Edit: Just added something, sorry.
Yep, it was him, that rich guy.
Masamune felt refreshed when he woke. The sun was seeping through the window and he turned, chuckling as he watched Ritsu turn in his sleep to avoid the light.
Then it dawned on him.
Today was Sunday- that meant tomorrow was...
His eyes widened in horror: MONDAY.
He had to go to work, and for more than 4 hours he couldn't see Ritsu. Normally back then, he would go visit Ritsu when he was in a coma at every opportunity.
Quickly he turned to hug Ritsu to himself, the latter mumbling in sleepy protest before comfortably settling within his embrace. Maybe he could keep Ritsu in his office, preferably sitting on his lap or desk. No, he couldn't do that. He sighs, running a hand through Ritsu's hair and appreciating those soft locks. He was so soft, and so warm.
Trying to think about something else to take away work from his head, Masamune gazed around his room while still hugging Ritsu. His room that he shared with Ritsu. Ritsu who had only some of his stuff here. Technically speaking, Ritsu hasn't completely moved in. Masamune wanted all of this things here, even if he had to move them to a bigger apartment.
The gears began turning in his mind- if they did move to a bigger place...
It would be like starting turning a new leaf. He can imagine himself and Ritsu playfully fighting over where to put things, sorting their clothing together, figure out how to sort their huge loads of books, buying new furniture...
"Mm..?" Ritsu stirs in his arms, blinking awake. "Good morning." He arches his back slightly to stretch before moving away from Masamune and relaxing on the now cool side of the bed.
"You okay?"
"Yeah," Ritsu sighs, closing his eyes, "Everything feels nice."
"Hey," Masamune began, shuffling closer to him, "Do you want to visit An and them? We can also get all your stuff."
"We... we don't have to get all of my stuff. Maybe just some clothes, some books... but not all of it." Ritsu paused for a moment before giving his husband a small smile. "I think it keeps my mother at ease."
The look he was given got him backtracking. "No, not as if I'm giving her hope that we're going to divorce- not that- just..." he sighs. "It sort of helps her, I think, I mean... the only things Mom kept from my father when he died was his journals and the jewelry he gave her. When she would get worried she would bring them out and look through them, and sometimes clean the jewelry... it eased her stressed and helped her think."
He continues, "An's father, my other father, he has An's mother's stuff too, though most of them belong to An now." His breath hitches, and he sighs again, facing up at the ceiling in contemplation.
"What is it?" Masamune asks, pressing against him as close as possible. He grabs the hand closest to him, holding a grip on it. "Tell me what you're thinking about."
After a while, Ritsu responds to him. "I think Mom might like you guys a little."
"...Huh?" Now he was lost.
Ritsu nods. "It's just that... I mean, with An, her father likes you and Kazuto both. But Mom..." He turns to face him. "I think she feels that, if she accepts you guys openly, acknowledges you two, it means letting us go and she's not ready for that yet."
Masamune was quiet at this, and after a few seconds, Ritsu had the urge to backpedal. Maybe he said too much. He didn't mean to talk so much, maybe he should-
"Would your father accept me?"
"W-what?" He wasn't expecting this question. "My Dad..?"
"Would he ignore me? I mean, you are their only son..."
"You are an only son too!"
"I wouldn't be too sure about that," Masamune replies, glancing at him, "My mother probably has a new family now, and my stepfather probably. Maybe my real father too."
And that's when Masamune caught it, that look Ritsu had the other night before asking about the driver who hit him. "Were you wondering about that?" Of course Ritsu would wonder that, Masamune thought, seeing that the time before Ritsu got into the accident was when he had those problems.
"I-If you don't want to talk about it, it's fine."
"No, I'll tell you. Answer my question first."
"Oh, um-" Ritsu pursed his lips in thought. "I don't think he'd ignore you; he was a fairly open person, and he would want me to be happy."
"I see." Masamune pauses, gathering his own thoughts. "I still don't know who my father is; my mother refused to tell me. I do know though it was a small affair, and they immediately dropped all contact with each other. It was a little before she married my stepfather, so of course he thought I was his son. Only for a little bit though."
"A little bit?"
"I think he caught on as I was growing up that I didn't have any of his physical features. For me though, I thought I looked like my grandfather or something at least since I didn't look like him. He was more mad at my mother than me though," he scoffs, "At least I think so anyway; I've never seen him since the divorce."
"What? So your stepfather wasn't really part of what happened?"
"It was mostly my mother. I was happy that I got to stay with Yokozawa and his family, but my mother wanted me to go back and stay with her when it happened. I brought up that I would rather stay with my 'Dad' and then she blew up on me. My stepfather would never accept my calls or anything, and it just got more frustrating. I never talked with her after that."
"Oh," Ritsu says quietly, "So that's what happened?"
"Yes..." Masamune sighs, his thumb rubbing circles absentmindedly on the hand he held of Ritsu's. They were both staring up at the ceiling. "And I'm sorry that I hurt you because of it. Even around when we started talking to each other in high school, I've always turned my frustrations on you."
"N-no, it's okay."
"No, it's not. I hurt you, and I never want to do that again."
Ritsu didn't know how to answer that. How was he supposed to? "I-"
"I love you." He stares over at Masamune in surprise, and the latter was still staring up at the ceiling, smiling. "I love you," he repeats again in a whisper-like voice, happy.
"A-are you okay?" Ritsu asks hesitantly, blushing. He wasn't used to this yet. "It's kind of weird..."
"Weird?" Masamune chuckles, looking over at Ritsu now and smiling softly.
"Wh... what is it?" His husband continued to merely smile at him. Ritsu found himself getting up and off the bed, flustered. However, the hand he was holding stopped him, and he looked back to see Masamune outstretching his other hand towards him.
"Come here, Ritsu."
Wavering, he went closer, yelping in surprise as his lover yanked him into his embrace. He shivered involuntarily when he felt his forehead being kissed.
"Why don't we just stay home the rest of the day. Let's just stay here."
"What? No!" Ritsu tried getting up. "Let's go visit everyone, and oh, buy..." He remembers the day back when they came home the first day from the hospital. "Buy um... lubrication. It's also called lube right?" He didn't expect to be responded with such a dumbstruck expression. "What's wrong?"
"You... You still want me?"
"H-huh?" Ritsu was confused. "I don't-" He was hugged tightly, no escape from the bed. "Masamune?!"
"...You make me so happy." Then came a soft sigh.
'What did I do?' wondered Ritsu, before Masamune got them both up and out of the bed to get washed up for the morning.
"That man was nice, wasn't he?" Ritsu comments as they walk out from the shop. "Everything in there is so strange though," he shudders remembering that 'thing' shaped like a cactus. How anyone can put that up them, he doesn't know and he never wants to know.
"Yeah..." For Masamune though, his experience left him to turn next time to purchasing on the internet. That man was too nice to Ritsu for his liking. And too close with his hands...
"Ah!" He looks to Ritsu, who faces him eagerly. "I'll go pick up the rings tomorrow! The afternoon right? Should I bring you lunch too?" He pauses, wondering aloud, "Can I do that?"
Lunch...
Lunch! The realization made the older man dread less about tomorrow.
"I should go find a job too," Ritsu says, glancing around. "Maybe I'll go to my old job and ask around."
"You don't have to work," Masamune says, grabbing his hands while the other held the lube they bought at the shop. "Just take it easy from now on."
"I can't do that. Also, I want to see how they're doing."
Masamune thought for a moment. "What was your old job?" He doesn't remember Ritsu telling him about it.
"Oh, I never told you huh? I," he begins, "I helped at a bath house. I was still working there when I got into the accident, so I wonder if Takafumi told them what happened to me."
"So Yokozawa knew about your job?"
"He helped me get it so yeah, of course he knew." He remembers something. "Do I still have a cell phone?"
"I don't think so," Masamune says, now pulling him around to find a cell phone store. "We should go get you a new one. I think An had it stopped when you went inactive."
"Okay," he says as they walk. "Can I just get one like my old one though? Like yours? You haven't changed yours, right?"
"You have a point. I guess I'll upgrade and you and I can get iPhones."
"Are you sure?" Considering he didn't use his old cell phone all that much, Ritsu didn't think it was worth getting such an advanced phone compared to a simple flip phone. "I don't think I'm going to use it much."
"Oh, you will. I'm going to call you while I'm at work, and when you go out on your own. You better pick up too or I'll get worried. I think I can track you on GPS too."
"I-Isn't that a little too much?"
"It's never too much when it comes to you. I want to be sure you're safe wherever you go."
...
"Woah, you guys are here too?" At the store, Ritsu turned his head to see Shin. Masamune was talking to a sales associate.
"Hi, Dr. Haitani."
Shin laughs. "Don't sweat the Dr. here, Haitani or Shin's just fine! How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine! We're getting new phones."
"Sweet, then you can get my number later. Why don't you come in for a check-up tomorrow? I remember Eru telling me days back that you were worried about if you and Takano were to h-"
"Ah yes! I'll come in tomorrow!" Ritsu interrupts, flushing. "Don't finish it!"
He laughs. "Alright." Another sales associate calls him over, "I guess it's my turn. You can just come in with Takano in the morning and I'll look you over."
"Oh, okay," Ritsu says waving him bye. It was weird seeing Shin in casual clothing.
"Was that Haitani?" He turns to see Masamune beside him.
"Yeah. He's going to give me a check-up so I'll be going with you tomorrow."
"That's good," Masamune says, before ushering Ritsu towards one of the counters. "They're getting them ready and then we can go see Yokozawa. Or do you want to see An and them first?"
"No, I want to go see Takafumi and Misaki. Sorata is there too right?" Ritsu asks as they wait. "I wonder if he still remembers me."
"I think he will. Maybe to him it'll be like we never stopped visiting."
Next time is the other side of their Sunday and they visit Takafumi and Misaki, and then An and family. Takafumi's second case hasn't started yet, if any of you were curious :p
It'll start either Monday night or Tuesday. And it isn't an OC that's going to be the accused :p
So, Henmi's first name is Masakazu. XD I didn't find out until now. I can't wait to translate it later!