"It was 8am Monday morning when the news broke about Takenaga Shige the Founder and the CEO of Take Industries, who has been allegedly involved with death of Sion's CEO, Asami Ryuichi, has been pulled out from his home at Tokyo Highlands when his family called the paramedics for being worriedly-sick about the said CEO. Our sources told us that Takenaga-san has been screaming and shouting on top of his lungs, telling everyone that he saw, yes Ichi-san, apparently he saw Asami Ryuichi which is really disrespectful towards the late's family. Asami Ryuichi died on a shootout for almost three months ago. And the news brought that Takenaga claimed to saw him last Saturday and started to lose his mind until today when his daughter, a 16 years old high school student called the hospital for his father treatment..."

"shima..."

"Kirishima!"

The man turned his attention unto his chief of security standing not far away from him. He was still rebooting his system that he cannot see clearly what Suoh's face is making.Worried? Tired? Relief.No. Kirishima did not know. Kirishima turned off the television and faced his old time friend. He was about to make a joke out of Suoh's rigid face but he stopped when he realized he was sure serious on his feet.

"What brought you here?" The eye glasses man asked.

"Don't use that tone to me, Kirishima." Suoh defended. He rushed to the office when he saw the news regarding the man on T.V but it was not in his expectation that his friend will have calm reaction to that matter. It was then he figured it all out.

"What in the world are you doing, Kirishima? He asked. He will not leave until he spills everything.

"Nothing." He calmly answered.

"Nothing of this will end if you don't answer me now." Suoh was controlling his temper because any minute now the police might be on the entrance of the building with their warrant on their hands pointing all to Kirishima. Unless he knows it all, he can't be any help to any of them.

"I did nothing. I was just releasing some stress. That's all." The explanation was short but Suoh already understood it. He did something.

"You know the consequences of it, right?"

"You're worrying too much, Suoh. Nothing will happen, trust me on this." Kirishima was then flipping the pages of the papers on his front. Being the CEO of Sion now made him face the duties he never thought he will be handling. Three months since he took over the company yet the feeling is still not right. He still seeks the presence of his previous boss. He misses being told what to do, specifically. He was too accustomed to stand before the Mahogany table than to sit on the leather chair and face the door waiting for his subordinates to report. He was supposedly the one doing the reports not the other way around. "But I guess it will now only remain a memory until that day."

"What if…" The man started to question the ex-secretary but was cut off by.

"Don't start with the what if's. We used to do this, we made to do this. And we will do this…

…They can't touch us here, Suoh. No one. And all of those who dare…will suffer just like Take."

Two days later.

"Where are you going?"

"Nowhere. I am just going to visit a friend." The previous secretary simply answered.

Suoh was standing on the door of the master's bedroom back on the house where Akihito is currently residing. The young lad was on the other room sleeping and while he is, Kirishima sneaked in and borrowed some of the things from his previous employer.

"A simple visit will not require you to dress up like that." Suoh pinpointed. "If Akihito finds out…"

"He won't. I'm just merely borrowing. I'll give it back."

"You'll get caught."

"No."

The way Kirishima looked at Suoh reminded him of how big deal Asami's death to all of them. A single shot changed their lives that he cannot remember how it is used to be. Now, the man standing in front of him,Kirishima, was nothing but a shell made of iron that he cannot see the emotions inside. He locked up himself dealing with all his internal affairs that his stress became very visible to his physique. He too. But he grasped himself when he is about to fall to the same pit Kirishima fell. If Kirishima turned out to be like this, then somebody must take charge because if not, maybe Asami Ryuichi will come back to life and smack the hell out of them. Especially the one who happened to show how broken they are, Takaba Akihito. The boy was the physical manifestation of what they felt and what they are dealing every single day since their boss passed on. Even outsiders not cannot help the poor boy that they let him do what he wanted as long as they can take care of him even if he doesn't want to, or need to.

After all, to Akihito, Asami Ryuichi is still alive and fucking the life out of him.

"What is going on here?" A voice from Suoh's back suddenly echoed making the two men stopped their conversation. Akihito was on his shirt that slightly revealed his shoulder while there was a pillow on his arm hugging it tightly using it for blocking the chill atmosphere. The other hand was on his eyes wiping them to wash away the sleepiness he was feeling.

"Akihito-kun." Kirishima greeted trying to hide the suit on his hand to his back. "It was still late you should go back to bed."

But what he answered made the situation worst. "Asami's not there yet. Do you know where he is?" It was an innocent question given to his situation he was not even aware of.

"There was a sudden emergency and he asked us to pick up something for him."

"His coat? And cologne? What does he needs his cologne for?"

Smart kid. Thought Suoh.

"Uhm, he was dealing with some unpleasant smell that he doesn't want to bring here that's why."

Maybe that was convincing enough for the young lad making him retreat and started to walk back to his room.

Giving a heavy sigh, Suoh started to walk off also but he offered something to Kirishima before doing so. The latter said yes before leaving the room empty and lifeless once again.

"Shall I give you a ride?"

"Gather the cleaners; we will need them in three hours." Kirishima ordered as he walks in to the vacant warehouse. But it'll not for long. His men were already inside circling a man on his knees, tied up with his nose bleeding. His men might have given him a welcome party already that when Kirishima made it to his front, he was already pleading for his life.

"So nostalgic…"Kirishima cannot help but smirk when he felt what is like to be in this kind of situation for almost months. The situation where, he, on Asami's side sharing the view of some people begging them to spare them, forgive them for the actions they did knew the consequences are. He cannot do what Asami can but he will give his all to please his dead master.

"You know why you're here, Udo-san?" He asked.

"No…but please, let me go. I didn't do anything to you! Let me go! Plea— " He couldn't even finish his own sentence because his answer were like a poison to everyone's ears' present at that warehouse. The men Kirishima and Suoh with were the loyal men Asami employed that not even once betrayed him. Well the others who did were nowhere to be found now so Kirishima did not bother to contact them. It's pointless to even call some people enjoying their swim in the Tokyo Bay.

Hearing the man denying his own sin made the men angry making them give something back to the already weak man. There were punches, kicks even iron bars. But not once they stopped even when Udo-san screamed his pain. His every own pain. It was not half of what they ended up when they find out that the man on the floor was one of the people who gave out their location to the enemy that they welcomed the ambush unprepared. Slightly unprepared. They were outnumbered that even with the best gun users among his men, someone from the other group managed to put a bullet on Asami while he was protecting the lostAkihito.

By the time the men were done, Udo was already limp and was to go to the other side of the world. There were blood, teeth and even dislocated bones that Kirishima intensely looked into. But for him it was not enough. He wanted give more. He wanted to offer more of what he can do.

"Plea—se…No more…ple—s" Another man was about to give him a jab but Kirishima stopped him. The superior moved around and with what he is holding, made Udo crawl out of the man's sight.

Without saying anything, Kirishima leaned down and made a grip on the man's neck. He then pinched his nose for Udo to open his mouth for breathing. Then later, his other hand brought the wrench and made it inside Udo's mouth. When Kirishima felt the soft muscle that he wanted out, his grip on the tool tighten making Udo scream louder than before.

"Now for sure you won't be making any more noise." Said the grinning Kirishima, before pulling the metal on his hand up, showing the piece of meat that was originally from Udo. The latter screamed and screamed until he cannot point out what hurts more. Was it his body? Muscles? His dislocated bones that was peeking outside? Or his mouth where his tongue has been pulled from? If Udo is looking for any help on that house, he will never find it because everyone on that room was at lost and was looking still at the right path to where they can find their own selves again.

The group just looked down watching the pitiful man tossed and tossed until he bleeds out of life. The screams were gone and once again the warehouse was silent, only the footsteps of those mourning ones were heard and the dead man was left for the cleaners to be wiped out from the face of the planet.

Kirishima wanted to feel light since one of the burdens is now gone but it was the opposite of what he wants. He felt heavier than usual. The long ride back to his house was really different from the ride he took earlier and now that he had done it, he will carry it for the rest of his life.

Akihito's days went on with or without Asami on his side. However, there are days where he would sit on the door on a dogeza form waiting patiently for the man to open it and greet him 'I'm back'. Most days he will wait for hours together with the sun going down. He will just realize that he won't be coming back later when he reaches the point of body pain. Extreme body pain where his mental stability comes forward covering the hopeful state of Akihito. His mental illness was not getting any better but under circumstances, he is responsive. He can have a normal conversation up to 10 minutes but after that, its chaos. There was even a time where Akihito almost hated Kirishima because every time the man visits him, 'Asami' on Akihito's view, won't talk to him and won't utter a single word. He was just there standing watching them like they were on a movie scene. And the person who can see the situation clearly was barely hanging. Kirishima cannot stand the painful eyes on Akihito that if he can only bring back the one they wanted the most, he will, even it cost his life.

The stories he hears from Aki was more painful than being shot by a machine gun that the mere mention of Asami, being that, doing those, was already lethal. He was not in the position to judge Akihito but Kirishima already knows that Akihito is very well aware of the situation - that Asami's already dead, but he can understand it too well that his mentality made a defense mechanism pushing Akihito into believing that Asami is well and alive and was there every minute of his time.

To add some feels.

Stay By Gavin Mikhail

AN:

Next chapter will be the last but the most heaviest one. I already wrote it on a piece of paper and was just waiting to be typed. Maybe I'll be posting it next week? Maybe.

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