Kusanagi was humming to himself while polishing the new glasses that were imported from England. He was always so proud of his bar and every little thing in it, even of Totsuka's decoration.
As he was about to turn around, something dashed past him.

Something that had a black beanie on his head and it drove on a skateboard right into the kitchen. Kusanagi's eyes shut tightly and only his ears heard the sound of glass falling crashing to the ground. He opened them slowly and looked down as one of the new items was destroyed.

"DAMMIT YATA! THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!"

The skater boy startled up and hid himself immediately behind Totsuka who was polishing the dishes as well. "Energetic as always, huh Yatagarasu?" Totsuka smiled cheerfully while the boy behind him gulped hard. Both heard footsteps and saw Kusanagi coming through the door of the kitchen, a wicked smile on his lips.

Totsuka, unfazed of the tension just went on with his work while Kusanagi tried to catch Yata. The two Homra members were running through the kitchen until Kusanagi grabbed Yata's hoodie and throw him through the open doors.

"You think, Mikoto is the only one who can exaggerate with his powers?"

Yata looked into the face of the man above him, flames dancing around him. "Woah...! I-I'm really sorry I'll be more careful!" He whined and tried to escape.

"You better be or I'll burn your ass so you can no longer sit on it!"

The younger male gulped again nodded. He quickly sat himself virtuously on the couch. When it came to Kusanagi's belongings, there was rarely a joking-time. Although the man could be as harmless as Totsuka, he had his furious sides just like the King himself.

It was a strange mix but Yata understood while those three adults were such good friends. Two were total contrasts while one was a blend of both of them. Yata had forgot to count how many times he broke something in the bar but after the 7th time he stopped counting.

Kusanagi huffed twice and calmed down again. He stretched his back and put a smile on his face as he came closer to Yata who was already shaking, eyes big. When the bartender lifted his arm, Yata immediately hedged from what could come next.

But the blonde adult just patted his head. "Really, be careful next time. Those were expensive and antique." With that he turned around and continued his work. Yata looked after him and sighed nervously just as Kamamoto and Eric came in.

"Don't say a word." Yata hissed and Kamamoto did as he was told while watching the smiling bartender. The two boys sat around him, waiting for the others who were arriving in dribs and drabs. As everyone finally gathered, Anna was getting pretty impatient.

She tugged Totsuka on his shirt. "Can we go now?" The others looked at her, shrugging their soldiers. Everyone except Yata. "Yeah, let's go finally! I want to capture that Strain before those freaking Blues will do!"

"So you wanna go without the King?" asked Kusanagi and made Yata pondering.
"Well yeah...so we can be one step ahead, you know?"

Totsuka smiled to himself. He was sure that Yata was talking about Fushimi and how he always wanted to better than him. He really used every little chance to be on top.

"It's okay!" Totsuka intermiddled. "You can go ahead and I'll be waiting here for him. I bet he won't find the zoo anyway."

Both heads turned to him and both smiled mischievously. They thought about the fact, that Totsuka was weak and that it was better to have him on a safe spot, in the bar or better right next to the King so that he couldn't be harmed so easily.

"That's a great idea!" Yata throw a fist in the air and jumped off the couch. He took Anna by the hand but then Kamamoto slapped it away taking the girl into his arms. "I think it would be better If I look after her, you just go ahead."

Yata shrugged his shoulders and drove out on his skateboard, the other guys following him. Kusanagi and Totsuka looked at each other. The blonde patted the smaller male on his shoulder.

"I think he will be late, as always. Put him in a good mood so he can relax a bit."

Totsuka saluted like a soldier. "Yessir! That's the job of the vassal!"

Kusanagi rolled his eyes but smiled while ruffling up the brunettes hair. The bartender lighted up a cigarette and followed the crowd. The light brunette shook his head as he looked out of the window.
"They're really smoking too much..."

After some minutes he laid himself on that couch and stared at the ceiling. "What am doing now?"

Where even was their King? Of course, Totsuka always gave the redhead his peace and space but often wondered what he was doing. Beating the shit out of someone? Smoking? Walking around? How often could he do that? It's not like he was the business guy after all.

On the other hand, Mikoto always slept for hours but never seemed to be well rested. It reminded Totsuka of his past and how he used to be back then. The memories were haunting him every night and every day.

Haunted by loneliness and pain, he tried to sleep his worries away but as soon as he woke up he never felt rested. It was a horrible cycle of never ending sadness and sorrow. Totsuka sometimes wouldn't recognize himself by the way he used to be in the past.

A shadow of his own and the complete contrast to what he was now. After all, the people around him used to treat him like a piece of trash, an object, passed from one owner to the other. It wasn't real, at least he always tried to persuade himself of this.

He was poisoned with the thought that he was needed even If it was just to clean a room or to serve as a punch bag and It messed with his head to be like that. But back then, It was the only reason to live yet the reason to die.

He got hurt, so often and there have been lots of times when he broke down on the corner of a dark street in the middle of the night when he stopped pretending that he was strong or even good enough to be a doormat.

Totsuka sighed out heavily and didn't notice the man before him. He was so deep in thoughts and almost half asleep that even the aura of the powerful King couldn't reach him.

"Hm?"

Suddenly he heard the deep noise and opened his eyes, seeing amber ones just in front of him. Mikoto was really close to his face, must have bowed down to him and mustered his vassal curiously. Totsuka's eyes went big.

"What's with you? It's rarely seeing you like this."

"K-king! Um, like this?"

Mikoto wiped a tear from his vassal's cheek that was running down his face. Totsuka haven't even noticed this and was surprised how long he was in this state? There have been not many times when Totsuka showed his crushed side.

He was always overconscientous to hide that part of him, showing just his smile and not bothering anybody with his past. Cursed thing was that sooner or later It would crawl out of the darkest corner of his heart and let revive the pain.

That's why he was scared to be alone. Alone with his thoughts. He just needed someone to lean on, knowing that this person wouldn't judge him or wouldn't be tired of him. Now he was with Homra, and learned to appreciate little things in life and everyone around him lifted him up without knowing.

"Always so quiet, never saying a word about yourself but yet I can see it in your eyes. There is something you're hiding."

The light brunette had no idea what was going on. He was just lying there and suddenly those creepy thoughts came back to him and here, right in front of his nose was standing his King, noticing his little break down.

Totsuka did his best to overplay it and smiled awkwardly as he rubbed his eyes and sat straight up.
"Oh...I just...you know...I was kinda sleepy and..."

As Totsuka was stuttering and searching for a good explanation, Mikoto simply pulled the smaller male by his collar to him, pressing his face into his white shirt. The other male abruptly stopped talking and gasped.

Immediately he smelled the familiar scent and felt the comforting warmth of his body. He enlarged his eyes and opened his mouth, not knowing what to say as tears were gathering in his eyes. He swallowed hard and shut his eyes tight again while burying his face into the man's chest.

His hands grabbed the white fabric, shaking. He didn't know why but it just came over him. Mikoto just stood there all calm and hugged his vassal. First he simply put his strong arms around him but as he felt the brunette shaking he tightened them around the smaller body.

The King titled his head to the side of Totsuka's face and spoke into to his vassal's ear while holding the other male's back of his head. "I have never seen you this vulnerable. You know what this does to me?"

"I'm so sorry King...It won't happen again, I-"
Mikoto pulled lightly on the brunette hair to silence him.
"It makes me want to crave you even more."

He laid his lips over the smaller male's. Totsuka's just let it happen and closed his eyes. He immediately tasted cigarettes but it he doesn't care about it. He was too happy yet felt so pathetic it drove him crazy.

Mikoto stuck his tongue out and licked over the soft lips of his vassal, asking for entrance which the other one granted. Their tongues rubbed against each other until Totsuka pulled away to catch some air. Mikoto stared at him calmly and mustered those red cheeks and those light brown eyes that were avoiding his gaze.

He placed his hands on Totsuka's hip and pulled him closer. Totsuka didn't know what to say but somehow he felt like he needed to explain his state. He heard the redhead chuckling as he ruffled the hair of his vassal.

"Don't sweat it, huh?"

As If Mikoto would know that the brunette was struggling with himself to say something.
"Uh yeah...yeah you're right!" He nodded eagerly and felt how the cold inside his body slowly faded away. He took Mikoto by the hand. "Come on, Anna and the others are waiting for you!"

The King raised an eyebrow but let him drag away. Mikoto felt as If he had missed something that concerned the other male. He was always careful to watch over Homras weakest executive, making sure no one would lay a hand on him.

But what stayed inside of that mind was something Mikoto couldn't see and he felt like he wanted to do Totsuka a favor, since the vassal was always caring after him. Although Mikoto wasn't the type of being lovey-dovey, he noticed that he was capable to do so when the smaller male was around him.

He swore to himself to make this little guy happy and to banish those dark thoughts inside of his heart. As they walked side by side, Mikoto pressed Totsuka to him which made the brunette smile. Yes, he would do anything to please him. Lastly, Totsuka was the only one who could help Mikoto to smile the fears for his own powers away.

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uhm...I hope It won't be too depressive :D
Don't worry I promised that there will be smut and I keep it!
I just need a bit more storyline and than BAM romaaantic smut ^^

thanks for reading 3