The first few moments after Asami had handed Takaba glass had been in complete silence, Takaba sipped the weak miso while keeping his eyes trained on Asami, not even giving the other the chance to do anything to him. His mouth was enjoying the taste, but his stomach wasn't reacting quite the same way to it. Takaba practically had to force himself to keep slowly sipping the liquid as he fought back the bile that wanted to rise up in his throat. He continued to force himself to drink the brew in hopes that towards the end of finishing it his stomach might be a slightly better then it currently was.
Asami was respecting the other's silence as he sat there with his legs crossed, hands folded on his lap as he watched boy's every action, waiting for the signal that he was ready to start speaking seriously. Asami could easily see the way that Takaba's hands were shaking as he held the glass tightly in them, more then likely to make sure that the glass wasn't going to slip through his fingers. Asami would've offered to help the boy, but he knew that more then likely Takaba would turn down his offer and not kindly at that.
Asami would allow Takaba to push him away for the time being, but once he set down the rules and the boy was feeling better he was expecting the other to obey each and every rule he set force. Of course punishments were going to be dealt out if the other didn't understand the boundaries he was expected to follow. Punishment was something that Asami knew he was going to be able to enjoy, for Takaba didn't seem like the kind of person who tended to give in easily, meaning that rules weren't something that he knew how to follow.
"Are you ready to speak?" Asami questioned while watching Takaba carefully set the cup down on the nightstand next to him.
"The only thing that I want to talk to you about concerns my freedom." Takaba replied, as he kept his stare firmly on Asami who was regarding him with a rather large amount of amusement that annoyed the boy to no end, it appeared as though the other wasn't really taking his words that seriously.
"Do you still not think that I intend to keep you? Have my words not sunken into you properly?" Asami questioned while shifting his position in the chair so that he could shift closer to the boy who was doing a fabulous job of scowling at him and making him more excited then the young photographer could possible even think about understanding.
"I don't really give a damn about what you say, I'm keeping my freedom!" Takaba snapped back, watching Asami's face once again turn hard though the look in his eyes didn't change one bit.
"The moment that you were sold to me I took away your freedom, last night sealed the last day that you'd be able to say that you belonged to yourself. Say what you like but I intend to make sure that every part of you, body and soul understand that you belong to me." Takaba really couldn't stop the shiver that traveled down his spine when Asami said those words, feeling the dark intent that oozed off him making him only want to get away from the other even more then he already did.
"You will let me go." Takaba told the older man, causing the look of amusement to once again pass over his face, the boy was much more stubborn then even Asami had expected him to be.
"Do you think that you're in any kind of condition to even think about getting away from me in?" Asami questioned with a slight cock of his head as his eyes scanned over the other's body. "From the way that I'm looking at things I'm only seeing a weak brat who can't even hold himself up, how do you plan on getting away in such a condition?" Asami knew that he must've struck a cord with Takaba, because something in the other's eyes suddenly changed, something that bothered the older man greatly, for it showed that the boy didn't really think that he was teasing him by his words, rather the other was taking what he said very seriously.
"So what if I'm not able to handle myself? I still have connections with the police, if I tell them that you took me by force even though a deal between us hasn't been made I know that they'll believe me." Asami's eyes narrowed when he noticed that the boy was no longer fully looking at him but rather looking all around and at everything else rather then meeting his eyes.
"I debt you didn't know that the police are rather easy to pay off, even if you do go to them and tell them that I did something to you more then likely they'll just send you away with a pat on the head and say not to mention the incident to anyone else and that more then likely it was just a simple mistake. Money get one everything that they need in life, even power." Asami's voice rang cold through out the room, but Takaba's wasn't paying attention to the tone anymore, he was more focused on the words that the older man had just said to him. he wasn't going to be able to trust the police. He knew that he shouldn't believe what it was that Asami was saying to him, but somehow the other's words were ringing true in his mind as much as he didn't want to believe what he was saying to him.
"So what if the police don't help me? It's not like you're going to be able to keep an eye on me forever. Even if you do tell me that I'm stuck staying here there's no way that I'll just listen to what you say and sit here like a good dog. I'll find my way out and return to-" Takaba was cut off when Asami suddenly grabbed his wrist none too gentle causing the other to flinch.
"You won't be returning to anyone." Asami told the boy, his voice sounding even colder then it did before. "I didn't think that it would actually come to the point that I was going to be finding myself having to give you some kind of solid evidence in order to make you believe what I was telling you earlier, but it would seem as though that that is going to have to be the case." Takaba recoiled his hand quickly when the other let it go and stood up. Takaba curled further into the sheets in a rather protective position as he watched Asami head across the other side of the room, opening the draw of a desk that was positioned in the back left corner of the room, Takaba watched as the other pulled out a small tape and then a recorder before making his way back over to his chair.
Asami once again took his seat before showing the little cassette to Takaba as he placed the thing in the recorder.
"I always find that it works best to record everything that my clients tell me just in case a mistake happens to come up." Asami explained before starting the recorder for Takaba. The tape rolled for a few seconds before a small beep was heard the back ground, signaling that a phone had picked up.
"Are you there?" Takaba recognized the first voice to belong to Asami, more then likely the person making the call. There was silence for a few seconds as the cassette continued going, Asami didn't miss the way that the other perked up the moment that he heard the voice on the other end of the phone.
"I wouldn't be picking up if I wasn't here now would I be?" the second voice replied, the voice that Takaba knew so well that he didn't even have to think twice about who the person speaking was.
"I came to confirm that you're still intending to make the deal meeting a week, my schedule is still cleared for that day and I wanted to make sure that nothing came up since the last time we talked." By the way that Takaba wasn't moving Asami guessed that the other was waiting intently to hear what was going to be said in response to this question.
"Nothing has come up so far, I think that I shouldn't have any problems, I think that I should be able to make it there on the promised date. I already told you that he is like a faithful dog, I shouldn't have any problem getting him to appear at the meeting point if I just tell him that I urgently need to see him."
"What's the boy's name again." Asami then questioned after a few seconds of silence.
"Takaba Akihito, I do warn you ahead of time that despite his docile and meek look he's much more feisty then he appears to be. I might suggest using a rope to tame the boy-" the rest of the words were cut off as Asami clicked the stop button on the top of the recorder, knowing that the boy heard more then he needed to. It was obvious that Takaba was already deeply hurt by what he heard, but Asami could also tell that a certain part of him was still in denial about the whole matter, still not wanting to believe that someone he had been trusting for so long was willing to betray him.
"He's been contacting me about you for quite a while now." Asami explained as he set the recorder down.
"I want to see him." Takaba mumbled, his fists clenched at his sides as he looked down at the sheets, Asami couldn't exactly read the emotions that were passing over his face because the other was looking down, but if Asami had to make a guess he would say the boy was close to tears. "I want him to say these things face to face to me."
"You're not going to see him, that's final." Takaba looked like he was about to argue over what Asami had said to him, but the other seemed to understand that he wasn't going to be able to get anywhere with arguing with him. "Life here with me won't be that bad if you do a good job of obeying the rules that I will be setting down for you."
"I have no intentions of obeying any rules." Takaba replied back, another scowl on his face he looked up at the man before him. Asami seemed to be ignoring his words as he continued speaking.
"Firstly you're not allowed to leave this place on your own under any circumstances, you'll be punished if you even think about trying to escape. You'll ask my permission first if you intend to make any kind of phone calls for any reason, I think that I should be able to trust you enough to not try and call the police after what I told you earlier. Thirdly if I give you an order you're to obey me no matter what. More rules will be added on as time goes by but for now we'll see how you can handle these three. I take it that you already know where the bathroom is, you have free access to use it whenever you need to."
"I guess that's all I need to know because it's not like you're going to be giving me free access to everything in this house anyway." There was a slight pout to Takaba's voice and that caused Asami to almost smirk, and he probably would have if it weren't for the fact that the matter they were talking about was so serious.
"I have no intentions of keep you locked up in here, you'll have free range of the house once you're well enough to get up and move around on your own. Understand though I won't tolerate you snooping around into things that aren't yours. My office on the bottom floor is a room that is completely off limits to you, you can look around everywhere else except for there. Do I make myself clear." Again Takaba looked like he wanted to argue with Asami over the whole matter, but instead kept his mouth shut, an obvious sign that it was okay for Asami to continue speaking. "It will take a few days for the drug to get out of your system and for you to be able to walk around fully without feeling sick. Until that point I suggest that you limit the amount that you move around. I will bring you something to eat or drink when you're hungry, if you need something but don't feel like you can get up to get it then you can press the page button and I will come in to check on you." Takaba just a gave a small nod of his head, knowing that he was going to have to listen to what Asami was telling him regardless if he wanted to or not.
Of course Takaba didn't intend to continue listening to Asami the full time that he stayed there, as soon as he could he was going to find a way to get out of the pent house and then go back to where he used to live, back to where his friends were.
"If I'm going to be expected to stay here with you then I want to know more about you." Takaba told Asami who gave him a rather blank look.
"Information about me is completely off limits." Asami replied, standing up, though he didn't move very faraway from the bed before something gripped the back of his suit tightly, surprisingly him by how strong the grip was.
"That's not fucking fair," Takaba growled, the anger showing in his eyes clearly as he looked at Asami. "You get to know everything that you want about me, but I don't get to know anything about you?"
"If the world was fair, do you think you'd have been sold to me?" Asami was starting to find that he rather enjoyed riling Takaba up and getting to see the pissed look on the other's face, it was something that Asami was finding that he wanted to keep doing, but since he was a patient man he knew that for the time being he was going to have to put his wants to the side till he had gained Takaba's trust and seduced the other into bed with him. Asami however didn't stop his eyes from raking over the other's body despite the disapproving look that Takaba was giving him. The boy had already withdrawn his hand at this point in time and had curled himself further into the sheets. "I'm going to be leaving the room for the time being because there are a few things that I need to take care of. Try to behave yourself and not get into any trouble while I'm out of the room." Takaba tried his best to glare at the other but it didn't work as well as he would've liked since Asami ruffled his hair, ruining his glare totally.
"I'm not a child!" Takaba shouted after the older man as the other left the room, a slight pout to his voice. Takaba stared at the closed door even after Asami left for a short while longer till he allowed himself to relax realizing that the other more then likely wasn't going to be coming back for a bit.
Glancing back to the night stand to his left Takaba saw all of his belongings that he had on him were sitting there, he knew right away Asami more then likely had riffled through them, thus the source of the older man's knowledge about him. One thing that Takaba noticed that caused him to feel rather pissed off was the fact that he realized his camera wasn't there any longer.
"Bastard." Takaba seethed through gritted teeth, he had taken a lot of photos on that camera that were important to him and that he was planning on getting developed soon, he was going to be pissed if Asami ended up doing anything that would caused them to be damaged. His mind was taking off of the problem of his photos for a few moments when he felt the violent urge to need to get up and pee. Takaba groaned inwardly to himself when he saw how far away the bathroom was from his current position; he knew that there was going to be no easy way for him to get there from where he was. The pain in his body hadn't eased up one bit yet and he knew that moving around was only going to make it that much worse, he knew that he wasn't going to be able to wait that much longer, but at the same time he doubted that he'd have the energy to make it there on his own. Takaba knew he was going to have to find a way to do it though because there was no way in hell that he was going to ask to help him, putting that aside it wasn't like he trusted the older man enough to even allow him close enough to even try to do such a thing. Gritting his teeth Takaba prepared himself mentally for the hard task ahead and just hoped that the pain wouldn't be bad enough to make him do anything that would catch the older man's attention.
Asami carefully pocketed the camera in the front of his suit, next time he needed to call for Kirishima he would make sure to have the other develop the photos in order for him to see what kind of pictures the boy had been taking, he had a guess as what they were going to be, but he wanted to be able to see them for himself.
Asami couldn't suppress the smirk that appeared on his face when he heard the thump that came from the room above, knowing right away what had caused the sound, it would seem that it was going to take the boy a little longer then Asami had expected to be able to get up on his own.
I want to thank everyone for the kind reviews that they have sent, I'm going to try my hardest as I keep this story going to try and respond to each and every person that reviews my story if I can do so.
Radcat38: of course we cannot expect Takaba to obey the rules, he's never been the kind of person to do such thing now has he been? His reason for buying his entertainment as it were will soon all be revealed, probably in another three or four chapters, will just depend on how the story goes.
KouyaxCloud: hmmm, I hadn't actually though about making Kirishima drug Takaba, though that would've fit in rather well for the beginning, Asami is that clever after all.
Dhawktx: I think some of us already may have some ideas as to who this friend might be *wink*.
Seithr-Kairy: Why yes, Asami would have his own scale to measure other's age by now wouldn't he, I do think that he would probably apply someone's maturity in account when guessing their age, though with Takaba I guess that would make Asami think of him as rather young now wouldn't? Though in this story I'm going by Japan's age of maturity which from what I know tends to be twenty, thus Takaba is currently nineteen in this story, and I'm think that makes Asami about twenty-eightish in my mind.
Lili974WOLF: Sorry, if my French were better then I would respond to you in it, but thank you for the review and I will try my hardest to keep the story going^^