Summary: Kanou, thinking that he is forcing Ayase to stay with him, decided to finally let him go. He thinks that it would make his precious lover happy after all, Ayase hates him. Unfortunately, what Kanou thought to make Ayase happy is killing him. Will Ayase be able to stop Kanou from leaving him or will they both forever live in misery and misunderstanding?

Author's note: I just want to tell the world how happy I am at seeing that FINALLY there is a section for Okane ga nai fanfics. Thank you so much.

Warning: Yaoi (boy x boy relationship). Please leave if you are in doubt of your openness to same sex love relationship.

Disclaimer: I do not own Okane ga nai.

Chapter 1: The Unwanted Phone Call

Rrrring……rrringgg……

Ayase looked at the caller I.D…..

It is coming from Kanou-san's office……

The blond boy enthusiastically picked up the phone but to his dismay it is not his lover who is calling but

"Ayase-san, Kanou shachou wants me to tell you that he wouldn't be coming home for the next five days."

"Kuba-san, doshite, what do you mean by that?" He can't help but sound so broken while talking to the older man.

"Ayase-san, uhm…Kanou shachou has a lot of things on his mind now, aaah ahh I mean, he has a lot of things to do here in the office. You know, meetings here and there." Kuba sweat dropped as he saw his boss eyed him heatedly as if saying Say one more word not in the script and you're gonna get it.

"Kuba-san, let me talk to Kanou-san, I know he is there, I wouldn't be surprised if he's right there beside you, onegai, please let me talk to him, why is he hiding from me? He hasn't come home for the past two weeks!!!!Please, Kuba-san, I'm begging you. I don't even know where he sleeps nowadays."

"Nnno he can't ahh I mean he's not here," Misao Kuba was starting to find it hard to choose between complying to either his boss' wishes or to the broken boy's on the other line. Shoot, Misao, calm down, you will lose your job if you don't do as shachou says.

"Wwwhat did I do, Kuba-san to make him avoid me?

"Listen, he told me, that is, before he left that your needs be still supplied. You will be brought to school at exactly 7 30 in the morning and you will be fetched at around 4 30. Starting from now on, you don't have to ask permission from shachou whenever you want to go out with your classmates at school. He just requests that you let your body guards accompany you when you decided to go home."

"Wwwhat I don't get all of this? Again, my question was why is he avoiding me? Why can't he tell me all of this straight to my face?" He wasn't usually this rude when talking to somebody else but he just can't help acting upon his instincts.

"That is all, Ayase-san, have a nice day." Kuba was struggling keeping his voice as neutral as possible. He can't afford to give into the boy's cries.

Ayase broke into sobs, "Matte, wait, does he not love anymore?"

"Gomen, I'm sorry, Ayase, I can't answer any of your questions. I am simply doing my work."

"Hhai, I understand, please tell him I miss him."

"Yyes, I will."

Click…..

"You've done a great job, Misao Kuba. You and your brother will receive a raise starting from now on" Kanou was staring out the window, sighing as he says his next words, "How is he? Is he doing well?"

"Shachou, you heard him, he sounds so…" Misao was choosing his words carefully, afraid of angering his boss any further. For the past two weeks, his boss was having a fit every now and then despite the fact the good news that their company grew significantly larger from the past year.

"It's okay, tell me. I wouldn't blame you if you say that I'm the jerk here."

Seeing his shachou so humbled and so broken, Misao couldn't help but bow his head so low, "Boss, he feels really distress about this whole ordeal, but I promise I will not betray your trust and support you all the way even though you wouldn't increase our salary. I'm sure my brother thinks the same."

"My brother's right, we will try our best to guard Ayase and keep your location a mystery as much as we can," Kuba Homare finally voiced out his sentiments for he too, can't stand seeing his shachou like this.

"Thank you so much, you guys don't have any idea how your words brighten up my day." Kanou smiled at the two men in front of him, "you guys are dismiss and don't come in until I tell you, understood?" His face then went back to their usual coldness.

The two men then left the president's room silently.

"Ayase, I hope that you'd be happy with my decision. I simply want you to be happy and I would prove that to you by giving up my own happiness---by leaving you. I love you so much and I can't stand seeing you suffering anymore because of me."

10: 00 pm…

Ayase woke up from a terrible nightmare, getting terribly depressed at seeing his lover not by his side for the 15th night. Preventing himself from crying, he forced himself out of bed, determined to pay a visit to his lover, hoping to settle things once and for all.

One thing he didn't know is that things wouldn't be as easy as he thought…..and things aren't showing any signs of getting better any time soon.

A/N: Comments or suggestions? I would like to hear from you guys. Hope this chapter sparks your interest in reading more. I would pay close attention to all of the reviews. Homophobic reviews are gladly NOT entertained.