat out.
“It’s unfortunate for him,” Uchi gave him, “but yes, I’ll just accept it rather than getting into trouble.” He inspected Ryo closely, tilting his head in curiosity. “I guess Koichi will be happy with you as a trainee. He’s always been a bit... well, let’s say flexible when it’s about rules.”
“What’s wrong with helping someone out?” Ryo pouted.
Uchi laughed at that. “The exact same wording too. `What’s wrong with...´ I don’t think I can remember how many sentences that Koichi uses start with that phrase.” He shook his head, still smiling in amusement. “Seems he’s found the perfect victim to form according to his own beliefs.”




“Well, I don’t mind,” Ryo grumbled.
“That’s fine, then,” Uchi decided, clasping his shoulder. “It seems that similar to Koichi, you also have a strong intuition for when you should be careful about your cover.”
“Come on, it’s not like it’s forbidden to talk to him,” Ryo grunted.
“I didn’t say it’s forbidden,” Uchi shrugged. “I said it’s dangerous, and if his mistress finds you giving him treats, you’re definitely in trouble.”
“What’s so bad about being nice to him?” Ryo asked, shaking his head in confusion.
“It’s not being nice,” Uchi told him.




“It’s feeding them,” another voice sounded next to them.
Uchi merely blinked, while Ryo was creeped out again. Then he gulped when he saw Tackey standing there.
“When you feed a dragon, they’ll grow attached to you,” Tackey explained. “You did not?” he asked, raising a brow. “Feed that kid, did you?”
“I’m afraid we were talking about Koichi-san,” Uchi cut in. “It seems he’s been luring that boy again. Nishikido is still new, after all, so I explained to him why feeding dragons is delicate – or rather, I was in the middle of it.”
Tackey sighed, shaking his head. “Sometimes I really don’t know what to do with that guy...” He cast Ryo a short glance. “Is it true? Did Koichi give a dragon something to eat?”
“Well...” Ryo mumbled. “It was really just...”




“Okay,” Tackey sighed yet again, waving Ryo off. “I won’t pressure you with reporting your trainer when you witness something like that. But Uchi-kun was right in telling you that feeding a dragon is something you definitely should not do. You want to remember that.”
Ryo nodded awkwardly.
Tackey nodded at the two guys. “Otsukare,” he said and with that he moved on down the corridor.
“Osaki ni,” Uchi said politely, bowing after his senior.
Ryo was still too shaken to act up on etiquette. He kept his gaze on Uchi and once the other had straightened himself again he addressed the other again.
“Why did you...?”




“You didn’t know,” Uchi explained with a shrug. “It’s not your fault if Koichi lives such things in front of you.”
“But how did you know? About Koichi?”
“Koichi always feeds Yuri when he sees him,” Uchi explained. “And how could you know the kid, if you hadn’t encountered him with Koichi?”
Ryo blinked. “Yeah, that... okay.”
“Well, then, Nishikido,” Uchi nodded towards him. “I’d better get going. Take care, ne.”
“Ah, you too,” Ryo mumbled. “See you.”
Uchi waved over his shoulder, making his way obviously out of the building too.




He could have suggested leaving together... Oh, whatever.




Koichi sighed. “Oh dear, looks like it’s gonna be a long day.”
Ryo bit his lip, looking a bit awkward.
“Not for you,” Koichi waved him off. “Just some extra stuff I’ll have to finish.”
At that Ryo stiffened. Guilt flooded his body as he considered the possibility that Tackey was sanctioning him because of what Ryo had told him.
“Something wrong?” Koichi asked him, giving him a concerned look. “You look a bit shaken.”
“Oh, er...” Ryo stuttered, blushing and averting his eyes.
“Your face is red too,” Koichi stated, moving closer and putting his hand on his trainee’s forehead. “You’re really flushed...”




“I... I told Tackey that you fed Yuri-kun,” Ryo muttered miserably.
At that Koichi blinked in surprise. “First, why would you do that? Second, why confess now?”
“I didn’t know you’d get... extra work,” Ryo stated, feeling even more guilty.
“Oh, this you mean?” Koichi asked, waving a small folder. “That’s just collector’s business. Believe me, it’s got nothing to do with that.”
“Really?” Ryo asked, sounding relieved.
“Which brings us back to the first point,” Koichi reminded him. “Why tell him?”




“Ah,” Ryo stuttered, blushing again. “I didn’t really...”
“But you just said...”
“I found Yuri in a closet, eating,” Ryo related. “I went in and we talked. Seems he was really hungry, so I gave him some crackers. When I got out Uchi was there. He was really just out about teasing, but unfortunately Tackey showed up and then Uchi lied to him, telling him that we were discussing how you gave Yuri food.”
“And then?” Koichi asked, feeling that the other was holding something back.
“Nothing,” Ryo shrugged. “Tackey just asked me for confirmation. He didn’t really make me say it, but...”
“That little bastard was searching you,” Koichi told him, his voice tight.
“Eh?”




“It’s very easy for Tackey to see through other people. He was checking whether Uchi had told him the truth.”
“But if he knows so easily,” Ryo opposed, “then why...?”
“There are techniques and then there are techniques,” Koichi explained. “Uchi has been trained to keep his stuff to himself. Even for Tackey he’s not an easy person to read... but you are.”
“I’m sorry,” Ryo muttered, sounding ashamed.
Koichi blinked, a train of thought being interrupted, then smiled at Ryo. “Don’t be stupid. It’s perfectly fine. Now you know that what I did wasn’t exactly right you should report me, should you catch me again.”
“Tackey said that’s not expected,” Ryo said silently.




“Did he now?” Koichi asked, sounding amused. “Wants to do me in by himself, huh? Well, I’m not complaining.”
He ruffled Ryo’s hair and the boy smiled at him, obviously relieved. Something was tugging at Koichi’s heart, a feeling that had already grown familiar to him, but was yet awkward. He felt his heart beat rising slightly when he felt Ryo shifting comfortably against him. He bit his lip. That kind of reaction was more than inappropriate – not to mention that there was someone waiting for him. Yet, the kind and calm air that surrounded the younger man made him feel at ease...
“I wouldn’t tell on you anyway,” Ryo mumbled, almost against his chest.
At that Koichi’s eyes shot open and he quickly brought some distance between himself and the other.
“What are you saying?” he asked, sounding alarmed. “You... you’re not supposed to... to become like me. You’ll get into trouble and...”




“I don’t care, “Ryo declared. “I can’t find anything wrong with what you did.”
“That is because you still know very little...”
“You know a lot and you’re doing it,” Ryo argued.
“I know what I’m in for should I get caught.”
“I won’t be caught,” Ryo told him. “Neither will you.”
“Most probably not,” Koichi grinned. “I’m warning you, though. You’re headed for the dark side.”
“Wherever you are, there can only be light,” Ryo teased.




“And if you don’t stop flirting, we’ll both be in trouble,” Koichi told him.
Ryo’s eyes widened in shock. “I am not... flirting,” he stuttered. “I don’t even... I still think it’s weird,” he insisted. “Doing that with guys.”
“Hey, I’m not coming onto you,” Koichi shrugged. “You were the one snuggling up to me and I was merely telling you that I find that – well, inappropriate, but I mean to warn you even so. I am just a man and if you keep doing stuff like that, you might give me ideas. I still like guys, you want to remember that.”
“Uhn,” Ryo nodded.
“Okay,” Koichi smiled again. “Bring this to Shige, please? It’s our route for today.”
“Right,” Ryo said eagerly and stormed out the door, face red.




“He’s an atrocious liar too,” Tackey stated with a grin as he slipped in through the wall behind Koichi.
“I think I told you to always use the door when coming to my office, preferably after knocking?” Koichi said pointedly.
“So cold,” Tackey complained, a pout on his face. “And there I was nice and let the issue go.”
“About Yuri, you mean?” Koichi asked, finally turning around to look at the other. “Go ahead and dissolve me right away, because I’m not gonna let that kid get completely dependent on that woman.”
“You are not really helping him with what you are doing,” Tackey told him. “And now you’re giving the newbie weird ideas too.”




“I told him that the thing to do is to report me,” Koichi shrugged.
“Which he will hardly do when he’s infatuated with you,” Tackey pointed out.
“Stop doing that,” Koichi roared. “It’s not like I want to know.”
“Yes, you do want to know,” Tackey opposed. “And I might just see through the slip there too...”
“Oh?” Koichi made, raising a brow. “Now, there’s a surprise. Are you finally giving up?”
“You were the one who came onto me,” Tackey reminded him. “Back then you didn’t mind when I came in through the back-door.”
“Long time gone,” Koichi told him.




“Yeah, you just got rid of me...”
“I merely didn’t want to be used as a substitute anymore...” Koichi shot right back. “It’s your own damn fault, if you just can’t let go.”
“Not everybody dismisses as easily as you do,” Tackey grumbled out.
“Believe me, I didn’t do it easily,” he told the other. “But you’re obsessed. You’re obsessed with that kid.”
“Everybody has their own obsession,” Tackey shot back. “As it is, I really came to tell you this. I am watching you. You might have realised that anyway, I just wanted to let you know that if I find you out of line further than your little teasing, I’ll have your head.”
“Now who’s being cold?” Koichi sneered.

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Phew. Long chapter. It's not exactly a cliff-hanger, but Tackey is now definitely challenging Koichi. It's going to be very interesting from now on. XDDDDDD Thank you, everybody, for reading, I hope you enjoyed. <3

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