Masamune stared at the angel laying quietly beside him. How did he ever become so lucky? After about half an hour of him staring the silk haired angel stirred, bringing a smile to his face. "You're staring again," he whispered digging his face into my armpit. "Hm, would you like to know why angel?" He received no response but a soft snore. His amusement could be interpreted by his chest rattling chuckles.
"You keep waking me. Shhhh," mumbled the semi-unconscious uke. He smiled brightly at the smaller man. "Wake up baby. You need to drink some water and maybe a drug of your choice." He chuckled at the whine his lover emitted from his rather small body.
"Ibuprofen please." Before Masamune could rise to retrieve the chosen drug, Ritsu's long slim legs tangled with his own trapping him in the bed. Now he was definitely more willing to staying in bed with his beloved all day but his duties were stacked in hundreds. At first sight, one would have thought that Masamune Takano had been disregarding his work for over years.
"Ritsu, You must get up and rehydrate yourself. You drank quite a lot of alcohol last night Ritsu. I am worried."
Said brunette blinked his eyes lazily before sitting up and leaning against the wooden headboard. "I am not a morning person." pouted Ritsu as he glanced at Masamune grumpily. Sighing, Masamune untangled his long muscular legs from Ritsu's and stood up. "What would you like for breakfast Ritsu?"
Instead of answering his lover Ritsu replied with his own question, "Can we go together to get something?" Shaking his raven locks away from his pale face, he shook his head in a negative. "My sincere apology love, I only have time to pick something up and drop it off. I have so much paperwork to finish with Yokozawa."
Ritsu subconsciously pouted, upset to hear that he couldn't spend the whole day with Masamune. "Oh well in that case, I'm fine. Go ahead and get ready. I'll bring you lunch around noon?" The raven nodded happy he'd see his beloved sometime in the day with all his piled work. Giving said beloved a smile he headed over to the bathroom to get ready for the long day.
Ritsu smiled at the lunch he prepared in the kitchen -with the help of the chefs of course- for Masamune. He had heard that the elders were coming to inspect the state of each councilmen. So instead of packing a heavy lunch like he had planned, which consisted of rice, yakizakana-grilled fish-, and a small bowl of miso soup; he packed a small bowl of rice accompanied with snap peas and wasabi and panko crusted pork. Of course it was still a bit heavy but Ritsu made sure he proportioned everything.
As soon as Ritsu arrived at the heavy oak doors of the meeting room, he found himself confronted by many black clad elderly men and also a few stern looking females.
"Who are you?"
"What is the purpose of your presence here?"
"What is that delightful smell?"
Those were examples of questions he had been bombarded with. "If you seniors would be willing to take a lunch break or a break of some sort, my fiancé has brought me lunch. I'm sure he was notified of your significant presence here but as you can see he seems overwhelmed."
The couple snickered at the turned backs of the elder's. The women could be heard complaining about their long day in this setting, while the men were all shuffling towards the main dining area- to find a suitable restroom and an area where they could dine until later.
"Thank you baby for bringing me food. Have you already eaten?" Ritsu nodded. "For breakfast I just had a parfait with berries and granola. And for lunch I had rice and left over beef from last night at the party."
Masamune liked to hear that his beloved was eating well. "Would you like to eat lunch with me? Or just sit there while I eat lunch?" The brunette shook his head. "Sorry I promised the gardeners I would help pick the weeds from the garden. After that I plan to just hang out with Misaki because Akihiko-san also has to talk to the elders"
"Have fun Love. See you tonight."
"Mhm See you then. Will you come to our room hungry or full?"
Masamune thought about it, he would probably have to eat dinner with the elders as a sign of respect. "Sorry Babe I will probably eat dinner with the elders. Go ahead and grab something to eat." Ritsu nodded not upset at all because he knew that it was necessary to look respectable in front of the elders.
Ritsu was very perplexed. He had been pulling up the weeds when he smelt the most awful odor his nose had ever picked up. Mildly he could say it smells like rotten meat and just as rotten eggs. What he found suspicious was burn marks on the healthy trees that surrounded the estate. The burn marks worried him, what did they represent? Why were they there?
Deciding it was best to report this he called one of the patrolling guards closer to investigate. "Sir, there are burn marks on these trees and a horrifying odor surrounding this area. I thought I'd let you know in case it was something that could hurt any one."
The guard nodded and reported what he had said into a walkie talkie that no doubt informed every guard. "Thank you, but we would like to evacuate the area for further investigation." I nodded before leaving towards the entrance that connected the main estate to the green house that also led to the outside garden.
"So any ideas on the color scheme of the wedding?" Misaki asked while messing with the chain that connected Usami-san's feather. "No, Masamune and I have not even brought it up. Besides, its only been less than a week that we have been engaged. " Misaki could see the obvious happiness in Ritsu's eyes.
Misaki was happy for his best friend and angel partner. He knew that a wedding was not needed for an angel and demon to bond and was probably just a 'want' for the cute couple. "That is true, well anyways, are you getting hungry?" Ritsu nodded absentmindedly. "Lets go get some dinner then!"
Masamune glared at the woman that stood in front of him grinning excitedly. "Well Babe why are you glaring so hard my way? It is true." The woman was dressed in a long ruffle layered red dress. Which did not leave much to the imagination for her bosom. The wench just declared that Ritsu forced him into proposing and being in a relationship with him. She could not be any more wrong.
Cassandra Smith was the oldest daughter of one of the elders, one of the main to be specific. Meaning she had power and status. "Its okay Masamune Dear, Ill get rid of that bitch. He will never come in between what we have together." Masamune was so sure that she was delusional. He never had a relationship with this woman. "I think you have mistaken me for someone else . I willing chose to be with Onodera and I, on my own terms, proposed to him- because I love him."
The snarl on Cassandra's face made him believe that she didnt have the wrong man. "No. You love me! That tramp can't just come in here and steal you from me!" Before he could reply, She ran out the room- no doubt to find Ritsu.
Ritsu and Misaki were on their way to eat dinner when a petite woman in red ran in their direction- rage plastered on her seemingly attractive face. "You bloody tramp! You stole him from me!" Ritsu looked behind him to see if she was speaking to someone other than what he assumed was him. Apparently not because not only was there no one there but she leaped for him bringing them both to the floor.
She banged her fists against his chest. "You bloody tramp! How did you win him over huh? Was it the sex Masamune!? Was he just a good fuck!" She started to laugh hysterically. The words actually started to hurt Ritsu but he just decided to trust in Masamune.
Suddenly everything went silent. Cassandra's bangs covered her face hiding her crazed smile. "If I can not have him, You can not either." A purple like aura started to surround her body. "If I can not have him. YOU can certainly not." She raised her hand that was holding a glass like violet orb.
"Introeas sempiternum ubi perpetuae sunt somnia et perdurat amor." (Go into an eternal sleep where dreams are endless and love prevails)
After chanting the spell she raised the orb and threw it at Masamune. The orb burst and surrounded Masamune gently lay him down on the floor unconscious. "You killed him." whispered Ritsu in shock.
"No. No. I love him, Why would I ever? I just put him in a magic bound sleep."
"Why would you do that? What would you gain from putting my fiance under a spell?"
She began to cackle softly. "I gain the knowledge that he'll never be yours again." Guards poured into the room followed by the elders.
"Cassandra!?" a man called from the crowd of elders. Her head snapped up to look at him, excitement was etched on her face. "Father I-I.." Before she could even explain her excitement to her father guards pulled her off of him and flew her away to the interrogation rooms.
"Masamune." Ritsu whimpered crawling towards his still lover with Misaki following him tightly holding Akihiko's wing necklace crying.
"Baby wake up please. Please.."
The only response he received was from Nowaki, a doctor who specialized in pediatrics, while pulling him away from his councilmen lover.
"Onodera-san please step away from the victim."