Chapter 3: Secrets
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Daiki looked at Tetsuya, shocked. "You what? You think you like him? Tetsu are you insane? I think you've had enough of this little adventure of yours." He grabbed his hand harshly.
"Big brother, no." Tetsuya tried to pull away.
"Yes, Tetsu. YOU CAN ONLY BE WITH ME." Daiki glared. "I am the only one you like. Hell, I'm the one you LOVE." Daiki growled. "Not that stupid tiger."
"Big brother, you can't control who I like. No." Tetsuya tried to pull away but Daiki held his arm tightly.
"I can and will. Now let's go home." Daiki started to pull him towards the portal.
"No! Stop it! Daiki!" Tetsuya tried to pull away. "Daiki, please!" He cried before Taiga came out and grabbed Tetsuya's other arm.
"Let him go!" Taiga glared.
Daiki growled. "No. You let go of MY brother."
"No." Taiga spat as he pulled Tetsuya towards him. It looked like they were playing tug of war with Tetsuya as the rope.
"Ow! Stop it! You're both hurting me!" Tetsuya cried.
Taiga let go making Daiki and Tetsuya fall. "Oops, sorry Tetsuya."
They heard some footsteps as Teppei, Junpei, Makoto, Shuzo, and Tatsuya ran out.
"Taiga!" Tatsuya gasped as the group ran up to him.
"Prince Daiki!" Junpei yelled as he and Teppei took out their weapons.
Daiki looked at them as he held Tetsuya close. He saw Shuzo and glared. "So you're part of this rebellion Shuzo." Daiki said.
"Prince Daiki." Shuzo said, glaring.
"So you caused this. Seijuro will hear of this." Daiki growled. "You will all go to the dungeons and pay for your crimes against the crown."
"Daiki, let go of Tetsuya." Shuzo said. "There are six of us and one of you. You maybe strong but even you can't take all six of us."
"You think I can't take you all? Oh, I can. And I will." Daiki growled before a portal appeared next to him. Once Daiki shifted his attention to the portal, Tetsuya managed to get away and run to Taiga, who held him. A hand came out and grabbed Daiki.
"Fuck. I'll be back and when I am, I'll kill you all." Daiki gave them a death glare before he looked at Tetsuya. "You are coming back to me." The hand dragged him into the portal before the portal disappeared.
Everyone looked at each other with confusion.
"I think Prince Shintaro just grabbed him." Shuzo said. "I think."
Castle
Shintaro had his arms crossed as he looked down at the kneeling Daiki. "Want to explain why you took so long? You spent forty minutes there. What happened? And where is your baby brother?" Daiki didn't answer as he got up and grabbed Shintaro's hand. "Daiki?" Shintaro looked at him with worry. Daiki stayed quiet as he started to walk and Shintaro followed. They ended up in the living room where Seijuro, Ryota, Shogo, and Atsushi were playing a game of cards. Seijuro looked up and saw the angry Daiki and the confused Shintaro.
"Daiki? What happened? What has gotten you so mad?" Seijuro asked.
"Tetsu's mind has been clouded. He thinks he likes one of the rebels. I caught them kissing." Daiki growled. "Tetsu has been out there for too long."
Seijuro nodded. "Agreed."
"Those bastards need to pay. I think they are the ones who took Tetsuya and somehow brainwashed him. And Makoto was with them and didn't do anything. He's siding with the rebels. They need to be destroyed so Tetsu can be free." Daiki said as he oozed pure anger.
"We need to be patient Daiki. In order to show Tetsuya that he was wrong, he has to learn the hard way." Seijuro said. "Come." He opened his arms.
Daiki was about to go to him when Shintaro pulled his hand a bit. He looked at Daiki with worry. "I'm okay Mom. I see now that Dad is right. We'll get Tetsu his way." Daiki let go of Shintaro's hand. Daiki went over to Seijuro and hugged him.
Shintaro watched them. He felt uneasy about all this. 'What happened out there?'
Seijuro rubbed Daiki's head. "Don't worry Daiki, Tetsuya will come back. Now tell us everything that happened and we'll plan from there."
Daiki explained what happened and how he tried to bring back Tetsuya but Taiga, or how he put it "The Tiger," didn't let him. When he was done Ryota, Shogo, and Atsushi were angry.
"Who does that tiger think he is? Tetsuyachii belongs to us." Ryota growled.
"I think we should go ambush them now and teach the tiger a lesson." Shogo cracked his knuckles.
"We need to crush the tiger." Atsushi made a hammer appear out of his hand.
"We can do it now!" Daiki smirked.
"We can, but it seems like they'll have their guard up. No, let's make them think that everything is fine for now. I'm giving Makoto two days to bring us Tetsuya. If he doesn't then we'll attack with Ryota and Shogo." Seijuro said. "You two will bring Tetsuya back right?"
"Yeah." Shogo smirked. "We'll destroy them."
"Not a single hair on his head is to be hurt." Shintaro said. "Now, it's bath time. All of you."
"Aww, but Mommy." Ryota whined.
"Now, boys. After your bath I want you all in bed. I'll tuck you boys in." Shintaro said.
"I thought you were gonna sleep with me tonight." Daiki looked at him.
"I am. Right after I tuck your brothers in." Shintaro kissed their heads except Seijuro who he completely ignored.
"Yes Mommy/Mom." The boys said as they went.
Seijuro looked at Shintaro who didn't look at him. "I can assume you disapprove of this."
"You're right." Shintaro said.
"Aww, come on, honey." Seijuro went up to him and wrapped his arms around Shintaro. "Don't you want your baby back? Your little Tetsuya?"
"I do-"
"Let me remind you that you did let him go with his brothers outside." He whispered in his ear. Shintaro's eyes widened. "You let your baby see the outside world. YOU allowed him to go. You had said no, but then you said yes. Little Tetsuya would still be with us if you had just kept saying no."
"I caused this…"
"That's right, but we can fix it. We can bring him back. He's having his little fun. Let him. He needs to get it out of his system." Seijuro turned Shintaro around. "And once he's done, he's going to want his Mommy. Don't you want to be there for him? Ready to hold him with open arms? To nurse him? To raise him right? To be able to have your baby close by?"
Shintaro nodded. "I...I want my baby."
"Good, now how about we take a bath together. I want to pleasure my queen." Seijuro kissed him.
Shintaro moaned and kissed back. 'My baby. I want my baby back.'
Teppei's living room
"So want to explain what happened?" Junpei asked Tetsuya and Taiga.
"We were talking and suddenly the prince came out." Tetsuya said.
"Do you know why? He did say you'll come back to him." Junpei said.
"I…" Tetsuya went quiet.
"He's crazy, I think." Taiga said.
"He sure looks like it." Tatsuya said as he went up to Taiga. He looked him over. "Did you two fight?"
"Yeah." Taiga said.
"Oh Taiga." Tatsuya hugged him. "He could have seriously hurt you. Luckily you got away with just some scratches on your face."
"Uhh, better not look at my back then." Taiga said. Tatsuya quickly turned him around and saw a big panther scratch on his back.
"Taiga!" Tatsuya hit him on the head.
"Why am I getting hit?!" Taiga yelled.
"Because you got hurt. Come on. Lets go patch you up." Tatsuya said as Taiga looked at him. He saw in Tatsuya's eyes that he was worried and scared. Taiga instantly hugged him since he felt bad. He hated making Tatsuya worry.
"Sorry. I'm okay, really. He may be strong but I don't think he was going all out." Taiga said.
Tetsuya's eyes widen in realization. "He didn't use his strength. He didn't use his elemental powers either."
"Yeah all he stuck to is turning into a panther." Taiga said.
"Prince Shintaro." Shuzo said as everyone looked at him. "Ah, let me explain a bit. Prince Shintaro is like their mom. He takes care of them, makes sure they do their studies, he does everything a mother would do basically. I believe he sent Daiki to maybe scope out the place. Prince Shintaro probably told Prince Daiki that he couldn't use his powers, or, well, couldn't use all his powers."
"Why?" Junpei asked.
"I'm not sure why. I could be wrong though." Shuzo said.
"For now let's all go to sleep. Tatsuya there's some supplies in the bathroom to patch up Taiga." Teppei said. "Knock if you need more, okay?"
Tatsuya nodded. "Thank you. Come on Taiga." He took them back to their room.
"Come on Teppei, let's go relax." Makoto kissed his cheek making Teppei smile.
"Alright." Teppei leaned on him as Makoto lead him to their room.
"Go on you two." Junpei looked at Tetsuya and Shuzo before he left.
Shuzo looked at Tetsuya. "Want to explain?"
"Daiki caught me and Taiga making out." Tetsuya looked down.
"Oh Tetsuya." Shuzo sighed. "This is going to be bad. Wait...why were you two making out?"
"Well…" Tetsuya explained what had happened. Shuzo smacked him on the head.
"You told him?!" He whisper screamed at him.
"I didn't know what else to do." Tetsuya rubbed his head.
"I still can't believe you told Prince Daiki that you liked Taiga." Shuzo groaned.
"Shouldn't we focus on Makoto?" Tetsuya asked.
"Right. I'll talk to him. Maybe I can convince him that taking you back isn't such a good thing." Shuzo sighed. "For right now let's just rest. Come on." Shuzo takes him back to their room.
Teppei's Room
Teppei laid in his bed with Makoto. "Can you believe it? One of the princes came. We were so unprepared." He sighed.
"Aww, it's okay Teppei." Makoto held him close. "We didn't expect them so soon you know."
"But still. I can't believe we let Taiga fight him by himself. He must have been scared." Teppei sighed.
"He's probably fine. He seemed more worried about the prince."
"I don't think he was worried about Prince Daiki."
"I'm not talking about him." Makoto said as he kissed Teppei.
Teppei blinked before he looked at Makoto with confusion. "What are you talking about Makoto?"
"You know how me and the guys went to do the job?" Makoto cupped his face.
"Yeah?" Teppei nodded slowly.
"During the meeting I found out something."
"What? What is it Makoto?"
"I was hired by the king to find the youngest prince." Makoto said gently.
"YOU WHAT?!" Teppei looked at him shocked. "How could you?!" He pushed Makoto off the bed. Makoto landed on the floor and winced a bit.
"Teppei wait, listen." Makoto got off the floor and rubbed his butt. He went to Teppei and held him. "I found the prince."
"You found hi-" Teppei's eyes widen as he realized what Makoto was saying. "Tetsuya is the prince."
Makoto nodded. "Yes, and I need to take him back home."
"How can he be the prince?!" Teppei looked at him with disbelief.
"He just is Teppei. And it's best I take him back before the King or another prince comes for him." Makoto kissed him.
"Wa-wait, why is he here?" Teppei looked at him confused. "I would have thought he'd be a spy for them."
"He isn't. He ran away." Makoto held him.
"He...he ran away? Why?"
"You don't need to know. Just that he is a danger to us. To the rebellion."
"But if he ran away that means that something was going on. No we need to talk to him." Teppei said as he got up but Makoto held his hand.
"No, Teppei."
"Makoto he wants to help, I believe there is more to his story than he's telling us."
"Teppei~" Makoto cupped his face and kissed him. "You can't trust him."
"He's just a child Makoto!"
"A dangerous child. Who says this isn't all a game for him? He might just be throwing some temper tantrum and is running away just to get back at his brothers. He's just using you."
"He doesn't seem like that kind of person-"
"Teppei you only see the good in everyone, you never see the evil in people." Makoto held him. "But I can see the evil in them."
"Makoto you can't judge someone like that. Come on, let's talk to him-"
"Teppei, no." Makoto said sternly. "Do as I say, and don't talk to him."
"Makoto what's going on with you?" Teppei pulled away from him.
"Simple my cute Teppei, I have a job to do. You will not get in my way. Do you understand?"
"Makoto, get out of my house. Now." Teppei glared. "Until you see what you're doing is wrong I don't want you back in here."
"My dumb little tree, don't you realize that I'm the boss?" Makoto smiled evilly.
"Makoto I'm tired of you putting me and everyone else down. I want you out, you are not to go near Tetsuya." Teppei looked at him with seriousness and Makoto just laughed.
Ha-ha-ha, this is about you Makoto looked at him with a huge smirk.
Beware, beware, be skeptical of their smiles, their smiles of plated gold Teppei started to move away Deceit so natural. But a wolf in sheep's clothing is more than a warning. Bah-bah-black sheep, have you any soul?
No sir, by the way, what the hell are morals? Teppei, be nimble, Teppei, be quick. Tetsuya's a little whore and his alibis are dirty tricks Makoto laughed as he walked towards Teppei who's back hit the wall.
So could you, tell me how you're sleeping easy? How you're only thinking of yourself? Show me how you justify telling all your lies like second nature! Teppei felt tears fall Listen, mark my words: one day (one day) You will pay, you will pay. karma's gonna come collect your debt Teppei made vines appear between them. Aware, aware, you stalk your prey with criminal mentality Teppei frantically looks for a way to get to the door You sink your teeth into the people you depend on infecting everyone, you're quite the problem Fee-fi-fo-fum, you better run and hide I smell the blood of a petty little coward So could you, tell me how you're sleeping easy? How you're only thinking of yourself? Show me how you justify telling all your lies like second nature
Who are you kidding? Now, let's not get overzealous here. You've always been a huge piece of shit Makoto chuckled as he listened to find Teppei If I could kill you I would but it's frowned upon in all fifty kingdoms! Having said that, burn in hell Makoto laughed as he looked around to see some brown hair. (Where are you, motherfucker? Ha ha!) Makoto teased him as he headed towards Teppei.
So tell me how you're sleeping easy? How you're only thinking of yourself? Show me how you justify telling all your lies like second nature! Listen, mark my words: one day (one day) Teppei looked for the door as he had lost Makoto You will pay, you will pay. karma's gonna come collect your debt. karma's gonna come collect your debt, (He's a li—he's a li—he's a liar) karma's gonna come collect your debt. Teppei reached the door and smiled as he was about to open it when he felt a hand cover his mouth.
(Jazzy) Makoto said as Teppei's eyes dulled in reaction to the word. "Now my little tree, go get me Tetsuya. I'm taking him home."
Teppei nodded and opened the door.
Tetsuya looked up at the ceiling as he laid on the bed. Shuzo was in the bed next to his, asleep. Tetsuya sighed and moved onto his side, facing the wall. 'Daiki probably already told everyone. What will they do? Will they all come after me? Will Sei come after me? Will they attack everyone? I can't let that happen. Mommy Shin is going to be so mad I ran away. Maybe I should go back. I don't want anyone to get hurt-"
Tetsuya's thoughts stopped as he heard some footsteps in the hall. Tetsuya sat up and looked towards the door as the footsteps got louder. Tetsuya gulped as he stood up and walked towards the door. He opened it and peeked out hesitantly.
Teppei was in front of the door, blocking his escape.
"Teppei?" Tetsuya looks at him, confused. Teppei looked down silently and just stared at him. "Um, sir?"
'Get him.' Makoto ordered in Teppei's mind. Teppei grabbed Tetsuya by the arm and growled.
"Te-Teppei sir?" Tetsuya gulped as he tried to pull away. "Shuzo, help!"
Shuzo woke up as he sat up quickly from his bed. He looked to see Teppei holding Tetsuya's arm.
"Tetsuya? Teppei sir?! What's going on?!" Shuzo got up as he watched them.
"I don't know. Teppei just grabbed me and he won't let go. He won't talk to me either." Tetsuya whimpered as Teppei squeezed his arm tighter.
"Let him go!" Shuzo got up and went over to them. He tried to pry Teppei's hand off of Tetsuya when he felt something hard poke him. He looks down to see Teppei's feet were rooted to the floor and some of the branches were poking into his leg. "What the fuck."
"Wh-what do we do?" Tetsuya whimpered as he started to panic.
"Tetsuya? Hey, hey, don't panic. Don't." Shuzo said as he tried to pull him away. 'I have to call for help.' "Help!" He called out.
Next door Taiga woke up and groaned. He looked around in confusion. 'Did someone scream?'
"Help!"
'Yup.' Taiga quickly got up and shook Tatsuya. "Oi Tatsuya wake up."
Tatsuya groaned as he opened his eyes slowly. "Taiga? What's wrong?" He asked before he heard Shuzo yell for help.
"I heard someone yelling." Taiga said.
"Come on." Tatsuya quickly got up as he and Taiga ran to the door and looked over to see Shuzo's and Tetsuya's door sprouting out tree branches and roots. They ran over to see Teppei holding onto Tetsuya while Shuzo tried to get him off.
"Taiga get the others now!" Tatsuya ordered as he went to Shuzo and tried to help him. Taiga watched before he looked away and ran to get the others. "What happened?!"
"I don't know when I woke up he had Tetsuya wrapped up." Shuzo struggled to take off the roots that were wrapping around his leg.
"Teppei, sir, please!" Tetsuya kicked around frantically as he tried to get away.
Teppei merely looked at him as he started to move back, pulling Tetsuya with him.
"Is he being controlled or something?!" Tatsuya asked as he moved behind Teppei and tried to make him stop. The roots suddenly grabbed Tatsuya and lifted him up and out of the way. "W-Woah!"
"Tatsuya!" Shuzo yelled out before he got a knife from his bag near his bed. "Teppei, let them go."
Teppei just looked at him with blank eyes as the roots wrapped around Shuzo's legs and pulled them so Shuzo would fall down.
"Fuck!" Shuzo winced as he tried to get the roots off.
Soon they heard footsteps heading toward the room. Teppei turned to see Taiga, Junpei, Makoto, Kazunari, Yukio, and Shoichi come in.
"Teppei? Teppei what are you doing?!" Junpei tried to go to him but the roots hit him on the stomach and made him fall to his knees.
"He just grabbed me. I don't know, he looks like he's in a trance!" Tetsuya whimpered.
"Get off him!" Taiga turned into a tiger and roared as he pounced but he a branch caught him mid-air and pinned him down.
"What do we do?" Kaminari gulped.
"We need to cut the roots and branches." Makoto said.
"Alright let's cut!" Shoichi got a few knives and gave them to Yukio and Kazunari. They start to fight the roots and branches.
Makoto went over to Teppei. "Teppei, Teppei stop this. What are you doing?"
Teppei just looked at him emotionlessly.
Makoto hugged him and whispered in his ear. "Jazzy."
Teppei blinked as the roots and branches let go of them. "W-wha?"
"Teppei." Makoto hugged and kissed Teppei. "You're you now."
"What happened? What's going on?" He looked around to see everyone panting.
"Someone was controlling you." Makoto held him. "What do you remember?"
"I just remember that we were talking and we fell asleep but I don't remember anything after that. How could I be controlled? How?!" Teppei looked down at his hands as they were furiously shaking.
"I don't know dear." Makoto held him. "Maybe the king is around."
"The king can't control someone he's never met." Tetsuya looked over at Makoto. "I think someone in here did it."
"Any ideas?" Junpei asked.
Shoichi looked over at Makoto. 'Did you?'
'Of course not.' Makoto responded to him.
"I don't, but it has to be someone here." Tetsuya said.
"Are you accusing Makoto?" Teppei asked.
"I-" Tetsuya looked away.
"He's just worried. It's a very tense situation. Everyone have your guard up and go back to bed." Makoto said.
Junpei studied Makoto, "Teppei come on. Let's get you some water."
Teppei nodded before he looked at Tetsuya. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. I-I know it wasn't really you." Tetsuya said as Shuzo looked over his body to make sure he wasn't injured.
Teppei nodded as he, Makoto, and Junpei went to the kitchen.
Taiga looked at Tetsuya, "So what happened?"
"Yeah that was scary." Kazunari said.
"Well…" Tetsuya and Shuzo started to explain what happened as the others listened.
"So you think Makoto did it?" Yukio asked, "Since he has hypnosis, which is similar to the king's mind control."
"Yeah." Tetsuya said.
"Well for now we must all keep our guard up." Shoichi said. "Just in case it happens again. We must keep watch, and if anything seems out of the ordinary we tell everyone who is in the room. We can't trust Makoto or his friends and we can't tell the captains until we have proof."
Yukio nodded, "That sounds like a plan."
"Great, well I for one am tired." Tatsuya said. "Come on Taiga."
Taiga nodded and looked over at Tetsuya, "You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine now." Tetsuya smiled gently.
"I'm glad." Taiga smiled a bit before Tatsuya pulled him out followed by Shoichi, Yukio, and Kazunari.
Shuzo sighed, "Go back to sleep Tetsuya, I'll get you a glass of water."
"But what if Makoto-"
"I'll take care of it, but Tetsuya that was extremely dangerous. I'm sorry Prince Tetsuya, but I can't let this continue."
"Shuzo, please, I want to help. I want to be here for everyone. Please don't take me back. Daiki might have told Sei that you're here, and they'll hurt you."
"I'm not worried about me right now Tetsuya. If you get hurt your brothers will be angry and who knows what they'll do."
"Please just give me one more chance?" Tetsuya asked as he hugged him, "Please."
Shuzo sighed and hugged him back, "Alright, one more chance. Go on and lay down. I'll be back."
Tetsuya nodded and got in his bed and laid down as Shuzo went down to the kitchen.
Kitchen
Teppei sighed as Junpei rubbed his back as Makoto gave him a glass of water.
"Are you really okay Teppei?" Junpei asked.
"I don't know honestly." Teppei looked down, "I can't believe someone took control of me. And that it might be one of the king's powers. How can I protect our rebellion if I got controlled so easily."
"Teppei, it isn't your fault. Tomorrow we will review what happened and see what we can do to make sure it doesn't happen again." Makoto kissed Teppei's head.
"Thank you, but I just…" Teppei felt tears fall, "I just feel useless now."
"Of course you're not useless! You're powerful, strong, caring, brave, and you're one of the best fighters there is!" Junpei yelled at him. "You're not useless. You'll never be useless. We were not prepared tonight, but tomorrow we will be and you will never be controlled again."
Teppei looked at him, tears falling down faster, before he smiled. "Junpei." He hugged him making Junpei blush deeply.
Makoto watched as he glared at Junpei a bit. 'Fucking whore.'
"Teppei, go to bed, I'll be there in a moment." Makoto said.
Teppei looked a Makoto and let go of Junpei as he blushed a bit. "Th-thanks Makoto. See you tomorrow Junpei."
Junpei nodded. "Yeah, night Teppei."
Teppei went to his bed room as Makoto looked down at Junpei.
"Still in love with him?" Makoto smirked.
"I am not Makoto. Besides, he's with you. Even though you don't deserve him. He doesn't see how you hurt him, but I do. You didn't even try to make him feel better right now. What kind of boyfriend doesn't make his boyfriend feel better after he's been through something like this." Junpei glared at him.
"Don't worry about it. I am his boyfriend. I'll take care of him. You continue being his friend and keep pretending to not love him. As long as he has me, he'll never notice you." Makoto laughed. "Get out of my sight."
Junpei glared at him with pure hatred, "If I find out that you hypnotized him, that you did this to him, I will personally kill you Makoto."
"You try that. You'll just make Teppei sad. He'll hate you and wonder why his best friend killed his boyfriend." Makoto smirked down at him.
Junpei growled as he left the kitchen and to his room. Makoto chuckled to himself as he drank some water himself before filling the cup again and going to the cupboard. He opened it and reached for a colourless potion labeled 'Clear Amare'. He added a few droplets to the drink before he put it away. He turned around to see Shuzo leaning against the doorway.
"Shuzo, or shall I say 'Protector of the Prince.'" Makoto smirked. "Let's cut to the chase. We both know the real identity of Prince Tetsuya so want to explain why he is here?" Makoto asked.
"Look Te-, I mean Prince Tetsuya, is here to help. He just wants his brothers to be their old selves. He wants to help the rebellion." Shuzo said.
"Well I have orders from his highness himself that he wants Tetsuya back. So it's my job to take him back to the castle." Makoto smirked.
"So you were the one who controlled Teppei, huh."
"Maybe. Doesn't matter. I will be taking Prince Tetsuya tomorrow. You can try and stop me, but that will get you killed. Or, you can hand Prince Tetsuya over and stay alive. Your choice." Makoto smirked. "Don't think just because you're here that people trust you. Everyone is wary around you. I can simply tell people you were the one who somehow controlled Teppei and everyone will turn against you."
"I will prove that I am loyal to the rebellion. Your threat does not bother me. You will not take Prince Tetsuya: you will leave him alone."
"We'll see." Makoto laughed and left the kitchen.
Shuzo sighed and grabbed a glass and poured some water in. He sighed and went back to his and Tetsuya's room.
Teppei's and Makoto's Room
Teppei sat on the bed with the covers over him. He sighed as he wiped away his tears. 'How did this happen?' He heard his bedroom door open, followed by footsteps. The door closed and the footsteps got closer.
"Teppei get out from under there." Makoto said as he looked down at the covered Teppei.
"Makoto." Teppei whispered.
"Teppei, come on." Makoto pulled the covers off and looked down at him. "Teppei it's okay. It's natural for you to feel like this."
"I still feel like shit."
"I know babe," Makoto sat on the bed next to him and pulled him close, "but it will be better now. I'm here to protect you and I won't let anyone do that to you ever again."
Teppei smiled a bit, "Thanks Makoto." He snuggles close to him.
"Here drink up." Makoto pressed the glass against his lips. "Open."
Teppei opened his mouth and drank the water until it was all gone. He looked at Makoto and smiled as he started to feel warm. "Makoto~"
Makoto chuckled as he kissed him. "There's my little tree. Feeling better?"
"Yeah." Teppei snuggled close to Makoto's chest as flowers started to sprout from his hair making Makoto chuckle.
"How cute." Makoto kissed him. "Now how about we have some fun?"
Teppei nodded as he kissed back and moaned.
Junpei's room
Junpei laid on his bed and sighed. 'What do I do? I'm such a coward. I can't tell Teppei how I feel. I can't be there for him. I can't even protect him.' He heard someone knock on his door and got up. "Who is it?"
"Me." He heard Reo say.
"Reo?" Junpei went to the door and opened it. "You okay?"
"Yeah, just wanted to talk. I just made it back from updating the client, so I'm really tired." Reo gave a tired, but gentle, smile.
"Come in." Junpei said. "Want to sleep in my bed tonight?"
"Please?" Reo asked as he went in.
"Yeah." Junpei closed the door and took him to his bed as they laid together. Reo snuggled close to him and closed his eyes. "Did he hurt you again Reo?" Junpei asked.
"It doesn't matter." Reo muttered.
"Of course it does. You matter, Reo." Junpei rubbed his head.
Reo chuckled softly, "Thanks, but not to him. This is going to be our last job. It has to be our last job. That way we can focus on the rebellion."
"You really think Makoto is going to let you go?"
"He will. He has Teppei again. He doesn't need to use me anymore." Reo looked up at him and smiled.
"Yeah." Junpei gives him a worried look.
"I'm fine now." Reo kissed his cheek. "Thank you for always caring for me. You're always so sweet."
"We're family Reo. I can't stand Makoto hurting you or Teppei." Junpei muttered.
"I know, I know, but we will be fine now." Reo snuggles close.
"Let's go to sleep. You're exhausted." Junpei held him.
"Thank you Junpei." Reo yawned before he fell asleep.
'I swear I'm going to protect you two from Makoto.'
