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  Rating:
      Explicit
  Archive Warning:
      Rape/Non-Con, Underage
  Category:
      M/M
  Fandom:
      終わりのセラフ_|_Owari_no_Seraph_|_Seraph_of_the_End
  Relationship:
      Hyakuya_Mikaela/Hyakuya_Yuuichirou, René_Simm/Hyakuya_Mikaela
  Character:
      Hyakuya_Mikaela, Hyakuya_Yuuichirou, Hiiragi_Shinoa's_Squad, René_Simm,
      Ferid_Bathory
  Additional Tags:
      Bodyguard_AU, yuumika, Again_just_because, Protectiveness, Hurt/Comfort,
      Eventual_Romance, Slow_Build, OOC_Alert, Fluff_and_Humor, Suspense, Adult
      Yuu, Teenager_Mika, Sexual_Harassment, Bodyguard_Yuu, Young_Master_Mika,
      Past_Rape/Non-con, Rene's_scaring_the_fuck_out_of_me, Ferid_too, I_am_so
      done, Angst_and_Hurt/Comfort, Mika_is_a_sassy_little_shit, Angst_and
      Fluff_and_Smut, Someone_pls_beat_the_meaning_of_asexual_into_me, Like
      beat_me_hard, I'm_ready, Brace_theeself_for_some_angst_and_uh_non-con,
      Rape/Non-con_Elements, Sex_Toys, What_Have_I_Done, i_have_sinned, Baby
      Mika_don't_deserve_this_tbh, cheesy_af, Sorry_Not_Sorry, Completed
  Stats:
      Published: 2016-02-28 Completed: 2017-02-05 Chapters: 10/10 Words: 36175
****** Protect Me! ******
by ShiroNekoIsMe
Summary
     Yuu, working as a bodyguard, was hired to protect Mika, the only heir
     to a well-known jewelry company when the blond got himself an overly
     obsessed stalker.
Notes
     Hi, Shiro here! Soooo, this fic is dedicated to ParzivalHallows,
     thanks for all your support, hun! Here you go, as promised! :D
     This was supposed to be a oneshot but then I got carried away (as
     usual lol)
     So do give it a read and feel free to share me some of your thoughts!
     Should I continue this? :3
***** Strawberry yoghurt *****
                                  Protect_Me!
                                ~~~Prologue~~~
The trembling man frantically backed away from another figure with a disturbed
expression, humming tunelessly.
"Please.... don't hurt me..!"
Ruby eyes glinted in the darkness of the night. Lips curled into a malicious
smirk, revealing pointy fangs.
"Don't hate me for this, officer~"
"AHHHHH!" 
That look of terror - ah, he really want to see that on his precious little
angel's face. Soon... soon... soon....
                                      xXx
                            I - Strawberry yoghurt
"Who the heck are you?" A blond around the age of eighteen scowled towards a
black-haired man in a black suit who uninvitingly appeared at his doorstep one
fine morning.
"Your bodyguard. Amane Yuuichirou, at your service!" With blinding white
smiles, the man introduced himself, bowing in respect as he walked into the
entrance.
"Don't tell me..."
"..?"
"....my mom sent you here, didn't she?"
"Yes! Madam Dominique assigned me just this morning. It's-"
"Go away."
"Eh?"
"I said - scram! You can go and tell her I don't need any bodyguard, that I can
protect myself!" The blond yelled in exasperation as he shoved the befuddled
man outside his house before twisting the lock forcefully. "This is such a pain
in the ass. Mother should leave me be already!"
The teen dragged his feet towards the fridge and popped open a strawberry
flavored yoghurt drink, his favorite since five, before slurping it out in
vehement. The chilled fruity treat soon calmed him down. Not for long though...
Azure blue eyes fell unto a black suited man, comfortably sitting at the
kitchen table, sipping steamy hot tea, "That won't do, obocchan. Your door lock
was a bit... flimsy."
"Pffft-?!" The content in his mouth spurted out instantaneously. The poor boy,
currently coughing and hacking, almost choked on the sugary drink by the sudden
appearance of a man he thought he'd chased out already.
The yoghurt drink slipped out of the blond's hand and dropped to the cold hard
ground, small puddle of pink liquid formed around the drink carton.
"W-what the hell are you do - wait, how did you get in here?!"
The new bodyguard obediently answered, "The front door."
"But - but I just - I did locked the door-" The blond rambled in disbelief when
he realized...
"-YOU BROKE THE LOCK?!"
"Well, if it's that easy to be broken, you might want to install a more
reinforced lock then." Neon eyes coolly steadied into angry blue ones.
The infuriated young male almost tore his golden hair off in absolute irk. God
dammit, the nerves! Who gave him the right to break into my house?!
"You're no worse than that damned stalker! That's it, I'm calling the
police...!" He whipped out his phone and dialed the three digits. Seconds
before he could tap on the call icon, the blond felt a strong hand encircling
his wrist and the other snaking around his lean waist.
"No, you don't, young master. Your mother had paid me and I have accepted the
job. I will see through my task until the end." The older man took the
smartphone out of the blond's grip before placing it on top of the marbled
table in a flash. "And please, call me Yuu-chan." He winked playfully
afterwards.
Chomp!
"Ow!" Yuu winced, his hold around the boy was automatically released as he
tended to his right hand, a teeth mark now visible. The blondie had actually
bit him, that ferocious little kitty! Yuu thought, amazement evident in his
bright green eyes.
"Don't touch me so casually, perverted old man! And fix that damn broken lock
right now!" Having finished commanding his 'bodyguard', the blond stormed
upstairs towards his room. He needed to get away from that psycho for now. He
needed to calm himself down. He needed nothing more than to; draw.
Hiring a bodyguard, what difference would that make? He'll just end up getting
others hurt again. And Mika definitely didn't want that.
Settling down on a stool in front of the drawing easel he placed by the window,
Mika picked up a sketching pencil and began to draw. This was the only way he
could distract himself from the stalker issue that's been on his mind for so
long. Who was the guy? What did he want? And why him?
                                       *
Yuu leafed through the document of his current client at the moment. To be
honest, he was particularly interested in the yellow haired boy, who was
already in his third year of high school. Why? Because this was a first for Yuu
to meet someone who loathed and rejected him so much.
Shindo Mikaela was the only son of Shindo Minoru, owner of the top jewelry
company, Mist, renowned for his classic but grandiose diamond jewellery
designs. His father was a Japanese while his mother, Volkov Dominique, was half
Russian, half French and worked as a full time model. She then later became
Shindo Dominique when she married Mikaela's father.
Since both of Mikaela's parents are working overseas, the poor blond had been
left alone in Japan at a very young age in someone else's care. Yuu nodded in
understanding, almost as if he could feel what the young master had been
through.
"Poor guy had it rough, huh?"
Deprived childhoods were common nowadays, Yuu recalled taking care of countless
young masters and mistresses with that kind of upbringing and he swore he'll
carry out his duty in protecting the temperamental blond at the cost of his
life just the same. 'Just you wait, Mikaela-obocchan. I'll give you the time of
your life, you'll be begging me to never leave your side soon enough.'
He promptly remembered the Madam's exact words when he took up the job;
"Precious Mikaela may not notice this since he's a bit aloof, but ever since
young, he had been constantly targeted and eyed by many predatory wolves out
there, lusting for his body. I don't mean to blow my own trumpet, but our dear
Mikaela is an extremely alluring boy, well he did inherited my drop dead
gorgeous looks-" Talking non-stop, Dominique flipped her luscious glossy blond
hair to one side, "-what I'm saying is, please protect him, Yuu-chan! My hubby
is good friends with your father and to think that overprotective daddy of a
man actually recommended you to guard our son, I can see how trustworthy you
are! Your previous records are perfect as well!"
Yuu bowed gratifyingly, "I am unworthy of such compliment." Well, if he had to
be honest, the reason why he never did make a move on any of his client was
because he's an asexual. Or that's what he decided to believe since he never
felt the desire to touch someone while harboring perverted thoughts. Almost as
if he's lacking in the lust department, which was in the favor of his
occupation fortunately.
From the background, the lost in thoughts Yuu could hear the naturally pretty
lady talked about how she had her son to do martial arts for self-defense;
which was also how the blond dealt with his offenders all this while until he
encountered an overly obsessed stalker.
First, they were just innocent confession letters. But when Mikaela ignored
them, he started receiving threat notes and then gruesome, bloody packages.
Although the blond didn't show it, he was greatly disturbed by them and ended
up reporting it to the police.
But, that didn't ended so well. The very next day, a police officer patrolling
around Mikaela's house was found heavily injured by the bushes, his face maimed
beyond recognition with a sharp object.
Beside the officer, a white note 'WHO'S NEXT?' was found and Mikaela trembled
like a leaf as soon as he saw that. He knew what the stalker meant; If you keep
on seeking help, the people around you will get hurt. After that, Mikaela
didn't bother going to the authorities anymore.
And that's where Yuu came into the picture.
"However..." A spine-chilling smile stretched across lips coated with deep red
lipstick, "Make a move on him and you'll wish you were never born. Now, do we
have an agreement?"
Yuu involuntarily gulped air. "Affirmative."
The murderous expression was then instantly replaced with a soft, sweet one.
"Okay, so here's the address...."
Models are scary as hell, another life lesson learnt, the raven-haired male
concluded.
Dominique's voice trailed off as Yuu's mind wandered back to the present time.
A wide scheming smile easily spread across Yuu's confident face. How hard could
it be to babysit one pampered plus rebellious teenager, and an illegally
beautiful one to boot? (Not that he'll ever be attracted to him.)
Little did he knew that... he'll be experiencing hell in its finest.
                                      xXx
Day 1:
7:00 AM
"Mikaela-obocchan, it's time for school." Yuu rapped on the door a few times,
but received no answer. "I'm coming in then, Mika-" The bodyguard halted, as
green eyes focused on the sleeping blond with half of his body out of the
blanket, arms flailed on both sides and a light snore could be heard.
The young master was not an elegant sleeper, that's for sure. And his
boisterous personality didn't seemed to match his outward appearance, Yuu mused
to himself. Then again, he wasn't the type to judge a book by its cover so he
won't condescend the blond for not living up to his first impression.
On the contrary, Yuu felt more and more intrigued in knowing the blond better.
"Young master..?" Yuu was just about to shake the boy up when sapphire eyes
popped open and the blond swiftly caught Yuu's hand before flipping the man
down on the bed, Mikaela was now on top of the startled man and that thin arm
surprisingly locked his neck quite tightly.
Yuu was quick in overcoming his awe though. In a split second, Yuu easily
escaped Mikaela's death hold and their position changed once more. He was now
topping the unprepared blond, locking the small wrists in place. "Oho, you
really can protect yourself. And here I thought you're just all bark and no
bite."
Mikaela snapped out of his shocked trance and began wriggling his wrists but to
no avail, Yuu was as strong as a boulder, "Let go of me, pervert!" It's a
first. That was the first time someone managed to pin him down. And not to
mention escaping his neck lock like taking a stroll in the park.
"Mikaela-obocchan, calm down. I was just wakin-"
"I SAID LET ME GO!" Mikaela spared no time in kicking Yuu in the groin. That
was all it took for the poor man to release his grip, now curling into a shaky
ball on the bed while covering his private part in indescribable pain. "....!"
The blond hopped off from the bed, glancing coldly at the still trembling man,
with an evil, satisfied smirk. "Take that... and don't call me Mikaela. Just
Mika is fine." It's not like he hated the name his parents gave him, but
Mikaela sounded too girly to his liking (it was a feminine name to begin with).
Not that he'll ever tell the dark-haired man, though. Because he disliked being
made fun of and Yuu being Yuu would definitely tease him, no doubt about it. He
had plenty enough on his plate with the way he looked.
With that said, Mika made way to the bathroom to freshen himself up for another
tiring day at school.
"D-damn... this boy proved to be a bit - difficult." Yuu forced out a small
laugh, his eyes actually teared up from the immense pain. 'How could you attack
me there, traitor..! My balls could've exploded!'
"B-but wait... What did he said just now? Call him Mika?" The bodyguard slowly
sat up on the bed, thinking he might need to ice that part later. "Wait-! Does
that mean...he accepted me?" A gleeful smile crept across Yuu's satisfied face,
though still slightly contorted with pain. "I'll break down that iron wall of
yours, obocchan!"
                                      xXx
7:30 AM, train station
"...what are you doing?" Mika asked, eyebrows furrowing in repulsed.
"Escorting you. And that's not how you want to look so early in the morning,
bocchan!" Yuu, in his usual black suit and tie, walked close to the blond,
scanning the perimeter for any suspicious-looking person. "Now, cast away that
frown and curve you lips upwards, like this!" Yuu demonstrated a perfect happy
smile in which the blond came across as a retarded look.
"I don't mind you escorting me or whatever, but can you not wear the clothes
you're wearing right now? It's too damn obvious!" Mika raised his voice to show
his displeasure.
"Eh~ but black is a cool color, don't you think so?" Yuu retorted, acting
almost too childish for his age.
"Are you trying to protect me or get me killed?!" Mika barked back.
"Protect you of course." Yuu deadpanned.
"Ugh..." Mika covered his face with both hands and groaned, classes haven't
begun yet but he was already feeling stressed out to the max, thanks to this
good for nothing bodyguard.
Yuu placed a bent finger to his chin as he went through the blond's words,
"Yeah, but I guess you're right. I'll be sure to dress normally next time?"
"You'd better... Ah, the train's here."
"Okay, Mika-bocchan stay close to me!"
"Hell no." The blond quickly boarded the train, ignoring the raven's
suggestion.
"Wait...!" Yuu tried to grab on Mika's arm but missed when a sea of people came
in between them and he was pushed to the opposite direction from the blond.
"Young master..! Shit!" They've been separated! As soon as he spotted the
struggling blond, Yuu immediately pushed through the horde. Taking a train
during rush hour was a fucking bad idea after all, he should've known better!
The morning rush was no joke. Poor Mika was sandwiched between all kinds of
people, left and right. The air was hot and humid, different odours mixed with
perfumes, making him nauseous. His eyes wandered around in search of his
personal bodyguard, nowhere to be seen.
Truth be told, this was Mika's first time on a train ever. He had never commute
to and from school by public transportation before so that explained pretty
much his current helpless situation. And being the undeniably proud young man
he is, Mika decided to keep it a secret from Yuu. He'll die first before he'll
admit anything humiliating about himself.
Mika brought a hand to his mouth, 'Uhh... I feel sick-' Just then, the train
took a sharp turn to the left, sending everyone standing squished to the
opposite side. Groans and whines reverberated all around the cramped space and
Mika joined in.
After the ninety degree turn, Mika had been unwillingly pushed against one of
the thick, shatterproof doors, his back facing the inside of the coach. As much
as he needed his personal space back, Mika couldn't even remove himself from
the sardine-packed crowd, he'll be trapped for a while until they get to the
next stop.
Mika then flinched, as he suddenly felt something creeping inside his school
uniform. 'Woah, woah, what the hell?!' Immediately picking himself up, Mika
tried to turn around and grab whatever it was that's been feeling up his skin.
Encountering a molester on his very first train ride? What's the worst that
could happen than this.
Peering at the reflection from the glass door, Mika could make out the
silhouette of a male, few years older than him, wearing a face mask and dark
shades and also a cap to conceal his identity, leaning so close to him until
their bodies were actually touching, he could feel the man's steamy breaths
behind his ears.
'Disgusting, retarded fucker! I'll fucking kill you..!'
But, before Mika could even tackle the perpetrator, a cool, razor-sharp pocket
knife was pressed to his exposed nape. "Make a move and I'll slice your jugular
vein open. Now, hands on the glass where I can see 'em."
"-!?" One wrong move and blood would spray all over, Mika swallowed thickly. Do
he act? Or do he not? He might be able-
"Do it." The pointy blade sunk into Mika's pale skin without mercy, a thin line
of red started to trickle down his throat. The retard was dead serious! Mika
reluctantly obeyed and placed his fists flat to the glass. And he picked a good
spot to do the deeds as well, that bastard! From anyone's angles, Mika's small
stature was well hidden by the molester's tall and wide built.
The panicked blond thought of screaming his lungs out, but what good would that
do? By then, his throat may as well be slit wide open.
"Just let me touch you nice and slow... while there's still time before the
next stop... heheh." The man half whispered, while fondling the blonde's
quivering back and the slimy hand went further down to the black slacks,
reaching into it.
"N-no... st-stop... don't t-touch me, you damned... pervert..!" Mika hissed,
and the knife pierced deeper, effectively preventing him from saying anything
else.
Stop it. Stop it! STOP IT! Help me... someone, anyone... YUU-!
"Would you be so kind in letting him go....Mr.Pervert?"
A twist of the arm.
A muffled scream.
A deadly smile.
It all happened so fast. By the time the blond reopened his teary eyes, he was
bound no more. No more sticky fingers on his skin, no more knife pointing at
his throat. Mika's mind was swirling chaotically. What the hell happened?
The train arrived at its next stop just in the nick of time. "Young master,
let's get off." Yuu swiftly grabbed on the flabbergasted Mika and pulled him
out of the packed train.
                                      xXx
8.30 AM
They entered a lifeless waiting room. After having seated the distracted blond,
Yuu magically produced a first aid kit out of nowhere, "Now, let's see what we
have in here..."
Mika was slightly intrigued, "How did you do that?"
Yuu beamed easily, "Rule #1 for any bodyguard, always bring a medkit with you
at all times."
Mika gave a skeptical stare.
"Okay, maybe that wasn't the first rule. But, who cares." Yuu shrugged
indifferently.
"Stay still. This might sting a bit." Yuu warned as he gently dabbed the small
cut on Mika's neck with an antiseptic. Then, he took some clean white bandages
and started working on the wound.
"Are you okay?" Yuu asked, filling in the long silence. Mika managed a small
nod and softly answered, "...yeah." He felt fine physically. But, maybe not so
hot psychologically.
"Here, have this. I'm sure this will help you get your energy back." The raven-
haired held out a box of yoghurt drink. Strawberry flavored. He now knew one of
the blond's favorite things.
Mika slowly took the drink into his still shaky hands, afterwards clutching his
wrist so hard in attempt to stop the tremor. 'Don't act so weak now! You're
stronger than this, Mika!'
"Hey, don't push yourself too hard." Yuu quickly pulled Mika's head close to
his chest. "It's alright to cry, y'know." Large, warm hand ruffled his golden
fringes and it stayed there for quite a while. Mika appreciated the body
contact with Yuu which strangely soothed him down, unlike with any other males
he'd encountered before. He unconsciously leaned into that sturdy chest,
listening to the steady beating of Yuu's heart. That's when he knew. Mika knew
Yuu didn't get weirdly excited when he's with him. It's safe to assume that the
happygolucky man wasn't attracted to him in that sense.
'Maybe I could trust Yuu.' And Yuu did just saved him from that molester of an
asshole.
"By the way, meek expression doesn't suits you at all." Yuu added cheekily and
jokingly pinched Mika's smooth cheeks.
"Shut up, geezer." Mika punched the older man straight in the gut without
restraint before standing up on his feet again. "And don't get too comfortable
with me next time!" Then, he marched off, leaving behind a black suited man
kneeling on the ground while hugging his stomach. 'He attacked me again, that
little savage!'
"H-hey, where are you going??" Yuu shakily stood up and chased after the blond.
"School, of course! I'm late, thanks to you!" Mika continued walking while
fixing up his crooked necktie.
"Wait, I'm coming with you..!"
"Hell no!!"
The two of them bickered along the way to the school, like some good old
friends.
Yuu was glad that Mika had gotten over the train incident.
And Mika was glad that Yuu had actually been there for him when he needed help.
Henceforth, their life together had just begun.
                               -To be continued-
***** Literature Books *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
                             II - Literature Books
 
Day 7
The door to Mika's room was pushed ajar soundlessly, a young man peeked through
the entrance to see a sleeping blond, snoring lightly. Yuu beamed at the sight,
Mika looked like an ordinary boy without anything to fear, and Yuu wanted to
keep it that way. "Excuse me for a bit, Mika-bocchan." He silently shut the
door again and made his way to his HQ with a plan in mind.
Mika woke up by the sound of his own alarm clock this morning and not by some
creepyass for once. He felt a bit relaxed today because a certain black-haired
man haven't been pestering him since this morning. Yuu was nowhere to be seen
when the blond woke up but as he headed downstairs, a full set of Japanese
breakfast had been prepared for him on the dining table and a flowery note that
read, 'Sorry I have an errand to run. Eat up, obocchan! - Yuu'
Sadly, Mika could barely read through Yuu's horrible handwriting without
getting a headache. The house suddenly felt lifeless and empty without the
chirpy man in his black suit cooking in the kitchen with a frilly pink apron
which oddly looked good on him.
It was Yuu's policy that they have breakfast, lunch and dinner together every
day when possible and although the proud blond felt repulsive to that idea, he
eventually got used to it in the end. It felt nice eating with someone else,
making idle chats (it's just Yuu and his endless chattering most of the time)
and having someone asking simple things like how was your day or if there's
anything interesting going on.
Mika didn't have the chance to spend time with his family ever since he was
little and neither did he had any siblings, so he didn't exactly knew what it
would truly feel like. But, just by having a meal together with Yuu, that
simple routine easily warmed his heart and Mika believed the feeling came close
to what he yearned for a long, long time now. A loving home.
What errand did he had to do that's so important anyway? Mika almost grumbled.
Hold on a sec, why did he even care?? Mika quickly shook any unnecessary
thoughts of the felicious raven-haired man. He must be so tired and mentally
worn out to be even concerned about that annoying bodyguard.
 
                                      xXx
                                        
Mika was making his way to the library during lunchtime as usual. The beautiful
blond roughly exhaled, school was taking a toll on him to be honest. Not the
subjects or extracurricular activities that bothered the all-rounded student,
but the constant harassment from both students and teachers (he made sure to
beat them up real good before anything happens), the increasing amount of
confessions and love letters he received, the massive amount of gifts and
chocolates, the list of problems went on and on.
There was only one place where Mika felt at ease and safe, and that was a
quiet, peaceful spot in the library with his respectable senior, René-senpai.
The only person in the school who still treated him normally, not like he's
some kind of a prized possession to be owned. Mika didn't have any friends, he
didn't bother making one. At any rate, René-senpai was the only one friend
he'll ever needed.
René Simm was a third year student and also the president of the Student
Council. He had long black hair pulled back into a high spiky ponytail with
weaved design on each side of his head, eyes as red as rubies, small fangs
protruding whenever he smile and noticeable bags under his droopy eyes. Why did
Mika called him 'senpai' when they're supposed to be in the same year? It was
because René had been absent from school for a whole year when he was eighteen
and had to repeat another year before he could graduate from high school.
Entering the empty library, Mika swiftly made way to his favorite spot, the
second table by the large, picture windows with a scenic view of blooming
cherry blossom trees.
"René-senpai," Mika greeted and took a seat in front of the stilled boy,
already lost in the world of books. There's no helping it when he gets into his
reading mode, Mika surmised with a small smile before beginning to read his own
book.
"Mikaela. You're here..." A cool voice floated into the blond's ears before his
mind could be taken into a world of imagination, Mika himself could be so
incredibly absorbed once he open up any literature book. He placed the 'Pride
and Prejudice' book on his lap and looked at the older boy properly.
"Afternoon, senpai."
"Good afternoon." René half-grinned, a pointy tooth visible. "How was your day
today?" Mika almost sighed but he managed to keep it in. Growing up to be an
independent individual, the blond wouldn't ever make the older boy worry
unnecessarily about him. And René could get too overwrought like a motherhen
sometimes, to the point it gets unnerving.
It did felt good to be cared for, but Mika wasn't one to take advantage of
other people's kindness. "It's been alright. Tiring, but still okay. What about
you, senpai? Do you still have trouble sleeping?" Mika was quick to change the
subject.
The black-haired boy put a hand under his chin and rested his elbow on the
table, "Well, are my eyebags getting any lighter, in your highness opinion?"
The droopy eyes lazily settled into icy blue ones.
"Uh, is that a trick question?" Mika playfully replied. "They suit you I guess,
but I do want your insomnia to be cured." He added softly, displaying a rare
smile.
"Thank you. You don't know how much that means to me." René curved his lips
upwards once more. It was one of those mysterious, secretive smiles again. Mika
couldn't quite point it out well enough, but if he had to describe it, he'd say
it looked kinda cold and distant. Almost like a different person resided in the
stoic and collected student president.
Or maybe Mika was just overthinking everything again, he had the tendency to do
so lately. Ever since the stalker started harassing him.
Maybe getting sexually harassed wasn't so bad compared to having a psychotic
stalker lurking in the shadows, watching your every move, hurting other people
around you. At least, Mika could confront the molester directly whereas the
unknown stalker had been as dodgy ever since he received the first letter. He
suddenly remembered the poor officer's maimed face and the eerie, bloody note
that read:'WHO'S NEXT?'
The spaced out blond involuntarily shivered, dropping the book from his lap.
"Mikaela, are you okay?" The president asked with a worried look on his zombie-
like face. René was the only one who would call him by his full name, 'Mikaela'
and still not getting a roundhouse kick from the brutish blond yet.
René was an exception, of course.
The pale blond nodded and meekly stood up, "I.. I need to go back to class now,
see you later, senpai..." He exited the library, taking deep breaths when no
one was around. Compose yourself, Mika. You're alright. He's not here. He's not
here right now so he can't hurt you. Or anyone.
A figure stood in the shadows behind the blond who was walking away from the
library back to his classroom.
"Do you know what you got yourself into?"
 
                                      xXx
                                        
René patiently waited until the blond left before picking up the fallen book.
Cherry red eyes examined the book intently, and fingers trailed all over the
cover and then the yellowed pages.
The dark-haired boy inched his face closer and took a sniff of the book, whole
body trembling with undisguised lust for the exceptionally ravishing blond.
Then, he licked through the book's spine. Imagining as if it were Mika's.
"Mikaela's skin, his scent... and taste... and that erotic expression of his..
I'll make all of them mine... soon.."
The ruby-eyed teen started panting heavily, his once droopy eyes became dilated
and slightly unfocused almost as if he's high on drugs. "Just a bit more...
until he breaks completely.. until then, I'll keep on sending my unconditional
love to you, dear Mikaela... kufufufu~"
 
                                      xXx
                                        
"Yuu, what the fuck are you doing?" A tall bespectacled man of short pink hair
put both hands on his hips, looking rather annoyed. "You actually decided to
teach there...? Have you gone mental??"
"Yeah, telephone pole, it's nice to see ya too." Yuu replied back
sarcastically. It's been months since they saw each other again and what a warm
welcome he received, the green-eyed man snorted.
"Do you want me to kick your tiny ass that bad?" The taller of the two barked
angrily in return.
"Go ahead and try, Four-Eyes."
"I'll fucking slaughter you..!"
"Now, now, you two blockheads. Better stop fighting before Guren-san catches
the both of you~" A woman of lilac hair and small stature, with the height of
no more than 4'11" feet tall stood between the two bickering men with a lazy
smile on her face.
"Yo, Shinoa! Been a while." Yuu greeted with a wide grin.
Shinoa sighed, "You're as laidback as ever. No wonder this tsundere here,
Kimizuki, couldn't stop fretting over you like a mama cat."
"I don't give a shit about this suicidal stubborn ass if that's what you're
implying, Shinoa." Kimizuki pinched the bridge of his nose in irritation. Being
surrounded by reckless idiots was giving him a major headache. "Well, I'm outta
here before I catch any of that idiotic virus of yours." With that said, the
pink haired left.
"What's his problem?" Yuu asked, was it his imagination or did Kimizuki seemed
a lot more pissier than usual?
"Oh, don't mind him, Yuu-san. He's been a little cranky ever since Yoichi-san
decided to guard one of the most influential men in the Ministry Board. The guy
he decided to protect was a lecherous middle-aged man who do both males and
females." Shinoa explained concisely.
"Huh, sorry I just can't quite understand that part up until now." Yuu admitted
and scratched his not iching cheek with a finger. Sexual desires? Lust?
Arousal? The feeling of wanting to fuck somebody hard? Where did they get all
those emotions from anyway? Yuu wasn't particularly interested in such topic
and he didn't think he'll ever be. "And I bet Kimizuki's being a bit too
paranoid, Yoichi can damn well protect himself, or else he wouldn't be hired in
the first place."
The first requirement for this job at Ichinose's Protection Agency was to be
able to protect the client and yourself from any harm. Guren, their boss was
pretty strict with the selection of new employees and Yuu couldn't say he's on
good terms with that sadistic plus sarcastic man. Guren knew how to push his
buttons and made him unbearably agitated sometimes.
"Well, Yuu-san, there's that. But, I think he just couldn't stop worrying about
the ones he loves, no?" Shinoa then playfully giggled, "Including Yuu-san too
of course."
Yuu almost gagged, not understanding Shinoa's cryptic hinting, "Don't even go
there, midget. I'd die first before letting that cotton candy head care for
me."
"What were you guys talking about just now anyway? About you teaching in some
school?" Shinoa tightened the fuchsia bowtie at the back of her soft violet
hair as she went back to the first topic.
"I just got a new client, and she asked me to guard her only son which is quite
a remarkable work of art if you ask me." Yuu chuckled in remembrance of his
first meeting with the hot blooded beautiful blond. "He has a crazy anonymous
stalker targeting him for almost two weeks now and I decided to go on an
undercover as a teacher there to investigate about the stalker more. Since most
of Mika's letters were placed under his desk and in his shoe locker. No
fingerprints either. We're dealing with some obsessed but professional stalker
here. They're no amateur..."
"Sounds dangerous to me. Won't you be targeted yourself if that stalker knew of
your true identity?" Shinoa contemplated Yuu's decision herself. It was a risky
gamble to take. Effective and quick but still risky.
"Yeah, true. But the poor kid was so on edge he'd attack anyone who simply
graze him by accident. I really want to solve the stalker issue for him no
matter what. And don't worry, I won't allow anyone else to find out who I am
that easily, y'know." Yuu fisted his chest lightly, he felt confident enough
about it! What could possibly go wrong anyway?
By now, Yuu should probably learn not to jinx himself next time.
 
                                      xXx
                                        
The next day
"Okay, everyone, please take your seats." The classroom door slid open and
entered a handsome young man with jet black hair and bright emerald eyes. The
man adjusted his thin-framed glasses before introducing himself, all cheery and
bubbly. "My name's Murakami Haruki, and I'll be your new Japanese history
teacher for the rest of the term since your former teacher, Arai-sensei had
just retired yesterday. Please take care of me from now on." Yuu must've
flashed the most brightest smile in the universe because all of the female
students suddenly squealed madly.
"OMG he's so hot!"
"Finally, a young and handsome sensei in our class!!"
"Sensei, do you have a girlfriend?!"
"Hey, isn't his name the same as that internationally famous writer?? That's so
awesome!"
Then, one of the boys interrupted,
"What's so special about a dope-looking teacher anyway?"
"Yeah, you girls are making too big of a fuss over this!"
The girls retorted in disgust,
"What! Why are boys always so inferior to the good looking ones!"
"Not all of us! Weren't you also jealous of Shindo's beauty moments ago?! And I
think Shindo's way prettier than any one you rotten girls!"
"Eww, that's so gay!"
"Don't tell me you're a homo?"
"Wha-"
"That's so gross~"
"Shut the fuck up!"
The class turned rowdy in just seconds after Yuu made his appearance. "Now calm
down now, class. We have to start the next period now." Yuu, still keeping a
smiley face, tried to control the situation again. Wow, kids these days are
sure full of energy, Yuu thought. Just then, his eyes met with the one person
he had came here for, Shindo Mikaela.
Ignoring the fact that he was the subject of such petty squabble, Mika silently
glared with unspeakable menace at Yuu, barely holding in a massive ball of fury
and enragement from exploding out for the whole world to see. What the fuck is
that man doing here?!
'Please pretend you don't know me at school, Mika-obocchan.' Yuu's eyes seemed
to say this, and he slyly placed a finger to his pursed lips. The universal
gesture for 'Shh'.
'No shit, Sherlock... That was what I planned to do so anyway!' Mika almost let
out a low growl. And that bastard had the audacity to use such a sacred name as
a disguise?
Murakami Haruki was one of Mika's favorite authors for Japanese literature
stories but Mika definitely didn't remember telling Yuu anything about it!
Either that sneaky geezer had been thoroughly researching him like how most
bodyguards do (where were his privacy rights damn it!) or he had noticed how
the blond had a complete collection set of Murakami's books back at home or he
simply picked it out on a whim. The third option didn't sound plausible at all,
truth be told.
You're fucking dead meat when we get back home..!
Yuu pretended he didn't catch Mika's glaringly obvious thoughts and decided to
use his authority as a teacher to torture - he meant - educate the fellow
students who were still engaging in a heated verbal war between two sides.
The new teacher clapped his hands hard, producing an ear-splitting noise
different than the normal clapping and the whole class fell into an obedient
silence. "As I was saying... we'll begin our class straight away but before
that, I have a little gift for all of you. Your favorite of all times - pop
quiz."
And the whole class groaned in dismay instantaneously. Yuu, ignoring his
students' puppy eyes and begging pleas, began handing out the question sheets,
his devilish smile never leaving his face.
Mika remained unfazed though, he could easily whisk through the questions with
one eye closed. But when Yuu came around to his desk, the blond whispered in
defiance, "Oni...(translate:Demon)"
"Aren't we all?" Whispered back Yuu as he took the chance to ruffle Mika's
golden locks and retracted his hand lightning fast before anyone would've
noticed.
Mika grimaced for the umpteenth time that day. 
 
                                      xXx
                                        
"Shindo-san, meet me at the teacher's lounge after school today." Was what Yuu
had said shortly after Japanese History class ended and they were to change
classes for social studies.
'Fuck it. I'm going back home.' Unfortunately for Yuu, Mika's stubbornness
rivaled to none. Shortly after the last school bell rang, Mika immediately left
the classroom and headed to his shoe locker.
Luckily, he was the first one to arrive. Quick, before anyone else gets here...
The blond unconsciously glanced left and right for any signs of his bodyguard
slash teacher now before opening the small locker. A piece of paper dropped to
the ground as soon as he swung the metallic door open. It looked like a note.
Thump! Thump!
It can't be...
It's not possible...
Why now...?
Mika's heart was now at his throat. He felt nauseous all of a sudden. Panic and
terror began creeping into his already erratic heart. Bending down, shaky
fingers picked the note up and flipped it to the front.
'YOU...'
Only that one word. Written in red ink. But the smell of iron told Mika it was
blood instead. Maybe if others were to see the gruesome note, they might shrug
it off as a sick prank or joke. But truthfully, Mika was the only one who knew
what the sender meant. Since it came from the same person who gave him the
threat note weeks earlier.
'WHO'S NEXT? ---
--- YOU...'
Mika was now trembling from head to toe. He was genuinely frightened and
suddenly he lost the ability to move or speak. 'No... no... he's not here! He's
not! HE'S - '
Just then, someone tugged him from behind and Mika swore he would have screamed
bloody murder if it weren't for a hand covering his mouth in time.
"NO!? Let me go!!" The blond's voice was muffled by the large hand which felt
strangely familiar in an unrecognisable way. Flailing and wriggling like crazy,
Mika used his entire strength just to escape from the stranger's grips, firm
and adamant on not letting him go. If the stalker was this strong, Mika would
be so screwed.
"Unhand me..!!"
"Shh! Bocchan, it's me, Yuu! Please calm down!" Mika looked over his shoulder
only to see it was in fact Yuu standing closely behind him. "Are you trying to
run away from me, young master?"
"The fuck, Yuu?!" Mika half whispered, half screeched. His lifespan was
literally reduced by ten years due to Yuu's sudden sneaking up on him.
"Hey, I'm Murakami-sensei right now, remember?" Yuu fixed his glasses
deliberately.
"Damn you..."
In a matter of time, chatters and laughters could be heard from the corridors.
Other students were coming, and they were heading straight to their direction.
Mika became rigid from fear. "...T-the note..."
"Come, this way!" Yuu grabbed on to Mika's tiny wrist and they ran outside the
school building through the back gate before anyone else.
A shady figure loomed over the rooftop, eyeing the running couple darkly. "I'm
the only one you should ever need, Mikaela."
"NO ONE ELSE."
 
 
                               -To be continued-
Chapter End Notes
     Shiro: Heyyy sorry for the late update! I'm on a trip right now for
     easter break but I thought I had enough time to squeeze this chapter
     in :)
     And Mika's stalker has his identity revealed!! Sorry for those who
     thought Ferid was the stalker...
     I want a change of pace once in a while and there's not a lot of
     Rene/Mika stories I believe? But what do you guys think? Cx
     Disclaimer: i don't own Haruki Murakami's name lol (He's one of my
     favorite authors and his books are really good!! )
     Thanks for the kudos and comments~ xxxx
***** Pepperoni Pizza *****
Chapter Notes
     WARNING: RAPE/NONCON, unbetaed so expect shit tons of mistakes, and a
     very creepy René trying to be the next Tsukiyama from TG.
     Maybe worst.
     You have been warned.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
                             III - Pepperoni Pizza
                                       *

"Mika-obocchan, please come out. It's time for dinner." Yuu with the pink apron
tied around his waist and a ladle in one hand stood outside the blond's room.

Ever since they came back home, Mika had forever since locked himself in his
room, cutting off any communication with the outside world. He won't even
answer the poor bodyguard who had been checking on him for what must have been
more than a hundred times now.

Yeah sure with Yuu's strength and skills, he could easily break the door down
or lock pick the keyhole if he wanted to but he strongly refrained himself from
doing so from the beginning. Since... wouldn't that put him on the same level
as that sick bastard of a stalker if he did? Mika's trust in him was far more
valuable to Yuu than wealth or fame itself.

He wanted to earn Mika's respect if he could.

"Young master, please at least give me some signs you're still alive and
haven't jump out of the window yet!" Not giving up, Yuu knocked again and
called out to the blond a couple of times more, persistent was one of his best
qualities if only Mika'd knew.

Yuu waited but to no avail, not even the slightest noise could be heard from
the other side. At that instant, a horrible thought crossed his mind,

Shit, did he really commit suicide from fear and overstress??

"Mika-obocchan? Bocchan!! MIKA ARE YOU ALRIGHT OH MY GOD DON'T TELL ME YOU
ACTUALLY JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW?! WAIT JUST A SEC IMMA BREAK THIS DOOR-"

Luckily, before the bodyguard could ram through the door, from inside of the
room, came a grouchy, if not exasperated, reply. "Shut the fuck up."

Oh, good. He's still alive.

Sighing softly to himself, the young man slipped out of the apron before neatly
folding it and took a seat on the floor with his back leaned against the door.
It's okay. He'll keep Mika company through the night no matter what. This thin
barrier called wall separating the two of them wasn't going to wane Yuu's
spirit down that easily.

However, dinner must be served.

So here's a quick lesson on how to tame a grumpy little kitten named Mika:

Tactic #1 - It's the bait that lures, not the hook or rod

"It's okay to be holed up in your room and all, young master, but you still
need food to function. And I cooked your favorite beef stew tonight~ So how
about it, feel like eating now?"
 
Mika indignantly answered, "The only thing I need in order to function right
now is for you to leave me the fuck alone."

-BURN-

Yuu was absolutely flabbergasted. Utterly speechless and spectacularly blown
away.

Damn this sharp tongued boy - His words cut deeper than a knife!

"Well, unfortunately that's not gonna happen anytime soon so you better suck it
up, Mr Grumpy Face! You want me to fuck off? Then get your butt out of there
and eat your dinner first, young man!" Yuu said rather heatedly. He' wasn't one
who'll simply nod and smile away to every single harsh remark thrown at him.
Heir of the jewelry company or not.

Thick silence for a solid minute. Uh oh. Why did he let his straightforward
rudeness took control over him again? Yuu contemplated for a bit before going
for a hasty apology but didn't get to do so in time.

"You're a...weirdo." Mika said, his voice muffled by the wall so Yuu had to
strain hia ears out to hear him properly.

"Weirdo? Why thanks." He replied satirically. This conversation wasn't going so
well, was it?

Mika hesitated and sounded unsure at first but he continued anyway, "But... not
the creepy weird... Probably because you don't sugarcoat your words like most
of the people I knew." Those who came to him all had the same goal in their
corrupted minds. They approached him and befriended him merely for his body and
wealth. Mika hated nothing more than people who judged him by his looks and
social status. The blond had enough traumatizing experiences dealing with these
good for nothing people.
 
The betrayal by the man he had trusted the most in the past remained freshly
etched to the back of his mind.

                                      xXx

10 years ago...

Shindo Mikaela was eight years old when his parents went overseas in order to
pursue the success of their careers and Mika's uncle from his mother side
decided to take care of him while he's staying in Japan due to work.

Ferid Bathory. A bachelor man in his late twenties with chest length silver
hair tied into a ponytail. He was a tall handsome man with sharp red eyes that
twinkled in mischief whenever he spoke with that silky voice of his. He was a
happy person who lived his life to the fullest and often reminded Mika to do so
as well. "Life is short," he would always say, "so it's best to live your every
day without leaving any regrets, okay Mika-chan?"

For the first few months, Uncle Ferid was nice and kind to Mika, he would
always play games with the little blond, cook his favorite food which was
curry, read him bedtime stories and then kiss him good night. In which none of
his parents had ever did. So Mika loved his uncle dearly, and he cherished the
moments they've spent together greatly.

Until that one stormy night...

It was raining cats and dogs outside. His uncle wasn't even home yet. Mika who
was afraid of thunders decided to go to bed early instead of staying up waiting
for him to come home like he always did.

The silver haired man came home in the middle of the night completely wasted
amd all drenched wet from the rain. The sudden banging at Mika's door startled
him awake at that instant.

Rubbing his sleepy blue eyes, Mika opened up his bedroom door and was met with
a red-faced staggering uncle of his, the poignant smell of alcohol immediately
infiltrated his nostrils and Mika almost gagged.

"Mikaaa-channn -hic- missed me dontcha~~~" Ferid, totally plastered, stumbled
forward and hugged his nephew tightly, soaking them both. "My sexy little -hic-
Mika~ let's -hic- play with uncle -hic- tonite, mkayyy~" The man intentionally
groped Mika's butt so that the poor boy squeaked in surprise. "We'll play -
hic!- an adult game this time hehehehee~"

"U-uncle Ferid? Are you alright..?" The young blond asked, his voice laced with
fear. What's wrong with Uncle tonight? He's acting so unusual. He'd never drown
himself in alcoholic drinks this bad before. "Did something...bad happen?" He
softly asked and patted the broad trembling shoulders, his uncle was...crying?

"She left me... that suicidal bitch left me!!" Ferid wailed at first, then
laughed maniacally the next. "Ahahaha~ that useless cunt -hic- couldn't even
handle some pressure from work! Stupid bitch~" The older man's laughter became
louder and crazier until it began to scare little Mika to the core.

Uncle Ferid's lover, Krul-san, killed herself..? Even though they've been
together for ten years? Didn't they loved each other? Uncle's eyes would always
shone very brightly whenever he mentioned about that pink haired lady, petite
but fierce, he'd mused. Oh his poor, poor uncle.

"U-uncle..."

"Fuck women." Ferid suddenly said, the colour of his eyes turned darker before
he roughly pushed the little boy to the floor. "I only got my eyes on you now,
Mika-chan..."

"Uncle, what are you doing!? Please let go of me..!" Mika didn't even realized
when but he had started crying and trembling like a leaf underneath his uncle,
looming on top of him like some kind of a big bad wolf. "You're so sexy,
Mika... more beautiful than any other girls I've met..." Ferid breathed against
the blond's ear, his penetrating gaze, his husky voice, his itchy hands, all of
them were filled with nothing but lust.

Was it the alcohol? Or was it the shock from his girlfriend's death that
transformed his once loving uncle into a sexually-deprived monster? Mika didn't
know and he didn't have the time to figure it out because right now, he was
about to be raped by his own relative, the one person he trusted and loved so
much.

Even in his drunken state, Ferid was still ten times stronger than an eight
year old kid and using one hand to locked both of Mika's hands above his head,
his other hand ripped the blue pajamas off, exposing milky white chest and two
pinkish small nipples. Ferid licked his upper lip at the enticing sight before
him. Then he leaned down and began to nip on Mika's smooth skin.

"Uncle Ferid p-please stop this!!!" Mika was now sobbing terribly as he tried
to break free from the silver's iron grip but was deemed unsuccessful.

"It's your fault!" Ferid growled, "Stop seducing me with this lusty body of
yours, you dirty slut!" He slapped the boy across the cheek hard and Mika
immediately went quiet. Too shocked and stupefied to react. Getting slapped and
called a slut proved to be too much for the young blond whose tears flowed down
furiously like an torrent. He was deeply hurt.

Without a warning, a cold, wet hand snaked into his pants and began fondling
with his lower part while his uncle's slimy tongue continued terrorizing his
chest area and nipples and Mika had never felt so disgusted and repulsed in his
whole life to the point where he wished he was dead instead. His mind went
blank from the weird sensations he felt and Mika was so afraid to think that
his body actually enjoyed the sexual assault done to him against his will.

No no no ! please no ! please don't ! no please stop ! please help me !

Those were the last words Mika remembered repeating over and over throughout
that hellish night but his pitiful cries were drowned by the unforgivingly loud
booming thunders and howling winds.

In the end, he was devoured completely.

                                      xXx

Okay, stop.

Mika gripped his arm hard until his knuckle turned white, that part would
definitely leave a bruise later but he didn't really care. He became numb to
pain for some time now. Recalling that black history of his would usually leave
him in tears and cold sweats and an unbelievably ever-growing deep hatred
towards that bastard of an uncle, which in turn budded into a hatred towards
every other human being. Humans are wicked. Humans are cruel. Although he was
getting better at forgetting bad things that ever happened in his life, the
blond would still sometimes woke up to his own scream after having a nightmare
about the same traumatic night that scarred him for life.

But then a man named Yuuichirou suddenly appeared before him when he least
expected him to. There was something about the green-eyed man that caught his
attention like nobody else. And Mika secretly hoped that the raven would be
different. That the raven was different than the others. He needed to believe
that. And so he did.

Seconds later, Yuu heard a faint sound of a chair being pushed backwards and
light footsteps nearing toward the door before stopping short in front of it
and afterwards he could feel Mika leaning against the door as well.

"Aren't you a strange fellow?" The blond asked rhetorically. Why don't you make
a move on me yet? Like the others before you? Was the real question he had in
mind.

Yuu felt accomplished - no not because Mika had called him a weirdo (he's not a
masochist) - but because he finally got the reclusive blond to talk more and
somewhat open up to him. The raven felt elated to be able to thaw the ice
around Mika's heart, as little as it may be. Well, an accomplishment was still
an accomplishment.

"As strange as you want me to be." Yuu replied with slight playfulness in his
tone.

"You really are weird." Mika commented indifferently but Yuu could somehow
detect warmth in Mika's voice.

They were conversing normally for once!The atmosphere between them wasn't as
cold as it used to be anymore and Yuu could feel tingling sensations travelling
up and down his body, he felt jittery like an excited schoolboy going on his
first class field trip. Maybe a little bit too excited that he didn't prevent
his chatterbox mouth from running its course.

"Haha~ I get that a lot to be honest. You see my coworkers from where I work?
There're four of them, two guys and another two chicks. There's this rude guy
who looks like a telephone pole called Kimizuki, a puppy-like brunette named
Yoichi, a twin-tailed tsundere, Mitsuba and last but not least, a very
aggravatingly annoying runt of a troll called Shinoa. Don't get me wrong, I
love them and all but at times they could be assholes strangling-to-death
worthy. They kept calling me weird or an oddball due to this one personal
problem I have and lately, it's been getting on my nerves. It's like watching
the same soap drama over and over again until you feel like puking rainbows
y'know? Not like I watch those kind of shit - wait, what are we talking about
again? Oh yeah - about my nitpicking friends. So there's just nothing I can do
about my condition even if they wanted me to change, I mean I would-" Yuu
finally paused.

Realisation in 3... 2... 1.

Holy crap, how long had he been talking for? How and why did he decided to
share one of his life crises with the blond, whom relationship with him was
solely as master and bodyguard? They've only met each other about a week ago so
why the heck did the raven willingly talk about the story of his life that no
one requested for again? And knowing Mika, the blond probably couldn't care
less about whatever issues he may had had.

"Goddammit me..! Uh, sorry young master, forget everything I sa-"

Yuu froze. There was a faint sound coming from the other side of the door just
now. Did he heard it wrong or did Mika just laughed..?

Sweet mother of -

"...What kind of condition was it?" Mika purposely cleared his throat and asked
a little too quickly, seemingly interested in Yuu's story all of a sudden. Oh
no, he's smiling right now. The heat on his cheeks and neck got a little
unbearable when he realized he had uncharacteristically laughed in front of
Yuu. Mika couldn't resist. He had never met a guy who could talk that much in
half a minute and Yuu's furious nagging along with the way he described his
friends amused him to no end. Must be nice to have real friends.

Tactic #2 - Curiosity kills the cat

"So, what was it?" The curious Mika repeated when the other didn't reply. He's
in for it for good now.

Mika's voice brought the raven back from his stupefaction. Ohohoho... Yuu's
lips curled upwards like an evil mastermind as he came up with a brilliant idea
there and then. "Heheh~ Why should I tell you?" He taunted.

"....because I'm your master." From Mika's tone, Yuu could tell he was frowning
again, golden eyebrows all scrunched up together, he imagined. Just like an
angry little kitty, how adorable.

"But I'm your bodyguard, not your servant. Unless your life is in jeopardy, I
had no obligation to heed your selfish little commands, my pampered young
master."

Mika went silent again, he must be thinking of another witty comeback right
now. This is fun~ To think that the ever so proud Mikaela-sama is being pushed
back into a corner by none other than me - a lowly bodyguard...oh sweet
victory! Yuu hummed in joy. But, we're not done here yet, young master. I have
better plans in mind.

Tactic #3 - You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

"Okay, I'll tell you-" Yuu glanced behind at the closed door.

"Really-" Mika's whole face lit up but extinguished a millisecond later when
Yuu decidedly cut him short, "-but on one condition~"

The young heir almost cursed aloud, "fuc-...which is?" He said through gritted
teeth. Show me what you got, geezer.

"Come on out and eat dinner with me." Yuu coaxed one last time. "Then I'll tell
you. Promise."

Mika went silent for a great while again. Waiting for the blond's reply felt as
if he's sitting on pins and needles and Yuu wasn't a big fan of needles in all
honesty. Even the mere thought of getting prick by that measly needle made him
shuddered. Fuck needles. Okay he's getting side-tracked again - focus Yuu!

"Heh. Why should I trust you again? And what if this 'condition' of your isn't
all that grand either?" Mika finally countered and Yuu could just picture a
shit eating grin on Mika's oh-so-smug face.

And remind me again why kids nowadays are such smartasses?

"Oh, it's grand all right. You'll feel much more safer around me if you knew, I
guess?" Yuu rubbed the back of his stiff neck, emerald eyes wandered toward the
clock on the wall, 20:00. Perfect time for dinner. Okay, let's wrap this chat
for now, obocchan. Yuu knew perfectly well that the arrogant blond would never
unlock the door for him, but he needed to ensure that Mika keeps a balance
nutrition every day and skipping dinner was a big no no. The young master left
him with no choice but to use his special technique.

Forgive me for this, Mika-bocchan.

"I'll feel a lot safer..? Then, why didn't you tell me before this?" Mika
frowned again, his tone all accusational.

"Well, you didn't ask." Yuu coolly replied as he faced the keyhole and silently
picked the lock using a hairpin hiding under that messy forest of black hair.
With a small 'clink!', the door was unlocked and Yuu sneakily turned the
doorknob, swung the door open and caught the startled blond as he fell
backwards.

"The fuck-!?"

Yuu safely caught the falling Mika into his arms. "Gotcha. Hehe, nice to see
you again, young master~"

"Y-yuu?! B-but..! I'm 100% positive I locked the-" Mika halted, his mind began
to process. "Wait. Wait wait wait - why does this feel like a fucking dejá vu?"

"It does, doesn't it?" Yuu solemnly nodded in agreement as he recalled the
first time he came here. He'd broke inside the house just because the blond
shut the door on him and wouldn't let him in. The surprised look on Mika's face
at that time was priceless.

"Then, you should've seen this coming too, idiot..!" Once again, Mika used his
teeth for something else other than chewing food - he sunk his teeth into Yuu's
forearm instead and bit. "Ow!" And yet again, Yuu was caught off guard he ended
up with a new teeth mark just above his wrist. "God, stop biting I know you're
hungry but-"

"Uh....Yuu..?" Mika abruptly cut in between.

"What?"

"Is it just me or do I smell something burning in the kitchen?"

"Huh? Why would there be-OH SHIT!"

Shit, the stove! Oh my god I forgot to turn the heat off!?

That was all it took for the man to fly off into the kitchen to see a pot on
the gas stove catching on fire and the whole kitchen was filled with thick
black smoke. "GYAAA THE STEW IS ON FIRE!!?!" A scream of terror followed
shortly after and once more Mika had to bit his lower lip to stifle back a
laugh from erupting. Well, well, turns out Mr. Can-do-it-all here isn't very
capable after all, the devilish blond reckoned as he witnessed the poor
bodyguard (who warned: stand back, young master, I'll take care of this!)
putting off the flames with an emergency fire extinguisher near the kitchen
entrance and within minutes, the small fire was gone, but so was their dinner
for that night.

By the end of it, Mika couldn't help but nastily remarked, "So you dragged me
out of my room just so I can eat some charcoals, Yuu-chan?"

"Not. Another. Word. Young master." Yuu muttered as he sadly eyed what's left
of the once upon a time beef stew. Charred and blackened beyond recognition.

Though the bubbly man was quick to bounce back. "Well, mourning over it won't
fill our tummies so tonight I'll order takeaway! What will it be, Mika-
obocchan?" Yuu chirped.

"I can choose anything?"

"Anything!"

"T-then can we....can we eat pizza?" Mika nervously fiddled with his fingers
like a child who did something wrong and was awaiting punishment. His behaviour
could be well-explained with the way he was brought up. Due to his strict
upbringing, the blond wasn't allowed to ingest fast food or any other unhealthy
fattening high-calorie food from birth, but he always, always wanted to try a
bite of that cheesy Italian dish and he thought perhaps Yuu would satisfy his
craving considering how laidback he was.

"Pizza it is then!" Yuu happily agreed (although he remembered Madam Dominique
said something about taking good care of Mika's model-like body but whatever)
and proceeded to tease-ruffle Mika's hair in which the blond responded with a
kick to the shin.

So for the first time ever, they ordered pizza for dinner and Mika never knew
the thin crusty slices of cheese and pepperoni could taste so damn good before.

                                      xXx

Inside a dark and gloomy basement of a certain someone's house, a silhouette of
a young man with deep red eyes could be seen playing with a bloody knife by the
dirty window where moonlight could barely shone through.

The dark place smelled foul, like that of dead animal carcasses and a strong
stench of blood filled the entire space. Dry blood painted the walls and floor
in the most gruesome way, as if it was a slaughterhouse.

What was even more disturbing was the fact that covering the torn wallpaper
were hundreds of photo of a beautiful boy with wavy golden locks and gleaming
sapphire blue eyes, all in different postures, gestures, positions and
clothings, even some where the boy was half naked changing in the gym's locker
room, sleeping, eating, basically everything that the boy did was captured into
a frame and decorated the entire wall of the room.

This was the basement of the insanely-obssessed stalker of Shindo Mikaela, René
Simm.

"Mikaela belongs to me, and only me... His eyes, face, voice, body -
everything!! " René hugged himself tight and quivered as he felt another boner
popping whenever the erotic blond crossed his mind. He couldn't contain himself
whenever he fantasized fucking his sexy Mikaela over and over in his warped
mind. The images were so vivid, Mikaela's moans were so clear. René would tie
him up to the bed and worship that perfect body for hours, he would trail his
fingers on every curves and edges, and only then would he taste them, leave
marks all over that smooth porcelain skin, ravish him, make him submit.

"Why do other people kept on getting in our love's way, my sweet Mikaela?" The
man closed in on a large poster of Mika and kissed the unmoving mouth with his
lips. "They never learn do they, love? Every single one of these fuckers."

And for now, the dark-haired stalker was dead set on his new target. Another
man, who dared touched his precious little Mikaela, who planned to take the
blond away from him.

Again and again, they come.

So again and again, he strikes them down.

Until they finally let him be with the apple of his heart, his dear Mikaela.

René smirked maliciously as his droopy eyes wandered to a certain photo he had
secretly taken today. A picture of a slightly older man with vibrant green eyes
showing a toothy grin came into his line of vision.

"Do you have what it takes, Murakami-sensei..?"

René idly flipped the hunting knife a few times more before throwing it into
the air one last time and unexpectedly punched it hard. Fortunately enough his
fist hit the handle of the knife, else he would've end up with a bleeding hand
right now. The knife sliced through the air and pierced directly onto Yuu's
face in the middle of a dart board.

"I'll have to get rid of you next, sensei~"

                               -To be continued-
Chapter End Notes
     Another plot twist! Damn, Ferid's never innocent in my book, nuh-uh.
     But gdi, I was feeling a bit angsty tonight so you guys have to
     suffer instead (muahahahah). And no, I don't feel good after writing
     this chapter. Please someone kill me for hurting my baby Mika.... :'(
     Million thanks to those who picked up this fic, read it, kind enough
     to leave kudos and comments (it motivates me to write more so thank
     you!)
     Note: I'll be on hiatus until June 2016, see ya guys soon!
***** Warmth *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
                                  IV - Warmth

"We don't need you."

Time and time again, Mika would always envision it, a scene where both of his
parents, the only people who still cared for him, utter those four words and
leave him alone for good.

He yearned for something that would fill his empty heart, something that could
warm up his cold soul.

Mika didn't know how to define such a complex feeling. It was more of a
desperation, an unreciprocated love, a sad longing towards the unknown.

And it would viciously haunt him, tracking him down in a neverending chase
whenever he tried to escape such ominous thoughts.

                                      xXx

He was in pitch blackness. All around him were nothing but an endless dark
space of void. And suddenly he was choking. Gasping for air. He was drowning in
his own loneliness. He had never felt so isolated as he was, so alone. But
there he was right now, on his own, with no one to confide to.

Why did it felt as if someone was watching him though?

'Mikaela, do you know how much you're worth?'

Out of nowhere, a distorted figure whose face covered in the shadows spoke to
the blond, and Mika unconsciously backstepped, his face a mix of confusion and
wariness in the presence of the mysterious entity.

'What do you mean? Who- what are you?'
The shadow chuckled, its voice layered thinly with a subtly masked venom.

'You don't need to know that. Or should I say you already knew who.. or what I
am?'

The blond stared blankly at the very personification of one's nightmare. The
shadowy figure was large and tall and yes, very very menacing. Yet, he felt
nothing. Why should he fear of a bad dream? Dream? Was it really a dream? All
that mattered was he knew the answer to the entity's question.

'Worth? Me? No one needs me, though. No one wants the real me, to be exact.
Those who are after my body don't count.' Mika flatly said. He was a worthless
rich little boy with nothing but misery in forms of money and beauty.

Upon Mika's reply, the shadow laughed, louder this time, a barking wheezy laugh
that sent chills down his spine.

'If you only knew...how much you actually worth to someone... Take this as a
warning, Mikaela, trust not those who seemed trustworthy...' The shadow gave
its final saying before disappearing into thin air as Mika contemplated the
true meaning behind those words.

                                      xXx

                                    Day 10

Mika eventually woke up to the sound of eggs and sausages sizzling in a pan,
spatula and frying pan clashing once in a while, the boiling kettle whistling,
toasts popping out of the toaster, a bubbly song faintly playing in the
background and Yuu's tuneless humming softly travelling to the first floor. The
once quiet, dead house became lively and full of little miscellaneous sounds
Mika didn't appreciate before, but now he couldn't even wake up without
listening to them.

Sweating more than usual, the blond slowly sat up from his bed, his body was
somehow sluggish and heavier for some reason. He felt a bit hot too, even
though winter was steadily approaching and would come very soon.

"...yuu..?" The teen weakly called out, somewhat expecting Yuu to pop his head
through his bedroom door at any moment now, like he always did. And Mika would
always be all sour about it in which he'll attack the poor raven verbally or
physically or sometimes both. He was, in fact, surprised to see that Yuu didn't
bother running away from him yet despite having to deal with the harsh
treatment every single day. And Yuu wasn't attracted to him in any other way
another man would. Could it all just be an act of pretense?

What if Yuu was simply waiting for the right time to devour him, like his now
deceased uncle? Mika's paranoid mind dominated his train of thoughts once more
and the blond let it do as it see fit. Your own judgement mattered more than
anything else. The black shadow in his dream might be hinting on to something
after all. That it was only a matter of time before Yuu would show his true
colors and bare his fangs to Mika, and by the time he realized it, it would be
far too late.

Like they always say, better safe than sorry. Though, in Mika's honest opinion,
it would be far more appropriate to say...

"...fuck everyone." Mika tiredly flopped back to the bed as the world around
him started spinning wildly and he was attacked by a nauseating feeling along
with an unbearably painful headache. Not long after, he forced himself out of
the bed as he felt bile rising up his throat and staggered his way to the
bathroom.

"Uhh....blergh!" The pale blond held unto the sink shakily as he threw up
everything inside his empty stomach into the sink, the cold tap water running
fast, swirling the white foamy substance down the drain. His head was spinning,
his surroundings spiralling into some sort of hypnotising vortex and Mika
figured he would collapse any minute now.

                                      xXx

"Mika-obocchan, you awake?" Yuu knocked and appeared by Mika's bedroom door,
all wide smiles. "It's time for breakfast." Noticing the empty bed brought
another smile to the bodyguard's face, with an eyebrow perking up in amazement.
Mika was the type who would sleep in on the weekends so he rarely ever wake up
before Yuu come knocking at his door to do so. He became the little master's
personal alarm clock ever since he first came here after all.

Humming to his favorite song again, Yuu walked up to the bed and began making
up the sheets and tucking in the covers nicely to the four corners of the bed.

"Young master..?" Green eyes wandered toward the bathroom door when he didn't
hear anything from it. It was quiet. Maybe a bit too quiet.

"You alright in there?" Yuu lightly tapped at the door, awaiting for his
master's reply. Something didn't seemed right somehow.
"...I'm fine. Go away." Mika managed a raspy whisper, not wanting to show his
vulnerable side to Yuu, or just about anyone for that matter. He hated being
pitied at as much as he hated being ogled at.

Yuu vocalised a quiet 'huh' at the blond's reply.

No, Mika didn't sound fine in the slightest. His voice sounded almost as if he
had swallowed a thousand needles, all throaty and strained. Yuu debated whether
he should turn the doorknob around and risk a bar of soap flinging to the face
or a flying kick to the gut and decided against it. What if... what if Mika was
having another one of those nasty complications in the morning aka a
constipation? It would be rude for him to impose on the young master doing his
business.

"Poor young master's having an upset tummy so early in the morning, is he?"

Mika almost lost his grip to the sink and slipped to the marbled floor. WHAT?

And people wondered whether Yuu always was as shamelessly blunt as he was at
that time. Well, yes. Yes, he was.

"Okay, just here to tell you breakfast's done! And I'll leave some stomach
pills by your desk so make sure you take 'em if you still feel unsettled." Yuu
innocently offered and turned to leave the room but halted when he remembered
getting summoned for a meeting by Guren just this morning. "Oh, I'm going to
the office for a bit so go ahead and start eating without me but give me a call
if you need me!"

"J...just go already...!" Mika commanded through gritted teeth. Now he really
did sounded constipated for real but he didn't give a damn anymore, he wanted
Yuu out and that was that.

"Alright, alright, Mr. Grumpy Cat. I'll be going then, obocchan! See you!"

Mika exhaled harshly as soon as the door to his bedroom was shut close and
ducked his head to the sink before he began vomiting again.

Few minutes must've passed before the sickly teen finally got rid of the nasty
aftertaste in his mouth by plenty of mouth-rinsing. "...hngh... I don't feel
too good..." Looking back at him own reflection through the mirror, Mika almost
couldn't recognise himself. An extremely white as sheets ghostly face with
dried lips, bloodshot blue eyes stared back at him in exhaustion.

The blond was not the easy to fall sick person to begin with and Mika could say
that this was only his second time going down with a terrible fever and he'd
admit he was as good as being half-dead right now. With Yuu out and away from
the house, Mika was truly on his own. "I'm alright. I can take care of
myself..." The said blond reassured himself but he couldn't even stand properly
let alone walk, both of his feet felt as if they're walking on some kinda
bouncy jelly.

"My head's gonna...explode..." Mika drew out some of the warm air from his body
in a futile attempt to lower his body temperature. And when that did nothing,
he thought of a better idea.

Through hazy thoughts and blurry vision, Mika dizzily made his way towards the
shower cubicle before turning the cold water on full blast and he stood sighing
under the icy cool water until his body and clothes were soaking wet.
 
                                      xXx
                                        
"Oh, crap! I forgot to leave the meds out for Mika!" After a smack to the
forehead, Yuu hastily made a quick U-turn with his car back to the blond's
house.
 
                                      xXx
"Hey, young master? Sorry, I forgot to drop some meds for your stomach- Young
master Mika..?" Yuu peered inside the room and saw no signs of the moody blond
so he tiptoed towards the desk and placed the pills on the desk.

'Is he taking a bath? Better not disturb him then-'

'Clang!'

"...ah!"

A loud clacking noise followed by a small squeak from the bathroom alerted Yuu
and the man gasped in horror, "Wait a minute- Mika!? MIKA!"

Trusting his instincts, the raven quickly slammed the door open with his body
to find an unconscious blond slumping against the wall, under the cold running
shower. "What the hell!" Yuu ran to the blond's aid without sparing a second
thought, turned off the shower tap and swiftly scooped the boy into his arms.
"What are you trying to do?? Good Lord, Mika-obocchan, are you alright??" Yuu
placed a hand on the wet forehead of Mika's. "Shit, he's as cold as ice!"

Dumping a towel on the bed haphazardly, Yuu swiftly removed all of Mika's
clothing, his drenched underwear and all (yeah, pretty much everything) before
wrapping the younger male into a cocoon of cottony white towel and blankets and
hitting the heater on full power.

"Hey, Mika? Mika, can you hear me?" Yuu asked softly as he lightly caressed
Mika's scarlet cheeks. "Please respond if you can hear me."

"...ughh..." Mika stirred after a while, showing signs of life, much to Yuu's
relief.

"Ahh, thank god... you almost gave me a heart attack there for a sec!"

"..Y-yuu..? I...is that...you...?" The blond weakly reopened his eyes and
through his hazy vision, saw a pair of neon green eyes staring down worriedly
at him.

"Yes, I'm right here, obocchan. You're safe. I got you now..." Yuu's voice
wavered slightly as he thought of the worst case scenario that could've
happened had he not made a quick turn back to the house. "You big dummy... why
didn't you say anything?" Yuu wandered his hand through Mika's damp yellow
locks, and gently tucked some of the loose damp strands behind an ear. Okay, he
needed to help put some clothes on his young master, who was far too weak to
even lift a finger, or so it seemed.

"...I... w-what...happened...?" Mika shivered through his words, blue eyes
stared confusedly into emerald ones. Didn't Yuu left earlier to meet up with
his superior? Is this just a dream? Or is he already dead? Well, if he was
really dead, then perhaps Mika could say that being dead wasn't so bad after
all.

Yuu rested his hand on Mika's forehead, furrowing his eyebrows deep, "You
passed out in the bathroom under the shower! I was so worry! Why didn't you
tell me you were running a fever??" The man reprimanded. Yes, he was mad at
Mika, but he was also furious as hell and so, so disappointed in himself for
letting such an event to unfold. He should've been more perceptive!

"Yuu... wh-what are you doing...?" Mika nervously asked when the other man
tugged at his shell of warmth, trying to pry it open. And Mika undoubtedly
resisted.

"What do you think I'm doing? I'm helping you changing into dry clothes. You're
not thinking of going to sleep in just a towel, are you." Yuu said flatly. And
Mika looked as if Yuu had just stepped on a helpless puppy for no reason. Yuu
immediately noticed his wariness though, "Young master, didn't we had this talk
before? I'm not going to hurt you nor will I ever lay my hands on you."

"W-why? What makes you so sure- achoo!" A cat-like sneeze escaped the blond's
mouth and he didn't even realize he was shaking from head to toe due to the
coldness.

"Because - I'm not sexually attracted to any gender okay!! To put it simply,
ever since I was born, I have no interest in having sex with anyone, even if I
love that someone, which won't matter 'cause in the end, they'll get tired of
me anyway..." Yuu paused, exhaling slowly as he finally revealed the truth. Why
did he felt so irritated again? Mika had nothing to do with this. "So, what I'm
trying to say is...you don't have to worry about me attacking you, alright?
Since I won't, I promise." He continued, a lot calmer this time.

"......" Mika stubbornly shook his head, refusing to even let Yuu touch him.
"I...I can do it myself..." So, don't come near me. He realized he was
trembling, not only from the cold, but also from recalling the horrifying
experience of the past in which his body could never forget. The night his
virginity was forcefully taken away from him would forever haunt him for as
long as he lived.

"Obocchan..."

"S-stay away..!" Mika retreated to one corner of the bed and burrowed further
into the towel.

Yuu quickly took a backstep. "Okay, okay! I'll put your clothes here. But, I'm
not leaving until you're properly dressed!" Yuu said firmly, arms crossing as a
sign that he meant what he had said.

The blond bit his bottom lip in discomfort, "I g-get it so shut up." As he
tried to reach for the clothes, he mistakenly estimated the distance and almost
toppled off the bed if it weren't for Yuu's ninja speed moves in capturing him.

"See?? I told you so!" Yuu couldn't help but nag as he carefully hoisted the
weakened blond up. "I'll be really really quick, okay? Close your eyes if you
feel uncomfortable."

"It's... so... cold..." Mika didn't bother arguing anymore and unconsciously
wound his arms around the bodyguard who radiated warmth, breathing hotly
against Yuu's ears followed by occasional pants. Then, he began whimpering like
a needy child, with his head resting against the broad chest whose heart was
beating as steadily as ever. Maybe Yuu wasn't lying when he said that he was
born with not an ounce of sexual desires inside of him. That reassured Mika a
little.

Yuu let out a tiny sigh at Mika's antics, which oddly resembled that of an
affectionate kitten. "You're a little kitty cat alright..." No wonder people
were so easily swooned by him. Studying the blond from up close, Yuu could
really tell how good looking and flawless he was, his face, hair, eyes;
literally his whole body. And Mika had this kind of 'erotic aura' surrounding
him where he gets unbearably sexy at times but thankfully, Yuu wasn't one to be
affected by such sinful charms that even the blond wasn't aware of.

"I'll definitely protect you from those who would harm you..." Yuu whispered to
Mika's ears and the blond unwillingly turned red from his words before burying
his face deeper into Yuu's chest. "....idiot." Stop being so nice and gentle to
me. Mika wasn't used to such gentleness before, so he honestly didn't know how
to react to it.

Being so close to his bodyguard, Mika could easily pick up a distinct
refreshing scent, a musky fragrant that suited the green-eyed man well. In the
end, he drifted off to sleep, breathing in Yuu's scent which somehow calmed him
down.

"Young master?" Yuu called out when he felt the blond's hold on him grew
weaker. "Ah, he fell asleep already..?" Not wasting any more time, Yuu began to
dress his young master into proper warm clothing.

It wasn't that the dark haired man was up to mischief or anything, but as he
was buttoning up Mika's shirt, he couldn't help but stared intently at the pale
skin for some time more due to the slight tugging of his heart. Some sort of
unidentifiable emotion bubbled up briefly in him before it died away, leaving a
clueless Yuu, wondering if something inside of him had changed. "What was that
just now..?"

                                      xXx

Mika was safely tucked away in bed, falling into a deep slumber after Yuu fed
him his medicine and replaced the wet cloth on his forehead.

As the raven got up to leave, he could hear the young master mumbling in his
sleep and unknowingly shed some tears. "No... please..."

"Mika-obocchan?" The faithful bodyguard combed through Mika's luscious golden
hair to soothe him. "There, there. It's okay, young master."

"Don't....uncle." Mika cried a little before falling to sleep again.

"...?!"

That one word tied Yuu's stomach into knots as he recalled reading Mika's
portfolio. Mika's uncle, Ferid-san died of suicide eight years ago. Rumours had
it he killed himself following his girlfriend's death but that didn't seemed to
be entirely the case.

"I guess it's time I call for help." Yuu muttered to himself as he walked to
the door. Since he couldn't always be with the young master 24/7, he needed
someone trustworthy to look after the blond in his stead, someone who was good
at taking care of others and had the patience of a saint to deal with Mika's
rebellious attitude. Yuu knew exactly who to find.

Closing the bedroom door as quiet as possible, Yuu fished out his phone and
swiftly dialled a number.

"Hello, Akane? Are you free at the moment? Huh, you were fired from the last
job? Sweet! Wait- I mean..!" A flustered Yuu tried but miserably failed to
explain.

A cheery laugh could be heard from the other end of the line.

Yuu resumed, "Hey, uh, you're interested in being a housekeeper for the time
being?"

The bodyguard anxiously waited for the other person to reply.

"You do?? Cool! Thanks Akane. I owe you. I'll send you the details and location
later."

Click.

                                      xXx

"WHERE THE HELL IS YUU?!" Guren inquired when he realized they're missing one
head in the meeting room.

"Ah, Yuu-san seemed to be busy taking care of his new employer who fell sick."
Shinoa opted to answer his question with a lazy smile after receiving an SOS
text from Yuu a couple of minutes ago.

"Ha! Seems like the capable bodyguard finally found his true calling; a
babysitter." The snarky Mitsuba added whilst tightening her yellow twintails.
Everyone else knew how easily jealous the competitive blondie was over Yuu's
exceptional bodyguard skills that long surpassed hers even though she was
supposedly his senior.

"Oh my, I hope Yuu-kun's going to be alright. Although he does a good job in
protecting someone, he can be a bit clumsy in anything else at times." Yoichi
scratched his cheek with a worried look on his face.

"That's pretty much the reason why the FBI couldn't afford to recruit him."
Kimizuki snickered and the others joined him.

Guren purposely cleared his throat, "That's enough. We got a new job to do. And
it mostly concerned around Yuu's new employer since we'll be guarding Mr.
Shindo of the Mist Company during an opening ceremony in Kyoto next week."
Guren slipped each copy of information around the table for the other
bodyguards to see. "These are the details of the event as gathered by Shinya."

Hiiragi Shinya, Shinoa's adopted uncle, was the intel gatherer of the group,
possessing an IQ that would put a Harvard graduate to shame. He was currently
out of Japan, on a secret mission.

"Mr. Shindo? Ah, so we're guarding the father of the kid Yuu's taking care of
now?" Mitsuba summarised, earning a nod from the raven-haired man.

"Yeah, which is why I needed him to be here above all since Mr. Shindo would be
introducing his one and only heir, Shindo Mikaela. So, the stalker won't be the
only one after him now." Guren pinched the bridge of his nose to let off some
steam. One of these days, Yuu would definitely make him go bald from
overstressing.

"Don't worry too much, President-san. We could always relay any important
information to Yuu-san." Shinoa said and Yoichi enthusiastically nodded in
agreement. "You can count on us for that!"

Kimizuki snorted, "Well, count me out on that."

"Ki-kimizuki-kun!" Yoichi unknowingly made those puppy eyes that the pink
haired man could never resist. "Won't you help us? Pretty please?"

".....fine." The bespectacled man reluctantly agreed as he hid his shyness
behind the frameless glasses. Kimizuki's own weaknesses are his little sister
and of course, the soft-spoken Saotome Yoichi.

"And that includes you as well, Micchan!" Shinoa directed her gaze to the twin-
tailed blonde. "You know what happens if you say no, don't you?" The violet
haired woman made a circular motion on Mitsuba's hand and the blonde
immediately blushed. "F-Fine, I'll help out! What can you guys do without me
anyway!"

Guren made an unamused face at his subordinates' behaviours. "If no one has
anything else to add, we'll wrap this up for today."

To be continued...
 
sneak peek:

"Who the hell are you?"

"Why hello there, My name is Akane and I'm your new housekeeper!"

Housekeeper..?

"YUU!?"

-

"Yuu-chan, you spilled some food on your shirt. Stop being such a messy eater,
silly." The brunette chuckled as she leaned closer to Yuu to help wipe the food
stain off.

"Shut up~ You can only say the food taste great if I'm eating in a messy way."
Yuu joked, unfazed by the proximity at all.

At that point, Mika felt like flipping the dinner table there and then. Seeing
those two being so close and intimate with each other made him so irritated for
some reason.

-

"Get out, GET OUT BOTH OF YOU!!"

"Young master, wha-"

"Don't touch me..!"

"Stop struggling and tell me what's wrong!"

"Don't get too close to her..."

"Huh..?"

"I don't like it when you do."
 
-whut-
Chapter End Notes
     So... yeah, I'm back~ and tbh I'm quite unhappy with the outcome of
     this chapter but I did promise to update a day ago! (I've gotten
     quite rusty at writing, haven't I?) As usual, thanks for reading and
     I'll see you later, lovelies~ :3
***** Attention *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
                                 V - Attention

"Are you feeling better today, young master?" Yuu's cheery tone greeted Mika
first thing in the morning, husher and lower than usual.

"....yeah." Mika barely nodded, groggy from both sleep and medication.
"Thirsty." He muttered, letting out an almost child-like whimper afterwards.

Yuu quickly helped the blond up so that he was leaning against the headrest,
his movement soundless and efficient. He then placed a glass of water close to
Mika's pale lips, slightly dry from dehydration. "Slowly now, obocchan."

"Good?" The bodyguard smiled when Mika gave another small nod before resting
his head on the pillows, sighing in content.

"Thanks..."

"No problem, young master! I'm here for you so make sure you rest up and get
well soon okay? Or else no more pizza this weekend." The ravenette joked,
winking playfully to the younger male.

"Hmph." A grunt escaped Mika's lips automatically.

Sometimes the blond wondered if they somehow accidentally swapped bodies or age
because Yuu could be a little too immature for his age while Mika himself
always act older than he actually was.

"I mean it." Yuu grinned, mischievous as ever.

And Mika squinted his eyes at that, "You wouldn't dare..."

"Oh? Watch me." Another empty threat, but he guessed Yuu's silly jokes were one
of the things that brought the house to life and because of that, he just
couldn't bring himself to feel mad. Strange.

"I'll fire you if you do." Mika threatened back, but the playfulness in his
tone evident that Yuu could almost detect a smile in his voice.

The raven-haired then hummed, "Well, I guess I'll take a few days off until
your fever's gone. So-"

"No."

"Pardon?"

"Don't take the day off. It would raise the stalker's suspicions." Mika
rationalized.

The decision didn't sit too well for Yuu though. "But, your health is my utmost
priority-"

"It's an order."

"But-"

"I said - it's an order, Yuu." Mika quickly cut him off, feeling drowsy again.

"...Will you be alright by yourself?" The older man stared worriedly.

"Do I look like a five-year old to you? I can take care of myself just fine..."
His young master huffed impatiently.

"Still-"

"Yuu." Mika warned. "Just go."

"You won't let me say no, will you? Do I even have a choice?" Yuu sighed. Mika
was as stubborn as a mule once he set his mind on something. "Fine, then. I'll
go to school as usual, okay? Meanwhile, you, young man, will behave and sleep
that fever away. But, don't think you can escape homework-" The bodyguard
stopped when he heard small, calm breaths from the blond, now sleeping.

"Ah, he fell asleep already..."

Yuu didn't know what made him do what he did but he slowly leaned down towards
Mika and softly kissed his forehead. "Get well soon, little kitten. I'll see
you later."

As soon as Yuu stepped out of the bedroom, Mika silently gasped, face blooming
a deep shade of red. "Yuu.. you idiot..." The blue-eyed teen touched his
forehead, the area where Yuu's lips met his skin still tingled and Mika felt
far more feverish than before.

"You're making it worse..."

He clamped his eyes shut, trying hard to calm the rapid beating of his heart.
Something was terribly wrong with it. He should get his heart checked soon.

*

Ding dong!

The continuous ringing of the doorbell woke Mika up, and the teen decided to
ignore it but the thought of Yuu forgetting to bring the keys with him crossed
his mind so he sloppily removed himself from the bed, shuffling slow to answer
the door.

"Yeah?"

"Hello there! My name is Hyakuya Akane and I'll be your new housekeeper from
now on!" An older woman, about Yuu's age, with chocolate brown hair tied into a
single side braid sweetly smiled as she briefly introduced herself, her dark
hazel eyes shone bright with positive enthusiasm.

"Uh, what?" Mika purposely made a weirded out face, not caring whether he
appeared as plain rude or not.

"I was hired today to be your housekeeper. You are Shindo Mikaela-sama,
correct?" Akane said, her carefree attitude similarly resembled that of Yuu's
and Mika managed to join the dots together at that instant.

The blonde palmed the back of his neck, averting his eyes for a while before
bringing it back to the petite figure, "Did someone, by chance, sent you here?"

"Why, yes! Yuu-chan asked for me to come here." The brunette giggled, sensing
an incoming explosion of anger from the young blond.

Yuu-chan?

"...YUU!!" Mika exclaimed, hoping his voice would somehow reach Yuu who was
currently miles away from him.

And she was right. Yuu did told her that the young master was an interesting
person. Beautiful and strong-willed. And he was beautiful, more than Akane had
ever imagined - just like one of those expensive porcelain dolls she saw in
gift stores.
"Please, calm down, young master Mikaela. And I was told that you're running a
fever? Now, off to bed. We'll do a quick temperature check and I'll make you
some chicken porridge, if you like."

"Why should I listen to-" Swaying, Mika unconsciously fell forward and was
luckily caught by the female in time. "-you..."

"I think it's about time you listen to me." Akane advised, propping up the
weakened boy firmly. "Bed. Now."

"..no..! Don't touch me! Don't-" Mika helplessly flailed around in Akane's
hold, not liking the idea of being touched by others still.

"There, there.. I'm not here to hurt you, please don't be afraid..." Akane
tried to console, her tone the gentlest.

"NO! You're lying! He'll get to me! He'll hurt me! Just like he did to the
people around me!!" Sapphire orbs constricted in fear, Mika sank further to the
ground, all trembling and delirious. "Help me... don't let him... Yuu... I want
Yuu right NOW! I-" He fainted soon after that.

The brunette, stunned by the unexpected outburst with an unconscious boy in her
arms, exhaled in wonder. "What in the world..? I'll have Yuu explaining all
this to me by the time he returns." Akane nodded as she laid the young master
on the sofa in the living room first, not having enough strength to carry him
upstairs.

*

"Achoo!"

Yuu, on his way to the third years' classroom, sneezed loudly. "Is someone
talking about me right now?"

Sliding the door open, the blackette entered the class with a bright smile,
"Morning, everyone!"

"Morning, sensei!" The whole class chorused back, all except for one boy,
sitting to the far left corner of the classroom. Ruby red eyes bored intently
to the one figure standing
in front, hand busied writing on the whiteboard their lessons for the day.

René leered at their 'teacher' with great hostility. 'Yuuichirou... Amane
Yuuichirou... Kill you... Kill you... Kill you..!'

Yuu halted, sensing an ominous and dark, if not murderous aura emanating from
behind before it disappeared, concealing into the darkness once more. 'Oh?
Looks like we have a very suspicious character in this particular class. Who
might it be..?'

Peeking from the corner of his eyes, Yuu studied the faces of his students one
by one. Everyone looked bored and distracted. Well, everyone except for one;
René Simms. He was actually concentrating in Yuu's boring class, something no
one had ever done before unless he or she was a valedictorian or simply a
'nerd'. René was one of his quietest students, who liked to keep to himself
most of the time and rarely spoke to his other classmates. Yuu's interest in
the raven-headed boy was suddenly piqued.

'Who are you, really..?'

*
Lunchtime:

René stared at the empty chair in front of him - his blond friend absent today.
The library was as silent as ever since people hardly come by except for a few
students either studying or reading. That place was their own safe haven, René
surmised, the two seats by the window further away from anyone else were
special spots reserved for the two of them in their escape from reality, from
unwanted distractions.

"My dearest Mikaela... why aren't you here today? But that wretched fraud of a
teacher is?" The red eyed teen absent-mindedly flipped the pages to a
literature book that Mika occasionally would read and reread again, crumpling
one page in frustration.

He needed to see the blond. He needed to hear his voice so very bad. He needed
to touch him /to taste him/ to ruffle that soft golden tresses /to keep him/ to
caress that smooth white cheeks /to break him/.

Mika was his saviour. Who saved him from the pits of misery, from the hell hole
he was once in.

Mika was his beacon of light. Luminating him from the evil shadows lurking in
every corner.

Mika was his angel. In his deep blue eyes lied kindness and his smile as
radiant as the golden sun. He was too precious, too fragile so René must
protect him. Protect him from those who wished to hurt him. Protect him from
the pretentious man beside him.

"I'm the only one who can break you, Mikaela. Because you belong only to me, no
other."
And thus, the raven-headed decided to pay Mika a visit soon. As his most
trusted and favoured friend.

"Ah, that package should arrive by today. Don't forget me so soon, Mikaela..."
René smirked wide.

*

"Hello, Yuu-san?"

"Yeah, that you, Shinoa?"

"Are you done with your 'work' for today?"
The lilac-haired slyly asked, much to Yuu's annoyance.

"Done. To be honest, the kids are starting to drive me up the walls with their
mischievousness." Yuu complained and Shinoa simply simpered at that.

"Well, the ceremony's in another two days, don't you forget that. Me and
Micchan will handle the list of guests, Kimizuki-san and Yoichi-san will guard
the entrances while you will do your best to be by Shindo Mikaela-sama's side
at all times that night, as an undercover of course. Ah, I believe Guren-san
will protect his father instead. Are we clear?" Shinoa gave a pretty lengthy
explanation but the instruction was as clear as daylight.

"Yeah, copy that. I'm heading home now, talk to you later Shinoa." And the
raven hung up after saying their brief goodbyes.

Driving back toward Mika's home, Yuu kept on thinking back about the mysterious
aura he sensed from the third year's class just now. And René Simms.

He did a bit of a background research about the third year repeating student
and he found out something quite shocking regarding the half French boy. The
reason he skipped a year in high school was due to bullying. By none other than
his own classmates, just because he was a little different than them. In other
words, he was an outcast.

Though why did the bullying suddenly stopped? Not that he mind, it's all a bit
peculiar, was all.

And René seemed to have only one person he considered to be his friend, and
that person was Mika. The day Mika started befriending him was the day Mika
started getting harassed by his 'number one stalker'.

Was it all a mere coincidence?

It's a bit sketchy in Yuu's honest opinion. He didn't dare say that René was
the stalker himself but against all odds - everything seemed to be pointing at
the red eyed teen. He just needed some concrete evidence to back his theories
up.

But even if it was true, how would he break it to the young master? René was
Mika's one and only friend. A friend that he actually trusted and cherished.
There's no way a few words from Yuu, who he barely knew for ten days, would
convince the skeptical blond.

Yuu sighed, deeper and longer than before. That was another problem to be
solved in the future. In the nearest future hopefully.

*

"I'm home..." The tired Yuu massaged his temple as he entered through the front
door and was warmly welcomed by Akane who was holding a ladle in one hand.

"Yuu-chan, welcome back! You're just in time for dinner!"

"Hey, Akane. How's Mika-obocchan doing?" The ravenette asked, loosening his
red-yellow striped necktie, the smell of curry wafted through the air. Akane's
curry was to die for, Yuu used to say and still does.

"He's sleeping soundly on the couch." Akane's lips twisted into a guilty smile.
And when Yuu said nothing but gave her that 'why was the young master sleeping
on the sofa when he should be in bed again?' look, she properly explained.

"But, the good news is his temperature finally went back to normal again. I
don't supposed you mind carrying Mikaela-obocchan upstairs, do you?" The brown-
haired woman ended her explanation, earning a silent nod from Yuu.

"Did anyone came by or anything suspicious happen earlier today when I was
gone?" Yuu asked after a while, his gaze softened as he set eyes on the
sleeping blond.

"Not that I know... Oh, but a package arrived for you just this afternoon. I
left it on the pantry. Other than that, it's been an uneventful day for the
both of us." Akane switched glances between Yuu and Mika, detecting something
more than your usual master and bodyguard relationship.

"That's...good to know." Yuu said, relieved.

"You're so protective of the boy, aren't you? And there's something you're not
telling me..." Her tone layered thin with accusation. "If my services are
needed here, the least you could do is tell me everything I need to know about
my new employer?"

They engaged into a staring match for a few moments before Yuu finally looked
away first and groaned. "Fine, I'll tell you... Only because I trust you won't
say a single word to anyone else. Do you understand, Akane?"

"Loud and clear." The brunette did a perfect salute before clearing her throat.
"No, seriously, I won't tell a soul." She reassured.

"Good. Actually... The young master has been targeted. By an unknown stalker."

"What..? Who on earth would do such a thing..." Akane's expression immediately
turned grim.

"That's what I like to know too. I have a lead on who it might be, but it's
best not to be too hasty." Yuu seemed to be reminding himself instead of his
childhood friend.

"Let's just discuss about this later, you look exhausted. Bath first, then
dinner." Akane ushered the raven to the bathroom before he could retort.

"Yeah, yeah, mom." Yuu sarcastically said with a snicker. Since young, Akane
had always been like a mother figure to Yuu who became an orphan by the age of
six. She was one of the closest friends he held dearly until now.

"Shut up and get yourself clean already~" The chirpy brunette chuckled lightly.

"...Yuu, is that you..?" A raspy voice startled the two adults from behind.

"Hey, Mika-obocchan! I'm home!" Yuu happily greeted the blond who was rubbing
one eye sleepily. Mika froze when he saw both Yuu and Akane standing close
together with the brunette's hands behind Yuu's back.

"...Yuu, come with me!" Mika immediately snatched Yuu's hand and both of them
entered the bathroom together before the blond decidedly locked the door from
inside.

Akane stood still, speechless. Before long, a knowing smirk stretched across
her gleeful face. "Oh la la~" Is it what she think it is?

Of course it was.

*

In the meantime...

"Y-young master, what's the meaning of this?" The bodyguard stood close against
the locked door, putting some distance between him and the blond. Ever since
the incident where he laid eyes on Mika's body - without a single thread on, he
had been feeling rather anxious whenever he was put in a situation that might
led to witnessing the blond's naked body again. And Yuu would prefer to avoid
that if possible, it's been messing up with his mind and emotions altogether
and he was worried it would start affecting his job as a bodyguard.

"Are you in a relationship with her?" Mika directly asked, forget beating
around the bush, he's not that subtle nor patient enough to wait.

"Her? You mean Akane? Of course not! She's just a friend I've known since
childhood!" Yuu denied with all his might. He had never bear such feelings
towards the brunette, if anything she was more like a sister to him; a family.
He wasn't sure why yet, but he definitely did not want Mika to misunderstand
his relationship with Akane no matter what. Was he confused? Very much so. "And
did you forget? I'm not interested in anyone at the moment."

Mika crossed his arms, still not buying it, "Really? That doesn't seem-"

"Nevermind that, are you feeling better already?" Yuu unconsciously placed his
hand on Mika's forehead, which was thankfully no longer hot. "Thank god the
temperature's-"

Mika straight up blushed from their proximity, his eyes glazed like that of a
maiden in love. "-gone down..." And it was at that time that something inside
of Yuu clicked, as if the gods had sent the last missing puzzle piece from
above and landed it right at his feet.

The young master seemed to be reacting to his touches and closeness. Don't tell
him... No! That's impossible! Don't even think about it, Yuu! The raven fought
with his inner thoughts, denying hard that one fact he assumed to be true.

"Ah, obocchan do you wanna take a bath first? Go ahead, I'll wait outside-" Yuu
turned to exit but a hand, slightly trembling, clutched on his shirt tightly.

"Bathe with me." Mika shyly said.

"E-excuse me?" Yuu's voice cracked. Did he heard it wrong?? He must've did
because this was Mika he's talking about here; the cold, icy prince who won't
allow people to stand even a metre away from him, let alone touch him!

"Come and wash my back for me." Mika started unbuttoning his shirt on the spot
and Yuu almost screamed in terror.

"N-now wait just a sec - obocchan, you can't be serious? I thought you hated it
if anyone comes closer or touches you..?" Yuu reminded, his heart was now close
to exploding from beating too fast and hard. For the first time in his life,
Yuu was as nervous as hell and he's still wondering why.

Mika brought the back of his hand to his mouth, cheeks all tinted pink up to
the tips of his ears. "Not you. I.. I don't hate it if it's you." He appeared
so illegally adorable and precious, Yuu would've give him a bone-crushing hug
if it weren't for the internal conflict he's having with himself, his emotion
state was in complete turmoil.

Uh oh. It is real. Yuu had this kind of experience with his previous employers
before (though they were mostly females), the instance where they would at him
and had sparkles in their eyes. Many had came onto him, even forced themselves
on him when he did not react to their advances but in the end, Yuu remained
firm with his standing as a bodyguard. And of course, he could not return their
feelings for him because he simply had none.

Though right now, Yuu was not so sure if he could say the same for Mika. The
blond appeared so bright and dazzling all of a sudden, so much that Yuu
suspected something must be wrong with his eyes.

"Young master Mika, I can't possibly-" The bodyguard fidgeted, emerald eyes
wandered around wildly, looking at everywhere except for the blond, now had
removed all of his clothes. Why was it so difficult for him to look at Mika's
nude body again? Wasn't he supposed to not feel anything no matter what gender
or body sizes and shapes they have? Why not Mika? Why was he different? The
more Yuu tried to comprehend it, the more confused he became.

"Yuu, please..." Mika begged for the first time ever and Yuu's determination
almost crumbled. "Just this once."

The blonde teen, on the other hand, wanted to reconfirm the fact that Yuu was
indeed an asexual. 'He shouldn't be feeling anything even after seeing me
naked, right?' Why did his face burned up whenever Yuu touched him. Why did it
felt like a surge of electricity running throughout his system whenever his
skin met Yuu's. Why was his heart beating so fast, his breaths short and quick,
his entire being trembled whenever their eyes met?

Having isolating himself from others from a young age, Mika lost the chance to
learn the meaning behind every single thing he felt towards the raven-haired
man.

And he still needed the answers to the questions in store. Hence, the current
weird situation they were in at the moment.

"You hate me after all... Is my body that unworthy to look at?" Mika turned his
back to Yuu, incoming tears threatened to spill out of his blue eyes. Yuu
wouldn't even look at him properly. Mika couldn't help but feel that he lacked
the things the raven wished to see. Because he's not a woman and didn't have
own woman's body parts?

"What?! No, that's not it!!" Spluttering, Yuu forgot all about not looking at
Mika as he rushed to the younger male before accidentally slipped on a bar of
soap (why was it on the floor again?) and slammed hard against Mika, planting
his hands to the wall to prevent the fall.

So there Yuu was, pitting bodies with Mika, with both hands entrapping the
naked blond against the wall. Both of them were stuck in that position for a
long time, too petrified to move.

"..Y-yuu..." Mika whispered after what seemed to be an eternity. He was red
from head to toe. "T-too close..."

Yuu slowly separated his body from Mika's, creating some space between them
before he realized something hard prodding him in between his groin.

'Oh, shit....'

                               -To be continued-
 
Chapter End Notes
     Why did I left it at a cliffhanger? Because I love you guys so much
     ;D
     But seriously, this is the most 'what the f*** did I just wrote'
     chapter I've ever written...
     Having no internet for almost two weeks sucks!
     Well, thanks as usual to you all for reading and um, I'll try
     updating once a week from now on (no promises tho). Smiley face.
     Uhhhh and why some of the scenes from the previous sneek peek aren't
     in here you say? How tf should I know. Blame my brain and hands for
     not cooperating well enough. Okay me and my stupid rant. I'll stop
     before it gets worse. But one thing - just think of it as an April's
     Fool joke or something :P (yesh it's not even April, shut up lol)
***** Faithful *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
 
                                 VI - Faithful
 
'Oh, shit...'

"Uh, ob..obocchan, this is-" Yuu froze, utterly flabbergasted by the turn of
events. Ah, hold on a minute. What was this thumping sound he kept on hearing
echoing from inside both of his ears? They were loud, erratic and somehow made
Yuu feel very uncomfortable. "I'm sorry, I-"

"Why are you turning your head away, Yuu?" Mika said, gripping Yuu's arms
tightly. "Look at me."

"I can't." Yuu resisted, adamant on averting his gaze from Mika's threadless
body. He was not in his right mind at the moment. Yuu wasn't sure if he could
stop himself from thinking inappropriate things regarding the young master if
he did so. That'd be a disgrace, a dishonor to the Ichinose Group and its line
of prestigious bodyguards known for their loyalty and faithfulness.

"Look at me..." Mika pressured on. If he recalled it correctly, Yuu said that
he did not have any sexual desire towards anyone so now was the time to prove
it. Did his body really had no effect on the older man? At all?

"I cannot, young master. Please understand." Yuu quickly closed his eyes shut
before they could take one more glance. Temptation and the likes could very
well go to hell because he would definitely not take another peek at the young
master in his current state. Temptation..? Him? Was he really tempted by Mika?
Him?

Mika cluck his tongue in irritation at the raven's stubbornness. Yuu's chivalry
was seriously getting on his nerves. His patience was wearing thin, almost as
thin as a layer of ice on a frozen pond in the winter. "Look at me! Why won't
you?!" He raised his voice out of pure rage, sending waves of echos against the
bathroom walls. His breaths became ragged and irregular now, a trait when he
was absolutely furious about something.

"No-!" The startled Yuu quickly pushed the blond away when he leaned close,
accidentally pushing the boy roughly against the wall.

"Ow!" Mika winced in pain as his bare back hit the cold tiled wall.

"Y-young master, I'm so sorry-!"

"So, you're rejecting me, is it?" Mika slowly released his hold on Yuu, leaving
bright red marks from his iron grip. Oh no. His heart was reacting abnormally
to the situation, twinging and writhing as if it had a life of its own. And his
eyes followed suit, they were strangely watery, almost like the time he ate
that one super spicy curry his old maid used to make but only without the
burning sensation on his tongue. At that instant though, Mika was in pain in
more ways than one.

"Mika-" Yuu started as he reopened his eyes only to be harshly cut off by the
angsty teen.
"Get out." Mika commanded, his voice low and dejected.

"Huh?" Yuu stared unblinkingly at his young master's face who was also
trembling slightly. Was it something he said? But, as Mika's bodyguard and
protector, he had sworn to never lay his hands on the blond so long as he
lived. It was an unbreakable vow, an unshakeable oath. "Mika-"

"I said - GET OUT!" Mika roughly pushed the ravenette away, and Yuu did not get
the chance to react before he was shoved out of the bathroom, the door slamming
hard at his face afterwards.

"Mika-bocchan..?"
 
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A week later...

"Yuu-chan, are you okay?" Akane entered Yuu's room after giving it a few
knocks, with one hand carrying a small tray of a cup of coffee and some
biscuits. "I brought you some snacks. Oh, and the parcel you left sitting in
the kitchen few days ago." And she found the raven-haired man sitting by his
bedside, hands covering his own face.

"Oh... Thanks, Akane." Yuu massaged his eyes tiredly, but nodded in
appreciation towards the brunette.

"Hush now... And tell me exactly what happened between the two of you?" The
brunette placed a finger on Yuu's mouth and gently coaxed him. "I might be able
to help."

"I....did a terrible thing to him." Yuu began, and explained the situation to
his trusted friend afterwards. "I'm a failure as a bodyguard. I hurt Mika-
bocchan so I-"

"No, you did not. I would say it's quite the opposite, Yuu-chan." Akane took a
seat next to the crestfallen man and offered a pat to the back. "Whatever it
is, you did it to protect him and in time, I'm sure the young master would see
that."

Yuu said nothing in return but found himself down the memory lane, of which the
first encounter he had with Guren and how his days as a bodyguard began.
 
===============================================================================
 

Yuu's flashback:

"Yo. You alright there?" A man, a few years older than Yuu popped out of
nowhere and crouched in front of the injured Yuu who was covered in bruises and
cuts.

"Get out of my face..." Yuu spat harshly, bright green eyes glared daggers at
the unknown man, trying to intimidate him with all his might.

"Don't be such a spoilsport." The dark-haired man smiled, his sharp violet eyes
gleamed when he lighted the cigarette in his mouth. "Say, wanna work under me?"

"Who the hell are you?" Yuu roughly wiped the blood on his broken lips as he
leaned against a mountain of old rusty pipes and metal shards.

"Ichinose Guren. Currently recruiting new members for my company." The man did
not hesitate to introduce himself to Yuu, further astonishing the young
gangster.

"Company? I'm not interested in some kinda business shit." Wincing, Yuu pressed
at his right abdomen hard to suppress the bleeding from a knife stab he
received earlier.

"Ah, it's not a business group technically. I used to be the head of bodyguards
for my old employer. Would you like to be a bodyguard, Amane Yuuichirou?"

"No, I don't- How did you know my name..!" Yuu eyed the other man in disbelief
when he saw a familiar card in Guren's hand. "My driving license?! When did ya-
"

"Come with me and I'll teach you how it's done. What say you? It's a hundred
times more exciting than brawling with these small fries all day, dontcha
think?" Guren proposed, arching an eyebrow. His know-it-all smirk did nothing
but fueled Yuu's anger even more.

"Not interested." Yuu flatly rejected Guren's offer.

"Isn't there someone you would like to protect?" Guren tried again, coming onto
the ravenette as strong as the first time.

"None." Yuu snapped back. "Gimme back my license, old fart."

"And when there is...what would you do?" Guren questioned as he threw the
rectangular card back into Yuu's hands, puffing out smoke once in a while.

"I don't think I'll ever have someone like that." There was no one left anymore
at that empty old house. No one would greet him back anymore nor did he had
anyone to give his greetings. "Gone. They're gone..." Yuu gazed away before
finally losing his consciousness from the blood loss.

"Hm, we'll see about that." Guren dropped the cigarette butt on the dirty floor
before crushing it with his shoe. Pulling out his phone, the man pressed one
for his most dialled number. "Shinya-chan~ I found another one."

'Just get your ass back here, Guren! We got another client, a big one! He wants
to meet you.' A male's voice, silky but mildly irritated greeted him back.

"Alright, alright... what's a boss gotta do to get some respect from his
men..." Guren said, wiping off imaginary tears from the corner of his eyes like
some sort of a drama queen.

'Respect? I can give you plenty of hate instead if that's what you want.' The
receiver crossly replied.

"A little too shy to be honest with our feelings now, aren't we?"

'God, I really hate you...'

"I love you too, honey." Guren playfully smacked his lips together against the
phone screen.

'WHAT-'

Call Ended.

Guren slipped his phone back into the inner pocket of his coat and sighed with
a smile. Having a pretty little tsundere as a lover wasn't that bad at all.
Violet eyes travelled back to the unconscious young man in front of him. "Well,
you're coming with me, brat."

"...n-not a brat..." Yuu defiantly said as Guren propped him up. Turned out he
was still conscious, although barely.

"Heh, that's more like it."
 
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S M A C K !

Yuu suddenly smacked his face with both of his hands hard enough that the sound
reverberated throughout the room. Akane stared in a stupor as if she had just
witnessed something amazing yet not so much at the same time. "Ow... That hurt
more than I thought it would..." Yuu complained, before turning to face his
dear childhood friend. "Thanks, Akane! I'm brought back to my senses again.
You're right, I should just keep on protecting the young master the way I like.
And hopefully Mika-obocchan can forgive me as time goes on."

"Well, that was quick." Akane said jokingly, she had honestly forgotten how
quick the ravenette could bounce back on his feet. He had always been the
strong-hearted one ever since they were little, if she recalled correctly. Yuu
was definitely a very optimistic person, and Akane couldn't say she dislike
that about the man. "Then, go ahead and apologise to him quickly. Tomorrow's
the big night, no?"

"Oh, right!" Yuu gasped aloud, he had totally forgotten about the night of the
ceremony! All because of a childish fight with the young master himself. "I'll
go check on him-"

"Not so fast, Yuu." Akane took one biscuit from the plate and stuffed it inside
his mouth. "Lunch comes first. Both of you are needed at the table, so be a
dear and go invite the young master for me!" The brunette happily made way to
the kitchen whilst humming lightly.

"Owkay..." Yuu nodded and his stomach made a protesting, grumbling noise. These
last few days, he had not been eating much due to the small quarrel with the
young master. "Ah, you're hungry, huh?" He rubbed his own tummy apologetically.
 
===============================================================================
 

"What do you want?" Mika stared blankly at his bodyguard who came knocking to
his room a few seconds ago.

"....." Yuu smiled awkwardly with a fist still hung up in the air. Truth be
told, he did not expect the blond to answer his door as quickly as he did. In
his mind, he pictured a very sulky Mika who would ignore his every word and
action, acting as if Yuu didn't ever existed in the house.

"Young master..! Last time, I... I'm sorry I hurt you..." The black-headed man
bowed low, his tone almost begging for forgiveness from the beautiful but cold-
hearted blond who did not even wavered at his apology. They haven't been
talking for a week now, making the situation a lot more awkward than it should
have been.

"It's okay. I'm over that already." Mika answered, both his voice and
expression were as cold as ice. Indifferent. That was how he's being treated
right now. A wave of stabbing sensations tugged at his heart. They hurt
somehow. Little by little, Yuu came to know why.

"Um... Akane s-said lunch's ready so-"

It was very subtle but Yuu noticed a microscopic change in Mika's expression at
the mention of the brunette. How come he hated the gentle woman so much? The
ravenhead simply could not comprehend that fact. Or maybe deep down inside, he
actually knew the real reason but decided to feign ignorance..?

"Please come and eat with us, Mika-obocchan." Yuu added whilst bringing his
hand down back to his side. Something was thudding hard against his ribcage,
enough to nauseate, if not, suffocate him. Before long, he realized it was his
own heart beating. Frantically, mercilessly. Like he was a convict, waiting for
his judgment in a court.

"Okay." Came the smooth but cold reply. "I'll be down in a minute." Mika turned
back, closing the door on the bodyguard when Yuu suddenly said in abrupt. "I
won't ever betray you..!"

"....!" Mika paused, sapphire eyes widened by a fraction at Yuu's
straightforwardness.

"I won't." Yuu whispered, an indescribable look washed over his face. And the
door closed up on him.

"I know that, you idiot..." Mika slid down the floor, his back leaning against
the door and slowly, he covered his eyes with one hand, something wet streamed
down his cheeks. "I know."

But maybe... I wanted you to...
 
Tring!
 
The phone on his study desk vibrated along with a message tone from Line
Messenger. Wiping his tears dry, Mika swiped his phone on and tapped at the
green icon. It was from René.
 
The ceremony's tmr's night, is it?
Rene-senpai, 12:05

           
                                                                           Yeah
                                                                          12:07
 
Aren't you going to invite me?
;)
Rene-senpai, 12:07
 
                                             Didn't you hated formal occasions?
                                                                          So...
                                                                             No
                                                                             :p
                                                                          12:10
You're so cold~
I'm coming anyway
See you soon!
n_n
Rene-senpai, 12:11
 
"Heh, senpai's surprisingly childish..." Mika thought to himself as he imagined
the stoic man making cutesy expressions just like the emoticons from Line app.
Lips curving into a smile before the blond even knew it. That's right! Who the
hell cares about that heartless cold-blooded, jerk of a bodyguard!"You don't
want me? Fine! Neither do I..."

At that moment, Mika failed to realize the one peculiar thing about their
conversation. How did René knew of the ceremony to begin with, if he had not
told a soul about it?
 
===============================================================================
 

The next day...

"My, did my sweet little angel grow up from the last time I saw you??"
Dominique gleefully said, spinning around with her only child and son,
seventeen-year old or not. She literally jumped at him the soon as she entered
the house, having returning home from the overseas after so long.

"M-mother... I'm not a child anymore..!" Mika said in exasperation as the model
kept spun him round and round a few more times.
"Don't be so cold to your mummy, sweetie~ I missed you soooo much!" The blonde
woman finished with a bone-crushing hug, much to Mika's annoyance.

"Stop it..! C-can't breathe..!"

"How have you been, Mikaela?" Mr. Minoru sighed at his wife's childish antics,
patting his son's shoulder while he was at it. The two of them had just came
back from London, and they would be staying in Japan for another week or so in
preparation for the grand event.

"I am fine, thank you, father." Mika politely replied, a thin smile crossed his
pink lips. Being apart from both of his parents for so long made communicating
properly with them a bit difficult for him. He was awkward, a lot more pissy
than usual and somehow couldn't control his anger too well. He loved them. And
he knew very well they loved him too. Maybe all they needed was time. Time to
amend their broken relationship, time to recollect what had been lost long ago.

Where should he start again?

"Ah, Madam Dominique, welcome home!" Yuu appeared from upstairs wearing a full
black suit, with necktie and all.

"Ooh, you're as handsome as ever, Yuu-kun!" The middle-aged woman cooed as she
easily pirouetted to the ravenette, even though she was just having a little
reunion with her son moments ago.

Mika secretly glanced at the man as well, and hated himself for silently
agreeing with what his mother had said just now. As much as he wanted to
disagree so bad, Yuu was an undeniably good-looking man, and the color black
somehow suited him very well, giving him a more mature and mysterious aura. But
the man himself admitted that he was unattracted to basically anyone, male or
female. Such a waste, women would surely flock around him if he had shown more
interest in anyone. Even him- Mika gasped. 'No, don't go there, Mika! Don't you
dare...'

"I believe the two of you haven't met yet..." Dominique swiftly pulled her
husband by the arm until they were eye to eye with the bodyguard. "Meet my
husband, Minoru-san! And this is Yuu-kun, aka Mika-chan's bodyguard." She
briefly introduced them to one another, a soft smile took form on her lipstick-
red lips for once.

"It's an honor to finally meet you, sir. My name is Amane Yuuichirou, I was
assigned to take care of the young master by Madam Dominique a few weeks ago."
Yuu properly re-introduced himself to the jewelry designer, not forgetting to
bow in respect.

"Shindo Minoru. Likewise." Minoru flashed a business-like smile as they shook
hands. "I trust my son to be in your care, Yuu-kun." The man may be seen as a
cold and cumbersome person at first glance, but Yuu knew that he meant well and
that he cared for his son like any other father would. A part of him reminded
Yuu very much of Guren in a way. Mika had caring parents, all that Yuu could
ever hope for and he sincerely felt glad for him.

"I'll protect him at the cost of my life, sir." Yuu humbly said, his emerald
eyes always found their way heading to the younger blond's direction, who was
also looking at him but instantly averted his gaze when he was caught staring
personally by the ravenette.

"Then, we should be going now. Allow me to escort you to the hotel."

-To be continued-
 
Chapter End Notes
     Ahh I bet you guys hate me for making such a coward move... *cries*
     But let's not be hasty. I won't let Yuu jump the gun due to uhh..
     plot reasons. I did rewrote a small part in chapter 5 again because
     it had such an unsatisfying feel to it so feel free to read it once
     more (or not)!
     Anddd... I have the app Line but haven't really used it cus I like to
     use another messenger app so it might be inaccurate compared to the
     real one. Writing on my phone sucks cus I can't use emoji and such
     for the word file... :'(
     P.S. René, the stalker, will be appearing next chap, beware...
***** Who Do You Trust? *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
                            VII - Who Do You Trust?
Bright, dazzling colourful lights from the chandeliers and wall lamps. Slow and
lighthearted jazzy music playing in the background, served as an accompaniment
to the small chatters between honorable guests. The lounge of the five-star
hotel was filled with VIPs and important persons who were invited to celebrate
the opening of another branch of Mist Jewelry along with the reintroduction of
the president's one and only heir - Shindo Mikaela.

As soon as they arrived at the hotel, with Yuu driving the limousine for the
first time in his life, Mika was the first to popped out of the vehicle, only
to be bombarded by thousands of questions by the news reporters, eager for some
hot scoops.

"Is it true you're the only son of Mr. Shindo Minoru??" A male bespectacled
reporter, he presumed, shoved a mic right at his face.

"Let me through-" Mika demanded, pushing and squeezing himself through the
stiffening crowd. If it was one thing Mika hated the most, aside from people
mindlessly touching him, was being stuck in a suffocating crowd. Just the
thought of various people grazing and touching him made him sick to the core.

"Hey, can you spare us some of your time??" Another reporter, a thick makeup
wearing woman this time, grabbed one of his arms.

Dizzy. Nauseous. Mixture of bad breaths. Stinking perfume. Body odours. "Stop
it-" Mika was so close to pass out.

"Young boy, please answer a few questions for us!" A crowd began forming around
him and Mika felt beyond repulsed.

"LET ME-" Fighting his dizziness away, Mika was so close to exploding out of
anger.

A smooth voice cut him off first. "I'm sorry, but we won't accept interviews
that hadn't been booked yet." Yuu appeared beside Mika, flashing his tight
smile and he pulled the blond closer to himself and Mika literally stopped
breathing for a moment. "Yuu... what are you..."

"Right this way, obocchan..." Yuu whispered back as he led the young master
into the hotel. Two other bodyguards, namely Yoichi and Kimizuki, had already
safely escorted his parents inside.

"Don't get too close to me..." Mika warned, hating himself for even feeling
nervous when Yuu's arm wound around his back, holding his shoulder tight.
Though in his nervousness, he felt something else like never before... Safety
and assurance. This warm, fuzzy feeling. The feeling that someone got your
back, would support you no matter where and when. Why was Yuu giving him such
an impression again?

Because he was his bodyguard, so it was only natural? Or was it because he had
willingly let Yuu enter his heart..? Where no one was ever allowed to even take
a peek of what was inside?

In the end, Mika settled for the easiest solution. They were simply nothing.
Trivial questions that need not be answered. Simple as that.

As soon as they were out of the reporters' sight, Mika quickly pulled away,
looking rather mad at no one but himself. "Don't touch me without my permission
ever again...you made my skin crawl." And with all that said, he hastily walked
away from the stupefied Yuu.

"Well, aren't you honest?"

                                       *

"Where's the idiotic Yuu?" Guren impatiently tapped his finger on his arm as he
peered over his second-in-command’s shoulder, who was typing away on the
keyboard of his laptop.

“I’ve set up the security and hidden surveillances around the hotel and also
had sufficiently allocated the guards outside. But I understand that we’re not
allowed inside the party because of the opposition-“ As Shinya turned to face
his boss, something soft pecked at his lips. Or just Guren kissing him.

“Then, we just have to be extra cautious not to reveal our identities, yeah?”
Guren momentarily pulled away, a crest began forming on his forehead. “Though
getting found out now would be a pain in the...”

Shinya brushed some of his messy hair aside before poking that wide forehead of
his. "Stop worrying, you'll get more wrinkles. You have enough as it is."

"Shinya... You're not comforting me right." groaned Guren in return as he took
the paler hand into his. Executing his childish little revenge - smooching the
soft snowy white skin.

"Whoever said I was?" The blonde retorted with a thin smile, purposely allowing
the taller man to leave trail of kisses on his arm. "Hey... We better stop
messing around soon."

“Ahem!” And the two adults almost jumped out of their skins, hearts already at
their throats. Turning their heads toward the direction of the voice, they saw
Yuu, smugly smirking. “I won’t pretend I didn’t see that.”

This cheeky boy had the nerve to say that.

“Brat.” Guren grumbled soon after Shinya slapped him away out of embarrassment,
having to be seen by someone, their subordinate nonetheless. He was not the
type to showcase his affections publicly and Guren would all but respect that.
Though sometimes - just sometimes, he wished the blonde would react
indifferently to what others would had thought.

“What are you two doing, when everyone else is working their asses off out
there?” The ravenette crossed his arms close to his chest, pair of green eyes
locked accusingly into violet ones.

Some people fall in love way too easily. Take this old couple, for example. Yuu
crinkled his nose distastefully. And some just maybe would never, like him.
Love was unnecessary and made one weak, the young bodyguard had always believed
that.

Suddenly, an image of the young master flashed before his eyes. That cold
straight-forward gaze, slightly pouty lips, the mop of fluffy soft yellow hair,
that lithe but oh-so-energetic figure – before he realised it, his head was
filled with nothing but Mika and his adorable little quirks.

Why..?

‘You sure you don’t know why?’

Someone, or something, inside his head asked.

What?

‘Or are you just pretending not to?’

Why would I?

‘Because you actually-’

“Yuu-san! Wait, are you even listening!” A female’s voice shook him out of his
trance. Blinking hard, the clueless Yuu stared around to find all four of his
colleagues in the room with him. “You’ll be disguising as one of Mika’s private
tutors today so get back to his side asap!” Shinoa repeated for the second
time, flicking at Yuu’s forehead while she was at it. She was wearing a cherry
blossom pink strapless dress that oddly complemented her hair, she seemed
gentler if it was even possible.

Mitsuba, in an elegant short red dress hotly intervened, “Can we even entrust
such a task to cherry boy here?”

“That, coming from a virgin herself..?” replied Yuu, his gaze remained
unfocused and far off into the distance. Almost like he wasn’t even aware of
answering to the snappy blonde.

“WHAT-“ Mitsuba roared and was this close to choking Yuu by the neck if it
weren’t for the other female stopping her just in time.

“Come now, Micchan. We should be going now!” Shinoa successfully pulled the
twin-tailed woman by the hand and they both exited the room, leaving the three
males in the small room.

Kimizuki snorted not long after, “Stop daydreaming, you got a very disgusting
look on your face right now.”

“Huh..? I do..?” The reply was unexpectedly meek, it was so unlike the hot-
headed raven, so out of character.

“Geh, the hell’s wrong with you...” Kimizuki gagged. That was so an I’m-in-love
expression he was wearing. What happened to Mr. Insensitive here?
“Disgusting...”

“Now, now, Kimizuki-kun... Ah, your tie’s crooked.” Yoichi moved in closer to
fix his partner’s necktie. Light pink instantly crept up Kimizuki’s heated
cheeks.

Yuu suddenly chuckled, surprising the other two. Life and emotions seemed to
have returned to his face. He finally looked like himself.

“Right back at ya, four-eyes.” With a nasty smirk, Yuu threw the comment before
making his way to the door. He should really stop thinking about the young
master given the time or place.

                                       *

After Mr. Minoru’s speech ended, Mika was surrounded by guests there to
congratulate him as the successor for Mist, most of them were influential
people in the business industry, presidents or owners of large companies.

“Congratulations, Mikaela-kun!”

Shut up.

Pats to the shoulders and back, hairy and wrinkly hands exchanging, various
faces, moustached or bearded or stubbed leaning close. Mika felt repulsed. His
skin crawled and tingled horribly with what he could only describe as
abhorrence.

“It is a pleasure to finally meet you!”

Shut up.

Even though he was given private lessons on how to act and speak properly in
the presence of these people ever since he could barely walk or talk. He just
couldn’t. Not after that one incident which scarred him for life.

“Mikaela-kun, tell us about the plans you have for the future/Yes, yes!/Do
tell!” The small crowd urged. Mika hung his head low, silently wishing everyone
around him would just drop dead. He was exuding a very dark and dangerous aura,
was so close to call them off...

SHUT UP!! Get your dirty hands off of me-

“W-watch out!!” Someone squeaked out in distress before a loud, ear-piercing
sound of glass breaking resounded throughout the banquet hall.

Everyone’s attention was quickly brought towards the source of the sound to
find two men on the ground, surrounded by small glass shards and a pale red
liquid spilled, presumably wine.

“Oh my, what happened?” Someone asked, a small crowd began to gather around the
fiasco, even the guests who were talking to Mika a minute ago.

“The clumsy waiter tripped over someone, that’s what happened!” Came a grumpy
reply, from the man who took the fall himself.

During the commotion and amidst the confusion, Mika quietly pulled away from
the gathering and hid himself behind the large banquet table, a myriad of food
towering here and there. He participated in a mini deep breaths session, trying
to quell the churning in his stomach and the sour taste in his throat. At that
moment, Mika didn’t even realise someone approaching him until that someone
spoke up.

“Sir, would you like some water?” Mika jolted. A male dressed as a waiter
offered various drinks from the round tray he was carrying. He was notably
tall, had short spiky pink hair and wore black thick-framed spectacles.

“No, I’m good.” Mika shook his head, some of the golden tufts swayed as he did.
He gasped not long after, peeking at the pink-haired man once more. “Um, could
you possibly be..that telephone pole...Kimizuki...san?” The blond tilted his
head to one side.

The bespectacled man raised a questioning eyebrow in return. “How did you..?
Wait a sec, what did you just call--!”

“And the other waiter just now was your colleague, Yoichi-san, right?” Mika cut
him off first, eyes wandered back to a brunette with dark green eyes and a
nervous smile, bowing apologetically to the guest he bumped into earlier. Like
a lost little puppy, just as Yuu described.

“Don’t tell me... You heard about us from that idiot, Yuu?” Kimizuki sighed
when the blond nodded and closed his eyes, running one hand along the pink
spikes and then reopened them again. “He even told you unnecessary things...
Don’t go calling me telephone poles now, I’m quite delicate on the inside.”
Kimizuki said with a deadpan expression so that he wouldn’t know whether the
man was being serious or not.

“Such an elaborate diversion though, huh?” Mika breathed out, secretly letting
out an inaudible chuckle as he brought his loose fist to cover his mouth. The
measures they’d go through for his sake. “...thanks.”

The bodyguard didn’t miss the slight twitch of Mika’s lips who was unable to
keep his amusement at bay, however. Long eyelashes quivered, mirth gleaming in
his sapphire-like eyes. Kimizuki unconsciously swallowed air and his pupils
dilated for a second out of surprise. Mika was what you would call an
irresistibly attractive person with a prince-like air around him in whatever he
do. He could somehow see why Yuu was so fixated with the boy now.

“No problem, kid.” Kimizuki fixed his glasses before making his way towards the
brunette, to diffuse any incoming unnecessary brawl. And Mika quietly watched
him before he too, slipped away from the happening banquet, heading towards the
doors leading to the balcony for some fresh air.

At that time, Yuu barely caught a glimpse of Mika’s mop of yellow hair
disappearing into the darkness of the outside and he too, followed suit, after
politely excusing himself from the guests talking to him.

                                       *

‘He’s alone...’ From the shadows, a pair of blood-red eyes gleamed infernally
with unpleasant intentions in mind. They landed on a lonely figure, standing by
himself at the open air balcony. Hand outstretched, the long fingernails
mimicking claws of a predator, slowly reached out to the unaware blond. ‘You’re
mine, Mikaela... All mine... Forever...’

“There you are!”

A male’s voice broke out from the balcony entrance. The hand quietly retreated
back into the shadows.

“...What do you want...? Yuu?” Mika said, didn’t even bother turning around to
face the older man. Of course, he was still sulking, this sinfully adorable
little kitty.

“It’s Yuu-sensei to you!” A playful grin crossed the raven’s lips as he fixed
the fake glasses on the bridge of his nose. Yuu intentionally approached the
younger male before resting both of his arms against the marbled railings, eyes
gazing off into the distance. The view on the balcony was simply breath-taking,
if not downright mesmerising. The colourful city lights closely resembled
flickering fireflies, or countless gleaming stars in the midnight sky. “Do you
like the view from here, young master?”

Mika jerked a bit, was nearly caught glancing at the bodyguard immersed at the
sight in front of him. “Huh?”

“I...guess?” Mika gazed back in front of him to see the view that Yuu
mentioned. No, he felt nothing at all if he had to be honest. He was just out
there to get away from all those strangers, touching and talking to him to no
end. He did agree that somehow all of his nausea and sickness seemed to fly
away as soon as he stepped outside, skin greeted by the fresh evening air.

“Look at the lights from the streets and buildings. They’re somewhat similar to
that of fireflies, don’t they?” Yuu shared his thoughts aloud, that cheerful
smile was still there on his lips.

“Fireflies..?” Mika repeated, blinking twice as he tried to understand the
meaning behind Yuu’s words. Being brought up in the big city his whole life,
the blond had never actually seen real live fireflies his whole life so he
didn’t exactly know what Yuu could be referring to. “I’ve never seen them
before...”

“What, you haven’t?? Not once in your seventeen years of living-?!” Exclaimed
Yuu, his green eyes large and all child-like, they seemed excited instead of
shocked, somehow, and the younger male wondered why was that?

“Eighteen.” Mika corrected, annoyed to be labelled younger than he actually
was.

“Ah, my bad.” Yuu scratched his cheek, a sheepish grin easily took form on his
face. “Then, do you want to see them this summer? We have tons of fireflies
back in my hometown! I’ll take you to see them myself!” The ravenette chirped
happily.

“Huh... Do you now?” Mika tried his hardest to sound disinterested but deemed
unsuccessful when his voice rose one tone higher due to his own excitement. The
sudden anticipation bubbled uncontrollably in his heart. Slightly embarrassed,
the blond brought a hand to support his chin as he leaned forward, eyes fixated
on the shimmering lights beyond the tall trees, mostly from countless headlamps
and neon signs of restaurants or shops. Fireflies, huh? “Then, I guess I have
no choice but to go see them.” Mika purposely cleared his throat and wandered
his gaze at anywhere but Yuu.

Ah, this was not good. He was getting excited just by thinking about it. Maybe
he still had the chance with Yuu. All hope was not lost.

Yuu didn’t miss the slight twitching of Mika’s bottom lip. He was trying so
hard not to smile again, or so it seemed. A small sigh could be heard from the
raven. Finally, the young master was back to his old self again!

Just then, Madam Dominique came into Yuu’s line of sight, triggering the
resurfacing of his memory.

Yuu gasped suddenly. As if something had hit him hard in the gut. Like brick
hard. Of course, how could he had forgotten?? His contract was to end after
Mika graduate – meaning he could no longer spend time with the blond once
summer starts. He was careless this time, running his big mouth before properly
thinking about the consequences. Why make promises you couldn’t keep? Yuu, you
idiot...

He was just- He genuinely felt so happy at the thought of bringing Mika to his
favourite spot that he ended up making plans for the future with the blond well
in his mind. And he didn’t want to see that sad, gloomy expression on Mika’s
face if he were to admit the truth. The boy hated the feeling of being
abandoned the most. Yuu knew that very well.

“Yuu? What’s wrong?” The sharp boy asked, noticing the drastic change in Yuu’s
parlour.

Yuu made a deliberately slow turn of head, further increasing Mika’s suspicion.

How do I break this to you..?

He didn’t want the blond to find out if he could but keeping him in the dark
was probably not a good idea. Complications would surely follow due to lack of
communication which would inevitably lead to a misunderstanding. As an adult,
Yuu should know that it was best to come clean with things, no matter how
unpleasant the outcome might be.

“I.. Young master, actually I-” Yuu, however, was cut off before he could even
finish his sentence when a sweet voice called out to him.

“Mika, dear, the guests are expecting to see you. Ah, Yuu-kun’s here too! Come
inside and introduce yourselves now!” The ever so elegant Dominique smiled as
she gracefully motioned to them from the balcony’s door.

“You were saying..?” Mika gestured a ‘hold on’ back to his mother and turned
his attention to a distracted-looking Yuu once more. Not exactly sure why, but
Mika had a feeling he should listen to whatever the faithful bodyguard of his
had to say at that very moment.

“Um, well. It’s- it’s not that important so I’ll tell you later, okay?” Yuu
nervously smiled, clenching and unclenching his fists as he spoke. He chickened
out at the last moment. What a good-for-nothing coward, he was... Why was it,
when it comes to Mika, Yuu had a hard time of properly conveying the things he
meant to say?

Mika studied Yuu’s face for a while longer before finally nodded. “Okay, then.”
A part of him felt mildly disappointed somehow, although he couldn’t exactly
pinpoint why.

Both of them went inside as told but what Yuu didn’t know was that he would
regret his decision of not telling Mika the simple truth soon enough.

                                       *

“You must be Mika-san.” Mika turned his head to see a slightly older woman with
soft purple hair tied into a beautiful bun, and she smiled back, introducing
herself to appear non-suspicious.

“Don’t worry, I’m...”

“You’re Yuu’s friend, aren’t you? Shi...uh...” Something. Mika tried recalling
the name among the closest friends Yuu had mentioned to him during their little
talk by his bedroom door but he just couldn’t do it right. He sucked at
remembering names to begin with.

“Shinoa.” The woman sweetly said as she made a little courtesy bow towards
Mika. “I’m surprised you knew about me.”

Mika gave an indifferent stare to the lilac before bringing his attention back
to Yuu, standing a few feet away from him with a polite smile on his face as he
seemingly entertained some middle-aged women. Popular guy, aren’t we?

He looked back at Shinoa and said, “Yuu told me about you and three other of
your co-workers... He said you guys were pretty close. Friends.”

“Ha-ha, did he now...” Shinoa made a point to dryly laugh as she said this.
“That’s the first time I heard such a thing. He’s such a dishonest little
fella. I seriously thought he hated our guts.”

Mika almost smiled as she said that. She was right about one thing. Yuu, being
the awkward, unaffectionate person he was, was indeed not so honest at times.

“Why, if it isn’t Mikaela-sama.” Another voice greeted from behind him, also a
female’s but it sounded more agitated than Shinoa’s calm tone.

“Ah, Micchan! How’s your perimeter?” Chirped the woman in pink dress.

“Nothing out of ordinary. Yet.” A woman with silky yellow hair and in a bright
red one piece approached them while tossing her hair to one side. “But, we
shouldn’t let our guard down.”

Judging by the way she walked and talked, Mika could already guess who she was.
She had an air of superiority around her and her tone might had sounded a
little patronising. What was it again, the term that Yuu used to describe her?
Miss Tsundere?

“Excuse me?!” The blonde lady exclaimed in disbelief while Shinoa burst into
immediate laughter.

Mika pulled out an innocent face as he re-closed his mouth. Ah, he had
unknowingly said it aloud.

“Did Yuu told you to call me that? And it’s Mitsuba-oneesama to you!” Mitsuba
hissed through gritted teeth as she crossed her arms tight to her chest. Her
lips formed a pout and her cheeks all puffed up.

Mika didn’t nod nor shake his head at her words, his aloof expression did
nothing but further irritate Mitsuba until she unconsciously grunted low. “Tch,
are all rich kids spoiled?”

What.

“I don’t consider myself spoiled.” Came the annoyed although flat reply, blond
eyebrows furrowed into a distinctive frown. Stereotyping people from their
backgrounds wasn’t unusual but Mika wasn’t going to allow anyone to do the same
about him.

“A-Ah, I think that’s enough of our chit-chat for today-” Shinoa quickly
intervened before things could get worse. Mika and Mitsuba’s personalities are
like water and oil, and both are very proud people if she remembered correctly
that one time Yuu was comparing the two of them. The sporadic occurrence of
Mitsuba’s childish wilfulness definitely did not help the situation in any way.

“No wonder Yuu is better than you...” Mika mumbled under his breath, letting
anger overtaking him, as rare as it was.

“And you think you’re better for him??” Mitsuba raised her voice, earning some
curious stares from the nearby guests and ultimately, Yuu.

“Micchan, stop-!”

“Too bad Yuu’s staying only until this summer! He already has a client waiting
for him anyways! I’m sure he’ll be absolutely thrilled to get rid of such a
cocky young master like y-”

“MITSUBA! That’s enough!” Shinoa gripped at one of the thin wrists hard, her
expression turned dark in mere seconds. Mitsuba abruptly paused, afterwards
blinking furiously. What the hell did she just spouted- She looked up to see a
very still Mika, face devoid of emotions.Oh no.

“What did you just...?” Words hung at the back of his throat as he tried to
comprehend the sentences coming out of Mitsuba’s mouth.

Before anything else, Yuu stepped into their conversation or argument, to be
exact. “Hey, hey, what’s the commotion all about? You guys are being way too
conspicuous.”

“Yuu-san..!” Shinoa almost cried out tears of relief the soon she spotted him
making his way towards them.

“Is everything alright?” Yuu switched glances from one face to another before
stopping short towards Mika, his stomach sunk. The young blond was now
trembling, his cheeks flushed red and his eyes slightly watery. “Y-young
master, what happened-”

“Liar. What a load of bullcrap.” Mika whispered, low enough for Yuu to hear.
“Was it so fun to trick me?”

“Huh?” Blood immediately drained out of Yuu’s face as he grasped the current
situation. Oh no... Did Mika found out somehow? What should he do now? There
was nothing he could do now- No, that’s not it. There was nothing else to do
but to apologise.

“Mika-obocchan, I-” Yuu began, hand reaching out for his young master.

“Don’t touch me and don’t you dare talk to me ever again, you fucking liar..!”
Roughly slapping his hand away, Mika stomped past the dumbstruck man before
exiting the hall into the corridors.

Snapping out of his shocked trance, Yuu was about to chase after the blond when
Shinoa tugged him back by the arm. “Wait, Yuu-san... Give him some time to calm
down first.”

“But- He... I can’t- Not again...” Yuu was almost on the verge of tears as
multiple negative emotions raging inside of him, trying to break free from him.
He hurt him. For the second time. He had failed his duty yet again.

Mitsuba slowly covered her mouth with her shaky hands. “It’s my fault, Yuu...
Not yours... I’m so sorry. I’m so very sorry...” The twin-tailed apologised
repeatedly like a broken record while Yuu’s face became hard and emotionless as
seconds passed.

                                       *

Mika heaved a heavy sigh of relief as he entered the male’s bathroom, loosening
the stiffening tie around his neck. He was alone in there, finally. “Ugh, I
really can’t stand crowded places...” His breaths grew shallower, and his
vision became blurrier. It took Mika a few seconds to realize that he was
actually crying. Pearly, clear tears rolled off his cheeks and fell to the sink
counter as he recalled the woman’s exact words.

‘Too bad Yuu’s staying only until summer! He already had another client waiting
for him anyways.’

And shortly after, Yuu’s words repeated inside his head.

‘Then, do you want to see them this summer? We have tons of fireflies back in
my hometown! I’ll take you to see them myself!’

“Yourself...? What a liar...” Mika harshly bit his quivering lower lip, leaving
an evident bruise. “You never actually mean that, did you?”

The door to the bathroom suddenly creaked open, making the blond jumped a bit.
The steps were purposely slow and quiet and Mika could just make a silhouette
of a person behind a translucent glass wall separating them. Every single fibre
in his body screamed in great alarm, warning him to get the hell out of there
and into the vicinity of others again. It wasn’t safe in here, being locked
inside a small room with a stranger!

“Hey, there...”

Mika whipped his head fast to the direction of the caller. And his eyes turned
wide like a frightened deer before his facial muscles relaxed again. “Se-
senpai?” Thank god it was someone he knew.

A familiar dark hair young man dressed smartly in a black suit shortened the
distance between them as he softly called out his name with the usual cool gaze
in his bloody red eyes.

“Mikaela.”

                               -To be continued-
 
 
 
Chapter End Notes
     Okay, that bit with fireflies was somewhat inspired by a scene in the
     saddest Studio Ghibli movie I ever watched, The Grave of The
     Fireflies. I’m still scarred by the movie tbh. It was so painfully
     beautiful. :’)
     But sh*t’s about to go down! :O
     Thank you to those who had been reading and following since chapter
     one and for leaving kudos and comments, you guys are angels! I really
     deeply appreciate every single one of them! xx
      
***** Trauma *****
Chapter Notes
     WARNING: Explicit content, attempt rape and non-con, also very sucky
     writing.
     Don't read if you're easily triggered, lol?
     Enjoy my shitty writing.
See the end of the chapter for more notes
                                 VIII – Trauma
                                        
“Mikaela. I came to see... Why are you crying?” Rene stopped short and then
ducked close so that their eyes leveled, calmly wiping the tear stains away
with his thumbs. “Who did this to you?”

Mika said nothing but kept his eyes on the floor, and he simply let the other
man carrying on with whatever he was doing. He was just so damn tired now, both
of rejecting other people’s touch and of Yuu. Thinking about the green-eyed man
made him restless and unbearably, irritatingly sad. His eyes wouldn’t even
listen to him now, his tear ducts must have been loose by now as non-stop tears
continued flooding down his face from the corners of his eyes.

“Senpai... Rene-senpai...” Mika repeatedly called out to the dark-haired man,
and he continued weeping like a little child. He seemed so small, hopeless and
yes, defenceless – Rene who was eyeing him at that time, wanted nothing but to
push Mika down and strip him off of his virginity the second time. Just the
thought of it made him giddy and electrified to the point of him having a hard
time standing still.

Keeping his indifferent facade on, Rene’s hands trembled slightly before he
pulled Mika into an embrace, awkwardly combing the soft yellow locks with his
fingers. The blond was so close to him, his scent, his warmth and heat; the
places where his skin met with Mika’s tingled badly, as if he had just been
burned. He could and would get a hard on just by Mika’s steamy breaths reaching
down his throat. The sweet voice calling out to his name over and over didn’t
help in calming the thunderous thumping of his heart at all. He was on the
brink of breaking down, the bountiful lust within him raged to break free and
take control of him completely.

Touch him! Strip him! Fuck him hard! This is your chance, what are you waiting
for!! The whispers of a devil. The seduction of the heart.

No, not yet... We’re not truly alone just yet... We’ll be caught immediately if
we’re careless even just for one second. His mind rationalized. He wasn’t dumb
enough to think he could get away with it if he were to carry out his deepest
and shameful desires right now. After almost a year of stalking Mika, he could
possibly wait for the next few hours before he feast on such delicacy.

“Cry all you want, Mikaela... I’m here for you.” Rene said, soothingly rubbing
Mika’s trembling back and they stayed in that position until the blond stopped
crying, with a few sobs and whimpers sometime escaping from his mouth. Ah, I
wonder if you’ll let out the same cry when I tease your nipples and rip your
ass apart?

“I won’t let anyone hurt you.” Rene added, securing his hold around the slim
waist, secretly thinking to himself; Anyone aside from myself, of course.

Mika, unaware of such malicious intent harboured by his trusted senior, shakily
nodded. “Thank you, senpai...”

Anything for my sweet innocent clueless little angel.

“If it’s okay with you, would you like to come home with me tonight?” Rene
proposed afterwards, a strange flicker in his eyes before it died away. You’re
not allow to say no. I won’t allow you to.

“Senpai’s...house?” Mika blinked back some of the remaining tears. He never had
close friends before his whole life so he had very little or close to zero
experience in visiting a friend’s house. “And your parents... will they be
home?” He timidly asked, the thought of meeting them made his stomach twisted
into a tight knot.

“Ah, no. They’re off on a business trip for this weekend.” Rene smoothly said
(read as ‘lied’), earning a nervous sigh from Mika shortly after he separated
himself from the taller of the two. “So, what do you say?”

No one will be there to disturb our fun time together... No one!

Mika stood in silence for a while, contemplating on the options at hand. Either
follow his senior back home or suffer from having to face Yuu again when they
return from the party. It wasn’t much of a choice, to begin with. He’d rather
choose the former anytime. How bad could it be if he just up and went and
disappear for one night? He was already a grown up and could very well take
good care of himself!

Time almost stood still, Rene was holding his breath when Mika opened up his
mouth to say, “Okay.”

Yes!!

“Shall we go now?” Rene harshly pinched his hand for losing his cool
disposition and almost sounding overeager when he said that. Don’t rush things,
you fool! Tonight, Mika would be mine... He’ll be all mine, not that wretched
Yuu or even his ignorant parents who neglected him for so long! I carefully
watched his every move and step to know what he was like. I studied and
researched every inch of his body and soul, the pure untainted youth in him
belongs to me and only me! I’ll accept everything about him even that black
spot in the canvas of his life, for he is mine to be loved, to be loathed, to
be protected, to be destroyed!

“Mm-hm...” Mika’s quiet reply broke Rene from his long and unhealthy train of
thoughts.

“Let’s.”

It was only momentary, but when Mika wasn’t looking, Rene swiftly licked his
upper lip. The small pink tip shot out and back inside in just one second.

‘Thank you for the meal...’
 
                                       *

“Wow...” A tiny surprised exclamation could be heard from the blond as he took
every inch of Rene’s house in. It was a nice cream-colored double-storey
bungalow, located a few feet away from other houses, giving it a sense of
seclusion from others.

“Oh, this is nothing much...” Rene humbly said as he pushed the metal gate
open, giving way for Mika to step in first.

The inside of the house was just as homey as it seemed from the outside.
Removing his shoes and placing them neatly on the shoe rack, Mika slipped into
the indoor slippers before being led into the living room by Rene. “Make
yourself at home. I’ll go and boil some hot water. Coffee or tea?”

Tea with milk. No sugar. Rene said internally, already predicting Mika’s very
next words but asked him anyway to avoid the slightest suspicion.

“Tea with milk. And no sugar, please.” Mika smiled a little before taking a
seat on the sofa.

What did I say? I know everything about you.

“Alrighty. Be back in a sec.” The dark-haired man disappeared into the kitchen
and Mika could make out small clinks of something metallic clashing with glass
– the spoon and mugs maybe. Sighing low, the blond leaned closer to the cushion
behind him, suddenly feeling very sleepy. He let out a tired yawn. And then
another until tears welled up in his eyes. A sense of urgency shook him awake
for a while and Mika subconsciously reached for his phone before typing
something. Although the situation between Yuu and him may still be tense, Mika
did not forget to inform his bodyguard of his whereabouts in case something bad
were to happen – no matter how small the possibility may be. He didn’t want to
worry his parents so.

In the midst of typing, Mika dozed off again, accidentally sending the
unfinished text to Yuu, the phone slipped right through his fingers soon after.

                                       *

‘Mikaela...’

Mika stirred a bit in his sleep after having to doze off on the couch while
waiting for his senpai. Although faint, he could hear someone calling him in a
sing-song way. At that instance, he was reminded of his deceased uncle who had
forced himself on him.

‘You’re mine... You’re forever mine!’

The voice grew louder and Mika could almost sense someone reaching out for him
– black and long finger-nailed hands trying to grab at his throat. Gasping,
sapphire eyes flew open only to be met with ruby red ones. Rene was right in
front of him, with a blanket in his hands. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you...
Ah, tea’s ready by the way. Do take a sip, you looked a bit pale.” Offered the
man with black ponytail as he took a sit beside the blond.

“T-thanks, senpai... I just had a bad dream, was all...” Mika tiredly rubbed at
his temple before taking the hot drink in his cold hands. The milk tea tasted
exceptionally sweet even without sugar being added to it.

“Um, senpai. May I use the bathroom?” Mika settled the mug back onto the coffee
table in front of him, feeling the need to freshen himself up after that
disturbing albeit short dream.

Rene flashed a mysterious smile and pointed to a flight of stairs leading
downstairs, a red door could be seen at the bottom. “The toilet upstairs is
being fixed so you’ll have to use the basement one.”

“Alright..?” Mika sounded unsure as he nodded, it occurred to him as weird –
why would there be a toilet in the basement again? But there was a possibility
of the basement being used as a bedroom in some houses, maybe that was all
there is to it. When Rene wasn’t looking, Mika felt for the back pocket of his
pants, relieved to feel a bump – at least his smartphone was with him.

On his way down the stairs, Mika was attacked by sudden light-headedness,
staggering a little before bumping into the wooden door, twisting the doorknob
open. He felt funny and somehow was burning up, his throat dried up. “What on
earth-!”

Dozens – or hundreds of his pictures decorated the dilapidated basement walls.
The insane amount and positions of each and one of himself in the photos were
enough to creep the hell out of him and something inside him clicked
immediately. Rene was his stalker. Panicking, Mika quickly reached for his
phone in attempt to call his bodyguard whom he wasn’t supposed to be separated
from at all times. Regretting couldn’t even begin to describe it.

“Welcome, to my personal Mikaela Shrine...”
Mika’s surprised gasp followed shortly after Rene’s low and breathy voice from
behind him.

Turning his heels, the blond stared at the taller male in absolute flabbergast.
“Senpai! Wha- What is all of this..? Are all of those....m-me...?” He turned
back to face the wall full of candid shots of him, there were even
inappropriate ones like him changing in the locker room, taking a shower and
even him sleeping. Mika was more than creeped out at that point, his heart was
now hammering against his chest, his head was pounding and his knees almost
buckled up from shock. The room started spinning along with his vision and
immediately Mika felt feverish all over. He managed to hold onto the wall on
time when his body began swaying on its own.
 
He could finally piece the last jigsaw puzzle.
 

“The drink... What did you-"

                                       *

“Yuu-chan, welcome back- Ah, the young master isn’t with you?” Akane sweetly
greeted the raven as soon as he dragged himself into the house but paused when
she saw that the blond was missing.

“Uh. I might have pissed him off yet again...” Yuu pulled at his necktie to
loosen it and exhaled loudly. He went and ran his fingers to the mess of black
hair, creating an even bigger mess on top of his head. “I’m the biggest jerk
there is...”

Akane stared for some more before a soft smile graced her lips. “At least
you’re not a jerk enough to admit you’re one.” She proceeded into the living
room, motioning Yuu to follow before settling the tray of freshly brewed coffee
and shortbreads on the table. “Come, sit down and relax for a bit. So, I
presume that Mika-sama is safe somewhere else?”

“I wish I could say the same... He may or may not be staying with a friend at
the moment.” Yuu was about to sit on the couch when he remembered about the
parcel delivered to him last evening. He had forgotten all about it.

Standing up again, Yuu quickly made his way into the kitchen to see the small
box still sitting on top of the pantry, untouched. Peering at it, he saw that
there was no sender address. His instincts began to send distressing signals to
his brain, warning him about the animosity of the parcel’s content. Could it be
that...?

His heart began to pick up a quicker pace as he took the pocket knife hidden in
his belt and traced the opening of the box open. His nose caught a whiff of
something decaying, causing his heart to thump louder than before.

He flipped the box open.

Yuu’s heart sank to the very bottom of his stomach. Inside the box painted a
deep red and another item carefully wrapped inside transparent plastic. It
looked like a human heart. Real, bloodied heart the size of a fist with a
dagger brutally pierced straight into it. Thick ruby liquid oozed out from the
cut, flowing once in a while out of the flimsy plastic bag it was contained in.
The smell of rotten flesh or organ for that matter infiltrated his nostrils and
Yuu immediately gagged, roughly covering his mouth and jerked away from the
gruesome box.

Before he could do anything else, something in his pocket vibrated. His phone.
Yuu quickly fished the electronic device out to see the glowing screen
indicating a new notification.

“A text from... Mika-obocchan?” Yuu’s heart skipped a beat as he clicked the
Message icon to read.
 
I won’t be coming ba
 
That was all.
 
The text seemed to be abruptly cut off and sent by accident. Staring at the
text longer made Yuu’s stomach churned horribly and his lips dried up as if he
was in a desert. Could something had happened to the young master?? Wasting no
time, Yuu quickly tracked the location of his young master through the tracker
he planted without Mika knowing. He soon got the exact location. Typing the
information to his intelligent pink-haired colleague and getting an instant
reply shortly after, a name and an address. Rene Simm.

It didn’t take the green-eyed man long to piece two and two together. Of
fucking course! Mika’s senior..!

“Yuu, what’s going ON-?!” Akane shrieked at the end, gagging afterwards when
the foul stench finally reached her nose. “The heck is this awful smell?!”

“Insanity. A dangerously uncontrollable one.” Was Yuu’s answer as he resealed
the bloody organ back into the box and went to grab his coat again.

“Yuu-chan, are you going to...” Akane frantically followed the raven to the
front door again.

“Yeah, I’m heading out. On a rescue mission!” Yuu said without turning back.
"Call the cops if I'm not back in more than an hour!"

                                      * 

“W-what’s the meaning of this... Rene...senpai..?” Mika immediately questioned,
feeling rather wary of the quiet dark-haired man all of a sudden. His body
becoming weird after he took a few sips of the tea. Could the man had somehow
drugged him??

Rene said nothing but leaned closer until his chest met with Mika’s back,
calmly taking the black smartphone out of the shorter boy’s hand and even went
as far as to switch it off, much to Mika’s bewilderment.

“W-what are you...”

“...doing?” Rene smirked evilly. “What I’ve planned on doing for a long time
ago. Making you mine.”

“Huh..? What do you-ah!” Mika was roughly pushed to the wall shortly after.
Rene, now, looming on top of him, secured both of his wrists in a tight grip.
“What are you doing! Let me go..!”

Make me his? Why would Rene-senpai say such a thing? Even as a joke, that’s
taking way too far!

“Stop joking around!” Mika tugged at his wrists, trying to break free but the
large shock from before caught him off guard, and not to mention having the
drug administered into him, his strength diminishing as a result. His mind was
now in a turmoil, as he tried to make something out of the bizarre situation.
There must be a sensible reason behind all this.

Rene chuckled, this time a thick layer of mockery accompanied his usual quiet
laugh. “Joking? No, my dear Mikaela... I’m not joking.” He said with such a
straight face void of any humour that Mika was forcefully convinced he meant
every word coming out of his mouth.

“But... Senpai... why..?” Mika choked his words out, that nauseating feeling
rising from his throat again, causing it to swell and burn. The heat on his
face was more than he could bear, it caused his eyes to sting, and hot tears
began spilling out of his quivering blue eyes. Not you too...

“Quite the contrary... Mikaela, I am one of them... From the very beginning.”
Or even much more worse. Rene nearly whispered, almost as if he could read
Mika’s mind. The subtle change in the blonde’s expression made him smirk even
wider.

“Do you fear me now? Do I... scare you so?” Sneered Rene as he trailed his
fingers along the contour of Mika’s jawline. Then, along Mika’s neck,
collarbone before stopping between his chest.

A chill ran down Mika’s spine when Rene’s breath trickled down his ear. “I-If I
say yes, what would you do?” His voice was tiny, almost like an inaudible
whisper. He was scared to death, terrified of his once gentle and kind-hearted
senior. Rene looked manic, a crazed look in his eyes like Mika had never seen
before the whole year they were acquainted. He seemed hungry, hungry for that
which was not food but lust.

A light tap to the glossy lips and a small shriek could be heard soon after.
“Good, because I’ll do something way scarier than this. So... Brace yourself~”
Slipping the tie from around Mika’s neck, Rene swiftly bound the shaking wrists
together with the said necktie. He then pushed the tied up arms above Mika’s
head, enjoying the spectacular sight in front of him. “Kinky.”

“You... sick bastard..!” Mika, feeling rather feverish still, spat out in
disgust.

Rene smirked in return, lecherous eyes wondered down at his groin area. “Says
the one with an obvious hard-on, huh?!"

“Hnn!” Eyes blinked wide as Rene suddenly shortened their distance, pinning
Mika against the wall full of his own pictures, some came off and scattered
messily on the ground, he was trapped between Rene’s arms on both of his sides.
“Se-senpai, please... stop this!”

“No. I don’t want to stop now.” Rene said, calm at first before he burst into
pure rage. “Do you know how long I’ve been waiting for this?! Do you know how
much I crave for you, to leave my marks all over your soft smooth skin!?! YOU
DROVE ME INSANE! IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!!!” Rene gripped at the thin wrists
tighter causing the blond to scream in pain.

“Hngh!?” Mika bit down a yelp when Rene roughly ripped his white suit apart to
reveal his chest, the buttons popped and darted across the room in all
directions and he wasted no time in licking and sucking at Mika’s collarbone
before moving down to the chest, suckling at the rosy colour nipples until they
became hard and swollen. “It-It hurts..! S-STOP!!” Mika cried, struggling to
break free from Rene’s iron grip but the drug had already taken effect. His
body was burning up, he was unwillingly reacting to any stimulation done to his
body. No, I don’t want this... I don’t like this..!

“STOP THIS! LET ME GO...!” Mika was crying hard now, hot pants and gasps
escaped from his mouth in between his helpless sobs. Again. He was betrayed by
the person he trusted the most again.

In the meantime, Rene showed no remorse whatsoever, his creepy smile grew wider
and wider.

“We’re going to play a little game...” Rene sweetly said, a normal smile then
graced his lips, further sending chills down Mika’s spine.
“N-no... please, just stop already...”

“We’re going to have this inside of you for one minute.” Rene pulled the bottom
drawer of his dresser open and took out a large pill-like object connected to a
switch by a thin wire. And he also produced bottles of what seemed like
lubricants and lotions of some sort. “If you manage to not come under that one
minute, I will release you... Okay?”

“Haa! S-stop it..! I don’t want to!!” Mika violently squirmed under the
perverted man until the old bed shook and creaked loudly but Rene proceeded in
pulling his pants and briefs down until his thighs to reveal his member,
shaking and already leaking with precum. “My, my. How obscene...”

“Uh! N-no..!” Mika jolted upwards when he felt something wet and cold poured in
between his legs. The lube travelled down onto his half-hard penis and
butthole. “Please, senpai... Please stop this...!” He tried begging again,
trembling all over now from fear and downright, sick pleasure.

“Shh, shh... Just relax... And enjoy it.” Rene coaxed as he spread Mika’s legs
wide open and probed a finger inside without a warning, the vibrator ready at
hand. Mika screamed in pain when Rene ploughed in deeper to stretch his asshole
enough for the vibrator to enter. “So tight... Don’t you ever play with
yourself down here?” Rene shamelessly asked, delighted to hear a moan from Mika
when he hit a sweet spot.

“W-why... are you doing this to me..?” Mika whimpered, hot tears flowed down
his reddened cheeks as he continued to have his ass played with. He had never
been so humiliated his whole life, not accounting the night his drunken uncle
penetrated him for the first time.

“Because I want to. I can’t help but desiring you all day and night. Who’s
fault you think is that?!” Rene licked at his upper lip before he roughly
shoved the vibrator into Mika’s entrance and not forgetting to switch it on
full power. “Your one minute starts now~” He playfully said in between Mika’s
painful shrieks and heart-wrenching pleas that were nothing but music to his
ears.

“Will you come? Or will you not?” Rene questioned, one hand creeping around
Mika’s slippery wet cock and began to massage it.

“N-no..! Get away from me-hnn!” Mika rejected at first but immediately became
obedient once the dark-haired man started stroking his member. His insides were
churning from just the vibrator, messing him up, breaking him down. He needed
the release. He wanted it so bad. Unconsciously, Mika began to sway his hips up
and down to create greater friction between the cylindrical vibrator and his
inner wall. He’d explode, his penis would burst if he didn’t come.

“You’re shaking your hips by yourself, what a naughty little boy you are.” Rene
pumped at his member harder and Mika was close to passing out from the
overstimulation.

“Mmnhm!!” Within seconds, Mika unfortunately ejaculated, spraying semen all
over his own chest and face. His breaths were heavy and ragged as he laid limp
underneath Rene, spent from just coming once. His insides were vibrating still.

“Tsk, tsk. It hasn’t even been thirty seconds yet... Too bad, Mikaela. You
lose...” Rene swiped some of the white cum across Mika’s chest with his finger
and licked it. “Which means I get to do whatever I want with you~”

“T-take it out..! Please, se-senpai...!” Mika was flipped over on his knees so
his back was now facing Rene, and ultimately, his wet asshole, close to the
other’s face, was trembling still. “Take it...out...”

And surprisingly, the older man did. Pulling at the vibrator from the wire so
fast that Mika ended up coming once again from the sudden jerking. “Uhn!” How
cruel...

“Next, we’re gonna have these inside of you...” Rene took out a chain of beads
the size of a marble and dangled them in front of the now horrified Mika. “How
many of them could possibly fit inside you, I wonder?”

“NO! That’s not possible!” There was no way they’d fit! “Senpai-aah!” Mika
weakly struggled but was firmly held down by the other man, one hand on his
waist and the other stretching his butthole wider. More cold lube was sloppily
poured onto his entrance and Mika momentarily shivered as the colourless liquid
trailed down his thighs.

“One...” Rene started counting when he inserted the first bead into the pink,
swollen entrance.

“Aah! No! S-stop it-!” Mika jerked upwards, and that ended up pushing the
silver bead further into his lubricated anal, a painful scream erupted
afterwards.

“Two...” Another bead was pushed into him and his insides began to twitch and
tighten involuntarily.

“H-hurts...” This time, Mika gritted his teeth hard, trying to endure the
immense pain he was in, wishing he would just wake up from this horrifying
nightmare.

“Three...” And yet another one easily slipped into his twitching hole, pushing
the two beads deeper inside him.

“...ngh..!”

The arduous process repeated until Mika could no longer form coherent words.
And he bit at the pillow close to his face to withstand the pain, all the while
crying in silence. Was it karma? Was he being punished for trying to force
himself on Yuu and for disobeying him?

“There. You have all seven of them inside you. Well done, Mikaela...” Rene’s
voice shook him from his reverie and immediately he was attacked by painful but
arousing sensations in his anal, fully stuffed with the beady sex toy.

“Haa.. you’re so very sexy. I want to enter and come inside of you so bad...”
Rene admitted as he began grinding his crotch on Mika’s quivering butthole
causing the poor blond to moan loudly whenever a pressure was applied to his
back, his insides clenching tight to the beads as a response. “Haa! S-stop
rubbing against... me! I’m... I’m gonna...!”

“Go ahead... I’m going to have you come from your ass only this time.” Rene
chuckled darkly before he began to tug at the chain, pulling the beads out one
by one.

“UAHH!” Mika came once again in the midst of having the beads removed from
inside of him. Mika laid still on the bed, face and body covered with sweat
mixed with his own cum. Then he started shaking, trembling from head to toe.
And then he began to cry. Softly and quietly at first when it turned into loud
and desperate sobs.

“Please...no... Please just stop already...” Mika pleaded for the umpteenth
time, eyes now all swollen and red for crying non stop, his voice hoarse and
rasped from screaming so much. Please, help me... Save me, Yuu...

“Y-yuu...”

Rene froze for a solid ten seconds. “In the end, he’s the only one you’d call
for help, huh?”

“..huh?” Through hazy mind and bleary eyes, Mika shot his senpai a ‘what do you
mean’ look. “He..?”

“Forget it. I’m done playing the gentleman. You’re going to regret not calling
for my name first!” With that said, Rene roughly shoved Mika, face first, on
the bed, dust bunnies hidden in the mattress swirled up from the impact.

Don’t. Don’t you fucking dare..!

Rene started unbuckling his belt, pulling down the zip of his pants and that
was when Mika started squirming and yelling like a madman. “NO MORE!! PLEASE,
DON’T!! I DON’T WANT TO! PLEASE, STOP!”

“It’s too late to beg now... As soon as I enter you, you’ll officially be mine.
Even your beloved ‘Yuu’ hadn’t got that far with you yet, am I right?” Rene
said with a nasty cackle, purposely rubbing the tip of his penis near Mika’s
twitching butthole.

“N-no...” Mika tried to shake his head, refusing the crazy man all his might,
stirring every last bit of his energy to defy the oppressive man. “...you...
rapist...!” Then, he clenched his eyes and fists tight, mentally and physically
preparing himself for the worst.

“Heh.” Was the only reply from Rene as he inched closer with his hardened
member sticking between Mika’s buttcheeks.
 

“Get the fuck away from him...!”
 

The basement door was literally knocked down and appeared a familiar man Mika
thought he could no longer see anymore. His expression was dark and grim.
 
“Yuu!!”
 
                                     -TBC-
                                        
Chapter End Notes
     Ouch. Wtf happened? That must’ve been the shittiest rape scene you
     guys ever read huh? That’s what you get for reading shitty fics made
     by shitty writer like me lol. *awkwardly stares* O___O
     So. Um. See you in the final (Final, you say?? Yep!) chapter! :D
***** Protect Me, Forever! *****
Chapter Notes
See the end of the chapter for notes
                           IX – Protect Me, Forever!
===============================================================================

“I said – get the fuck away from Mika-obocchan...!” Yuu repeated, sounding way
more furious than the first time. What was even more terrifying was the fact
that he did not made any sounds coming down and joining them in the dark
basement which was only dim-lighted by an old warm white lightbulb, flickering
at times. Yuu could well pass as an assassin, judging from how silent his
movements were albeit his anger evident by the scowl on his face.

Rene smugly smiled, as if he had accomplished something big, and he didn’t
bother pulling himself away from Mika, who was to him, in a lovely state of
mess, instead he teased the blond more by squeezing at his member and Mika
involuntarily moaned in pain. “I don’t want to. Why should I listen to you, to
begin with? Ey, Fake-sensei?”

He came. I can finally get rid of him! Then, no one... No one can take Mikaela
away from me ever again!

Rene secretly reached for something under the mattress, hovering close to the
tight-lipped blond still. Ashamed, Mika quickly turned away from Yuu, all the
while biting down on his lips hard, the stinging pain and iron taste kept him
distracted enough from the overwhelming mortification he was forced to go
through.

Why of all people? Why did it have to be Yuu seeing him in his most humiliating
state?

“Last warning. You best listen to me if you still want your limbs attached.”
Yuu calmly walked closer, gripping at his fists harder until he actually dug
into his own skin with his nails, drawing blood, struggling to keep his sane
intact. If it weren’t for Mika being there, if it weren’t for the relationship
they shared, and most importantly, if it weren’t for the last bit of humanity
coursing through his veins, Yuu would have long kill Rene the moment he saw
him. Snap his neck into two, break his jaw, smash his head open, cut him into
half, burn, boil, pummel him to the ground, beat him into a pulp – the list of
assassination techniques endlessly stretched in Yuu’s mind.

Do it!

Don’t do it!

Just do it!

No, don’t do it!

Kill the fucker!

But you can’t!

Kill him!!

No!!

BUT, YES!

A scuffle between his inner demons didn’t faze Yuu one bit. He was stronger
than all of them combined anyway, his mentality wasn’t that frail. Else he
would have never survived in his occupation by a long run. They were fun to
listen to though; with each thought process taking a different personality –
emerging as multi-coloured entities in his personal little mind cloud.

“Oho? Aren’t you supposed to be a teacher? You’re not planning on hurting your
student now, do you?” Rene deliberately provoked the raven, daring him to come
closer so that he could give him a little ‘surprise’.

By now, Yuu was, however, far from listening. “You, of all people, dare to
betray his trust...?” He mumbled through gritted teeth, head tilted down to the
floor, his black bangs covering his bloodshot eyes. “Even a simple and quick
death is too light of a punishment for you, sadistic little bastard. Shall I
relieve you of your sad, pitiful life?” The bodyguard moved almost effortlessly
towards Rene, holding up one hand in the air as if to choke him with an
invisible force.

Dark, menacing cackles escaped Rene’s mouth as he daringly pointed the
mysterious item right in front the now frozen Yuu. “Do entertain
me...sensei...” He was holding a handgun, small-caliber, a fully loaded .22
maybe, Yuu presumed from the shape, yet he remained calm, terrifyingly so.

“That thing... Are you planning to shoot me with it?”

“Well, that’s the whole purpose of this invention to begin with, yeah? Blasting
someone’s head off?” Rene’s eyebrow perked up nicely, his head slightly tilted
so that some of his bangs fell to his predatory red eyes.

“Huh... Too bad. You’re a thousand years too young to even think about killing
me. Don’t do something stupid you’d end up regretting.” Yuu said, trying to
provoke the crazy ass into giving up.

“And who said anything about killing...you?” A painfully wide cartoony of a
smile stretched across Rene’s sick face and immediately Yuu knew he’d fucked
up. Rene wasn’t pointing the gun at him anymore but at the trembling blond not
far from him.

And after that, everything was the definition of a perfect blur.

The next thing Mika knew was vaguely hearing his name and that similar ear-
piercing gunshot slicing through the air for the second time.

“MIKA!”

Bang!

Mika’s panic, blood-curdling shriek shot through the silence of the night.

“YUU!?!”

The man cladded in all black, hissed in pain when the bullet grazed by his arm,
the colour of red started soaking his shirt down until his sleeve as well. He
had managed to shield the petrified blond on time, thank god.

“Oho, a true bodyguard indeed. However... I won’t miss next time.”

“NO! S-stop it, senpai...!”

Without thinking of his own safety and without hesitating at all, Mika tackled
the armed psychotic man, disregarding everything except for Yuu’s safety.
Clutching at the arm holding the gun, Mika tightly squeezed his eyes, expecting
some sort of a blow to the head by the manic man. And he wasn’t far from the
truth.

“NOT NOW, SWEETHEART!”

Rene easily shoved the weaker blond away, slapping him across the face hard
with the back of his hand and Mika was sent flying to the corner of the room,
wincing in pain as his back hit the brick wall.

That. That took the cake. He fucking lost it, this maniac!

Yuu saw red and nothing else. In just a split second, he was already on top of
Rene, snatching the handgun away from the madman.

Click.

“You’ve messed with the wrong person, brat.” Yuu stabbed at Rene’s neck with
the loaded gun, his once bright green eyes turned darker and clouded with
wrath.

“Ahahahaha! That’s right, sensei... Finish the job...”

If you do, it’ll prove we’re all animals. You and I. Don’t deny the cold-
blooded beast within!

“...Ngh...D-don’t...” Mika’s weak quavering voice travelled across the room and
Yuu halted, hesitant. His small, broken voice was all that was required to
bring Yuu back from losing control.

“Yes, do it! Shoot me, sensei.” Rene taunted with that still wide of a Cheshire
smile plastered.

“.......”

“I SAID – FUCKING PULL THAT TRIGGER, WILL YOU!?” Rene suddenly burst out in a
fit of anger, his face now contorted into such a fierce hard and cold
expression. Mika gasped out of terror. Was this the same person who had treated
him so kindly in the past? He was close to believe that maybe the man was
possessed by an evil spirit or something.

“I will protect Mika from anything that will harm him and right now... You’re
the very cause of his misery. Maybe I ought to kill you.” Yuu said in such deep
resentment, before slowly drawing his own gun away, turning his gaze to the now
crying blond. “But, I’m not going to.” He would not yield so easily to his own
temptation, no matter how much his heart yearned for it. Because if he did,
then Rene and himself weren’t that much different at all. And he absolutely
would prove that wrong.

“Coward!!” Rene roared loudly, and forcefully re-snatched the gun from Yuu’s
hand while he was distracted, took one last look at the blond whom he had
personally messed up and whispered darkly, “Farewell, Mikaela, my love.”

The next thing they saw and knew was Rene pointing the gun at his own head and
pulling the trigger. Without any hesitation at all.

Bang!

Another gunshot resounded, louder than the first and second one but what
followed after will forever haunt the blond – the sound human body would made
if penetrated with such a penetrative force ass a gunshot – that odd squishy
sound; immediately Yuu covered Mika’s eyes with the palm of his hand as he
hugged the trembling teen from behind. “Don’t look!” His said sternly.

“D-did he-! Oh my god...!” Mika almost gagged as he sharply inhaled air into
his lungs in his pitiful attempt to calm himself from hyperventilating. He
threw up on the floor in the end, and onto Yuu’s hand that was covering his
mouth seconds ago, the mental strain and psychological stress were clearly
taking a toll on him.

“It’s okay, Mika. It’s alright now...” Yuu proceeded in squeezing the trembling
blond into a tight hug, unaffected by the vomit the slightest. His top
priorities right now were Mika's wellbeing and mental state. They had always
been.

“Y-yuu. . . I’m- it’s my fault-! All of it!!” Mika began as he broke down into
the most heart-breaking desperate cries and sobs Yuu had ever heard. His
stomach twisted into a tight knot and Yuu honestly felt as if someone had just
punched him hard in the gut as he stood frozen on the spot, watching the
weeping blond in complete stupor. “I’m so-sorry..! I should’ve-
should’ve...listen-” Mika continued, furiously wiping away his tears and snot
with the back of his hands. Something wet, thicker than water, slowly stained
the front Mika’s shirt. “Blood...? Y-you’re hurt..! All.. be-because of me..!
It’s all... M-my fault!”

“Mika...shh... Don’t be silly...” Yuu crouched down with the blond, removing
his black coat before wrapping it around the half naked blond. After that, Yuu,
ever so gently, brought Mika’s wet hands into his, firmly gripping them as if
to channel some of his strength to the teen. “You did nothing wrong so why do
you need to apologise? If anything, it’s me who should’ve...” His voice grew
lower until it came to an abrupt full stop.

And the wound I received is incomparable to the pain he’d inflicted on you..!
You're experiencing a deeper much more crueler pain than I could ever have
experienced...

The worn out Mika rested his head against Yuu’s chest so the man took it as a
signal that it was alright to touch him without him resisting or rejecting.
Slowly, Yuu brought Mika into a gentle hug, the small-framed blond fitted
perfectly in his arms and Yuu himself was finally able to calm down. “I
apologise for putting you through such a terrifying experience. And I’m sorry
for not coming to save you sooner. I’d wished it had been me being done the
awful things instead of you.”

I don’t have the right to be your bodyguard. You deserve a much, much more
reliable and better one than I.

“...you’re here now... That’s all that matters.” Mika said through muffled
voice from where his mouth was pitted against Yuu’s black suit, now soaking
with blood.

They stayed in each other’s warm embrace, Mika’s loud sobs and heavy breathings
gradually faded and not too long after, replaced by wailing sirens from
multiple police cars that could be well heard from the distance.

I can’t protect you anymore...

                                       *

From Mika’s POV:

I woke up in a bright white room two days later, an IV drip attached to my left
wrist, machines beeping all around me.

And Yuu....

Yuu was nowhere to be found.

He left nothing but a large hole in my heart and an endless loop in my mind.
 
                                       *

Five years later...

“Shit, is it going to rain?” A fair blond with striking royal blue eyes stared
up at the darkened skies, tightening his short ponytail with a black rubber
band. His shift would soon be over in a few minutes, thank god.

Static. His radio, snuggled by his lean waist, picked up a signal and one of
his colleagues from headquarter sent him another location in pursue of a
criminal dealing with drugs.

'Shindo-san, please dispatch to area #60.'

“Eh? What’s the situation?” Mika hurriedly tightened his short ponytail before
jumping in his car and revving the engine up. Just when he thought he could
finally relax. Maybe he’d spoken too soon.

‘A criminal is on the loose! He’s the guy we’ve been searching for – the rapist
and a murderer of a sixteen-year old girl.’

Mika frowned a little, his jaw muscles tensed. “Alright, I’m on my way now!”

‘We’re sending backups now, Shindo-san be careful and don’t do anything
reckless!’

Mika could only scoff at that. What was there to lose anyway? Did he not lose
so much already? The blond hastily turned his radio off and made a sharp U-turn
with his car, remembering to turn the blaring siren on as he sped to the
designated location on his GPS.

                                       *

“Stop, this is the police! Put your hands where I can see them!” Mika bellowed,
directly pointing his handgun towards the suspicious man.

“Tsk! Ya found me, huh?” The man reluctantly lifted both of his arms on air,
afterwards he turned to face Mika, and the first thing that greeted him was a
pair of bloody red eyes like those of his long gone senior, Rene.

At times, that last crazed stare Rene had given before taking his own life on
that unforgettable night would crossed Mika’s mind and his body would
negatively react and unconsciously tremble in fear. His knees gave away and
Mika stumbled backwards, dropping his gun in the process.

The wanted man saw an opportunity and quickly seized it. Taking Mika’s arms by
force, he roughly pushed him against the wall and the blond could only yelp in
pain as soon as his back was met with the gritty surface.

“S-shit...!” He done it now and made the biggest and possibly fatal mistake of
his life. By getting disarmed and pinned to the wall by the killer, he had lost
any upper hand against the man let alone restraining him.

“You know... you’re kinda cute for a man... I don’t mind either way though.”

“Get off me, you fucker!!!” Mika angrily raised his voice, his head was setting
off major alarms but his body did not quite get the message – and he did
nothing to either push the man away or kick his ass – nothing!

Shit, shit, shit!! Move, stupid body! Don’t fucking fail me now!

“Y’know, the more you struggle, the more turned on I get....”

Mika’s face immediately paled.

FUCK NO. HELP ME. SAVE ME. SOMEONE. ANYONE!

.

.

.

YUU!!!

Licking his mouth, the sex offender began unbuckling his own pants and Mika was
already screaming internally out of disgust when something hard and heavy was
flung to the man, hitting him directly on his left cheek. Instantly, that oily
face and greasy hair greeted the cold hard flour, knocking the man senseless
and Mika was freed once more.

“.....!!” Mika stood as still as a statue, out of fright and out of shock from
what had just transpired.

“You’re a magnet for perverts, aren’t you?”
A hand reached for the fallen handcuffs and effortlessly restrained the
unconscious man. The flabbergasted blond did and said nothing, still. “...?”

“You’re welcome.” The unidentified man spoke.

Badump!

Slowly, almost in a slow-motion, Mika shifted his gaze upwards, tilting his
head slightly towards the direction of the oh-so-familiar voice. And his royal
blue eyes widened in disbelief. His heart was beating twice as fast now.

Badump-badump-badump-badump-!

“Y-Yuu. . ?”

Tears threatened to spill but Mika roughly wiped them off and with lightning
speed, he practically jumped on top of the older man, beating the other’s chest
repeatedly. “Yuu, you fucking JERK! Where the HELL were you all this time?! And
who gave you the FUCKING permission to leave me?! You SELFISH prick!”

“O-ouch... wait, wait, wait a sec, o-obocchan! T-timeout..!” The ravenette
pleaded, hacking out some air when Mika lunged at him and they both toppled,
his back slamming hard against the brick wall behind him. His eyes then
travelled downwards, to take a closer look of the blond, who was, as he last
remembered, as stunning as ever. He was taller of course, but his frame stayed
lean and small just like the last time Yuu saw him. His yellow bangs were
noticeably longer, covering his gleaming sapphire eyes a little and Mika gave
off an air of maturity around him. He was legitimately exuding a massive amount
of pheromones, enough to intoxicate anyone who dared standing so close to him.

Yuu’s hand naturally reached out to touch the soft golden strands. “You’ve
grown your hair out, hm?” His green eyes softened as he studied the boy, now
grown into a fine young man in front of him, his heart actually skipped a beat
when their eyes met. It was that strange sensation. Again. It did not fade, not
even as years had passed.

“We finally meet again after five freaking years and those were your first
words to me? Fuck. You.” Mika angrily snapped, his face tilted upwards a little
and Yuu took the chance to kiss him by the lips, silencing him completely.

“Wha-you!” Mika squeaked after he found his voice, all the while blushing madly
before flopping his face into Yuu’s chest. “What did you do that for? You
heartless idiot...”

A pleasant chuckle erupted from the ravenette. “I know.”

“No, seriously. Where the hell were you all this time?” Mika made eye contact
once more, the pink tint on his cheeks subsided a little. The sky blue eyes
shone almost a little to bright for Yuu, demanding answers or truth or simply,
both.

“Redeeming myself...” Yuu calmly said and ended there on a final note-ish, it
was a pretty elusive answer, you could say. Call him a coward but maybe that
was just what he truly was – a coward, when it comes to Mika.

“Then, what about now? Are you back for good?” Mika didn’t bother asking for
the minor details such as where, why, with whom etc. He just need to know what
comes next. What would the man do now?

Yuu smiled at Mika’s straightforwardness. He steeled himself before nodding
slightly. Ah, his hands were shaking.

“Yeah, I’m back for good.”

Mika’s face instantly brightened up upon hearing Yuu’s honest answer. “Then...”

You won’t leave me again..?

“Just, don’t you ever leave my side again!” Mika proceeded in slamming both of
his hands to the wall with Yuu in between, and the dark-haired man almost
jumped from surprise. There it was; the infamous wall-slam or commonly termed
as kabe-don.

“Wow, how masculine~ I’m falling more and more in love with you, Mika!” Yuu
said in a feminine voice as he clasped his hand together, deliberately blinking
his eyes rapidly like a desperate love-struck maiden.

“S-shut up, bastard!!” The blond flippantly retorted. “You’re not allowed to
leave my side ever again. Ever...” He then muttered quietly, bashfully turning
his head away from Yuu.

“And why not?” Yuu jokingly asked, carefully cupping Mika’s face in his hands,
the warmth from the contact slowly seeping through his fingertips.

Mika immediately glared back, rather defiantly. “Because you’re my bodyguard –
it’s your job to protect me!” An evident pout formed on his cursive mouth.

“But, I’m not your bodyguard anymore....” Slowly retracting his hands, Yuu
mumbled in dejection but experienced a brain-rattling shake from Mika soon
after.

“Then, who are you calling obocchan, huh?” He promptly released the man,
jerking his head to the right to avoid those puppy-like eyes that Yuu was
giving.

I have to tell him now. Before he disappears again.

Mika nervously glanced back at Yuu from the corner of his eyes, his whole being
shook from nerves, and it took his everything to even stand properly. His
heartbeat skyrocketed, his vision turned blurry, the steam from his blushing
face felt a bit uncomfortable.

“You can’t leave my side... not when I’m so madly in love with you... T-take
responsibility, dammit!”

Yuu laughed again, his cheery expression remained unchanged even as five long
years had passed. Mika almost teared up in nostalgia. Yuu’s face, voice,
personality, strengths and weaknesses altogether; he had missed all of them so,
so bad.

“Roger that, young master.”

The ravenette cheekily pecked him on the lips for the second time.

“I’ll have you know that you’re so lucky to have a kind and understanding
master like me.” Mika gruffly said as soon as they pulled back from the smooch.

“Yes, yes. An adorable one to boot.” Yuu lightly tapped at Mika’s nose with his
index finger. In that instant, both of them stared right into each other’s
eyes, enthralled just by the presence of the other. Both thinking, ‘how lucky I
am....to have met you again in this lifetime.’

“To be honest, Mika. I, too, had fallen in love with you, but it took me years
to convince myself that I wasn’t mistaken. I’m so sorry for making you wait.”
Yuu finally confessed, hands interlocking with Mika’s. He was sure of it now,
after all those years of separation, his heart was able to reconfirm his own
feelings and Yuu’d do anything to be with the blond hereon after.

“I’ll protect you forever so please, be mine.” The ravenette pulled Mika’s cold
hands to his mouth, offering soft chaste kisses to each one of them.

“For always.” Came the calm reply as Mika shortened the little distance between
them and they kissed, comfortably standing in that position for at least ten
minutes or so – eager to make up for the lost time. This time, they would spent
their lives together, not as a master and a bodyguard, but as lovers.

                                      Fin

 
Chapter End Notes
     So, uh.. any, uh comments? I’m aware the ending is a bit abrupt and
     rushed (wait, this whole chapter is a mess) but it’s the best one my
     rusty brain could come up with. A big thank you to you all for even
     picking up this horrible fic and followed it until the end! And warm
     thanks to those who left me kind and encouraging words, you guys are
     stars! ;_;
     Till another time. Stay toasty! C:
***** From Here On Out, With You *****
Chapter Notes
     Hiya dear readers! As usual, thanks a lot for your continuous support
     and constructive feedback! I feel bad for not including any smexy
     scenes between Yuu and Mika and thus I created this chapter on an
     impulse. Hope you guys enjoy~ <3
Omake: From Here On Out, With You
“Morning, sleepyhead.”

Mika stirred a little, wincing as some streaks of sunlight suddenly greeted his
face, his half lidded eyes trying to adjust to the bright light. Birds were
merrily chirping, the sun was shining brightly and most importantly, someone
was gently stroking his hair.

Wait - Someone was doing what?

The very thought instantly made his eyes pop wide open. “What the heck, did you
just stare at my face all night long?” Mika jokingly asked as he sleepily
rubbed his eyes before shyly covering his face with a pillow when Yuu didn’t
say anything but simply smiled back at him. “Stop doing something so
embarrassing, please...”

A pleasant laugh bounced across his room – no, wait – their room. “I can’t help
it... I missed you, I missed you so much, you know...” Yuu continued, hands
already snaking around Mika’s waist.

“Hmph! Two can play at this game. Not a single day had passed without me
thinking of you, you selfish bastard.” Mika playfully head-butted Yuu’s chest
and they stayed in that cuddling position afterwards. “Happy?”

“Thrilled.” A hand easily slipped through the oversized pastel blue T-shirt he
was wearing and Mika immediately yelped in surprise. “H-hold it right there!!
Where do you think you’re touching, pervert!! I thought you had no sexual
desires before!?” He was legit freaking out because; one – he didn’t go out
with anyone at all after Yuu disappeared and two – this would be his first time
experiencing sex (well, a consensual one anyway).

“What, it’s normal to touch and feel good with the one you love, right?” Yuu
questioned back, arching a smug eyebrow as a reminiscence of the past popped up
on his mind. “And who was it that decidedly attacked me in the bathroom first,
hmm~? Don’t tell me you forgot what happened five years ago?”

“Sneaky little prick.” Mika mumbled begrudgingly, pale cheeks easily turning
red from embarrassment at the very memory. He then boldly pulled Yuu’s hand
deeper under his shirt, giving his lover the most seducing side glance he could
manage. “D-do what you want, pervert-san.”

“Ah, is it bad that I felt rather turned on by that?” Yuu said, scratching his
cheek rather sheepishly.

“You’re hopeless... but wait, what about the preparations..? Just so you know-
! I.. d-don’t have those kind of things here...” Mika reluctantly admitted.
Heck, Yuu should be glad he didn’t because it would’ve been a different meaning
entirely if it was otherwise.

Yuu said nothing, but produced some packets of condoms and a bottle of lube, he
did looked a teeny tiny bit guilty and Mika could only stared at the ravenette
all wide-eyed. Gobsmacked? Yeah. Shocked beyond words? Pretty much. Wanting to
punch Yuu directly to the gut? Hell fucking yeah.

“Y-you dirty old man...” Mika could only refute back as much when Yuu gently
pushed him down on the bed before sneaking a surprise kiss, leaving him no
chance to escape at all. Or then again, maybe he didn’t even want to.

“Old man? Whom you came to love so much anyway, hmm? Though calling me that
might be taking it too far.” The green-eyed man pouted, nuzzling his head close
to Mika’s chest, whose rapid heartbeat could easily be heard from a mile away.
Did he really looked that old now?

“Hitting thirty must be pretty terrifying, huh...” Silence dragged on for two
seconds, “Ouch, did I hit a sensitive nerve?” Mika smugly smiled when he caught
Yuu’s baffled expression.

“Don’t make me bite you.” Yuu playful-aggressively warned as he nipped at
Mika’s pale white neck a little.

“Mhm..but maybe I want you to.” Mika quietly said, sapphire eyes trembling in
delight. Take me. His whole body seemed to say.

Yuu froze for a solid minute and gulped hard, clearly wasn’t ready for Mika’s
adorableness attack. “Don’t mind if I do then.” He lightly pecked at the soft
moist lips before leaving a trail of kisses until he reached Mika’s chest and
began fondling with his nipples.

“Un! N-not there- Yuu..!” Mika cried out, hands desperately clutching around
Yuu instead of pushing him away. “I d-don’t like it t-there!!”

Yuu momentarily halted, green eyes peering at the flushed blond accusingly.
“Don’t like..? Or are you just sensitive?” He didn’t bother hiding his evil,
evil smirk for Mika to see. Somehow, another nasty idea flashed through his
mind. Reaching for the bottle of lube, Yuu poured some of the content on his
hand and carefully slipped into Mika’s boxer.

“Hey-ah?!” The blond shrieked in surprise soon enough as Yuu started wrapping
his hand around Mika’s member. “F-fuck... let go of my d-dick..."

“But, I’ve just touched it..!” Yuu whined like a little child, hand began
pumping at it, much to Mika’s bewilderment.

“D-don’t fuck with me-!”

Yuu snorted, hand still stubbornly pumping and slowly increasing his speed.
“And I’m telling you, I want to do JUST that!” The ravenette retorted, sounding
just like a kid throwing a tantrum.

“I’ll clobber your ass, Yuu if you don’t fucking stop! This is so damn
humiliating..."

I don’t want to admit it but I’m starting to feel good..!

Mika whimpered internally but adamantly put up a tough front.

Yuu ceased any movement, opening his mouth to say something. “Punch me, kick me
or even bite me. Do whatever you want with me, Mika... I’m all yours,
remember?”

Mika stared back for a few moments in complete silence, his blush have yet to
subside. Embracing Yuu and finally finding back his voice, he softly whispered
close to Yuu’s ear in return, “And I’m all yours...”

“Ah, you’re so...” Yuu returned the hug just as tight, taking in all of Mika,
his sweet scent, his trembling fingers and shaky voice – everything. “I love
you. I really do.”

Mika bit back a sob from escaping. There Yuu was again, casually getting him
all emotional just from a cheesy confession, though it was, nonetheless, heart-
warming. Blinking back his tears, the blond purposely pulled Yuu closer,
clumsily kissing him afterwards. “I’m ready... so, just...” Thick eyelashes
quivered, as were those plump red lips.

Something inside Yuu snapped as soon as Mika said that. Sighing with a smile,
Yuu bumped their foreheads together, startling Mika a little. “There goes my
pitiful attempt at self restraining. Well, better prepare yourself, Mika...”
The dark-haired man pulled out his own member from the red boxers he was
wearing, bringing Mika’s and his penises together before rubbing them slowly.

“Hn! Y-yuu...” Mika moaned, clutching at Yuu’s dishevelled T-shirt tighter. “W-
what should I do..? Nn... I don’t k..know..!” What should he be doing in this
situation? He didn’t want to be the only one feeling good but he was clueless
as to what course of action should he take. No matter what had happened in the
past, Yuu was ultimately the first one ever. He was the first one to steal his
heart, the first one Mika confessed to, the first one that reciprocates his
love back and the first one Mika willingly gave his body to. With no such prior
experiences, the blond was at a total loss.

“Just be your adorable self..?” Yuu let out a small chuckle, still grinding
their members together, alongside groaning and panting slightly.

“Don’t call me adora-aah!” Mika was just about to retort when he felt a
tingling sensation on his chest, sending jolts of electricity coursing
throughout his body. Peering down at his chest, the first thing that he saw was
a mop of black hair. Yuu was nibbling at his nipple, fondling and suckling at
it with his hot tongue. When did his pyjama became undone again??

“N-not right there-! I’m... Feeling...weird!”

“You’re getting hard though? As I thought, you like getting your nipples
teased, do you, young master?”

Mika was only half listening, mind too hazy to think and could only slur his
words out. “Emm not..!” He yelped loudly shortly after; a hand was now
wandering low at his rear, something slimy and bony probing at his hole.

“Wh..what are you..?”

“Preparing you?” Yuu said, finger twisting and turning meticulously at Mika’s
butthole. He then explained further, “So it won’t hurt you when I enter you
later."

“Enter..?” Mika’s face contorted into confusion more and more. “How are you
going to-” The blond paused soon after he felt something hard prodding between
his legs.

“With this.” Yuu proudly pulled out his dick for the younger man to see.

A drop of cold sweat rolled down Mika’s right cheek.

“Fuck, no. That’s not gonna fit now, will it?” The blond stared at Yuu’s penis
in disbelief, still. Because, look at that... It’s freaking HUGE!

“Haha~ of course it would. I can guarantee so.” Yuu then smirked as he leaned
closer, “Over the last five years, did only your body grew but not your
courage..? Didn’t expect the proud young master to grow up into just a little
wimp now...”

Mika easily took the bait and was quick to deny Yuu’s words.

“Who says..! I’m not some pathetic wimpy spineless little brat!!”

I didn’t say any of those though... Yuu thought to himself in amusement, too
preoccupied with his inner musings to even realise Mika was suddenly on top of
him, panting, drops of sweat trickling down his smooth skin. “Eh..?"

“You prepared me enough...” The blond impatiently said, positioning his hind
directly on top of Yuu’s rock hard penis, the tip oozing with precum.

“Mi...ka... what are you- ugh!” The raven, albeit flabbergasted at first,
automatically groaned seconds as Mika took hold of his cock with one hand,
bringing it directly to his butthole, and at this point, he too was mewling
like a cat in heat.

“I’m..uh! Helping you out..! F..fuck, it hurts...” Droplets of water hit Yuu’s
face and he looked up to see Mika in tears, his expression pained.

“Hey.. slow down, Mika. I should stretch you out more. Please, don’t force
yourself.” Yuu kindly smiled, halting Mika’s movement with his own hand. He
might appeared calm from the outside but heavens knew how chaotic his emotions
were on the inside. Where did he learn to ride other people anyway? God, he’ll
be the death of me.

“Don’t worry... It hurts.. but... It hurts so good...!” Mika lightly slapped
Yuu’s hand away and proceeded to pressed his lower half down, moaning in
pleasure along the way.

“Kinky.” Yuu barely whispered, groaning aloud as Mika began moving so that his
dick penetrated deeper inside. “But I don’t want anyone else sees you like
this..!”

“Then keep me forever, idiot.” Mika heatedly replied when Yuu grabbed at his
slim waist and he too began thrusting. “You read my mind. I wanna do just that,
m’kay? So don’t you dare leave me...” The ravenette jokingly warned, moving
rhythmically back and forth, hoping to find Mika’s sweet spot.

“A-ah!!” A wanton moan escaped Mika’s lips immediately. And he quickly covered
his mouth with his hand, all the while looking very red in the face.

Ah, found it.

Instead of ramming into it senseless like anyone else would do, Yuu slowed
down, his eyebrows scrunched in concern. “You’re close? But are you alright,
Mika? Does it hurt? Should I stop? Want me to pull out?” He worriedly asked,
carefully positioned Mika onto his lap so that he could pull out of him if he
had to.

“N-no... Ke..keep going..!” Mika urged on, arms wound tightly around Yuu’s
neck, because he wanted the release. He needed it.

“You asked for it... so don’t blame me later on..!” Pushing the blond down
while grabbing at Mika’s chin, Yuu landed the softest kiss the blond had yet to
experience while thrusting his hips as hard.

Mika screamed loudly in exaltation, his raspy moans intermingled with Yuu’s
lips and tongue, which was tackling with his own. “T-there...! Feels.. S-so
good!!”

“Right here..?”

Rousing. Exhilarating. Simply intoxicating.

“Yuu-agh!! I’m..! Cumming!!” Mika’s movements were spastic as he curled his
legs tighter around Yuu’s back, his sweet voice echoed beautifully, tearing the
silence of the room and his pretty face now wet with tears, sweat and saliva.
Even then, he still looked so fucking hot.

“Me too, Mika...” Yuu whispered, sneaking a peck at the blond’s swollen lips,
but he wasn’t stopping, still thrusting his hips back and forth, plunging deep
inside of Mika. “You’re squeezing me... So damn tight-! I’m gonna cum..! Let’s
do it- together...” The raven said between breathless pants and teeth-clenching
groans, a hand slipping into Mika’s unclenched fist and they interlocked
perfectly.

“I love you... I love you so much.” Yuu confessed, messily kissing Mika on the
lips in the process.

Mika involuntarily shuddered at that and before he knew it, both of their
bodies jolted upwards in unison and they let out cries of sheer ecstasy. “Ngh-
AAH!!!”

Laying limp on top of Yuu’s strong chest, Mika sighed in content as he lovingly
stared into those half-lidded emerald eyes. Slender fingers rested on Yuu’s
waist and in the older man gladly return the shy-like hug. Mika stayed quiet
until his breath became even again before opening his mouth to say, “I love you
too, Yuu.”

And that was fucking AWESOME.

They both simultaneously thought at the same time, and stayed in that cuddling
position, enjoying each other’s warmth and presence for a while longer. And
they would continue staying by each other’s side from here on out, until their
very last breaths.

                        END~ (for real this time lmao)

 
 
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