Asami wasn't exactly certain what to think when he saw Takato's jaw tighten a small fraction and the way that he intently stared at him. Takaba was well aware of what this action meant, but it seemed as though the other standing in front of him confused Asami. Takaba knew that Takato was more observant then Kou tended to be so he had a good guess why his friend was making that face.
"Aki, you said you were hurt didn't you, and that the injury wasn't something to worry about?" Takato questioned as he took a small step closer to the other, his eyes not leaving his shirt.
"Yes." Asami replied, a small hint of uncertainty in his voice as he tried to tread carefully with the other, not certain what to expect.
"Then what the hell's with the bandages?" Takato was gentle yet rough at the same time as he exposed the freshly wrapped bandages on Asami's arm. Asami couldn't stop the small wince that came about from the other's action.
"It's just a small injury." Asami replied as he shrugged the other off, easing the pain in his shoulder some when Takato let go.
"Aki, that doesn't like something small." Kou frowned as he stared at the still covered shoulder.
"It'll be totally healed with a few days." Asami assured the other two, shrugging his shoulder lightly to fix the wrinkled fabric.
"As you already know he's rather stubborn when it comes to getting him to rest even for a short while." Takaba commented, a light smirk gracing his face as leaned up against the counter while Asami glanced back at him.
"Says the one that isn't even willing to take a small vacation from work." Asami retorted as Kou and Takato just stood there watching the two interact.
"Dude, you two were made for each other." Kou commented catching both of their attentions.
"It's quite odd to find someone that can match Aki's stubborn streak." Takato agreed as he looked back over at Takaba. "You do a good job of taking care of him." Takato questioned as he took over for Asami in helping Kou get the alcohol out of the fridge.
"I do the best I can do when he allows me to, most of the time he prefers to take care of himself." Takaba replied back, glancing over to Asami who had actually allowed for himself to be seated at the table so he didn't end up hurting his shoulder anymore then it already was.
"He's never really been one who could handle people fussing over him too much, his rebellious side makes him want to handle things himself." Takato replied, glancing back and forth between the two bottles of alcohol in his hands.
"Aki can be real kid at times but he does try his hardest to please others when it matters to him."
"Yes, please continue talking about me as though I'm not even sitting here." Takaba felt the smirk tugging at his lips as Asami sat there more then likely pouting over the fact that he was being ignored and not liking it very much.
"Asami." Takato started slowly turning to face Takaba as continued staring at the bottles that were in his hands. "Exactly how rich are you?" Takato questioned as he showed the two bottles to the other who glanced at the brand names. Takaba mightn't have known that much about alcohol but what he did know told him that the bottles Takato was currently holding in his hands had pricey brand names on them.
"He's fairly rich." Asami replied before Takaba even had a chance to speak causing the other to glance back at him.
"He must be damn rich." Takato mumbled to himself as he shook his head while bring the bottles over to the table. Takaba collect the glass from one of the higher up cabinets and set four of them on the table while Takato too care of opening the bottle while Kou filled the glasses. Both Kou and Takato made sure that Takaba and Asami were able to sit right next to each other once everyone was seated at the table.
"So how did the two of you meet in the first place?" Kou questioned, he was obviously more eager then ever to hear about how their relationship got started.
"It was a job related issue." Asami replied, taking a small sip from his glass, knowing better then to drink as much as he would've liked of the strong tasting alcohol due to the fact that remember how easy it would've been for him to get a hold of a hang over if he allowed himself to get drunk.
"Asami's a model of some sort then?" Takato questioned, still showing a small amount of suspicion towards Takaba who was more interested in listening to how Asami was going to handle the situation.
"Not quite." Asami replied, glancing over at the other who he could tell was watching him intently. "He just owns some clubs and some other places of the sort." Asami explained with a small shrug of his shoulders. At the mention of this as though he'd been trained to do it Takaba produced a small business card, which he handed across the table to Kou and Takato who took the card and looked it over.
"Club Sion, from what I heard that place tends to be pretty classy." Takato commented as he looked over the names that were listed on the card.
"You seem to have managed to get yourself a good catch Aki, doesn't seem like you're going to have to worry about work much more."
"It's not like I'm going to allow him to handle taking care of me just because he has a lot of money." Asami replied, not missing the muffled laugh that came from Takaba who honestly couldn't believe how well Asami was acting him.
"At first he was even too stubborn to even think about moving in with me, stating that even that was taking care of him a bit too much for his taste." Takaba explained, watching the challenging look that appeared in Asami's eyes. Asami did indeed wonder exactly how far Takaba was going to go talking about himself in such a manner.
"But think about it, if you allow for him to take care of you then that means you don't have to worry about taking such dangerous jobs anymore." Kou tried to reason with this friend, watching the way the other frowned when he said this.
"As much as I can I already try to limit his work away from such dangerous jobs if I know what it he's planning on doing a head of time." Takaba assured the two friends who looked at him.
"So wait, then that means it is you who has all of the body guards posted around this place then isn't it?" Kou seemed to brighten up at the thought of this causing Takaba to groan inwardly, for only Takato would think something like that was really cool.
"He's rather possessive so he likes to try and keep a tab on me as much as possible to make sure I'm not causing any problems as he puts it." Asami explained.
"I prefer not to think of it as being possessive but rather as you put it more so making sure you stay out of trouble and don't end up getting yourself into a situation you don't
belong in."
"Right and isn't like you don't cause enough problems yourself."
"The only problems I tend to have steam from you." Takaba replied as poured himself a second glass, smirking over the fact that Asami was still taking his time over the first glass in front of him. Takaba didn't even dare to think about goading the other into trying more knowing that more then likely he wouldn't be able to get away with it.
"They really do get a long don't they?" Kou whispered to Takato as Asami and Takaba continued taking back and forth.
"It would indeed seem as though Aki finally did find some that does fit his nature." Takato agreed as he looked between the across from them. "I get the feeling though that this Asami person's more dangerous then meets the eye."
"He seems to be doing a fairly good job of taking care of Aki so far aside from his current injury. Maybe we should just see how things go?" Kou suggested.
"If Aki seems okay with him then I guess that that is the best option at hand currently." Takato agreed as the two turned to watch their friend and his lover continued arguing back and forth, both friends having been forgotten amidst everything. Takaba didn't realize until later though that the whole matter wasn't as hard to deal with as he had expected it to be, in fact in some ways it rather enjoyable for him because even Asami didn't seem as stiff as Takaba had expected him to be.