_Takano's POV_

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The walk to work was filled with silent awkwardness. The subway was still under construction so the two had to walk to work on this especially quite morning. Since it was obivious that Onodera was in no position to talk, Takano decided to fill the silence.

". . So . . . what was that all about?"

Takano said with a smirk.

"EHHhhhh!? What do you mean!?"

"Have you decided to show how you feel about me rather then say it?"

"Baka..."

Onodera mumbled, knowing exactly what Takano was talking about, he really did want to tell Takano how he truly felt, but I was too flustered from this morning to say anything else other then 'EHHHH' and 'BAAKKAA'.

So they went the rest of the way to work, without speaking.

_Onodera's POV_

'I was mortified, about this morning inccident, not in the way you would think though. Because surprisingly,... I liked that kiss we shared,...and I didn't want to stop,...NO NO NO, THERE IS ABSOULUTELY NO WAY I WOULD EVER TELL ANTONE THAT, ESPEACIALLY TAKANO!' Onodera thought.

We walked the rest of the way to work, no other conversation was made, but Takano had that overly-happy smirk the whole way. He kept glancing at me and snickering, I was too annoyed and busy thinking to ask him why.

To avoid riding in the elevator alone with Takano, I exused myself and left to use the downstairs restroom.

'Pull it together Onodera!' I said to my self splashing watering in my face.

And that is when I noticed it.

A bright red hickey was on the front-right side of my neck.

"You have got to be kidding me!" I groaned out loud.

'When did that get there!? This morning?,... WAIT was this the thing Takano kept laughing at on the way to work!? Of course! That bastard! He did this to me!'

I had no scarf or collar to cover it up, so I'll just have to own it. I sighed and left the restroom.

I thought I caught an elevator ride alone, that was, until Yokozawa stepped in. The tension was so thick, hopefully he would just glare at me and go back to scowling as usual, but he didn't.

"Oi, you got some real nerve coming into work with THAT," He growled.

"ehhh, . . .uhhhh is it really that noticable..?" I said clasping my hand over my neck.

". . . Very. . ." He said, more annoyed than ever.

As soon as the elevator arrived I bolted to safety of my desk. It was just the beggining of the cycle, everyone was in high spirits, except for me.

"Morning Riccc-chaaaan!" Kisa sang, Hatori nodded in response, Takano was too busy looking down at a stack of papers.

"Good morning" I sighed

I let my guard down for a moment as I sat down. That was my first mistake.

_Takano's POV_

Onodera walked into the office finally, I watched him out of the corner of my eye. He shot a stern look towards me before sitting down. So he noticed the hickey I gave him this morning, opps.

Hopefully this will throw him off guard enough for me to figure out whats really going on. It was just a matter of time before someone questioned it, I thought just as Kisa gasped.

_Onodera's POV_

A gasp ecasped frim Kisa's mouth,

"RIIICCCHHHAANNN, Who are you sleeping with!?" He pratically shouted. Everyone looked up in surprise, I glanced at Takano and could see his devilish smile forming at the corners of his mouth. That bastard.

I decided to try to play dumb.

"Ehhhh!? What are you talking about Kisa!?" I asked smiling nerviously.

"I'm talking about that!" Kisa said pointing at my obvious hickey.

By now everyone was teasing me about it and blah blah blah.

"SOOOO whos the lucky lady?!" Hatori asked.

"Yeah, yeah, who?" Others chimed in.

"Tell us! Onodera, don't be a wuss, just tell us!" Kisa begged.

During this entire time Takano just sat there. His arms crossed and his devilishly sexy smirk playing on the corners of his mouth, while I took this torture.

'Hell, he was the one who gave me the goddamned thing, where is his parade?' Onodera thought.

I was soooo over this.

"Onodera and his girlfriend kissing in a tree, K - I - S - S - I - N - G," Kisa annoyingly sang aloud. Others laughed or joined in.

'What the hell!? All they all children!?' Ondera thought.

("Yes they are gay babies," said Author-chan,..."...well this got awkward, I'm just gonna leave now..."●_●)

Onodera snapped.

"STop that, It's ANNOYING, and who the hELL ever said it was a GirL who gave me THIS in the first place!?" Onodera yelled, pointing out his hickey mark.

Ritsu's face turned bright red realizing he just told everyone in the office that he was gay and that a guy gave him that hickey reccently.

The room went silent almost immedatiely. Everyone was ethier quite, whispering, or contemplating what Onodera just shouted.

Everyone was quite, except for Takano.

_Takano's POV_

Okay, okay I knew it was starting to get out of hand, but it was just so adorable to see my Onodera so flustered! Maybe this will let him open up and talk about whats been bothering him.

. . . . .

But as time went on Ritsu just got more and more upset looking. He kept shooting me weird looks, a mix between 'help me!' And 'don't say a word you bastard!' Even if this didn't make him open up more, it was still worth it to see that adorableness! After Kisa started singing, I decided it has gone far enough. I began to walk over to the crowd, and that is when Onodera shouted.

"STop that, It's ANNOYING, and who the hELL ever said it was a GirL who gave me THIS in the first place!?"

The room went quite. But I couldn't help it, I burst out laughing.

_Onodera's POV_

The slience of the room was only broken by Takano's booming laughter.

"Guys guys, calm down. Give Onodera some space, I'm sure his lover would not want you being so close to him." Takano said, despite coming closer to me, even wrapping an arm around my shoulder.

Most would see that as a friendly guesture. But as soon Takano said/did that, Hatori's eyes lit up.

He knew, he figured it out.

Thankfully, he didn't say anything, at least not right away, maybe he wouldn't want that to happen to him if he had a lover,...hmmm, I wonder.

Takano continued on,

"So if everybody would kindly go back to work, maybe we can actually get to the printers on time."

The many editors sighed and groaned as they trudged back their desks.

In little time it was just me and Takano standing there, his arm still wrapped around my shoulder.

"Well, that means us too,... back to work!" He said to me, before patting my head and stroding of to his desk.

I remained standing in the middle of the floor. It hurt.

_Takano's POV_

I personally wouldn't have cared if people found out about our relationship, but it could cause problems for Onodera. Even though he broke off the engagement with An and is no longer connected to his father's company, it could very well still cause scandal and controversy. So I decided to rescue Onodera from that mob, and disperse the situation, no harm done. But, then why was Onodera standing in the same spot I left him in a few minutes ago...?

"Oi, Onodera, are you okay?" I called.

No response, not even a look in my dorection.

"Oi! Onod-"

I stopped mid sentence, he turned to face me, and thats when I saw his watery eyes.

As soon as he looked towards me, he turned again, and darted in th other direction.

"OI, ONODERA!"

Authors note: Yo! Sorry I have not posted in a while. I've just been really lazy, caught up in the 'summer heat haze' (if you get the referance ;-))

Thank you so much for supporting this so far! I'm so thankful for all of you, especially all of your comments. But I'm starting to run out of ideas,

Where would Onodera run too?

Is Takano going to chase after him?

What will Hatori and Kisa think of the situation?

Should I involve Yokozawa more or less?

Maybe help me answers these in the comments below and give me some good ideas? Anyway, thanks for reading!