I went straight back home after work. It's late and I'm tired. Sure being the chief of the Ayanagi Criminal Affairs Department Police had its perks—good salary, a car and a decent office too, but oh Boy…was this job a head ache. Especially since the big murder case came. Since then I can't even get a decent sleep with the investigation going on.

Huh...finally at the door.

I often wonder why I even decided to enter into the police force instead of continuing my career in boxing, still undefeated since my retirement. Though, everyday, without fail, I find my answer.

"Mmm…Aki?...You're home! How was work?"

I sighed in response and sat on the couch. I'm tired and hungry. Closing my eyes I took one deep breath and tried to exhale my stress away. Suddenly I felt her slender arms fall from my shoulder and hugged me from behind.

"Well I'm proud of you, Aki." She whispered in her sweet voice. Somehow her voice always manages to rejuvenate me, no matter how tired I am.

Being a man of action that I am, I turned my head towards her and lean in for a kiss on her supple lips. But before our lips could meet she blocked my attempt with her hand.

"I made curry, you should eat first. You look like you haven't had dinner yet." She made the cutest smile.

Every since this big murder case, I always get this feeling that Aki wants to eat me or something. He's always been busy ever since that big murder case that he's been assigned on. He comes home really late and leaves really early. I hardly see him anymore. That's why recently; I've been staying out late waiting for him also to make sure he eats dinner. His Protein Bar is not a meal; I've scolded him thousands of times.

It was quiet. All I could hear was the sound made from Aki's eating. I had to break this silence it's weird. "I talked to Yukari today." Finally breaking the silence, "She told me that she'll be planning aparty for her little boy sometime next week. He's turning 3 after all." I doubt Yukari will be able to pull it off though. She's been really busy with her career and her little boy. To top it all off, Minato's out of the country for a month because of work. Whenever I call her she keeps on complaining how busy she is and how she's like to have her old stress free high school life back, even if we were fighting shadows back then. But whenever the conversation came to her son, she gets all rejuvenated and happy almost as if she wasn't complaining just a while ago. "You know he looks just like Yukari except with blue eyes." I wonder how our child would look like? I want a kid too.

"Minako?" He looked at me. He looked serious. "Do you want us to start a family?" Akihiko's becoming sharper every day. He's no longer the clueless teenager her was during high school. In fact, he's the opposite of what he was before.

I searched for words to say. I didn't think even he would be able to read this. YES! That's all I could think of actually and just when I was about to say it. A pair of lips came into contact with mine. It was Akihiko's. His hands were around me before I knew it. I couldn't help but respond to his kiss.

"I'll take that as a 'yes'" he gave me that shrewd look of his. His hands tightened its grip on my waist. We were both on each other's skins if it weren't for our clothes.

" W-wait!" I don't want to do this NOW. "You have work tomorrow." I tried to reason with him. He really had work tomorrow and he had to go to work early.

He gave me that 'are you really going to bring it up' look and I responded with my 'yes' look. After getting the message he loosened his grip and searched for his pocket. He took out his cell phone and called a number. I heard a sleepish 'hello' from the other line. "Hey, I'll be late tomorrow. So I'll leave the morning investigation to you. If there are any papers that needs taking care for just leave it in my office." With that he dropped the phone just before the man from the other line could respond and placed it on the nearby table "What else?" He asked me getting the 'there's something else' look that was apparent in my face.

"I'm tired." I said stubbornly. He had me wait for him until 1 in the morning. I lost some sleep so I'm tired.

Just when I thought I won. I noticed that his grip was tighter now. And he leaned his head close to mine to the point that I could already feel his breath through his nose. "Well you don't have to do anything." He held my cheek with his grey eyes locked on mine "I love you, Minako."I always lose when he uses that card. Damn his sexy voice.

Sex with Akihiko was different this time. He was both sweet yet rough. It's like he pulls off all of the stops this time. I got into positions that I couldn't imagine myself pulling off. Some of it really hurt though but Aki said that it's for the kid, yea right. I was a victim of a man with unresolved stress. He somehow converted his piled up stress to stamina because I can't remember how many times we did it. We'd stop for a while after each one then continue for another round. It almost seemed like a boxing match. I just hope the neighbors didn't notice the noise we made. Our moans and heavy breathing was as loud as a concert with just the two of us.

Akihiko woke up really late that morning. He got to work about 1 in the afternoon. As usual, he got home late and as I smiled and saw him eat he complained how he had so many paper works when he got there. With this I thought that he'd lay low on our secret mission. I was very wrong.

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