Chapter 4: The Chase and Sleepover

Yuuichirou, to put it in simple words, was aching in pain. His shot arm was hurting, his back was hurting… even his head was hurting. He never felt like this before in a very long time, and it made him feel like shit. His legs were also about to give out with how heavy and tired he was, but he was determined to at least find a place to hide even if it was only temporary. He needed to recover himself from the events of what happened tonight. He needed to calm down and assess the chaotic situation that suddenly crashed onto him. He wouldn't forgive himself if he would get caught right now and let Shihou's sacrifice go in vain.

Why me? What do they want from me?

He bit down on his bottom lip as he dragged himself on the road despite the shrill pain shooting down on his nerves because of his arm. Yuuichirou didn't know how far he ran away from the venue but it should be far enough for him to be in a peaceful boulevard where there were some cars parked on the sidewalks with no people around (which was strange in his opinion). He stumbled for a bit when the lightheadedness of blood loss got into him and he leaned on the nearest car that his uninjured arm held out of reflex.

"Damn it…" He cursed in between heavy breaths as he tried to even out his line of sight which was starting to become hazy. If he continued to walk any further, he was sure he would lose consciousness somewhere and that was something he didn't want to happen. Not after what happened in the welcoming world party.

His slowly dimmed green eyes lowered down to the door handle of the car he was leaning for support on and he shakingly took hold of the pistol he kept in his blazer to shoot it down multiple times, giving him access to the car in the process. With little strength he had left, he opened the door and sat down on the passenger seat it seemed since the steering wheel wasn't in front of him before closing it. He sighed both in relief, for finally having a small break from all that walking, and in mild frustration upon realizing that he just hijacked somebody else's car.

"Ah, fuck…" Yuuichirou swore softly at the irony that a rich man like him was stealing a car from God knows-who and he laughed hollowly. "I don't know what will happen if Guren finds out about this…" He paused. "… If I manage to get in contact with him, that is."

He huffed irritably as he looked down on himself with a look of disappointment. His once attractive white tuxedo was now torn and dirty with humid earth as well as his blood. There were also some leaves and small twigs sticking out of his attire and hair that he got from his fall and landing. He grimaced after he evaluated himself and he grasped the truth that he was the very definition of a mess.

So much for a good first impression…

The beta panted as he sagged on the seat. His eyelids were gradually becoming heavy and he was about to close his eyes when he heard the car opening. His senses instantly alerted him the presence of an alpha that caused him to jerk with renewed vitality as his eyes widened in shock and his breathing stilled.

Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. Oh, shit.

Yuuichirou was frozen on his spot as he observed the person beside him who was emitting a rather strong aura that was a mix of remorse and self-hatred. A very strange combination, the beta noted, as the alpha bumped his head with the steering wheel on his hands.

"Bozhe... Pozhaluysta, prosti menya... (God... Please forgive me...)" He murmured softly, sounding awfully culpable of something that Yuuichirou wasn't aware of.

… This guy is Russian? The raven blinked when he recognized some of the vocabulary that the alpha just uttered as his nose caught the faintest scent of antiseptic on him. Is he a doctor…? Hope began to rise inside him upon the assumption before he shook his head when another assumption got in the way. No, no… You mustn't take any chances, Yuu. This guy could be a murderer.

Ever so quietly, he locked the gun on his hand (for security measures) and slowly inched it on the guy's temple, making him flinch on the contact. The alpha's tussled gold hair moved slightly to his side, trying to see Yuuichirou but it was pointless since his arms were in the way of his vision.

The beta decided to speak up now that his company was acknowledged, and he mustered his concentration into his voice so that he wouldn't sound as pathetic as possible. "Are you the owner of this car?"

The guy was silent and motionless like it was contemplating on his words and Yuuichirou grounded his teeth at his mistake of speaking to the guy in his native tongue when he just understood that the alpha was Russian not a moment ago.

Fuck… Way to go, Yuu. You're bleeding and yet you're confusing a foreigner here with your language.

He was about to say an apology in English but the alpha beat him to it by answering his question in Japanese. "Yes. This is my car."

… What?

"You understand me?" Yuuichirou blurted out automatically and his hold on the gun relaxed at the elated feeling that there was someone who knew what he was saying… but then, he returned back to standing his ground as the thought of the guy being a possible murderer came in mind.

Calm down… Don't get your hopes up…

The alpha nodded in his position as he spoke. "I'm… fluent with it because of my mother's work…"

"I see…" The raven wanted to sigh in relief, however, it was instead replaced with a pained groan when his arm throbbed and the gun lowered too much enough for the alpha to grab his wrist.

He jumped upon the contact and the weapon he had fell down from his grip as he was greeted with the sight of a very handsome male.

"Who are you and what are you doing in my… car…"

The blond trailed off as he stared at Yuuichirou, his blue eyes taking on his form as his pale skin touched his. The beta unknowingly returned his stare as he felt captivated by the alpha's beautiful features.

Oh… my…

Mikaela couldn't believe it when his eyes laid on—possibly—the prettiest shade of green he wasn't aware of. His ebony hair and his honey-colored skin matched perfectly with it along with his… messed up tuxedo?

What…?

He gasped when he picked up the hefty scent of blood all over the raven and he immediately checked where the source was coming from, forgetting the fact that he was using a bit of force right there in order to find it. His eyes widened when he saw a bullet wound on his forearm and he tore the fabric to get a closer look, but the raven was squirming from the sudden assessment.

"H-Hey…! What do you think you're doing?!"

"You're wounded and losing blood pretty badly…" Mikaela said in a rush as he analyzed the injury and bit a wince at how deep it was. "Where did you get this?"

"I…" The raven paused for a bit. "I was shot… by a sniper…"

When he heard that, the alpha stopped what he was doing and looked at the person with an abrupt understanding dawning on him as he remembered the things the sniper murmured while he was on the rooftop. The very person before him fitted the description completely.

How come I didn't notice before?

"Are you… Yuuichirou Ichinose?"

The raven's eyes widened at the question before he nodded slowly, confirming his identity to Mikaela. "Yes, I am…"

"Y-You are…?" Mikaela was feeling very happy and relieved at the same time that he could've sworn his eyes stung from unshed tears. "I'm glad… ! You're safe!"

Yuuichirou was taken aback at what the alpha said and he snatched his arm away from him cautiously. "Why are you saying that you're glad that I'm safe? I don't even know you."

"Ah…" Blue eyes blinked for a moment before he blushed at his display of insolence. "P-Pardon me, Ichinose-san... It's just… I happen to see the sniper who shot you, and I thought you—"

"Really?! Who was it?! Give me the bastard's name!" The raven demanded as he gave Mikaela a fierce look despite his wound.

"I'm sorry…" The blond apologized with a guilty expression. "I don't know who it was…"

Yuuichirou widened his eyes as he looked at Mikaela in silence before he lowered his head, his hair covering his eyes and Mikaela wanted nothing more than to see those lovely green again.

"… What's your name?"

The alpha blinked. "… Mikaela. Mikaela Tepes."

"Tepes…" The beta repeated, still keeping his head low. "Could you… drive me to Luxembourg, please?"

"Luxembourg? You should be in a hospital, Ichinose-san! Your wound is…"

"I can't…" Yuuichirou rejected as he slowly hunched a bit while fisting his slacks. "If the sniper who was after me knows that I'm in a hospital, he would just kill me off… And I have no plans on dying so early in my life."

Mikaela watched the raven's form quivering as worry overcame him. He didn't know how long Yuuichirou dealt with his bleeding arm ever since he was shot, and with the amount of blood he was losing, he knew his consciousness wouldn't last. The hospital he was in was just a few meters away, but the chances of the sniper still being around the area were huge.

And yet… The road going to Luxembourg was pretty long and it took approximately three hours to get there by car.

Will he still be conscious by the time we get there?

Yuuichirou could sense Mikaela's concern and he sighed. "… I'll be fine. Just drive, please…"

The alpha glanced at him when he said that, and for some strange reason, he just couldn't refuse his request.

"… Alright."

They drove leisurely through different kinds of roads and bridges without saying anything. Mikaela would occasionally glance at Yuuichirou as the raven idly looked out of the window with no care, what so ever. He wanted to strike up a conversation with him for a while now, but the initiative to do so eventually died down in his throat every time he would open his mouth and that frustrated him. The alpha never felt this… restricted before, and it surprised him that he was having this much difficulty in talking to only one person.

Well… It's not every day that a citizen like me gets to talk freely to someone involved in politics…

He pursed his lips as he glanced at Yuuichirou again, but this time, Yuuichirou was looking at him and he averted his eyes quickly with a light blush on his cheeks when he was caught.

"… Do you want to talk to me about something, Tepes?" The raven asked with his green eyes burning a hole on Mikaela's head. He had been noticing the glances the alpha would give him along with his aura that was screaming out his curiosity for the beta. It was making him feel awkward and self-conscious all over.

"N-No, Ichinose-san…! I'm fine!"

Bullshit… You're obviously not.

"Don't lie when you're stealing looks from me."

If possible, Mikaela's face blush a brighter shade of red and he hung his head low in shame. "I-I'm sorry…"

Yuuichirou snorted in amusement at his reaction. "Don't be. It's alright. Ask me anything."

"R-Really?"

"Sure."

Seriously?! Fuck! What should I say?!

The alpha's mind was roaming in different kinds of things, but his mouth got the better him and he blurted out without thinking. "… Why do you want to go to Luxembourg?"

… Crap.

The beta paused at the question before answering in a flat tone. "My father, he… built a rest house there when he visited here a long time ago."

"He did? Is that why you want to go here at this time?"

"… No." Yuuichirou shifted in his seat a bit, feeling slightly uncomfortable for sharing something about his personal life. "It's more of… for calming myself down and for analyzing this complicated shit I got myself into."

"Does that include your…"

"Yes, that also includes patching my arm up." He completed the blond's sentence smoothly as his fingers absentmindedly played with the locked gun on his lap. "As I said before, I don't plan on dying right now. I have to stay strong until I find out who was behind this, and I'll see to it that they get what they deserve for daring to snipe me on such an important day."

Mikaela felt cold when he heard Yuuichirou's dark tone of voice and felt his aura. For a beta, he was giving off a rather strong threatening atmosphere on par with that of an alpha. This was a first for him. He had never heard of betas emitting such things since they were not as powerful as alphas due to their middle-class positions in society.

From what he knew, they were mild and ordinary; flat out boring for Mikaela's taste. They weren't as iron-willed or menacing as the raven on his passenger seat, and it made him all the more fascinated about him. He began to have this urge to question him and to examine him in a lot of ways possible. The tingling curiosity was crawling into his very core.

"I-Ichinose-san… Are you really sure that you're a beta?"

Yuuichirou raised a brow at the question, feeling a bit vigilant of the alpha. "Yes… Why?"

"Because you don't act like—"

A loud blow was heard followed by the sound of shattering glass that startled the both of them. Mikaela checked his rear view mirror to see that the window behind his car was cracked and broken with the shape of a medium sized circle on it. It seemed that someone shot his car.

The hell…?

He checked the side mirror on his part, only to see a white Mercedes tailing them in incredible speed with a guy wielding a pump shotgun that was aiming right at them. His eyes widened in alarm as adrenaline rushed through his veins when he realized that they were being chased. The guy on the white Mercedes pulled the trigger again, and shot on an area of the metallic covering that was dangerously close to a tire.

If the next shot did hit the tire, it would be the end of them both and the alpha didn't want to risk it.

"Shit—!" Mikaela cussed as he quickly changed gears and stepped on the foot pedals that instantly boosted the speed meter, and making them accelerate to gain a large gap from their pursuer.

The beta was shrieking at the sudden increase of speed and he looked over to the alpha in panic. "W-Wait, Tepes…! Do you even know what you're doing?!"

"No, I don't! But I know for sure that I don't want to die either!" He cried out as he stirred the steering wheel to change directions and took a turn.

His black BMW was a gift from his mother that specialized in speed to help him arrive in his internship on time, but he wasn't aware of how fast his car really was until now with a white Mercedes tailing up on his ass. He would have to save his reaction about his latest discovery for later in a farsafer place than the road without somebody after him.

Mikaela increased the speed a bit further as his eyes concentrated fully on the road ahead of him, trying to remain calm as much as possible while going to their designated place. Yuuichirou, on the other hand, was stuck on his seat as the pressure of the intensifying velocity forced his body to cling on the chair.

Holy shit, this is awesome but dangerous! What if we get into an accident?!

He glanced at the alpha who was way too focused on his driving as they go on different roads and alleyways in order to flee from their pursuer. He wanted to help him since he was the one who brought them into this mess, but he didn't know how. They were currently on the road of a country he wasn't born and raised in, so helping Mikaela was entirely pointless.

But he should at least try.

"Go right!"

"That's not where Luxembourg is, Ichinose-san!"

"Then, go left!"

"That isn't either!"

"Then just keep driving!"

"You think?!"

They both exchanged a sideward glare before blue eyes once again engrossed themselves on the road ahead. Yuuichirou was clutching on the seatbelt for dear life as Mikaela skillfully drove and avoided numerous obstacles in their way, even going as far as to ignore the red lights and some traffic enforcers in their night shift. He couldn't afford to slow down for a bit even if the enforcer was blowing the whistle in its loudest volume for his car pull over.

We can't allow them to stop us when there is someone trying to kill us!

Mikaela did a sharp turn with a force enough for Yuuichirou's face to meet the door window that muffled a scream he was about to release. The sound of it made the alpha glance at his other occupant quickly before apologizing. "Sorry! My bad…!"

"N-No need… It's alright…" The raven grunted in acknowledgement as he held his throbbing head once he got it out from the glass. Jeez, the crazy things we do just to survive…

Another shot was heard, and it landed on Yuuichirou's side mirror which made him jump on his seat at the scary accuracy.

This bastard has good aiming skills for being able to shoot down the mirror with a shotgun that has no laser sight on.

Yuuichirou cringed at the knowledge as they drove into their next obstacle in the road of a bridge. His green eyes widened at the sight of two cargo trucks in front of them and he immediately blanched at the lack of space. There was simply no way a car like Mikaela's could fit in that minimal gap between the trucks.

Shit!

He shut his eyes tightly as he braced himself for the impact, but it seemed that Mikaela had other ideas. Changing gears and adjusting the speed for a bit, he moved the car the sideways continuously with frightening strength until he hit the hand break on a certain time that caused the car to tilt on two sets of wheels instead of four. The position allowed them to slip between the two trucks safely while Mikaela drove like he wasn't worried that his car might crash on the two heavy loads before them.

Just a bit more, then I could…

Slowly and steadily, his black BMW managed to go all the way through and he stepped on the gas the moment his car returned back to its normal position, losing the pursuers in the process by overtaking some cars.

"Tsk! We lost them…" Lacus grumbled as he lowered the shotgun and glared up ahead of them as the two cargo trucks in their way. He made a lopsided smile at his astonishment from the stunt the black BMW made a while ago and he couldn't help the amused whistle that came out of his mouth. "But, damn… That was one hell of a driver…"

"You're more concerned of somebody else's driving skills than the consequences that we might have to face now that we lost sight of Ichinose again?"

"Oh, don't be a killjoy, Rene. Aren't you amazed that he managed to pull that off even if we were hot on their tails?" The alpha asked as he settled himself properly on his seat while closing the window. "Only a few people get to do that, you know. Maybe the driver was a racer?"

"Pfft, sure..." Rene rolled his eyes as he made a turn to a road in order to hide from the police pursuing them. "Last I heard… The leading racer at the last Grand Cup was an American, not a French guy."

"Shut up and let's just report this to Ferid so that we could come up with another plan…"

"Alright, but… you make the call." The beta said as he shoved a walkie-talkie on Lacus as he drove.

"What?! That's unfair!"

"Well, Lacus, I can't exactly drive and talk at the same time with the police coming after us." His red eyes glanced at Lacus' mortified face and he grinned. "And besides, you sounded so confident that you'll shoot them down with that shotgun without a laser sight, but it seems that—"

"Alright! Alright! I'll make the call! Just don't say… that in front of my face!" Lacus snarled as he turned on the walkie-talkie and placed it on his ear while rubbing on the bridge of his nose in irritation. "Jesus…"

Rene chalked up a victory on that one, feeling absolutely elated that he could mess with Lacus for once. The alpha was just too damn prideful and he hated it when people would point out his mistakes.

Yuuichirou sighed in relief as they finally lost their pursuer and he slumped comfortably on his seat. Mikaela was panting softly, trying to regain his composure from what happened. He couldn't believe that he actually got into a car chase and he began to dread of his mother's reaction if she were to hear of his… damaged car. He could replace the glass and the scratched metal, but not the side mirror that broke off from its place.

"What am I going to do…?" He murmured as he drove leisurely in the quiet streets of Luxembourg. His voice was quiet but Yuuichirou could pick up what he said now that he wasn't panicking. "My car is a present, yes, but it came out from her money…"

"Are you worried about your mom if she find out about this?"

Mikaela flinched in surprise, but he nodded nonetheless. "You see… This car is a present that I got from my mom when she was having… troubles in her work at the time… I promised that I'll take care of it to show how much it meant to me, but…"

"I see…" Yuuichirou hummed as he closed his eyes to think for a bit. He knew that Guren stacked up cars in the garage of the rest house, but that didn't change the fact the Mikaela's BMW held a solid sentimental value and he had no right to replace that.

But it's just temporary, so where's the harm in that?

"... I could fix your vehicle, Tepes." The beta offered which caused Mikaela to snap his neck in order to look at him with wide eyes. "Although, it will take some time given with the… situation we got ourselves into, if you know what I mean…"

"That's true…"

Yuuichirou smiled. "So, for the time being… I want you to ditch this car."

"—What?!" The alpha immediately stopped his car and they both abruptly moved together by the force applied. He glared at the beta like he was mad. "I can't just do that, Ichinose-san! You know how much this car means to me!"

"I know, Tepes, but look at it this way…" The raven sat up straight and gave Mikaela a firm look. "If you, perhaps, use this car again to go back from whence you came after dropping me off, I have no doubt that our old buddy chasing us will come after you because he recognizes your car along with its brand and maybe even the plate number, depending on how good his vision is. I don't know what they'll do once they get their hands on you, but I know for damn sure that I don't want to hold the responsibility."

"But you're the reason why this happened!"

Yuuichirou felt one of his eyebrows twitch in annoyance, but he remained collected as he stood his ground before the alpha. "And that is why I'm going to offer a deal with you, so listen carefully. You ditch your car in a random place God knows-where that will, not only keep your car safe, but it will also keep you safe from those assholes who are probably looking for you right now to ask about my whereabouts."

Mikaela's frown didn't lower one bit as he took in the information and assessed the deal. "… At what price?"

"You…" The beta pointed at the alpha with his good arm and made a small grin.

The blond didn't know how many times his eyes widened from shock, but as sure as the clear skies of a bright Monday morning, they were big like dinner plates as soon as Yuuichirou said that and he felt a warm blush spread on his face. Sure, he found the beta attractive, but he didn't expect the latter to fess up so directly in such a short time.

"I-I can't do that, Ichinose-san! I'm still having my—"

"I didn't even finish my sentence yet, Tepes." Yuuichirou replied instantly in a flat tone with an incredulous expression that made Mikaela blink in confusion. "I mean that… You have to stay with me for a while until I could contact my father and have those bastards arrested for what they did to me. I don't mean it as a way that I want you as my mate if that was what you had in mind."

The admission made the alpha wince a bit. He felt like he was doused by cold water when he realized his mistake. "O-Oh, I'm sorry about that, Ichinose-san…"

"It's fine. Everybody makes mistakes. There's no one perfect, after all…"

Would it be weird for me to say that you're perfect?

Mikaela gasped at the thought and he shook his head to get it out. Now wasn't the time to be thinking about flirting. "So… Now what?"

"You take me… to this place." The raven mumbled as he gave the blond a piece of paper. "It's the address of my father's rest house. We'll spend the night there."

The blond nodded as he changed gears and moved the car in their designated place.

This place… is a rest house?!

Mikaela gaped as he took in the sight of a building that shouted filthy rich all over the place. It wasn't like the ordinary houses that he would come across to in Paris during his time in his internship. This one looked like those houses that he would see in some magazines that his mother would stack in their reading rack.

"W-Woah…"

"And that's just the exterior…"

"W-What do you mean?"

Yuuichirou chuckled as he got out from the chair with vitality that surprised the alpha. "You'll see. Let's go."

"… Okay." The blond agreed as he drove his car for a bit to a random area near the house, turning it off once he found the perfect spot. He got out of his car and gave it a lingering look before locking it behind him that sealed his deal with the beta.

"You're awfully slow for just parking your car, Tepes."

"Quiet. I was saying my goodbyes to it."

"It will not take forever. You'll have it back with you in a jiffy once this mess got cleaned up." Yuuichirou reassured as he turned on his heels to enter the rest house. "For now… we're secretly in hiding."

Mikaela grunted. "Hn."

"Oh, come on, don't be like that. This is the first time I bring someone that is not part of my family inside the rest house. At least feel a bit happy."

"I'm not when there are people out there trying to kill us."

"Yeah, well, pessimism is for losers." The beta retorted with a shrug of his shoulder as he approached the door of the house.

"Don't say that when you have a bleeding arm."

"That will be fixed in no time." Yuuichirou beamed and the door of the rest house instantly opened up for him after he said that.

The alpha blinked. "Was that… voice recognition?"

"You betcha! Come on in!"

The raven practically ran while Mikaela followed hesitantly behind him as the door automatically locked them inside. The lights open up and blue eyes took in the extravagant interior. He tripped a bit while walking with impressed eyes and he looked down to find a crumpled, dirty blazer on his feet. He looked at the side to find a bloodied dress shirt this time, followed by a green neck tie…

He isn't…

The blond jumped on his feet and trailed the clothes that led to a bathroom. If the scent of Yuuichirou's blood was strong with all those articles of clothing on him, then it was way intense now. He knocked on the door a bit urgently which was acknowledged by a hum.

"Ichinose-san, what are you doing in there?"

"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm patching myself up."

"By yourself?!" Mikaela shrieked as he twisted the locked doorknob. "Open this door, Ichinose-san! Let me see your wound!"

"No! I'm fine! There's nothing to worry about!"

"But who is going to take the bullet out?!"

"Me, duh!"

The blond paused before screaming back. "I'm not joking!"

"I know!"

If he knows, then why isn't he opening up?!

The alpha began to bang on the door loudly along with a few insistent twisting of the metal knob. "Ichinose-san, please—"

"—Hngh!" Yuuichirou cried out behind the furniture, and Mikaela stopped his actions at once as he took in the sounds. "Mngh! Ngh! Grgh…! Ah, God…! Shit!"

As the beta screamed out numerous things, the blond just stood there on the spot completely stunned that Yuuichirou was serious in doing the whole thing all by himself and it made him feel useless for even being around in the first place. His eyes shut close as his hands curled into fists beside him while he listened to the screeches and cries of the raven's pain before it died down to silence.

Mikaela slowly opened his eyes, and eventually, his ears heard the echo of something metallic hitting the ground followed by the noise of running water. He blinked. "I… Ichinose-san…?"

"… You're still there?" A raspy voice replied back in amusement like the beta didn't just undergo something extremely excruciating for a while there. "Damn, you're persistent."

"W-Well, I'm worried! I'm a medical student in intern, after all!"

"That so?" The sound of running water closed off and a click from the doorknob unlocked the door with Yuuichirou standing before the alpha without a shirt on while he held a wet towel over to his wound. "Well… I guess you could put on the gauze and the dressing if that will satisfy your concern…"

"S-Sure… Okay…" Mikaela blurted out with a nod, but he was too distracted on seeing the son of the Japanese Prime Minister revealing his beautiful honey skin and his lithe muscles at him so openly that he unconsciously gulped down on an invisible lump that was magically stuck in his throat.

Yuuichirou noticed the way Mikaela was looking at him and he flicked on his forehead hard enough to make the other yelp and step him out from his stupor. "Idiot… I'm shirtless because I have to tend to my injury, not for your viewing pleasure."

"S-Sorry…" He apologized as he passed by the beta to get the necessary things to bandage him up, silently scolding himself for his extreme impoliteness.

Get a grip, Mikaela! This isn't like you!

He sighed tiredly as he got the gauze, the rolls of bandages, cottons and a small bottle of hydrogen peroxide to disinfect the wound. When he got out of the bathroom, he found Yuuichirou sitting on an island chair by the kitchen waiting patiently for him. He arranged the items on the table and took a seat across the beta, offering a hand. "Please let me see it, Ichinose-san…"

The raven tentatively gave him his injured arm and Mikaela gently pried his hand away as he slowly removed the drenched towel that was covered in blood. He grimaced when he saw it and he quickly set himself into work as he applied small dosages of hydrogen peroxide on a piece of cotton. "This will… hurt for a bit."

He lightly dabbed on the outer rim of the wound and Yuuichirou let out a hiss at the initial contact. "Yeah… No kidding…"

Mikaela grinned as he continued his work in cleaning the wound before applying the gauze once the blood flowing out wasn't as strong as the last time. He carefully began to wrap the bandage around the arm, feeling Yuuichirou's muscles tense and relax alternatively beneath his fingertips. It was only then that he noticed how soft his skin was.

So delicate…

Yuuichirou, on the other hand, was biting lightly on his bottom lip at how warm and lingering Mikaela's touches were on his skin and he silently prayed that the alpha would just finish wrapping his damn arm already because he was starting to feel uncomfortable. So, once Mikaela tied the bandage, he immediately got out from his seat and gathered his clothing from the floor.

"Wow, we must be tired for today, huh? Let's call it a day, Tepes!" He said in a rush as he began to walk away. "The guest room is the first door on the second floor! Have a good night!"

"W-Wait, Ichinose-san…!"

But the sound of a door being close was heard, and Mikaela knew that it was his cue to stop talking. He exhaled as he gathered the medical supplies and returned them to the bathroom. Once he closed the medicine cabinet, he looked at himself in the mirror and slowly touched his face, contemplating on the events that happened in one night which made him huff in hilarity at that one thing he realized a bit too late.

And that was his growing attraction for this raven beta.