Okay life got hectic for a while but it's settling now- you can all thank the latest people who reviewed for reminding me this story existed lol

It's bugging me how short the chapters are for this story so hopefully they'll be getting longer as I get to the chapters I'm writing now- I still have another chapter which I had written from before, so I should be updating again in a couple of days once I've had chance to go over it- Thanks to all the people who have stuck with this story up to this point XX

Chapter 19- Failure to Receive

Dark couldn't believe it- as he'd walked out and stood in a row along with a few other candidates his eyes had instantly been drawn towards him, sitting there in amongst the interviewers as if he owned the place- which of course he basically did it seemed... there was no fucking way!

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Pulling out his phone Dai checked the sender- his phone didn't recognise the number. He sighed heavily and put the phone away without bothering to reading the message- he'd hoped it would have been Dark. He so wanted to hear from his brother, to get even the slightest news of how he was doing.

Satoshi had told him not to contact Dark himself- after all he may interrupt something- but Dai found it hard. He really needed to talk to him to know he was safe, to put his mind at ease. He didn't like leaving Dark like he had last night, especially in the state he'd been in- but he did believe in Krad to sort things out once and for all. So he would give him the chance to.

It was only lunch time and he was anxious to see him, he and Satoshi were going to the apartment after school, but the time was dragging so much Dai felt like skipping school and going to his brother.

But as Satoshi sat next to him and handed him some lunch, he realised he was being overly- worried. Krad would sort everything out- and they would go to visit that afternoon and his brother would be there laughing and joking over the whole thing and everything would be back to normal.

He leant on his boyfriends shoulder as he picked at his food- No he was wrong everything wouldn't go back to normal- it would be better than before he was sure of it.

"Come now- anyone would think you've never tied a tie before!" Dark scowled at the comment.

"I never have so shut up!" he attempted to slap away Krad's hands as he helped him do up the troublesome fabric, but Krad won as he stood behind him trying to show the boy the right technique. Dark refused to watch in the mirror in front of them so he looked away at the ceiling- allowing the man to get it over without any more resistance so he'd be released from Krad's possessive grip sooner.

Having finished with the tie, Krad spun Dark around to face him- griping his chin forcefully.

"Now, now pet that's enough of the cheek!" He leaned in close and nuzzled the boy's neck, smelling his distinctive scent and nipping at the skin slightly. Dark yelped at the contact, and his face flushed with embarrassment, recalling the man's earlier actions in the bath tub. He shoved him away with both hands, pushing against his chest, but Krad merely grabbed his hand and brought it up to his own face kissing and nuzzling it. Dark tried to pull away but couldn't release himself from the grip, so he ended up being guided, or dragged- it depended on who you asked- out of the house and into the car.

"Well love, I believe you already owe me for going to all this trouble of re- arranging this interview for you, so shall we consider my having driven you here so you arrived on time a freebie?" They now stood outside of the impressive main entrance to the modelling agencies main office building, and Krad was wishing him good luck in the only way he knew how- by molesting him in broad daylight in front of everyone.

"I told you before- I don't owe you anything!" Dark embarrassedly once again pushed him away, but was surprised when Krad allowed him do so this time.

"Hurry along now pet- we can have more fun once you've done." Scowling at the implications of this statement, he merely turned and was more than happy to leave Krad standing alone outside as he made his way through the main door. But he did hear Krad's final words to him before the door cut him off-

"I'll be waiting for you"

Wishing he had time to compose himself properly before having to report to the interview, he made his way to the reception desk, introducing himself to the young women seated there- she typed his name up and printed off a visitors badge for him, whilst handing it over she gave him a quick once-over with her eyes, smiling and appreciating the sight.

"They'd be mad to turn you down"

Then giving him directions to the floor he needed she dismissed him. Dark didn't really know how to react he was slightly stunned, so he just muttered a stuttered thanks and left in the direction of the lift.

As he walked across the entrance hall, he felt as if he had a thousand eyes on him, and when he looked up he realised he did- people who were milling around arriving to and from work were looking him over. What the fuck? Was this normal... Even models he recognised from off ads he saw around town were turning to watch him.

Feeling even more self-conscious he hurried on into the waiting lift, and pressing the button for the floor he'd been told, he was glad when the doors had closed, cutting him off from the eye sight of everyone. Fuck that had been one of the scariest experiences of his life- were all jobs interviews going to be like this? Surely not!

But then again fashion in general was a very competitive business- he supposed they were all checking out the potential future competition. Dark couldn't help but secretly wonder what they all thought about him- but maybe that was just his vein side coming out.

Today sure was going to be weird, after all it was only last night he'd thought he'd lost it all together... and now he was in a top class agency about to enter a job interview. Krad sure knew how to turn his life upside down...

tbc

Okay, I have no idea why I called this chapter this- any ideas anyone? But in memory of whatever the idea was I'm leaving it as this.