(A/N: Still felt like there isn't enough Misaki and Usami action going on, so please forgive my selfish desire to add something a little bit adorable as an extra. WARNING: Tiny (?) hints of pre-suggestive-smut.)

Chapter 7.5 (Extra)

Misaki was eating his lunch with his friend, Toudou.

Toudou had been staring at Misaki for a while, although he hadn't stopped eating his noodles.

"What's wrong, Toudou?"

Misaki had been thinking about his struggle with Usami that morning. He had not notice that until a long 5 minutes later.

The night before…

The great author had carried Misaki into the young man's own bedroom, and had sneaked under the covers with him after helping him change into his pyjamas.

A few hours ago, they were both in the study together, concentrating on their own work.

While Misaki was irritated by the suggestion of that, he did not protest. Mainly due to his assignment deadline approaching, and the fact that he did not want to argue with his landlord who was already under a lot of pressure finishing his work.

They both worked furiously for 3 hours after they had dinner, and it was the young man that first gave in, falling asleep and sprawling on his table.

"Already one o'clock, huh…." Usami looked at the bear shaped clock that stood upon his desk.

Having finished the last chapter of the BL novel Usami was due to submit the next day, Usami stood up and yawned.

He noticed Misaki and approached him as quietly as he could, careful not to wake him up.

Looking at the screen propped up in front of Misaki, Usami sighed.

It had seemed that before Misaki could hit the 'save' button on his document file, he had already collapsed. The mouse remained frozen at the icon he was about to click on.

Usami read over the document and decided to do him a favour. He saved the document and had one copy of it printed out.

He also helped him tidy up his things, placing the stack of papers neatly upon the table with his computer beside it.

Knowing how serious and delicate his lover is with his own assignments, he decided to lend him a hand at it while he had the chance.

While all their work was done, there was no reason to leave Misaki at his table.

Usami couldn't urge himself to wake him up either, so he carried him in his arms.

Misaki's petite frame seemed to have gone a bit lighter.

He couldn't help but wonder if Misaki's stressed out and lost some weight, what with all his work, school and the recent threats he received.

The renowned author made a mental note to feed him more strawberries and more of Usami himself to help Misaki get back on track.

"Nii-chan…sensei…Usagi…san…-ove you…"

The young man muttered softly, nestling his head upon Usami's chest. A small smile slowly appeared upon his face.

While his words were mostly hard to decipher, it was the ones in the end that struck Usami the most.

Usami had to fight back his devilish urge to devour the youth.

It took all of Usami's willpower to stop himself invading the angelic looking Misaki, who was lying on his side on the bed with an extraordinarily adorable expression.

"Misaki, don't tempt me like that…" Usami thought to himself, as he undid the buttons on his lover's shirt.

The pale, tender skin underneath forced Usami to gulp nervously. He refrained himself from fondling the nipples, and decided to fulfil his urge by just touching him.

He slid his cold fingertips gently and slowly along the spine, which invited a slight shudder from his partner.

His hand promptly stopped at the lower back, fearing that he might not be able to control himself if he went further down into his trousers.

Usami hurriedly slipped on the pyjama top and proceeded to the lower half, which posed as an even greater challenge.

He fought back his temptations, and did whatever he could to stop himself from pulling Misaki's underwear down. The tingling urge to set hands upon Misaki's member was tempting, but he went for Misaki's advantage, dismissing the lustful thought and hurriedly slipped on the pyjama bottoms for him.

Misaki hadn't budged or even shown signs of waking up, even after all of that, which Usami eventually decided that it's because he's too tired.

And all of that, took a long 15 minutes.

Usami couldn't bear the thought of leaving Misaki alone, so he eventually got changed and returned to sleep by his side for the rest of the night.

And it goes without saying that Misaki chewed him out when he woke up the next morning.

Of course, Misaki never dismissed the fact that Usami had thoughtfully helped him organise his things for the next day,

"Thank you, for helping me with the assignment. You really saved me."

Misaki said before Usami drove the car out of the parking lot.

Usami had offered to drop him off, which was also part of his 'Misaki Protection Program' operation.

"Anything for my adorable little angel…"

"-Nhn-"

Usami responded and swiftly planted his lips upon Misaki's and pulled away after a short while.

It was a short kiss, but it was a good amount of 'Misaki' refilled for his day.

He's about to head out to Marukawa Publishing, where he was due for a meeting regarding a drama adaptation of his works after he'd submitted his work to his editor, Aikawa.-Something he hated the most.

"Misaki, that ring around your neck, can I see it?"Toudou asked.

'Not. Good.' The thought popped inside Misaki's head.

The ring, which was hanging from a small chain round his neck was given by Usami to strengthen their bonds by the means of a proposal.

Usami forced him to wear it in his presence, but Misaki had reminded himself to take it off whenever Usami's not around.

That had completely slipped his mind.

"Errr-It's nothing to worry about, it's just my interest-"

"Interest? Eh~ I never knew about that~ Let me see it."

That only provoked Toudou's curiosity more.

Misaki himself was baffled by his own response, it was exactly what his Usagi-san went for.

"Uh, it's really nothing, I just thought this looked nice, so-"

"Eh~ Alright then…" Toudou gave up, but continued nonchalantly, "For a moment there, I thought you were married or engaged… I mean, these kinds of rings are usually for these purposes, especially one with engraved patterns like that."

Misaki paled. How right Toudou was.

"Anyway, about the school fair," Toudou started, "You're working with us, right?"

Seeing that the topic around that has finally ended, Misaki sighed a breath of relief.

"The yakisoba stall? Ah, yes."

"Oh, that's great. I still remembered the sample you made us, damn it was good! For a guy you sure can cook well~I envy you~"

"It's nothing much, I just happened to cook for my landlord, that's all. Hahaha…"

"Man, your landlord sure is lucky…" Toudou sighed.

Misaki hid the chain in his shirt.

The reason he did not hand the ring over, was because it was too incriminating.

It had 'To Misaki, my love' engraved inside the ring.

If it were to say about how Misaki felt about Usami, it was 'To Akihiko, my love'.

And that, exactly was what it was engraved on Usami's.

(A/N: Endless sweetness~~~~~~ Hope this light chapter is to your liking…Stay tuned!)