A/N Sorry about not having updated anything within the past week; my cat was bitten by a snake and I had been too distraught to write. We brought her home from the vet yesterday, but she can still go downhill in the coming weeks, so if I abruptly stop updating again, that's probably what has happened and apologies in advance.

Bel was excited as he stepped out of Namimori Airport, knowing he was much closer to getting what he wanted. The cold night air blew past him, ruffling his blond strands.

"The prince is so excited~" Bel rambled, unconsciously speaking in Japanese rather than Italian. "The prince is going to get fucked soon~"

Bel was oblivious to the people who stopped and turned to stare at him, shocked by his words. He instead grinned widely as he focused on finding the location of Gokudera's home, and he knew he could do so by checking school records. The blond made his way towards the school where the Ring Battles had been held, fully intending on breaking in and hacking their system.

~~Gokudera's apartment~~

Gokudera wasn't entirely sure of why he woke so suddenly throughout the night. He yawned as he opened his eyes, glancing at the alarm clock he was already facing. He frowned as he noticed the time flashed three-twenty-three, wondering if something had happened to the Tenth.

The silver-haired male frowned at this thought and, just as he decided he would reach for his phone on the nightstand next to him, the sound of heavy breathing behind him made him freeze - had someone broken into his apartment? ...Were they... watching him sleep?!

Spinning around to see who was behind him, Gokudera was so surprised by those familiar blond bangs he almost fell out of his bed.

"What the -"

Belphegor, who had been standing by the bed - leaning heavily on crutches - and watching the younger male sleep for the past ten minutes, laughed before he crawled onto the bed himself, looking down at the teenager sprawled out on the ground. "Ushishishi~ Peasants can be so rude; you should be happy to see the prince~"

"Not when you're in my room and watching me sleep like a creeper!" Gokudera growled, wishing he had at least one bomb within grabbing distance - their fight had taught him that this boy was a lunatic, and nothing could be put past him. "Why are you even here?! Didn't you all go back to Italy?!"

"We did, yes." Bel's grin widened as he surveyed the younger male, waiting for him to speak again.

"So why are you here?" Gokudera stood up, brushing off his pyjama pants.

"Because the prince is horny as fuck and he wants you to fuck him~" A lopsided grin made its way to Bel's face, almost as if he believed these were the magic words to make his wishes come true.

Gokudera scowled at the blond, his nose scrunched in distaste. "You freak. Why the hell would you fly back to Japan just for that?"

"Because the prince is horny as fuck and he wants you to fuck him~" Bel repeated again as if the other hadn't heard him properly. "Fuck the prince? Nice and hard. The prince wants it rough."

"Disgusting!" Gokudera reached out and grabbed the older teenager by the back of his Varia jacket, dragging him and his crutches off the bed and out of the room. "Not in your lifetime!"

"But the prince is really horny~" Bel bucked his hips as if to emphasise his point. He didn't resist as he was dragged along the ground through Gokudera's apartment, instead finding it amusing; he always had loved the thrill of the chase. "The peasant can fuck the prince however hard and fast he wants. Promise~"

Gokudera opened the door to his apartment, finding that the lock had been broken somehow - was this how Bel had gotten into his apartment? But how had he done it so quietly when it looked as if both the doorknob and the lock built into it had been torn off?

"Out you go!" Gokudera huffed as he used all his strength to throw the older teenager out of his apartment and into the cold corridor outside, making sure at least one of his crutches hit him in the head. "And stay out!"

Bel laughed as the door was slammed in his face; he knew where Gokudera lived, and that was all he needed - he'd get the younger to have sex with him sooner or later.

Inside the apartment, Gokudera pushed his couch up against the door, stopping it from being pushed open without him hearing it.

Making his way back into the bedroom, Gokudera grabbed his phone from the nightstand, clicking open his contacts. He knew it was way too early to be ringing someone, but he had to make sure Belphegor hadn't gotten to his Tenth first and tortured the brunet into telling Bel where he lived.

The teenager's phone-call was answered soon enough, a very sleepy voice greeting him. "Hello...?"

"Tenth!" Gokudera couldn't keep the worry out of his voice, but it didn't seem as if any torture had happened... Perhaps it had been that baseball nut Bel had gotten to? "Tenth, that Storm Guardian of the Varia... He was standing here watching me sleep."

"...Wha...?" In Tsuna's half-asleep state, he was almost uncertain of who or what his friend was talking about.

"Belphegor, that freak from the Varia." Gokudera glanced at his door as if he were paranoid the older teenger had gotten back in somehow. "I think he may have tortured the baseball freak into telling him where I live."

"...Then maybe you should ring Yamamoto and make sure that's not the case... Goodnight..."

"Night..."

Gokudera ended the call, slipping his phone beneath his pillow; he would call Yamamoto tomorrow and let him have it if he were the reason Bel found out where he lived. He was almost too paranoid to go back to sleep, certain the Storm Guardian would get back in somehow.

~~Outside Gokudera's apartment~~

At five-fifteen in the morning, one of Gokudera's neighbours found it strange to be stepping over a blond boy curled up in front of Gokudera's door on their way to work. The man found it even stranger to be running when an oddly-shaped knife was thrown at him - just what kind of friends did Gokudera have?

When Bel was certain his sleep wouldn't be disturbed again, he curled back up into a ball, quite comfortable where he was; if Gokudera didn't want him in the apartment, that was fine - he would just wait outside until he could pester the younger into giving in to his advances - the chase was the best part, after all.