Again this is going to be a graphic story. Turn away now. Last warning for the faint of heart.

~*Heating Up*~

From the way he'd walked out of the medicine room that day, Tonya had almost hoped Miyuki would stop his relentless torture of the girl. But he didn't seem deterred. If anything, he'd stepped up his game since Tonya was in the know now. That, and her hesitation in replying had told him that her interest was at least peaked. Miyuki came around more often at the medicine room and had also taken to hanging out at Ecstasy the same nights she worked. How he'd gotten her work schedule she'd never know. Part of Tonya just wanted to put a restraining order on the guy, but the bitchy part of her knew that if she held out long enough he'd eventually give out. Patience was one thing she excelled in thanks to Sawamura and Furuya's daily antics. Plus, it was fun watching Miyuki get shut down time and time again. But no one ever said she couldn't get a little help every now and then.

"Thanks Shunpei. I owe you one. This has been going on for a few weeks now. I need a break." Tonya smiled at her friend as she set the drinks down. Sanada had paid a pretty penny to reserve Tonya as his private waitress that evening.

"No problem love." He waved it off before reaching for his drink. "Besides, Raichi needs to learn how to socialize a little more."

"You just wanna punish him later on don't you?" She smirked, knowing Sanada all too well.

"That too." He admitted with a smug grin. "I've been thinking about maybe adding another to our play time. Would you be game? I'm sure he'd feel more comfortable with someone he knew."

"Shunpei you know I'm not like that." She plopped down in the seat beside him, taking a swig from his drink herself before putting the glass back down. "Besides, I don't like to share or be shared in the bedroom."

"I still think you'd make a great sub. But you do have a flare as a dom as well. You've damn sure got the sexual torture down." Sanada laughed as he motioned with his head to another booth.

The girl glanced across the top floor to where Miyuki sat eyeballing them. Tonya couldn't help herself as she slid closer to Sanada who caught on quick. He wrapped an arm around her waist and held her possessively. To anyone who didn't know any better they looked like another couple flirting together. For those in the know, they knew Sanada didn't two time his submissives. But that last little detail Miyuki didn't know. It was fun watching Miyuki pretend to be disinterested when in reality Tonya could tell he was seething.

While Tonya herself didn't partake in the lifestyle, she didn't have a problem with anyone who did. That was the whole point of Ecstasy. It gave those who were looking for something more a place to mingle in the eye of the public without being too open about it. The bottom floor was meant for the standard population. The top floor was where those who practiced in the same kind of world were to mingle. Anyone even remotely curious about the lifestyle usually came across the club and its hidden meaning of the second floor. Disclosure forms were always involved with anyone wishing to enter this world, but it was open for anyone wishing to try.

"I think your boyfriend hates me." Sanada laughed heartily. True enough, Miyuki wasn't exactly happy that the two were sitting so close together.

"He can eat shit." Tonya snapped. She took a swig of Sanada's drink before going into full pout mode. "I honestly think the guy is going to keep stalking me till I agree to sleep with him."

"Then why don't you?" Raichi asked, popping up behind the two and following their gaze to the topic of their conversation.

"Look at the guy Raichi! You're telling me that you don't think he'd be fucking amazing in bed? And Shunpei you can't get mad at him for his honest answer." Tonya shot a look at her friend, making sure he wouldn't bully Raichi later on.

"He does give off that kind of feel. Like you Sanada-senpai." Raichi looked to his own dom with puppy dog eyes. Internally Tonya squealed. She loved how Sanada had finally seemed to have met his perfect mate. The two had been going strong for over a year now.

"True. And you can never walk once we're done." Sanada noted casually. Poor Raichi turned bright red as he sunk down behind the couch. "Come on. Get over here."

"See! Even Raichi agrees. Someone like that isn't just a hit it and quit it. That's someone you'd want to lock down in at least a benefits type of relationship." The brunette huffed, a little annoyed with her predicament. "But we clash as it is. I highly doubt we'd be able to keep things going for long. And it would be hard to walk away from something like that."

"To fuck or not to fuck." Sanada chuckled. He promptly received an elbow to his side from his friend who moved to get more drinks from the upstairs bar.

Tonya wasn't dumb. She'd seen the marking on Miyuki's wrist that day. It was a key. Meaning that he was a dom. A very desirable one from the way the girls with small cuffs on their wrists flocked to him. Sanada had more than once tried to convince Tonya to join in the lifestyle. To be honest…she was very curious about it as well. Sanada swore she'd be a good submissive in the bedroom. To just let someone let someone take control. To let them tease you, give that desirable pain, to secretly shame you because it was your kink, to find out what exactly it was that got you off and used it to torture oh so slowly till you were begging for release. The idea was alluring, but Tonya didn't want to take a chance on it now. School was crazy enough as it was. She couldn't even handle a normal relationship between working and studying. There was no way she'd be able to balance something like what Sanada and Raichi had. And Tonya knew that if she entered into that kind of relationship with Miyuki, she was in for nothing but headaches, aggravation, and pain. Both the good and bad kind.

"Why are you with that guy?" Tonya involuntarily stiffened up when she that voice. She could feel Miyuki's breath on her neck, meaning he was leaning over her now. She'd let her guard down.

"I'm taking care of my table. It's my job. I can't always be there to fire off smartass remarks at your expense." She tried to sneakily cover her neck with her hair. The action didn't go unnoticed by Miyuki. "You're lucky I haven't taken out a restraining order on you for your stalking ways."

"I had to make sure." Miyuki leaned his body into hers, resting his forehead on the back of her head. It was always one of the worst fears of anyone within the BDSM lifestyle. Being outed and judged for their sexual preferences.

"I'm a bitch, but I'm not cold hearted." Tonya sighed. She hated how her body enjoyed being so close to Miyuki at the moment.

"Thank you for that." He chuckled, his breath tickling her neck once again. "But are you sure you wouldn't be willing to try?"

"Careful, you might make your hopeful's jealous." Tonya glanced past Miyuki to where three girls sat waiting. He followed her gaze before looking back to her.

"Let them be. I only want one." He reached up to cup her chin and make Tonya look up at him.

Any girl would've killed to be in Tonya's position. Miyuki was leaning over her with his body pressed up against hers yet again. Tonya wasn't dumb. She knew Miyuki had an amazing body. She could tell that just from watching at practice daily. Toned arms, amazing core strength (meaning rock hard abs), big thighs and a nicely rounded out ass as characteristic of a catcher. The guy took care of himself. On top of that he had the whole secret bad boy thing down. Tonya had seen hints of it during their locker room trysts. Tonight though, he was going all out. His usually playful brown eyes were smoldering. His voice was huskier than normal. His touch was gentle but firm. Had Tonya not prepared for this, she might've fallen under his spell like last time.

"Sorry. But you don't seem like the type to take on 'virgin' submissives. It'll take more than that to win me over." Tonya smirked triumphantly before swatting his arm away and heading back to Sanada. Miyuki watched her walk away, hearing Sanada's annoying laugh over the music.

"It would seem she's learned well." Kuramochi popped up beside his friend who was gritting his teeth in annoyance.

"What did you find out?" Miyuki snapped, keeping his eyes on where Tonya and Sanada were sitting.

"That guy is Sanada Shunpei. He's a well known dom. I'd be willing to bet him and Tonya are good friends. Peoples say they're always hanging out together. He's probably prepped her on how to avoid guys like you." Kuramochi rattled off.

"The guy is irritating." Miyuki clicked his tongue in annoyance. He supposed he had to give Sanada some credit. If he was part of the reason that his object of obsession was so hard to get at, then it just made things all the more interesting for him.

_._._

Tonya let out a yawn. She was finally done with work for the week. And she didn't have class till ten tomorrow. Which meant she could sleep in. She smiled sleepily to herself as she hopped out of her little truck and stumbled into her building. She climbed about three flights of stairs before finally reaching her floor. Tonya reached her door and managed to get the key in the lock with one try. All she wanted to do was throw herself on to her bed and pass out. Thanks to a certain guy though, her mind was running a million miles at the moment. Why exactly was Miyuki so obsessed with her?

"Maybe it's one of those things where he wants what he can't have? He is a blue blood after all." Tonya shrugged to herself. She turned her radio to a rock station and changed into her standard muscle shirt and cotton short ensemble before falling on to her bed. Not even bothering to take her bra off for once. "I just don't understand him."

Again, Tonya found herself asking why her? Why did Miyuki want her? What had even drawn him to her? All Tonya could remember was Miyuki making some kind of smartass comment one day and that had started their usual pissing matches. Even before she'd been assigned to the catchers and pitchers, Miyuki had been harassing Tonya. It was going on half a semester worth of small meetings consisting of one poking fun at the other, the other making some kind of smartass comment, then it gets laughed off and they either talk about baseball or go their separate ways. She didn't spend any more time with him than any of the other players. And it's not like Miyuki was the only one Tonya talked to. She chatted with almost everyone on the team if they passed by her out on the field. She even had a few of them in class with her. So what exactly had brought the two of them together in this awkward little dance they seemed to keep doing?

Tonya closed her eyes, rolling over on to her side and willing for sleep to come. She had plenty of time in the morning to worry about the enigma that was Miyuki. The scent of smoke kept the girl from her restful state however. Tonya groaned to herself as she headed to her front door to find out which of her neighbors had burned their popcorn this time. When she stepped outside she was knocked back by a man running away. The brunette cussed him out under her breath before turning in the direction he'd been running from. Her eyes widened as glass broke and flames escaped from the place.

"Fire….Fire!" Tonya called out as the reality of the situation hit her. She ran down the way, banging on doors as loudly as possible while shouting the word over and over.

People began poking out of their own apartments to see what all the ruckus was about. The smell of smoke alerted them as they gathered their families, belongings, and anything else they deemed worthy of saving. Tonya hoped someone called the police as those brave enough ran to the floor above and began alerting people while others heading downstairs let the tenants on that floor know.

"Help! Please! Someone!" Tonya stopped her own escaped when she heard that small voice.

"Oh no…" She knew that voice. It was her neighbor's little girl. And it was coming from the apartment engulfed in flames.

Sirens could be heard in the distance, but it would be some time before help could do anything for the trapped girl. Tonya cursed herself as she darted back into her own place. She grabbed her fire extinguisher and darted back to the broken window. She released the pin and pointed it at the flames near the window. Once the worst of the blaze was down Tonya knocked the broken glass out of the way before crawling through. She used what was left of the extinguisher on the electronics in the kitchen to keep them from blowing up before looking around for the little girl. Tonya squatted down below the smoke and covered her mouth with her shirt to act as a temporary filter.

"Kisa, it's Tonya! Where are you!" Tonya began coughing uncontrollably from all the smoke she inhaled. She had to find the little girl and quickly.

"Tonya! Back here! Mommy's hurt!" The girl called out.

Tonya made her way through the apartment and found the two in the living room. The little girl was clinging to her unconscious mother who had a head injury. Things just went from bad to worse. She cursed to herself as another coughing fit hit her.

"Kisa listen to me. I need you to be brave okay? I need you to head to your front door and crawl out the window. I'll get your mommy out. But you need to go and run away from here and get help. Understood?" Tonya asked the small girl who had ash stained tears running down her face. "Kisa!"

"O-Okay." She finally nodded. Tonya gave the girl a quick hug before pushing her towards the front.

The brunette turned to the unconscious woman lying on the ground. Tonya wedged her arms under the woman's pits and began dragging her at a slow pace. Debris began falling around them as Tonya briefly wondered if they were going to be trapped in the apartment. She shook her head, eliminating any negative thoughts from her mind as she made it to the hallway that led to the door. Hope blossomed within her as she bumped the door with her backside. Tonya didn't hesitate in ripping off her top and using it to grasp the hot handle on the door. She managed to get the knob turned, but the door wouldn't budge.

"Shit!" Another coughing fit hit Tonya then as she tried to think of another way to get them out of there.

"Hello?! Is anyone there?" A male voice called out.

"Yeah! Two of us! One unconscious!" Tonya hollered back.

"Hang on!"

Tonya turned to see a man crawling through the window and looking for them. Relief washed over the girl as her world began to grow fuzzy. She struggled to stay conscious as she helped the man get Kisa's mom into his arms. Once the woman was safely outside the man turned to Tonya to see her eyes roll back in her head before collapsing to the ground.

_._._

Miyuki could feel his irritation rising as he walked out of the trainer's office. It was going on day three that Tonya hadn't shown up for school. As far as he knew, she wasn't the type to just abandon her post. Had he pushed her too far? He knew he'd been a tad (ok a lot) stalkerish lately. He'd been worried that she'd tell his secret to the rest of the campus. Not that it would affect his social life, but he hadn't wanted rumors to reach his baseball life. It was the one thing he took pride in. He didn't need any slander news pieces to know about his sex preferences. Not with such a big tournament coming up before long. When he'd found out that Tonya had kept her mouth shut, and accepted him as well, he'd wanted to surprise the girl by taking her to dinner as a formal way of thanking her for remaining silent. Discretion forms be damned. Tonya could've let it slip easily. She'd kept her mouth shut. Miyuki appreciated that small act of kindness. That—and he wanted to try and tempt her into becoming his once more.

'Where the hell is she?' Miyuki thought to himself.

"What happened?!" The young man stopped walking when he heard the team trainer's voice rise a few octaves. "So that's why you haven't been here. Well, I'm glad you're okay. No. Don't worry. Just focus on getting better Grey."

"Excuse me? Was that Tonya?" Miyuki poked his head in after the phone call had ended. The instructor looked up in shock. Miyuki never took interest in anyone outside of the team.

"It was. Why?" The older man narrowed his eyes at the catcher who put on his best innocent act as he held his hands up in innocence.

"I haven't seen her around lately. She's been a big help to the pitchers and myself lately. I was getting worried." He explained. It was true for the most part. The trainer sighed before leaning against the wall. Miyuki didn't seem like he was up to anything. For once.

"Keep this from the others okay? Tonya's in the hospital. There was a fire at her apartment complex. Apparently, she dove into the burning place and helped to save her neighbors. She's okay. She's been out for a few days recovering from smoke inhalation and minor burns. The building itself suffered a lot of damage. They're going to let people go back in a few days to collect anything salvageable. She was calling to let me know all this and that she'd be out the rest of the week." The man said.

"I see. Do you know the hospital? I'd like to send flowers and visit if possible." Miyuki offered. While he appeared calm on the outside, inside he was a mess. And he didn't know why.

Miyuki does have a heart! Or does he? You can all be the judge of what will happen next for only I know! At least for now. One more preview chapter and then comes the waiting game. So for those of you who enjoy it so far let me know so that the story can continue. Otherwise I'll let it die and it'll come down.