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.
Disclaimer: I do not own Dramatical Murder or Lucky Dog 1. All rights go to the respectful owners
Chapter 28 - Broken Record
Two men standing next to each other heard the sound of a car approaching. Its wheels just barely dragged across the pavement of the road and soon enough, was sitting in front of them. Giulio had agreed to dinner with his grandfather while being accompanied by one of their guests, Mink. Although it should have been no point in going with the man, Bernardo had insisted that he bring someone with a good head on his shoulders in comparison to the men working under him.
His grandfather was not an angry man by nature but there were times when he would fly off the handle. He was not abusive physically but verbally, he could scar someone with words alone. Bernardo must have known how Giulio's grandfather could hold power over his grandson and probably would have tried steering him into a path of his own choosing rather than letting his grandson choose.
Mink didn't even have dinner with the man yet and he could tell that the other man seemed different compared to how he usually acted. The air around him was more colder than the last few days of being near him and Mink was beginning to feel a bit like this sort of thing had happened before. This sort of thing was reminding him of how Aoba had acted during their mission of stopping Toue.
At some point at that time, Mink got to witness Aoba's 'other' self for only a split second that seemed to last a whole five minutes. During that time, Mink had wanted the old one back shortly after. Although the man laughed at his face saying things like "You wanted me." It was true he had tried to see Aoba's real self but that wasn't how he had imagined it.
The same atmosphere that was there at that situation, was starting to make him feel uncomfortable now. He was forced to dress up as to show he was accustomed to showing respect for someone of high status. Mink didn't like having to dress so formally but it beat having to sit around at the hotel not being able to do much with Aoba's disappearance.
It was 8 P.M. at night and the body guards that had usually stood guard at the hotel were replaced with a couple of Ivan's men while the other two escorted him and Giulio to the place of meeting with Giulio's grandfather.
The car drove them to their destination without much hassle on the street and before Mink knew, they were pulling up to an oldish looking building that looked like it needed a great overhaul. "Sorry to include you for this..." Giulio suddenly spoke out. He must have sensed him being uneasy.
Mink got out of the car first. "It's fine. This sort of thing can take your mind off other things." The man got out as well, fixed his scarf a bit and with Mink, walked up to the building. Some men who were standing guard at the entrance did not need to stop them since they knew who the other man was.
But because of regulations in regards to traitors and in-family conflicts, they stopped the both of them and patted them down for weapons. Mink was not carrying anything while Giulio had to hand in his set of knives and his favorite switch-blade. This type of thing seemed normal for everyone including Mink. He too was used to such things after having been a prisoner under Toue's watch.
The men allowed the two of them to enter and escorted them to the main hall to where Giulio's grandfather was waiting for them.
Bernardo let out a sigh as another sound of bubble gum popping entered his ears. He had been working till just recently and had decided to join everyone for dinner in a specially setup room. Ivan, despite refusing the invitation earlier, was now seated next to Gian with Ren sitting on the other side of him. Koujaku and Clear had decided to sit together while Noiz sat across from them. They didn't always eat out together or sit together like this, but because they had guests staying with them for a while, it was common courtesy to show the guests a good time.
Seated next to him was Luchino. The man looked just as tired as he felt and he could see the man going to bed after this with the way the man was constantly yawning. "Sir, you have a phone call from the bar." One of the soldiers interrupted his meal.
The bar the man was referring to was a place that Bernardo ran aside from other establishments and he occasionally visited often. He let out another sigh as he stood up from the table and with an apologetic expression, he left with the other man to answer the call.
Gian and Ivan payed no attention to this and stuck to stuffing their faces with the marvelous food spread about. Koujaku was helping Ren with eating despite sitting a chair down from him while Clear was barely picking at his food. He was able to eat but it would be like putting trash into a rubbish bin. He nibbled on the food, savoring the flavor he could taste.
He may have only been a robot, but he was built with everything a human could feel and taste. But because he wasn't human, his needs of eating were non-existent. He was happy enough to be able to taste something like a normal human being however. Noiz was watching him every once in a while as he too nibbled at the food.
Although he should be feeling hungry at such a time, he was not feeling up to eating much tonight and found himself poking at the steak with his fork. He wasn't dressed as formal as he had been when he first came and now that he wasn't wearing his suit, he felt as though his life had gone slightly backwards to the time when he couldn't feel pain.
Because of this he found himself constantly remembering Aoba and how the man had acted back then when he tried to pester him about Rhyme. The memories gave him some sort of comfort and somehow gave him a bit of a boost soon enough he was eating the food like normal.
"Sorry..." Ren said and Noiz could see why he was saying it. A bit of food had fallen to the floor while Koujaku was now sitting next to Ren and looked as though he had been trying to spoon-feed him like he were a baby.
"Take it easy, Ren. Try not rush forward so much." Koujaku said and smiled as he sliced another piece of the steak and held it up with the fork and held it up for Ren to take the chunk.
It was the most ridiculous thing that Noiz had seen. Although he could see Aoba doing such a thing, something made him feel funny from seeing Koujaku doing it. He just knew it as something that he should tell Aoba for when he returned.
A loud burp from Ivan indicated that the man was finished his meal already and was now dragging Gian with him despite the man's protest. The only one left at the table was Luchino and he too seemed like he would leave as well as his eyes told them that he was too tired to even stay awake for a minute longer.
"I'm sorry not all of us were able to be here for tonight but I hope you enjoyed your night with those of us who remained." Luchino got up from his chair and put out his cigar that he had in his mouth and into an ash tray that was sitting off to the side.
"It's alright. We're thankful for you helping us out like this. Seeing that some of us don't even deserve such a kindness." Koujaku said and pointed his gaze toward Noiz.
But Noiz did not say anything and instead continued finishing off his meal. Luchino gave a bit of orders to one of the men standing guard and said his goodbyes before leaving for the rest of the night. Clear was the next one to leave, leaving behind his half-eaten plate of food.
"I said to slow down, Ren. Your body is still getting used to this stuff, right?" Koujaku asked him and when Ren nodded, he put the utensils down.
Ren had eaten half of a steak and a bit of carrots and peas along with some of the ice cream that was set out as desert. He could imagine the man might be full by now but since this was Ren's first, big meal, he wouldn't be surprised if the man burped or at least let out some sort of sign to say he was full.
Because he was still so new at teaching someone how to eat, it really was like he was teaching his own child on how to eat and dress. He didn't mind it. "Sorry." Ren replied. Koujaku laughed a bit and used one of the napkins to wipe Ren's face as it had now been colored with the sauce from the steak.
"I think it's time to get some sleep. Ren?" Koujaku had seemed to take a liking to Ren rather quickly and seemed as though he wanted to get everyone to bed just to have the night go quicker for tomorrow.
Although nothing was happening for tomorrow, Noiz assumed that Koujaku was feeling restless like he was. And if that was the case, he was wondering how long the man would last if they didn't find Aoba's whereabouts by the end of tomorrow. He knew the man's patient attitude and knew it was very little.
Koujaku and Ren both stood up and walked out of the dining room. Noiz was left alone to think out his thoughts quietly while being observed by the men that remained still. They were obviously there to make sure everyone had eaten and left and were most likely waiting on him now.
He finished up the rest of the steak and left shortly after. He too was tired like Luchino and was in need of a long awaited sleep.
Nothing could be heard from the room across from them now. Mizuki and Welter along with Hersha, had been waiting patiently for Trip to finish with what he was doing with Aoba. They had heard a bit of Aoba's moaning and could hear slight grunting noises as well but now it was all quiet. Were they sleeping? He wondered if that was the case and wanted to check up on his friend.
He tried to stand up but Welter's growling caused him to sit back down again. Hersha coiled around his leg, gripping it with its limbless body. It hissed at him and stuck its forked tongue out toward him, licking his face.
It was trying to tell him that if he tried anything, then he would be free to bite him. Mizuki stopped moving instantly and was caught off guard when the door opened. Hersha and Welter both looked up. Mizuki was shocked to see Aoba standing in the doorway. But that was not the only reason he was shocked. It was the facial expression that was plastered on the other man's face that had him stunned.
This was not 'Aoba'. This man was certainly someone else. Aoba was naked and looked as though he had a bit of liquid running down the inner sides of his legs. When Mizuki looked closer, he realized what it was.
He looked away out of embarrassment. The snake hissed again as though to smell Aoba of anything suspicious. The lion stood up after having been lying on the floor all this time and walked up to Aoba without fear and without any sort of intimidation like it usually had done.
Aoba surprised Mizuki by petting the lion on the head as though it were his own allmate. "Your master...is sleeping. He looked so exhausted so I let him sleep a bit more. You should be proud of such a man like him." It was as though 'Aoba' had been trying to reassure the lion that he had not done anything weird to Trip.
"Aoba..." His voice sounded forced and the man probably already knew that it was.
"Being cooped up in here with nothing to do...isn't it lonely?" Aoba smiled coldly and walked past Welter, waited for Hersha to slither away from Mizuki and crouched down in front of Mizuki.
"Why are you here?" Mizuki was able to calm his voice down and began talking like he normally would have talked back in the past with Aoba.
He saw that he was now gripping the sides of Aoba's arms. "Because Virus seems to need me. They both need me..." Aoba then reached up and touched the side of Mizuki's face, cupping his cheek.
"So do you." He smiled again and leaned forward, planting a kiss on the man's lips without warning.
Mizuki could only cling onto Aoba's bare skin as the man advanced faster before he could stop him. He had no idea that Aoba was this powerful. Both Welter and Hersha watched as Aoba removed Mizuki's clothing with ease.
They had only ever seen Trip and Virus do such things with the man and had not anticipated that the two of them would do something like this. Virus and Trip had never tested this out so it was all new to them and since their masters were out, they weren't exactly sure what they should do since neither of them were planning to run away.
The Aoba that was in front of Mizuki was in no way, stopping at what he was doing and continued to caress Mizuki's tanned body starting with his shoulders and downward. Before either of them knew it, Mizuki began to get hard because of the exposure to the air and the action that went along with it.
Back on Midorijima...
A handful of men and women crouched in a group, trembling with fear and anticipation. Some were young, others looked like they had just retired from the business of science and seemed too old to be in practice. Standing nearby were a few men wearing black hoodies, all bearing the same logo on the upper left side. The Morphine tag was a symbol for those who had joined the gang along with the common clothing trend.
A few of the men held guns to the people crouched and sitting while the other few threatened the rest with a couple of knives. The scientists had been there for a good year and a few months now and so far, had lost a couple of younger ones during a past breakout session that failed in the end.
Since then, the younger ones did not try anything afterward along with the older generation. Aoba's grandmother, Tae, had been keeping her mouth shut and keeping out of Morphine's view. While she remained the favored of the group because of her connection to Aoba, it wouldn't mean she got a free pass compared to the others.
One of the men with whom she had worked alongside with in the past, had been helping her to try and get her latest message out to Aoba's friends. While it had worked in the end, the Morphine gang had found out about it but only knew of the woman making the message and did not notice to who she was making it out to.
But since she had gotten what she wanted to say out to Noiz, there had been no communication since and she was afraid to think of the worst possible reason. The man who had helped her was busy fiddling with a random button on his lab coat.
There wasn't much to do except sit, sleep and eat and it had been no different than being at home except without the comfort that came with a normal and ordinary home. They had been locked down in the basement of Mizuki's tattoo shop and Morphine had been using it since Mizuki first disappeared. Even Tae did not know who was behind it all and could only assume it was a disgruntled employee of Toue.
They were allowed to be free from shackles and cuffs but were closely watched by the Morphine members. Tae and her friend had occasionally whispered to each other and to pass the time, played a game of solitaire.
"Ha...you beat me fair and square once again, Tae. How many is that now? Twenty?" Her friend asked. He was an older gentlemen and looked as though just keeping his eyes open were not enough for what his body was portraying.
The man looked like he could keel over backward from the exhaustion of not having enough sleep among the worries that probably plagued his heart. Tae shrugged her shoulders and with a bit of a gloomy look, picked up the cards again and shuffled them for another round.
From the way the men in the hooded sweaters had been acting, Tae could only assume that it was beginning to get dark outside. She had tried thinking of a good way to escape just like all the others around her but in the end she caved because of the timing. There were just too many at one time to get a full plan of escape going.
She rubbed her eyes and handed the man the cards. "Forget it. If I beat you once too many times, you might feel the urge to shoot me." She gave the man a small smile.
"Always such a temper...I miss those days." The man set the cards aside in their original spot. Tae watched as the man got up slowly and walked towards one of the guards.
From what she could see, he must have needed to use the restroom and she watched as the man was led out of the room and was escorted by two men as they went upstairs, out of the basement and back into the shop.
One of the women who had been sitting next to them was quietly weeping. One of the young men that had tried to escape the last time, was her husband. Despite the incident happening months ago, it was still heart breaking for the woman.
With the help of Tae and the other women, she was eased out of the thoughts of revenge. Since then, they had been watched closer than they had been.
Tae let out a sigh and looked up to the ceiling of the basement. She missed home and Aoba. After a few minutes, the three men came back from upstairs and the scientist was led back to his spot next to Tae.
After some time of talking with each other, Tae and the other nearby scientists settled down and tried to make the best of sleeping once more. The Morphine members had made sure to feed all of them and seemed to have rations that could last a couple of years.
Tae imagined her home along with Koujaku and Aoba as well as Aoba's newest member of the family, Ren. She wondered how the man was doing and hoped that he at least was able to find Aoba since the last she had heard of Clear, the man had refused to eat and was forced to eat by the hospital staff at some point.
She was afraid for what could happen seeing as Ren was able to gain a body all for himself and she had to wonder if the same could be done with Aoba and his other half. She hoped it wouldn't be the case and that should such an extraction be possible, hoped it would not harm Aoba in some way.
She shifted uncomfortably on the floor using the small pillow that had been given to everyone when they were first taken and it was the only piece of bedding that was allowed. As her eyes closed she could hear the scientist next to her say something along the lines of 'good night.'
A/N: Wooo, I finished as I said I would. Been really busy with doing things for my Sims 4 and learning to make hair but blah, I'm still getting used to it.
So we took a look at poor Granny and yea those Morphine guys may have been a big joke in the anime but in the game they can be quite ruthless when working with Virus and Trip.
As for Mizuki, I have never played Dramatical Murder: Re:code so I'm not sure what happens with Aoba and Mizuki on that note so I'm merely basing the scene off of something that I would imagine or think that would be in the game and no I'm not trying to base off the story from the game!
In case any one got lost, Mizuki is getting overtaken by Sly while Virus is out finalizing a couple of deals and Trip is passed out oddly instead of the other way around. Um...Mink is with Giulio as a bit of backup since Giulio, although is a bad ass at fighting, he never ever goes against his grandfather.
So should something happen while he's there, Giulio won't freeze up or something. And uh thanks for reading this chapter, I love this story and frankly this is really long for a fanfic...Well, so long until the middle of next week I think? I've got to help with some painting the next few days and I have my own digital novel that needs to get done so ya...laterz!