Hi! This story existed thanks to Kta who gave me motivation to finally write it. I still can't believe how a comment could spark a plot and spur me to write it.

It is a direct continuation of 'Intoxicated and Enraptured'. The story is divided into two parts; the second chapter would be the explicit content.

This story is barely edited and the characters might be OOC. I'm also not a native English speaker, so sorry for all the grammar mistakes and unusual phrasings. Comments, as usual, are highly anticipated and much appreciated! Thanks!

The air was warm and flowers bloomed everywhere, winter's ice had melted completely. School has started again and Mob's and Ritsu's schedule were filled again with writing papers, studying, and club's activities. A couple of weeks had passed since Mob and Reigen were officially dating and the two of them took turns going to each other places. Aside from that, nothing was different among the three of them—Reigen didn't show any romantic gestures, Mob was content with their relationship as it was, and Ritsu didn't feel the pressure of being the third wheel when they hang out together. Though, that didn't mean the situation did not suffocate Ritsu. As much as everything stayed the same, it was a fact that his brother and Reigen was together now—Reigen no longer slept on the sofa but with Mob, there was a different smile that plastered their faces when they saw each other, and it wasn't much, but Ritsu noticed that their touches lingered longer than they used to—and it devastated Ritsu.

When a senior of his asked him out to drink, Ritsu eagerly said yes. As a proper student and an underage he was, Ritsu never had a single drop of alcohol (except the time when he accidentally swigged Reigen's sake) and didn't show any interest in it. But he was heartbroken, his heart ached constantly, and Ritsu just wanted a moment of oblivion from his wretched feelings.

He downed his sorrow with beers and hard liquors, glasses pushed into his hand as his seniors and friends cheered.

There was a loud thud on the front door and Mob turned his head from the TV to the door. He could hear rattling noises as if someone tried to open the door, and Mob assumed it was Ritsu so he went back to the TV. But when five minutes had passed and the noises had stopped, Mob walked up to the door to see what took Ritsu so long.

Upon opening the door, a strong smell of alcohol quickly filled Mob's nose. He scrunched his face and looked onward to see a rumpled Ritsu slumped against the wall.

"Ritsu? Are you drunk?" he called tentatively before reaching out to help his little brother stand. Ritsu wobbled a little but Mob managed to drag him inside, questioning what had made his disciplined brother to break the rule. As soon as the door closed, Ritsu threw off his shoes and leaned on the hallway wall, somehow having trouble catching up his breath after doing such a mundane thing, the prickling smell of alcohol permeating his surroundings. "Are you okay?" Mob asked worriedly, 'I've never seen him drunk before…'

Ritsu took off his jacket and unbuttoned his shirt before he finally broke the silence. "I'm sorry… I'm sorry…" he slurred, grabbing tightly on Mob's pajama.

"Ritsu…?" Mob was honestly confused because his brother was clutching at him desperately—whose entire body seemed to be screaming of exhaustion—mumbling 'sorry' and repeating it over and over again.

"Nii-san, I'm so sorry… I know... I know I had no chance—this is only one-sided... but it still hurt... why does it hurt so much?" he slurred with tears brimming in his eyes, looking into Mob's eyes in search for an answer, but the only thing reflected in Mob's eyes were confusion and concern. He didn't understand what Ritsu was talking about, worried if his brother had kept a problem bottled up, knowing it must've been serious because of how desperate his voice was.

"What happened, Ritsu? What's wrong?" Mob asked quietly.

Ritsu's tears fell, "This is wrong, it wasn't supposed to happen and I-I couldn't deny it—reject it, get rid of it!" he shouted harshly, his regrets bubbling out and Mob sat there trying to connect it all. "I'm sorry Nii-san, but it's so painful… I wish that I'm okay with this, but I can't—it's hard seeing the two of you together... He looked so happy with you…" Ritsu sobbed on Mob's shoulder as he clutched his pained heart, head hung low and cried.

And it finally clicked in Mob's mind. 'Ritsu is in love with Shishou, too…?'

"I've tried so hard to let him go… I love both of you and I'm happy for you, Nii-san, but I couldn't control it. Everything was falling apart and I don't know what to feel! I'm glad... and yet I'm angry—I'm envious, I'm regretful and I'm so ashamed for even thinking of having him..." Ritsu winced, "It just… it hurts so much…" the look of utter despair on Ritsu's usual lax face hurt Mob. He had been so oblivious to his brother's feelings—to his pain.

"It just won't go away… I hate it—this feeling is slowly driving me crazy!" Ritsu choked, tormented with his own impure feelings, all the more so to the man that belonged to his brother and it slowly tore him apart. He wept and Mob hugged him, guilt-ridden. "I'm so sorry, Nii-san."

"I'm sorry, too, Ritsu... I didn't realize..." Mob sniffled as he held Ritsu, disappointed in himself for being such a bad brother, gushing about his adoration of Reigen to Ritsu who felt the same. His little brother never looked uncomfortable but was it just Mob's imagination? Did he just didn't see Ritsu's expression because he was too busy talking? Mob kept imagining how Ritsu must've felt all this time, especially when he saw the two of them in the aftermath of their drunk-sex and Mob understood now—the hostility, the underlying tension... it was because Ritsu was heartbroken.

And his ignorance had pushed Ritsu to the edge. Again.

Mob pulled back from his younger brother who was so much more mature than him, so mindful of everything. He cupped Ritsu's face, his own tears falling down, "I'm sorry, Ritsu. I'm sorry for being such a stupid brother," he let out shakily, painfully aware that he had taken him for granted.

"I'm so sorry..."

Ritsu woke up in his room, still in yesterday's clothes and reeked of alcohol. He remembered his senior had urged him to drink his pain away, despite not knowing the reason why, and Ritsu conceded. There was a bottle of sports drink on his nightstand that he downed quickly before he went to the bathroom and took a refreshing shower.

After the cold shower, Ritsu relaxed himself as he walked slowly to the kitchen, his bare feet thudding softly on the floor. He saw that breakfast was ready and Mob had just put the last dish on the table.

"Morning, Nii-san," Ritsu greeted him with a small smile. "Sorry that I drank last night, I was invited and I'm about to turn twenty in a few months anyway."

"It's fine, Ritsu, I don't mind. How much did you drink?" Mob asked, his inexpressive face cracked a little with a small huff of amusement.

"Enough to forget the number," Ritsu answered before his smile faltered. Mob didn't say anything to that and there was silence between them.

He was about to speak, but Mob beat him to it, "We need to talk about last night, don't we?" and his eyes were locked with Ritsu's, his flat countenance was one of nervousness, Ritsu had noticed.

"Yeah," Ritsu nodded, "We do." He couldn't run from this anymore, nevertheless.

"After breakfast?"

"After breakfast."

The two of them then proceed to have one of the most awkward breakfast time they ever had, including the time when they were six and five years old, respectively, and Mob kept spilling his food while his younger brother didn't even misplace a grain of rice. Mob was so embarrassed at the time and Ritsu was uncomfortable with their mother's scolding and comparing the two's manners.

This time, though, while the both of them had tried to fill the silence with small talks, the mood always quickly dropped and silence would befall them. They finally let the odd silence lingered and finished their food. After they put away everything and sat on the sofa, the tension was a tad bit high and both of them had no idea how to start the difficult topic.

'All or nothing now...' Ritsu steeled himself before he spoke.

"Nii-san," Mob looked up to see Ritsu, there was a sad smile on his face, "I'm sorry about last night. You weren't supposed to know and I shouldn't have put you through all of that, I was drunk and I—"

"No, Ritsu," Mob interrupted him and put his hand up, feeling guilty with each brave words that his brother had said. "I'm glad I know now, and I'm sorry, too, for not noticing it. We've always been together and I just didn't see it. I'm sorry you had to endure it all because of your useless brother..."

Ritsu grabbed Mob's arm, "Nii-san, I'm... I..." but he couldn't say anything comforting to him. There was nothing he could say, not when everything Mob said was true, except, "It's not your fault, Nii-san, and you're not useless…"

This time, Mob's face contorted in pain, but he didn't say anything. They looked at each other in silence.

"You're a sad drunk, Ritsu," Mob's tone lightened up considerably and the stiff atmosphere from before was gone. Ritsu's face heated up at the reminder of his honest babbling last night, the memories uncharacteristically burnt to his brain. "And so, do you really love him? Reigen-shishou?"

Ritsu panicked slightly as redness spread from his cheeks to his ears. He took a breath to calm himself before shakily let out, "Yea-Yeah, I do. I love Reigen-san," he said with certainty, a soft smile appearing unintentionally at the thought of the older man.

Mob smiled at the sight. He understood perfectly how lovable his master was and Ritsu looked so serene as he thought of the fake psychic. The ugly feelings Mob had expected to show up when he heard the confirmation from Ritsu—betrayal, jealousy, anger, distrust—didn't appear, and all that he felt for his brother was understanding, affection, and appreciation. It was weird and unusual and unnerving but Mob just didn't care about that, he wanted his brother to be happy.

Ritsu suddenly was pulled back into reality. He remembered that he just had told his older brother that he loved his brother's lover and he paled. He hesitantly took a peek at Mob, expecting a furious or a disgusted face staring back at him, but there was only smile on Mob's face, the sincere kind.

"Ni-Nii-san...?" Ritsu was absolutely befuddled. "Are you—not... mad?"

Mob's smile widened a bit. "I'm fine with it, Ritsu." Ritsu's mouth went slack in surprise. "You're so kind for keeping it all to yourself, so much so that it hurts you. I admire you, but I also want you to be happy and you deserve it." Mob stopped for a moment while Ritsu waited in suspense.

"Nii-san?" the younger brother called when Mob looked like he dazed out of the conversation. He blinked before he stared back at Ritsu.

"As much as I wanted to monopolize Reigen-shishou, I don't mind sharing him with you, Ritsu," Mob remarked calmly. Ritsu, on the other hand, was shocked beyond belief.

"Wh-what?! What are you saying, Nii-san! N-No! I'm not going to interfere! No way!" he spluttered. Beads of sweat appearing on his face as Ritsu physically pulled back from his brother.

"Don't you want to at least have a chance to tell Shishou of your feelings?" Mob tilted his head, confused. "The final decision is in Shishou's hand, but I'm fine with it as long as Shishou's okay with it."

Ritsu's mind completely went into overdrive. All kinds of thoughts were jumbled up inside, Ritsu couldn't even decide what to think. 'Me? With Reigen-san? Wait, Nii-san's okay with it? Huh? Will Reigen-san be okay with it, though? Ah, I have to confess to him? W-wait... what does he mean when he said 'okay with it'? Are we going to be in a relationship? Nii-san, Reigen-san and me? What is happening?'

Mob could literally saw the spinning eyes on Ritsu's face. It was both amusing and unusual with his serious brother. "Ritsu, it's up to you,"

"Huh?"

"Whether you want to confront Shishou with this or not, it's up to you." Mob clarified. "You're brokenhearted—enduring it—but you're not in the wrong here. You deserve to be happy, too, Ritsu, because the two of you are my most precious persons."

Acceptance from his brother meant a lot to him. Without his knowledge, tears fell from Ritsu's widened eyes. "Is it really okay... for me to tell Reigen-san that... I like him?" he sniffed and wiped away the stray tears. Hope blossomed in his chest at the chance of unburdening himself from this constricting affection, regardless of Reigen's answer.

"Yes, Ritsu, it's okay." Mob smiled, putting every worry and doubt to rest.

Ritsu instantly sagged against his brother in relief, lips uttering words of gratitude.

"Shishou, are you free this weekend? Can Ritsu and I sleep over?"

"I am. Why? Aren't I suppose to go there? Did something happen?"

"No! No, nothing happened. We just want to visit you. Do you mind?"

"Nah, It's fine, I thought you guys are in trouble or something. Are you taking the morning train or the afternoon one? Maybe we could meet up at the station and I'll treat you guys to some food?"

"We're taking the afternoon one. Thank you, Shishou, we'll wait for you at the station, then."

"Call me when you're about to arrive, okay?"

"Okay, Shishou. See you,"

"Yeah, see you."

Reigen recalled the phone call he had a few days ago, still worrying over the reason of the sudden visit as he walked to the train station. He waited near the exit door, wondering if Mob had kept something from him. The thoughts soon were forgotten when he heard someone calling his name.

"Reigen-san," he looked up to meet the eyes of the spiky haired guy, the bowl-haired brother stood beside him.

"Yo! Ritsu, Mob," Reigen greeted them, a grin formed on his face.

"Did you wait long, Shishou?" Mob asked softly.

"No, no, I just got here. Shall we get going then?" Reigen started to walk out with the two of them on his sides. "What do you want to eat? This Reigen Arataka will treat you kids!" he pointed to himself with his thumbs.

"Did you get a high-paying job, Reigen-san?"

"Haha, of course! I did a simple consultation but the client was so thankful that he gave me more than the standard fee."

"He must've been really relieved, then, Shishou. It wasn't a spirit, though, was it?"

"No, it was just the usual sore muscle. But forget about the job, what do you guys want to eat?" Reigen waved dismissively.

"I'm in a mood for some coffee pudding," Mob casually remarked.

"That's not food." Reigen chastised.

"I don't mind sweet stuff," Ritsu added.

Reigen sighed, shaking his head a little, exasperatedly. "You two... Let's just go to a family restaurant, you can choose whatever you want."

A moment later, the three walked into a nearby restaurant, eating their ordered food while talking about unimportant stuff. They spent the day visiting shopping district (buying groceries for the added people) and spent an hour or so competing in the arcade. By the time they got to Reigen's apartment, the sun has set and the sky was dark.

After they had dinner and had their baths, the three of them were lounging off in front of the TV, the small apartment felt full with three adults in it.

"Shishou, uh... can we talk?" Mob said, a bit suddenly, catching Reigen off guard.

"Huh?"

"There's something I need to tell you," this time, Ritsu spoke up, tone awfully formal. Reigen sat up straight and muted the TV, then, sensing the anxious atmosphere.

"Wh-what is it...?" all the bad thoughts he had before came back, the what-ifs scenarios of the two of them in trouble.

"No, no! It's not a bad thing, Reigen-san. You don't need to be so wary," Ritsu quickly added. Reigen relaxed minutely, yet still intend to focus on listening.

Ritsu glanced at his brother, asking permission. Mob nodded in response while Reigen watched the whole thing curiously.

"I know that you're in a relationship with Nii-san," Ritsu started and Reigen focused on him. "...and I'm happy for the two of you, really, I want to be happy for the both of you, but it's not that easy for me," Ritsu uttered solemnly. Reigen quickly panicked in thinking that Ritsu didn't accept him—didn't want him to date Mob—and somehow Ritsu could read that in Reigen's freaked expression. "It's not that I don't accept you or anything, Reigen-san," he assured, "it's not because of things like that. I couldn't really be happy for you because I... in every sense of the word, am in love with you. And it hurts holding it in, all the more so when I see you two together."

"...What?" Reigen asked dumbly. 'What did I just hear?' His brain was fried.

Ritsu looked at him straight, conveying the truth of his words, "I like you—I love you, Reigen-san. I didn't know how it happened, but one day I just realized that I like you, and I've loved you ever since." He explained slowly, making sure that the older man heard him clearly whereas the psychic brother listened closely. "But I couldn't really act on it, could I? Nii-san also loves you and I don't deserve to do anything about it, not when I had misjudged you for so long—Nii-san had always understood you better than I ever could, so how could I come in between the two of you? I have no right and I tried so hard to ignore this feeling but it just won't go."

Reigen was shocked, he really didn't expect the talk to go this way—his head just couldn't wrap around the idea that Ritsu loved him. It slowly sank in as Ritsu kept talking, the feelings were successfully conveyed and Reigen realized that he had unwittingly put Ritsu in a difficult position when he and Mob got together.

Reigen swallowed the lump in his throat, "Ritsu... I-I don't know what to say..." Reigen's specialty might've been conversation, but this was an unknown territory and Reigen never experienced this kind of thing. "You—you love me? All this time? Mob, did you know about this?" he turned to face his quiet lover.

"I just found out about it, too. And I told him to tell you about his feelings," Mob admitted and Reigen was confused. "Shishou, I love you and I understand Ritsu's feelings. He's my brother, I want him to be happy—I don't want him to hold himself back again for my sake." Mob moved closer to him, touching his forearm lightly, "I want all of us to be happy, so I told him I'm okay with a three-way relationship as long as you are."

"What?" Surprised at the term, Reigen blinked. Twice.

"You know, three persons in a mutual relationship? You date the two of us?" Cocking his head to the side, Mob explained simply. Reigen was speechless, he wanted to ask a lot of things, starting with how Mob knew that expression, but nothing came out of his gaping mouth. He shook his head to ignore the surreal situation he was in and Mob only looked at him quizzically.

"Since Nii-san was willing to share..." Ritsu chimed in, "...I want to at least tell you how I feel, Reigen-san. I understand that you don't like me like that, but will you accept my feelings? Do you—are you willing to try...?"

And once again, Reigen didn't know what to say or to do. He totally didn't anticipate this kind of conversation to ever happen in his life, he didn't even ever dreamed it. He was already in a relationship with Mob—whatever he chose to say would affect all of them, so he need to made sure of everything.

"…Are you really okay with this, Mob?" Reigen turned towards the psychic.

Mob nodded with a small smile, "Yes. I'd like you to give it a chance, Shishou,"

But even though the older brother had given his consent, it didn't mean that Reigen could make a decision. There was a lot to consider and Reigen wanted to seriously think the through.

"Reigen-san," Ritsu noticed his hesitation and move forward to the older man, "I'm seriously in love with you. I understand this is a lot to take in, but I want you to know that I'm serious." He cupped Reigen's face, gently tilted it upward as he leaned in closer. He gave the man a chance if he wanted to pull away—if he didn't want this—but Reigen didn't pull back and instead closed his eyes, letting their lips met in a soft kiss.

After a few lingering moments, Ritsu pulled back, their soft pants mingling together. He eyed the blond in worry and said man was smiling at the youngest male, the kiss was beyond his imagination.

Ritsu let out a relieved sigh and smiled back. "Whatever you decide, I'll respect it."

Hearing his confession, Reigen's heart swelled at the sincerity of Ritsu's feelings. He loved Ritsu, but his feelings for the younger brother were not yet to that level and Reigen feared he may instead end up hurting both brothers.

He started in a low voice, "Are you really okay with this, Ritsu? Are you okay with me? Like I said to Mob before, you are young and popular and you can have anyone you want, Ritsu," Reigen chuckled remembering the pushy woman at the Christmas party. "...I'm an old man, you're nineteen and I'm thirty-two, it's a big gap. You two only had a one-year difference and yet fifteen-year gap sounded a lot more serious than fourteen-year gap..." Reigen babbled, confusing himself as he thought about age and numbers and it dawned on him, 'Holy moly, freakin' Ritsu just kissed me.'

Reigen's mind was not the only one that was in a state of disarray. Even though it was for a different reason, Ritsu's head was also working in full gear, trying to come up with what to say. Reigen decided to continue talking,

"You understand why I need you to be sure, right, Ritsu, Mob?" He looked at the two of them; Ritsu was silent still but Mob raised his hidden-by-the-bangs eyebrows. "Ritsu, your feelings for me are much stronger than mine to you. You need to consider that. Not only that, there's a lot of things you're going to deal with in this relationship—the one-sided feelings, having me as a much older partner, sharing and everything in between. We're not on equal footing and I hate to impose such burden on you, kid." Reigen ended, stressing the difference in their age.

Mob opened his mouth in a silent understand. 'Ah, that's why,' and he understood that Ritsu's feelings will overwhelm Reigen's and that must've been something that his master wanted to properly consider. Though with all the disadvantages that he had listed, even with Reigen's rational reasoning, Mob already knew the outcome—Ritsu was a stubborn and strong-minded person.

"I understand, but even though I haven't loved you as long as Nii-san did, my feelings for you is as real and as strong as his. I spent so long hating you and I don't know how it all changed but it did anyway." They shared a look and Reigen was sure that he wouldn't be able to deny the taller male. "I'm serious about you, and I'd like to try to have a relationship with you, Reigen-san, even with all the complications. I'm sure you'll fall for me in the end." Ritsu gave Reigen a cocky smirk that was way too sexy on the handsome face. Reigen's face was a light shade of red and he stammered out nonsense.

Mob chuckled lightly, always happy to see his master panicking over trivial things. He more or less gathered that Reigen wasn't well-versed in love matters—judging from the few story of his past, of his parents. From how Mob never saw his master with anyone other than the people in the office, no dates, no flirty remarks all the time he worked there. Most importantly, Mob understood from the man's carelessness with his own life, how Reigen undermined his own existence and always put Mob, Ritsu—everyone else above his own life. It saddened Mob and he wanted Reigen to feel loved, to know that there are people who cherished him dearly, that both Mob and Ritsu treasured him greatly, wanting to shower him with love and appreciation.

"How about it, Reigen-san? Will you accept me?" Ritsu questioned with an unsettling smile.

Reigen looked at Mob again, but the answer was the same: he only gave a small smile, letting Reigen know whatever he decided he was okay with them.

Reigen licked his lips nervously. "Okay... yeah, if you'll have me, Ritsu. I'm new to this so I might unintentionally hurt you and in that case, you need to tell me, okay?" Reigen formally answered. Ritsu chuckled and nodded as he grabbed Reigen smoothly and gave the man another tender kiss, one filled with overflowed happiness.

As long as his brother and Reigen could accept someone like him, then everything else didn't matter.

A/N:

A bit of clarification: the sentence 'And his ignorance had pushed Ritsu to the edge. Again.' was referring to Mob unawareness of Ritsu's real feelings in the manga chapter 30/anime episode 8.

Hopefully it was good enough...? I kept thinking that I missed something but oh well... Thank you for reading it!