They stepped out of the bedroom and Takano didn't fail to notice the slight raise of the officer's eyebrows when they noticed the two men were holding hands. Takano sat down on the sofa with Onodera pressed up against him, clearly shaking and scared. There was a brief silence until one officer spoke. "I'm Haitani Shin, but please just call me Shin. I was part of the team that took down a major slave ring ten years ago. Takano-san seems to be under the impression that you were there?" The question hung in the air as Onodera clenched his hands into his lap and stared down at his legs.

"I..I was kidnapped in high school. I-" Onodera broke off as Takano put a hand on his shoulder and gave it a gentle squeeze, before he started talking.

"I know you probably won't believe us, but this is Onodera Ritsu." Takano handed the man the red book and watched as the two officers flicked through the pages and glanced from the pictures of Onodera to the one sat in front of them. "Takano-san, Onodera Ritsu was found dead nine years ago." Takano looked at Shin and shook his head, understanding dawning on the officer's face. "I knew it. I did my own bit of research into that slave ring and after digging around I found that a major funder was Yokozowa. I had no way of proving it as it was only through word of mouth that I knew, but with this, we could finally bring those bastards down." Takano's hand tightened on Onodera's shoulder as he spoke. "Yokozowa Takafumi has been my friend since college. I don't think he played a part in the ring."

Onodera found courage from the hand on his shoulder and glanced up at Shin. "H-he saved me. Yokozowa's father took me away f-from them. I've been with Yokozowa since."

Takano sat forward and addressed Shin, the other officer in the room almost forgotten. "They wouldn't have put any regular cop into that ring. Who are you?"

Shin smiled and set the book down on the table. "I'm a detective, I go undercover a lot and recently there have been attacks on young men such as Onodera-san. So when your call came in I was sent out to see if the case was similar."

Takano searched his eyes. "There's more?"

Shin nodded sadly and ran his hand through his hair. "There's been a string of young boys going missing, it seems as if Yokozowa is getting desperate. He's being less careful, not clearing up the disappearances like he used to." Shin motioned to the article stating Onodera's death. "He used to pay off the higher ups in the force to keep quiet about it but it seems they're demanding more and more money."

Takano's eyes widened and he moved his hand from Onodera's shoulder to grasp his clammy, trembling fingers. "How did you find this out?"

The man grimaced. "I hacked into the files. I knew something suspicious was going on but I had no way to prove it. I couldn't bring the documents to the court because I'd got them illegally. If Onodera-kun is willing, we can use his knowledge as evidence."

All eyes turned to the shrinking brunette and he swallowed hard, shaking his head. "I can't help."

Shin sat forward, looking imploringly at the man. "If you help us you can help those other young boys who were taken just like you were."

Onodera looked up at Takano and saw the gentle encouragement in his eyes, knowing that Takano would support him no matter what. "I…I don't know anything about the ring. I'm sorry. I only know about Yoko…Takafumi." The officer waited patiently for the man to continue but already felt a little sick at the state this man was in, clearly he had been abused. "He u-used me. At first it was just…just keeping me for himself. He locked me up, kept me tied up in a room, only visiting me to bring food o-or…to pleasure himself." Onodera felt his face flame and hated the shame he felt. He knew if he wasn't so weak he wouldn't have been used the way he was for so many years and by so many men. "I…there was nothing I could do. I tried to e-escape but each time he caught me and punished me." The brunette wiped angrily at his tears and felt Takano's arm slide around his shoulders, allowing his head to rest on the firm shoulder. "But then…I don't know how long I was there, but h-he started to bring his friends over t-to play…with m-me." Takano felt his stomach twist and his heart skip a beat, he pulled the brunette closer and began to slowly run his hand up and down his arm, trying to bring some comfort to the man. It seemed to work because Onodera relaxed a little and his speech became a little more confident. "I think it was around the time Takafumi graduated college that he started to…" He took a deep breath and grabbed onto Takano's hand that was smoothing his arm. "…sell me to other men."

That was all Shin needed to hear. He got to his feet and crouched down in front of Onodera. "I know how this will sound, but it's standard procedure. Can you tell me with 100% certainty that this was all against your will? There was no consent?" Takano was about to snap at the stupidity of the question but Onodera's slim hand rested on his thigh. "I had no choice. If I didn't I'd get beaten or worse…" Onodera trailed off and turned his face into Takano's chest to finally let out the tears he'd been holding in.

Shin nodded and got to his feet, he placed a card down on the table as the other officer got to his feet. "I'll be in touch. If Yokozowa-san makes any attempt to contact Onodera call me straight away. We need to keep tabs on his movements so we can finally expose him and his father's disgusting activities."

Takano smiled at the man and bowed his head. "Thank you." Shin, closely followed by his partner, left the apartment to the sound of quiet sobbing.

Takano buried his nose in Onodera's soft, brown hair and took a deep breath. "Well done. You were so brave to say all that." Onodera lifted his head to look into the deep amber eyes and his tears subsided.

"I'm not brave. If I was brave I wouldn't have gotten myself kidnapped and used for so long."

Takano shook his head and ran his fingers along Onodera's jaw, coming to a rest on his chin. He tilted Onodera's head back slightly and used his other hand to shift the brunette into his lap. They never took their eyes off of each other as Takano leaned down and pressed a soft kiss to the beautiful pink lips. Onodera's eyes slid shut as he returned the kiss with just as much tenderness. It wasn't a kiss filled with the promise of sex or anything more. It was a simple kiss that was filled with fragile feelings and the need for comfort.

Their lips lightly brushed as their need for each other grew. Onodera rested his hands on Takano's chest to feel his heart hammering and his breath shortening. The raven-haired man ran his hand over Onodera's shoulder and round to cup the back of the brunette's neck, supporting his head as he pushed a little further into the kiss.

The brunette let out a small moan and they pulled away, both breathing like they'd run out of air. Takano pressed his forehead to the brunette's and brought his hand round from the back of his neck to rest on the side of his jaw, gently smoothing Onodera's soft cheek with his thumb.

He ran his lips up Onodera's cheek bone and kissed along his eyebrow, coming to rest in the middle of his forehead before trailing more kisses down to the tip of his cute, little nose. Onodera kept his eyes closed as Takano showered his face with kisses, the warm trail left by his lips made Onodera almost melt to the touch.

"Ritsu." Takano breathed onto the plump lips before once again claiming them with his own. They shared soft kisses with each other until Onodera pulled back, trying to suppress a yawn. Takano smiled and lifted the man into his arms. "Nice to know I'm a good kisser."

Onodera blushed and looked down. "I…I didn't mean it like that. It's just…I haven't slept well and…"

The brunette broke off at the sound of laughter and looked up, shocked at Takano's beaming face. "I was only joking. I understand, don't worry." He carried Onodera into the bedroom and set Onodera down. He stripped off his shirt and saw the brunette's face flush a deep crimson. "I'm not going to do anything, I'm just used to sleeping naked." The suggestion in his voice made Onodera's blush even brighter and he began to stutter before realizing he was once again being teased. He turned away from the laughing man and pulled the duvet up to his face. "Baka."

Takano climbed into bed next to Onodera and spooned him from behind. "Sleep well." He touched a kiss to Onodera's shoulder before finding himself also feeling exhausted, he snuggled into Onodera's hair and sighed happily. Onodera felt a small smile tug the corners of his lips and moved himself closer to Takano so their bodies were pressed up against each other, he held onto Takano's hand and brought it to his lips, holding it there while his eyes were pulled closed with the lull of sleep.

woohoo!

chapter 11 is done! :D

please let me know what you think of this chapter because it's the one i'm the least sure of with the whole police/detective thing XD

and awwwwwwwwwww onodera and takano X3 hehe :3

maybe a little too OOC? ahh well XD

thanks for reading! :D

until next time -