Summary:

Akihito hearing Asami's voice opened his eyes slowly and look at Asami 'Did I hear correctly? He called me my love! Asami loves me! Asami loves me'. And that was a revelation for Akihito.

Notes:

This chapter follows the manga plot but with my own twist.

Beta work is by StarXNite thank you so much for your hard work.

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Chapter Text

The information Akira squeezed from Sakazaki, led Akihito to Sudou's secret cathouse where the girl he was looking for was hiding.

Akihito managed to infiltrate the place with the help of the black card he extracted from Sudou, when he was attacked in front of Dracaena. The place was a high-end brothel, and he recognized the girl in question. She took him to the back room to talk, and Akihito let his guard down and ended up being drugged.

After taking a sip from the drink, Akihito felt darkness taking over his vision as he thought of Asami waiting for him to call at 9 P.M.

When Akira woke up he was hanging from his belt on a metal hook that probably belonged to a crane. 'Hmm amateurs'. The sissy young manager of Dracaena was not too far from the boy, and when he saw that he was awake he pointed his knife at him and pushed the blade on Akira's neck making a cut but not too deep.

He started mumbling about how loyal and devoted he was to Asami. And how Asami ignored him, and paid attention to Akihito. And that the boy was a nuisance to Asami and his business: blah blah, blah blah.

Akira didn't pay attention to the drama queen's lamentations, he was focusing on how to get out of this predicament. He knew Akihito was supposed to call Asami at 9 PM, and if the crime lord didn't receive his call he would track Akihito's whereabouts via the phone's GPS which luckily was still in his pocket.

Akira saw besides the knife he was using, Sudou was spotting a gun in his jacket pocket. Sudou's phone started ringing, and he put some distance between them to answer the call.

That was the break Akira was looking for. He lifted his legs and grabbed the Barracuda from the confinement of his boots. With his hands tied behind his back he cut his leather belt that was on the hook.

Like a feline he landed on the ground and walked towards Sudou with the sharp blade in hand. Unaware of the danger behind him Sudou was yelling into the phone, and then hung up.

Akira came from behind, and grabbed Sudou in a choke hold. The shock of the sudden action was visible on Sudou's face. Akira pushed the blade at Sudou's throat and growled in his ear. "Because you hurt Akihito you're gonna die by my hands pretty boy".

Beside the shock now Sudou was confused. He knew the one behind him with the knife was Asami's boy toy, but why he was talking like he was not Takaba Akihito, like he was someone else?

"If you want to do a job do it fast don't procrastinate." Akira growled again in Sudou's ear, and cut his throat but not deep enough to kill him instantly, and pulled Sudou's gun from inside the jacket. Sudou grabbed his neck to stop the bleeding and turned to look at the boy.

Akira was pointing the gun at Sudou's head, and snickered. "Now we are just waiting for Asami, he will be more than happy to see you, and maybe you will get the attention that you deserve."

Barely able to speak, Sudou asked the boy.

" Who... who are you?"

Akira smirked but his eyes remain cold and deadly.

"I thought you knew already, I'm Ryuichi's lover, or whatever you called me before...his pet/fuck toy."

Their little chit-chat was interrupted by an unknown individual that opened fire.

Akira grabbed Sudou, and held him in front of him like a shield taking the brunt of the bullets. He let the dead body to drop on the floor, and took cover and aimed at the shooter. His aim wasn't that precise, so he only managed to injure the shooter.

Hurt and disarmed the intruder retreated for the time being, and Akira took a deep breath, and cursed out loud. 'Fuck I really need to get my aim straight. I will ask Ryuichi or Souh-san to teach me how to use a gun properly. This is the second time that I missed my target. And what about this mess? I hope Ryuichi will clean it up.'

The cut on his neck wasn't life threatening, but he was losing blood, and in combination with the drug still in his system Akira was losing grip on reality. He fell to the ground beside the bloody corpse of Sudou hoping and praying that the shooter will not return to finish the job, and Asami would get here in time before it was too late.

Meanwhile in Sion's office, Asami was waiting for Akihito's call. It was 9:15 PM and the boy hadn't called like he promised. Asami was getting worried knowing that he was the one that sent his lover on this mission, but immediately he remembered that Akihito was not alone in this, and that Akira would never let Akihito get seriously hurt.

But even with that knowledge he could not relax and wait. He called Kirishima in his office and asked him to track Akihito's location.

His phone rang but it wasn't Akihito.

"Asami."

"Ryuichi it's me Shinji. I found the girl with the money and the missing goods, but I lost track of Takaba-san when he walked inside Sudou's secret cathouse. The kid is smart, and more capable than I thought. Now I know why you cherish him so much. I hope he is okay. Go after him Ryuichi."

Asami hung up the phone and grabbed his coat, and walked out the door. Kirishima got Akihito's location from the phone's GPS and was walking beside his boss with Suoh toward the limo. They all got inside, and Asami snickered, and lit a cigarette and poured a glass of scotch from the mini bar.

Kirishima and Suoh exchanged looks with each others not understanding their boss's reaction. His calmness was unnerving for the two and Kirishima, the mother hen that he was couldn't wait to ask his boss.

"Asami-sama, excuse my rudeness, but you look and act too calm for this situation sir. You are not worry about Takaba-san?"

"As a figure of speech I'm more "worried" about the fool that had the balls to step on my kitten's tail, and the mess he made.

By the way Kei get the clean up team on stand by, I have a hunch that we may need them."

Once again Kirishima and Suoh exchanged looks, more puzzled this time.

"Sir I don't understand, what you mean by that! I strongly believe Takaba-san is in danger, or may be hurt."

"Indeed, and no doubt Akihito got himself in trouble, but this time around I'm not that worried. My kitten has sharp deadly claws. You two will understand soon all in due time my friends."

They reached the warehouse, and walked inside to find Sudou in a pool of blood with his throat cut and three bullets in his chest. Akihito was beside Sudou's dead body covered in blood and out cold. Asami felt a cold shiver run through his body not knowing if the blood was Akihito's or Sudou's.

He knelt beside the boy and took him in his arms assessing the injuries. Akihito was spotting a cut on his neck but wasn't deep enough to be life threatening, and his breathing was normal, he was just out cold.

Asami pat his lover gently to bring him back, and not knowing which one will wake up, he decide to call the boy's nickname.

"Aki... Aki wake up it's me Asami you are safe now." Asami whispered in Akihito's ear." Wake up my love you are in my arms, and I will not let you go."

Akihito hearing Asami's voice, opened his eyes slowly, and look at Asami 'Did I hear correctly? He called me my love! Asami loves me!... Asami loves me'. And that was a revelation for Akihito.

"Asami." Cried Akihito. "Asami you're here."

Akihito looked around and winced at the mess around him. He rubbed the back of his head and pouted.

"Hmm Asami... this wasn't our intention, Akira wanted to scare Sudou and hurt him little bit, and wait for your arrival, but we got attacked by Sudou's accomplice, and he was the one that shot him."

"Akihito did you see who he was?"

"I didn't recognize the guy. He wasn't Japanese for sure, he was a foreigner, he was wearing a hoodie, but I saw a big scar on his face. I shot him, but I only injured his arm, he dropped his gun and took off.

That reminds me you need to show me how to use the gun Asami."

Asami smiled, his boy was okay. He hugged Akihito and picked him up bridal style, and walked to the limo. Akihito didn't protest and circled his arm around Asami's neck. Asami turned toward Kirishima and smirked.

"I was right, we need the cleaning team." Kirishima bowed to his boss, and pulled his phone out to call the cleaning crew. He spotted the Barracuda knife beside Sudou's body, and recognized the knife immediately. 'Did the boy make all this mess and is this what his boss was talking about?' Wondered Kirishima, and picked up the bloody knife with his handkerchief, and put it in his pocket. It wasn't a good idea if the authorities got their hands on the boy's knife.

All four returned to the penthouse, and Kirishima called Asami's personal physician to take a look at Akihito's injuries. Akihito took a shower and went to bed, falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. All this time Asami was watching his kitten like a hawk until Akihito hit the sack.

He walked to his penthouse office where Kirishima and Souh were waiting for him to start discussing the new situation development, and the apparition of a new player. Akihito's investigation turned out to be very successful. They retrieved the stolen money and goods, Akihito/Akira got rid of Sudou for good, and the only dilemma left was the new adversary that Akihito was talking about.

TBC.