Darker Days
Chapter 3
She sat in the room, next to Yuzuri, on the couch. Yuzuri flicked through the channels on the television but wasn't really that interested in it.
Itoya sat in a chair in the corner in front of a desk with his knives lined on top of it. He was polishing the knives now that he had sharpened them, the water on stone sitting vacantly to the side of the desk.
Ryuu lay on the bed on his stomach, a laptop in front of him with his legs pointed toward the bed head. He was typing furiously, his purple orbs focused on his work.
Shuka was lying on Yuzuri's bed, underneath the covers, seemingly taking a nap. They were all silently going about their business, comfortably in each other's presence.
Until Kazuki came out of the bathroom and rolled his eyes at Shuka. "Seriously? Its like midday and he's napping?!" he said in annoyance as the blonde walked across the room and sat next to Shirayuki on the couch, with a huff.
The red head laughed softly in amusement. "You're just jealous because he can sleep anywhere and anytime."
Kazuki snorted and folded his arms over his chest and then his eyes focused on the television.
"Are you actually gonna choose a station or what?"
The channels stopped on one station for a moment and then Yuzuri's head leaned around from Shirayuki and she glared. "What was that, shrimp?" shrilled Yuzuri with narrowed eyes.
Kazuki's eyes widened. "Say that again, bimbo, I dare you!"
Shirayuki sighed. Itoya looked away from his knives to look over at the two blondes that always seemed to be fighting and then he himself sighed.
"Why are you here again, shrimp?"
"Because you got your bony ass captured again!"
Yuzuri's high pitch gasp was heard through out the room.
"Why you little shit..."
"I'm sorry, little girls should be seen, not heard."
"Oh my god, I'm gonna kill him! Hold me back, Yuki, cos I'm gonna kill him!"
And then she laughed. She just genuinely laughed because even though they fought like brother and sister, Shirayuki just knew that they really cared about each other and their fights just made her realise how lucky they were to have each other. All of them together.
Forever...well, that was her hope but she knew it wouldn't turn out that way. So she had to take in these small moments because nothing lasted. Not for them.
The two blondes looked at each other and then at Shirayuki's joyful face and they couldn't help but smile a little.
"What's wrong with you?" snapped Kazuki suddenly, looking away from her before she saw him smile at her like that. "You're being an idiot."
Yuzuri snaked her arm into Shirayuki's and laid her head against her shoulder.
"I think we should address the elephant in the room, whilst we're all here and they're not," spoke Ryuu's even voice from the bed.
He was still typing away and didn't look up but the others all looked over to him (except for Shuka).
"Which elephant?" asked Itoya, his deep voice echoing through the room.
He picked up another kunai and began to rub it with a cloth but his eyes were on Ryuu.
"Whaddya mean, Itoya?" asked Kazuki with a frown. "The rapist, who is meant to be here any minute or the fact that now that we're under their watchful eye? And don't even get me started on that gold eyed demon..."
The last part of Kazuki's statement caught Shirayuki's attention.
"He's been watching Yuki an awful lot and lets not forget...he was trained with Itoya, so we know he's got some mad skills. We won't be able to pull the wool over his eyes, no way," said Kazuki, his gaze turning back to Shirayuki and then over to Itoya.
Itoya nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, I don't like how he looks at her either," spoke the young voice of Shuka from the bed. He turned, stretched and sat up in the bed, his eyes looking fondly over at Shirayuki.
Shirayuki felt a little shy under everyone's gaze and her cheeks heated up.
"What? Don't worry, I'll be fine-"
"That's what you said the night that Raj, the disgusting asshole, took you away!" exclaimed Yuzuri, pulling away from Shirayuki to stare at her with incredulity. "He's clearly got a thing for you!"
Shirayuki sighed. Well, it was going to be harder and harder to keep her little secret, but, she'd try for as long as she could.
"Well, none of that matters. What we need to focus on is how we will aid the government because Agent Rouen said that we aren't just helping in the capture of Raj," she said, deflecting away from Obi.
The others nodded.
"Well, lets focus on one group at a time," said Ryuu's calculative voice from across the other side of the room. "Looks like I've spotted Shenazard's assistant, Sakaki. He's downstairs."
Shirayuki kicked herself, mentally, for just sitting around watching TV idly. She needed to get to her apartment because her herbalist tools were there and she needed more serum, plus a few other items.
"Can you keep them busy for a while? I have to get to my apartment," she said as she stood and stretched.
She had black leggings and a loose fitting white and grey striped, long sleeve shirt on which was casual but part of her back was exposed and was tied loosely at the back of her neck.
She walked over to the wardrobe and pulled out some high heeled ankle boots and pulled them on and then Itoya was suddenly standing beside her, his eyes regarding her with worry - even though he tried to hide it.
But it seemed his mask wasn't as good as it had been before he'd met them.
"You can't go alone."
With this, Ryuu gave his approval, much to Kazuki and Shuka's annoyance.
"But be quick," said Ryuu, his orbs finally looking at her.
"Wait! Can you grab me a thong while you're there?"
Shirayuki frowned and looked over at the blonde, still on the couch.
"Never know when a cute boy will take my fancy," purred Yuzuri, causing Shirayuki to roll her eyes and leave without another word.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Zen hated the waiting game but in their line of work, sometimes it was all they could do.
He sat at his desk, Mitsuhide and Kiki both at his side, making sure he was doing his paperwork.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door and one of their security guards spoke, announcing someone's arrival.
"Come in," said Zen's cool voice an then the doors opened to reveal the teen who none of them could work out what his IQ was - only that it was above theirs.
"Little Ryuu," said Kiki with a nod and a small smile, the others following suit.
He didn't acknowledge them and went straight into why he had come downstairs.
"You're awfully calm, considering Shenazard's assistant is in your foyer."
Zen looked up with a frown and then looked to Mitsuhide and then to Kiki before his eyes landed on Ryuu with confusion. "Uh, security would have said-"
"Don't be a fool. Those dimwits couldn't guard a playground, let alone a Wistaria hotel, so my advice to you is to organise for O-Nanaki and Suzu the sleaze to take over in all security matters."
The silver haired agent narrowed his eyes at the boy, however, he couldn't help but find his words to be accurate. He knew that some of his personnel weren't exactly the best but they had done the job so far.
However, perhaps in this instance and situation called for more drastic measures and more competent security.
"I'll take it on board. How did you find out?"
"I hacked into the security feed. Yet again, more child's play. And in the next minute, Nanaki and Suzu will probably come in, confirming my findings."
Ryuu's cool dark orbs regarded Zen and he couldn't help but wonder how such a decorated agent such as Zen Wistaria had put so many criminals behind bars.
The doors opened again to reveal Obi and Suzu. The blonde looked to Ryuu and rolled his eyes.
"Guess you already know then," said Suzu with a sigh.
Obi looked at the young boy too and it seemed that his reputation did precede him, after all, 'little Ryuu', was indeed the infamous Olin Maris. He was in the top five most wanted expert programmers or in layman terms 'hackers' - in the world.
Obi then looked to Zen because the silver haired man had been staring at him since he walked in the door.
"As you know, I hired you for security of the chip, however...things have since escalated and I need you to perform security for the whole hotel. For the duration of the job," explained Zen, his eyes then met Suzu's.
They both nodded. "That's fine, but it'll cost you, boss."
Obi nodded in agreement. "I'm guessing that's because Little Ryuu is the one who informed you firstly about the arrival of Sakaki, right?"
Zen nodded. "I will pay you double. Get Shirayuki down here too, and the others. We need to work out how we should proceed-"
"No."
All eyes focused on the young hacker; some surprised, some confused but Zen was annoyed.
"And why not?" snapped the agent.
Ryuu sighed. "If I tell you will you all please not call me Little Ryuu?"
Kiki smirked and Mitsuhide laughed.
"She's...indisposed at the moment," he said, hesitantly and then he turned his head slightly to see Obi's reaction.
The boy didn't like what he saw.
"Indisposed? What the hell does that mean? If she isn't down here by-"
Ryuu's jaw tightened as his eyes narrowed at Obi. "She's not here."
Obi looked away; the look of concern he'd showed for merely half a second was gone, replaced with the mask of indifference once again.
"Well where is she? She can't just leave when she pleases," snapped Zen, not that he cared as much as he sounded, except that he knew there were people out there after her. "Shenazard hasn't been spotted here-"
"No but Itoya is with her. She needs more of her supplies and some gear, she'll be back soon."
Zen clenched his fists, his eyes furious when a hand was on his shoulder. He looked up at Mitsuhide's reassuring smile. "Why don't we send one of them?"
He nodded to Obi and Suzu, his eyes on Obi though.
Ryuu snapped his gaze toward Zen once more and shook his head. "Itoya is more than enough. Shirayuki wouldn't want outsiders knowing where one of her hideouts are-"
"Its not up to you or her. You work for the Government now, you don't get to choose to live a private life anymore and if that's what you wanted, perhaps you should have chosen a different line of work," snapped Zen, knowing that they didn't really choose this life but, hey, he was pissed off.
"I'll go," said Obi, diverting the conversation back to him.
The boy turned and looked up at Obi. He didn't know if he could trust the guy yet, despite knowing that he was from an orphanage too. He'd been out of the game a while so who was to say that Obi could even handle himself half as well as Itoya?
But then again, he could be wrong in that assumption. Just because Obi and Suzu had legitimized their work, didn't mean they weren't as skilled.
"Itoya will be enough but if you insist. I've sent you the address," said Ryuu, walking past Obi. "I'll get the others."
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Obi knew what it was like to be without his 'toys' on a mission, so he understood Shirayuki's need to go and get supplies. He always felt naked without his knives hidden somewhere on his person, but Obi was different because he could handle himself on his own.
The little Miss couldn't. She was nimble and skilled at what she did but she was no fighter and yes she had outsmarted those guards Wistaria had hired.
But lets face it, those idiots had next to no experience and if anything, they were security guards and had no proper combat training.
So why did he feel a little miffed that the red head had gone out on her own?
His golden eyes looked up at the building he was standing in front of. He eyed his phone, wondering if he had the right address. He looked back at the ragged building and wouldn't be surprised if there was a drug den in there. The building was old, haggard and the paint was stripping off the outside.
The front door had graffiti on the front and if that alone didn't show how dodgy this place was, he didn't know what would. He shrugged to himself because he couldn't complain or judge since he had stayed in less desirable places too (many times) and decided to go around the back of the building instead.
Obi was used to scaling walls but the fire escape was what he was aiming for this time. He rarely went into buildings using the front door, although, he'd done that a lot lately with this new security gig.
He noticed half of the ladder than been broken off, so he ran, used the wall as leverage with his foot to launch himself at the ladder, grabbing a rung with his hands. He dangled for a moment before climbing his way up with ease.
Then it was a simple matter to climb the stairs for five floors.
Obi reached his destination after about ten minutes and looked through the window. He spotted red hair and also silver hair and glaring eyes.
"Hiya," he said, waving at them from the outside.
Shirayuki seemed surprised and Itoya seemed less than impressed but ended up opening the window and letting him inside anyway.
"H-How did you get up there?" Shirayuki had asked when he dropped inside from the window sill gracefully.
His golden orbs met hers and a smirk shaped his lips. "How did you manage to zip line with my belt across two buildings?" he countered. "And by the way, you still haven't replaced that, either."
Her eyes narrowed and she huffed, a small tint of red blushing her cheeks in indignation.
"I-I will...when this is all over. Unless you desperately need it right now?" she asked snippily, a hand on her hip.
Obi laughed. "I was joking, Miss."
She huffed and then went back to rummaging through her herbs which sat in pots along the floor of what Obi believed could have been a lounge room.
"So this is where you make that stuff...your 'kiss serum'," he said, his eyes scanning the room to find that he could almost imagine Shirayuki living here.
Over in a corner was a small cot which he assumed she used because it was disheveled and unmade. There was no couch or television, only books which sat in piles on the floor and an open desk in the middle of the room with vials and medical equipment on top. One section of the desk was cordoned off and had excess bits of plant life - he assumed that was where she cut the herbs up and to the back of that section was a mortar and pestle.
On the other side of the room was a closet with a few black leotards, some skimpy dresses and heels. And then next to the closet was a dresser where some makeup sat and a few pieces of cheap jewellery.
"Are you done gawking at my stuff?" she snapped and then he jerked his head back toward her where she was stuffing plants into snap lock bags, placing them into a pocket at the front of the back pack. She also packed up some equipment, vials and the mortar and pestle. "And yes, I made some of that serum here. Not that its your business."
Obi laughed. "You made it my business when you kissed me with it. Powerful stuff, but unfortunately it doesn't work that well on me," he said and as she looked up at him curiously, he winked back at her.
Shirayuki narrowed her eyes. "And why is that exactly?"
The former contract killer put an index finger to his nose with a cheeky grin. "Well, Miss, maybe I'm just used to poisons...or maybe you concocted it wrong-"
"As if-"
"Shirayuki, we should hurry. Ignore him, he's an imbecile," said Itoya evenly, as he looked away from Shirayuki to glare over at Obi.
"I resent that...Itoya, was it?"
The taller man continued to glare. "You know damn well-" he began but stopped when he heard footsteps down the hall.
Obi was also on alert and the playful expression he'd displayed moments ago had vanished. He looked to Itoya who nodded and they both crept soundlessly to the door.
Shirayuki looked at them with panic in her eyes. Obi caught her worried gaze and placed an index finger to his lips to silence her as she had opened her mouth to ask what was going on.
She nodded but continued to quietly pack her things. She had to wrap her glass vials and beakers in something soft, which were socks at the moment that she had grabbed from her closet earlier.
She'd packed all the herbs she could manage and her equipment but now she needed bandages, just in case.
The red head watched as the boys leaned either side the door, listening as the footsteps seemed to disappear down the hall.
Just as she found the bandages, she heard a voice from the other side of the door. The two contract killers heard it too.
"Is this it?"
"Yes."
She recognised the voice, it was an old lady who lived a few doors down. Sometimes she would see her when she visited this room on occasion and said a polite 'hello' as she walked by but she didn't think she'd seen her today.
Suddenly there was a loud knock on the door. Then some loud footsteps were heard, coming closer from down the hall, followed by another set of footsteps. It seemed there were three, Obi surmised.
"If you're in there girl, you better open the door."
Her eyes widened and she stilled. She looked toward Itoya who shook his head.
"Kick it in."
Suddenly Obi and Itoya moved away from the door quickly as it was forced open, off its hinges, and fell to the ground with a large thud.
A man walked into the room and on top of the door, holding a hunting knife. He eyed the two men in front of him as he adjusted the cuff's of his expensive looking suit and smiled.
"I thought I might find you here, girl," he said coldly as his gaze finally fell on Shirayuki who was crouched over her back pack.
Her eyes widened in pure fear because she recognised that man. It was one of the men Raj had hired and he had been there the day she had escaped.
The man had short, blond hair, blue eyes and was as tall as Obi but she frowned when she noticed a scar on his cheek. That hadn't been there before.
Itoya recognised him too.
"Round two, Itoya?"
The grey haired contract killer narrowed his eyes in disgust. "How did you escape death, filth?"
"Now, now. I'm only here for the girl, nothing more," he said as two other men came into the room behind him. "You can't take on all of us."
"Are you sure about that?" spoke up Obi who took off his suit jacket, pulled out the knives that had been tucked underneath the sides of his jacket and began to roll up his sleeves with a knife in each hand.
The blonde regarded Obi carefully because his auburn, cat-like eyes were piercing into his soul dangerously.
"You're a dead man walking, as far as I'm concerned," spat Obi.
And then the fighting broke out. The blonde man launched himself at Itoya, swinging his hunting knife toward his throat but Itoya leaned back easily dodging it and swiftly kicked him in the gut.
One of the men launched at Obi and it was then that Shirayuki observed Obi's talents now. The man swung a knife at Obi too but he blocked and forced the blade away with his own quickly before turning, lowering his body and slashing the man with a clean slice to his stomach.
The man screamed in pain as blood splattered and he landed on the ground, grasping his stomach. Shirayuki knew that it was too late for him though because there was too much blood and soon he would bleed out and die.
"Gaia!" screamed the other man who lunged at Obi in anger. "You'll pay for that, scum!"
Obi didn't respond. This man seemed to be better skilled than the last. Each of them parried attacks and neither being able to land a hit or slash.
"You could have walked away from this, but you're fucked now you've killed one of us. You should have let us have her and you could have lived!" screamed the man who was slashing toward Obi with his knife.
Shirayuki noticed how easily Obi dodged. He was nimble on his feet, could easily block and then counter-attack. Obi had landed a few shallow slices to his assailant's shin and then elbow. He gasped in pain but the man looked determined.
He knew that Obi was too fast and too skilled for him but even so he kept fighting. The man looked to his side for a second and grabbed a left over beaker and smashed it into Obi's arm as he blocked.
Shirayuki gasped, watching as the glass smashed and noticed how his arm was bleeding now.
She expected him to yell in pain but he didn't even flinch, in fact, it just made him angrier. He slashed forward with his knives which his opponent dodged but then he dropped to the floor and sweeped his legs from under him.
Obi then grabbed the man and threw him across the room. He landed against the wall unceremoniously, crushing the plaster surrounding the frame and became motionless.
Shirayuki's eyes widened in awe. Was he really that strong? He'd dispatched those men in no time at all and Itoya was still fighting the other one. Although, she knew the blonde man was much more skilled than the other two.
"Itoya!" exclaimed Obi urgently.
"I know. You got the easy ones, brat!" yelled Itoya as he dodged the hunting knife but as his arm went past him he grabbed it, wrenched the wrist back and an audible snap was heard.
The blonde man screamed in pain but then Itoya turned and expertly hit him with a back round house kick to the face which sent the blonde man flying back out the door and into the hall.
Itoya looked over to Obi who was watching him in appreciation, noticing the man on the ground and then the man at the back of the room - one dead, the other unconscious.
He smiled. "I didn't expect any less."
Obi nodded with a small smile of his own and then turned to Shirayuki who was now on her feet with her backpack now over her shoulders.
"We should go quickly then," she said quietly, her hooded eyes on the man on the ground, lifeless.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"I have a lot of secrets on that chip, you know," snapped Raj as he looked over at his attendant. "And why did you insist that I stay at a different hotel, Sakaki, while you get to roam freely over at the Wistaria Hotel?"
The older man pursed his lips. "Because you don't know who might be watching. I haven't heard back from Riku, Gaia and Rikon-"
"What?!" growled Raj angrily as he threw some grapes into his mouth and chewed on them while staring at Sakaki with a sour look on his face.
He sat in a lounge chair on his balcony from the top floor of a hotel across from where the chip was supposedly going to be, eating grapes, with his legs stretched out in front of him. The chip was supposed to auctioned off soon on the black market.
An auction that was going to be happening very soon.
"While I'm bidding, I want you to make sure that Red is in my hands."
Sakaki nodded. "I will Sir but if you don't get that chip, your father will get involved..."
"I'm well aware-"
"With or without that girl, you need that chip."
Raj narrowed his eyes up at Sakaki, who was leaning against the balcony balustrade, regarding his boss.
"No, Sakaki, she won't get away this time...did father-"
"Not yet, he hasn't said anything but he finds your obsession with this orphan girl to be...fruitless."
Raj let his brown locks fall in front of his eyes and rage filled him. He wouldn't let his father get in his way, all he wanted...was for her to be his, was it so much to ask?
He was the son of a gang leader so he had always gotten what he wanted since birth so then why did she run? Didn't she know who he was...what he was capable of? Surely she did...with what happened last time...
Well, if she didn't know already, she was about to find out.
Suddenly Sakaki's phone began to ring and Raj looked up at his attendant with mild surprise.
"I see. Come back quickly."
He shut his phone and looked at Raj with unease, putting his hands into his pockets and sighed.
"She got away."
A maid walked into the Penthouse hall and heard a scream that she thought came from the balcony and then heard footsteps come hurriedly into the room. The next thing she knew, she heard crashing and something breaking and a man cursing from behind the door.
Suffice to say, she decided to go back downstairs, thinking she would wait to clean the penthouse for now.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOO
They arrived back at the hotel quickly and Shirayuki went straight to her room that Zen was allowing her and the others to stay in for the duration of this 'mission' that he'd given them - but on the way, Ryuu intercepted them.
Ryuu asked that they come to the conference room when she was done in her room. She smiled at Itoya in thanks and he nodded, following Ryuu and she made her way to the lift.
"You know, if I hadn't come to back you up, you probably would have been taken by now," said Obi from behind her but she didn't see the crack in his mask.
Shirayuki growled audibly. "Argh, are you still there?"
She turned to look at him as the lift made a 'ding' sound and the doors open, revealing an empty space. She walked forward and found that Obi had followed her.
"Yeah cos you can't take care of yourself-"
"Says who!" she exclaimed angrily as she slammed her hand on one of the number buttons, which caused the lift to close.
Her green eyes looked up at him and she noticed he was closer than before. She was much shorter than Obi and it was just now that she realised he could easily overpower her if he wanted to.
Shirayuki backed away until the backpack on her back hit the wall and her eyes flickered to the lights which highlighted the number of the floor they were on.
Luckily Obi didn't move from his spot, perhaps he sensed her slight fear.
"But...thank you," she whispered as the doors opened and she rushed out.
She opened her door when the light turned green as she'd inserted her key card but as she tried to close the door she found Obi held it open.
"W-what are you doing?" she stammered as he pushed the door open and entered her room.
The door closed behind her and she watched as Obi slinked over to the first bed and proceeded to lie down on it. He lifted his legs up and crossed them on top of each other. His arms were folded behind his head and he looked up at the ceiling.
"Unpack, we have to go downstairs," he said and then his auburn eyes moved toward her, capturing her own. "And it was my job, you don't have to thank me."
Shirayuki nodded. "Well I do want to thank you," she said softly as she got to her knees and opened her mini-bar fridge, pulling all the items out to replace them with her snap lock bags which had her herbs in it. "You killed a man and...I'm sorry."
Obi hummed and looked down at her but she wasn't looking at him. "I'm used to it-"
"Well you shouldn't be!" she exclaimed angrily, snapping her gaze to his again and slammed the fridge door shut.
She walked over to bed and stood beside it, her eyes full of a fire he hadn't seen since the day she was being questioned by Zen and the others in the interview room.
"Its my fault you had to do that and that's why I'm sorry!" said Shirayuki and she could feel tears coming but she refused to let him see them.
He looked up at her, a little shocked by her outburst.
"Yeah well you have your skill set and I have mine. Orphans, remember?" he said with his mask intact. He wouldn't be affected by her words.
Shirayuki pursed her lips. "I know...but you made an effort to stop doing all that and its my fault you had to-"
"Can you stop saying that? Christ, it was their fault. They shouldn't have been after you in the first place," he said with annoyance in his tone, looking away from her because she was starting to affect him, despite his efforts of trying to keep that feeling at bay.
"Yes but if it weren't for-"
"I did it because I'm pissed that someone like Shenezard thinks they can take things, just because they're beautiful...it doesn't mean they belong to you."
Her eyes widened in shock.
"Y-you think I'm beautiful?" she stammered, her cheeks turning a nice red hue.
Obi looked over at her skeptically.
"Are you being serious? Of course you are," he laughed, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
Shirayuki glared at him because obviously she didn't see what he saw. She wasn't even wearing make up! And then Obi felt the mattress dip from her weight slightly and watched as she sat herself beside his lying form, her back facing him.
"You're right though...what you said before. If you weren't there, I probably would have been taken again," she said quietly and then turned her body to face him.
It was then he noticed how her eyes told him more than she showed outwardly - they always had, hadn't they? They were a forest green color and he thought it really brought full attention to the color of her hair. And right now, her eyes said she was grateful but outwardly, she looked indifferent.
And he wasn't lying before because out of all the women he'd seen, Shirayuki would have to be the most beautiful, stunning woman he'd come across but despite this fact, he still couldn't bring himself to fully trust her yet. Not after her little 'kiss goodnight' encounter.
He knew she didn't trust him either but then why...why were they so drawn to each other? Because she was leaning down, pressing her lips to his and he wasn't stopping her.
They had been caught up in the moment when her phone went off.
Shirayuki groaned as she straddled Obi's hips and his hands had been on her bottom. She hadn't even noticed herself getting on top of him throughout that one kiss because she had planned to just give him a thank you peck on the lips.
Her body and her lust had other plans, it seemed. She really needed to get a grip.
She grabbed her phone which she had sat on the side table by the bed, reaching over Obi, and read the text that came up.
"Its Ryuu. Apparently we're needed downstairs and Zen is getting impatient now," she sighed and then looked from her phone, down at Obi who was staring up at her with a glare.
"I did say that before-"
"Oh I'm sorry, Mr Itoldyouso, god you're so annoying," she growled as she went to move off him but his hands held her in position on her bottom.
"Says the person straddling Mr Itoldyouso," he said with a grin and so Shirayuki reach over him again to place her phone on the side table.
She narrowed her eyes down at him. "If you think I'm sleeping with you again-"
Obi laughed but it held no humor. "Oh, there's no sleep involved, I promise."
Shirayuki started to smile and for some reason, it made Obi feel good. The feeling in his gut that had never really revealed itself before throughout his entire life, started to pulse.
He knew it wasn't good...and that proved that Shirayuki meant trouble for him.
Just once more.
"We don't have time for it anyway-"
"Don't we?"
She stared at him with a frown but then he pulled her down toward him, her lips touching his softly before suddenly it became more urgent.
And she let him.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
"Fuck," grunted Obi.
Shirayuki grinded on top of him faster and faster, her red locks of hair plastered on her face from small amounts of sweat.
His hands gripped her bottom cheeks tightly, guiding her onto him as he also thrusted upwards each time her hips came downward, his length reaching inside of her deeply each time.
Obi's back was against the headboard and it was rocking into the wall with each thrust and she didn't know if they had neighbors but she was pretty much careless at this point. The pleasure overrode any sense she had.
"Oh god..." she moaned as Obi had moved his head and began to play with one of her breasts with his mouth.
They were near their climax and Shirayuki started moaning more heavily now. Obi's eyes met hers and she could feel his penis pulsing inside her.
Her arms were around Obi's shoulder's to balance her through her motions and she began to grip him more tightly, her face buried in the crook of his neck now, muffling her screams.
"God, harder, I'm almost-"
And then the feeling welled up so much inside her and released in euphoric waves and then she felt him begin to shudder beneath her, his thrusts hard and quick before slowing.
He swore again and then as they slowed their motions and stopped she practically collapsed against him with no energy left and they hugged for a moment as Shirayuki caught her breath. One of Obi's hands had moved upward so that he supported her back as they both began to relax.
"Shit, how long was that?" she said, jerking her head up, putting her hands on Obi's broad shoulder's, looking into his eyes.
He looked at her with his playful auburn cat-like eyes and he smirked. "Not that long, just rest for a minute, Miss."
Shirayuki nodded and collapsed back onto him.
A few minutes later, they were laying down beside each other. She had worked out they had been twenty minutes so that wasn't so bad.
They laid there, naked, with Shirayuki's head resting on his chest, an arm around her small back with his hand playing with a lock of her red hair and her leg was up on top of one of Obi's.
"How did you do it?" she began, breaking their comfortable silence.
He looked down at her with confusion, waiting for her to continue.
"Going legit?"
His mouth formed an 'O' shape out of understanding and he shrugged.
"When Suzu and I left, we were on the streets. It didn't start out legitimate, but after we'd made some money, we ended up getting into security. But yeah, it was hard at first. Its always easier to the do the wrong thing."
Shirayuki seemed silent but she was thinking about it. Where had they gone so wrong?
"Shit, we didn't use protection," whined Obi, screwing his eyes shut in horror.
And then he heard her laughter and she sat up.
"I'm on the pill, don't worry."
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"But that's not one hundred percent though, right?"
Shirayuki rolled her eyes. They were in the lift now and still he was going on about it.
"No, Obi, its not. None of them are, you know?"
He looked at her in disbelief and he had this horrified look on his face. Coupled with how lopsided his tie was, his shirt was crinkled and his sleeves were rolled up (not so professional now, are we?), she couldn't help as a rumbling in her chest bubbled up and...
She burst out laughing.
As they walked to the conference room, Obi was pissed off because she wasn't taking it seriously and she was quiet because she remembered how she'd laughed so much since she'd met him.
Was it right? Was it okay for her to laugh and almost feel like she was sort of happy?
God...happy?
She smiled to herself because there was no way she was happy, she didn't even know what that was! Obi just made her laugh, that's all.
He was so silly and pissed her off too and although she was definitely attracted to him, this was only fleeting and she had to remember that.
And then her mood was solemn again, just how she was meant to be.
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"Itoya filled us in. A bit reckless, don't you think?" snapped Zen, his cool orbs piercing hers from across the room.
Shirayuki pursed her lips and nodded. "It was, however it was also enlightening."
The others looked toward her as if she'd caught on fire.
"She's right. Yuki has around half a dozen different apartments she uses, how did they know to go to that one?"
Yuzuri was the first to realise what Ryuu meant and the fear in her eyes caused the others to panic too.
"Are you saying they're monitoring you? How?" asked Mitsuhide.
Zen and Mitsuhide stood at the front of the room. Zen was pacing and Mitsuhide stood at the front of the conference table. He was so straight backed so Shirayuki knew he was definitely a government agent.
Suzu and Obi leaned against the wall at the front, listening, watching, but also having their own private conversation.
"Impressed her then," Suzu whispered, turning to his friend with raised eyebrows and a smirk.
Obi glowered at him. "What the hell are you talking about now?" Obi whispered back.
"Well you both took a long time and you look like you got dressed in an awful hurry."
He turned away silently, ignoring his friend.
Suzu sniggered.
"Sakaki is gone now. Not sure where he went. But someone else is in town now," said Ryuu, glancing away from his laptop that sat in front of him on the conference table.
He looked over at the agents.
"Who?" asked Kiki with concern.
"Well, not just one. The heads of a few gangs, actually. Touka Bergatt, Umihebi the leader of the Claw and Mukaze of the Mountain's Lions, just to name a few."
Kazuki's eyes lit up at the last gang leader's name and so did Itoya's.
Obi was staring at Shirayuki and noticed her mood seemed to be souring. Yuzuri, who sat next to her, put a hand on her wrist and Shirayuki turned and gave her a small smile.
"You've set something up, haven't you?" spat Ryuu, his raging purple orbs snapping toward Zen.
The white haired man looked down at him and shrugged. "You figured it out-"
"Of course I did. Should I hack into your systems to find out what it is?" challenged Ryuu, his knuckles turning white with clenched fists.
Kiki turned away, perhaps a little guilty and Mitsuhide remained silent but he looked to Zen. His eyes asking if he was going to be forthcoming.
"The chip is being auctioned off in the black market, courtesy of us. I've rigged it so each person will win the bid, no matter who is higher. Have any of you been to a black market auction before?" asked Zen, looking around the room for acknowledgement.
Ryuu nodded and so did Itoya, Obi and Suzu.
"So you know that they each have tablets and a device that connects to the tablet. Its untraceable except that their tablets aren't. When they input their bank details, we will have them and can arrest them - but you have to win a bid in order for the prompt for bank details to come up. That's why I've changed it for this one so they will all win. Since none of them talk to each other during this event and can even do this from the comfort of their hotel room, they won't suspect a thing because they believe they're safe, due to the device they connect to their tablet."
Shirayuki and Yuzuri listened on. It all seemed complicated but they got the gist of what they were saying. Perhaps this would be a quicker job than they suspected.
"That's all very well and good, but how will you gain access to their tablets?" asked Suzu, regarding Zen with skepticism.
Zen smiled. "That's where little Ryuu will come in."
Shuka, Kazuki and Yuzuri looked to Ryuu and gave a thumbs up with a smile.
He sighed. "Fine. When is this auction taking place?"
"In an hour, actually."
The raven haired boy growled.
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He watched the screen with disgust as two bodies grinded against each other and made noises that spiked some sort of primal, lustful instinct he couldn't quell. It made him sick.
He couldn't believe she would give herself to this idiot of a man and not him. He'd been handed information about who that man was but could find little, only that his name was Nanaki Itsuko and he owned a security business with another man named Suzu Hiro.
The names seemed fake to him. Where had they even met?
If only Sakaki had planted the cameras sooner, he might have actually learned something more useful other than how Shirayuki looked so sexy as she brought herself down on another man's penis.
He turned the sound up.
"How did you do it? Going legit?"
"When Suzu and I left, we were on the streets. It didn't start out legitimate, but after we'd made some money, we ended up getting into security. But yeah, it was hard at first. Its always easier to the do the wrong thing."
Raj Shenezard smiled. He knew who he was or at least where he could start looking. Of course, she knew him from the orphanage where all of her friends were from.
"Sakaki!" exclaimed Raj, turning from his laptop to Sakaki who was in the kitchen making a drink.
"What is it, Sir?"
"We need to find everything on the orphanages again. I want a list of every kid that went through. Try Sector five first, I have a feeling he does more with his hands than simply touching my Red."