maybe I'll post some songs here which were inspiring me on some chapters...

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Totsuka hummed to himself while walking through the streets of the town. He breathed in the warm summer air and sighed out happily. Yes he was happy. Back in his dark past he would never imagine, standing where he was now. Not until he met Mikoto and Kusanagi.

Back in the days when he was a different person. So lonely, so broken. The ability to hide everything under a smile was overwhelming. Of course, Totsuka has no need to think about horrible things that happened in the past. They were just toxic to his heart but sometimes, when one suppressed those memories so hard, they would crash down like a thunder. Randomly. Yes, he learned a lot in this time like how to be a friend in his loneliness.

In times like this Totsuka was surprised about himself and would just shake his head. So much pain, so much despite it was horrible to even think about it. Kusanagi sometimes asked him about his past but Totsuka never answered correctly and he didn't want to bother anyone with his pathetic past.

What counted was the here and now and the future for everyone. He found out where he belonged. This discovery was a gift to him, no a blessing. Without Mikoto and Kusanagi he wouldn't be there. He smiled softly and looked and looked through the shop window of a grocery store.

His many hobbies, concluding cooking, was another gift of him to paint his life even more colorful. He managed to be the housewife of the bar who would cook everyone a nice meal and look after the members. Especially the new ones which were an order from Mikoto.

His eyes caught some random guys as he looked into the window which reflected them. There were 5 of them, laughing out loud and making noises to scare people away. It reminded Totsuka as he had been pelted just because used to hang out with Mikoto and Kusanagi in his school time.

He hoped that the small crowd would not notice him. Mikoto always complained that he was attracting attention but he was not the only one. When it came to such gangs, Totsuka was always the one everyone would look at just because of his weak appearance.

The power of the red Kings was in his veins, too but Totsuka never used it to harm someone. Although he was very skilled in using it, he barely protected himself. The boy walked faster and disappeared in a side street.

Just as he turned himself a hand was laid on his shoulder. He startled and looked with big light brown eyes into the king's face. He sighed out relived.

"Haaach...King you scared me! Don't do that again!"

Because of their difference in height, the redhead looked down on him with his amber-colored eyes. He leaned closer an mustered his vassal. It has been always been a habit of him to lean closer to the smaller male, nearly to intimidate but Totsuka never rejected him.

The taller one looked out of the side street as If he was searching someone.
"Are those after you?" Totsuka shook his head. "Nope. Everything's fine. What are you doing here?"

Mikoto took out a cigarette and put it between his lips and bowed his head down to the Totsuka who knew what the King wanted from him. He always wanted to see his vassal using more of his powers, even If this one insisted.

The light brown haired boy flicked his fingers and lighted it up. A deep tug and a desperate exhale followed from the other one.

"Searching Anna." Totsuka watched him and looked in every direction. "Then why are you searching in a side street like this one?" he laughed as he pulled the taller man out of it.

The bunch of the boys were still on the other side of the street and as they saw them they quickly bandied looks and strolled away. The light brown haired shrugged his shoulders. He knew that they would disperse once they would see Mikoto.

Totsuka knew that Mikoto was a kind of bodyguard to him but he never wanted the King to tangle into unnecessary quarrels. Even if the redhead was all fired up to kick some ass. Totsuka was always there to calm the lion.

"I felt your presence."

Mikoto suddenly said as they were looking for Anna. They walked next to each other. The smaller male didn't look at him and just smiled.

"Is that so? And what about Anna's?"

The deep voice sighed annoyed. "Lost hers as I was in thoughts."

"Another Nightmare?"

"Of course not..."

Totsuka didn't believe him. He knew this man for a long time to say what he was really thinking. Or at least he tried his best to feel what the King was feeling and in the last time he was somehow irritated by some things.

"You really should do something about this, King. A kind of therapy you know? Well not like you would imagine but maybe I could help you somehow? Just come to me."

"hm..."

Both suddenly felt a tug on their jackets and as they looked down they saw that Anna was staring at them with her big eyes. Totsuka immediately smiled brightly at her and bowed down.

"Anna was quicker than us! Where have you been young lady?"

The white haired girl looked down again and squeezed herself between the two men, searching for on hand on both sides.

"I was on a playground but now..."

Both noticed her stuttering.

"What is it Anna?"

"I need to...relieve myself...and couldn't find a..."

Totsuka laughed quietly and patted her head. A sign and habit of his. He always loved it to touch peoples hair and pat their heads.

"Don't worry we'll find one!"

They didn't need long to find a toilet and as Totsuka wanted to show it to her, Anna promptly let go of their hands, connected them and ran to the toilet.

"I guess it was urgent."

Mikoto then snapped out of his thoughts as he looked down at their connected hands. It triggered something inside of him. He noticed that Totsuka's hands were chilly and raised an eyebrow.

"That's the little trouble-thing in our gang...we have just one lady and I'm already taking the job as the housewife."

As Totsuka was murmuring to himself he felt a tug on his hand and was wrapped by the King into hug in which he covered the vassal in his black jacket. Totsuka immediately was cut off and felt the warmth of the taller man's chest. Mikoto's scent was strong and so familiar that it shut the smaller man's mouth.

"Aren't you cold?"

He heard that deep voice above his head and smelled the cigarette that was puffed out at the same time. Totsuka was in a little trance as he inhaled all the scents and closed his eyes for some seconds. He heard the beating of the heart that was inside of this body.

"Hmm...as always...a bit."

"That's strange. You have my power but your body is cold. Are you ill?"

That caused the other one to laugh. He shook his almost shoulder length hair and took a step back.
"No I'm fine. But my body temperature has been always like that."

"You should use more fire."

"Pff. You're just looking for an explanation to use it, don't you?"

Just as they separated from each other the white haired girl came running to them. She looked much happier and both asked themselves if she saw their little action or If she was really relieved. They walked back to the Homra bar but this time Anna insisted that Mikoto and Totsuka would hold hands and she was holding Totsuka's hand.

The brown haired male thought the whole line why Mikoto and Anna were behaving like this. Anyway he would tolerate it. He noticed that the redhead would come near to him more often as he was about to say something. The smaller one was all happy about it. He loved the closeness of his King.

As they walked through Homra's door everyone went to his personal corner. Anna sat on the couch, sinking in and nearly trying to sleep whereas Totsuka walked over to the kitchen behind Kusanagi's bar. Only Mikoto was standing in the door, pondering about something. He then decided to go upstairs.

Totsuka placed the foodstuffs on the tables and noticed that he forgot to buy seasonings. Those which he saw in the window. He sighed loudly and heard Anna asking.

"What's wrong, Totsuka-san?"

"uh...I forgot some things on my list..."

He saw the little girl coming to him and how she took the paper out of his hand. She took the plastic bag as well and turned around.

"I'm buying them."

"Woah...wait, you don't have to! I'll buy them later or tomorrow! Or at least let me go with you!"
The white girl shook her white hair. "No need. You stay here and take care of Mikoto..."
She let him standing there with an opened mouth. That's when Yata entered the bar and was dragged out by the girl.

Totsuka furrowed his brows and didn't know what to think about it. He rubbed the back of his head and looked after Mikoto. He followed him to his room on the second floor. The door was left ajar.

"King? You're okay? Anna said I should take a look at you!"

He knocked and pushed the door open. As he walked in he closed them properly and looked around the room. A giant dark-red chair was in the middle of the room. The King's chair where Mikoto would usually sit and think about random stuff when he needed his peace.

Behind that in the corner of the room was large bed also covered in red fabric an who was lying there? Totsuka smiled as he saw the lion in his state. He walked over to him and sat beside the man on the bed.

"Don't have another nightmare." He said and was about to stand up again but a pair of two strong arms were around his body, dragging him into the bed. His eyes widened as he looked into the sleepy face of his King.

"Your my lucky item, so stay here."

The smaller one blinked several times as he heard Mikoto. He placed his hands on his chest which made the other one to open his amber eyes. There was something inside of him which Totsuka never had seen. It was so fascinating that he couldn't avert his gaze.

Mikoto watched the peaceful expression of his vassal and couldn't imagine that someone in this world could bear hate against such a lovely human being. At this moment the King felt more than just sympathicity and it made him realize that this person was special to him.

He was just about to figure out how to show it so that he wouldn't crush him. Kusanagi was right, thought the King, he was in search for something. Something that would fill his heart and reconcile the roaring storm in his heart.

In this fact, he wasn't the only one but he knew that this was a matter of sensitivity. He didn't care about anything now and just pressed Totsuka against him. He just felt the need of another beating heart beside him and not just any heart.

"Would you stay for a while...you're still cold."

Mikoto realized what he was doing and what he was feeling and he didn't know that he was able to feel something like that but the urge was strong, almost greedy.

"I do anything that pleases my King."

He heard Totsuka's soft voice and noticed how the smaller one buried his face into his chest as both slowly fall asleep.

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So that would be some delicate fluff ;)
Since this story is not a PWP (well why not :D ?) I would like to take things sloooow ~

*shipping*

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