Chapter 7! :D
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Takano stood at the till of the small store and grabbed his bags of groceries before making his way out the door, he paused and looked around, trying to remember what else it was he needed. As his eyes scanned the street he noticed a small brunette hanging out on the street corner. His heart jumped but he quickly chided himself, how many brunette's were there living in Japan? He laughed and rubbed his tired eyes before making his way back home, but the sight of the brunette on the corner kept nagging at his mind. He only got a few more paces before he turned and ran back to see if the brunette truly was his Ritsu. What he found made his face pale and his heart break. The brunette was now with another man. His Ritsu was with another man.
He dropped his bags and raced over, he forced himself between his love and the stranger. "Excuse me but I have an appointment with him. You should leave." The man, who Takano realized was older and bigger than him, glared down.
"And who are you?"
Onodera stood frozen, staring at the back of the man he once loved. "I'm his lover."
The taller man looked down at Onodera. "This true?"
Onodera shook his head and stepped around Takano. "No, I have no idea who this man is. Let's go." He put his arm through his companions and pulled him away. "Forget about him, probably just mistook me for someone else."
He felt a warm hand slide round his back and pull him close, gaining looks from people walking in the street. "I'm sure you can make me forget him."
Onodera peered over his shoulder and saw Takano stood there in shock, he felt a little satisfaction from the man's expression before he turned back around and focused on the arm that was currently hugging his body.
Nowaki came out of the bathroom to find his apartment empty. He sighed and dropped the towel he'd used to dry his hair. "Ritsu." He slipped shoes on and raced out of the apartment in search of his neighbor. He ran through the streets he knew Onodera frequented to pick up men and crashed into a raven-haired man. "I'm really sorry. Sorry."
The man waved his apologies away and Nowaki decided to ask him if he'd seen Onodera. "Have you seen a man? He's shorter than me, about…up to here." Nowaki motioned to just below his shoulder. "He's got messy brown hair and big green eyes."
The man's attention snapped to him. "Ritsu?"
They both froze and stared at each other before Nowaki found his voice. "You know Ritsu? Onodera Ritsu?"
The raven-haired man nodded and ran his hand through his hair. "We went to high school together."
Nowaki smiled and thought this would be a good opportunity for Ritsu to make a new friend. "You haven't seen him have you? He was at my apartment but he disappeared."
Takano pointed in front of him. "He went off with some man, I-" Before he could finish the strange man tore off down the street. Takano swore to himself and followed him, catching up easily. "What's wrong?"
Nowaki just motioned for the man to keep up as he rushed down the street, desperately scanning the streets for Onodera. He saw the brunette turning a corner with a tall, blonde man and pulled Takano in the right direction. "Listen, once we get to him you need to let me handle it, okay?"
Takano frowned at the man but judging from the way he called him 'Ritsu' they were close and Takano didn't want to do anything that would hurt Onodera. "Fine."
Nowaki smiled his thanks and followed his neighbor to a small love hotel. Nowaki stopped outside and put his arm out to stop Takano charging in. "We can't go in."
Takano stared at him incredulously. "What? What do you mean? We have to go and get him back!"
Nowaki shook his head and leaned against the wall outside. "No. We can't."
Takano hated the finality in the man's voice and hated that he was letting this man get in the way of getting Onodera back. "Why?"
Nowaki sighed and Takano suddenly realized how tired the man looked. "Because if you go in there and burst into the room while he's…you know…he-" Nowaki broke off and put his hand over his mouth, he shouldn't be spilling Onodera's secrets to someone he barely knows. "Just don't go in there, okay? We have to wait until he leaves to get him."
Takano shook his head and looked at the door. "I'm going in."
Nowaki grabbed his arm in a strong grip and tried desperately to stop him. "You can't. It's in Ritsu's best interest that you do not go in there. Understand? If we'd have caught him before he went inside then fine, but he's in there now and we can't go in."
Takano yanked his arm from the vice-like grip and despite his instincts telling him to listen to the guy, he needed to get Onodera out of there. "I'm sorry but I can't leave him. Not again."
Onodera smiled up at the blonde man, whose name he'd already forgotten, and pulled him down onto the bed. He felt warm, clammy hands exploring his body and he groaned, he'd missed the feeling of being in someone's arms. Lips locked onto his and he ran his hands through the short blonde hair, enjoying the closeness of this stranger.
Takano clenched and unclenched his fists, taking deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. "I'm sorry, I don't know what you know but I can't leave him in the arms of another man."
Before Nowaki could stop him Takano had raced inside.
Onodera wrapped his arms around the toned shoulders and pulled him closer, their chests pressed tightly as the man began to move.
Takano ran down the hallway and the moans that could be heard behind every door made him feel sick. He looked around desperately, trying to think of how he would find his Ritsu.
Onodera squeezed his eyes shut and allowed the sensations to sweep over his body and drown him in ecstasy.
Takano pulled at his hair in frustration and turned to open the first door he could find. He yanked on the handle but the door was locked, a growl sounded in his throat as he tried door after door. They were either locked or did not have his Ritsu inside. Just as he was planning to give up, he came to the third to last door. He took a deep breath and pulled the door open. Inside, two bodies were tangled in the sheets. Takano recognized the brunette immediately. "Oi." Takano felt someone wrench him from the room and he stumbled back, the door closing. "What the hell?"
He turned to see a fuming Nowaki behind him. "I told you not to go in there."
"But why? If you don't give me a good enough reason I'm going back in there."
Nowaki sighed and knew there was no way to stop the man except to tell him. "We should go somewhere else to talk."
They sat in the corner of a restaurant and Nowaki sipped at his coffee nervously. "Listen, what you have to understand is that Ritsu has been through a lot. The man he is now is a result of events that happened in his teens."
Takano's hands shook and he clenched them in his lap to try and hide it. "What happened?"
Nowaki took a deep breath and sipped his coffee again. "I don't know the full story. In fact I know hardly anything. Ritsu doesn't open up to people easily." Takano nodded and waited for the man to continue, his heart pounding like crazy. "It started when his senpai broke his heart."
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