A/N: Takano is not only an assassin, but he will do some other assorted jobs as well with, Yokozawa and Kirishima. They work in a private agency that was originally thought up by, Kirishima's deceased wife ten years back.

This is an alternate universe that involves Takano meeting Ritsu for the first time. Their ages are the same as it is in the manga when they are older. As for Ritsu, he works at Marukawa still but in the Literary department.

Some of the characters will tend to be OOC and please forgive me if I stray away from the Japanese honorifics at times. I was raised differently, but I never strayed away from manners to my elders. I hope you understand.

Hope you enjoy.

I also wish that owned Sekai ichi Hatsukoi. I wish it so badly. Of course if that were true, I wish Takano was real. Because for now I have to pretend to be him for my significant other lol.

On a high rise building, a lone person was on a pent house balcony deck watching for his target to arrive. His eyes continued to scan the building across from him with his high powered binoculars. So far it was just the target's mistress and clueless husband along with some random people. The target was just someone who screwed with the wrong people. With these wrong people, it meant it was time for elimination.

It needed to be done quickly. Needed to be done efficiently. Didn't matter how. The person needed to be erased without it being traced back to who wanted it done. This is where Takano Masamune came in. He was an expert assassin. How he stumbled upon it wasn't a clue to most except to, Masamune himself.

Lifting up his sniper rifle in place of his binoculars, Takano set his sights on the heavy set target. There he was with his wife as he kissed his mistress on the cheek one last time. It will be a clean shot as he squeezed the trigger to fire off the bullet. As it hit that target right between the eyes, Takano didn't even smirk as everyone scrambled around that apartment.

Moving to clean up his evidence, Takano left the pent house. He went to the elevator where he eventually spoke to some high class rich woman on the way down. All the while he was a ghost there. While he himself was a handsome figure, Takano always took every set of precautions to not get caught. This included the button he hit once more to unscramble the security cameras to all the floors.

XX

At home, Takano read a book while his cat Sorata nuzzled against his leg for company. It was the only company that suited him fine. The only company he truly cared about. Sorata wasn't truly demanding of his attention compared to the likes of his friend slash co-worker Yokozawa.

While he was a good friend, he took his friendship a bit too far for his taste. The overbearing protective nature of his that he calls love, always strangled Takano, and drove him to the edge. True they slept together just a few times in the past in college, Takano just did it out of a need to do so. Something he admitted to, Yokozawa so many times before. Now he hoped that his friend would find someone else to latch onto.

After all, love is nothing but a falsehood in his opinion.

Lifting up his glass to his lips to continue drinking, Takano spotted the text on his phone congratulating him on a job well done. At least this wasn't from him. This was from Kirishima. Someone he didn't have any issue with.

His mind suddenly drifted back to love. The only person who actually showed him love was his grandmother. His parents didn't love one another. They certainly didn't love him. His mother never bothered to contact him at all on any special day. He was never important to them.

So love is merely an illusion. He'll have sex with random men and women on each assignment when necessary, but other than that; Love is an illusion. It just doesn't exist.

XX

Wednesday afternoon was a tiresome business. Noticing how he was being hounded by a rather slovenly and crazy type, Takano after he gave a fake name to him. Why he did that was due to the fact of him being a solicitor asking questions. After though, Takano was being followed by him.

He tried to hit him, but the guy seemed more taken in by him. So that halted Takano. He tried to duck him, but the male managed to find him anyhow. Eventually he went into a coffee shop to get an order of coffee. As he glanced at his phone for a text from, Kirishima he heard the name being called just to grab for it, and have another hand touch his.

Feeling a strange sort of feeling rush through his body, Takano looked to the person who touched him just to find himself stricken by such a pure face. This male was certainly an adult, but obviously younger than him just by a bit. The light brown hair appeared silky to the touch, and those eyes were this beautiful green. There didn't seem to be any sort of imperfections to his skin by what was shown on him.

"Oh sorry. You are Ritsu also?"

Takano couldn't form a word for a second as he processed that voice. His eyes did flit around to see that his newly acquired stalker wasn't there. "Actually no, but I did give that name because someone was following me around. He even followed me in here." Pointing to the coffee he ordered, he added, "You also ordered coffee?"

He looked startled at the thought of a stalker. "Actually yes. The coffee at work is terrible so I needed a break." Hearing the woman say his name, Ritsu also grabbed his coffee. "I'm Onodera Ritsu. Nice to meet you."

Seeing him bow in front of him did something to, Takano. "Takano Masamune. Do you wish to have coffee with me before you go back to work?"

"Yes."

So now here he sat across from this man. Takano could already tell the difference between his scent, and the coffee shops. Ritsu quickly became an aphrodisiac for him that he wanted to possess, and that worried him. He listened to this smaller male tell him he was an editor of Marukawa Publishing in the literature department. He told him which authors he is in charge of, and Takano felt himself about to grow hard. The male was enticing in how his words sounded. How his lips moved. How his green eyes sparkled. Takano wanted him.

"Of course I have to put so much into consideration since I have a 6 month old son at home with his grandmother." Ritsu blurted out.

The sound of shattering glass happened inside of Takano's head. Ritsu has a child? So that means he is married. "Oh that's nice." He had to question him about his wife. "What about your wife? I bet she is a smart successful person since she is with you."

To see the sad look overcome, Ritsu had Takano regretting his words. "I-I." He stammered while his head went down a bit. "My wife, An-chan passed away while giving birth to our son. It has just been us ever since."

Outside he remained somber, inside he smiled inside. The wife was a non-issue. "Please accept my condolences then."

"Thank you very much." Ritsu was silent just for a bit before he spoke once more. "What about you? What do you do?"

"I'm just a simple business man that handles financials for banks and such. I enjoy numbers. On my off time, I am often found reading. I don't usually go out much." Takano admitted that much. "I'm usually just wrapped up in my work that I don't have much time for anything personal. Also, I never found anyone I connected to to spend time with."

Ritsu's curious expression was simply adorable on him. Takano visibly had to smirk at him. "So you aren't married or have any close friends?" As soon as those words were blurted out a blush formed on those cheeks. "I'm sorry! That was rude of me."

"That's fine. No I'm not married. I have no children. I have a friend, but he is a pain in the ass at times. He means well, but he is a pain. So I don't spend an awful amount of time with him. I do have a cat though." Takano went into his pocket to pull out his fake business card before taking a pen out. Scribbling his personal number down he slid it over to him. "In all honesty, Ritsu." How he enjoyed saying that name. "I enjoyed spending my break with you. Also those books that you help edit are my favorites. I will often find myself picking them back up again until the next book is published, just to read again."

Accepting the card, Ritsu read it before pocketing it before producing his own. Doing the same for him, Ritsu smiled just a bit. "I'm happy to hear that. Also I can read a book over and over again until it practically falls off its bindings. It is almost shameless."

Suddenly the thought of wanting to see this male without his bindings went through, Takano's mind. Is his skin truly this flawless all over? Does he have a scar somewhere hidden on that body? Also, how does he taste? "Yes I am the same way." It was such a double entendre that Ritsu was too innocent to realize.

When it came for them to part, Takano watched the smaller male wander away back to his job. He enjoyed the way he walked. The way the sun glinted against his hair. Pulling out his business card he'll just have to do some research on him.