It had been a couple weeks now ever since Nezumi came in contact with that man. After thinking things through he decided it was best not to tell Shion. You ask why, well it's simple. Nezumi didn't want to freak out Shion. Also he wanted to get more information. Right now all he knew was that he was an asshole of a man and that he had something against him and shion. So that's when Nezumi finally decided he needed help, aka people. So the first person he went to was Inukashi. Upon coming to Inukashi's hotel it brought back memories, but at the same time anger. In other words Nezumi was still pissed about being let go but hey now he 's getting more pay and he's working with the one and only Shion. Finally he made it to her office and entered and there she was sitting in her chair with her hands folded nicely in her lap, and looking at Nezumi with a I-was-waiting-for-you- face.

" Well well if it isn't the asshole of a rat, Nezumi." She said with a smirk. Nezumi quickly regretted this decision.

" Yeah yeah whatever I missed you too,anyway I have to ask you something," he replied back while sitting down in the chair in front of her desk.

" Let me guess this about Shion right?"

Nezumi rose an eyebrow." How the hell did you know?"

She sighed and leaned back into her chair. " Because I can tell from the look in your face. You look how do you say…. distressed or something is really bothering you."

" Well you got the stressed part right," he mumbled " Anyway yes it about Shion I just wanted to ask you if you know if he owes money to somebody?"

Inukashi froze for a second then she lowered her head a little and closed her eyes. Nezumi knew this face all too well. It was face that she would put on if she was thinking hard about something or she was debating something in here head.

She then looked up at Nezumi, this time with a serious look in her eyes.

" Nezumi did you come in contact with a man in a blue suit?"

Grey eyes narrowed. " Yes I did."

" Well all I know is that man is bad news and he is the reason why Shion is working there at Rikiga's place. Now I don't know a lot, but I do know this, he is a debt collector for No.6 and that he is supposedly one of the higher up people that work in the No.6 correctional facility. Anyway to make a long story short I know that Shion and his mother got in bad debt after shion's father died a couple years back and ever since then they both have been trying to keep their bakery open. But.." she paused and then continued.

" Then that fucker came along and said that he would help them in every way he could but it was all a trap. He ended up making their debt worse and worse and now I think he's just collecting their money for the hell of it. But even so, Shion still works hard and tries to pay the debt so his mom can continue to work in the bakery."

Nezumi now understood. It finally connected when Inukashi said that he needed to promise here to take care of Shion. So that's what he meant about Shion owing him money. That asshole! Nezumi quickly got up from the chair. Inukashi eyed him curiously.

" That son of a bitch! Just wait till I get my hands on him!" Before he could exit through the door he felt a hand on his shoulder,stopping him.

" Nezumi don't you dare do anything stupid." Inukashi said in a low voice.

Nezumi gripped the door knob tighter." What are you talking about?" he replied back now in a calmer voice.

He felt Inukashi grip tightening a little. " Nezumi if you go out there and try to kill him then you might as well commit suicide. That man has people or to be more specific a gang. If you go and challenge him his gang or maybe himself will kill you right there at that second. Do you really want that? Think about how Rikiga and your other co-workers will feel like. Think about how Shion will feel like. If he finds that your stupid ass is dead he will surely feel guilty. Do you want to put that guilt on him?" she let go of his shoulder.

Nezumi released his grip from door knob, his bangs covering his face. She's right I have to have a plan,I can't just go out there alone. He raised his head and turned towards her.

" You're right, sorry for yelling. It's just, I don't know why but, Shion means so much to me and I swear to god if anything happens to him I will never forgive myself."

Silence came in between them. then…

" Are you in love with him?"

Nezumi's eyes widened. Do I really lo- no that can't be it! I mean yeah i'm attracted to him but, do I really love him?

Nezumi chuckled to himself. " Well I know that he is one seductive person and one hell of a singer."

Inukashi smiled to herself." Well then I think you should be going, you don't wanna be late for work."

" Yeah and thanks Inukashi for the information. See you around." He exited through the door and then he was gone.

Inukashi waved goodbye and then sat down on her chair. " My god Nezumi you're sure are a dumbass," She said chuckling to herself.

Finally making it to theater he saw Shion waiting for him." Nezumi! there you are cmon we gotta go!" Shion exclaimed as he grabbed Nezumi's hand.

" W-wait where are we going?" he questioned. Shion let out a little giggle.

" Well Rikiga said I can have a day off today so I thought that we can spend the day together." Nezumi thought for a minute as he was being dragged by shion. Hm a day with shion..just the two of us? Wait could this be-

" Um is this a date?" Shion stopped and looked at Nezumi with a confused face then smirked."Well yes I guess you can say that. But anyway I hear no.6 is having there annual farmers market and I have to take some stuff to my mom for her bakery," he then walked up to nezumi and started to use his finger to twirl nezumi's scarf. "So I thought it would a good chance for you to meet my mom and who knows maybe we can get to know each other more."

This sneaky prince Nezumi thought.

Nezumi let out a sigh and then smiled back at shion. " Alright let's go meet my future mother-in-law," he sacristy said while grabbing shions hand. Shion couldn't help but laugh out loud.

TOMATOES! COME AND GET THEM ONLY A DOLLAR A POUND

BROCCOLI ONLY THREE DOLLARS FOR 5 POUNDS

SPINACH! ONLY THE FINEST HERE IN NO.6

All around Nezumi where vendors aligned along the sides of a long road shouting and showing off their products, some being bad and some being straight out ridiculous. " My god is it always like this?" nezumi asked now holding a brown bag with vegetables in it.

" Yup it sure does" shion replied back. " But after living here for twenty years you get used to it." Finally making through a huge crowd of customers they made it to a small little shop. Nezumi looked up at it reading the sign. Karan's Bakery it read in a cursive writing. Now the shop was very small but Nezumi can tell it had a lot of character to it. He couldn't really explain the feeling he got from it but It felt like you are always welcomed no matter who you are.

" Well are just going to stand out there or are coming in?" Shion said interrupting Nezumi's thoughts. Nezumi nodded and walked in immediately getting the smell of fresh baked cookies.

" Mom! I'm here!" Shion shouted. Just then a women who looked to be in her early forties came in. For being forty she was very beautiful. Her skin was very smooth and her brown hair was neatly tied into a bun,. She was also wearing a light blue shirt with regular over was a floral printed apron which had a name tag that read Karan.

" Oh Shion dear there you are I was wondering when you were coming. I was going to ask you if you got my stuff from the market?" she then looked at Nezumi and smiled.

" Oh my who's this handsome young man shion?"

Nezumi couldn't help but give a small laugh and blush at the same time. Shion noticed this.

" Mom this is Nezumi my bodyguard the one I was telling you about."

Nezumi walked forward and slightly nodded his head. " Hello my name is Nezumi i'm so glad I got to meet you and may I say you look beautiful." He said while using one of his hands to grab her hand a give it a small kiss.

She blushed slightly and put here other hand on her cheek. " Oh dear me shion I never you knew you had such a handsome and polite bodyguard. Come dear please place that bag here on the register."

Nezumi smiled and followed her. " So Nezumi for helping shion today you can have whatever treat, it's on me."

" Oh well thank you um let's see here…." he looked around the shelves that were filled with all kinds of yummy desserts " I'll take a slice of cherry cake please."

She nodded and went to grab the cake that was on display. She set it down in front of him, while placing a plate and small knife in front of him.

" You know not trying to brag but my cherry cake is very popular here in my bakery. It's the best in No.6."

" Well then I will be the judge of that." He took a bite and immediately was welcomed with a burst of sweet cherries and extra goodness.

" Do you like it Nezumi?" Shion asked.

" Wow this is amazing! You're right it is delicious. I can see why it's popular." he exclaimed and went back to eating.

Karan let out a small laugh. " Aw thank you dear it means a lot." Beep

" Oh that must be the cookies i'll be right back please enjoy yourself with more if you want to."She then gave the rest of the cake two Nezumi and went behind a door that said Employes only.

" She likes you." Shion said.

Nezumi finished his cake and looked at shion. " Now what makes you say that."

" Because she never gives out cake like that to anyone unless it's Rikiga or me. Also she actually likes you I mean when she would meet any of my old bodyguards she would simply shake their hands and never talk to them again."

" Well then I'm one o f the lucky ones aren't I?" Shion giggled and slightly blushed.

Squeak squeak!

Shion looked around. " W-what was that?"

"Oh it's just my little friends," he then unzipped his leather coat, " You guys can come out and eat some cake." All of a sudden three little mice, one grey, white, and brown, popped their little heads out and jumped on the table and started to eat some cake.

" Oh my they're so cute!" Shion said examining the little four legged creatures.

" Well these guys are like my pets I rescued them when the where only newborns. I found them in a box in an alley and beside the box was there dead mother, and so I took them in with me. I fed them, warmed them up and in a way became their mother." he explained while petting them while they were still eating. All of a sudden he saw Shion shed a tear.

" Hey are you okay?"

Shion sniffed and wiped a tear from his eye. " Yeah i'm fine it's just- it's sad but at the same time heartwarming. I'm really happy you saved them. No animal should be left alone to die." He then looked at them again.

" Um anyway do they have names?"

" Yes they do. The gray one is Moonlit night, the brown one is cravat, and the white one is Hamlet."

" Very creative names. C-can I um pet them?"

Nezumi nodded and picked up all three little mice and placed them in shion's hands who at first backed slightly away. " It's ok they won't bite." Shion smiled at him and then went back at paying attention to the little creatures.

" H-hello my name is shion."

Squeak Squeak!

Nezumi laughed. " They say hello."

" Wait can you understand them?"

" Mmm yes and no, I don't know it's kinda weird." Nezumi explained. " I don't know how to explain it but by their expressions on their faces or they way the act I can sorta tell what they're saying."

" Then you must close with them."

" Yeah I guess. Shion do you like animals."

Shion placed the little mice back to where the cake was and watched them eat while still petting the back of there fur. " Well yes I do , I mean my dream is to one day study animals and how they live within their environment but." He paused for a second. " But I know that's never gonna happen." He said quietly. Silence fell between them then shion felt a hand grab his. He looked up to see Nezumi staring at him.

" Well I think you will get there one step at a time. I mean I never thought I can make it with my acting career but look at me now I'm known as Eva, the beautiful crossdresser who sings just like the wind. So if I can dream big so can you."

Shion eyes widened. " Nezumi I-"

" Well here you are shion" Before shion could finish his sentence he and Nezumi turned to see two men standing right behind them, one wearing a brown suit and one wearing a black suit.

" Shion babe we've been looking for you" The one with the black suit said.

Shions eyes narrowed. " What the hell do you guys want now."

The both men chuckled to themselves. " We came here to collect our money. You do have money...right?"

" Are you kidding me! I just paid you guys a hundred last week I don't have anymore till this friday."

They both looked at each other and then shook her head. " Oh shion do you really think a hundred is enough? I mean c'mon there's two of us, a hundred for two people isn't enough."

" Bullshit! You guys said that's all you wanted!" Shion yelled back now with a worried face.

The two men smirked. " Well we changed our mind, so we need more."

Shion lowered his head in defeat. " I don't have anymore."

Again the men shook their head. " Well then you'll have to suffer the consequences."

All of a sudden the men went to the nearest shelves that were displaying pictures of Shions mom and her customers and they started to throw them on the ground.

" NO please stop!"

" Aw is little snake freak sad that his little pictures are getting broken? Well then how about this one." The man with the brown suit said as he picked up a picture frame that held a picture of shion when he was little.

Crash! Crash! Both men started laughing and shion feel to floor on his knees and with his hands clutching his head. He was crying. " Please stop!"

The man in the black suit smirked at him and went back to the shelves where there was one picture of shion and man standing next to him.

" I'm sorry I can't stop It's to funny too see you crying I can't help my-" Before he could finish his sentence he felt a hard punch hit him in the face making him fall to the ground.

Shion looked up with tears still running down his face. There he saw Nezumi looking down at the men at the blue suit whose hand hand cupping his nose which was bleeding.

" WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR!"

Nezumi narrowed his eyes. " I don't know who the fuck you guys are but you have five seconds to leave before I beat the living shit out of you for destroying the bakery and making shion cry."

" Ken we should go before this gets serious." The man in the brown suit said as he helped his companion of the floor.

" So you name is Ken." Nezumi said as he came face to face with the trembling man.

" W-who the h-hell are y-you?" Ken said in a trembling voice.

Nezumi chuckled to himself. What a bunch of to act all tough and shit and then the next minute they're pissing there pants.

Nezumi then grabbed Ken by the collar and pinned him up against a wall. Looking at him with intense eyes.

" Listen here Ken-kun if I see you or your little friend here again messing with shion or his mother I swear to god I will chop off your balls and shove them down you fucking throat. Do I make myself clear?"

" Yes yes! please let me go!"

" Tch pussy." Nezumi then let him go in which made ken fall to floor hard.

' C'mon Aoi let's get the hell out of here!" Ken yelled in fear as he ran you the bakery Aoi, his partner following right behind them.

Nezumi watched them go and sighed, then turned his attention back to shion who was still on the floor looking half scared. Nezumi kneeled down in front of him.

" Hey it ok I didn't mean to scare you I just got really pissed at them so I-" Next thing knew Shion wrapped his arms around him burying his head in his shoulder.

" I'm so glad you were here." Nezumi could feel warm tears soak his jacket., He then wrapped his arms around shion's waist bring him in closer. " Hey it's ok don't cry, I'm here."

" Shion! Shion! oh my goodness what happened!" Karan said as she entered the room looking around at the glass that was everywhere. Nezumi looked up to her and without letting go of shion he explained. " Well these two guys named Ken and Aoi came in here saying that shion need to pay them more money. But shion said he didn't have any so they started two break you pictures. I'm so sorry."

Karan shook her head and sighed. " It's ok i'm just so glad that you saved shion from them, how can I repay you."
Nezumi smiled at her. " it's ok you don't to repay me just doing my job ma'am."

Karan smiled back at him.

It was now nine thirty at night. It had been a few hours after what had happened and all three Karan, Shion and Nezumi helped clean up the shop. After getting at least a hundred thank you hugs from Karan Nezumi and shion walked out from the shop both now alone.

" Are you sure you don't want me to call Rikiga to take you home?" Shion offered.

" Nah it's ok I'll take a cab." Nezumi saw shion lowered his head a little bit. He sighed and went up and hugged shion who accepted it.

" Are you still scared from what happened earlier?"
He felt shion nod slightly. " Yeah but I really wish you really didn't do that."

Nezumi separated them a little now looking at shion with a confused look. " What do mean didn't do that?"

" What I mean is that I wish you didn't worry about me and having to punch Ken. You know I hate it when people get hurt because of me."

After a few seconds of silence Nezumi broke into a laugh.

" What so funny!" Shion said now blushing.

" YOU! Aw man shion your such an airhead."

" Am not!"

" Are to." Nezumi said calming down. " What I'm trying to say is that shion, didn't I tell you you're my priority now. I mean did you ant me two just stand there and let trash the bakery and you get hurt."

Shion stood quiet and listened.

Nezumi continued. " Shion I didn't tell this but I made a deal with Rikiga that if I will protect you no matter what the situation may be. And if I fuck up he has every right to fire me. I mean cmon i'm your bodyguard, this is my job. Shion you are everything and if anything happens to you I don't know how I will-mmph."

Holy shit...Next thing Nezumi knew a pair of soft warm lips were placed on him lips cutting him off. Nezumi froze but then after a couple seconds he closed his eyes slowing and pressed his lips against the others. There underneath the bright star night Shion and Nezumi shared a kiss, and not just any kiss, it was a kiss that somehow felt so right but also a kiss that said thank you. An my god it felt good.

Finally what felt like forever they separated still holding each other.

" Wow that was surprising." Nezumi said with a little smile.

" Yeah sorry about that I just- I just need to do that." Shion said now blushing even more.

Honk honk! Nezumi turned to see his taxi there waiting for him along with his little mouse friends who were at the bottom of his feet squeaking.

Shion giggled. " I think there saying you should probably get going before the taxi drives off." Nezumi let go of shion and picked up his mice and put them in his jacket.

" Yeah well I'll see tomorrow then?"

" Yeah see you tomorrow."

" And remember if anything happens call me asap."

Shion giggled. " I will. Bye cutie."

" Bye angel." Before leaving Nezumi gave shion a quick little kiss and then went to his taxi. There he saw shion waving goodbye as his taxi drove off.

That night Nezumi couldn't sleep. all through the night the thought about shion kissing him and how good it felt. But at the same time he thought about the to men and wondered if they were part of the man in the blue suits gang.

squeak squeak! Nezumi looked to see cravat, moonlit night, and Hamlet jump on to his bed and snuggle close to him.

Nezumi smiled at them and started slowing petting them. " Goodnight guys." He said as he felt his eyes drop slowly close. That night he actually slept in peace and couldn't wait for work tomorrow.

Wow so um that kiss scene was not a plan it just sorta happened. But I hope you guys liked it and the drama. I tried to put more action and I hope it was to your liking. Anyway so Ken and aoi don't forget about them they will be very important in later chapters. So until then review and read see ya! XD

Also fyi next chapter will have some yaoi goodness, but not the point where it's a lemon I don't know will see I gotta see if I can type that lol! But anyway bye you guys :)