Chapter 12: Stupid stubbornness

Buranchi was in the middle of a traditional tea time with his aunt Tsurara Mama who has always been a great friend of his grandmother's and a second mother to him. She has been busy with controlling the drug trade in China. "It's been over two years, and you are still with the brute who forced you." She said sweetly.

Buranchi groaned. Nonstop had she said that since she has been told the details two years ago. "How many times do I have to tell you that he didn't force me?" He kept his voice low out of respect.

"Who would consent to having sex after a fight of bad intentions? I know you Buranchi. You have always adored and loved women unlike the brute who sleeps and throws whoever he wishes."

"He's different now."

"I don't doubt that at all. All Tengus are tamers at birth. I only continue to speak of the first night because it's truly controversial. You have just been too stubborn and in love to admit it."

"It's none of your business!" He snapped and then gritted his teeth.

The woman smirked. "I care about you Buranchi. I raised you beside Lady Karma, and I know now that I have gotten through to your stubborn self."

"..." Buranchi frowned.

He told himself that he wasn't cracked by the woman. His love life was great as it was that the last thing he needed was to cause another useless spat. It was embarrassing enough that he had to be the one to confess first and give up his chef career to be with him. He just didn't want to turn everything to shit and think that all his time had been wasted on the big oaf. He wanted to confide in Elg but the guy was taken by his grandmother again.

Later that night, Buranchi was on his bed staring at his ring. It was totally corny the way the man gave it to him.

Buranchi entered a hotel room to see that there was a velvet box on the bed. He got on the bed opening it to see the ring. He snorted to himself thinking that it was something Zebra wanted to wear. Out of curiosity he put it on his middle finger to feel it fit perfectly.

He didn't connect the dots at all. Then the man came into the room all dripping wet with the towel on his shoulders.

Buranchi gave him a big grin. "Hey baka, nice ring." He flashed him the bird. Zebra was silent. "What's wrong? Want me to take it off?

"No." Zebra approached him and told him in a low seductive tone. "Keep it on." He held his lover by the chin and kissed his lips surprisingly softly.

Buranchi pulled back. "Wait! What the fuck do you mean keep it on!"

"It's yours." The man stepped forward. Buranchi stepped back. "I bought it for you idiot."

"WHA-WHAT?! Don't tell me this i-i-is-" The Tengu found himself against the window.

"So what if it is?" The bigger man questioned.

"You-you're joking right?"

"You don't want it?"

Buranchi heard the hurt in his voice. "It's not that I don't want it! And who're ya callin' an idiot!"

"Then what's th' fuck is the matter? We've been together for two fuckin' years."

"I know, but why the fuck does it have to be you who does this crappy romantic shit! I'M A GUY TOO FOR FUCK'S SAKES! IT'S ENOUGH THAT IT'S MY ASS POUNDED EVERY NIGHT! I-" Buranchi was interrupted with a deep tongue tantalizing kiss.

Zebra slowly pulled back and whispered, "Stop bein' fuckin' cocky."

The blonde really hated the man. He really did but he also loved him. "Bastard." Then Buranchi flinched when the red head touched his arms. He gritted his teeth and went in it first by latching his own arms around the man and kissing the hell out of him.

They blindly walked towards the bed. Buranchi unlatching his arms to strip himself from his jacket and shirt in one fell swoop. Zebra's large cold hands caressed his body and had his tongue lick up the caramel abs until they reach the dark hardened nipples sticking out in attention for him to nibble on.

Buranchi felt his cock hardened when his sensitive nipples was bit hard and then licked and blown on. Yet he stopped the horny man during his fun to have him lie back on the bed. He let out his tongue to lick against the man's own before licking downward on those wet hard muscles. It wasn't like the red head to be submissive but they had a fight before, multiple fights, on who's to be pleasured.

Buranchi could smell the vanilla soap the man used. The warm wetness of his skin from a good shower wetting the chef's lips as he placed his own kisses and licks on that muscular toned body. Knowing that his man wasn't one for foreplay, he went down to where his man loved to see him be.

Right in between the man's legs, he took that naked huge dong in his hand taking a lick up the uncut dick and then dip his tongue into the foreskin before sucking the head of a horse. Zebra sat up staring down at his lover sucking for his pleasure. He grabbed the back of his head lightly thrusting his hips forward having his dick enter deeper into that wet hot cavern with a nice wet soft muscle.

When his dong became too big, he exit his man's mouth, pulled his hair back to kiss him in appreciation. And then told him to stand up. Buranchi did and watched the man take off his belt and then slide down those pants to reveal those black tangas trapping his hard on from the foreplay on his nipples.

Buranchi held back a shiver when the man's warm breath tickled him there. A lick wetting the thin fabric to a darker black. Those large hands grabbing his ass cheeks just to-

There was a knock at the door. "WHAT IS IT?!" Buranchi was midway of feeling himself up but was turned off.

"NEVER MIND STUPID!" Lion shouted back.

"GNRGH! STAY WHERE YOU ARE!" Buranchi got up heading for the door to find Lion standing there. By the smell, it was a no brainer that the child wet his pants. The blonde groaned. "You can sleep in my bed tonight but first let's clean up your mess?"

The two of them cleaned up the pee pee and Lion took a shower. Then they were ready for bed but first, the little child had a few questions.

"How did you and uncle Zebra meet?"

"Depends on whatdya mean."

"Like how did you n' uncle Zebra start talkin' to each other. Mama told me that you two are suppose ta be enemies."

"It's jus' stupid clan expectations. Everyone hates each other professionally."

"I thought ya wanted to be a chef. Why didn't ya chose ta be a chef instead of a drug lord?"

"What's with all the questions?"

"I'm curious! Now answer my first question! How did you n' Uncle Zebra meet?!"

"Alright! Alright!" Buranchi figured it was a good thing to think back but then his mind kept going back to the night they first had sex. He felt uncomfortable the more and more he thought about it. He looked to Lion and understood Tsurara mama's concern. "We got into a fight n' then made peace. Good night kid."

"That can't be it!"

"What do ya expect me to say?"

"Well..." The kid sat up clenching and unclenching his blanket playfully. "I've been hearing from strangers that Uncle Zebra made you-"

"What the fuck do strangers know?" He pulled the kid's ear. "Don't be listenin' to idiots."

"Ow! Okay! Okay!" He got his ear back and rubbed it. "But you do love Uncle Zebra right?"

"..." Buranchi looked at his ring. "Yeah, I do." Lion saw the ring and took his hand to inspect it. He's done this several times and acted like he hasn't seen it before all the time.

"Ya sure don't sound too happy about it."

"I'm tired ya idiot. Go to sleep." He had his arm push down the kid and turned off the lights. There was silence for a few minutes.

"Bura-chan?"

"What?" He muffled.

"Uncle Zebra loves you a lot...I thought you should know since you haven't been seein' him around lately."

Buranchi didn't respond.

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Elg was checking files and such on a laptop in an office. His eyes were concentrated until he finished with remarkable timing that he could just walk out the door without security acknowledging that it's system had been interfered with. He sighed to himself as he lit himself a cigarette.

He had a faint sense of need to worry for Buranchi and also a sense of loneliness. He tried not to succumb to the depression of it.

"We shouldn't be having a cigarette break!" Safla scolded the man. As the vigilante, she would be taking the blame for such as she became the target for most attacks. The woman was okay with it as she believed she was serving as a martyr.

The secretary only hoped that all would go as plan for that to be true.

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Buranchi was glad to see the big oaf. They decided to catch up with their personal lives during lunch after the former chef was finished with his meeting. He also decided himself that he wouldn't think of what Tsurara mama told him but then when he went to the restaurant that they decided to go to, he looked at Zebra and glass broke in his mind.

"Hey." The red head said while looking directly at Buranchi. The blonde immediately reverted his eyes from meeting him.

"Hey."

"So what's with you?"

"Nothin' much. Lion got suspended for fighting again."

"Heh. That brat."

There conversations had went smoothly and the food was good. It was real good but most of the time, Buranchi was thinking back to that first night. When it was about to be over, Zebra and him went to a hotel for sex.

The blond thought everything was going smoothly as his clothes were all over the floor and his body was being pleasured, but then Zebra stopped.

"What's wrong?" The red head asked.

"Hm?"

"You're tense." The man told him. Buranchi's eyes widen at a second of panic and then glared at the man.

"What? It's been a while since we did it idiot! Just do it!"

"..." Zebra got off of him and the bed. He stood looking down at him. Buranchi was surprised. It was the first time the man stopped the sex himself. "You don't have ta force yurself." He told him honestly. "If ya're not in the mood then don't act fuckin' cocky n' say so."

The chef wasn't sure what to say. He got off the bed too getting his clothes.

"Yur leaving?"

"If yur not gonna fuck me, then don't fuckin' waste my time!"

"I'm not fucking you cuz I don't want to force you."

"Shut up! It's jus' business okay!"

"Don't lie to me."

"How the fuck do you know that I'm lying?! We're enemies during business! The last thing I need is for you to get in it!"

"You wanna know how I can tell?! There's a difference between ya lyin' about the business stuff n' the personal stuff. When it's business, ya look at me in the eye like usual, but when it's normal, you can't even look at me."

Buranchi looked at him. "It's a business problem ya fuckin' asshole!"

"That doesn't count."

"How the fuck do ya know what counts and what doesn't?! I'm outta here." The blond went for the door after putting on his pants, but then the red head grabbed his arms only to kick the man right between the legs having him drop to his knees. The blond went for the door and shouted, "N' DON'T FUCKIN' CALL ME!" He slammed the door.

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Elg was watching an abandon house blow up before him. He sighed as his men lined up behind him. One stepped forward. "It's been handled sir."

"I can see that. Were the NEO workers still alive in there?"

"Yes."

"And no one escaped."

"A few has ran out but has all been shot down. No survivors were found."

"Good." Then he got a call. "Hello?...Move to the next unit then." He hung up. He took out another cigarette and then left to meet Lady Karma in dim red room with square patterns of aquamarines were the brightest lights and decorations.

She went into the private curtain room where Lady Karma was smoking through a pipe. "How is our plan going?"

"Going as expected. The three clans cleaning out and buying a lot of property and selling it to buyers everywhere. The NEO truly believe that we're not aware of their takeover plan."

"It's all thanks to Daruma. That brat telling us everything and then going off alone on a mission that I'm not allowed to tell you." The bitch smirked at him.

"Business before pleasure." Was all Elg told her.

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Zebra was pissed. A deadly piss with a side of childish behavior. Basically who he was before but without the constant sex which made him even more piss.

Aiko was sipping her drink while watching her husband destroy another punching bag after killing several hated enemies with his bare hands, making people shit their pants by his intimidating appearance alone, and twisting steel.

"What did Buranchi do this time?" She asked a guest beside her, Chi. Zebra had her number for situations like this. The woman shrugged her shoulders.

"When're ya gonna have his baby?"

"A few more years. We decided to have it when I turn thirty, so I wouldn't blame it for stealing my youth or anything."

"Oh, I wish Pan would've done th' same. We're still in our freakin' twenties! And we're gonna stop having sex at some point cuz of that baby! If only Buranchi wasn't such a golden boy, he would've stopped this nonsense of heirs."

Aiko almost choked on her drink. She collected herself before saying, "Golden boy?"

"Yeah, he acts like a fuckin' delinquent b't he's been doin' whatever the bitch says! I'm not surprise if she told Buranchi to break up with him!"

The punching bag with everything else attached to it was slammed to the wall.

Zebra was breathing heavily having his nose flare. He breathed in the air in a hiss before letting out a, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The woman's drinking glasses broke as the windows did. Zebra pulled the doors of it's hinges and stormed out.

Chi watched him go. "Was it somethin' that I said?"

Zebra got his phone out once he was told that the bitch was out of the city in his own office. The woman answered her phone. "You fuckin' cocky bitch." He growled. "Did you tell Buranchi to break up with me? I thought we made a fuckin' deal."

"And I kept my word to my deal. Now slap that mouth shut and if you call me a bitch one more time the deal is off and your heart shattered and brain deteriorated by loneliness. Goodbye unwanted trash of a bitch." She hung up.

Zebra crushed his phone and took a moment to calm down. He was angry as fuck because he made a deal behind his lover's back and if it were to be betrayed, he didn't know what to do with himself if Buranchi were to leave. Probably kill people and become an alcoholic and sex addict trying to fulfill the sexual stimulation the chef gives him. That was the grimmest thought he had.

He sat down on his seat taking a deep breath. He wanted a moment to control his anger and try to figure out what the damn slutty, flexible, deepthroating, high pitch screaming, demanding turn on of an amazing cook could want.

Then there was a knock. He was about to kill that person but then heard the small footsteps. He opened the door to see a worker and a brat behind him both frightened that there was a distinct smell of urine.

"C'mere." He told the brat, and told the other guy to leave immediately. When alone, there was an uneasy atmosphere. "So what'dya want?"

The kid attacked him. "GRAH! WHAT DID YA DO TA BURA-CHAN YA FUCKER?!"

"What'dya mean?" The red head kicked the kid back.

Lion got up acting like a tough man. "Bura-chan is weird. He doesn't want to go to the zoo with me."

"That's cuz he's busy idiot. Don't c'mere blaming others brat."

"But he wasn't doing anything today! N' he doesn't wanna talk ab't ya fer some reason. Every time I'm about to saying something starting with a Z, he's always changin' the subject. It's not natural! It must be yer fault fucker!"

Zebra felt even more pissed by the fact that Buranchi would go so far as wanting to never hear his name. He's really gonna kill that redefining sex idiot someday.

Later, Buranchi was coming back home after handling some problems with the stocks. He heard Lion shouting about something. He followed the sound to the brat's room to open it and find the guy he was currently avoiding playing monopoly with him.

"You fuckin' cheated!" Lion accused the red head.

"It's real estate shitty brat." Zebra told him. "You'll have ta learn the ropes eventually. It's a real pain in th' ass ta learn."

Then the two noticed the chef in the room. When Zebra looked at him, the blond looked away. "BURA-CHAN! THIS ASSHOLE CHEATED!" Lion ran towards him.

Buranchi ignored him completely not ready for the talk that they're about to have no doubt. Lion was told to stay in his room while the two adults went to Buranchi's room.

"So what're ya doin' here?" Buranchi questioned taking off his jacket.

"I wanted a fuckin' explanation fer why ya storm off like that." The red head answered. "Figured I give you sometime to make an excuse first." Buranchi became tight-lipped. Then he felt big arms wrapped around his torso."I missed you."

"It's only been two weeks."

"Ya know that's my limit from abstaining sex." Zebra brushed his lips against his neck.

"So that's it. Bastard."

"It's more than that. What the fuck is botherin' you?"

"Nothing."

"Don't be fuckin' cocky. What the fuck is wrong with you?"

"Nothing! It's not any of yur business anyway!"

"Don't try to wriggle yourself out of this."

"Hmph. You would've liked that anyway." There was an uneasy silence.

"Look at me." Zebra told him with the pathetic voice that strung on his heart strings.

"I can't."

"Why th' fuck not?"

"I just fuckin' can't! You wouldn't understand!"

"That isn't fair!"

"What's not fair!"

"Why are ya actin' like a fuckin' woman?!"

"What th' hell do you know?! All you ever did was fuck them n' throw them away!"

"N' you know!"

"Of course I fuckin' know! I've loved and cared for other people unlike you!" There was a pause and Buranchi realized what he said. Zebra wanted to say something but then just left the room. He then entered again.

"Fine! I'll give ya that! I never fuckin' love anyone but you but I cared for people! I don't act like it, but I care about my family! So stop bein' fuckin' cocky n' tell me what the fuck is wrong!"

"I don't fuckin' want to! There's no fuckin' point!"

"Then why won't you look at me!"

"I JUST CAN'T! YOU HAVE BEEN IGNORING PEOPLE ALL YUR DAMN LIFE BUT IT'S NOT EASY FER ME TA DO THE SAME! I KNOW IT ISN'T TRUE BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW!"

"Know about what?"

"The first time." Buranchi was hesitant but then when he let himself look at the man he's suppose to love, he had to. "The first time we had sex, you forced me." Zebra was confused at first like it's been two years and now it becomes an issue. "I know! I've been ignoring the fact cuz it's no deal n' it's not anyone's fucking business of what happened, but..."

"You won't look at me cuz I forced you...N' all you can think about is how I forced you."

Buranchi nodded. "I know it's retarded. It's been two years."

"It's not." Zebra told him seriously. Buranchi looked at him bewildered. "If someone else did that to you, I would've killed him and regret ever doin' that to you. Even if you enjoyed the hell out of it, it shouldn't have been that way...I'm sorry."

"Why th' fuck are you apologizing? I'm not a victim. I would've killed you if I really didn't want it." Saying that, Buranchi realized how retarded he was. Then he felt the man's lips against his. The big man's arms wrapped around his silhouette.

"So yur sayin' you wanted it?"

"I'll admit I was a little curious. Can't help it if I have such a great ass." He grinned.

"Hell yeah." The red head fondled that fuckable butt that he was so ready to pound to the sheets.

"But you'll have to admit that you were gay first."

The man snorted. "You'll have to kill me first."

"Then you can't have this ass."

The man felt pushed to the wall. He couldn't force the man down on the bed after what they just talked about. He didn't want to freak him out. "I'm gay." He growled.

"What was that?"

"I'm gay."

"What?"

"I'M GAY!"

"You gotta say you were gay first!"

"I was gay first now get on that bed." He growled. The chef snorted getting on the bed pulling the man down with him.

Later, they were heavy panting on the messy bed with torn sheets, cum stains and a deeper dent on the wall made by the headboard. When they were calm, Zebra asked, "Why now?"

"Hm?"

"Why did you suddenly started seeing me that way now instead of two years ago?"

The blonde groaned. "I was too stubborn at the time to admit that you forced me against my will, n' tried ta tell myself that wasn't what happened, but then my aunt kept reminding me."

"Which aunt?"

"Doesn't matter anymore." Buranchi turned sideways away from the ape to sleep.

Zebra spooned him, and said, "I love you." Buranchi mumbled that he loved him too.

The next day, Elg was back at the Tengu residence at the right time for lunch where Buranchi was cooking in the kitchen. "Elg! Yur finally back! How was ya trip?"

"Stressful. Demanding. Hot. Loud and dangerous. I feel like a hooker."

"Haven't seen Daruma lately?" Buranchi knew hooker was a clue for lack of sex.

"Nay." The secretary snorted. "So how was it without me?"

"I fucked up again."

"Cheating?"

"No."

"Teased too much?"

"Nope."

"Too much sex? Too much work? The children saw you two again?"

"NO! He didn't break the door again!"

"Your aunt finally cracked you?"

"Bingo! I mean she was kinda right, but I wanted it in the end."

"I don't think that's the right thing to say. What Zebra did was wrong?"

"But it's two years ago, so let's move on."

"Alright, but make sure to never tell the children the real story."

"I know; I know. The big ape already apologized."

"So he acknowledged that what he did was wrong."

"Yeah, and we did it in the same bathroom again to change the circumstances."

"Must've been nice doing it in a nostalgic place like a club's bathroom wall."

"Shut up Elg, and there's something weird happening ta de stocks."

"Oh, Lady Karma is shifting a few business around. Nothing to worry about."

"Are ya sure?"

"I'm positive." He wasn't exactly lying. Nothing was going to happen...until the next five years, and someone dies.

A/N: Yeah, I reread the first chapter and after using tumblr, I realized I made an error of morals. So I wanted to fix that without getting too controversial.

I am seriously losing love for this fic so I'm not gonna do a continuation with the StarjunxOotake fic, and I'm cutting it to the five years later for the next chapter. Yeah, the two delinquents have been in a relationship for seven years!