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A/N: Something about Finals week makes me want to work on this story. I'm sorry that I've taken so long to update again, but this has been a kind of hectic semester. This story has one more chapter after this. I've enjoyed writing this story but it's time for it to end. I hope you all enjoy the chapter.
Kai backed Rei against the wall of the bedroom, his pale fingers quickly undoing the frog closures on the neko-jin's robe. He pushed the robe off Rei's shoulders, the silk pooling on the floor at the other man's feet. With a soft smirk he slid his hand under the neko-jin's shirt, smirk widening when he felt the muscle jump underneath his hand.
"Just give in Rei. I promise that I won't hurt you." The Russian gently pulled the neko-jin away from the wall with his free hand and pushed him back towards the bed, his other hand sliding further up to brush over a nipple. Rei arched into the touch, eyes falling closed as pleasure shot through his body.
Rei's knees hit the bed and he feel backwards, sprawled over the dark sheets. Kai knelt over him, and leaned down until their lips were brushing. "Tonight you're mine."
Rei slowly came awake, painfully aware of the warm hand that was stroking his stomach. He opened his eyes slightly, to reveal Kai lying next to him looking extremely satisfied. The Russian was smirking, the dark sheets pooling around his hips, the perfect contrast to his pale skin. "Morning Pet. How are you feeling?"
The neko-jin glared at the other man. "Fine." He wanted to move back from the Russian but he didn't think that Kai would be too happy with that. Instead he bit down lightly on the inside of his cheek trying to ignore the pleasure that was trickling through his veins as the pale hand slid lower.
Kai smirked at his lover, mahogany eyes smoldering with lust. "Are you always this grouchy in the mornings?" He leaned forward slightly and pressed a kiss to the neko-jin's forehead. When Rei didn't answer he simply kept going. "I must admit that I imagined you would be cuddlier."
He straddled the neko-jin, pinning the smaller man's hands above his head by the wrist. "Brooding silence really doesn't fit you Rei." A smirk twisted his pale lips and he leaned down until there were scant inches between their bodies. "I much preferred how you were last night, when you couldn't stop moaning and touching me."
Rei stared up at the other man, golden eyes narrow. "You're a bastard Kai. Don't think I'm going to give in to you just because of last night."
Kai cupped Rei's chin with his free hand. "You gave in last night Pet. You can't deny that you want me any longer." His hand slid down the neko-jin's neck, fingers pressing lightly against the love bite that darkened the soft tan skin. "You're mine Rei, and no one can take you away."
He leaned down and kissed the corner of the neko-jin's mouth, the slim body finally relaxing. "Stop resisting Pet. You know it's not worth it."
Rei arched against the Russian and drew him down, tired of fighting against his desires.
The moment Rei opened the door to the penthouse Backstabber came straight to him, in a unsteady run. Rei swept the small kitten up and buried his face in the soft bluish fur, allowing the kitten's purr to calm him. He settled on the couch with Backstabber curled against his chest. "Well Backstabber, I truly fucked up last night. I actually slept with the bastard."
The kitten continued to purr, small paws kneading his master's sweater. Rei continued to stroke the kitten's back, his thoughts drifting to what he had to do tomorrow. It was either that or think about Kai and right now the Russian was the last thing he wanted to think about.
The first thing he had to do was go to the store and make sure that it was still standing. He had no doubt that his employees thought he had fallen off the planet and to be honest, he felt like he had. His thoughts were constantly on nothing but Kai and it was starting to irritate him.
His second goal besides visiting the store was to go through and see what he needed to order more of and then try to figure out where all of the money had gone. As much as he hated to admit it, he was 99 percent sure that one of his employees was embezzling the money, which meant that that someone was going to end up with out a job and more than likely in jail.
Rei didn't want to have to fire anyone, but this had to stop now. His store and the other employees were suffering and the sooner he figured out who it was the sooner he could get away from Kai and leave the Russian's penthouse.
The neko-jin stretched out on the couch, Backstabber curling against his chest. "I'll just take a little nap. Bastard didn't let me sleep any last night." Rei slowly drifted to sleep, trying not to think about the Russian's warmth from the night before.
Rei slipped the key back into his pocket and locked the door again behind him, eyes easily piercing the darkness of the store. He had woken at five and been unable to get back to sleep so he'd decided to come in to the store early and get started on making a list of things he needed to order. The store didn't open until 8, which gave him a couple hours of alone time to try and get some work done.
He rounded the counter and pulled the jar of orange tea down before going back to his office. With a sigh he flicked the light on and set the jar on the small table that held a small microwave. "I can't believe I'm up this early. I should still be at home in bed."
The neko-jin picked a big mug off one of the hooks that hung on the underside of the table and padded to the small bathroom to fill it. He stuck the mug in the microwave and turned it on before pouring a slight amount of the tea into a piece of cheesecloth. While the microwave was still going he took the jar back out to the front of the store and put it back in its place without bothering to turn a light on. There wasn't really any reason to turn any of them on since he could see just fine without any light.
By the time he got back to the office his water was warm. He dropped the ball of cheesecloth into the water and watched as the water turned a brownish-orange, the tea slowly seeping out of the cloth. He settled in the chair and pulled the store's ledger forward to try and trace where the funds had gone.
Rei set his pen down and rubbed at his eyes, trying to ignore the headache that was building behind his right eye. He'd been going through the ledger for two hours and had made no progress on figuring out where the money had gone.
"This is absurd. Ten thousand dollars doesn't go missing in three months without leaving a trace." With a long sigh the neko-jin folded his arms on the ledger and rested his chin on them, mind going a mile a minute. Someone from the store had to have been the one to have taken the money, and had gotten help from the outside. It was really the only explanation.
The sound of the front door clicking open brought Rei's head up and he got to his feet and padded out of the office, feet silent on the wood floor. He heard the lock on the door slid home and a person straightened up, casting a shadow on the floor. A tangy, familiar scent reached him and he quickly flipped on the light, golden eyes narrowed in anger. "ZANE!"