Intoxicating

I stood there, completely paralyzed. The cause of all these wounds, was there standing beside me, holding me and defending me. I didn't know whether I should feel scared or grateful to him. Haizaki scoffed.

"Heh, you actually believe this little liar?"

"Yeah, do you have a problem with that Haizaki?" Akashi retorted. The others just continued to silently gape, not knowing how to respond to his reaction.

"Do you really think so Aka-chin?" Murasakibara asked. Akashi nodded.

"Of course."

"Now that I think about it, Makoto-san's never been that kind of person and we always keep a close eye on her. If she had a boyfriend we surely would have seen him hanging around her." Kuroko interjected.

"Yeah, plus how can anyone have a hickey that big?" Aomine pointed out.

"Hai-chin is such a mean liar." Murasakibara said.

"That's not much of a surprise." Midorima uttered.

While everyone was busy using Haizaki as a vent for the rage he truly deserved, Akashi snatched my wrist and compelled me to follow him somewhere. He led me down the hallways to a dark storage room where we kept all the storage equipment like mats and spare basketballs. Once we were inside he swiftly slid the door close. I backed away into the corner, feeling absolutely frightened. He turned to me, glaring at me with his rose red eyes.

"Are you okay Kotone?" he asked me tenderly, stepping towards me. He ran his fingers through my brunette locks. I shivered a bit and nodded. He grinned at me.

"Good, I'm relieved. Don't worry I'll get rid of Haizaki so you won't have to be scared anymore." He said to me, gingerly caressing my cheek.

I refused to look him in his eyes, or even speak a word in response. All I had to give as a reply was another nod. I dared to look up and although I had just a glimpse, I saw he looked displeased. My heart started beating too fast, as if it were about to burst out of my chest. A few seconds of nerve wrecking silence passed before he started speaking again. When he did I started trembling more, afraid of what he would say, or do to me.

"Is something the matter Kotone? Lately you've been very social to everyone except me; why is that?" he questioned. I winced back as I felt his hand slide down to the crook of my neck where all three big bruises were.

"Ah, I see you're scared of me aren't you? Because I left these on you the other day." He said nonchalantly, as if it were nothing.

I was about to assure him that I did like him and wasn't scared of him, but before I could he pushed me down to a mat on the floor. I squirmed around, kicking a little, but like before it did no good. He rested his chin into the crook of my neck. I bit my lip, trying not to cry when he started digging into my flesh again. However, as I waited, I realized he wasn't going to bite. He just laid there on top, embracing me.

"I'm sorry if I scared you." He lamented, holding me tighter. I was a little surprised to hear him say this. I reciprocated in the hug.

"Th-thank you, for defending me earlier, I appreciate it." I acknowledged weakly. He smiled and then chuckled a bit.

"You're welcome." He said simply. "I had to admit I was nervous that you'd hate me, so I thank you for reacting well." All of the sudden I felt the rest of my bandages peel off.

"W-what are you doing?" I stuttered out. Akashi smirked.

"Rewarding you." He replied, peeling off the last one and revealing all three large bruises on my neck and collar bone.

"A-Akashi, please—ah." I whimpered out. From nowhere I felt his tongue gently lick one of the marks. Unlike the incident before, he was really gentle.

No teeth, no injury, no pain at all. He kissed, caressed, and licked places where there were no purple blotches. I didn't want to believe it, but it actually started to feel good. My face was flushed a sweet red color and my eyes started getting watery. My body didn't feel numb, it felt on fire and I was trembling, sweating in this passionate heat.

"Please… Aaaah, A-Akashi please don't—" I was cut short when he pulled me in for a kiss. I could feel his tongue slide and wrap around mine. He left no inch of the interior of my mouth untouched. He tongued the insides of my cheek and licked at the roof of my mouth. Even though he was assaulting me again, at least this time I knew he was apologetic for the rough incident. He kept his hands away from my body and he was tender with his kissing. I got nervous; my body was starting to get more and more relaxed, his love was alcohol and I was getting drunk with pleasure. I couldn't let myself be sedated like this; what if he was being gentle because he had some other motive in mind?

Akashi made sure there was some room between our lips so we could breathe without stopping each kiss.

"A-Akashi…" I moaned out. When he at last pulled away there was a string of saliva between us. He licked his lips and smirked mischievously with a laugh.

"You're so cute." He said, wiping the drool dripping on my chin with his thumb. He leaned back down and briefly licked my cheek. "Almost too cute."

I looked up at him pleadingly, my cheeks flustered red and my eyes tearing up.

"P-please Akashi, no more." I begged. "I can't take anymore."

"You're still a small girl, I guess I'll stop now." He said, carefully taking me by the shoulders. As he helped me up my legs quivered relentlessly and I panted heavily, sweat dripping off my flushed face. Akashi sighed when he noticed my delicate state and then smiled kindly at me.

"Good thing you told me stop at the right time." he said, and then planted a light innocent kiss on my forehead. "I'll let you off with this; I'll see you tomorrow at practice okay?"

"O-okay." I said falteringly, hurrying out the door as fast as I could.