Pairings: BernardoXGian, IvanXGian, LuchinoXGian, GiulioXGian, AobaXClear, AobaXVirusXTrip, AobaXRen, AobaXKoujaku, AobaXNoiz, AobaXBakshi, VirusXTripXGian, AobaXGian
Warning: Contains minor hints of rape, violence, extreme swearing and heavy scenes of smut. Contains some SPOILERS!
Disclaimer: I do not own Dramatical Murder or Lucky Dog 1. All rights go to the respectful owners
Chapter 24 - Hindrance
Scrambled bed sheets hung from the side of the small cot-like bed while long strands of blue hair mixed with a bit of blonde, flattened the pillow. Sly and Virus had fallen asleep together shortly after finishing their "activity". Virus's glasses that he had always worn, were now on the bedroom floor.
Trip was busy cleaning up out in the open area of the warehouse and was currently rearranging some of the boxes so that they were more organized for when Virus woke up. They did not have much help like when they did back on the island so all their plans had to be carried out by themselves.
He had seen to it that Mizuki had gone back to his own room like a good boy and made it so that he could not come back out unless he opened the door from the other side so that only people going in were able to open it.
Trip's allmate, Welter, was also cleaning a bit here and there, helping his master by using his jaws to pick up random items that were strewn about of the warehouse. Hersha however, was busy coiling itself around a table leg of a wood table that was on its side. It did not look like it had any plans of helping them out today either, much like his master.
After Trip had gone back to the bedroom the other night, he had watched both Sly and Virus finish each other off the same way that he himself had done with Sly. After a few minutes of watching them he had left to give them some sort of privacy as he was slowly getting tired at that point.
Since then, he had not been in the room and only knew that Virus must have been sleeping for he had not come out to greet him in the morning nor had breakfast yet. He slammed a few more boxes on the ground next to the computer desk. Welter gave a low growl in response to the noise, informing his master of his noisy behavior.
"What?" Trip asked it. Although Welter was a lion and had kept a personality of that of an actual lion, it did not act out as wild as one unless his master willed it to.
But every now and then, the animal would occasionally nip at him or growl softly in order to get his attention or if he thought his master was behaving oddly. Their personalities mirrored each other just like Virus and Hersha's. The black lion swished his tail from left to right and then put his paw down to something on the floor.
Trip looked down to where the paw had sat and saw the ripped half of a photo underneath. "Hm..." Trip stopped what he was doing and walked over to the lion and the picture.
He picked it up and glanced at it. The photo was of Mizuki with his arm around someone else. Although it was ripped in half, he could tell it was of Aoba as he could see a bit of blue next to the ripped area. Welter growled again. "Here." Trip held the half photo out toward Welter's mouth and the lion snatched it away with its teeth.
The lion began tearing the rest of the already ripped photo, chewing it into tinier pieces. It was not like he hated Mizuki, in fact, Trip actually liked the man despite the fact that he was not seen as some sort of friend or the like, in his eyes. He had admired the side of Mizuki that showed others that he was not afraid of anything or to do just about anything for something or someone.
Hence the reason why they had brought the man along as they thought it would draw Aoba out of hiding. But as luck would have it, they did not need him since their 'toy' came to them instead. Welter licked his mouth, freeing the inside of his mouth of whatever leftover pieces that might have stuck to his tongue.
The lion shook out his shaggy, black mane and cautiously stepped near his master. When Trip did not acknowledge the lion's presence, he let out a small growl. "We're done for the day, Welter. Go play with Hersha until Virus gets up." Trip stated and then left the half-empty room, slipping into the room he had locked Mizuki away in.
Welter yawned and walked over to the large snake that had now ceased its coiling nature and was now lying still on the floor, basking in what little rays of sun that had been peeking through the gaps of the boxes as they had been piled up against the windows.
The snake hissed at Welter, flicking out its tongue but did not move from its spot. Welter ignored its odd behavior and laid himself down next to Hersha.
Back in Mizuki's room, Trip was beginning to pack a few things away not giving Mizuki any attention and seemed to be ignoring the man's very existence. The things he was packing away looked to be a couple of things that were obviously unneeded in their dream establishment and Trip was clearly seeing to it that Virus did not have to do any kind of lifting or cleaning.
Mizuki shivered from the cold feelings he had been getting since last night. Because of the rainfall from yesterday and all of last night, he had not gotten much sleep since he was not given much of a blanket let alone a proper bed. Although the room was the same one that he saw Aoba and the twins in, the bedroom cot in their room was certainly better than the one he was using.
He scratched his head out of habit as Trip left the room with a few boxes that were filled with random junk. His stomach had been growling since he last got up a few hours ago and it was beginning to feel worse as the hours went on. Although Virus and Trip fed him during their trip to the city, they were merely eating whatever they wanted while leaving him the leftover scraps of their food as though he were some sort of dog.
To compare them to a regular human being or even an insane one was in itself, an insane idea and Mizuki had to wonder what exactly Aoba was thinking to have run back to them. He had just recently become their object of interest since a year ago and was resting up in the hospital when they came for him.
Although he could feel himself getting better back then, he was not feeling it this year. Having been locked away in a room that was large enough to fit five people but only ever being allowed to come out twice a week was enough to drive him mental.
But his mistreatment was nothing compared to what he heard coming from the upper floor of their home. If he could even call that their home.
Mizuki shivered again and held his hands close to his chest for a bit of warmth. Despite the sun being out now, the warehouse itself was still chilly. He then heard Trip's footsteps coming back into the room along with a conversation between two others. Aoba and Virus were up and were apparently visiting him with Trip.
When Trip opened the door, Mizuki flinched and stared at all three of them as they came in one at a time. Trip being the first, then Virus and then finally, Aoba. But upon looking closer at his best friend, Mizuki could tell this man was not his friend and looked more like a stranger than anything.
Aoba rushed to Mizuki's side as though being reunited with a long lost lover. Mizuki did not respond to the affection and instead, pulled away from him fearfully. "Mizuki! Are you alright?" As if to continue the charade, Aoba hugged him.
He tried to pull away again but each time he tried, the more Aoba held onto him. "L-Let go!" Mizuki pushed on Aoba's chest but his grip only tightened on him.
"Mizuki?" Mizuki had to focus on his hearing as he could have sworn he heard his friend saying his name. He tried to calm himself down.
He could feel the other man gripping the back of his sweater and could feel the vibration of them trembling through the fabric. Mizuki looked Aoba in the eyes, realizing that he was indeed his best friend. But just the other night he could have sworn that the other man was a different being all together.
"Ao...ba...?" He then put a hand to Aoba's shoulder and seemed to be trying to fit as much of the fabric in his hand as physically possible.
"Hmph, how sweet. Right, Tripster?" Virus asked as he stepped closer to the two reconciling young men. Then, as though he had transformed into a snake like his allmate, he gripped the back of Aoba's head and pulled on his hair, snapping his head back.
Aoba was forced to let go of Mizuki's sweater and could only feel the strong surge of pain that ran from his skull to almost every nerve of his body. Virus then leaned next to Aoba's ear and bit at the upper part of his ear like a snake biting into its victim.
"Nn...ah.." Mizuki turned away from the vulgar sight and was forced to listen to Aoba's erotic cries.
Trip also stepped in close to Aoba and leaned down so that he was over him on the other side of Virus. He held Aoba's chin and moved closer to his face so that Aoba could not turn away and sealed his lips with his own.
He watched as Virus continued nipping at Aoba's ear all while sneaking a peek as to what Trip was doing. After having been with them for over a year, he had yet to know what really went on behind the closed doors. He could picture them torturing Aoba but would never imagine either of them kissing him so passionately like what he as seeing now.
Virus let go of Aoba's hair but kept his hand in position to do it again while Trip pulled back from the kiss. "Too bad we can't keep doing this all day." As though to showcase his disappointment, Trip pouted.
"Yes...such a shame, really." Virus stopped his actions and then looked at Mizuki.
The man was certainly shook up both from witnessing such a scene and most likely, instinctual fear from his past. "Trip, take Aoba outside for some fresh air. I'm sure a good drive will help him let loose for a while..."
Virus stood tall and then walked out of the room without looking back. Mizuki flinched when Trip also began to move about, pulling Aoba out of the room and having the young man trail behind him. As Aoba was halfway out of the room, he looked back at his friend, his eyes void of emotion.
Mizuki could tell that Aoba was himself but he had been too scared to see the real him as it was his first time witnessing Aoba doing something out-of-character. It was what caused him to reject Aoba when the man first hugged him. He could only clutch at his chest out of anguish as he realized his own mistake.
If he had only recognized him as the true 'Aoba' instead of thinking of him as an awkward being from only seeing him in such a state before, then perhaps he would not have the look that he had just now. Even then he felt like he should have done something for him the night he saw him. But he was too afraid of what the twins had planned not to mention, where would they run if he was to do something?
The members of the CR-5 were having their own problems back at their HQ. Bernardo was unfortunately having money issues while Ivan had not come back from one of his prostitute lanes. Despite it having only been a day since they last saw the man, Gian was worried all the same.
Luchino was busy making sure his own flock of sheep had not strayed while trying to tend to Koujaku's many questions since apparently to him, he seemed to have almost all of the answers. Clear had taken refuge up on the rooftop after the rainfall of last night and Mink was quietly sitting in Aoba's room.
Both Giulio and Gian were out getting a few eyewitnesses to start the search for Aoba while Noiz simply stuck to Ren's side. Seeing the issue at hand as it being his fault, Noiz felt this was the only thing he could do aside from waiting.
When he had delivered the news to Ren, at first the man did not say anything nor did he look angry and upset. But now that it had been a whole day without so much as a word about him, Ren was now beginning to show a rebellious side.
Noiz was still not used to a person and their emotional distress but he knew what he felt deep down and could only imagine what it was like for Ren. The man had been bedridden since the other night but only recently wandered around despite his body not wanting him to.
So Noiz stayed put with Ren while the others did the worrying for them. Mink was also keeping them company but was keeping to himself and hadn't said a word to either of them. He could understand his frustration.
Bernardo had explained to him earlier after everyone got a bit of sleep and told everyone to leave it to them. He did not doubt the man and his connections but he was mostly worried about how fast they would try to take Aoba out of the city.
"Why don't you just sit down already? You're making me feel bad." Tori, Mink's allmate, chirped at him. The bird had nothing to say to him until this point so he must have been watching him this entire time, walking back and forth.
He sighed and stopped his pacing just as an e-mail came through for him on his coil. A subordinate of his had finally come through with the task that he was given. It was to find any witnesses from the hospital despite Noiz saying that there were no traces of Mizuki leaving the hospital, he thought that at the very least, an eye witness was present when he was last seen.
The man also had provided Noiz with video footage of what it was looking like underneath the shop of the tattoo parlor. The video clip showed that at least twenty or so scientists all sitting on the floor with their hands tied in font of them. Most of them were tied together while others seemed to be forced to typing at computers.
He must have counted at least forty members of the Morphine group but he was sure that must not have been all of them. The footage stopped on a lone woman who was handcuffed to a large chair that looked like it was made for patients. It was an old woman with light pink hair and Noiz could tell right away who it was on first glance.
Tae Seragaki, Aoba's grandmother, was handcuffed to the chair arms while her body was strapped down so that she couldn't move. Despite her age, she really did look well enough to bite someone still even though he had not seen the woman in a few years.
"..." Noiz held back a remark as he had forgotten he was the only one able to see the video at the time.
He rewound the video and went up to Mink who was sitting in one of the dining chairs and reading with Tori sitting on his shoulder. "Looks like they need his grandma for something like I thought. And it's not for her scientific knowledge."
Mink lifted his head and watched the video a bit. When the video got to the part with Aoba's grandmother, his eyes looked cold at first but then softened. "Until we get Aoba back, the whole plan is basically useless at this point." He then looked down at the pages of the book.
"Which the members of this organization are helping with. You don't have to remind me." Noiz shut the video off and returned to the window.
"Somebody has to. You got your way with him the moment you got here. You must have noticed something was off..." Noiz shrugged off Mink's suggestion of this being all his fault.
He couldn't deny that he should have realized something else was off with Aoba but at the time, he thought it was merely because of a tracer being inside his body. "He is only a human, so he's bound to make mistakes." Tori tried to persuade Mink but the man was obviously not listening.
Just then, Ragtliffe, a man who worked under Bernardo, walked in. "Good morning." The man had a large smile on his face that was partially covered with his round, black glasses and his silvery-blonde hair that also happened to be covered by his black fur-lined hoodie.
"Did you need something?" Noiz asked. He might have come off a bit edgy in terms of his tone of voice. The man also did not seem to mind this and continued talking.
"Yes. I was sent by Mr. Ortolani to escort you for the day. He says he was hoping you would fill in for him at one of our farms." When the man said this, Noiz could not think anyone could smile more than how this man could smile.
This caused even Mink to look up from his reading upon hearing the word 'farm'. He had taken notice of the buildings of the city and did not think it had much of a farmland. Although there were quite a few buildings with tall grass surrounding them.
"And what exactly was he going to help with?" Noiz asked him. He wanted to be sure what it was that Bernardo had usually done and he thought for sure the man did not farm as his looks suggested he didn't get out much considering his constant battles with the phones.
It was then that Tori squawked. He seemed to be quite the talker since the last time he met him. "A farm should do us some justice. Master?" Tori looked down to Mink.
Mink slammed the book shut and Noiz picked up on the hint of the sound of it as though the man wanted the book to have the bird in it. He managed to crack a smile of his own but for only a few seconds. He was still not feeling as 'cheery' as a normal person.
"We'll be happy to I suppose..." Noiz said and watched as the man gave a slight nod of his head and walked back out the door.
"A farm...?" Ren was awake and was now forcing his tired body to sit up. Noiz stopped him by putting a hand to his shoulder.
"We're going. You're staying. Clear will watch over you until we get back. And the Rib-tease." Noiz explained and he and Mink both left the room swiftly, thinking the man had already left the floor.
Ragtliffe hadn't left and had been standing outside the room, waiting. "Are you fine gentlemen ready to leave then?" Noiz couldn't understand what it was about the man's smile that irked him and made him uncomfortable.
"Let's go." Mink said. He had wanted to get out again to see what the city was like and if they were able to pick up on something about Aoba, all the better that he go should the 'maniac' need him.
A/n: and that's that! Mink and Noiz are off to one of the farms that the CR-5 have, well technically it is Ragtliffe's and he happens to I think live there, not too much is known on his living situation. Plus that is not a spelling mistake with the name, his father was drunk when he was naming him or something along those lines. But everyone knows him mostly as "Janitor".
Feel bad for Mizuki...And in case if anyone thinks i am aiming for a Mizuki/Trip pair and an Aoba/Virus pair...you're dead wrong. I haven't played the Re:code game so I'm not sure what went down with Aoba and Mizuki when Aoba is Sly or something, but I can only imagine what it's like for Mizuki.
That said, it's not a struggle into who's the better one for Aoba when it comes to Trip and Virus. As Aoba says in the game (spoiler), is that there is a certain line they don't cross. But that can only last for so long until one or the other gets somewhat jealous or annoyed at a certain point.
Again in the game, Virus is actually curious about what Aoba and Trip do in his room when they're alone so it is possible for Virus to grow a slight attachment at some point right?
But anyways, was really busy with my website and lots of thunderstorms down here. Already August and still not cold, and it's Canada! But come back for the next chapter, we get to see Noiz and Mink go to a farm...together...