"Oh God YES!" Rin yells, lying on his bed. In his hands he holds a package with a piece of candy enclosed in its plastic prison, just begging to be released. But this is not just any candy, its super-awesome-sugar-rainbow-candy! He had ordered it months ago and it just now arrived, the messenger having left it in his room on his bed like a lover waiting.
For a moment he savors the excitement washing over him, then slowly he removes the packaging that encloses it. Tossing the wrapper onto the floor with piles of other candy wrappers. It was...beautiful! He puts the lolly to his lips, giving it one lick just to get the taste. Pure sugar with a hint of orange flavoring and colored in a spectacular rainbow on a light blue stem, it was a sight to see indeed.
He shoves it into his mouth then folds his free hand underneath his head as he stares vacantly at his ceiling, enjoying the rush the sugar gives his blood stream.
"This must be what heaven feels like." He thinks to himself, his cares of the day lost in its flavor.
A knock at the door! Who could it be? Flustered he fumbles with the candy. Should he hide it or not? Hide it or not? He decides to hide it, shoving the lolly underneath his pillow while some how feeling ashamed of his candy indulgence. Cracking open the door he looks out with worry written on his features.
".....what do you want?" He hisses, not his usual meek self when he has been robbed of his sugar fix..
Akon looks in at him. "We have to talk with you, Rin." He tells him.
We? Looking past Akon he can see Hiyosu standing there like some sort of frog-man.
"I'm really busy, Akon." He says starting to close the door but is shoved aside as Akon enters his room by force.
"Good." The horned man replies, looking about the room as if searching for something.
When Hiyosu enters as well Rin shuts the door then glares at the other men who had forcibly entered his room.
Akon sits down on the bed then motions for Rin to sit down beside him. Rin glares at him. The dark haired man does not seem disturbed but gets right down to business.
"Rin...we think-No, we know you have an addiction."
The boy is taken aback by the accusation, his mouth agape and eyes wide as they can go.
"To what? They only thing I have indulged in this whole week is..." The he realizes what they must be talking about.
"Candy." Akon finishes for him. He runs his hand over the covers of the bed then feeling something sticky near the end, he pulls up the pillow to reveal the hidden lolly. Sighing he picks it up the shows it to Rin with a look of disgust on his face. Tears flood to the boys eyes and he throws himself at the man, wrapping his arms around Akons neck in despair.
"Its true! I have an addiction!....I need help..." He whimpers between sobs that soak Akons work clothes through.
"There there," Akon says, patting the boy on the back "We are going to help you through this." He tells him then produces a nasty looking syringe already filled with a blue liquid from his pocket. Rin spies it and leaps away from the other man to the other corner of the room.
"Holy Jesus! Just how do you guys plan on helping me!?" He says eying to needle with fear.
Akon checks the dosage then flicks the needle, lightly. His trained eyes making sure he got the right amount of the drug in it, noticing its slightly to much he depresses the plunger a hair so that a droplet of the liquid spills down the end of the needle.
"Relax, I am not ordered to experiment on you so you are safe from any harmful drugs. This is just a sedative. You won't even feel it."
Rin stares at him then starts towards the door but it caught by Hiyosu, restrained as Akon walks close to him. So close he can smell the horned man's cologne, it was a faint yet somehow masculine scent.
Rin begins shaking in fear, trying his best( but failing) to get out of the larger mans grasp.
"Please, don't. I really hate needles! I'll do anything!" He pleads, tears of fright now streaming down his face. Akon seemed disgusted by the display and goes on ignoring the words, taking the boys arm in his strong hand.
The needle pricks his skin and a feeling of ice cold water rushing into his arm causes Rin to gasp at the strange feeling. Moments later he sinks down, his body suddenly very heavy. His eyes lids fight to stay open as he sinks to the floor, trying to remember what he was doing a minuet ago.
"Take him to the prepared cell, please."
He hears Akon order Hiyosu while reach for a cigarette in his pocket. The next thing Rin knows he is sitting on a bench inside a cell usually used keep living specimens for experimentation. The other cells were empty.
Outside the cell Hiyosu pulls a TV up close then switches it on.
"Whuurr...Teevee?" Rin manages to make his sedated lips say.
"We are going to re-wire your mind, boy. When we are done with you candy will be evil." Hiyosu explains through the jail bars.
The TV starts playing a tape set on permanent repeat, a man saying over and over "Candy is bad. Candy is evil. Candy is nasty."
He feels his head shaking from side to side at the TV. Lies, candy was good! Candy was...AWESOME!
Hiyosu leaves him to the TV, the sound of the repeated words all that fills the cell. Oddly enough the TV is old and soon messes up. The man smack talking candy is replaced by what must have been stream from the surveillance videos, it showed Akon at his work place.
So it came to pass the boy was forced not to break his candy addiction but instead become addicted to Akon. Day in and out he watched the man as he worked, viewing him like an angel from above.
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"This is obviously not working." Akon states, standing outside the cell with a bag of candy in his hand.
"I agree the TV therapy has not worked at all." Hiyosu comments beside him.
Poor Rin claws at them through the bars his arms outstretched towards the bag of candy Akon holds just out reach.
"Candy candy candy candy gimme gimme CANDY CANDY CAANNNDDDY!" The boy yells out, foam coming from his mouth. A crazed look comes over his eyes.
The boy lets out a frustrated grunt then grabs his only drinking cup and hurls it through the bars, hitting the bag. Candy explodes everywhere as the bag bursts from the impact.
The boy lets out a cry of triumph while getting to his knees to grab every last piece he can reach.
"Looks like we have a long way to go."
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The first two weeks were difficult for him. Curled into the fetal positioned beneath the bench in his cell he is a sad sight. Shivers rack his body, sweat coats his skin, and he feels ready to vomit as he goes through candy withdrawal. His craving was so intense for candy that he thought he would die. He didn't eat any food brought to him, he could not sleep, he even started sucking on his thumb.
He also noticed a sort of strange feeling that filled him every time Akon approached. A hyper energy that made him blush just from his touch, the older man having an effect on Rin similar to what candy did before. His dreams were filled either with taunting candy or..Akon.
One very bad night he was restless in his cell, tossing around on his bunk for hours. The pain of the craving was deep, seeming to touch him to his core. He pained at the torture of not getting any of that sweetness in his mouth. Candy that is.
Rin jumps at a touch on his shoulder, he had not noticed that the cell door had opened to let Akon in. It was shut now but he could tell Akon had the keys with him.
"Huh? Did you come to let me out?"
The tall man laughs. "No, You were making so much fuss I decided to come see if you were alright." Rin feels him lay his hand on his shoulder. That large heavy hand that brought his gentle smell with it. The boy freezes as he is not sure what to do. The man was so close to him, so very close he could feel the warmth of his body.
"You feel warm." The man comments, putting the back of his hand on Rin's cheek. "Let me get you something to drink."
"No, I'm alright. I just miss..." Rin stops himself from saying it. Tears filling his eyes as he remembers the taste....
He feels the strong arms of Akon wrap around him comfortingly. "We'll make it through this together." He whispers, the strange stirring filling Rin once more. He blushes and allows the arms to hold him, secure in their warmth, so much so he falls asleep there. His head resting on Akons chest.
By morning he is alone in his cell, once more.
It was noon before anyone came to see him, and then it was only frog-man to bring him tea and food. He could not eat any of it but drank the tea.
Later near afternoon Akon and frog-man took him out of the cell but kept a firm grim on his arms.
"We are going to try a new type of treatment." Hiyosu tells him as they lead him to a chair with electrical instruments hooked up to it.
"Does it involve pain?" Rin asks innocently.
The two scientists look at each other and Rin knew he guessed right. Squirming in their grip he tried to free himself as they shoved him into the chair.
"Just get into the chair!" Akon orders him, struggling with the boy.
"I wanna go HOOOMMEE!" Rin bawls.
"We are not going to hurt you much, just calm down!" Hiyosu commands, struggling with the boy as well.
It is now that Mayuri just happens to come into the lab. He halts in the door way, his eyes wide at the sight of two grown men forcing the young and crying Rin into the chair. He sighs then turns to leave, what ever he had wanted to do in the lab could wait till another time.
"RARRGH!" Akon snarls, at last snapping the wrist of the boy into an arm-band attached to the chair. It is not long before they have him completely restrained to the chair.
For a moment they just take a step back to catch their breath.
"Boy you fight like a spastic raccoon!" Hiyosu pants. Akon attaches two suction cups to either side of Rin's head.
"Time to begin." He states. The other man pulls out a chocolate bar, peeling back the wrapping to reveal the brown goodness beneath. Rin can almost taste it and it drives him wild.
Hitting a button Akon zaps him with a jolt of electricity. The boy screams as pain fills his every cell, his hair standing on end. He slumps in the chair after the current leaves his body.
Hiyosu waves the candy bar under his nose and he reaches for it again.
"ZZZAAAAPP!" He gets another jolt.
The candy bar is waved in his face once more and he cannot keep himself from reaching his tongue out towards it.
"KKKZZAAPPP!" He is sure his muscles must be cooking by now.
The bar is presented again. He stares at it unmoving. As long as he did not move he was not shocked.
Then suddenly he lunges towards it. The jolt ravages his body with electrical pain that makes him cry out.
"Stubborn little bugger isn't he?" Hiyosu comments hours later. It was dark outside and he was getting tired. He excuses himself to go to bed, leaving Akon and Rin alone.
In the silence between the two Rin takes a break to enjoy these moments when he is not being electrocuted. His eyes closed and breath coming hard from his chest.
He feels a large hand run along his jaw-line then come to a rest on his cheek. Opening his eyes Rin looks into the face of Akon, the older mans face so close to his. His breath against Rins skin makes the boys heart race.
"Y-your very close to me." The younger man says breathlessly.
Akon smirks, his nose only an inch away from Rin's. "I know." He purrs.
"What are you do-!" Rin's exclamation is cut off but Akon pressing his lips against the boy's. At first he tries to fight but soon he gives into the kiss, letting his awareness drift away. His eyes draw closed as he enjoys the contact between him and the older man.
Akon pulls away from him before Rin is ready to end their kiss.
"That's enough therapy for one day." He tells him then begins taking the restraints off the boy.
Rin is marched back to his cell but does not seem to notice his surroundings. When he is alone he puts his finger tips to his mouth, remembering how Akon's lips felt pressed against his own. Silently he yearns for more contact with the dark haired man.
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Maybe it was the electric torture or maybe it was his late night kisses with Akon but gradually he began to improve.
Strapped once more to the shock chair he ignores the candy bar right underneath his nose. His focus on the far wall, his mouth a taunt line. Akon's finger hovers over the button at the ready.
Silence.
"Well it looks like we fixed him." Hiyosu comments.
"Its been four months, bout time he started showing improvement." Akon agrees.
Hiyosu takes a bite of the candy bar. "You know maybe we should offer our services to other recovering addicts." He says chewing on the candy.
"For money of course."
"Of course!"
Rin seemed to be ignoring them. Akon looks at him.
"Hey lets get him out, he doesn't need to be retrained anymore." He says popping the restraints off the boy. The former addict rubs his wrists and stands up.
Hiyosu takes another bite of the candy bar. "You know, he healed up pretty quicky after we started using this shock treatment." He chews open mouth with the candy swishing over his tongue. "This project was a complete success."
Rin feels his mouth begin to water.
"Indeed it was." Akon replies, jotting down some notes in a project journal, neither one looking at the 'cured' pupil.
The green man bites the candy again, munching on its chocolate deliciousness. "We should work together like this more of-!"
Hiyosu is tackled by Rin who takes the entire candy bar as well as most of Hiyosu's hand in his mouth. The green man cries out as the boy bites down on his hand like a starving animal.
"Christ! Get it off me!" He screams as Rin tries to devour the candy and his hand along with it.
Akon hardly manages to peel Rin off Hiyosu, but by then it is to late for the candy bar as well as some of Hiyosu's hand. Only bits of the chocolate stained wrapper remain. Rin clutches one such piece in his hand, licking the inside of the wrapper as the dark haired man holds him back.
"What a shame, you were getting so much better." Akon whispers in the boy's ear.
"This relapse was terrible." The frog-man moans.
"We have no choice. Drastic measures must be taken." The horned man says, a grin coming to his face.
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"You will be chained to me so I can watch you through out the day." Akon tells the boy, attaching a chain to his ankle then to Rin's. The morning had started before dawn with the horned man taking him from his cell and into his room.
"Now come on I have to go to work." He says getting up and giving the chain a tug. Rin totters along like a frightened puppy, following him through the day as Akon does his tasks.
It wasn't easy, Akon prided himself on his self control yet sometimes he could not help smacking the boy upside the head.
Akon worked at a counter top mixing some chemicals in order to test something out , but Rin got distracted and was staring off at someone across the room. Not knowing this Akon started walking one day while Rin starts the opposite, as a result they both fall on their faces.
"You fart for brains!" Akon says smacking the boy on the head hard enough to raise a bump. "Pay attention to me and our feet!"
Rin just sniffs and looks pitiful, making everyone around them wonder why Akon could be so mean to a sad little underling.
"Don't you dare cry."
Rin sniffs again, wetness filling his eyes.
"I'm being serious, don't you dare do it." He growls.
The boy pulls his lower lip over his top and strains his face, making a grand effort not to cry. His eyes as big as his fists.
"Oh brother." Akon says giving up.
Tears now stream down the boys face. "Why are you so mean to me? All I want is some candy!"
The people around act as if they do not notice but some shoot Akon disapproving glances.
Now irked he grabs the boy by his shoulder and drags him back to his place. Once inside he takes the restraint off his leg, turning his back on the boy.
"You can go anywhere in the house, but if you try to leave I will strip you naked then chain you to a tree outside so everyone can see."
Rin sniffs in response and the older man walks off into another room to be alone. For awhile he sits there feeling sorry for himself, drying his tears on his uniform.
After a few moments he becomes aware of the silence in the house and begins looking for Akon. Padding quietly through the hallways he finds the man in the bedroom, draped across his bed with his eyes closed. Rin stands in the doorway just watching him while he sleeps.
"What do you want?" The supposedly sleeping man questions.
Rin jumps back in fear. "How did you know I was here?!"
"You walk flat footed." The man answers, opening his eyes to gaze at the younger man.
"I wanted to apologize for my addiction. It seems its to strong to break."
"Don't apologize for what you cannot control." Akon orders him.
The boy feels grateful and somehow in debt to the man, tears forming in his eyes again..
"Its hard for me to admit this but I tried, tho your addiction was to strong for me to cure." He continues on."I learned something about you, Rin. Something I never felt for anyone, before. Come here." He gestures and the boy obeys, sitting on the bed beside him.
Akon takes the boy's chin in his hand and brings Rin's face to gaze at each other, drinking in the sight of each other so near.
The man raises his head to press soft lips against the boy's mouth.
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From outside the house a scream can be heard in Akon's voice "Holy Mary! Rin, You're a BOY!?"