Title: Lovely One

Fandom: Sex pistols, Okane ga Nai

Pairing: Ayase X Kanou

Warning: Mpreg, sexual situations, foul language

THE LOVELY BURDEN

There was a strange taste on the air, a scent his tongue had not tasted before. It was sweet and heady like a fine red wine. Kanou found his tongue flicking out three more times before he dared to open his eyes only to meet a cheap graying white plastered ceiling. How had he gotten here… oh that's right… he'd followed that Okama to this foolish gathering. Unfortunately, he hadn't checked how cold the weather was. He recalled lasting about two minutes in the lobby before requesting a room to recuperate in... After that, his memory was all blacked out.

But… that did not explain the strange warmth all over him. His brown eyes traveled down to see a mound of fabric including gaudy red towels piled on him. Odd... the cat hadn't even arrived when he had requested the room, so who...?

Suddenly, there was a soft sound from beneath the covers and Kanou froze as whatever it was shifted their weight over him before a contented sigh escaped. Kanou waited the space of two minutes before slowly peeling the covers back.

The first thing he noticed was short, pale blond hair the color of butter on top of his leg. His tongue flicked out to capture the stronger sweet smell coming off his bedmate. Careful not to disturb the blond, he raised his torso off the bed slowly and pulled the covers back more. It appeared to be a young foreign, rabbit girl clothed in a rumbled cheongsam with a slight tilt and soft lid to her sleeping eyes and a slight honey color to creamy skin to suggest some Asian blood. What was she doing in his bed?

Then the smell clicked in his mind. Fertile. The rabbit's sweet scent was declaring she was very, very fertile. Reptile madararui were known to snatch mates when in their instinct- ridden state. Had he in his delirious state snatched up a warm and fertile mate from the convention? If so, hopefully he had worked out an agreement with the girl's family before doing so.

Noting with relief he was still dressed, he reluctantly slowly extracted himself from her hold and pulled the covers back over her before locating his jacket and shoes placed carefully on a nearby chair. Just as he started to place his first shoe on, he heard the bed rustle and saw the blond head pop out from the fabric burrow and he froze as two big, blue eyes focused on him.

"Uh… are you feeling better?" came the soft, musical question and it was all Kanou could do to stop himself from pouncing on her as his lower anatomy came to full attention. For the first time since he was a young boy, heat suddenly rushed to Kanou's face as he berated himself for his perverted behavior as he lowered his head. This rabbit could not be out of junior high yet and here he was thinking of taking her like a cheap whore. His mental scolding was interrupted by a small hand being placed on his forehead. "You feel a lot better but now you're a little warm, Mr. Snake. Perhaps you should lie back down."

Wide, exotic blue eyes so full of concern… for him? It was such a strange situation he seemed to have found himself in. A glance to the components in the pile of cloth on the bed told him he was not responsible for the structure. He never would have added those towels, so it had to have been the girl in front of him. A tiny rabbit caring and tending to a snake madararui willingly; surely this had to be a dream? Tiny hands attempted to pull him back to the bed before he gently shook them off. "I am fine," he said to the blond gently.

"Oh," the blond blinked, a shy look overtaking the small face as blue eyes lowered to the floor. "I am glad; that is good. I will be going then."

"Wait!" Kanou shouted, grabbing one tiny hand attempting to slip through his grasp. The rabbit immediately whipped around, startled and trembling and Kanou let go of the limb he was clutching in shock to the girl's 180 degree reaction. "I… I did thank you for your help."

"You're… you're welcome, Mr. Snake." The rabbit… no… the angel smiled softly before turning and walking to the door. Wait… his angel of mercy and kindness was leaving him and did not even know her name… He had to think of something. His mouth opened and shut wordlessly as those delicate hands slowly turned the knob on the door.

"W…" he began just as the door opened and a female cobra filled the doorway, her hair a hooded mass as sharp nails snatched the girl by the front of her dress.

"So this is where you've been, you little whore!" she hissed as the girl let out a yelp of pain. The cobra then proceeded to throw the girl back into the room before entering and shutting the door behind her with a bang before stalking after the shaking rabbit. Kanou was momentarily stunned by what he was witnessing but when the cobra raised her hand to slap the rabbit, Kanou was instantly across the room and holding her arm in a death grip with his eyes slit and a warning hiss passing his lips.

"This is not your concern," the cobra hissed.

"I am making it my concern," Kanou replied dangerously as he monitored the shaking angel from the corner of his eye.

The cobra yanked their arm from his grip and turned to face him fully, eyes narrowed in appreciation as they traveled up and down his body with a calculating glance as they took in the stripes on his neck. "A Kume Coral Snake, and a wealthy one. In that case, how much are you offering?"

"I would never touch you," Kanou said in disgust.

"Not me; Yukiya," the female cobra said as she gestured to the still quivering rabbit, "may be a rabbit but the blood of the cobra runs through in his veins. My husband and I have brought Yukiya to this meeting as a breeding partner for hire. We had planned to loan him to Garatov for the season but the worthless little rabbit disappeared and he turns up with in a hotel room with a heavy seed, possibly with poisonous little coral snakes in his belly right now."

He? Kanou must have heard that wrong. He glanced down at the rabbit. The features were far too delicate to be anything other than female.

"We didn't do anything, Aunt Rikako!" the rabbit cried, shaking their head as they grabbed onto the cobra's clothes only to be kicked away.

"First the monkeys and now breeding with anyone you please Yukiya!" the cobra shouted. "You have no thought for your family! I took you in hoping you would outgrow your ugly rabbit mother's looks and transform into a cobra, but you are a disappointment. You were already too weak for the more established families but now this season is ruined! Your breeding partner is going to pay your loving family for the care you were given."

The rabbit rose to his feet, shaking his head. "He did nothing… I found him passed out from the cold and I took care of him. He was unconscious. Don't blame Mr. Snake for my actions… I… I will go with Mr. Garatov…"

"It's too late, Yukiya. Garatov chose another partner after your disappearance and I doubt anyone that had been present will want a partner that disappeared. We wash our hands of your pathetic existence, boy. You have no family, you ungrateful slut. Do not bother to return home even if the Coral Snake pays for you. You bring shame to the House of the Cobra."

Boy… he had heard right. Kanou looked back down at the downcast rabbit and took in the boy's full image. He should have noticed the sex from the smooth chest, bump of groin and the narrow hips but, despite it, the Okama boy was beautiful inside and out. Even now, somehow the rabbit had been defending Kanou's honor and not his own… He'd never consider such a thing in the past (in fact the idea would usual turn his stomach) but he could clearly see himself in bed with this boy, even touching the boy's sex. He could see the boy in an apron at his door with a welcome-home kiss every day when he returned from work. He could see the rabbit rounding and then caring for small hatchlings like he had for Kanou, nursing from his chest…

Before he even realized what he was doing, Kanou had taken his check book out of his jacket pocket and was scribbling down the number 1.8 million yen. It was nowhere near the price such a treasure but it was all that was worth the so-called care the cobra had given the boy. Thrusting the paper at the woman, he grabbed the startled rabbit and gently lifted the boy into his arms, eyes focused on the right side of the boy's body where it had begun taking on the beginnings of large bruises from the cobra's man handling.

"Only 1.8 million!" the woman shouted as she shook the check back and forth. "How dare you…!"

"It is all scum like you deserve," Kanou cut off as he gently shifted the boy's weight to open the door. "From now on, the boy is in my care. I will send an associate for his things in the morning."

The rabbit was quiet, clearly shocked as they made their way to the elevator and then out to the lobby desk where Kanou set the rabbit gently on his feet beside him to hand in the room key. An irritating dog was at the front desk winking at the two as he eyed the wrinkled clothing. "I trust you enjoyed your stay?"

Kanou simply made an affirmative noise as he handed over the key with a credit card. As Kanou waited for the receipt, he reached into his pocket to retrieve his phone to call for his car. As soon as he hung up, the boy tugged on his elbow.

"I…" Yukiya began as he stared at his bare feet. Kanou wanted to smack himself for not thinking to double check the boy had everything. "Thank you, Mr. Snake. I am grateful for your help… I will find a job and work real hard to pay you back…"

Kanou was simply startled… he hadn't even cared about the money he'd spent on a BOY of all things. "My name is Kanou Somuku," he found himself saying like an idiot but it was worth it for a dazzling smile from the rabbit.

"I'm Ayase Yukiya," the blond smiled cutely, "I…"

"Kanou-san!" came an annoying high pitched voice before a red blur barreled into him and warped around him from behind.

"Get off me OKAMA!" Kanou growled as he tried to knock the long fingered hands away from his middle.

Someya unlatched himself from Kanou's waist without a blink before thrusting a pink sakura phone under Kanou's nose with a serious expression. "I've been calling and calling you. What right do you have to make me worry, Somuku?" For good measure, the Okama thumped him on the head.

In retaliation, Kanou knocked him on the head even harder. "Don't touch me or call me by such a familiar name!"

Before there was to be a repeat of a wrestling match from their childhood with Kanou the winner as always, a soft noise attracted their attention. "Um…" his angel began, clearly uncomfortable with the entire situation as their eyes turned to him. "Mr. Snake… I mean Kanou-san… he… he didn't mean to make you worry, I think. He was very cold and had to lie down." His angel was… defending him again?

Someya stopped rubbing at the bump on his head and gravitated to the boy, lifting up his chin and inspecting the startled face. "Oh… so cute… especially for a boy." Kanou's eye twitched in annoyance. How had that Okama known the boy's gender and not him?

With a glance over his shoulder at Kanou, he asked, "So why are you hanging out with this scary man, sweetie?" When Ayase lowered his head, a suspicious gleam entered Someya's gaze as the cat leaned in and opened his mouth to inhale the scent. The cat immediately stiffened and turned to Kanou. Before Kanou could even answer, Someya pulled the rabbit to his padded breast. "Don't you worry, little one, big sister's going to take good care of you."

Ayase said something that was muffled by red fabric.

"What was that?" Someya said as he released his grip just as the clerk returned with Kanou's card and receipt.

"I said Kanou-san wouldn't do anything like that." Ayase stated, as he brushed at a fabric irritated cheek, "He's a good person. He saved me."

"Oh?" Someya asked flatly as he turned to eye him. "Did he?"

"Yes and it is getting rather late. I need to get Ayase settled into the apartment."

"He's going to live with you?" The voice was dark and suspicious.

"He is," Kanou confirmed just as his new employees, the Kuba twins, arrived with the car.

The rabbit rocked back and forth on his feet in embarrassment. "I…uh… you don't have to… I do not want to be a burden…"

Sensing the problem, Kanou ignored the okama's eyes glaring death at him as he leaned down and ruffled the angel's soft, blond hair as Kuba Homare made his way towards them.

"Boss?" the elder twin asked in confusion.

Ignoring his employee, Kanou smiled a slight, reassuring smile at the rabbit. "You're not a burden, Yukiya. Now, go follow Homare to the car. I'll be along in a moment."

Kanou noted despite the strange situation, Homare simply bowed and obeyed.

Once Ayase was beyond the glass entrance doors, Kanou turned to Someya and gestured to the full lobby. "Perhaps we should have this conversation elsewhere?"

The cat nodded and followed the snake to a small alcove to the side of the lobby. Once there, the cat immediately asked, "Just what is going on here, Kanou-san? I know that boy is not for you; you're as straight as a plank of wood and you never help anyone out of the kindness of your heart." If it wasn't true, Kanou might have been offended, "If you are planning to use that child to broker a deal of some kind; forget it. A child should not be forced to have a child. If it is money you want, I can always use a cute little Lolita to work the desert counter at my café and the little rabbit can stay with me."

The cat was merely stating fact and Kanou would normally simply confirm his less than legal scheme to the Okama but Kanou had never wanted to help someone before for nothing in return. Then again, Kanou had never been helped before without anyone expecting something (his father for example). In his mind's eye, he could not stop thinking of that open, concerned face with those wide blue eyes as the rabbit asked him how he was doing. "In any other circumstance, you would be right, hag," Kanou said as he dodged a swipe of Someya's lethal nails expertly, "But not in this case… Now if you will excuse me, my car is waiting." Without waiting for another word from the Okama, he left.

-3

Once settled in the back of the nice looking black car, Ayase found himself squirming in anxiety as he stared out the window waiting for Kanou-san to join them. Every now and then he would glance at the two identical men (he thought might be related to the snake due to their similar looks) seated in the front who were watching him in the rearview mirror. This whole situation was so surreal. Only a week ago, he'd been a normal, average human student with strict relatives and then he'd been attacked. Next, he'd been told he was a rabbit and was to be sold to the highest bidder, that he would have some stranger's child. Now… here he was in a strange car with strange men waiting for a snake man with a kind heart who was taking him in.

Ayase picked uneasily at the gold in his cheongsam, biting his lip as one of the men turned his head. Ayase's eyes went wide as he stared at the huge round eyes and feathers, his instincts yelling at him to get away from the predators. Then the owl tilted his head before reaching back and capturing Ayase's fidgeting hand in his. "There is no need for that," he simply said before turning back to his brother who met him in some kind of silent conversation just as Kanou-san entered the car.

Kanou had barely put his seat belt on before he said, "Take me home," and the car was in motion.

The drive seemed terribly long for the rabbit even though they only had a twenty minute journey before the pulled to the front of a very nice apartment complex where Kanou-san insisted on carrying him up the stairs as he was not wearing shoes. Once one of the identical men opened the door, Ayase was gently placed on a large, overstuffed tan sofa as Kanou disappeared down the hallway.

The snake man reappeared with a large white t-shirt that would easily go past Ayase's knees and a set of soft, fluffy towels. "I thought you might like to wash the stink of that hotel off. Sorry but this shirt is all I have for you to wear until the twins retrieve your things."

Ayase blushed and took the offered items with a shy smile. "No… thank you very much for your kindness."

"The bathroom is right through that green door."

Ayase smiled and made to move to the indicated door when his stomach growled very loudly and his face became inflamed.

Kanou simply chuckled. "I'll order send the twins for food while you clean up."

Half an hour later, Ayase bowed in gratitude to the owl twins as they set some containers on the counter. "We were not sure if you ate meat so we got two vegetarian options for you," one said as they noticed him glancing inside the containers. Such a nice, thoughtful family…

Just as Kanou handed him a plate, Ayase noted the two leaving. "Oh… are your brothers not hungry?"

"Huh?" Kanou asked, clearly taken back before he noted the two that had left. Then the large snake-man laughed. "Those two are not my brothers. They are my employees, Yukiya."

"Oh… you look a little alike."

"If you had seen them when I hired them you would think otherwise," Kanou said as he waved the comment away.

Belly full and after brushing his teeth with Kanou's toothbrush, Ayase settled himself on the couch with a pillow under his head as Kanou did something in his home office. He'd been nodding off when he'd been picked up suddenly.

"Where…" Ayase began sleepily before he was gently placed down on a large, soft bed with crisp cool white sheets before a comforter was tucked over him. His face heated and he froze as he realized the snake was undressing. "Wha…"

The snake stripped down to his boxers and climbed into bed with him. "The couch may be large but it is not designed for sleep. I will not have you aggravating your injuries." Ayase was pulled against the snake's chest. "You will share my bed until I finish your room. Besides, it is cold tonight and I would very much like your body heat to warm me."

With a blush, Ayase turned over and tried to go to sleep.

To Be Continued…

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