-UPDATE- Warning may contain small spoiler from Manga.
"Abeno slowly stirred awake at the occasional hushed sounds of breathing and soft rustling of chains. The one who had woken Abeno from the dull silence of unconsciousness abruptly gasped and pulled on the chains. The sound was of someone in pain or pleasure? Abeno could not quite comprehend what he was hearing due to the cloud of haziness that still clung to his mind like fog.
""Ah...Abeno-san...mmmm...are you awake?" Came a strained, yet familiar voice.
"Abeno was instantly on alert, bolting upright into a sitting position, eyes open wide and searching, the haziness of his mind momentarily forgotten. The room was dark, but not the pitch-black of night, just enough light filtered under the door to illuminate the tiny room to the point of being able to make out all four walls. Eyes searching, scanning the room and adjusting to the limited light, Abeno spotted a small mattress in the far corner. On this mattress was the small form of a person. This person was looking right at him.
Abeno slowly took in the appearance of this person.
"Disheveled blue black hair, slightly longer than he remembered, abnormally pale and sweaty skin peeked out of a thin white sheet, flushed cheeks, pained expression and vacant eyes stared back at him. Searching lower, Abeno found a chain wrapped around the boys ankle. Glancing at his own feet Abeno found that he was also bound; chain attaching to the wall behind him. Soft clinking of chains pulled Abeno from his thoughts. Eyes shifting back to the boy on the bed. As the boy moved to sit up, the sheet slipped from his naked body. Abeno gasped.
"Hanae...Hanae, blood."
"Abeno-san, Abeno-san is that really you?"
"Slowly standing up, Abeno made his way over to his classmate, his employee. Sitting on the floor beside Hanae, he reached for the boys hand.
"Yeah, it's me. But I'm sorry, it's not much of a rescue mission." Letting his word sink in Abeno glanced down at the blood stained mattress, becoming aware of the worried gaze, Hanae quickly let go of Abenos hand and reached for the sheet to cover himself. With a slight blush of his cheeks and a deep breath, Hanae looked into Abeno's eyes, the vacant look completely fading into a determined expression.
"That's old blood, it doesn't hurt."
"But you are in pain, your breathing is heavy and your sweating a lot." Worried his boss.
"Deepening his blush in embarrassment, Hanae fought to control his breathing, with a slight gasp and a little uncomfortable wriggling, hanae returned his gaze to Abeno.
"It's nothing to worry about, I just feel a little uncomfortable and hot..." Noting the increased look of concern on his friends face Hanae continued."It's like and itch that you cannot scratch, that's all nothing bad at all, ha ha." With a forced smile Hanae crumpled the sheets in his fist, leaving Abeno with a pensive look on his face, he lied back down with his back to Abeno.
With eyes squinted shut and a hand clutching his tummy, Hanae fell into a fitful doze. Why does it throb worse when he is near? It hurts and it's so hot, I feel like my whole body is on fire.
Abeno settled in next to Hanae and also closed his eyes with a sigh. His head filled with worry over Hanae as well as the fact that he could not feel the mononokeans presence and had not been able to since entering the forest. Thinking back, it was just like that shrine entrance that one time. Abeno was not confident that he could summon the mononokean for help this time either.
Just giving a heads up, the following few chapters will have lots of lemons, however they will be sad lemons. Lots of angst, hurt and sadness followed by what ifs and maybe a little bit of fluff is in store.