In the morning, oddly enough, Usagi's fever had broken. "How the hell?" Misaki questioned in disbelief, "After two weeks of being so sick, I let him jerk me off and cuddle me, and he's fine now?" Misaki just couldn't believe it.

Usagi noted Misaki's shock and simply pointed out, "I told you I would get better after a Misaki recharge."

Misaki was about to say something, but wisely decided to say something else instead, "Well, the only thing that matters is that you're fine now. What do you want for breakfast?"

"Misa—"

"Not me!" Misaki hissed.

"Hm…" Usagi seemed disappointed at not being able to have Misaki for breakfast, "then I'll eat anything, just remember the eggs."

"Oh, okay, well how do you want— no, never mind. I'll make whatever and you'll eat it." He decided, knowing that Usagi was obviously still horny and anything that came out of his mouth was bound to be pervy.

While Misaki was in the kitchen cooking, he began to finely chop up a green bell pepper to put in Usagi's eggs to punish him for his bad behavior. "He'll never notice. Enjoy your green pepper eggs, Usagi-san!" he snickered as he thought of his unwitting lover.

While they ate breakfast, some were enjoying the kouign amann that Kaoruko had made with Misaki's assistance. Hiroki in particular was quite impressed as he had never tasted foreign pastries before, and honestly didn't think Misaki could excel at anything given his literature assignments, "You made these?" he asked Misaki.

"Yes, but it was mostly Kaoruko-san who made them."

"You should try working at a bakery; you seem to do well enough."

"Ah, no. I mean I like cooking and baking, but I do it for fun, I couldn't imagine doing it for work, unlike Kaoruko-san. I want to edit manga, I already have a job offer at Marukawa, so I'll be working there after I graduate."

"Hm. 'To each their own' it seems." Hiroki shrugged as he continued to eat while thinking how ironic it was that they boy wanted to edit when he could barely comprehend Japanese.

Just as Misaki thought, Usagi never noticed the green peppers in his eggs, but after he finished eating, Misaki announced what he had done, "Why do you hate green peppers so much? You eat them when I hide them in your food and you think they taste good, but you always pick them out whenever you see them."

"Well since you tricked me into eating them, in retaliation I won't tell you."

"Aw! Come on!" Misaki groaned.

"Fine, I'll tell you if you kiss me, and it has to be on the lips I'll accept a kiss anywhere else too, but if you want an answer the kiss has to be on the lips."

"Never mind." Misaki growled, "Oh, but Usagi-san, did you hear about Isaka-san?"

"Yes, Aikawa told me last week when she called me to see why I hadn't emailed her another manuscript."

"It's odd, I mean I always had mixed feelings for him, but now that he's dead it's sad to think I won't hear him call me 'Shorty' anymore; not that I liked that nickname to begin with though. And I didn't know Asahina-san well, but he seemed nice."

"Yes, I know what you mean. I find myself thinking about how he won't be dragging me to any more annoying parties that I didn't approve of…" Usagi let his voice trail off as if he was trying to recall why exactly he would miss Isaka before settling with, "… yes, he will be missed."

"Usagi-san, have more respect for the dead. Besides, Haruhiko-san is grieving for the loss of his childhood friend so make sure to be nice around him."

"I'd rather just avoid him all together, and my father."

"Why are they here anyway? Couldn't they have gotten away?"

"They're still planning on it, and we're leaving with them."

"We are?"

"Yes, that's why I allowed them to stay here. My father said that their helicopter couldn't land near the house because of the creature, but that it could land safely on the building and they could use the stairs to climb to the roof and have it fly them to my family's summer house. It was easier for them to drive here and wait than to try to drive all the way to the summer house. Because air travel would be the fastest way out of the creature's reach I agreed to let them stay here so we could escape with them. The roads are just too dangerous and jammed to attempt driving now."

"You actually let them stay here of your own free will." Misaki gasped.

"Yes, for you, I did."

"Me?"

"Of course, I had to make sure that you would get away from all of this. For your sake I pushed past my abhorrence towards my family and allowed them to stay here."

"Are you sure their plan is going to work out? The tentacles are starting to approach."

"The larger ones that can touch the roof top aren't here yet, so as long as the large ones aren't present, the plan should work."

"When do they plan on having the helicopter here?"

"It's taking a while, but it should be here in about two weeks."

"Two weeks? That long? We're already running low on food. We'll have to go outside and get more soon."

"He's right." Nowaki cut in after overhearing half of Misaki's statement.

"I'll go, Misaki will stay inside."

"Actually, Usami-san, Takahashi-kun's small stature and skinny body would be ideal to use in case we need to squeeze into small spaces." Nowaki pointed out.

"No. He's not going out there." Usagi refused.

"But Takahashi-kun is the smallest one here; even Takatsuki-kun is taller than him. Takahashi-kun's size could come in handy." Nowaki pointed out.

"'Could'? As in 'it may be completely unnecessary to expose him to all the dangers awaiting outside'? No. I don't care; I'm not letting him go outside, and especially not for a reason as weak as, 'could come in handy'."

"Please don't talk about me like I'm not here." Misaki interrupted, "And, Usagi-san, if it's for all of our good then I think I should go."

"I said no, and I meant no."

"I'll be fine; you said it yourself that the tentacles have just barely touched the area. Going outside to make a quick trip to the store couldn't be that hazardous." Misaki reasoned.

"No, I'm not going to let you go outside and be raped to death. Even if you don't get caught you could still get hurt, and then what would we do? We can't go to a hospital."

"Nowaki was an excellent intern at the hospital before the creature attacked, I'm sure he'd have no problem taking care of Takahashi-kun." Hiroki tried to help the argument.

"Will he be able to save Misaki from severe internal bleeding? Being hit by a car? A punctured lung? A severe head injury, maybe? No, these are all possible things that could happen to him which would require hospitalization and even surgery, which I doubt even your lover has any knowledge of unless he studied a field of medicine he had no interest in pursuing."

"If anything happens to Takahashi-kun, I will accept full responsibility." Nowaki assured.

"If anything happens to Misaki your responsibility would be completely useless to me; but thankfully, Kusama-san, it's completely unnecessary as Misaki will be staying inside where he'll be safe."

"Usagi-san! You can't control whether or not I'll go."

"I can if I chain you to the bed."

"Usagi-san, you have chains?" Misaki questioned in disbelief, "Was he planning something involving me and chains?" he shuddered to think, though he himself wasn't certain if his shudder was more in anticipation than fear.

"Akihiko!" Hiroki got the conversation back on topic, "We need more food, and the kid is small enough to get to the food if there's something blocking our way. It's as simple as that. You may chain him to the bed, but all eight of us will hold you back if need be. Even you can't take on all of us."

"Try me. When it comes to Misaki there's nothing I can't do."

"Usagi-san, don't be like that. Please just let me go."

Usagi narrowed his eyes at Misaki and remained silent for a while before saying, "So, when do we leave?"

"'We'?" Misaki asked surprised.

"Yes, we. Maybe I can't stop you from going Misaki, but no one can stop me from going with you."

"You shouldn't come you'd only slow us down, you just got over being sick after all." Misaki pointed out.

"I'll be fine; I have to go so I can protect Misaki."

"All right, then we'll leave in a week. We should be okay until then." Nowaki stated.

While everyone continued on with entertaining themselves for the rest of the day, Misaki was still anxious at the thought of Usagi going, "He just got over the flu. Sure we'll have a week, but is that really long enough for him to fully recover? With the small portions of food we have to eat now and the coldness of the days recently will he get sick again? I think he'll be okay… but I'm still worried. For two weeks he didn't get any better. How long will it take next time? Usagi-san's still young, he's only thirty-one, but he's a smoker so his immune system is already compromised because of that. However, he doesn't have any more cigarettes, and he hasn't smoked since he got sick. Does that mean his immune system is stronger now?"

Misaki's thoughts were interrupted by Usagi grabbing his wrist and dragging him up the stairs back to his room. Once behind closed doors, Misaki spoke, "Usagi-san, what the hell?"

"What do you think? We haven't had sex for almost three months, so you can imagine what I plan on doing now, can't you?"

"No! You just got over being sick and there are a lot of people here, what if someone walks in on us? What if they hear us?" Misaki tried to pass Usagi to reach the door, but Usagi used his cat like reflexes to catch Misaki by the arm before pulling Misaki in front of him and tossing him on the bed.

Misaki was about to sit up when Usagi pounced on top of him and kissed his young lover. Misaki tried to push him off at first, but the kiss felt so hot and passionate that he quickly gave up and unconsciously pulled the older man in closer. Usagi felt a sudden movement underneath him and his eyes flashed open in surprise, and he broke the kiss. Misaki looked at him in confusion and Usagi snickered before saying, "Misaki, do you realize what you just did?"

"Huh? What?" Misaki asked, still dazed from the kiss.

"You just spread your legs for me." Usagi pointed out.

Misaki looked down and sure enough, he had. Misaki's jaw dropped as a dark blush covered his face and his attempts to get away ensued again. "Nope." Usagi said as he pinned Misaki's wrists above his head and Misaki tried to struggle out of the firm, but not painful grip, "You can't honestly expect me to let you go after doing something like that."

Usagi slid his hand up Misaki's shirt while Misaki squirmed, but Usagi still refused to let him go and his hand continued to travel upwards until it found the nipple it was looking for. Usagi caressed Misaki's nipple lightly to harden it a little before he tweaked it, causing Misaki to cry out slightly. "Oh, trying to hold back that voice of yours huh? I guess tweaking isn't going to be enough, but let's see if you can hold back after this." He thought as he lifted up Misaki's shirt and lowered his head. His tongue slipped out of his mouth to lick Misaki's neglected nipple. The bud tightened instantly, and for added measure, Usagi breathed on the wet area which caused Misaki to shiver, but he still refused to moan loudly.

Usagi decided to change his tactic and simply clamped his lips down around the pink bud and began to suck on it while his free hand did not ignore Misaki's other nipple. Misaki's cries grew louder and he pleaded, "D-don't touch them b-both at the same t-time."

"Why not? You're already this hard just from a few caresses." Usagi teased as his hand moved from Misaki's chest to the growing bulge in his pants.

"Sh-shut up!" Misaki snapped.

"Hm, I bet it feels awfully tight down there doesn't it? Don't worry, I won't let you suffer." He sneered before he undid Misaki's pants and pulled them down along with his underwear before taking ahold of his lover's already weeping erection and he started to move his hand languidly up and down the boy's shaft.

"St-stop, Usagi-san! What about… the others?"

"It won't be a problem if you just keep you voice down, you can do that right? Or does it feel so good that you simply can't help it?" he smirked.

Misaki was about to say something scathing in reply, but Usagi slid downward and enveloped his mouth around Misaki's head. Misaki bit back a cry as Usagi lightly sucked on Misaki's head while simultaneously teasing him with his tongue.

Misaki bit down as hard as he could to keep his mouth shut and he even covered his mouth with his hands to further muffle his moans. Usagi accepted Misaki's challenge and moved his mouth further down Misaki's shaft, taking him all in. While he tried everything he could to make Misaki cry out the boy was doing an amazing job at keeping his voice down, and Usagi was impressed, but refused to lose. He thought of something that had always worked before and he thoroughly coated two fingers with his saliva from the blow job he was giving, and once they were properly lubricated he softly rubbed Misaki's entrance with his index finger until he felt Misaki starting to twitch invitingly.

Usagi inserted his index finger first until he felt Misaki relax enough to add his middle finger as well. Once the two fingers were together, he began to search for the boy's sweet bundle of nerves. Misaki suddenly crying out in pleasure alerted him to the fact that he had found it, and he heard a change in Misaki's muffled moans telling him the boy was about to climax. Usagi pressed against the spot once more and Misaki swiftly grabbed a pillow and covered his face before he climaxed hard in Usagi's mouth.

Usagi knew Misaki would hate it, but he swallowed everything Misaki shot in his mouth. "Damn it, Usagi-san! I told you to stop doing that!" Misaki spat as he removed the pillow from his face.

"Why should I? There's nothing wrong with it."

"Just don't."

"Give me a valid reason and I won't." Usagi challenged as he removed Misaki's shirt before taking his own off as well.

Misaki thought for a moment, but failed to think of a real reason why it was bad for his lover to swallow his essence, but that may have been because Usagi hadn't given Misaki a moment to think before he started fingering him. Usagi wanted to make sure that Misaki was still relaxed enough for him to finally insert himself. Upon being satisfied with Misaki's present state, he undid his pants, but was too impatient to actually remove them. He pressed the head of his shaft, already lubed with his own pre-cum, against Misaki's entrance before thrusting effortlessly inside of him. Because it had been a couple of months since they had had sex, Misaki felt tight to Usagi, who was eager to point it out, "Damn, you're tight. Are you all right?"

"Shut up!" Misaki snapped as his face flushed with embarrassment.

Usagi figured it would be all right for him to start moving, but he did so slowly to allow Misaki a chance to get used to the sensation before he gradually increased the speed and hardness of his thrusts. Misaki, for his part, hadn't noticed his lover's careful efforts as he had been having sex with Usagi for years, and sex, in certain positions, had stopped being painful for him long ago and it just felt good to him now.

Misaki was too distracted by the sex they were having to notice Usagi leaving love marks all over his body. "If I leave enough hickies on him, everyone will know who he belongs to." Usagi grinned slyly to himself.

Once the front half of Misaki's body was covered, he lifted his head and pulled out of the boy, "Misaki, turn around."

"Wh-what? Wait, Usagi-san!"

The older man simply turned Misaki over himself and once he was on all fours, he penetrated him again, stopping Misaki's protests instantly. "He always objects whenever we change to another position, I wonder why…" he thought as he continued his territorial marking. He knew several sensitive areas on Misaki's back and made sure to mark those places too. While he busied his mouth in that manner, his hands refused to remain idle; one was stroking Misaki's arousal while the other was caressing his nipple softly, but then tweaking it when the boy least expected him to.

Misaki realized he was losing the fight to stay silent, and tried to grab the pillow again, but realized, to his horror, that he had flung to too far for him to reach. "U-Usa-Usagi-san… no more. I'm going… to come." He panted heavily.

"That's fine, so am I." the older man admitted as he increased the speed and hardness of his thrusts, aiming for that treasure trove of nerves inside of his lover.

He listened closely to Misaki's moans and once the boy couldn't keep his voice down any longer, Usagi covered Misaki's mouth with his own in a passionate kiss just before they climaxed together.

Usagi released Misaki from the kiss and pulled out of him, but the two stayed as they were for a moment while they caught their breath. After Usagi's breathing returned to normal he stood up and said, "Well let's go take a bath."

"No! If I take a bath with you we'll just end up having sex again."

"Yes, that's the idea." Usagi confessed shamelessly as he quickly zipped up and buttoned his pants. He threw his shirt over Misaki before hoisting him up onto his shoulder and carrying him out of the room towards the bathroom. Misaki wanted to protest, but everyone else in the apartment was sleeping and he would have surely died from embarrassment if any of them woke up.

After spending hours in the bathroom, the two made a quick and quiet, so as not to wake Kaoruko who was surprisingly not there anyway, stop to Misaki's room for a change of clothes and then they returned to Usagi's room where they swiftly collapsed on the bed. Usagi turned over and wrapped his arms around a completely exhausted and half asleep Misaki who groaned tiredly, "No, Usagi-san, no more. I can't do any more."

Usagi chuckled at Misaki's assumption before saying, "No, I'm just as worn out as you are Misaki; I just want to cuddle now."

"I highly doubt you're as worn as me." Misaki muttered, but lacked the energy to try to move out of his lover's embrace.

"It's true, I am."

Misaki rolled his eyes in disbelief but stayed silent as he was too close to sleep to attempt making a coherent sentence.

Usagi soon realized Misaki had fallen asleep and he covered his lover up before doing the same for himself. Once he was covered, he slid himself on top of Misaki and rested his head on the boy's chest before he fell asleep to the lulling sound of Misaki's soft heartbeat.