Just as Akise finished 'servicing' Yuki he heard the footsteps of the nurse, and pulled the curtains open once again, after they had settled he realized he still had the 'fluid' in his mouth. A quick glance over of the room revealed he had nowhere to empty his mouth, but he didn't dare to swallow. Ms. Kazama came back in and stared at the boys, looking at Akise's hand, there seemed to be a bit more blood seeping through the bandages. "I thought it went without saying you weren't to use or flex that hand." she said pointedly, "It won't heal if you keep reopening the wound like this."
It was at this point that he realized he would have to do the absolute unthinkable- he had to swallow it. Anything that seemed out of the ordinary would just make her to assume something had been going on between the pair of them. Yuki watched Akise, his cheeks flushed as he watched his Adam's apple bob up and downward indicating he had swallowed. Averting his eyes, he didn't quite know how to react to that kind of situation. Someone had swallowed his..it was..he'd have to remember to apologize profusely to Akise later on for what had just happened. "My apologies." Akise said, with an 'innocent' smile as if nothing happened. While he'd have to admit it did have an odd taste to it- it wasn't as if it was unbearable..and it was Yukiteru's so it didn't really matter.
"I'm sure that you actually mean it." Ms. Kazama said, her voice laced with a small bit of sarcasm. Judging from the redness on Yukiteru's face she knew something had happened between the pair of them but didn't feel the need to ask anything more. "You'll need to get antibiotics and to change the dress on that daily." a pause, "Where'd you get the wound from?"
"Done, and done." Akise readily agreed, stopping short when she asked him once more. "Doing confidential work."
"'Confidential' meaning?" Ms. Kazama wouldn't let up on him.
"Detective work. Something I don't exactly plan on ruining my reputation for by revealing certain key facts to civilians." Akise added, she seemed to be annoyed by that fact. "If that's all I think I'll be going now." he said, hopping off the bed.
"I'm calling your parents." she said sternly.
"By all means." Akise welcomed it, "It saves me the trouble of doing so in person. Yukiteru- it appears class is done for the day, how about we just go home?"
"Uh..yes." Yuki agreed, standing and walking past Akise, out of the infirmary. Akise noticed her continual stare, but he walked off nonetheless. Things were becoming a lot more 'heated' between he and Yukiteru, and he wondered just where this relationship of sorts could be going. "I-I'm sorry.." Yuki said, interrupting his thoughts.
"And what are you sorry for, Yukiteru?" Akise asked, grabbing his things from his locker.
"W-well I'm sorry for...what happened back there." Yuki hurriedly explained, grabbing his belongings as well.
"About me having to swallow your unborn children? Thanks for the concern." Akise chuckled slightly, noticing how much redder Yuki's face became at that statement. "It's nothing to worry about Yukiteru."
"Are you sure?" Yuki asked, a little uncertain of it all.
"Mine landed across your face unintentionally; I should be apologizing to you." Akise said, chuckling again as he remembered what had happened a few hours prior.
Yuki froze, he'd completely forgotten about that. His face immediately went red all over once again, "I...have to go." he said, deciding to go off on his own.
Akise could tell he was highly embarrassed, so he let him go. There was still the matter of having to settle things with Yuno. A quick review of his cellphone revealed he had a voicemail left by the police chief, saying that the warrant had been acquired and the digging was to begin today (earlier), to call him back when possible. The next was a little more harshly worded, indicating he should once more call at his convenience. Akise hit 'redial' and waited as it rang a few times, "Hello!?" Keigo grumbled, clearly irritated.
"I was a little...tied up." Akise said, in a beat around the bush 'apologetic' way. "Regarding the Gasai residence- did the digging begin?"
"It did. And you're not going to believe what we found back there." Keigo said, a little less irritated this time around.
"After my little scuffle from earlier today- I'm ready to believe just about anything.." Akise trailed off, Yuno was most definitely unstable, and whatever they unearthed in the backyard would only help to prove his theory.
"You should get over here and see the fruits of your labor, Aru." Keigo instructed, "We've officially got a homicide case on our hands."
Homicide. That word instantly caught his attention, "Then..I suppose you've found them, the Gasai family?" he asked. While he was 'proud' in a sense his hunch had been correct, he was also a little bit concerned. Yuno Gasai...what would she do to Yukiteru if she knew what was currently happening? Who was to say that she didn't? For now, he had to put his thoughts to rest and follow through with going to the Gasai residence.
Yuki was alerted to the sound of crying. "Y-Yukki!" Yuno called, her hands covering her eyes as she sobbed uncontrollably.
"Y-Yuno.." Yuki stared at her, what was wrong? "What happened?" he asked, overly concerned.
"Aru...he..he attacked me!" Yuno said, her voice shaky.
"What?" Yuki asked, trying to make sure he'd heard correctly.
"Look!" Yuno showed him varying signs of an altercation, cuts, scratches and bruises.
"Akise did this?" Yuki asked, a little dumbfounded, "Why?"
"I don't know- maybe he was jealous, Yukki?" Yuno suggested.
"Jealous?" Yuki asked, he didn't really clue in as to what she could mean by that. "What would he be jealous of?"
"You and I." Yuno didn't hesitate to reply with that statement, "How we were going to get married and live out the rest of our lives together."
"Over something so silly?" Yuki asked, pausing for a moment to study her wounds. "I didn't think him to be the kind of person to do this kind of a thing.." he commented, "Do they hurt?" he didn't dare to touch them, but he wondered how bad they'd be if left untreated.
"Silly?" Yuno asked, wincing as if she'd been backhanded across the face at that statement. "Yes, they do.." she whined, "He's dangerous! He's working with the police to put me away! They're going to say I murdered my family!"
"Your parents?" Yuki wasn't sure what to believe, "Working with the police..?" he knew of his varying 'detective works' as Akise termed them to be, but he didn't think he was working with dirty cops. "I should ask him.." the moment that phrase fell from his lips, the world turned black. It faded away all at once, and once he regained consciousness, he found himself bound to a chair, stripped only to his boxers. "Y-Yuno..?" he called out her name, it was fuzzy but she was the last thing he remembered.
"I'm so glad you could remember me, Yukki." Yuno's voice was monotone, neither filled with love, hate or any other residual emotion. "After spending so much time with that boy..doing those lewd things..tell me, Yukki- did I just disappear from your mind? Was your world just lost in some boy you barely even know?" her eyes stared accusingly down at him, she herself was wearing little to no clothing whatsoever.
Yuki's mouth opened and shut, then stayed open due to his shock. How did she..did she see them? See what they did? Was Yuno watching this entire time? His mind was filled with all sorts of questions along those lines, he didn't know what to say. "It wasn't that..I forgot about you.." he started to explain, his voice low as he looked to the ground, not daring to look up at the one he 'betrayed' or at the very least that considered him to have betrayed. "Yuno..you're very important to me." he started to explain.
"Save it for later." Yuno immediately shut him down on that statement, "Behind my back, the two of you..doing such things..the only thing left for me to do..is kill him." she resolved, "He's in my way; stealing all of your attention and affections that should be for me and I alone." ranting more-so to herself, she resolved to kill Akise.
"Kill him?" Yuki asked, he was starting to get afraid. Looking around the room, he found absolutely no means of escape. His restraints were very tight, and he couldn't get his hands loose, his legs were also stuck to the chair.
"Hm?" Yuno asked, "Ah, yes. Well, if Yukki likes him enough to do those kinds of things..then I should just kill him, right?" she asked nonchalantly as if she had just asked about the weather. "When you have an obstacle in your way, you remove it and keep moving forward. When I remove this obstacle- we'll be able to move forward from it, okay, Yukki?" she asked in a more cheerful manner this time.
"No.." Yuki shook his head, "No.." he repeated, "Killing someone else is a very serious thing! And I don't think I'd ever be able to get over you killing someone over me." he tried to reason with her.
"Yukki! How could you say such a thing?" Yuno asked, as if she were genuinely hurt by that statement- as if he were the insane one. "You could never forgive me over killing someone so small and meaningless in our lives?"
Yuki paused for a moment, how to say this? "..Yuno..I'm different." he said, looking up at her, "For a while- I thought I liked you, too- that your plans of 'marriage' and 'children' seemed to be the best path for me.." he didn't know how to put it. "But I realize- that I was using you, to survive. That I was nothing but a leech hanging onto you because without you, I had no one in this world. One by one, everyone has always stepped away from me, I've been ridiculed time and again..for being 'different'. But you..you were my saving grace, that light at the end of the tunnel that stopped me from giving up. You..and someone else special." even in his situation, he couldn't help but to crack a smile at that. "I appreciate everything you've done for me, but I'm not good enough for you. You deserve someone who doesn't hold you back anymore."
"You're not in love with me anymore, is that it- is that what you're saying?" Yuno asked, she wasn't at all pleased. But some of his statement had resonated with her, he felt inadequate in her presence? Fine- she'd change it. She'd change herself to be the perfect wife he could ever want- to be the only wife he could ever want. "Yukki- I won't give up on you. You're the only one for me, the only one.." she echoed the last bit of her sentence, trying to reassure herself. "Right now- they've probably dug them up.." she mused, checking the time and seeing how late it was.
"Them?" Yuki asked, unsure of what she meant.
"My parents." Yuno answered calmly, "That white haired boy certainly did love to stick his nose in where it didn't belong, after all."
"Did you-" Yuki's eyes went wide as he stared at her, more fearful then ever.
"Kill them? Why, of course I did." Yuno smiled sweetly, "However else would I be free of them?"
Yuki didn't know what else to say, she clearly had lost her mind. Being rejected by someone else made it okay to strip them, and tie them to a chair? Kidnap and tell them that they were absolutely the only person you ever wanted to be with? "Enough!" he shouted, looking up at her, "You have to let me go!"
"No." Yuno denied the request, "You're just going to abandon me and go running to that boy. How about I bring him here and finish it all?" she asked, not waiting for a response, she called Akise. Yuno began to play with her knife as she waited for him to pick up, unbeknownst to her Yuki struggled against his bonds, trying to escape from the chair. It was absolutely of no use- he wouldn't budge at all. "Yukki wants to see you." she said, ending the silence, "Why- we're together of course!" another pause, "I'll tell you where- if you promise to come alone.." in a slightly lower, muffled voice that Yuki couldn't hear she said, "If you don't- what would happen to Yukki and I? In death we could be together..forever."
"Give me the address." Akise didn't hesitate, writing it down and abandoning the crime scene. He didn't bother to tell any of the police department where he was going, either. Yuno was very unstable, and on the verge of killing Yukiteru over something so trivial. Just how did she manage to kidnap him? He had a decent amount of weight on her, not to mention 'dead weight' made the body even heavier. In either case, he had to bike to the abandoned Gasai building she instructed him to go to.
The sun setting didn't help anything, psychopaths always lurked in the shadows. He stared up at the building, how gloomy and in need of care it seemed to be. The outside was tattered, and he couldn't imagine the inside being any better. Security cameras appeared to be operational, which made it very clear that power was still working in the building despite its appearance. Stepping carefully over any obstructions in his way, he searched around the place, where was the room that she was hidden? Stereotypically the unstable ones usually liked basements in large buildings such as these- even the absolute top of the building seemed to be feasible. But the elevators didn't appear to be in working condition and the stairs seemed a little 'out of order'.
"Yukiteru?" Akise asked, staring as he saw him bound to a chair, walking into the room. Stepping in front of the slumped over male, he shook him gently, "Are you okay?" he questioned, surprised when his head fell off, a small examination revealed that it was just a dummy. She was cunning, he'd give her that much. Walking to the door, it immediately swung shut and prevented him from leaving. Trying to loosen it with shoulder charges didn't help anything, hitting it with any amount of force didn't seem to phase it at all. Reinforced steel, he assumed. The bolts looked brand new- just changed, in fact.
"So glad you could make it!" Yuno cheered.
Akise looked around the room, seeing a security camera, "You hooked up the PA system, just for me?" he asked, feigning a sense of honor. "What a privilege."
"There's lots of things I did here 'just for you'." Yuno said, "Like for instance..rigging up this trap."
"It was fairly well done. You extorted a weakness you knew I had." Akise conceded that fact, "You didn't have Yukiteru in the first place, did you?"
"Wrong." Yuno said flatly, "You just found the 'dummy'." she paused, "He's very much here, beside me in fact. But that wasn't the entire trap- you know."
"There's more? Going through so much trouble just for me.." Akise waited to see what else could possibly happen.
"It's all a part of the show. Yukki gets to watch you die!" Yuno cheered once again, as the room began to fill up with a form of gas.
"Alright..if this wasn't inspired by a comic book of some sort- I don't know what is." mocking her seemed to help the situation momentarily. A quick search of the room (that's all he had on his side, considering it was some form of noxious fume), covering his nose with his hoodie, there was an air duct. It seemed able to come off. Tossing the dummy aside, he put the chair against the wall and ripped off the covering, crawling through to the other side and knocking the other one off. "Amateurs." he commented, it wasn't the first attempt on his life- and certainly not his last. "Yukiteru?" he asked, a little surprised that he was already in the room he wanted to get into.
"She's-" Yuki barely had the time to say that word, as Yuno slashed at Akise once again.
"Too bad it wasn't fatal." Yuno said, glancing at his bandaged hand.
"It bled for a decent bit back there." Akise said, "But no- not enough for a 'killing blow'. Sorry to fail at your expectations."
"Looking for this?" Yuno asked, taunting him as she held the key for Yuki's restraints.
"What do you want in exchange?" Akise asked.
"Your life." Yuno didn't hesitate to answer him.
"No deal." Akise smiled, as the pair began to slowly walk in a circle, "If I die- then what was the point in all this? That's not a deal; that's you getting what you want. Have you even bothered to ask Yukiteru what he wants?"
"He wants what I want." Yuno answered grimly, slashing at him with the knife once more.
Akise grabbed her hand and tossed her over him, "That right?"
"It is." Yuno answered.
"You dropped something." Akise grinned.
Yuno looked down at her hand, confused for a moment- seeing the key in his hand infuriated her more. "You won't live to use it!" she taunted, running at him.
"Catch." Akise tossed it to Yuki, as he dealt with Yuno. The pair of them most certainly had training (somewhat) in vague martial arts. Yuno had the more 'karate' approach to things (save for wielding weapons), she attacked relentlessly in the hopes of defeating her opponent. Akise was far more technical, using reversals, counters and her own attacks against her.
Yuki fumbled with the key, using his thigh to bring it closer to his hand. On the verge of slipping off and falling to the point of him being unable to undo his bonds, he nearly cursed then and there. Finally getting it in his hand, he nearly cried out in triumph, but his hand couldn't reach the lock, frustrated, he resolved to lean forward and use his mouth. Biting onto the end of the key, firmly keeping it in place, he tried and failed a few times, on the verge of giving- it finally went in properly and he twisted it, the lock fell off and his hand took the key. Unlocking his next restraint, until all of them were off. Looking over, he saw Yuno on top of Akise, he hand stretched back as she was about to go for the killing blow. Yuki strode over and slapped her, looking up at him in a state of shock, Akise disarmed and shoved her aside. "Yukki-"
"Don't you dare say my name, again." Yuki said, walking to the exit of the room.
One last glance at Yuno, confirmed the fact that her world had just been turned upside down. But he didn't have time for pity, Akise followed Yukiteru out of the room. "Here." he said took off his hoodie and placed it on Yuki.
"Thanks." was all Yuki said, he put it on properly and zipped it up, "I can't go home like this."
"You could stay at my place. You know- when Gasai's in police custody and not about to kill either one of us." Akise said.
"Wouldn't your parents be concerned you brought me to your home like this?" Yuki completely omitted commenting on Yuno.
"They've seen stranger things. And at this point they're likely in bed. Besides, I live alone." Akise pointed out.
"Alone?" Yuki was using the current moment to get over his previous trauma.
"Hang on." Akise placed in a call to the chief of police, a few squad cars were on their way to retrieve Yuno. "Yes. I live alone." he resumed their conversation.
"You only brought a bike?" Yuki asked, he was barefoot and could see himself freezing on it.
"Unfortunately; yes." Akise nodded, "Hop on." he said, sitting on the seat. Yuki complied, leaning forward and holding on tight, as they left the premises. The cold began to make his teeth chatter as they sped away in the night, the police cars passing them, he began to shiver, wondering if he'd get frostbite before they finally reached his home. "We're here."
At that, he perked up, "Thank goodness..." he sighed of relief, hopping off the bike and wincing when he realized he wasn't wearing shoes.
"Hang on." Akise picked Yuki up and brought him to the door, unlocking it and walking inside with him.
"Thanks." Yuki shivered again.
"Cold?" Akise asked the obvious, Yuki nodded. "You could have a bath or a shower or something."
"I'd rather just go to bed." Yuki said.
"My rooms just down the hall, if you want. I could take the couch." Akise offered.
"I don't want to sleep alone." Yuki shut down either or choice.
"Where would you prefer to sleep?" Akise asked, that was all he needed to know.
"I don't care, so long as it's warm." and with you. But he didn't bother to say that part. Finding himself led down the hall, he waited to see what was happening next.
"If you want to wear some warmer clothing..here." Akise offered, showing him the varying pajamas he had. They looked practically brand new, as some nights he got home so late that he didn't even bother to change- just to sleep in his clothes. Turning his back while Yuki changed, Akise sat on the bed.
"Thanks." that was all he found himself saying; repetitive gratuities. Laying on one portion of the bed, he stared over at Akise, as his head touched the pillow.
"You're still shivering..." Akise pulled the covers over him, laying beside Yukiteru.
"I'm still cold." Yuki said the obvious.
"Then I'll share my warmth." Akise said, pulling him close. About to say 'thanks' Yuki yawned, instead, falling asleep almost instantly. "Goodnight, Yukiteru."
