It had been a few days since the first time Michael had touched himself to the sound of Haruto's voice and he decided to make sure he was thoroughly prepared for the next time. He had never imagined before the power of fantasy and suggestion but just that was enough to get him writhing in pleasure, thirsting for more.

He could hear Haruto panting on the other end of the line. Michael was on his bed, laid out on his back, dildo thrusting deeper and deeper into his body. It was a good stretch that filled him up, but it wasn't the one he wanted. He wanted the warm body on top of his. He wanted the lips that kissed him everywhere. The hands that somehow knew more about his body than he did.

He wanted Haruto.

He wanted Haruto.

Michael's back arched off the bed, the realizing washing over him along with his orgasm. He heard Haruto's choked moans on the phone. Michael bit his lip. He didn't want to admit that he needed this, even to himself. But he did. He wanted and needed Haruto. However there was more going on than his own base desires. Even if they weren't from different countries, Michael was about to be in the middle of a coup.

More than likely an incredibly bloody one. Haruto was a part of it now, but he could always return to JIOR. No matter the outcome of that day, he could always leave and Michael had no right to ask him to stay.

"I'll see you soon", Michael said before hanging up.

The coup would be in a few days. Michael had already procured transportation from JIOR to Dorssia and by the time his captors (Haruto's friends) noticed, he would be long gone. Once things had settled, Michael would be tasked with rebuilding a nation. And Haruto would go back home because there would be reason for him to stay in the country afterwards.

With the new regime, his name would be cleared and he could return to his life. And Michael would return to his life before Haruto barged into it.


Haruto woke up that morning to a different routine. Along with his clothes, he put on a bulletproof vest and armed himself with two handguns. Haruto, as a person with only basic training, wouldn't be a part of the main force that took out the fuhrer and his retainers. He would be escorted to the princess' location and together they would be put in a safe room until the fighting had died down.

Haruto wished he could see Michael today, but with the way things were planned, they probably wouldn't meet face to face for at least another week. Properly prepared, he left with the others out of the underground base. Haruto had been waiting to squint at the sun but it was greeted by the moon instead. Everyone was tense as they got into the transports.

Bijoux, Ira, and Robin especially, it seemed. One of the goals of the day was to kill General Cain, Yonah's father. Neither wanted to hurt their friend, but this wasn't about personal relationships. It was about freeing their country. And if they ended up having to go against Yonah one-on-one to do it, then so be it. They arrived in the capital city and got out of their vehicles a distance away from the palace.

Haruto's group broke off on their own, led by Bijoux as he snuck them inside. He knew how to move through the halls silently and get to where they needed to go, the princess' bedroom. Robin and Ira took care of the guards outside her room and Bijoux was the only one to go inside while Haruto waited out of sight. Princess Lieselotte came out behind Bijoux and the five of them took off down the hall. In the distance, Haruto could hear the sounds of gunshots and battle cries.

The revolution had begun.