"Sensei…! Please forgive me!" Soubi burst into his former teacher's rooms unannounced and gave Ritsu a desperate look. It was the first glint of Soubi's eyes Ritsu had seen in a long time. Why had they been separated for so long?
"Forgive?" Ritsu played innocent. "What's this about, Soubi-kun?" Soubi had done many things wrongly, he was going to have to beg for Ritsu's forgiveness many times. He had been such a bad boy.
Soubi strode over to Ritsu's familiar desk and placed both hands on the surface, looking determined. "For ignoring my benefactor, Ritsu-sensei." He began reciting his wrong doings. "For having followed Aoyagi Seimei and his younger brother." Soubi gave in, things had truly not worked out without his teacher. "…I was wrong about everything. From now on, I'll live with Sensei, just the two of us." His statement was rather bold and Soubi wondered how Ritsu would respond.
He knew the moment was fragile and couldn't let the chance slip. It wasn't the right moment to reprimand Soubi for a little slip up in behavior. Ritsu's heart was being relieved of years of pressure. "Is that so…?" he began calmly. Ritsu had to keep himself from being too rash, he needed to make sure Soubi wouldn't run off before he was completely back in his control. Ritsu would try to offer Soubi exactly what he thought Soubi wanted. "Well, I always knew that someday you would come back. Now, come here."
Soubi looked at him expectantly, hoping for something and wondering if that was what Ritsu had to offer.
"I'll hold you."
"No." It wasn't what Soubi had in mind, not just yet. His ways had been driven into him so hard in the past. "… Before that, punishment. Give me punishment." He was demanding it firmly, he needed it in order to move on.
"Hm." A cruel smile curled its way onto Ritsu's face. "Are you asking me to use the whip again? Very well. I'll make you forget. I'll make you forget about Aoyagi Seimei, about his brother…" Ritsu was determined, he could beat it all out of Soubi, it would be so simple. They could start anew again. He just had to blank Soubi's experiences.
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When his whip hit Soubi's back in repetition, Ritsu found himself thinking back to the future. Already Soubi was an adult, but the days of his past seemed to be overlapping with the current times. Soubi would always be the same, Ritsu had never lost him. The boy, now the man, before him sweating as he fought back screams of pain, he would always be constant. Soubi's bare back, arched like a bow before him, it would never not be his. Ritsu had left a permanent mark on Soubi's life, Soubi would always come back.
Even if he was definitely there in Ritsu's life, Ritsu sorely missed those soft, lovely ears and Soubi's beautiful tail as it wrapped instinctively around his teacher's wrists. Ritsu missed their steamy nights together. He could do without the ears and tail. But now that he had Soubi once again, he needed him.
Soubi wasn't the least bit hesitant to be led to Ritsu's bedroom once the beating, the lesson, was done. He was ready, Soubi wanted it now. He wanted his life with Sensei again. He always would. They would always bother enjoy as Soubi's back arched for the second time that night, as he screamed in pain and in pleasure. Soubi had never left his Sensei. He never would.
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Plans for the future. I suppose it's unnecessary for you lot to even look at this. It is rather private, but what can it hurt to share what it truly going to be fate. Besides, the students don't have internet access so it's hardly dangerous to me.
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